Desolate, ultimate desolate!

Ding Chen led the camp and arrived at Hucheng Pavilion in a drizzle-like late night.

Due to the long journey, he hurriedly set up a camp without checking it out. But after dawn, he walked out of the camp and saw only devastation.

Hucheng Pavilion is located on a plain, with a view of the river from afar.

Not far away, there were ruins, indicating that there were people living here. But the man's tall withered and yellow weeds seemed to tell Ding Chen that it had been deserted.

Ding Chen rode his horse and walked with Jia Xu.

Behind the two, Hu Cheer followed with ten people.

"I remember, I came here more than ten years ago."

Jia Xu pulled his horse and said softly: "At that time, it was very lively and people came and went, and it was a prosperous place.

Look, this place is between Chenliu and Xingyang, and is adjacent to the big river in the north, with a wide terrain.

From this to the northeast, I remember there was a ferry crossing. At that time, the ferry crossing was very lively, and people waiting to cross the river lined up."

"Why is sir?"

Ding Chen heard the sadness in Jia Xu's words and asked in confusion.

Jia Xu shook his head, "This is not sentimentality, but emotion."

"What are you feeling about?"

"A Yellow Turban Rebellion turned this prosperous place into ruins.

Now, the war has rekindled... How many people think that this is just a battle of power, but I am very worried that after this war, the country will not be in a state, and the world will no longer be peaceful... Haha, I feel a moment of emotion, Ziyang should not laugh at me."

In Ding Chen's eyes, Jia Xu is the kind of person who "does not matter to you, but is hanging up high."

He will never ask about the matter before him.

For example, when Ding Chen found him this time, he was even threatening and playing a scoundrel, so he followed him.

But now...

Ding Chen whispered: "Does it be that Mr. I think it's difficult for the Prime Minister to win?"

Jia Xu rolled his eyes, turned his horse's head and left, ignoring Ding Chen even more.

Ding Chen also knew that he was afraid he was taking the liberty.

He laughed dryly, urged him to get off his horse, and rushed to catch up with Jia Xu.

"Ziyang, what do you think about it here?"

On a high slope, Jia Xu got off his horse.

He asked in a deep voice with his finger on the plain down the slope.

“It’s great, the view is wide.

Although the scenery is a bit lonely, it will be full of vitality after spring is warm and flowers bloom."

"Who asked you about the scenery?"

Jia Xu was so angry that he almost gave Ding Chen a whip.

However, considering that he was not Ding Chen's opponent, he finally resisted the impulse and said patiently: "For generals, you need to pay attention everywhere. Whenever you go to a place, even if there is no war, you may be on the battlefield, check the terrain, and think about the situation.

Ziyang, you are smart, but too lazy.

If you are in a prosperous era, you will be fine, you can't be happy and happy. But now, you must make changes to keep yourself as a general at any time and anywhere. Hucheng Pavilion is desolate, but you can see the clues."

Jia Xu's words were said with great sincerity.

Ding Chen shivered and remained silent.

"Thank you for your advice, sir."

To be honest, until now, he still faces everything with the attitude of Cao Cao's wife and brother-in-law.

But what about it?

In the past, no matter what happened, Cao Cao was outside and he didn't need to bother.

He just needs to live leisurely, and no matter what other things are, no one will stand up and say what is wrong with him.

Now, Cao Cao is fleeing and his whereabouts are unknown.

His shoulders were responsible for the lives of Sister A and Cao Ang. How could he not care about anything like before? Moreover, he was appointed as Sima of his family, with Gao Shun and Hu Cheer under his command, and more than 800 soldiers who were trapped in the formation followed him.

It's really different!

Ding Chen took a deep breath, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

"Sir, what about this Hucheng Pavilion?"

Jia Xu closed his eyes, and after a moment, he drew a few lines on the ground with his sword, and then placed a few stones.

"I didn't think too carefully before, but when I got here, I found some problems.

Look, this is Sour Jujube, this is Xingyang, this is Hulao Pass, this is Yangren Pass... Have you noticed that if I were the commander of the coalition army, I would never really attack Yangren Pass. The terrain of Yangren Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and that place of fierce battle. If you attack strongly, you will definitely suffer heavy losses. Therefore, I will never choose to attack strongly, and I will definitely win with surprise soldiers."

The surprise wins?

Ding Chen's heart moved, as if he had thought of something.

He immediately squatted down and carefully looked at the map Jia Xu painted. After a while, he looked up and said, "Sir, is Hucheng Pavilion?"

Jia Xu, nodded slightly.

"Hucheng Pavilion is not famous and its location is not important.

But whether this is important or not depends on the times. The current situation is that as long as the coalition forces occupy Huchengting and go north, they can join forces with Yuan Shao of Hanoi to attack Hulao Pass; when they go south, they will directly threaten Xingyang, making Yang Renguan useless.

Just a surprise weapon, set out from the Sour Jujube, and you can reach Hucheng Pavilion in less than two days.

However, I don’t know if anyone in the coalition saw this route, so we have to prepare in advance.”

Ding Chen looked at the map carefully again, closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

"In this way, our camping place is wrong."

Jia Xu showed admiration and nodded slightly and praised: "Ziyang is indeed smart. This is what I want to remind you."

Ding Chen, smiled.

"Sir, since you are aware, why not just say it?"

"If I said it straight, you might follow my advice and move the camp.

But now, you know that you can consider the causes and consequences. If you encounter such a thing in the future, you don’t need to remind you to see it yourself.

Ziyang, you are lazy and friendly, and you are excellent on weekdays.

But in the army, you should not be as majestic as usual. Otherwise, how can you enforce the orders and make the three armies obey? However, you have never been exposed to these before, so you don’t care much. But in the future, you need to pay more attention."

This inspection has indeed gained a lot for Ding Chen.

Jia Xu did not criticize him with a harsh voice, but instead pointed out his shortcomings in a subtle way.

This also made him realize that it is really different now than when he was in Luoyang!

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Ding Chen returned to the camp and immediately ordered the camp to be moved.

Although many people were puzzled, he did not explain it. This made everyone realize that Ding Chen seemed to have undergone some changes at this time. Although he was still friendly, there seemed to be more majesty in that friendly relationship, which made people dare not resist.

After the new camp is settled, everything will return to peace.

Ding Chen would take people around every day, while Gao Shun led his soldiers to practice.

The newly added two hundred people were included in the rear army and were commanded by a young commander named Yang Aruo.

This Yang Aruo's name is Boyang and is from Jiuquan.

One-third of the Han ancestry is the mixed bloodline of the Qiang people and Tu people. He used to be a ranger, living in Chang'an, fighting fiercely every day, and was considered the number one figure. At that time, people called him "the east city beat Yang Aruo, and the west city beat Yang Aruo". Whenever there is a fight in Chang'an City, he will definitely be a figure, and he is a desperate man.

Later, he killed someone for some reason and saw that he was about to be beheaded.

When the Liangzhou Rebellion happened, the Grand Marshal Zhang Wen recruited a hero, and Yang Aruo was recommended and mixed into the army.

Later, he was incorporated into Dong Zhuo's command and made many military achievements. He gained a foothold in the Liangzhou army and later became the Nangong Guardian.

Those newcomers came to Yang Aruo's hands and were trained to suffer a lot.

But the effect is very good, but in just a few days, great progress has been made...

At the same time, the coalition forces were assembled.

From the initial response of the 11 princes, it has now become a united force of the 18 princes, with a total force of 200,000.

Two hundred thousand people sounded a bit scary.

Ding Chen couldn't help but be surprised and said to Jia Xu: "The 200,000 army never thought it would turn out to be like this."

But Jia Xu sneered repeatedly.

“The more soldiers, the more thoughts you have.

The 200,000 army seemed to be huge, but in fact it was a mob.

Now they seem to be working together, but in fact they are full of contradictions. Although Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the alliance, he was unable to control the situation... Do you think those princes will really listen to his orders? Not to mention anything else, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and Yuan Shu, who is really convinced by him? Look, some benefits will cause them to fall apart."

Ding Chen naturally agreed with Jia Xu's point of view.

The longer I spend with Jia Xu, the more I feel that he is unfathomable!

This also made Ding Chen even more puzzled why Jia Xu wanted to hide his weakness and act so mediocre. With his talent, he could easily be valued by Dong Zhuo. Not to mention anything else, a cavalry commander is definitely easy, and it is not impossible to deal with a general in the middle. But he pretended to be a mediocre talent and did some errands under Dong Zhuo, which was really weird.

Ding Chen wanted to ask him why, but every time he said something, he swallowed it back.

With Jia Xu's character, there must be a reason for doing this.

Since he is unwilling to say it, he will definitely ask, which will ruin the friendship. It is better to observe slowly from the side.

However, before Ding Chen could observe the results, he got news that the first battle of the coalition forces had begun!

Ding Chen originally thought that the first battle to fight Dong started with Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao is the leader!

But what I never thought of was that the person who started the first battle was not Yuan Shao, nor Zhang Miaoqiaomao and others who stationed troops in the slaughter of Zeazao, but Yuan Shu, who stationed troops in the slaughter of Luyang. In the middle of March of the first year of Chuping, Yuan Shu took Changsha prefect Sun Jian as the vanguard and entered Yangren Pass.

Hua Xiong, who had already been waiting to be launched in Xingyang, immediately forwarded the cavalry and general Hu Zhen to lead his troops to fight 5,000.
Chapter completed!