Unlike the Battle of Guandu in history, it was no longer Yan Liang who was the vanguard of Yuan Shao's army.

Yuan Shao ordered Zhang He to be a pioneer, which is obviously the most suitable choice.

If in history, Yuan Shao could use Zhang He instead of Yan Liang, and keep the two generals, I am afraid that the outcome of the Battle of Guandu would be different. But it's a pity that the current Yuan Shao no longer has two generals like Yan Liang and Wen Chou available.

Zhang He is a wise general, and his talent is not under Zhang Liao and other generals.

Brave and resourceful, he is a formidable opponent.

Starting from Liyang, it is not far to reach Qinghe, but it is only dozens of miles. As the vanguard army, Zhang He led an army of 100,000 to the Qing River, and Yuan Shao's army had not yet reached Liyang City.

As the vanguard army, Zhang He's mission is to break through the Qinghe defense line and then take the White Horse City directly.

Speaking of White Horse City, it is actually to the west of Puyang City, that is, to the south of the Qinghe River from Liyang, and to the east is Puyang.

White Horse City and Puyang are actually quite far apart, and the two places are about 100 miles apart.

Zhang He's heart knew very well that if he captured White Horse City, it would be equivalent to cutting off the relationship between Cao Cao's army and Puyang City, and when the time came, Yuan Shao could take Puyang City by sending an army at will.

And the capture of Puyang City has a different general significance.

You must know that Puyang City was originally the capital of Yanzhou, but now Cao Cao has set Dongjun as the capital of Yanzhou, and most of the people of Yanzhou have migrated to the southeast. Puyang City is too close to Hebei and is easy to be captured by Yuan Shao, so. After Cao Cao considered this problem, he changed Dongjun to the capital of Yanzhou. In this way, even if the Puyang City area behind the main road of the Yellow River is lost. It will not affect Cao Cao's governance over most of Yanzhou.

When Zhang Heyi came to the bank of the Qing River, he saw that there was already Cao Jun on the other side of the river, intending to prevent Zhang He from leading the army to cross the river.

Zhang He has an army of 100,000, and Chun Yuqiong is the deputy general to help, while looking at the Cao army on the other side, the number is only 20,000 or 30,000. In such a situation, Zhang He can be regarded as a forced crossing. I believe that Cao Cao's little military horses can't stop him.

But Zhang He was not brave and unscrupulous, and he certainly did not want to be attacked by Cao Cao's military horses when he crossed the river.

Historically. Yan Liang was directly forced to cross, although he finally succeeded in crossing the river, but his military horses suffered a lot of losses, which led to Yan Liang's defeat in White Horse City.

Yuan Shao's military horse. The Northern Army, so to speak. The northerners are not good at water, and if his military horses cross the river in the river and are attacked by the Cao army on the other bank, his military horses will only be beaten to death.

Therefore, Zhang He did not recklessly force the crossing to attack Cao's army. Instead, he divided the generals into three, and left Chun Yuqiong to lead the army to confront Cao's army in the local area. The other two armies went up and down the river to find a place to cross the river.

In this way, it also gave Cao Jun a delusion, thinking that Yuan Shaojun wanted to directly attack Puyang and White Horse City by dividing his troops.

Yanzhou is so big. Cao Ren left more than 100,000 military horses in the south of the main road of the Yellow River, so. In Puyang and other vast areas, Cao Cao's military horses, even if you add the military horses of those local towns, will not exceed 100,000.

On the banks of the Qing River, the Cao army could not hold it, and as soon as Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops arrived, the Cao army could not defend it.

The commanders of Cao's army, seeing Yuan Shao's army dividing his troops, knew that it was pointless to block the road again, so they withdrew to the city separately and prepared to defend the city, delaying the attack of Yuan Shao's army, so that the army in the rear could prepare and gain more time for reinforcements to come.

In this way, as soon as the Cao army defending the river bank withdrew, Chun Yuqiong's military horses immediately built a pontoon bridge and crossed the Qing River. Zhang He naturally got the news and then returned to the army to cross the river from the pontoon bridge.

In this way, without spending a single soldier, Zhang He led his army across the Qing River and officially advanced into Cao Cao's powerful territory.

Liu Yan, the defender of White Horse City, learned that Yuan Shao's vanguard had crossed the Qing River and came straight to White Horse City, so he hurried 800 miles to report to Cao Cao and ask Cao Cao to send reinforcements.

Well, in fact, since Yuan Shao's army moved, scouts from all sides have been running all over the place, constantly reporting information to the generals of all sides.

What's more, Xudu is not too far from Puyang, especially from White Horse City, which is actually only about 400 miles.

In ancient times, most of them were fast horses to transmit reports, and ordinary war horses could run dozens of miles, four hundred miles, and in half a day, they could send information to Xudu.

Yuan Shao sent troops in the morning, Cao Cao could receive information at noon, and in the afternoon, Cao Cao's army could set off.

And Zhang He led the army to cross the Qing River, which took a day. He captured one of Cao Cao's small city garrisons, and the next day advanced to the White Horse City.

And Cao Cao, marching overnight, especially after receiving an urgent report from Liu Yan in White Horse City, after a night of marching, in the second half of the night, he had already led an army to White Horse City, and set up camp on a dirt slope not far outside White Horse City.

At noon, Zhang He's 100,000 military horses were killed under the White Horse City.

White Horse City is actually just a small city, and it is an important fulcrum from Xudu to Puyang. Therefore, Cao Cao has always left a military horse to garrison in White Horse City, and later Cao Ren added some military horses, so that the small city of White Horse City has nearly 20,000 horses. Coupled with Cao Cao's military horses, there are 70,000 horses in total.

Well, because Cao Cao received an urgent report from White Horse City, his troops were divided into three routes, and he personally led an army to White Horse City.

In front of White Horse Castle, it is a land of flat rivers.

Seeing that Zhang Yiyi arrived, the army lined up, with 100,000 elite soldiers, and the momentum of the formation was compelling.

For Cao Cao, he himself has hundreds of thousands of military horses, and not long ago, he personally led an army of 300,000 or 400,000 to recover Xuzhou. If you want to talk about the formation, Cao Cao has seen the bigger formation.

However, when Cao Cao saw the formation laid out by Zhang He, he was shocked. Why did Cao Cao, who had seen the big scene, make a fuss?

That's because he saw that the military formation laid out by Zhang He was not simple.

The military formations laid out by ordinary generals are either square or rectangular, and the army is lined up. At most, I saw a lot of military horses, which made people feel a little stressed. However, this military formation in front of him. But there seems to be a mystery of something, and there is a faint murderous aura rising to the sky.

Such a military formation, using the charge to kill, seems to be conducive to defense. Cao Cao was sure that if he rashly led his army to fight against this Yuan Shao's army, he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss.

This is a special military formation, and Cao Cao has seen the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array laid by Cao Ren. Therefore, although he couldn't name the military array in front of him, Cao Cao knew that this formation was by no means simple.

Cao Cao hurriedly summoned scout spies to come and inquire. Fang knew that Yuan Shaojun's commander was Zhang He.

For Zhang He, Cao Cao is naturally no stranger, when he was still friendly with Yuan Shao, when everyone was in Luoyang together. Cao Cao also once pushed the cup and changed the lamp with Zhang He. also plotted with Zhang He to plot against Liu Yi.

It was Zhang He who learned that he was in charge of the army. Cao Cao didn't feel a little difficult, not that he had a little friendship with Zhang He, but that Cao Cao knew how powerful Zhang He was.

In the past, Cao Cao was still alone, and the Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and other generals did not take refuge in him. He saw that Yuan Shao was always protected by an inseparable master, Zhang He, and he didn't know how envious Lu Dao was. Even, at that time, even Yuan Shu was guarded by a master Ji Ling.

Then. Zhang He In Cao Cao's mind, Zhang He can be said to be the number one master in Luoyang. As far as Cao Cao knows, it can be said that none of them are Zhang He's opponents.

Like those Praetorian Guard commanders who showed off their might in Luoyang Capital, or the eight captains of the West Garden, they were all weak, although he was also one of the eight captains of the West Garden.

Of course, if Wu Yong and Zhang He are particularly powerful, Cao Cao is not afraid now, because Cao Cao still has generals such as Xu Huang and Zhang Liao who are not weak. Cao Cao himself is also a master, he has a certain eyesight, and in his heart, he feels that although Zhang He is brave, he may not have the courage of Xu Huang and Zhang Liao.

What made Cao Cao's heart uneasy was Zhang He's resourcefulness.

Well, Zhang Hezhi's wisdom is mostly poisonous. Cao Cao has always felt that Zhang He is like a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, hidden behind others, and if he is against him, he will give a fatal blow from behind at any time. That's right, Zhang He's impression of Cao Cao was that Zhang He was too feminine and ruthless.

Now, he is going to cooperate with Zhang as an opponent, and Cao Cao always feels that he has to guard against Zhang He or something.

At this time, some generals under Cao Cao's account came to ask for battle, and asked him to lead the army to fight.

Leading the army to battle, Cao Cao was reluctant, looking at Zhang He's military array, Cao Cao had no chance of winning for a while. In the event of defeat, the entire northern part of Yanzhou would fall into Yuan Shao's hands.

Cao Cao thought about it, and wanted people to test how strong Zhang He's martial arts are now, if Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals can fight and defeat Zhang He, then let his generals kill Zhang He. As long as Zhang He is killed, the military formation laid by Zhang He can be broken without attacking. In this way, it is also a bad luck for Yuan Shaojun.

Cao Cao glanced at the generals who came to ask for battle, and saw that most of them were generals who had only defected to him not long ago, and it turned out that they were the generals under Lu Bu.

These generals, after betraying Lu Bu and switching to Cao Cao, they have never had a chance to show themselves. Before Cao Cao went out to fight the battles of Yu, Yang, and Xu, he did not take them with him. For new generals, Cao Cao will generally observe the general time before deciding whether to use them. This is also one of the reasons why Qin Yilu was in a hurry to tie up with Cao Cao.

Now, Cao Cao also treated Xu Huang and other generals as before, first take these generals with him, observe their performance, and if he can show enough loyalty to him Cao Cao, Cao Cao will consider arranging them to march into the Zhongtong Army. Of course, there is also the intention of examining their abilities, whether there are brave and strategic, or brave and unstrategic, or vain names, etc., all of which can only be known through investigation. Usually, what others say is some rumors, seeing is believing, and hearing is false.

Therefore, Cao Cao decided to see how these generals were capable first.

Cao Cao's eyes fell on Song Xian, the old general of Lu Bu, and said to Song Xian: "Generals, now that Yuan Shaojun seems to be in full swing, it is not appropriate to lead the army to fight a decisive battle with them for the time being, so we must first frustrate Yuan Shaojun's spirit." General Song Xian, I heard that Ru is a fierce general under Lu Bu, and it was you and Wei Xu who captured Lu Bu at the beginning, so I think about it, Er's martial arts should not be bad. ”

"Lord, Song captured Lu Bu, although it was not as the lord said. However, Song also fought in the south and the north, and there were countless generals who fought with Song, all of whom were killed by Song. Song Xian naturally didn't want to weaken his prestige. puffed up his chest and said: "As long as it is not for peerless generals such as Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, etc., Song asks himself if he can fight." ”

"Good!" Cao Cao saw that Song Xian seemed to be in high spirits, and praised him. Then he said to him: "The commander of Yuan Shaojun is Zhang He, his person Cao knows, before, he had few opponents in Luoyang, and now he is the first fierce general under Yuan Shao's account, can you dare to fight with Zhang He?" ”

"Why don't you dare!" Song Xian also knew Zhang He, when he joined Yuan Shao with Lu Bu. Zhang He hadn't met with them in person, so he didn't know how powerful Zhang He was.

What Song Xian said to Cao Cao. Although it is a bit of a braggart, Song Xian did go through a lot of vicious battles with Lu Buli. The enemy generals who died under his hands do not know how many. Of course, that was in the early days when all the heroes in the world were not yet alive. At the time of the war with the Huns.

Now. A second-rate military general like Song Xian is nothing anymore.

Song Xian picked up his gun and got on the horse, went straight out of the battle, and called Zhang He to fight.

Zhang He led the army to come, and at a glance he saw that there were reinforcements in White Horse City, and at a glance, he saw that it was Cao Cao's banner, and he knew that Cao Cao was coming. Cao Cao came in person. Then Zhang He knew that it was impossible for Lu Dao to directly attack White Horse City. Because Cao Cao's military horses did not enter the city, but were stationed outside the city. It is a horn with White Horse City. If you attack White Horse City, you will definitely be attacked by Cao Cao's army, and if you attack Cao Cao's military camp, you will also be attacked by military horses coming out of White Horse City.

Therefore, Zhang He immediately listed a large array, the Flying Tiger Snake Formation. I hope that it can attract Cao Cao's attack, so that Cao Cao can suffer a big loss.

At the same time, let the fast horse go back to report to Yuan Shao urgently, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have arrived in White Horse City, and there are not many military horses, so please send military horses to help as soon as possible, so as to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, if you can capture or kill Cao Cao, it will be better.

Zhang He saw that Cao Cao's faction would come to his army to fight, and Zhang He, who was already a little itchy, could still bear it and slapped out of the formation.

When Zhang He saw Song Xian, he didn't know him, and he didn't bother to say anything more to Song Xian, so he slapped his horse and shot him.

Song Xian didn't know how powerful Zhang He was, and he wasn't afraid, but when he saw that Zhang Heyi was coming, he attacked and killed, and he didn't have time to sign up, so he was angry in his heart and shouted: "Zhang He, listen up, it's ...... who killed you."

"Less nonsense! Kill! ”

Zhang Heche walked with the horse, shouted, and stabbed Song Xian with a spear.

Song Xian originally wanted to sign up for the letter, so that Zhang He would know how majestic he was before, and after killing Zhang He, he would let the soldiers of the two armies know his name.

However, when he saw that Zhang He's spear was in a hurry, he choked for a while, and he didn't have time to sign up, so he quickly closed his mouth and fought with great luck.

Ding Ding ......

Song Xian reluctantly picked off the tip of the spear that Zhang He's attacked, and the two generals crossed by mistake.

The short exchange of excitement made Song Xian's heart chill, because his arm actually made Zhang He's strength a little numb, and he almost picked up the spear in his hand.

This time, Song Xian didn't dare to drag it out. Hurry up and turn around.

However, Zhang He was faster than him, and before he reined in and turned back, Zhang He had already killed him again.

Not good! Song Xian screamed in his heart, hurriedly lit the spear to the ground, and the whole person was measured to the side, and with a snort, a spear happened to pass by his side.

The sound of the horses' hooves caused the two horses to rush out again.

Song Xian saw the opportunity early, and the whole person drilled into the horse's belly, and once again dodged a shot from Zhang He when the two horses passed by.

It's dangerous!

It was just two rendezvous, Song Xian was killed by Zhang He and broke out in a cold sweat, at this moment, he knew the power of Zhang He, this is a first-class general, it doesn't look weaker than Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Song Xianzhi said that he was by no means Zhang He's enemy, and the wonderful carcass of Lu Bu's wife Wei flashed in his mind, thinking that he hadn't enjoyed it enough, how could he die just like that? If you don't have the enemy, you can leave.

He almost didn't think about it, reflexively sat on the horse's back from the horse's belly, and hit the horse directly to escape.

"Yikes!"

Suddenly, with the wild roar of a war horse, Song Xian suddenly felt a chill in his heart, followed by a sharp pain that spread all over his body, his eyes were black, and he fell off the horse's back with a bang.

It turned out that when Zhang He passed by with Song Xian's war horse again, he turned around and did not stab Song Xian with a shot, and reined in his horse, so that his war horse directly took the horse's hooves as a dot, stood up high and turned around, and when he fell, a shot stabbed Song Xian's vest that sat on the horse's back from under the horse's belly, and stabbed Song Xian through with a shot.

said that it was too late, but in fact, the battle between Song Xian and Zhang He was a matter of a few breaths.

Well, the first rendezvous, Zhang He came first, and when he was killed in front of Song Xian, Song Xian tried his best to resist, and at this time, he made a judgment.

Then, Song Xian returned to the horse, Zhang He, who had the initiative, had already returned to the horse to kill, in a hurry, Song Xianmo said that he would fight with Zhang Heyi again, he couldn't even resist, he only used his superb equestrian skills to dodge Zhang He's second attack successively.

Then, Song Xian only had a flash of thought, and was about to flee for his life, Zhang He turned around and ended his life with one shot.

From afar, Cao Cao watched Song Xian be killed by Zhang He in two clicks, and watched Zhang He raise the spear with blood dripping from the tip of the spear, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What a brave general!" ”

At this time, Cao Cao didn't have time to think about Song Xian's killing, but was just surprised by Zhang He's continuous killing moves. Of course, for Cao Cao, Song Xian died when he died, and he didn't have too much pity. For such an unbearable person who doesn't have much ability, it's not a pity that Cao Cao dies. What's more, Cao Cao really won't reuse Song Xian. This, in order to save his life, even the lord who has been following him for many years can be tied up to join the enemy, such a person, where does Cao Cao dare to reuse it? If he doesn't kill him secretly, he can be regarded as snickering.

In addition, in Cao Cao's heart, he actually wished that Song Xian would hang up. Because, Cao Cao heard some rumors and suspected that Lu Bu's wife Wei was in the hands of Song Xian.

Well, this guy, doesn't he know that he likes women? Why don't you give Wei to yourself? (To be continued......)