Under the urging of the princes, Liu Bei rushed to preside over the alliance. Although he felt something was wrong, he could no longer withdrew from retreating and could only grit his teeth to preside over the alliance.

The covenant is certain, and the next step is to assign tasks.

King Chen Min Liu Chong had already led his troops to attack Yique Pass, while the Xihe Prefect Cui Jun was harassing the Mengjin area. Yuan Shao decided to personally lead the army to break through the Hulao from the front. Although it was difficult, as long as the Hulao Pass was broken, it would be a huge blow to Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. At the same time, once the Hulao was broken, there would be no danger to defend east of Luoyang. The coalition army could reach the city of Luoyang directly, making the defense of the other eight passes meaningless.

At present, Yuan Shao began to assign tasks, with Cao Cao as his military advisor to sacrificial wine, and Yuan Shu was responsible for the governor's coalition food and grass.

There is no problem with these two positions. Then Yuan Shao looked at Ye Zhao and smiled and said, "This battle is the first battle of our army, and there is no need to be any mistakes. Ye Hou is a famous general of our Han Dynasty. He has never been defeated in his life. I wonder if Ye Hou can surrender. He will be the vanguard for the time being and break the two cities of Ao Cang and Xingyang?"

Just now, Yuan Shao urgently needed a big victory to stabilize his position and shock the princes. Therefore, this first battle was not only extremely important to the coalition forces, but also to Yuan Shao. Although most of the princes in the tent were friendly to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao knew very well that few of these people could fight, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, willing, Zhang Miao and others were famous, and they were also good at learning. However, in terms of commanding troops and fighting, they were probably the same as Li Min, Xingyang, Ao Cang and Hulao, and they were also a place where Dong Zhuo valued the defence, so this pioneer candidate was very important.

In Yuan Shao's impression, only Ye Zhao was probably the most confident among the geniuses.

Ye Zhao smiled and shook his head and said, "Ye is not sure about this battle. The leader should choose another talent."

He participated in this alliance, on the contrary, in response to the righteousness, but in fact, he just wanted to use the opportunity to send his poorly trained soldiers, most of the refugees recruited in Hanoi, and some of the soldiers' families to Hanzhong in the name of the coalition forces, but he never thought that he would really have a tough fight with Dong Zhuo.

Not to mention that I am not sure enough to destroy these three cities in a row, even if there is one, I will definitely lose my troops and generals after this battle, but the benefit is that of Yuan Shao and others. Ye Zhao will not do such a loss-making business.

"If even Ye Hou was not sure, who would be able to be the vanguard in this tent?" Yuan Shao's face froze slightly. The first order he had after he became the leader was refused to be executed. This made Yuan Shao feel very bad and his face hurt a little.

"Sorry, I never fight a battle without confidence. I should choose another talented person." Ye Zhao shook his head and smiled. The best way to defend the three cities together is to send an army to cut off the barrier between the three cities. The coalition forces are numerous and powerful. They can use their strength to do this and then defeat them one by one. However, Yuan Shao obviously has the intention to cheat him and directly let him be the vanguard. Now he has only 20,000 under-trained troops around him. Not to mention whether he can fight, even if he finally fights, he will be greatly injured. At that time, he will still be able to leave in shame?

He was not prepared to keep these 20,000 soldiers on this battlefield forever.

"Ha, does Ye Hou think that you are the only one who can fight in the world?" Chen State Prime Minister Xu Yu was dissatisfied with Ye Zhao's attitude, and groaned, stood up and bowed to Yuan Shao, "Leader, I am willing to be the vanguard!"

"Okay!" Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I am worthy of being a cadre under King Chen Min's command. That marquis is here to wait for the good news for Xu Xiang."

"Okay." Yuan Shao was a little unhappy when he failed to persuade Ye Zhao to fight. He really wanted to take the opportunity to weaken Ye Zhao, but Ye Zhao obviously did not respect him, the leader. Yuan Shao had just become the leader of the alliance and was not easy to attack. He was secretly ruthless in his heart. After he broke through the Huzhu and his status was stable, he would definitely make this Ye Zhao look good.

At that moment, Xu Yu resigned everyone and led his army to cross the river, preparing to break Ao Cang first, then Xingyang, and finally attack Hulao.

If Xu Yan is not an empty talker, since King Chen Min Liu Chong sent him to participate in the alliance on his behalf, he naturally felt that Xu Yan had the ability to stand alone. Therefore, Yuan Shao felt that even if Xu Yan was unable to win, he would not lose or lose. He could not defeat. After crossing the river, when all the troops crossed the river, at that time, the 300,000 troops would be able to fill the three cities with one spit.

After Xu Yu left, Yuan Shao ordered the three armies to set up camps as soon as possible, and try to make the distance between the vanguard army and the main force closer. If there is any change, the coalition forces can also rescue in time.

But I never dreamed that Xu Yu would be defeated so quickly. When the princes were still crossing the river at the crossing, news came the next day that Xu Yu was burned to death by a fire from the Western Liang army!

"Why did it come to this?" After hearing the news, Yuan Shao looked incredible. Xu Yu had a good ability and had five or six thousand troops under his command. Even if he could not break the city, he would not be defeated so quickly. Moreover, this time it was not defeated, but the entire army was wiped out!

"Go back to the leader!" Chen Guojiao, who came to report the message, smiled bitterly: "We have crossed the river and arrived in Ao Cang, and the journey is unobstructed. When we arrived in Ao Cang, we found that Ao Cang had no bandits. Xu Xiang led our army to Ao Cang, preparing to use this place as a basis to capture Xingyang and Hulao. Unexpectedly, Ao Cang suddenly caught fire last night, and the soldiers were panicked. Xu Xiang wanted to break through, but the Dong bandit had already prepared ambush outside the city. Several times of breaking through, they were shot back by the opponent with arrows. In the end, our army was wiped out, and only dozens of young generals and dozens of people escaped from Ao Cang."

"This Xu Yu is an exaggeration." Ye Zhao sat by the river and said, watching the river flowing continuously, neither salty nor light.

Xu Yu is a famous scholar and the main aide under King Chen Min's tent. Half of this reputation is real, and half of it is blown up. As for the ability to lead troops... if he was so powerful, Chen would not have to save Ye Zhao at the beginning.

"Now most of the army has been defeated for a while before crossing the river. What should I do?" Yuan Shao looked at Ye Zhao hatefully, thinking that he did not exist, and asked everyone around him.

Ye Zhao picked up a few stones from the riverside, drifted them, looked at the river, and silently thought about his own thoughts.

This fire from Ao Cang can be said to have suffocated the spirit of the coalition forces, and in Ye Zhao's opinion, it is also a good choice for withdrawing Ao Cang's troops. After all, the coalition forces are in large numbers, and Ao Cang is close to the river bank, and it is also the first nail that the coalition forces have to pull out. Now that they take the initiative to give up, they are also venting the spirit of the coalition forces and strengthening the defense of Xingyang. It is even more difficult for the coalition forces to break these two cities. However, this is equivalent to giving up Ao Cang and giving the coalition forces a foothold.

Dong Zhuo or Li Ru is too confident, or are they still going to cheat the coalition forces?

Ye Zhao broke a branch and wrote and painted on the ground. It was impossible for Dong Zhuo to give advice. Others might not believe him. Although Ye Zhao had not figured it out yet, he estimated that the battle in Xingyang would cause trouble again. He only hoped that Yuan Shao would be able to be more careful this time and send the princes all the way. What's the point of this alliance? Although he was here to make trouble for the coalition forces, he didn't want Dong Zhuo to just push the coalition forces to the ground and rub them.

This time, Yuan Shao was indeed smarter and sent Cao Cao and Sun Jian to march towards Xingyang separately, giving enough time for the main force of the coalition forces to cross the river.

But, it's really that easy?

Seeing that Cao Cao and Sun Jian had already begun to command their own troops to cross the river, Ye Zhao called Cao Cao and said, "I think it's wrong for the Xiliang army to give up Ao Cang so easily. I'm afraid there is a backup plan. After crossing the river, it's best to be careful and don't take it. There are also capable people around Dong Zhuo."
Chapter completed!