"Yes. My lord, please go to support General Cao." The minor official of Yuan Jun raised his head and looked at Cao Cao, and said sincerely.

Now Yuan Shao is in a hurry. He originally retreated all his troops back to Jizhou to defend Bingzhou, but Zhang He led his troops to attack the Liang army's subsequent crossing of the river.

It moves the whole body, Wen Chou, Gao Lan moves with it.

If Zhang He or Wen Chou’s 200,000 army had any mistakes...

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this. He calmed down and said to the minor official Yuan Jun: "Go back and tell the general immediately. I will go and support him immediately."

"Thank you, General Cao." Yuan Jun's minor official exhaled, folded his fists and left.

"drive!"

Cao Cao laughed and turned to Guo Jia and said, "There are still capable people under Yuan Shao's command. Zhang He actually dared to attack the Liang army's troops crossing the river. In this way, the water will become turbid. If Zhang Xiu can be killed in Hebei, the world will be determined."

"The lord is very saying." Guo Jia also said with a happy face.

"Zhongde, you and Cao Ren lead 20,000 elite troops to stay here. They are not only to support, but also to monitor Xu Huang in Anyi City. The rest of the people and horses will follow me to the south to help Zhang He."

Cao Cao took a deep breath and ordered.

"No." Everyone agreed and then dispersed their actions. Cao Cao's army even had no trace of concealing the situation. They raised the torch and headed southeast.

East of Anyi City.

After Xu Huang got the news, he and his personal soldiers climbed to the east gate of the city to watch the situation.

"General. Do you want to attack them?" the personal soldiers bowed and asked.

Xu Huang shook his head and said calmly: "We will not move."

In the past few months, the Cao army has suffered heavy losses. They are the same. It is already the limit to defending the city. If you go out of the city to attack Cao's army, you will probably only steal chickens but lose rice.

"This is going southeast. Is it the troops that attacked us to cross the river later?"

Xu Huang looked at Cao Jun who was gradually moving away and said to himself.

...

A section of the Yellow River where the water level is relatively gentle.

The Liang army is crossing the river on a large scale. Now Zhang Xiu is not here. This Liang army has the highest status as Huaxiong, and Huazhen is at most a dog-headed military advisor.

Chen Deng and Ma Chao are newcomers and have no status.

In order to show that he did not have the intention to cross the river, the Liang army prepared not many ferries, but there were a lot of soldiers and horses to cross.

The ferry can't cross 40,000 people a day. The main reason is that they are not just there, and they have to be equipped with wood, tents, weapons, protective gear, and a small amount of food and supplies. Otherwise, if they pass, how can they set up camp?

They had to set up camp on the north shore and gain a foothold.

In addition, General Wei Gu of Hengjiang led 10,000 naval troops, and drove warships to float above the Yellow River, guarding the possible Zhang He naval troops on the west side.

Although Zhang Xiuren was not here, he made certain arrangements for the subsequent troops crossing the river. It was Hu Zhen and Ma Chao who led 30,000 infantry troops to cross the river first. Then Chen Deng. In short, the infantry troops cross the river first. Hua Xiong and Hu Cheer's 60,000 cavalry were the subsequent ones.

The infantry can stand firm and fight first when they cross the camp. When the cavalry passes, the soldiers pass by, and they also have to transport war horses. And letting the cavalry guard the camp is a great loss.

Although Zhang Xiu had expected Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops immediately, he still had the precautions he should have.

Zhang He's camp was far away, and nothing happened on the first day. Hu Zhen and Ma Chao's 30,000 elite soldiers spent a whole day crossing the river and setting up camp.

Something went wrong the next day.

The first thing that discovered the problem was the spy.

Hu Zhen and Ma Chao are both old generals. Even though Ma Chao is young, he still has family skills, so he can naturally send spies to do it at will.

The Exploring Horses came to report, and Zhang He came to fight.

On the north bank, Liang army camp, in the big tent.

Hu Zhen and Ma Chao sat alone.

"Calculate the time. Your Majesty should have defeated Yuan Shao. Unexpectedly, Zhang He led his troops to stop us from crossing the river."

Hu Zhen's face showed a look of depression. If Zhang He didn't come to fight, it would be much easier. They could stand firm in the Hedong and Henoi counties and push the war into Bingzhou.

"General Ma. We must strive to defend the camp. If the camp is broken, we have no place to run, so we can only enter the Yellow River to make bait for fish and shrimp."

Hu Zhen raised his head and said sincerely to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao took a deep breath and said, "General. When Zhang He comes, please let me go out to fight with Zhang He. If you can kill Zhang He, you can settle anything."

Hu Zhen was a little dumbfounded. I asked you to stabilize the camp. Do you want to go out to wander? Hu Zhen thought about it for a while, but did not agree. He shook his head and said, "General Ma. I am not the leader of a general. I will send someone south to report to General Hua. If he agrees to you to fight, you can only fight."

Ma Chao opened his mouth and looked at Hu Zhen helplessly. If it were back then, he would not know what Hu Zhen meant. Now he knew.

This guy has so many tricks.

He asked for a fight, but Hu Zhen asked Hua Xiong to ask for advice. It was Hua Xiong's fault when something went wrong.

Very smooth.

If Ma Chao had a temper, he would have shot Hu Zhen with one shot. Now let's forget it...

Ma Chao's face was a little gloomy, but he had no intention of attack.

"No." Ma Chao bowed.

...

South Bank.

The remaining Liang army infantry were crossing the river. Chen Deng, Hua Xiong and Hu Cheer stood on the shore to watch the situation. A small boat came from the north.

A soldier got off the boat and after interrogation, he was taken to Chen Deng and others.

"Report to all the generals. Zhang He led tens of thousands of people to fight. General Ma invited him out of the camp to fight with Zhang He." The soldiers reported.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, which was unexpected. But Hua Xiong, Hu Cheer were the last generals, and Chen Deng was also talented and soon calmed down.

"Although it was unexpected, we had a camp, so why are we afraid that he would not succeed?" Hua Xiong pinched his chin and did not take it seriously.

"But Ma Chao goes to fight the general." At this point, Hua Xiong turned to look at Hu Cheer and asked, "Do you think it's okay?"

"Let him go. Although Ma Chao is a defeated general, he is indeed powerful." Hu Cheer replied readily.

"Come. Go and tell General Hu and let Ma Chao go." Hua Xiong simply called a personal soldier and went to the north to pass the order.

"General Chen, you will immediately lead the remaining infantry across the river. Before Zhang He arrives, we will run the camp. As for the cavalry, I'm afraid we can only stare at you and have no chance to pass."

Hua Xiong sighed.

If you can pass it, you don’t have to worry about food and grass, and you can continue to export it. They have a solid naval army as a protection, and it is not a waste of Zhang He’s naval army. But after it passes, how can you set up camp?

As long as Zhang He is not stupid, he will not let his cavalry gain a foothold.

"No." Chen Deng responded seriously, immediately pressed the sword and went down to urge him to go.

It's half past the afternoon.
Chapter completed!