Fortunately, Zang Ba arrived in time, so Sun Guan was able to escape dangerously. However, Zang Ba's martial arts were much inferior to Lu Bu. After more than 30 rounds of fighting, Zang Ba was in danger. In desperation, Zang Ba had to yell the order, asking more than 2,000 soldiers under his command to come to surround and kill Lu Bu.

Lu Bu had already taken off his tender coat. When he saw Cao's army besieging him, he immediately let Zang Ba go and slapped him back.

After Lu Bu retreated, Zang Ba was slightly relieved. When he was still scared, he did not dare to let his soldiers continue to pursue him. He was afraid of being ambushed by Lu Bu. He only retreated to the ferry and waited for the rest of the Cao army to cross the river.

Behind the hillside, Lu Bu and Cao Xing met. Seeing that Zang Ba had not pursued him, he smiled bitterly and said, "This Cao General is really cautious! This general killed three generals under his command in a row. He could still be so calm. It seems that he has to fight head-on!"

Cao Xing analyzed: "General, even if we fight head-on, our army is not afraid! General, you see, Cao's camp is mostly infantry, and the ferry here is the only place where they transport food and grass. After they go far, we will attack their food routes again, so that they will be unable to move in this Liyang territory!"

When Lu Bu heard this, he smiled, patted Cao Xing's head, and cursed: "You guys have many ideas. It's good. Anyway, the order we received was to stop Cao's army in Liyang. As long as Cao's army did not leave Liyang, we would ignore them. The lord's army will arrive in a few days. At that time, we will deal with Cao's army again."

If it were the case before, Lu Bu would have ignored it and killed him first. Anyway, there were 5,000 cavalrymen in his hands, and even if they couldn't be defeated, they could still escape. But now, Lu Bu was leading his troops to fight, and the first thing he thought of was how to complete the task while reducing his own casualties.

From this we can see that Lu Bu is no longer the selfish and brainless warrior he used to be, but a general who would choose to use his strategy.

Lu Bu's change is enough to show how wise it is for Yang Fan to insist on strengthening military education. Only such a general can make his troops entrusted with his lives.

As he thought about it, Lu Bu laughed and said, "My lord Zeng Yan, if the strength of the enemy and us is very different, then we cannot resist head-on! Only by letting the enemy get into trouble can we find opportunities for war. We might as well..."

Then, Cao Xing followed Lu Bu's order and divided the five thousand cavalry into dozens of small teams, constantly wandering around the ferry, and closely observing the movements of Cao's army.

At noon, all 10,000 Cao troops crossed the Yellow River. After Zang Ba divided two thousand infantry to guard the ferry, he slowly advanced towards Liyang City with the remaining eight thousand infantry.

However, when Zang Ba led his army to leave the ferry for more than ten miles, he was attacked by Lu Bu's cavalry. Eight thousand infantrymen attacked five thousand cavalry in the field. The result is imagined. In addition, with the command of a general like Lu Bu, Zang Ba made Zang Ba run away with his head and charge alone. With just one charge, he drilled through the formation of Cao's army and made him confused. In the end, Zang Ba had to retreat to the ferry again and wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements.

In fact, it is no wonder that Zang Ba was the one who asked Lu Bu to disperse the cavalry under his command that Zang Ba made a wrong judgment.

After learning that Lu Bu had 5,000 cavalry, Cao Cao added 20,000 troops to the ferry, including 2,000 cavalry, which stopped Lu Bu's arrogance.

However, Lu Bu was not a good person. In the following days, he either copied the Cao army's retreat or attacked the Cao army's food and supplies, which made Cao Cao exhausted and miserable for a while. Three days later, the Cao army, known as the elite of the Central Plains, only marched towards Liyang for fifty miles. This shows how frustrating Cao Cao was in his heart at this time.

On this day, Cao Cao finally led his army to outside Liyang City, but saw a familiar figure standing above the city. After he got closer and looked, he realized that it was Yang Fan and Yang Bowen.

Yang Fan was wearing white clothes, standing with his hands behind his back, quietly watching more than 20,000 Cao troops slowly approaching Liyang City.

Soon, a cavalry rushed out of Cao's army and came to the city, threatening that Cao Cao invited Yang Fan to speak outside the city, and his army retreated for five miles, and both sides could only bring two guards to see sincerity.

After hearing this, Yang Fan happily agreed and immediately took Dian Wei and Taishi Ci out of Liyang City.

On a slope outside Liyang City, Cao Cao had been waiting here for a long time. When Yang Fan arrived, he found that there was a chessboard in front of Cao Cao, and a pot of hot water was burned beside him. Behind him were two burly generals.

Yang Fan was not nervous. When he walked to Cao Cao, he sat on the stool without saying anything, picked up the tea on the chessboard and drank it in one sip.

Seeing this, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Bowen, aren't you afraid? Am I poisoning in the tea?"

Yang Fan was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "If this is the case, then you Cao Mengde will not be Cao Mengde! Why, at this time, Mengde is still in the mood to play chess?"

Cao Cao stretched out his hand and smiled and said, "In a small matter, people know how to advance and retreat. Everyone says that you, Yang Bowen, are the first general of my Han Dynasty. But I don't know, how about this chess skill?"

Yang Fan shook his head and laughed: "The general who leads the troops should be able to arrange some troops. If he can't even play this chess well, how can he plan and win a thousand miles?"

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, why don't you guys go down the top? If I lose, I will immediately retreat to the south of the Yellow River and never get into trouble with you from Bowen. If I am lucky enough to defeat Bowen, then Bowen has to agree and give Bohai County to me!"

"Haha..." Yang Fan raised his head and laughed, mocking: "Meng De, you are still so shameless! Will I still take Cao Jun seriously now?"

As if he heard Yang Fan's contempt, the two generals behind Cao Cao then took a step forward and shouted angrily: "Bold!"

Dian Wei and Taishi Ci were also not afraid at all. They took a step and shouted: "Rareless!"

Yang Fan glanced at the two generals behind Cao Cao in surprise and asked, "Meng De, these two generals are so handsome! I wonder where Meng De found the heroes?"

Cao Cao was not angry about Yang Fan's words. He immediately pointed at the two generals behind him and introduced: "This is Li Dian, this is Le Jin! If you want to talk about heroes, only the generals under Bowen's tent can be called it!"

"oh?"

Yang Fan was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Li Dian more. After all, Cao Cao's five sons and generals could be seen through the performance of Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. Yang Fan thought to himself that Li Dian and Le Jin must be no less than Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's generals.

As he thought about it, Yang Fan subconsciously said, "It turns out it was Li Dian, two generals Le Jin! The two of them have a good record in the Central Plains. If they are not doing well in Mengde in the future, they can come to the north to find me. Fan will definitely sweep the bed to greet them and entrust them with important tasks!"

Cao Cao's expression froze. He really didn't expect that Yang Fan would be so shameless that he would recruit his generals in front of him, which was really ridiculous.

Li Dian had a calm personality. After just smiling, he stopped talking. However, Le Jin had a hot temper and shouted directly: "You, you are so arrogant. Just because of you, you want to recruit me?"

Dian Wei was furious when he heard this, touched his bald head and replied viciously: "You kid, don't be ungrateful! Believe it or not, will I tear you?"

Le Jin said angrily: "You evil man, you dare to speak rudely. If you have the ability, we will fight and see who is powerful!"

Dian Wei was angry and smiled, touched his bald head, and smiled at Taishi Ci on the side, saying, "Ziyi, is someone trying to challenge me? Hehe, it's really rare!"

Taishici also looked at Le Jin with a strange expression and kindly advised: "Forget it, don't be in trouble with him even if you come! Avoid taking the opportunity to take a heavy blow, and General Cao will resent my lord!"

This was Taishi Ci's sarcastic remarks, but it seemed to Dian Wei a little reasonable. Dian Wei nodded in agreement and said seriously: "Well, what Ziyi said is good! Looking at his little arms and legs, I am still a little worried. If you miss it later, you will tear him down!"

Listening to Dian Wei and Taishi Ci sang together, although there were no vicious words between the words, Le Jin's eyes were so angry that he could not stop.

Le Jin pulled out the battle knife from his waist and shouted at Dian Wei: "How dare the arrogant people bark in front of me? If you have a genital, come out and have a real sword and gun. If you can hold on to me for dozens of rounds, I will regard you as a character. Otherwise, I will not speak loudly in front of me! It will not make people laugh!"

After hearing this, Dian Wei looked at Yang Fan pitifully, and his eyes showed his desire for battle, while Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said to himself that Le Jin is really a hot-hearted person. Even if he can be ranked among Cao Cao's five-son generals, he will definitely not be Dian Wei's opponent. You must know that Dian Wei is now the third strong general under Yang Fan's command.

However, since Le Jin requested a fight, Yang Fan was willing to let them fight, so he could objectively evaluate Le Jin, Li Dian and others' moisture to lay a targeted foundation for the future.

At that moment, Yang Fan turned to look at Cao Cao and smiled and said, "Meng De, what do you think? Otherwise, let them fight first? As for this game of chess, it's better not to play! Let's use the result of the fight between these two to determine the outcome!"

Dian Wei has been following Yang Fan, and few people know his achievements. Cao Cao thought that although Dian Wei had some martial arts, he might not be able to beat Le Jin. Then he nodded and replied: "Okay! Then, based on their battle, we will decide the outcome of our two!"

Yang Fan smiled at Dian Wei and said, "Come on evil, you heard it! If you can't beat it, then I have to divide Bohai County!"

Dian Wei replied seriously, "Don't worry, lord, I don't have to worry about it, I won't beat that kid to death!"

Le Jin was stunned when he heard this and thought to himself that this bald evil man had spoken out repeatedly. If he didn't give him some words, wouldn't he make his companions laugh at him?
Chapter completed!