"Attack!"

Yuan Shao handed the general order to Cao Cao and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Cao Cao didn't say a word, took the token, took Liu Bei, and Sun Ce went straight to the bottle and pot pass.

Hua Xiong came out of the battle, lined up in front of the pass, holding a big spear, quite a husband when the pass is not open.

"Guts and rats, who will fight!" Hua Xiong's voice was like thunder, rolling and moving.

Cao Cao looked at Hua Xiong and said loudly: "Who dares to go out of battle, kill Hua Xiong, and strengthen the prestige of our army!" ”

Liu Bei, Sun Ce was stunned, wasn't it a strong attack? Why do you have to fight?

Without waiting for them to react, Xiahoudun beat his horse and came out of the ranks, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is willing to take the head of Huaxiong for the general!" ”

"Good!"

Cao Cao rode a horse, domineering and domineering, and said: "Kill Hua Xiong, and record your third-class merit!" ”

Xiahoudun responded, beat the horse and rushed out, brandished a big spear, and shouted: "Huaxiong, Xiahoudun takes your head!" ”

Hua Xiong fought with Sun Ce in the first two times, and he seemed to have confidence, without fear, and shouted loudly, and killed with Xiahou Dun.

Compared with Sun Ce, Xiahoudun has more experience in fighting, and when he fought against Hua Xiong, he obviously had the upper hand and completely suppressed Hua Xiong.

But this Xiliang veteran is not a vegetarian either, so he quickly adjusted his state, no longer fought hard with Xiahoudun, and turned to defensive counterattacks.

With the conservatism of Huaxiong's fighting, the battlefield quickly turned into a stalemate, and the two sides staggered and exchanged horses, back and forth, and it was obviously difficult to decide the winner for a while.

At this scene, Liu Bei and the others who watched were puzzled, Liu Bei quietly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "General Cao, General Hou ordered us to attack, is this a little inappropriate?" ”

Cao Cao's expression was as usual, and he said: "Xuande Gong, I also plan to attack, I think, Xuande Gong only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

Liu Bei hesitated, but still said, "Then, how will General Hou explain?" ”

Liu Bei obviously did not support the attack, and his more than 10,000 people, under this kind of pass, could only rely on loss in vain, and could not get any credit to make a wedding dress for Yuan Shao.

"Xuande Gong rest assured, I have my own explanation." Cao Cao said.

Liu Bei thought about it, and then didn't speak.

Not far away, Xiahoudun and Huaxiong were still fighting, and the fight was inseparable, and it had reached the level of parity again.

"This Huaxiong is worthy of being a famous general in Xiliang." Cao Cao commented, and the idea of taking Hua Xiong under the account was born in his heart, and he didn't remember that Hua Xiong had set up an ambush and almost killed him.

Liu Bei, Sun Ce no longer cared about the front line, but worried about the rear.

If Yuan Shao saw that Cao Cao did not attack, but continued to call the formation, what would be his reaction?

In the rear, Yuan Shao, who personally supervised the battle, saw the unexpected scene from afar, his face was expressionless, and his anger in his heart was like a flame.

Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan, Zang Hong and others behind him looked at each other, completely unaware of what was going on.

As a military advisor, Director Zhang, Xu You, Tian Feng and others have different expressions.

After waiting for a while, he seemed to feel that the atmosphere was too weird and quiet, Xu You stepped forward with a smile and said to Yuan Shao: "General Hou, this Cao A disobeyed orders before the battle, and he should be dealt with by military law!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Director Zhang, Fu Zhu and others spoke one after another as if they had been poked by something.

Director Zhang said in a deep voice: "General Hou, General Cao's move is bad for our army, and it cannot be tolerated!" ”

Fu Zhu raised his hand, said indifferently: "General Hou, please immediately recruit back Cao Cao, and order Liu Bei and Sun Ce to attack, so as to stabilize the army's morale and win against Dong's general trend, which cannot be shaken!" ”

Tian Feng saw these people sharpening their swords, and his heart was suddenly uneasy, and he stepped forward and said: "General Hou, Cao Mengde is a mighty general who has been given by the edict, and you must not move lightly, otherwise the coalition forces will collapse and the consequences will be unimaginable,"

Yuan Shao listened to their words, suddenly waved his hand, and reprimanded: "Before the battle, how can you wait for the opportunity to talk nonsense? ”

Xu You, Director Zhang, was stunned, and was just about to continue to speak, Yuan Shao had already looked at Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan and others, and said, "What do you think?" ”

Zhuge Xuan, Liu Miao and others were oriented towards the imperial court, and they also intended to unite with Cao Cao, but under Yuan Shao's manipulation, they thought that only Yuan Shao could destroy Dong Zhuo and get close to Yuan Shao.

Seeing that Cao Cao couldn't do his work, he was embarrassed, but he couldn't really watch Yuan Shao deal with Cao Cao's military law at such a time.

Zhuge Xuan pretended to groan and said: "General Hou, it is also a practice to call for battle and strengthen the military prestige. General Cao has been in battle for a long time, he shouldn't be unaware, maybe he has a plan, you might as well take a look. ”

Liu Miao followed closely and said: "What Brother Zhuge said is very true, and the general will look at it patiently, presumably General Yangwei, Xuzhou Mu has his own calculations." ”

Liu Miao quietly pointed out 'General Yangwei' and 'Xuzhou Mu', not to mention the background of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, just talking about these two official positions, it is not something that he Yuan Shao can move lightly?

Yuan Shao didn't look angry, but nodded thoughtfully, and said, "What the two of you said is reasonable, we don't need to worry." You also don't talk much, disturb the hearts of our army, and retreat. ”

Seeing this, Director Zhang, Xu You and others suddenly realized that they raised their hands and retreated.

Tian Feng secretly shouted that it was not good, and Yuan Shao's remarks pushed Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others to the opposite side of the coalition army!

Yuan Shao did not react to Cao Cao's disobedience and refusal to attack, but reprimanded his staff.

The heads of the coalition forces from all walks of life looked at the bottle and pot pass, with different thoughts, but they all coincidentally felt dissatisfied with Cao Cao's behavior, and admired Yuan Shao's generosity and tolerance.

The bottle pot was closed, Xiahoudun and Huaxiong fought, and the two sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and agreed to withdraw their troops.

Cao Cao and the others looked at the bottle and pot again, withdrew their troops back, made a fire to make food, and did not meet Yuan Shao.

"Big brother, if I look at that Cao Cao, I don't want to attack!" Zhang Fei, who wanted to teach Huaxiong a lesson several times, but did not get Cao Cao's consent, couldn't help shouting as Liu Bei and Cao Cao separated.

Liu Bei walked strolling, his face was as usual, and said, "Third brother, don't talk nonsense, General Cao has his own arrangements." ”

Liu Bei knew from the bottom of his heart that Cao Cao did 'have his own arrangements', but he couldn't guess it, so he could only take one step at a time.

Guan Yu was holding a long knife, Danfeng's eyes were full of disdain, and he said lightly: "That Huaxiong is just the courage of a horseman, I can't kill him in ten moves." ”

Liu Bei knew that his second brother thought very highly of himself and couldn't see anyone else in his eyes, but he also agreed with his words and said, "In the afternoon, don't say much, let's take a look." I always feel that General Cao has a plan to break through. ”

Guan Yu was a little curious, but said, "Big brother, we can't last ten days with grain and grass." ”

Compared with Cao Cao's ability to 'raise grain', Liu Bei's method of raising money and grain is basically holding the signs of 'benevolence' and 'loyalty', begging grandpa to sue grandma everywhere, which has little effect, and is based on less soldiers and less food.

"I'll figure it out." Liu Bei answered without hesitation. In fact, he had already thought about it, and the solution was nothing more than to borrow some from Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, two people who had more soldiers and more food.

And Cao Cao, on the other side, is also very busy at this time.

Liu Xuan, Zhuge Xuan and others visited one after another, wanting to find out Cao Cao's specific movements and purposes.

How could Cao Cao talk to these people, welcome them in with a smile, and send them out with a smile, without saying a word of truth.

Zhuge Xuan, Liu Miao and others were confused, but they couldn't let Yuan Shao and Cao Cao turn their faces, and ran back to Yuan Shao's camp and tried their best to persuade them.

Yuan Shao was more calm than Cao Cao, appeased these people, promised to recommend them to the imperial court, and allocated urgently needed grain and grass, which made Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan and others very grateful.

Waiting for Zhuge Xuan and the others to leave, Director Zhang snorted coldly and said: "General, that Cao Cao disobeys orders and is disrespectful, this Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan and others deliberately protect them, and they should be dealt with with the same crime!" ”

Yuan Shao stood outside the big tent with his hands behind his back, but said, "The old man is curious, what is Cao Mengde going to do?" ”

Judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao has more soldiers and more food, and Cao Cao should attack more urgently than him.

Cao Cao used all his means before, divided his troops, and ran to the bottle and pot pass, he should have attacked fiercely, but now he is not in a hurry to fight, and the fools can see that Cao Cao has another plan!

Frustrated Zhi stepped forward and said: "General, according to the will of the lower officials, it is still necessary to encircle Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan and others, even if the general disposes of Cao Cao in the future, these people have nothing to say, and the court has nothing to say." ”

Yuan Shao ignored it, staring at Cao Cao's direction motionless.

Xu You suddenly saw the jealousy in Yuan Shao's heart, stepped forward with a smile, and said, "General, according to my inference, Cao Cao's granary can only support half a month at most. ”

Yuan Shaomeng turned his head and said, "Half a month? Didn't you say half a year before? ”

Xu You smiled more and said: "I guess, that's to cover people's eyes, Cao Cao's 40,000 army, half a year's grain and grass, how much is that?" Yingchuan and Runan are already tired places, the court is embarrassed, where can Cao Cao get half a year's grain and grass? ”

Yuan Shao's eyes widened, scorching and shining, and said, "Ziyuan, are you sure?" ”

"Ten percent!" Xu Yu said without hesitation.

Yuan Shao still didn't believe it in his heart, turned to Director Zhang, frustrated, and looked for it.

Director Zhang glanced at each other, and he was also uncertain in his heart.

Cao Cao has always been deceitful, and no one can judge for sure, whether the news revealed from his army is true or false.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Yuan Shao was a little annoyed, and said in a flat tone: "If Cao Cao is still so perfunctory in the afternoon, how to deal with it?" ”

Cao Cao is a Yangwei general, Liu Bei is Xuzhou Mu, these two people represent the imperial court, even if there is conclusive evidence of the crime, Yuan Shao can't easily do anything with them, not to mention, the soldiers and horses in their hands are close to 70,000!

Director Zhang is the most radical person, and when he saw Yuan Shao asking rhetorically, he immediately said: "General, then ask for the guilt, even if you can't deal with him, let him and Zhuge Xuan, Liu Miao and others separate themselves from morality and isolate him!" ”

Yuan Shao's main strategy now is to annex Zhuge Xuan, Liu Xuan and other more than a dozen soldiers and horses to expand his strength.

"Inadequate!"

Xu You spoke again and said loudly: "General Hou, you should pay equal attention to grace and power, grace in the front, and power in the back." Grace has been given, and the general is the prestige of the world. ”

Yuan Shao trusted Xu You very much, and hurriedly said, "Ziyuan, how to exert power?" ”

Xu You looked in the direction of the bottle and pot pass, and said calmly: "No matter what Cao Apu's plans are, remove him first, and let the general personally supervise the battle." We have all seen that Huaxiong, but as soon as he was a fierce horseman, Cao Cao was invincible for many days, and at that time, the general sent a general to kill him in battle, who would dare to go against the general's mouth? ”

Yuan Shao's expression was greatly lifted, and he said: "Ziyuan's plan is better than Su Zhang!" ”

After speaking, he looked at the bottle and pot pass, and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, the old man will personally lead the army, supervise the bottle and pot pass, kill that Huaxiong, and use the power of the army!" ”

"The general is wise!" Xu You presented the horses as soon as possible.

Director Zhang, Fu Zhu and the others didn't have time to admonish at all, so they could only raise their hands to respond, and glanced at the smug Xu You, their eyes were as cold as electricity.

On the other side, after Cao Cao and the others had eaten, they led the army forward again.

Huaxiong fought against Sun Ce and Xiahou in a row without defeat, and his momentum was even stronger, and he took the first step out of the customs to call the battle, holding a big spear, and shouted: "They are all nameless rats, Cao Cao, can you dare to have a famous person come out of the battle?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked left and right, and among his people, it seemed that there were indeed no famous generals, and Xu Chu, who was extremely powerful, had also not yet become famous, and as the captain of his guard, he could not go into battle.

Obviously feeling that Liu Bei was about to speak, Cao Cao said decisively: "Zixiao, you will fight!" ”

Although Cao Ren was not a general known for his military force, he was not frightened, and he shot out of the horse in response, holding a spear in his hand, and galloped like lightning.

Liu Bei swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and Guan Yu, who was already holding the big knife on the side, had his eyes beating angrily.

Liu Bei quietly stretched out his hand to stop Guan Yu, and stood expressionlessly.

Sun Ce took in everything and quietly looked at Cheng Pu and the others.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai also saw that Cao Cao seemed to be deliberately suppressing Liu Bei.

Not far away, soldiers on both sides were shouting in unison, cheering on their general.

Cao Ren and Hua Xiong scolded twice, and then they fought together.

Compared with Xiahoudun's big opening and closing, Cao Ren tended to be more tactical, rushing back and forth, looking for Huaxiong's weaknesses, and did not force a fight.

Seeing this, Hua Xiong waved his spear and shouted: "Dare to call the battle even if you have no guts!" ”

This kind of agitation method did not have Cao Ren at all, and he was dexterous in dodging and cleverly attacking, which made Hua Xiong unguarded and quite irritable.

The shouting soldiers on both sides stomped on the ground and beat their weapons in solidarity with their generals.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren, who had the upper hand, laughed, and said to Liu Bei on the side: "Xuande Gong, how is Cao Ren?" ”

Liu Bei's heart was full of anger, and he said with a smile on his face: "Quite heroic." ”

If it was usual, he would definitely praise a few more words, but in front of his second brother Guan Yu, he could only regret words like gold.

Cao Cao was very satisfied, touched his beard, and said, "Xuande Gong, it's a false praise." ”

Liu Bei suppressed his anger, smiled on his face, and did not answer again.

And Guan Yu on the side, his expression was arrogant and indifferent, and Danfeng looked at Cao Ren with more and more disdain in his eyes.

At this time, a soldier quietly came to Cao Cao's side and whispered in his ear for a while.

Cao Cao's face did not change, and said, "Who revealed it?" ”

The soldier glanced at Liu Bei and the others, hesitated, and said, "I don't know which military advisor of the Hou General Shogunate is it." ”

Cao Cao thought silently for a while, waved back the soldiers, and said with a smile with Liu Bei, Sun Ce and others: "Xuande Gong, Bo Fu, General Hou is deeply dissatisfied with our fighting generals, so he decided to remove us and others, and come in person tomorrow." ”

Liu Bei, Sun Ce was stunned, this Yuan Shao was so unbreathable, it's only been one day, and he wants to replace Cao Cao?

Or is it a fighter?

What do Yuan Shao and Cao Cao want to do? What's the scheme?

Sun Ce and Liu Bei are relatively 'simple' people, and they are supporting roles in this fight against Dong's coalition army, and they are very puzzled by the two protagonists Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

(End of chapter)