Yan Liang's army was ambushed by Cao Cao, and almost the entire army was annihilated.

Yuan Shao got the news, and he was immediately full of anger, and without thinking about it carefully, he asked Yan Liang to send an order to Yan Liang to take his head back to see him.

Having lost the army, Yan Liang and the Tiger Benwei led by Zhao Yun were stationed in one place, quietly waiting for Yuan Shao's order to return.

However, within a few days, the messenger sent by Yuan Shao arrived in Zhao Yun's army.

learned from the messenger that Yuan Shao had the intention to kill him, and Yan Liang, who had always been relied on by Yuan Shao, was suddenly heartbroken.

Leading the army to fight against Cao Cao, Yan Liang can be said to have exhausted all his strength.

But after all, he is only a general, in front of Cao Cao, who has many ministers, how can he be Cao Cao's opponent?

"General!" Conveying Yuan Shao's meaning to Yan Liang, the messenger took a white silk from the entourage on the side, held it in front of Yan Liang with both hands, bowed down to him and said, "Duke Yuan gave the general a white silk!" ”

Glancing at the white silk, Yan Liang smiled bitterly.

has followed Yuan Shao to fight for many years, and he has also made great contributions, but he didn't expect that in the end, he would end up with such a bleak end.

Taking the white silk from the messenger's hand, Yan Liang looked up at the top of the tent, sighed lightly and said, "Duke Yuan gave the white silk to the end of the general to leave a whole corpse. It's just that the marching army is outside, and there are no beams, how will the general use this white silk? ”

After saying this, Yan Liang threw the white silk to the ground, reached out and drew the long sword from his waist.

Yan Liang threw the white silk on the ground, and the messenger took two steps back in fright, thinking that Yan Liang was going to kill him.

But the messenger really thought too much, Yan Liang didn't mean to kill him at all, after drawing out the long sword, Yan Liang raised the long sword and put it horizontally on his neck.

At the moment when Yan Liang was about to cut his neck hard, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Zhao Yun stepped into the tent, drew his long sword, and struck it at Yan Liang's long sword.

Just as he was about to exert himself, the long sword was picked up by Zhao Yun, Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhao Yun in amazement.

"The general fought a battle, there was no merit, and there was a lot of hard work, why did he commit suicide to apologize?" Entering the tent, Zhao Yun frowned, first asked Yan Liang, and then turned his head to the messenger sent by Yuan Shao and said: "General Ben is here, anyone who wants to kill General Yan Liang should ask General Ben about the long sword in his hand!" ”

Zhao Yun's tone was cold, and the messenger trembled with fright.

But after Yuan Shao's order, if the messenger didn't watch Yan Liang die, and couldn't go to Yuan Shao to restore his life, standing aside, it would be a little embarrassing.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin will speak to Duke Yuan!" Seeing that the messenger was still not leaving, Zhao Yun glared at him, and said another sentence in a cold tone.

After being shouted by Zhao Yun, the messenger shuddered, hurriedly hugged his fists, bowed down to Zhao Yun, and left Yan Liang's tent.

"General Zilong......" was rescued by Zhao Yun, Yan Liang looked at him with an embarrassed face, but just greeted Zhao Yun, let out a long sigh, and turned his head to the side.

"If Duke Yuan wants to kill the general, the general will be killed?" Yan Liang's face was full of shame, but Zhao Yun stepped closer to him and asked him.

Zhao Yun took a step closer, but Yan Liang took a step back, and said to Zhao Yun with a face still full of shame: "A certain is a vanguard, fighting with the Cao army, and the first battle is the annihilation of the whole army." Yuan Gong wants to kill so-and-so, and so-and-so has nothing to say......"

"There's nothing to say!" As soon as Yan Liang's words fell, Zhao Yun glared at him, and said angrily: "Although the general was defeated this time, he captured Guan Yu, and the general also tried his best to not embarrass Yuan Gong!" What reason did Duke Yuan have to kill the general? ”

"Having said that, but that Hebei, a certain can't go back!" Looking at Zhao Yun, Yan Liang's face showed hesitation.

"It's okay not to go back to Hebei for the time being!" Yan Liang's words were exactly in Zhao Yun's arms, and Zhao Yun hurriedly said: "If the general doesn't escort Guan Yu back to Luoyang with a certain person, His Royal Highness knows that the general will capture Guan Yu and will definitely treat him well." As for Yuan Gong, there is His Royal Highness to speak, and the general doesn't need to worry about it! ”

Zhao Yun mentioned that he wanted him to go to Luoyang together, Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "That's ...... Isn't it? ”

"Nothing bad!" The order he got was to find a way to bring Yan Liang back to Luoyang, Zhao Yun would not let him hesitate for too long, and hurriedly said to him: "The general went to Luoyang, after His Royal Highness informed Yuan Gong, wait until Yuan Gong wants to understand the key, and it will not be too late for the general to return to Hebei!" ”

After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Yan Liang lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and finally nodded heavily, sighing helplessly.

Yan Liang and Zhao Yun escorted Guan Yu together that day and went to Luoyang.

At this time, at the Yanjin ferry, the 5,000 Yuan army led by Wen Chou had also arrived close to Yanjin.

On the ferry, Yu Ban, who led two thousand Cao troops to defend the town, looked across the Yellow River at the Yuan army on the other bank, but he was thinking in his heart about how to defeat these Yuan troops.

If you talk about bravery, the three Yu Ban may not be Wen Chou's opponents.

But Yu Ban was not a reckless general, looking at Yuan Jun on the other side of the riverbank, he thought more, not to capture Wen Chou, but how to lead Yuan Jun to cross the river, and then cause great casualties to Yuan Jun.

The Yellow River is different from other small rivers in that it cuts off its course in the upper reaches, no matter who mentions it, it is just a crazy idea, and Yu Banzi will not use that method to deal with Yuan Jun.

The 5,000 Yuan army, in terms of numbers, is only more than twice as many as the soldiers and horses under the command of Yu Ban.

With such a numerical advantage, Yuan's army stormed the ferry and did not have much chance of winning.

Wen Chou is also a general who has led the army for many years, although he is reckless, he is not a fool.

Standing on the bank of the Yellow River, facing Yu Ban across the river from the other side of the river, Wen Chou's brows were also tightly twisted.

At Yanjin Ferry, the water flow is relatively gentle, and if it is a weekday, several large boats can carry the soldiers of the Yuan army across the river.

But now, there is a Cao army stationed on the opposite side of the riverbank, once the Yuan army crosses the river, the Cao army must intercept it on the opposite side of the riverbank, and there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

"General!" Looking at the Cao army camp on the other side of the riverbank, an officer of the Yuan army ran to Wen Chou's side, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "I just got the news, our army was defeated in the battle of White Horse!" ”

Hearing that Baima had been defeated in the first battle, Wen Chou hurriedly turned around, his eyes widened, and asked the soldier, "Is there any news of General Yan Liang?" ”

"Duke Yuan sent a messenger to give General Yan Liang death!" Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, the officer said to Wen Chou: "However, General Zhao Yun of the Qin army persuaded General Yan Liang to return to Luoyang first, and it will not be long before the King of Qin will inform Yuan Gong......"

"King Qin informed Duke Yuan?" He has always been very close to Yan Liang, and when he learned that he was not dead, Wen Chou was a little relieved, but the corners of his mouth were pursed, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was saying to the officer: "Yan Liang and Zhao Yun returned to Luoyang, and Yuan Gong is afraid that he will not be allowed to ......."

The officer didn't say anything, just stood aside with his fists clenched.

He also knew that his status was humble, and in this kind of thing between Yan Liang and Wen Chou, it was not appropriate to comment, so he could only listen to Wen Chou silently.

Knowing that he couldn't tell the officer for any reason, Wen Chou waved his hand at him and instructed him, "You should stand down!" ”

With a fist clenched and bowed in response, the officer turned and left.

After the officer left, looking at the Cao Jun camp on the other side of the riverbank, Wen Chou's heart swelled with sentimentality.

is the so-called rabbit dead fox sorrow, Yan Liang is like him, he is one of the four court pillars of Hebei, and both of them have also made great contributions to Yuan Shao, and they both have a very high status in Yuan Shao's army.

Now that Yan Liang has only been defeated once, Yuan Shao will give him death, Wen Chou has no doubt that if Yanjin fights, he will also be defeated, and Yuan Shao will not spare him either.

Yuan Shao's plan to attack Cao Cao and capture Xudu has been done for a long time.

Tian Feng and Fu Zhu confronted Yuan Shao because of this and were sent to prison, which shows how much he attached importance to this battle.

has lost the strength of the army, and now I am afraid that no matter who it is, it will be difficult to get Yuan Shao's forgiveness.

Taking a deep breath and looking at the Cao army on the other bank, Wen Chou was also thinking in his heart how to cross the river bank in order to break the Cao army and seize the Yanjin ferry.

Wen Chou looked at Cao Jun on the other side of the riverbank, and Yu Ban was also looking at the place where his army was stationed.

At the Yanjin Ferry, the water of the Yellow River is wrapped in sediment and flows slowly downstream.

Between the two armies, there is undoubtedly an impassable moat, and the soldiers and horses under his command are not as numerous as Yuan's army, so Yu Banzi will not lightly lead the army across the river to attack Yuan's army.

"General!" Looking at Yuan Jun on the other side of the riverbank, a rough voice came from behind Yu Ban.

Hearing the person behind him speak, Yu Ban turned around, grinned, and asked the person walking towards him: "Man Cheng, the Yuan army is already in Yanjin, with the meaning of Man Cheng, should our army attack or defend to the death?" ”

"I have few soldiers, and it is the right way to defend to the death!" Walking to Yu Ban's side, with his hands behind his back, looking at the Yuan army camp on the other side of the riverbank, Li Dian said in a very calm tone: "Taking the initiative to attack, it will definitely surprise the enemy's expectations, and the key is to win by surprise!" ”

"What does Mancheng mean by taking the initiative?" Turning his head to look at Li Dian, Yu Ban asked him a question.

Nodding, Li Dian said to the ban: "But the number of our army is only half of the enemy's, if you want to cross the river to attack, you must send surprise troops!" ”

"Once our army gets on the ferry, it will be exposed to Yuan's army, how can we win by surprise?" Yu Ban shook his head and said to Li Dian: "I'm afraid it's not easy to win with a surprise soldier!" ”

"Take advantage of the night to drink water, and the fire will fill the camp!" Li Dian's gaze was still in the camp of Yuan Jun on the other side, and from his mouth, only eight words came out.

Hearing these eight words, Yu Ban was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, gently patted Li Dian on the back, and said to him: "If it weren't for Mancheng, I almost missed the great achievement!" ”