Tian Feng seemed to have skipped Yuan Shao's "ambition" because of his anxiety. He still wanted to dissuade him and even took the initiative to pull Yuan Shao's reins, but Yuan Shao had already snatched the horse and avoided it, and said sneeringly:

"Don't persuade me again. Today's lonely is still the same thing as before. A real man is willing to fight to death in the face of battle and flee to the walls?"

After saying that, Yuan Shao looked back and looked at Zhang He, Gao Lan and other Hebei generals and said:

"Junyi, you go with me, the high school general, you and Tian Biejia stay together to command the cavalry!"

"promise!"

Gao Lan quickly took the order and left, while Yuan Shao nodded, and took Xu You, Zhang He, Wenwu and others to march out of the battle, heading towards Huanshui Bridge, leaving only Tian Feng to stop the horse in place and sighed.

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Huanshui Bridge.

"Ming Gong, Yuan Shao is really here!"

Guo Jia, who was with Cao Cao, saw Yuan Shao wearing a large armored general slowly riding his horse. He followed a scholar and a military general to the bridge ten feet away from Cao Cao and others, and quickly spoke up to remind him.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and wanted to carefully observe the expressions and behaviors of Yuan Shao and others. He laughed loudly, sat on the horse's back and bowed, and said loudly:

"Brother Benchu, are you safe when you parted in Yecheng?"

Yuan Shao returned the gift from him, and said coldly:

"I am alone and safe, and Meng De is worried about it. You and I are both Han ministers. I made an appointment to raise an army to support the Han Dynasty and swear to be an allies. In the past, Yanzhou was in trouble, and Hebei sent troops to help him twice and three times. Today, Yanzhou sent troops to invade our territory and kill our officials and people. Is this your Meng De's act of repaying his kindness?"

"Haha." Cao Cao smiled, obviously disagreed with Yuan Shao's so-called righteous act of sending troops to rescue him. His eyes shone with a cunning light and continued:

"I am grateful to my brother Benchu ​​for his help back then. This time I heard that Yan Xing of Guanzhong sent troops to attack Bingzhou. The elder brother was in Yijing. Hebei was shocked and the people were uneasy. Then I sent troops to cross Hebei to help my elder brother protect the country and safeguard the people."

"As for the killing and injury along the way, it was just because the soldiers on both sides were vulgar and had already met without explaining their intention. This was not the original intention of sending troops!"

"Haha." Yuan Shao was angry when he heard Cao Cao's sophistry, and laughed in anger. He glared at Cao Cao and said:

"Yan Xing is just a man with a bad intention. He wanted to take advantage of the time when the Hebei army besieged Gongsun Zan to attack Bingzhou. He has been repelled by the troops in the prefecture. Gu even sent a large army to conquer the entire Sanhe area soon. Now Gu led a large army to personally seize Yecheng. Gongsun bowed his head and disappeared. This matter would be fine. Meng De would not bother. Let's go back to guard Xu Du!"

"Ha, Brother Benchu, you and my brother are old friends in Luoyang this time. This time, my brother has been crossing the river to help, and he is still thinking about drinking and talking to Yecheng with his brother. Why is Brother Benchu ​​sitting in Yanzhao, but he is stingy with a meal of wine and meat and refuses to entertain me, my former friend?"

When Cao Cao was not concerned about Yuan Shao's scolding, he continued to tease him and stubbornly engaging with Yuan Shao, repeatedly testing Yuan Shao's bottom line, trying to take the opportunity to anger Yuan Shao, and take a look at the truth of Yuan Jun who was waiting along the Huanshui.

Xu You was worried that Yuan Shao could not bear Cao Cao's teasing and ordered a war, exposing the truth and reality of his army. He hurried forward and said loudly:

"Cao Sikong, you are aware of your desire to cross the Hebei River. After passing Huanshui, there is a place in Ye County ahead. There has been a banquet in the city. If you come to the banquet sincerely, please ask!"

"Haha, it turns out to be Xu Ziyuan. Since Brother Benchu ​​is so kind, then I'm respectful and obeying."

As he spoke, Cao Cao moved back with his mount in his hand. Dong Zhao looked at Xu Chu, who was the guard, and Xu Chu understood. He held a halberd and rode his horse over everyone, staring at him, as if he wanted to hold Yuan Shao hostage.

When Xu You saw the visitor's appearance was strong and majestic, he was obviously a brave and powerful general of Cao's army. He changed his expression slightly and subconsciously wanted to retreat.

"Ming Gong!"

"Don't retreat!"

Yuan Shao pressed the sword with one hand and held the saddle with the other, but resolutely refused to retreat. Zhang He, who was wearing a helmet and armor behind him, jumped out of the horse, crossing his spear before Xu You, and his blood gushed at Xu Chu, glaring at him, and he was about to break out.

Seeing Xu, Zhang Er General was tense, Cao Cao, who had retreated, finally thought about it again and again, and still called Xu Chu in time.

"Zhongkang, don't be rude!"

Cao Cao looked at Zhang He, who was leading the horse and Zhang He, was admiring and cherishing his talents. He asked with a smile:

"Can you come to Yan Liang and Wen Chou?"

Zhang He had a bright look. Facing Xu Chu who was coming in a fierce manner, he did not avoid any permission. While he was alert to the sudden attack of the enemy general, he replied generously and loudly:

"I am Zhang Junyi in the Hebei region, Zhang River in Ye, not a place where soldiers in the south drink horses. Please come back!"

"Haha, okay, my brother Benchu ​​has many civil and military affairs, and Hebei is full of many soldiers!"

After Cao Cao smiled and said this, he took Guo Jia, Dong Zhao and others to ride a horse away from the Huanshui Bridge. After Xu Chu waited for his lord and cavalry to return to the military formation, he also glanced at Zhang He who was confronting him and calmly retreated.

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South of the Huan River, in the Cao army's formation.

Cao Cao, who returned to his own military formation, looked solemn. He said to Guo Jia and Dong Zhao:

"Yuan Shao and others remain calm in the face of danger. I am afraid that the city defense of Yecheng has been strengthened, so they led their troops to come prepared. This time, our army was going to attack Yecheng by surprise and avoid the real and attack the weak, but now the attack on Yecheng is obviously fruitless. It is not conducive to the movement of the army. We pretend to resist the river and set up a fortress, and when it is dark, we will retreat to Liyang on the river."

Hearing that Cao Cao seemed to have intentionally withdrawn his troops, Dong Zhao hurriedly said:

"Ming Gong, Yuan Shao just said that he was just now. I am afraid that the situation in Hebei may not be as he said. The army has crossed the river. This is a thousand years, so you must not retreat easily!"

"Yes." Cao Cao nodded and replied:

"Yuan Shao wants to scare our army away, but he knows that Yuan's army is prepared in front, so our army can no longer attack rashly. He should retreat to Liyang first and wait for Bingzhou and Hanoi to decide on the march after the exact news comes from Hanoi."

After saying that, Cao Cao had waved his hand to summon Ding Fei from the Central Army and said:

"Mr. Wen, you immediately send a cavalry back to Liyang and send him to Yu Jin's troops to guard Liyang closely and guard the retreat for the army."

"promise!"

Ding Fei quickly took the order and left.

Looking back at the Hebei soldiers lined up on the other side, Cao Cao, who was frustrated to attack Yecheng, frowned again.

Didn’t Yuan Shao besiege Gongsun Zan from Yijing? How could he suddenly appear north of the Huan River like a magic weapon descending from the sky, and intercepting his army that was raiding Yecheng in time? Could it be that someone in the army secrets were leaked, which allowed Yecheng to have time to prepare for defense and response measures in advance?

He is not arrogant when he wins, nor is he discouraged when he loses. Although the army is now frustrated, Cao Cao, who has experienced many battles and is determined to quickly withdraw his chaotic thoughts. He ordered the entire army to resist the river and set up a fort, and put on a stance to prepare for the war to cross the river, intending to wait for the exact military information in Bingzhou, Hanoi and other places before deciding the next trend of the army.

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North of the Huan River, in front of Yuan’s army.

Xu You, who returned safely, had a smug smile on his face. He looked at Tian Feng who came to greet him and smiled:

"Tian Biejia, Cao Jun was repelled by Gong Ming!"

Tian Feng snorted coldly, and did not argue with Xu You anymore, but said to Yuan Shao:

"Ming Gong, although Cao's army has been intercepted, it is coming in a fierce manner. I am afraid that it will not cross the river and retreat easily. I also have to sit and watch the battle between Hebei and Yan Xing, and wait for an opportunity to march. Our army originally divided the troops of Chunyu Qiong and Jiang Yiqiu. Now it seems that we should not only quickly send General Chiang Zhonglang to withdraw the troops that attacked Hanoi, but also send envoys to remind General Chunyu Qiong to use his troops with caution!"

The Cao army crossed the river in a large number and conquered Liyang. In addition to being able to go north to threaten the city of Wei County, it could also turn westward and attack the Chaoge camp of Yuan's army. This was equivalent to cutting off the retreat of Jiang Yiqu's troops from Hebei. If Jiang Yiqu's troops went out to attack Henoi, then there would be a fire in the rear, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to return the entire army in the enemy's territory.

Although Yuan Shao was physically and mentally exhausted and had no way to vent his anger, he heard Tian Feng’s painstaking reminder and still had to adjust his attitude, nodded and said:

"What the other emperor said was very much, Gu immediately sent an order to let Jiang Yiqiu and other generals return to defend Chaoge and guard the city closely, so that Cao Aman could take advantage of it. As for General Chunyu, he had been through the Rong brigade for a long time, and was a long-lasting general in the army to support Bingzhou, echoing the internal and external troops of Yuan Cai and others. He expected that there would be no mistakes, so he sent envoys again, so he didn't have to."

"this--"

Tian Feng looked at Yuan Shao, but he wanted to speak but stopped.

Although Hebei has been in constant conflict with Sanhe over the years, the real war has not happened.

Whether it was the initial battle to rescue Zhang Yang, or the later battle to join forces with Cao Cao to advance to Sanhe, Yan Xing rescued the rebels of Tuo Yi.

This caused the soldiers from Hebei to be proud of their strong military forces and did not take Sanhe and Guanxi soldiers seriously.

In their eyes, Yan Xingjun, like Gongsun Zan and the Black Mountain bandits, can be determined by a battle, while the Hebei generals shouted the bold words of trampling the three rivers, and I don’t know how long they had been shouting in front of Yuan Shao’s command.

However, after sorting out and analyzing Tian Feng's information over the years, he did not think so.

In his opinion, Yan Xingjun was born from Dong Zhuo's army and took Hedong as the foundation for his foothold. Over the years, he collected Sanhe and attacked Guanxi. It was a perfect battle. The generals and schools were all chosen for a while. The soldiers were fighting in a long battle. Even if they were the elite soldiers of Hebei led by Chunyu Qiong, they would not be able to win.

In times of troubled times, it is not just about winning the battle. At present, the Hebei army is divided into many places in Yijing, Bingzhou, Henoi, and Ye. Once one place is defeated, it will immediately collapse. Hebei soldiers must not rely on their strong troops and horses, despise the enemy and start a war on their own.

Jinyang and Huguan City are in a dangerous situation. Yan Zhanjun is eager to capture it. Only by relying on the strong city, they can they first suck their spirit and then fight with it to a decisive battle with it can they have a stable chance of victory. For example, Chunyu Qiong led the elite troops from Hebei to Bingzhou this time. If he blindly seeks to fight against the enemy, it would be too risky.

But can my lord obey these?

Yuan Shao has exhausted all his patience by Gongsun Zan. How could he still do his best to continue to fight step by step and suppress his urgency to wipe out all the heroes and seize the world.

Tian Feng sighed in his heart and looked up at the sky under the scorching sun.
Chapter completed!