When Cao Cao saw his beloved general asking questions, he even sent someone to show the battle report to Guan Yu.
There was a general beside Guan Yu who had a face like purple jade and eyes as bright as stars. Seeing Guan Yu's eagerness, he also asked: "What? Yun Chang? Could it be that this Zhao Yun is an acquaintance of yours?"
"Um."
Guan Yu felt a little sad when he talked about Zhao Yun.
"This is an old friend I met when I was in Youzhou. I haven't seen him for a long time."
The slightly purple-faced general next to him was Zhang Liao. He was the most familiar with Guan Yu, and he squeezed in front of Guan Yu without any hesitation and looked at the battle report together: "Yun Chang can never forget this person. Compared with this person, he must be superior."
Where is it?"
Guan Yu nodded: "Changshan Zhao Zilong, this person was fighting against Yuan Shao under the command of Xuande Gong with me. Yide and I led the armored soldiers, and Zilong commanded the cavalry, so we have the same friendship."
As soon as this statement came out, not only Zhang Liao, but also other people in the camp turned their attention to Guan Yu.
Listen to what Guan Yu means...is this Zhao Yun a general on 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, was in these days.
However, Guan Yu's ability was worthy of his arrogance, so everyone held their noses and recognized him.
As for Zhang Fei, although he lost to Lu Bu in Xuzhou... is it strange that he lost to Lu Bu?
What's more, Zhang Fei later made great achievements in defeating Lu Bu. Even Cao Cao declared Zhang Fei to be Zhonglang General, and he was obviously an "officially certified" general.
But now, Zhao Yun, who appeared out of nowhere, has become a fierce general that Guan Yu said was not weaker than him and Zhang Fei, which everyone couldn't accept.
Zhang Liao noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and quickly tried to smooth things over: "I'm afraid it's just someone with the same name. After all, if such a person is in the army, it's impossible for Sikong not to discover it."
Guan Yu carefully studied the battle report, and finally sighed: "Maybe."
"I just thought that 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 from the last time Cao Ren conquered Yuzhou. This person should indeed be Zhao Yun whom 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 appearing in the battle report during the Jiluoshan victory——
"He Yan?"
"He Yan 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 great contributions..."
As he spoke, Zhang Liao realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing and quickly shut his mouth.
"Yuzhou..."
Guan Yu recited these two words, but he didn't know whether he meant Yuzhou or Liu Yuzhou.
Zhang Liao whispered quietly: "Yun Chang, do you really want to go find Liu Bei?"
"nature."
Without any hesitation, Guan Yu gave Zhang Liao an answer he had long expected.
"But Sikong is now in a critical situation. I am not the kind of person who adds insult to injury. Even if I want to leave, I have to wait for Yuan Shao to completely retreat before I leave!"
Guan Yu was extremely stubborn on this point, and his voice did not lose momentum at all, allowing everyone in the Guandu camp to hear his "whispering" with Zhang Liao.
And among these people, Cao Cao was naturally included.
Cao Cao did not show dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he looked at Guan Yu more appreciatively, as if he was a licking dog, "As expected of the person I love but cannot love"... No, it was a wolf warrior posture.
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 surrendered generals!
Originally, everyone planned to give up the previous estrangement and become ministers in the same palace. However, Guan Yu acted like "I would rather die than surrender" and "do it for the sake of righteousness" every day, which hurt their young hearts almost all the time.
Even Zhang Liao felt a little embarrassed on his face and quietly moved to the side, no longer getting too close to Guan Yu.
It was Guo Jia who broke the slightly solidified atmosphere. Hearing Guan Yu mention He Yan, he actually showed a rare look of expectation: "He is finally here! I said it was a waste to leave him behind. Now catch Guandu and say
Maybe it can give our army some surprises."
After hearing Guo Jia's rescue, the camp 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 persistent He Yan is... The topic is not in depth, just a superficial taste.
At this time, Xu Chu, who was sitting behind Cao Cao, suddenly said in a low voice: "He Yan, that's good."
???
Even Cao Cao, who looked like a crazy man and was 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 is a notoriously boring person. He never expresses his opinions on weekdays. Only Cao Cao can order him. But now he speaks for He Yan?
However, Xu Chu did not give everyone a chance to continue to appreciate his voice. He only said four words and then closed his mouth, his eyes looking up at something in the sky.
Being disturbed by Xu Chu, some officials who had never seen He Yan also looked curious -
"Is this He Yan... really lasting?"
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He Yan did not keep everyone waiting for too long.
To be precise, Cao Ren didn't keep everyone waiting for too long.
After the victory at Jiluoshan, Cao Ren hurried to Guandu with the heads of He Yan, Zhao Yun, and Han Xun.
Guandu, as the name suggests, is a government-established ferry.
What is being crossed here is the Bianshui River, which is branched from the Yellow River.
Of course, compared to Bianshui, generals during the Han Dynasty preferred its other name - Chasm.
In the past, Emperor Taizu Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, made an appointment to divide the borders of the world!
Even though four hundred years have passed, this place is still a dangerous place for military strategists to fight for.
This time Cao Cao and Yuan Shao faced off here, making full use of Guandu's geographical advantage.
Because Guandu is on the south bank, the chasm has become a natural moat for Cao Jun. This artificial canal, built during the period of King Hui of Wei, connects the river and the Huai River. The water force is not weaker than that of other major rivers in the Central Plains, firmly blocking 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 entire land look bumpy and ugly.
But what first attracted He Yan were the arrows in front of Cao Cao's military camp that he had not yet had time to pull out.
There are almost traces of arrows in the camp that stretches 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 military camp, He Yan saw that Cao Cao's military camp was still full of wounded soldiers. After a rough calculation, he found that it had reached the level of "seven out of ten wounded".