In front of the Allies.

Just when Li Li sighed at Wen Chou's extraordinary martial arts, the princes of the Allied Army were quite dissatisfied with Wen Chou's performance in front of the battlefield, and the most ostentatious one was the most.

Before this, Zhang Yang felt that among the generals of Jizhou, Wen Chou, Yan Liang and the others were the most arrogant and arrogant. Every time they saw him visiting Yuan Shao, they always had to interrogate and then let him in reluctantly. In Zhang Yang's eyes, they were just picking their noses and deliberately making things difficult for him, which made him lose face and often resentful.

However, Wen Chou and Yan Liang were both confidant generals that Yuan Shao trusted very much, and their weight was much more important than his ostentatiousness. Therefore, even if he was reluctant, he had nowhere to express his grievances. He could only break his teeth and swallow it into his stomach, hold back his anger and say he was unlucky. He didn't know when he offended these two plague gods, and they actually disliked him so much.

Therefore, now seeing Wen Chou fighting against the enemy general Gan Ning in front of the formation is difficult to distinguish. Zhang Yang's mood is very complicated, and the expression on his face is ugly and he is very unhappy.

As for the current situation and his own interests, Zhang Yang hopes that the Allied forces will defeat the Xiliang army in one fell swoop. Even if they cannot capture Hangu Pass, they will also severely damage Li Li and his Xiliang army, so that he can continue to take over Henei County and even pick up a Hedong County for free. Therefore, he rationally hopes that Wen Chou can kill the enemy general Gan Ning and win the first victory for the Allied forces.

However, from the perspective of personal emotions and likes and dislikes, Zhang Yang hoped that Wen Chou would be defeated and returned from defeat, and even died completely in front of the battlefield on the spot. That would be the best. Because he did not want to see Wen Chou's dead face again, and he was even more unwilling to be cowardly from Wen Chou and Yan Liang. He was completely overwhelmed and could not see the eyes and be upset, so that he would not be angry about these two plague gods in the future.

There are many things like Zhang Yang who are secretly intrigue and have ulterior motives among the Allies, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Perhaps even Yuan Shao didn't know that Zhang Yang, who trusted him very much, had resentment towards the two generals Wen Chou and Yan Liang. Moreover, he had been for a long time, but he had been tolerant, so that Yuan Shao was always kept in the dark and unknown. And he was even more unlikely to know that the reason why Zhang Yang was dependent on him or was respectful and well-behaved in front of him was not because he was sincerely loyal to him, but because the situation forced him to do so.

Hanoi County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, bordering Jizhou. There were Baibo thieves in the north and the Black Mountain army attacked him in the east. In his early years, he was disrespectful to Li Li in the west, which made Li Li very dislike him and wanted to dismiss him as the prefect of Hanoi. In such a complex environment, Zhang Yang must find a backer for himself, so as not to have a way out when Li Li attacked him one day, and he could still have a way out to save his life and life. However, there were not many princes who could rely on, either to surrender to Yuan Shao in Jizhou or to Cao Cao in Yanzhou. He chose one of the two, and he decisively chose to rely on Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao's power was greater than Cao Cao.

But these were all choices two years ago. At that time, Zhang Yang had no third way to choose, so he could only rely on Yuan Shao in secret and survive in the cracks. But the current situation is different from the past. Lu Bu took Cao Cao's foundation and occupied Yanzhou, while Zhang Yang and Lu Bu were old acquaintances and had a strong personal relationship, which provided Zhang Yang with more choices. Moreover, Lu Bu's military advisor Chen Gong had a deep conversation with him several times in private, and his words and words revealed the intention of winning over, which made Zhang Yang quite moved. He was still hesitating and considering, and had not made a final decision yet. He was going to wait and make a decision after the Battle of Hangu ended, for fear that he would lose all his life if he was not careful.

"Can the leader know where this enemy general Gan Ning came from? Why have you never heard of such a powerful general under Li Zhe's command before, who can tie Wen Chou?" Just as Zhang Yang was secretly calculating, Liu Bei, not far away, asked Yuan Shao softly.

Yuan Shao's eyes froze, and a faint anger appeared on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Yuan has never heard of this thief's name. I think he must be a raider. Li Zhe has always been unaware of people, and most of the generals under his command are grass-roots martial artists from common people. As long as someone joins him, regardless of character or status, he will be included in his command. Gan Ning in front of him must be the same. However, this thief has some courage and has fought against Wen Chou for more than 40 rounds. Li Zhe finally included a relatively capable martial artist."

After saying something unpleasantly, Yuan Shao looked at Wen Chou who was fighting in front of the formation with a bad look, full of anger at the inconvenience of his inconvenience.

Because Liu Bei's seemingly kind question was gloating, Yuan Shao's face was a little uncomfortable, and he felt that Liu Bei seemed to mock his generals for being incompetent, which made him lose face.

At the same time, Wen Chou's performance in front of the formation also made Yuan Shao very dissatisfied. How could he be the head of the four pillars of the Hebei Dynasty? How could he not even be able to fight against an unknown Gan Ning?

What's going on? Could it be that all the generals under Li Zhe were all heavenly soldiers and generals who came down to earth? Anyone who pulled them out had such powerful combat power?

Liu Bei noticed that Yuan Shao was quite unhappy and immediately comforted him tactfully: "Don't worry about the leader. To be honest, General Wen Chou is a rare brave general in the world. He has great power and superb spear skills. He has never been at a disadvantage in the battle. Therefore, even if General Wen Chou cannot win in this first battle, he will definitely not be defeated. If nothing unexpected happens, this formation will end in a draw. Even so, General Wen Chou's martial arts are comparable to my third brother. He can be called a powerful general in the world, which is rare!"

"Hmm?" Yuan Shao could hear Liu Bei's words at first, and the anger on his face had subsided, but after hearing Liu Bei's last words, his face changed again and became gloomy in an instant.

At this moment, he had an illusion in his mind: "My general Wen Chou's martial arts can only be compared with your third brother, the mat and footwear seller. The implication is that the martial arts of your Liu Bei and your second brother Guan Yu are far above Wen Chou? Could it be that the strongest military general under my command, Yuan Shao, can only compare with your third brother Zhang Fei, a reckless man? Is this a joke that Yuan Shao has no generals?"

Just as Yuan Shao was secretly angry, Cao Cao, who had never spoken in front of the formation, suddenly interrupted: "What Xuande said is right. In the past, Guan Yu killed Hua Xiong with a warm wine and became famous in battle. Xuande himself also galloped across the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops under Dong's thief's command with a pair of double-stranded swords, and retreated unstoppable after the war. From this, it can be seen that Xuande and Ling's brother Guan Yu are both heroes of the time. Wen Chou can be compared with the three Xuande brothers, which is very rare."

"Meng De has been too much, so he is ashamed and dare not take it. Hahaha!" Liu Bei smiled happily with joy, bowed his hands and said modestly.

"Hmph!" Just as Liu Bei was laughing happily, Yuan Shao snorted with a calm face, and then shouted at Wen Chou, who was fighting in front of the battle: "Gan Ning is just an unknown person. You must quickly remove the thief's head, so there must be no mistake!"

"Ah!" Yuan Shao shouted loudly, and the Jizhou generals behind him exclaimed in surprise, among which Yan Liang's voice was the loudest. His face turned pale in an instant, and he couldn't believe his ears. How could his lord shout to Wen Chou at this time? Isn't this equivalent to directly taking Wen Chou's life?

The fact is just as Yan Liang thought. The great impact of Yuan Shao's anger on Wen Chou was immeasurable, and it directly ruined the life of the Jizhou general and the head of the four pillars.

When Yuan Shao's angry and stern voice came to Wen Chou's ears, Wen Chou and Gan Ning fought together, and the two of them were evenly matched with one blow. However, just as Wen Chou raised his iron spear and was about to give Gan Ning a blow, he suddenly heard Yuan Shao's angry shout. In an instant, Wen Chou raised the spear above his head and paused, and looked back in shock. The whole movement was completed in a very short time, only two seconds before and after.

But it was precisely the stagnation of this short two seconds that Gan Ning keenly caught the fighter plane and immediately took action. But he saw him wave his hand and slashing at Wen Chou's right hand, which was raised above his head, and his body quickly left the horse's back as he waved the knife, jumped up, and kicked Wen Chou's chest with both feet.

In a critical moment, Wen Chou relied on his extraordinary hearing to judge from the sound of the sword breaking through the air that Gan Ning's sword was slashing towards his head. He immediately did not have time to turn around and was even more unlikely to block the gun. He could only lean his body to try to avoid Gan Ning's killing attack.

Facts proved that Wen Chou's judgment was very accurate. When he leaned back, Gan Ning's sword whizzed through his ears with a sharp and powerful airflow, and accurately hit the gun rod of the spear in his hand. The huge recoil force almost knocked him off. Fortunately, he was superb riding skill, clamped his horse's belly with his legs, and his upper body leaned back and rotated half a circle against the horse's back, and he almost sat firmly again. However, just as he sat firmly, he suddenly felt dark in front of him, and a huge black shadow blocked his sight and quickly magnified in his eyes.

"Bang, bang-bang!"

Two strategies flew straight onto Wen Chou's chest one after another, causing Wen Chou, who had just stabilized his body, to take no time to take any precautions, and was kicked away before even making a scream of pain. With a crisp sound of bone cracks, he rolled in the air, and his mouth was blurted out with big mouthfuls of blood, and then he smashed heavily to the ground.

However, Gan Ning, who kicked Wen Chou away with both feet, did not stop there. He had already landed smoothly before Wen Chou landed. When Wen Chou was on the ground, Gan Ning strode to kill him. The cold sword rushed straight to Wen Chou who was limping on the ground, trying to split Wen Chou head-on in half.

"Ding———Puff!"

In the flash of lightning, Wen Chou, who was seriously injured and vomited blood, tried his best to swing his gun at the sword that was coming towards him, barely shaking Gan Ning's powerful slash. However, he was shocked by the huge countershock force on the spear and slid backwards for more than ten steps, and then another mouthful of blood was sprayed out.

"Do you die!" As a loud shout that followed closely, he heard Wen Chou's ears covered with blood. He looked up in shock but saw a blood mist in front of him. The blood that had just sprayed covered his eyes. Through the bright red blood mist, he suddenly saw a cold light hitting his neck.

At this moment, Wen Chou, who was already unable to resist, used all his strength to stab the iron spear that had been holding his hands tightly, and went straight to the ground to the direction where the cold light came.

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Chapter completed!