Yuzhou governs Yingchuan, Runan, Geyang, Chenjun, Qiaojun, Lujun, Liangguo and Peiguo, six counties, two countries and ninety-four counties.

Since the beginning of the Yellow Turban, Runan, Chen County and Qiao County have been in turmoil. After Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, the only one that actually achieved stability was his hometown Yingchuan. The other counties had little governance problems.

If you encounter an army, you will be powerless to resist.

Since Cao Cao issued the imperial edict to suppress thieves in the name of the Emperor, Yuan Shu responded very quickly. He immediately ordered Qiao Rui and Li Feng to lead an army of 70,000 troops and march towards Qiaojun.

On Cao Cao's end, the 60,000-strong army assembled moved quickly, and the two sides formed a confrontation in Ku County, Qiao County.

The early spring wind is like a bone-picking knife scraping this depressed land, and also scraping the hearts of the soldiers on both sides.

The soldiers were indifferent to this because no one knew whether they would survive this battle.

"Lü Bu is still as smart as ever. He held high the imperial flag of exterminating thieves but ran to Xiapi. I guess he didn't give up on Guangling." In the military tent in Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao, who was wearing a thick cloak, turned his hands over the brazier with a smile on his face.

With a bit of disdain.

"Lu Bu is a common man, of course he is only busy with his own affairs."

A man wearing a dark green Confucian robe, with a thin cheek and a somewhat gloomy temperament said in a deep voice: "It's fine this way. After defeating Yuan, Jiujiang will still be the same Jiujiang."

Cheng Yu's statement made Cao Cao nodded slightly.

In fact, they were a little worried that when they were fighting hard with Yuan Shu's army, Lu Bu would rush into Jiujiang and take advantage of the situation. You must know that Shouchun, the puppet capital, is the seat of Jiujiang.

Naturally, Jiujiang is also the richest in Yuan Shu's territory.

They are not worried about Lu Bu occupying Jiujiang. He does not have the strength, but if he goes and plunders, it will be painful.

Now it is confirmed that he is only interested in Guangling, which is a good thing.

"Liu Bei once again asked to be the vanguard to attack Li Feng's camp today. He has brought all the soldiers and horses from Pei State. What do you think?" Cao Cao looked at the hot coals in front of him, as if talking about a trivial matter.

"Liu Bei has experienced hundreds of battles, and his subordinate Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave enough to be invincible. He is sent as a vanguard, and he is able to make great achievements."

Cheng Yu's eyes twitched slightly and added: "Even if we are frustrated, we can still take advantage of the situation to see the quality of the Huainan Army and look for flaws."

The whole thing is just cannon fodder.

The person behind Cheng Yu is about forty years old, with a calm and composed face under the Confucian crown, and a five-inch long beard that already has a few strands of snow white.

Xun You of Qi Ce Twelve had just come to Cao Cao's tent for less than a year, even later than Guo Jia.

I didn't want to comment on this matter, but I had no choice but to meet Cao Cao's questioning eyes, took a shallow breath, shook his head and said:

"Sikong is not thinking about whether to make him a vanguard, but he is just worried about what to do with him after using him.

I'm sorry to say it bluntly, but killing one person at this time will completely lose the hearts of the world."

Cao Cao chuckled. He didn't feel embarrassed after his intentions were guessed. Instead, he looked at Guo Jia, who was standing opposite Xun You.

"Liu Bei has great ambitions and will worry about Sikong sooner or later, but this is definitely not the time to kill him.

Using it to achieve meritorious service will show Sikong's ability to recognize people, and the knowledgeable people in the world will be tempted.

It's nothing more than using it and guarding against it. Don't let it get out of control.

Once the Central Plains is stabilized, we can then use tactics to get rid of it. There are many ways to avoid making excuses."

Guo Jia's words touched Cao Cao's heart.

The desperate hero was given the title of Imperial Uncle, and he took the lead when the country was in trouble. If you attack him at this time, who will obey you in the future?

As for the way to control him, it is actually simple. Since he has followed the army, he cannot leave. After all, if he leaves the camp and has no food and grass, his men will starve to death.

Cao Cao walked up to Guo Jia, and the two just looked at each other. After a while, Cao Cao burst into laughter and patted Guo Jia on the shoulder, "Then let him test the quality of the Huainan Army."<

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Three days later.

On the depressed land, a team wearing black armor advances towards the east.

After receiving the scout's dispatch, Li Feng pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed off the corner of Shuai Ben, "A man who weaves mats and sells shoes, with thousands of soldiers and horses, dares to shout, I will accept the military order that has not been completed by bravery!"

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Order troops!"

"Here!"

The Huainan Army set up two camps in the wilderness, forming a defensive posture.

General Qiao Rui led 30,000 troops to guard the main camp, and Li Feng led 20,000 troops to guard the auxiliary camp. The two camps were thirty miles apart.

Even though Cao had many soldiers, Liu Bei only led a few thousand troops towards his camp. Li Feng felt that it would be too humiliating to remain indifferent.

Li Feng led his deputy general Liang Gang, two thousand cavalry, and eight thousand infantry towards Liu Bei's army.

Plain areas are not without terrain for ambushes, dense forests and mountain valleys can all be used for ambushes.

But there is no such terrain in Ku County, so we simply gave him a head-on blow.

The two armies were still three miles away from each other when they could already see the black lines formed by the other side's soldiers and horses. Li Feng grunted and said: "Liang Gang, you lead the cavalry to charge, and I will lead the army to plunder the formation!" (There were many generals with rude backgrounds during the Three Kingdoms period!

Biaozi, often call him by his first name at this time)

"Here!"

More than ten years of military career have enabled this emperor's uncle, who was born to weave mats and sell shoes, to remain calm in the face of thousands of troops. He drew out the two-pronged swords at his waist, looked firmly in his eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Yun Chang led the cavalry to charge, and my third brother and I raided the formation!"

"Take your orders!"

Guan Yu half-squinted his red phoenix eyes, holding the reins with one hand and dragging the Qinglong Yanyue Sword backwards with the other, leading his five hundred cavalrymen and moving forward slowly.

Their speed gradually increased, and finally a cloud of dust was raised, and five hundred horsemen followed Guan Yu like arrows flying off the string.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies were close. Guan Yu used one hand to pull the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and raised it high. He pressed the blade with his left hand and pressed it down. The target was Liang Gang who was rushing forward.

Keng!

There was a golden roar and sparks flew out.

With just one blow, Liang Gang, who held the gun against each other, felt pain in the muscles of both arms as if they were torn apart. When he lowered his head, he saw that the tiger's mouth was already full of blood.

Before he could be surprised by the jujube seller's strange strength, Guan Yu grasped the handle of the knife with one hand and struck horizontally.

It’s hard to imagine that a person with such incredible strength could be faster than his own reflexes.

Liang Gang lowered his head to dodge almost out of reflex, and his tasseled helmet was knocked away by the sword. When he raised his head again, he had already received the third sword, which he was unable to dodge.

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After the first round of hedging, the cavalry on both sides were injured.

If we must talk about the battle loss ratio, the cavalry led by Guan Yu were obviously more severely injured, with more than 100 casualties.

The disparity in numbers is critical. Another reason is that this cavalry has no actual combat experience since its establishment and is inferior to the Huainan Army.

But when the two sides turned around, the Huainan Army discovered that their deputy general had lost his head, and suddenly fell into a panic.

"Don't panic! Our army has an absolute advantage, kill me!" Li Feng, who reacted very quickly, rushed up and shouted.

Guan Yu didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he dragged his horse straight forward with a single sword, and he entered the two thousand cavalry. He used a long sword like an arm to point out. Every time the cold light flashed, or the head was thrown away, or the armor was broken, and the horse hit the target.

Kill twenty-seven people.

One person and one horse, walking in and out of the crowd of thousands of troops is just like taking a leisurely stroll.

This scene makes the surrounding people change their colors.

"Under Liu Bei, I like Guan Yu the most. I already liked him when he killed Hua Xiong at Hulao Pass. It's a pity that he can't return."

In the distance, Cao Cao, who was riding a yellow flying lightning with claws, looked at the cavalry rushing into the group like a wolf into a flock of sheep, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Guan Yu's bravery, Guan Yu's integrity, Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei...

Perhaps, when you like someone, you will always be willing to give him a layer of golden light, so even if he has a stinking problem of pride, Cao Cao also likes him.

This small-scale battle came to an end in less than half an hour.

Because of Guan Yu's brave execution and the tacit understanding of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, they were chasing the Huainan army that was three times their size.

"Liu Bei has made a great contribution. Three thousand has broken ten thousand. You are so brave." Guo Jia stood aside and took a sip from the wine gourd on his waist.

"Let's go."

Cao Cao turned his horse around, no longer interested in watching Liu Guanzhang's personal performance, and said loudly: "We can't delay Ku County for too long. Since we won the first battle, we have to find a way to quickly break through the Chinese army."
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