"Gong Jin, after this battle you can be said to be famous all over the world!"

Zhang Liao looked at the dejected young people in front of him with a smile and said.

Guan Zhang's strength has become famous all over the world since the battle of Hulao Pass. As two of the only four super-class generals present at that time, their strength has attracted the fear of countless princes.

Super-class military commanders themselves represent the top power in the world. It is because of these two brothers that Liu Bei was favored by Yuan Shao and achieved his current status as a prince.

Moreover, Guan and Zhang accounted for at least half of the reason why Chen Qun and others were able to like Liu Bei. Otherwise, how much stronger could Liu Bei be compared with other minor princes just by relying on the reputation of a descendant of the Han Dynasty and his humility?

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If the false reputation of being a descendant of the Han Dynasty gave Liu Bei the opportunity to appear on the stage of the princes, then Guan and Zhang were Liu Bei's most important foundation as a prince. Without Guan and Zhang, Liu Bei instantly changed from a hidden dragon to a grass snake.

This is also the reason why Yuan Shao and Cao Cao despised Liu Bei when they were talking about heroes over wine. There are grassroots descendants of the Han Dynasty like him everywhere, and there are many who are better than him in all aspects, not to mention clan members like Liu Yu and Liu Biao.

Even Liu Ye, who is also a grassroots man, is much better than him.

At that time, the reason why Cao Cao could treat him as a personal figure was entirely for Guan Zhang's sake. Otherwise, grassroots people like Liu Bei would catch a lot of them.

Afterwards, the breakthrough in front of Hulao Pass and Zhang's Pass successfully made Liu Bei soar into the sky and entered the eyes of some people.

In this farce of feudal princes challenging Dong, only four people actually benefited in the end: Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao gained the reputation of being a model in the world and the first prince. He attracted the admiration of countless knowledgeable people in the world and attracted a large number of talents.

Yuan Shu obtained most of Luoyang's wealth and collection of books, established Jiangdong Academy, and enriched the Yangzhou treasury.

Although Cao Cao lost his troops and generals, he gained a reputation as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He attracted countless people like Xun Yu who were loyal to the Han to join him.

Compared with the first three people, Liu Bei gained the least, but he also gained the most.

He only gained the status of a prince, but he successfully entered the world's attention from an unknown grassroots and stepped onto the stage of the world's princes.

As for the other princes, their trip to beg Dong was just for fun and to accompany the prince to study. They got nothing except a little fame.

Don't think Liu Bei just stepped onto the stage of the princes, but this was a huge breakthrough. Only with this status did he have the qualifications and the possibility to recruit talents.

In this life, there was no Tao Qian's three concessions to Xuzhou, but Liu Bei rose more smoothly, and basically reached the sky in one step.

Although it is only more than a year ahead of schedule, in this golden period of troubled times, the significance of each year is extremely important.

This advance of one year gave Liu Bei time to recruit soldiers and gather aristocratic families. He did not have to do what he had before, and had no chance to develop under Cao Cao's oppression.

One step first, one step at a time. Now Liu Bei is not too far behind. He already had the foundation for his rise when the troubled times first came. He is no worse than Cao Cao. Cao Cao is now very afraid of Liu Bei.

Zhou Yu and others were still disappointed because of the loss of troops, but they didn't know that they could draw with Guan and Zhang under such a disadvantageous situation. This was such a shocking thing.

Even Zhang Liao asked himself that it would be difficult to guarantee this under the same circumstances.

After all, the intimidating power of a super-first-rate military general cannot be overstated! Zhang Liao could not guarantee that he would be able to draw a draw with his opponent until the army under his command awakened the pseudo-military soul. Every super-first-rate military general was almost equal to his or her own pseudo-military soul.

Unexpectedly, the three young generals in front of him had awakened the talents of the legion. Zhang Liao really felt that he was a little behind the times. When did such perverts appear together? The eldest among them, Zhao Yun, was only seventeen years old, and the youngest

Zhou Yu was only fifteen.

Of course, Zhang Liao surpassed Ling Cao and Yu Jin, who were almost the same age as him. Although these two people had acceptable abilities and qualifications, they were not yet on par with Zhang Liao.

Especially Yu Jin, who has not even awakened his legionary talent so far, and is just an ordinary captain in Zhang Liao's heart.

Although Zhang Liao said this to comfort these young generals who were shocked for the first time, he also spoke out of emotion.

"General Wenyuan is joking. We are defeated this time and don't know how to face the lord!" Zhou Yu said with a forced smile.

Although he did a very good job in commanding the battle this time, he still failed because he completely underestimated Guan Yu's power.

Just like Guan Yu's martial arts, Guan Yu's legion combat method is also centered on the initial explosion, which caught Zhou Yu off guard.

Ling Cao's army, which was expected to be able to entangle the opponent, was defeated as soon as it came up. Even Ling Cao was almost hacked to death by the opponent, which almost led to a total loss.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun led his cavalry to the rescue in the end and managed to block Guan Yu's attack. This dragged the battle to a halt. Unfortunately, Zhou Yu's army was disabled, and the two sides could only end in a draw. But in Zhou Yu's opinion

, if you don’t win, you lose.

This battle made Zhou Yu very frustrated. He found that personal bravery was so terrifying in such a small battle. The scene of Guan Yu splitting Ling Cao's army with a single sword is still vivid in his mind.

This time there should be no problem with his command, but it still failed. Zhou Yu learned from the pain and finally thought of a way.

Formation!

The formations in this world are not that simple. They can not only give full play to the combat power of the army, make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, but can also produce many additional effects when practiced to a high level. They are not much worse than the legion's talents.

The book of war given to Zhou Yu by Huangfu Song contains many formations, and there are even many fragments of ancient formations.

After this battle, Zhou Yu's commanding ability also made a qualitative leap, enough to learn these profound formations.

Zhou Yu's defeat this time was due to his failure to understand Guan Yu's strength, and his confidence in Ling Cao's ability. He believed that he could withstand Guan Yu's attack in a short period of time, so he deployed a relatively dense fish scale formation suitable for infantry defense.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu played into Guan Yu's hands. He slashed down the entire military formation and instantly shattered it, taking thousands of soldiers with him.

If it were replaced by a more scattered square formation, I'm afraid the result would not be like this. With this kind of loose formation, Guan Yu could chop it into pieces without causing any trouble. The formation would soon condense here, and hundreds of soldiers could be injured.

That’s pretty good.

Regardless of how Zhou Yu learned from the pain and prepared to avenge his previous humiliation. When the princes of the world learned about the result of this battle, they were shocked. It raised Yuan Shu's threat level by another level, and at the same time, Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun and others were also firmly entangled.

Keep it in mind.

Know yourself and the enemy, and you can win a hundred battles. Just like this confrontation between Zhou Yu and Guan Zhang. If Zhang Fei knew the abilities of Zhao Yun and Zhou Yu in advance, he would definitely attack Sun Ce as soon as they came up, and kill Sun Ce first. If Zhou Yu knew Guan Yu's abilities in advance, he would definitely not

How to set up such an inappropriate formation.

Knowing the opponent's strengths and weaknesses will make it much easier to deal with them. Any legion talent has its weaknesses and nemesis, just like Zhang Fei's legion talent, which happened to be restrained by Zhao Yun.
Chapter completed!