Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 73 Arriving at Guandu
"It's Zhao Yun."

When Cao Cao saw that his favorite general was asking questions, he even ordered someone to show Guan Yu the battle report.

Next to Guan Yu was a general with a face like purple jade and starry eyes. Seeing Guan Yu's eagerness, he also asked, "What is it? Yun Chang? Could it be that Zhao Yun is your acquaintance?"

"Ah."

Guan Yu sighed a little when he talked about Zhao Yun.

"It's still an old friend I met when I was in Youzhou back then. It's been a long time since I saw him."

The general next to him with a slightly purple face was Zhang Liao. He was the closest to Guan Yu, and he squeezed in front of Guan Yu to watch the battle report together without any shyness: "Yun Chang can never forget this man. Compared with this man, he must be superior." where?"

Guan Yu nodded: "Changshan Zhao Zilong, this person was with me at the time under the command of Duke Xuande to fight against Yuan Shao. Yide and I led the armored soldiers, and Zilong commanded the cavalry, so we have a comradely friendship."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Zhang Liao, but other people in the camp also turned their attention to Guan Yu.

Listen to Guan Yu's meaning... Is this Zhao Yun a general at the same level as him and Zhang Fei?

Everyone has seen how arrogant Guan Yu, a colleague who entered the palace for the second time, is.

However, Guan Yu's ability is also worthy of his arrogance, and everyone recognizes it with their noses pinched.

As for Zhang Fei, although he once lost to Lu Bu in Xuzhou...but is it strange to lose to Lu Bu?

What's more, Zhang Fei made a lot of military exploits when he defeated Lu Bu later. Even Cao Cao named Zhang Fei as a general of Zhonglang, and he was obviously an "officially certified" general.

But now, Zhao Yun, who came out of nowhere, has become a fierce general who is not weaker than him and Zhang Fei in Guan Yu's mouth, which makes everyone a little unacceptable.

Zhang Liao sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly smoothed things over: "I'm afraid they are just people with the same name and surname. After all, if such people are in the army, Sikong would not have noticed."

Guan Yu scrutinized the battle report carefully, and finally sighed: "Maybe."

"It's just that I thought, Zhao Yun with the same name and surname is common, but Zhao Yun who can kill Han Xun is hard to find."

Cao Cao raised his eyelids slightly when he heard this, because he knew Zhao Yun's name since the last time Cao Ren pacified Yuzhou. This person should indeed be the Zhao Yun that Guan Yu knew.

But for some reason, Cao Cao didn't say anything at this time.

Suddenly, Guan Yu noticed that there was another name he had never heard of in the Jiluo Mountain Victory that appeared in the battle report——

"He Yan?"

"He Yan, he is the adopted son of Sikong, and the grandson of General He Jin."

Zhang Liao explained to Guan Yu.

"The last time Cao Ren went to Yuzhou to quell the rebellion, He Yan also went with him. I heard that he made a lot of contributions..."

While talking, Zhang Liao realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he quickly shut up.

"Yuzhou..."

Guan Yu read these two characters, but he didn't know whether he was referring to Yuzhou or Liu Yuzhou.

Zhang Liao whispered quietly: "Yun Chang, do you really want to go look for Liu Bei?"

"nature."

Without the slightest hesitation, Guan Yu gave Zhang Liao an answer that he had expected a long time ago.

"However, Sikong is now in a crisis of life and death. I'm not the kind of person who makes trouble. Even if I want to leave, I have to wait for Yuan Shao to completely retreat before leaving!"

Guan Yu was extremely stubborn about this point, and his voice did not weaken at all, so that everyone in the Guandu tent could hear his "whispering" with Zhang Liao.

Among these people, Cao Cao was naturally included.

Cao Cao didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face, but looked at Guan Yu more appreciatively, with a dog-licking attitude of "as expected of someone I love and can't get enough of"...ah no, it's the attitude of a war wolf.

But others are different.

Xu Huang looks majestic and behaves well.

Jia Xu has a gentle face and strange eyes.

And the most embarrassing Zhang Xiu...

These people are all generals!

Originally, everyone planned to give up the previous estrangement and become ministers in the same palace, but Guan Yu's attitude of "I would rather die than surrender" and "for the sake of righteousness" every day, which hurt their young hearts almost all the time.

Even Zhang Liao felt a little embarrassed, and quietly moved a little to the side, not getting too close to Guan Yu.

It was Guo Jia who broke the slightly frozen atmosphere. When Guan Yu mentioned He Yan, he showed a rare look of anticipation: "He finally came! I said it was a waste to leave him behind. Now that Guan Du is caught Maybe it can give our army some surprises."

Hearing Guo Jia's rescue, the tent became active.

It’s just that the others are not familiar with He Yan, so they can only hear from Guo Jia how talented, handsome, and durable He Yan is... The topic of conversation is not considered in-depth, just a taste of it.

At this time, Xu Chu who was sitting behind Cao Cao suddenly said in a muffled voice, "He Yan, that's right."

???

Even Cao Cao, who looked like an idiot admiring Guan Yu's beauty, turned around and stared at Xu Chu in surprise, as if Xu Chu had grown a beard of the same style as Guan Yu's overnight.

Xu Chu was notoriously boring, and he never expressed his opinions on weekdays. Only Cao Cao could order him, but now he spoke human words for He Yan?

However, Xu Chu didn't give everyone a chance to continue appreciating his voice. He closed his mouth after saying only four words, his eyes staring at the sky for some unknown reason.

Being disturbed by Xu Chu, some officials who had never met He Yan showed curiosity——

"This He Yan... really lasts forever?"

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He Yan didn't make everyone wait too long.

To be precise, Cao Ren didn't make everyone wait too long.

After the victory at Jiluo Mountain, Cao Ren hurried to Guandu with He Yan, Zhao Yun, and Han Xun's leaders.

Guandu, as the name suggests, is an official ferry.

And this crossing is the Bian River diverted from the Yellow River.

Of course, compared to Bianshui, the generals of the Han Dynasty preferred its other name-the gap.

In the past, Emperor Gao, Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, met to carve up the borders of the world!

Even though 400 years have passed, this place is still a dangerous place for military strategists to fight for.

The confrontation between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao here this time made full use of the geographical advantage of Guandu.

Because Guandu is on the south bank, the gap has become Cao Jun's natural moat. This artificial canal, which was built in the period of Wei Huiwang and connected the big river and the Huai River, is not weaker than other big rivers in the Central Plains. It firmly blocked Yuan Shao on the north bank. Yang Wu.

In addition to taking advantage of the terrain, Cao Cao also arranged countless ravines here to block Yuan Shao's cavalry. This move made the whole land become gnawed and dimpled, which was extremely ugly.

But what attracted He Yan first were the arrows in front of Cao Cao's barracks that hadn't been pulled out in the future.

There were almost traces of arrows in the camp that stretched for a mile. It is not difficult to guess how dangerous the battle of Guandu has been in the past few months.

Walking into the barracks, He Yan saw that there were still many wounded soldiers in Cao Cao's barracks. After a rough calculation, it was astonishing that the level of "ten out of seven wounded" had already been reached.

"Victory always has a price..."

(End of this chapter)