Chapter 647 Everyone has their own plans (58)

But strong strength does not mean victory. Yuan Shao has suffered consecutive losses in Baima and Yanjin, and his overall strength has been greatly damaged.

Especially Yuan Shao's two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, were killed in battle, which greatly affected Yuan Shao's morale.

Although he still has an absolute advantage in military strength, Yuan Shao's army has a low morale and is at a disadvantage in momentum.

Yuan Shao urgently needed a victory to boost morale, but he had no chance of winning and did not dare to attack easily.

There is also a way to boost morale, that is, it requires good news to boost morale.

Hearing Liu Bei's words, he felt that the news of a successful alliance with Liu Biao was a good way to improve morale, so he immediately agreed to Liu Bei go to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao.

Liu Bei received Yuan Shao's military order and was eager to escape. He did not stop and immediately went to Runan.

Sun Gan went to stop Guan Yu, and the group turned to Runan, changed the direction of the journey several times, and met the Zhang Fei brothers in the ancient city.

Passing through Woniu Mountain, he accidentally joined Zhao Yun who went to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei but failed.

At this point, Liu Bei's decent men reunited again.

The military strength is even better than when he entered Xuzhou for the second time.

Not only did he get the assistance of Gong Du and Liu Pi, he also got thousands of soldiers out of thin air, but he also got hundreds of elite cavalry in Woniu Mountain.

Liu Bei believes that God is helping him!

He was full of confidence and prepared to use Runan as the base camp to pacify various cities in Yuzhou, becoming the veritable "Liu Yuzhou".

During Yan Liang's attack on the White Horse, Cao Cao's troops were very tight and the situation was very unfavorable.

Once the Battle of White Horse is defeated, Yuan Shao's army will be able to attack Xuchang directly.

In order to ensure the safety of Xuchang, Cao Cao had no choice but to transfer Cai Yang, the prefect of Runan who was guarding against Liu Biao, and three thousand soldiers from Runan County, and organized a temporary line of defense between Baima and Xuchang to act as a barrier for Xuchang.

Although Yuan Shao did not persuade Liu Biao to form an alliance to attack Cao Cao, he also encouraged Gong Du. Liu Pi raised an army to respond, which caused some trouble to Cao Cao.

As soon as Cai Yang's army left, Gongdu and Liu Pi occupied Runan City.

Not long after, Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's plan to send Guan Yu to the battle, kill Yan Liang, and remove the siege of the white horse.

Yuan Shao's army was weak and the two sides entered a stalemate.

After Zhang Xiu surrendered, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to guard Wancheng and blocked Liu Biao's main road to send troops to Xuchang.

But Cao Cao was still afraid that Liu Biao and Runan's Gongdu would be in charge. Liu Pi joined forces to attack Xuchang. Seeing that there was no war in Guandu, Cao Cao asked Cai Yang to quickly return to Runan to quell the Gongdu rebellion.

Cai Yang was entrusted with important tasks by Cao Cao, who was only talented, and was naturally not a person who had gained fame.

He is also a famous general under Cao Cao, and he is very skilled in martial arts.

Cai Yang is not only a famous scholar who uses swords, but also extremely powerful. It is said that he has the courage to be unstoppable by thousands of men.

When he was young, he was a great success in swordsmanship. Cai Yang once challenged all kinds of sword masters everywhere, but had no defeat and made a great reputation.

But Cai Yang is still above Huang Zhong's age, and their situation is roughly the same.

When the world was peaceful when young, it was a place where heroes were useless.

Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, but Cai Yang was over the year of fighting.

Although he did not directly make contributions to the battlefield to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cai Yang's reputation for being brave made the Yellow Turban leader very afraid and dared not invade easily, and he kept his hometown from being attacked by the Yellow Turban Army.

Because of his reputation and the recommendation of local gentry, Cai Yang was appointed as the prefect of Runan by Cao Cao.

If it weren't for the age and physical decline, Cai Yang's reputation would be inferior to Guan Yu.

Cai Yang himself also believes that if the first person to fight against Yan Liang was not the hard work of the journey, Cai Yang would be the first person to fight against Yan Liang.

Seeing Guan Yu’s meritorious service and title of marquis was very glorious.

While Cai Yang was envious, he still felt a deep sense of reluctance.

Seeing that Guan Yu was also using a knife, which aroused his competitive spirit, Cai Yang was very eager to fight with Guan Yu.

I originally wanted to find an Yutou to compete with Guan Yu in swordsmanship, but Guan Yu had already left and he had no chance to defeat Guan Yu.

Hearing that Guan Yu had sealed gold and hung seals and left, Cai Yang was the first to ask for orders to chase Guan Yu.

But Cao Cao refused, but instead sent him to lead the army back to Runan.

Cao Cao also asked him to quell the Gongdu Rebellion as quickly as possible, because he was afraid that he would go privately to hunt Guan Yu down the road.

Cai Yang still dared not disobey Cao Cao's military orders.

Cai Yang tried his best to march, but the county soldiers dragged on. It was only a few days after Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others arrived in Runan that they led the army to the city of Runan.

Cai Yang thought about Gong Du, Liu Pi was a remnant of the Yellow Turbans, but he was a mob. Although he was already trapped in the city, he still called a war under the city gate.

But what Cai Yang didn't know was that there were not Gong Du, Liu Pi in Runan City, as well as Liu Bei's three brothers and Zhao Yun.

If it were in the past, Zhang Fei would definitely be the first to ask for a fight!

But since Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, he traveled thousands of miles to Runan to meet with everyone. If you want to talk about Liu Bei, Zhang Fei would not doubt it. It would definitely be impossible, but it did not show it!

The third brothers of Liu, Guan and Zhang seem to be brave but not wise, but in fact he is an inner-show.

He has been cooperating with his elder brother Liu Bei to play the role of a black face, and he has a very tacit understanding. He always acts according to Liu Bei's expression.

Cai Yang invited a fight outside the city. Zhang Fei had a pair of round eyes and immediately looked at Liu Bei. Seeing him shaking his head gently, he patiently refused to speak.

After all, Gong Du was the master of Runan City and was not used to being the first to fight, so he looked at his deputy Liu Pi.

Gong Du and Liu Bi have similar martial arts skills and have been working together for a long time, so they are still tacit in cooperation.

Seeing Gong Du's look, Liu Pi stood up and asked to go out of the city to fight, test Cai Yang and Liu Bei.

Liu Bei accepted Gong Du and Liu Pi's contribution, but it was not an ally, so he must set rules for them.

With Liu Bei's kindness, although he would not give them a warning when they met, he would not let them do whatever they wanted.

Therefore, Liu Bei had to reject their first call from him and establish his authority no matter what.

Guan Yu didn't know Liu Bei yet, and Zhang Fei was already suspicious of him and said in a very tacit way:

"Cai Yang is a famous general under the Prime Minister and has a strong martial arts skills. General Liu should not fight for the first time, so as not to lose our army's aura."

Guan Yu stood up and said that he had heard about Cai Yang's sword technique for a long time. As a famous sword technique master, he was eager to try it out and hoped to fight with Cai Yang. The next thing he said was that he should have asked for the fight himself.

But he thought about it again that during this period, he had been riding alone, crossing five levels, and killing six generals, both physically and mentally exhausted. He was not sure of defeating the battle with Cai Yang. If he could not win, he would inevitably lose his reputation and stop talking.

Zhao Yun is very skilled in martial arts, and it is not the first time he has dealt with the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang. When he saw this posture, he just thought that Liu Bei wanted to test his martial arts skills. He stood up, bowed to Liu Bei, and said:

"Yun Xinzhan has won the lord, and he has not made any contribution. He is willing to kill Cai Yang's head and offer it to his command."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!