Chapter 167 The Prelude to the War

"Report, leader, the Hulao Pass army has left the pass. After confirmation by many generals, the Chinese army has the bandit leader Guo Pengju!"

Yuan Shao was immediately overjoyed and began to randomly issue orders to mobilize troops. He had previously ordered the army to withdraw in an orderly manner to clear the ground in order to allow Guo Hao to leave the border.

"Jushou, Tian Feng will go out with our central army. The formation of the army will be left to you two. Don't be careless. The victory or defeat of our army depends entirely on you!"

"Here!"

Following Yuan Shao's orders, the coalition army selected 150,000 soldiers, and then led by the assembled generals, they set up the five-army formation according to the arrangements of Jushou and Tian Feng.

Soon the army was in position, waiting for Guo Hao to lead his army. The battlefield chosen by Yuan Shao happened to avoid the connection line between the coalition forces and Hulao Pass. It seemed extremely fair, whether it was Hulao Pass or the coalition military camp.

Anyone who wants to join the battlefield will be restrained by the other side.

The coalition's strength on paper is terrifying. There are more than 20 generals with internal Qi separated from the body. The parallel-imported version has hundreds of internal Qi separated from the body. There are also thirty counselors in the army.

The only drawback is that there are less than 20,000 dual-talented elites in the 150,000-strong army, and the rest are all single-talented soldiers.

You must know that the combat losses of dual-talented elites against single-talented elites are close to one to five, and Guo Hao has a total of 80,000 pairs of talents, and even 15,000 imperial guards and military souls.

Guo Hao had withdrawn all 60,000 auxiliary troops and was stronger than Yuan Shao's army. To be honest, Guo Hao really didn't understand how Yuan Shao dared to ask him to fight.

Even if Yuan Shao had a way to take down Luoyang and Hulao Pass, Yuan Shao, who was facing a large army, would never be able to escape Guo Hao's clutches.

Is Yuan Shao willing to take the lead for the king on behalf of others? The key is that Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Sun Jian are all in front of the coalition.

Is it really Yuan Shao who used his name to pave the way for Dong Zhuo?

Thinking about it, Guo Hao found it funny. How could Yuan Shao be that kind of person? Even if he was, so what, all the conspiracies and tricks were useless in the face of absolute power.

What's more, he is not a novice. There are so many moles buried within the coalition forces. Why should the coalition forces fight him?

The arrangement of the five armies' military formations is very confusing.

Several armies are stationed in the Four Courts of Hebei respectively. Speaking of which, the four pillars of Hebei's Four Courts are all good generals, and their ability to lead troops is not weak at all.

As for Gao Chong, it's enough if he can fight, but he's just barely capable of leading troops in battles.

Yuan Shao's left and right wings were led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, respectively, and each led an army of 20,000 as the left and right wings. Each had several fierce generals under their command to assist them.

Yan Liang's lieutenant is Qin Qiong, and Wen Chou's lieutenant is Le Jin. Both of them are good at commanding but weak in force. It is a good match for Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Yuwen Chengdu and Xue Rengui are each located on the left and right wings, in order to lead their two talented elites to break through at any time.

The central army consisted of Yuan Shao, Ju Sue, and Tian Feng. Gao Lan led Jiang Qi, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, and others with an army of 20,000 to defend Yuan Shao. The only guards around Yuan Shao were Gao Chong and Yuan Shao's bodyguards.

Moreover, the Chinese army was not led by Gao Lan, but by Yang Lin as the main general, Ju Shou as the central dispatcher, and Tian Feng and Yuan Shao as assistants.

Gao Lan brought a large number of sword and shield soldiers, coupled with a large number of powerful crossbows arranged in the front, determined to defend the Chinese army to the death.

As for the front army, Ji Ling was the leader. Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian's troops were all thrown into the front army.

To be honest, Yuan Shao's original intention was to leave Liu Bei's men behind the front army. Anyway, there must be a front army, so it would be most appropriate for Liu Bei's unstable men to serve as the front line.

Don't be afraid of Liu Bei's subordinates moving. The Chinese army's Gao Lan is equipped with a large number of powerful crossbows. Once Liu Bei's men want to roll back the Chinese army, a few rounds of arrow rain can solve the crisis.

But in the end, under Guo Tu's suggestion, all the generals of the Yusan family were thrown into the front line.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xiong Kuohai, Huang Gai, Han Dang and a series of other generals from the three imperial families were placed in the front army, each leading a small force of 1,800 people. A total of more than 20,000 people were deployed in more than a dozen groups.

A small triangle.

The idea of ​​Guo Tu and others was very simple. The front army would certainly not be able to defend against Guo Hao's elite. It would be better to abandon the front army directly and turn it into a dozen nails to drive into the rebel army to reduce the pressure on the Chinese army. It was necessary.

Sometimes we can sacrifice together.

Yuan Shao cherished Cao Cao as his playmate, but to him, Cao Cao's subordinates were nothing more than clouds, and he didn't feel sorry for them even if they died.

Moreover, in order to convince the public and for other considerations, Yuan Shao made the 20,000 soldiers in the front army his headquarters.

When he had a thousand troops, Yuan Shao used a thousand soldiers to accompany the generals. The entire coalition army could not find any reason to find fault.

The 150,000-strong army was completely spread out from front to back, and the coalition rear army occupied half of it. It was filled with the remaining generals of the coalition, including Wu Yunzhao, Wei Wentong and other players' men, and generals from other princes were also arranged among them.

Of course, Yuan Shao filled it with his own civil and military personnel, Shen Pei, Xu You, Zhao Rui, Wang Mo and others were all in charge of the rear army.

Because of the large number of people in the rear army, the entire rear army seemed extremely bloated and the rear army seemed very large.

In contrast, Yuan Shao's central army was directly exposed from the front. A large commander's flag with the word Yuan was set up in the central army. Yuan Shao stood under the commander's flag, which was to tell all the troops that the flag was there.

Yuan Shao's extremely flamboyant behavior completely exposed himself to Guo Hao's firepower. In other words, Yuan Shao's purpose was to attract frontal firepower.

"What do you mean by Yuan Shao's arrangement?" Chen Xi was a little confused. Yuan Shao didn't have an advantage in strength, but there was also a gap in quality. What do you mean by this whole arrangement?

"No matter what he means, just catching him is enough, not to mention the group of princes are by his side." Guo Hao said excitedly. He felt excited every time he went to the battlefield. It seemed that he was born for the battlefield.

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Yuan Shao was surrounded by twenty-eight princes. Yuan Shao did not dare to put them in the coalition army. All of Yuan Shao's power was thrown into the five-army formation. If princes like Liu Bei were placed in the camp,

Maybe something happened.

Just in case, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were brought out together. There might only be three or two kittens left in the entire coalition camp. He only left Chun Yuqiong to guard the camp. In order to fight Guo Hao, Yuan Shao dug up

Empty thoughts.

Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan stood together with expressionless faces. Their troops were all deprived of them, and they could not laugh.

Among them, Gongsun Zan was the most depressed. He really didn't expect Yuan Shao to be so shady. He used an excuse to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and finally got him drunk and took away his military power. His subordinate Bai Mayi was directly taken away by Zhang He. He couldn't believe it.

Baima Yicong will be taken away so easily.

Bai Ma Yi Cong, who was originally like an arm and a finger, has become a force that others can take away without making a sound. There is no expression on his face at all. He has to lower his head under the eaves. Gao Chong is not on guard.

Guo Hao is guarding against these princes.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao were also extremely depressed, but their faces didn't show it at all.

Their troops have been placed on the front line, and even if they want to rebel, they can't do it now.

However, the two of them were not stupid, and they had left backhands among the coalition forces early on.

One secretly hid a Chen Dao, and the other secretly hid a Cao Hong. The two hid in the coalition army and waited for the opportunity.

To be honest, they don't have much confidence now. It is the general trend to seek refuge with Guo Hao, but the high favorite who protects them is not a soft persimmon.

They didn't know if Yuan Shao was really destined to pick up such a terrifying peerless general during such a battle.

Without Gao Chong, even if Yan Liang guards Yuan Shao, they are confident that Yuan Shao will be captured when the army fights.

After all, Xu Chu around Cao Cao and Xu Shu around Liu Bei are not soft persimmons.

In addition, Liu Bei himself is a master of swordsmanship, and he has two peerless warriors as sparring partners every day. Even if Liu Bei himself is not motivated, he will still learn the skills from his ears and eyes, not to mention that Liu Bei himself is a person with a firm mind.

Speaking of which, regardless of whether it is a novel or official history, Liu Bei can be criticized for anything, but this firm will cannot be criticized. He fell down countless times in his life and kept getting up. He was wandering for most of his life and finally founded the Shu Han. His determination is terrible.

Liu Bei was confident that he and Sun Jian were at odds with each other. As long as someone entangled Yuan Shao's guards, it would be an easy task for him to capture Yuan Shao.

Sun Jian was already mourning for Yuan Shao from the bottom of his heart. His expressionless face was not a sign of depression. He almost laughed out loud.

It is true that Han Dang, Zu Mao and the others were left on the front line, but Sun Ce was left in the camp. Zhou Yu's single-handed wisdom was simply terrifying. Combined with Cao Cao's subordinate Xun You's talent, he forcibly made Sun Ce invisible.

Already.

Ever since Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai approached Xun Yu, Xun Yu took the initiative to contact Zhou Yu and discussed a plan with Zhou Yu.

Even Cao Cao didn't know about this plan. Xun Yu had already seen through the situation without saying a word. If Liu Bei's identity and motives weren't too sensitive, Xun Yu would have contacted Liu Bei long ago.

Guo Jia and the others could see that Yuan Shao was harboring evil intentions, and so could Xun Yu, but they had been suffering from the lack of allies and could only wait for the opportunity.

Zhou Yu had been sending out auras of mental retardation everywhere in the camp before. If Xun You's talent hadn't reduced his sense of presence, Zhou Yu had ignored Xun You, causing Xun You to realize that something was wrong with Xun Yu. Even Xun Yu didn't notice that he was unconsciously

Got hit.

However, Zhou Yu's mental talent is the most terrifying without knowing it. Once it was discovered that he was really vulnerable, Xun Yu used his mental power to block Zhou Yu's intelligence. He also followed the mental fluctuations to find Zhou Yu and reached an agreement with Zhou Yu.

protocol.

As the only insider other than Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Xun Yu, Sun Jian knew very well what trouble would occur in the coalition camp.

It's not that he looked down on Chunyu Qiong, it was just that the gap between Chunyu Qiong and Sun Ce was too big.

Sun Ce made a mental calculation but unintentionally, he used one move on Chunyu Qiong, and he was able to take over all the remaining troops of the camp.

Although it is very unscientific, Zhou Yu and Sun Jian are so confident that Sun Jian's personality charm will definitely not be a problem in taking over the camp's troops.

This is the promotion qualification designed by Zhou Yu for Sun Ce. With such an army of hundreds of thousands, Sun Ce will definitely be in one of the most important positions under Guo Hao.

Although the combat effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of troops is low, and many of them do not even have double talents, they may not be able to fight a war, but the surrender of so many people is definitely a great achievement.

To be honest, if these hundreds of thousands of troops were not vulnerable, maybe Zhou Yu would start to think more carefully.

For example, if the prince general Xiang Ning has the talent, if Guo Hao is a general, why can't Sun Ce become a general?

However, the cruel reality still convinced Zhou Yu to follow Guo Hao. After all, Guo Hao had too many trump cards. As an insider, he could not see any hope of victory for the coalition forces.

To put it bluntly, if Guo Hao defends Hulao Pass, there is no way the coalition forces can defeat him.

Sooner or later, the coalition forces will disperse, and it will not be so easy to gather them again. When the time comes, Guo Hao will only be able to unify the world sooner or later as long as he copies Qin's method of swallowing the world.

Chen Xi on the other side slowly started his movements. Different from the previous difficulty, this time he easily mobilized the cloud energy and free mental power of the 150,000-strong army.

Seeing the golden light floating on his body, Chen Xi knew that he had chosen the right person. He and Guo Hao were a match made in heaven.
To be continued...