Han Xiang

Chapter 346 Ordinary-looking Zhang Wenyuan
When Cao Cao laughed to his heart's content, the civil and military under his command cooperated with each other so as not to spoil the fun.

Because that's Boss Cao's self-confidence, only the favored Guo Jia is good at finding opportunities to raise points.

Before Cao Cao finished laughing and made a decision, Guo Jia reminded in a low voice: "Duke Ming, Long Xiang is not a reckless man, but also Lu Su is very wise. Such a weird move must be a trick, and we should deal with it cautiously."

"Don't I know what Feng Xiao said? It's just that in the face of absolute strength, all so-called tricks are useless."

Cao Cao had to give an explanation, and turned his head to wave to Cao Xiu: "Order Wen Yuan and Zihe to lead the troops to meet them, and tell them to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. Although Sun Quan was defeated in Xiang'an, Long Xiang once defeated Sun Ce. Not to be taken lightly."

"Wei." Cao Xiu took the order and left.

Zhang Liao and Cao Chun have cooperated to win many times, and Cao Cao also likes to use two people to attack.

Before the two dispatched troops and horses to leave the city, the guard Han Hao hurriedly found Cao Cao, bowed down on one knee for the first time, and begged: "My lord, the last general requests to go with the two generals Zhang and Cao."

"Why is Yuan Si like this?"

Cao Cao looked surprised and stepped forward to help him up. He said in his heart that you are already my closest and most trusted person, and there is no need to follow Zhang Liao's example and go to the front line to work hard. Today's behavior is really a bit strange.

Han Hao said solemnly: "A few years ago, my lord went east to Lu Bu in Xuzhou. At the end, he passed through Xujia Village in Qiao County and was ambushed and lost his troops. I heard that the leader of the bandit, Xu Chu, went south to vote in Hefei and became the number one general under Long Xiang. The end general wants to be the leader of the year. The fallen soldiers will take revenge."

"I almost forgot about this one."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and frowned, then turned to discuss with Guo Jia: "I heard that this man is very brave, and he is also good at flying stones. I don't know if he is Zhang Wenyuan's opponent."

Guo Jia comforted him and said: "I am more optimistic about General Zhang, at least he has much more experience in war, which is far beyond what little Xu Chu can match."

Cao Cao nodded slightly after pondering for a moment, and waved his hand in agreement with Han Hao's request.

"It's fine for Yuan Si to follow, but he is not allowed to participate in the front-line battle. Let Zhang Liao deal with it, and report back in time if any abnormalities are found."

"only."

Everyone has regrets that cannot be let go, and Han Hao, who is Cao Cao's confidant, is the same. Xu Village's humiliation was a thorn in his heart that year. The regular army was defeated by civilian armed forces.

In the past few years, after defeating Lu Bu, he defeated Liu Bei, and after defeating Liu Bei, he wanted to defeat Yuan Shao.

Han Hao didn't have a chance to take revenge with Cao Cao, but it didn't mean that he had let go of his enemy. On the contrary, he often used that experience to motivate himself.

With the expectation of revenge, Han Hao followed Zhang Liao and Cao Chun to the front line, while Zhou Yu had already lined up ten miles away.

In order to reduce the loss of the feint attack, Zhou Yu selected the best among the best in the army this time, and brought out 5000 of Jiangdong's most elite men. In order to prevent the tiger and leopard cavalry from tearing up the formation, the Wu army even prepared defensive facilities such as rejecting horses.

The distance between the two armies was only ten miles, and they could arrive there in half an hour if they marched hurriedly, but Zhang Liao and Cao Chun chose to let the soldiers walk slowly, which forced them to spend twice as long.

Zhang Liao and Cao Chun are veterans on the battlefield, knowing when to attack fast and when to slow down.

At this moment, 'Longxiang' is waiting for work at leisure in the front. Letting soldiers run consumes physical strength and is not conducive to fighting. Keeping the formation and marching slowly can also cause psychological pressure on the enemy.

After half a mile away, Cao Jun stopped and formed an array.

Cao Jun kept the formation intact while walking, and Zhou Yu's side was even more serious. The two sides could start fighting immediately, but the two armies had a shouting session as usual.

Zhang Liao turned his head to look at Cao Chun, and said in a deep voice: "General Cao, Long Xiang is not an easy guy. The thousands of people in front of us will compete with the Jiangdong soldiers we saw before. I am afraid that the battle will be a tough one. "

Cao Chun stroked his beard, fixed his eyes on the front, and responded to Zhang Liao: "Well, the terrain around here is flat and stretches as far as the eye can see, and there is no way to hide any ambush. If you want to fight, you can only decide the victory head-on, but Long Xiang's behavior is too weird. , I should go forward and ask, in order not to offend my lord, this person even declined the prefect of Lujiang, it shouldn't be."

Out of respect for Cao Cao's confidants, Zhang Liao asked Han Hao again: "Han Hujun asked Ying to follow, he should have a good opinion, what do you think?"

Han Hao waved his hands and said, "Before I left, my lord told me to obey General Zhang's orders on the battlefield, and you can make up your own mind. As the saying goes, courtesy first and soldiers later, it must be right."

"Alright." Zhang Liao nodded his beard: "Long Xiang, as Yuan Shu's grain guard officer, once visited Xuzhou with his emissary Han Yin, and I also met him once, so let me find out the truth."

"Very good."

Zhang Liao immediately led his horse forward, looked towards the enemy formation and shouted loudly: "Dare to ask if General Long is here, please tell me before the formation."

Chen Wu, pretending to be Long Xiang, came to the front of the formation, and Zhang Liao immediately looked at the armored 'old man'.

He met Long Xiang once five or six years ago, and he didn't leave a deep impression on him. At this time, "Long Xiang" had already grown a beard on his cheeks, which was different from the immature face back then.

Seeing that 'Long Xiang' has grown into a dignified appearance, Zhang Liao originally wanted to praise the other party with a few words, but Chen Wu reprimanded him: "I see that you are well-dressed, you must not be some unknown person, but it is impossible to ask this general to go out in battle. Name, Cao Cao's subordinates are all such rude people?"

Zhang Liao was taken aback when he heard that, he thought to himself that you have grown from beardless to bearded, and my appearance has hardly changed, so I can't recognize you?
Didn't General Lu introduce it back then?You guys have completely ignored it?I didn't ridicule you to retreat Zhang Fei alone, and the voice seems to be a bit rough.
"Do you want me to give you my name? General Long is such a noble man who forgets things. Although we were far away at the Lu Bu banquet in Xuzhou that day, we didn't have any impressions. I, Zhang Liao, was born so ordinary?"

After teasing Zhang Liao, he deliberately trimmed his beard to reveal his recognizable face.

Chen Wu was dumbfounded after hearing this, thinking that Long Xiang was not well-known?How come General Zhang Liao also knew him?Wouldn't it be revealing if I said a few more words?

No matter whether it was the governor or others, no one told him that Long Xiang knew Zhang Liao. How should he deal with this situation now?

After a brief struggle, Chen Wu deliberately frowned and scolded: "Joke, you traitor who betrayed the Lord, why should I remember your appearance? Seeing your face makes me sick."

"What?"

Zhang Liao suddenly showed a speechless expression, thinking that I voted for Cao Cao after Lu Bu died, and you ran to Hefei to occupy the city before Yuan Shu died, how could you, Long Xiang, have the face to say such a thing?

"My attitude is already in the letter. If Cao Cao is stubborn and doesn't retreat, don't blame my brother in Hefei for being rude. I heard that you killed Ji Ling and Lu Mian in succession. Do you dare to fight my subordinate Xu Chu? Just stay and wait to die, I don’t want to talk to you more.”

Before Zhang Liao had time to refute, Chen Wu turned around and walked away gracefully after leaving a word, leaving Zhang Liao who looked astonished in place.

(End of this chapter)