"Governor, what should I do?" Those people were Zhang Chen's personal soldiers, so they naturally had to ask how to deal with these two prisoners.

"If you don't keep a single one, you will kill them." Zhang Chen said coldly.

"Ah?" The personal soldier has followed Zhang Chen for a long time. He didn't expect Zhang Chen to make such a decision. This is completely different from Zhang Chen who he had seen in Guanzhong.

"Why are you still standing there? Kill, including the five thousand prisoners outside, don't leave, kill them all. I want to see who can save these guys!" Zhang Chen was full of anger. I don't know why, but he wanted to kill after the war started. In the battle of Chenliu City, he not only went to the battlefield to kill hundreds of people, but he didn't want to let these prisoners go. He didn't ask for any reason, and he had only one thought in his mind, that was to kill people.

"Yes!" Although the personal soldiers were very shocked, they still took the order, and the other personal soldiers dragged Lu Qian and Cao Hong away.

"Governor, I think that Lu Qian is a talented person. Wouldn't he be killed like this..." Unable to bear the pleading look of his subordinates, General Xu Rong personally stepped forward to plead with Zhang Chen and wanted to keep Lu Qian's life. Xu Rong's words made a hint of clarity flash in Zhang Chen's heart. Zhang Chen nodded, as if he had agreed to Xu Rong's pleading. After all the generals thanked him, Xu Rong rushed out to save the person.

Zhang Chen touched his dizzy head and just sat down. Unexpectedly, there was a messenger report that he had found the enemy's traces. Zhang Chen's originally turbid eyes were filled with murder. He laughed and ordered the generals to prepare to go out again.

After Chenliu was defeated, Yu Jin was rescued from Chenliu City by Lejin's rear team. Cao Hong was not sure about his life and death in order to save them. Yu Jin and Lejin were also extremely anxious. However, they never expected that their army of more than 40,000 were waiting for the battle, as if it were paper before the Xiliang Army. Now there are only more than 3,000 defeated troops left by them. All they can do is to clean up the disabled army and then retreat to find Cao Cao's elite main force.

On the night they retreated, they met reinforcements from Xiahou Yuan's headquarters. However, Xiahou Yuan's headquarters, known for its speed, only had 4,000 troops, and could not change anything at all. The three of them formed a total of garrisons in Chenliu City, which was still within the control of Cao's army, waiting for the arrival of the subsequent army.

But the good times did not last long. Even if the combat level of Xiahou Yuan's troops was much higher than that of the 40,000 troops led by Yu Jin before, they still had difficulty in the fight when they met the soldiers of the Crazy Battalion led by Zhang Chen as the vanguard, and were killed and retreated dozens of miles. It was not until they met the troops of Ji Ling, the vanguard of Yuan Shu's army who had just arrived, and Zhang Chen also gave up the raid and waited for the arrival of the subsequent troops.

In Xiaopei, Cao Cao, who had just followed Guo Jiasheng's trick to attack the east and west, solved most of Zang Ba's Taishan soldiers and thus captured Xiaopei, learned the urgent report of Chenliu City, and was immediately furious to attack the enemy. The efficiency of the Western Liang army greatly exceeded his expectations. Not only did the 40,000 troops return, but his clan's brother Cao Hong fell in Chenliu City. Cao Cao, who was worried about Cao Hong's safety, did not doubt him. A letter was written to Xiahou Dun, who was far away in the North Sea, asked him to lead the side troops to Xiaopei to continue attacking Xuzhou. He left his eldest son Cao Ang to continue to stay in Xiaopei, and he ordered the elite army of confidants to rush back to Chenliu day and night.

Zhang Chen's killing character did not seem to have brought him any confusion. Instead, he showed more courageously to inspire the momentum of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army. Reinforcements from Guanzhong area, Guo Si, Wang Fang, Yang Feng and other cadres and generals arrived one after another. In addition to the 20,000 troops of Guo Si's troops who remained at the headquarters of Chenliu City and the 20,000 troops of Wang Fang's troops who were responsible for taking care of Guandu Ganning and Xuchang Huaxiong troops, Yang Feng and Zhou Liyan had arrived at the front line and joined Zhang Chen and Xu Rong to 120,000 troops.

The stalemate between them was Yuan Shu's 100,000 troops and Cao's army's mixed troops. The troops on both sides were not much different. Cao Cao had issued an order, and all the troops in Yongzhou were drawn out and the entire force was used to fight Zhang Chen to the death.

But the bad news left to Cao Cao was not just as simple as Cao Hong being beheaded, just the day after Yuan Shu arrived on the battlefield.

"Ha! Which one of the thiefs' first formations is Zhang Chen? My lord has something to tell you!" Ji Ling, as the first tiger general under Yuan Shu, looked energetic in armor before the formation confrontation between the two armies, and shouted loudly.

"Governor, why don't I go and kill that guy?" Behind Zhang Chen, the battalion commander of the Crazy Battalion, Zhou Qian, could no longer bear it and wanted to go out to kill Ji Ling.

"No, isn't Yuan Shu trying to see me? I'm just right, give him some surprise." Zhang Chen put away the double-edged knife and placed it in the bag beside Hu Leibao. However, he picked up the ak in his hand and said to Zhou Qian with an inexplicable smile.

On the battlefield, there were 50,000 troops confronting each other. On the one hand, Ji Ling protected Yuan Shu in armor and came out of the battle. On the other hand, Meng followed behind Zhang Chen, who seemed unarmed, and the four of them slowly advanced. Just when they reached the distance of twenty steps to meet, there was a sudden vision. Before Yuan Shu could introduce himself, Zhang Chen picked up the ak in front of Yuan Shu and swept towards Yuan Shu. He swept a magazine in front of 100,000 people on both sides. Yuan Shu and Ji Ling were shot and killed by Zhang Chen, which was terrible. Poor a generation of heroes died with their eyes closed.

After about a few seconds of silence, Yuan Shu's army shouted and came to Zhang Chen to protect his lord, and for the same purpose, the Xiliang army also came out together. However, Zhang Chen was like a sneer, slowly riding Hu Lei Bao back to the camp with a sneer. The two sides fought, and for a moment, the killing was dim.

When Yuan Shu's death and Cao Hong's death were handed over to Cao Cao, Cao Cao suddenly became physically and mentally exhausted. Zhang Chen's actions made Cao Cao unacceptable. Fortunately, Guo Jia was comforting him, so Yuan Shu's 100,000 troops were still there, and he could give Cao Cao a last chance to fight. Cao Cao buried the pain of losing his father and his brother in his heart, turning it into hatred for Zhang Chen, and rushed to the front line with the main force.

Time flies, and it flies into a disc. Under the fierce battle in the Central Plains, time passed very slowly for every soldier, but it was almost winter. In November, Zhang Chen's 100,000 army had no progress at all. Before, Zhang Chen was able to capture Chen Liu because he was caught off guard by attacking Cao Cao, but now Cao Cao temporarily controlled Yuan Shu's 100,000 troops and headquarters. The joint army had a total of 200,000 troops. However, Zhang Chen's Xiliang army came from afar, and the supply line was too long. Although the military style was strong, Cao Cao's use of troops was extremely tricky, which made the Xiliang army stand stalemate with him very reluctantly.

Finally, although Yicheng's fast rider fell in front of Zhang Chen's camp with blood all over his body, the situation of the battle finally changed after his subordinates ran and ran to put the letter front in front of Zhang Chen.

"Governor, Guanzhong is coming, hurry up thousands of miles!" Zhang Chen, who had been asleep after a day of bloody battle late at night, was still asleep. He just got a letter that was still stained with the blood of the messenger and broke into Zhang Chen's camp. Zhang Chen was so shocked that he sat up directly, and snatched the letter from his personal guard regardless of his sleepiness. He was shocked.

"The leader of the thief, Lu Bu, attacked the southwest, and the Hanzhong prefect Gao Shun rebelled. Now Chang'an is surrounded, and there is a crisis, and urgent support is urgent. The prefect Li Ru."

There were only a short and sloppy line of words on the letter, but Zhang Chen couldn't sit still. He hurriedly put on the black black armor stained with blood, picked up the ak and double-edged swords beside him, and walked out and said to his personal soldiers, "Hurry up! Assemble all the soldiers of the crazy camp, set off for a stick of incense after a rush back to Luoyang! Call General Xu Rong over again, hurry!"

The personal soldiers had never seen Zhang Chen so urgently, and they didn't know what had happened, but they didn't dare to delay, so they responded and retreated.

Just five minutes later, Zhang Chen, who had simply washed his face and was a little energetic, met Xu Rong who was still a little tired. Zhang Chen was simply a hot pot ant at this time and said to Xu Rong, "General Xu, now Lu Bu is making a comeback with Liu Zhang's power, Gao Shun of Hanzhong is rebelling, and Chang'an is in danger now! I must organize people to go back to rescue immediately. Now the soldiers of the Crazy Camp are ready, and all the cavalry troops on the front line may still be needed. Although General Xu is difficult to talk about, the rear will be handed over to the general." In the case of emergency, Zhang Chen did not pretentiously or beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"Governor, go with peace of mind. Even if the cavalry troops are removed, there are still 100,000 troops here. As long as I, Xu Rong, have a breath, I will never retreat! Governor should deal with Lu Bu with peace of mind!" Xu Rong nodded and promised.

"Well, I'll rely on the general." Zhang Chen's heart was now in a mess. Only Xu Rong, a loyal and extremely capable veteran, was able to rely on.

He did not summon other generals, but only instructed Xu Rong about some matters, and arranged for the surprise of the Second Battalion and the cavalry of Zhang Liao's troops to rush back to Chang'an after dawn. Then Zhang Chen led the soldiers of the Eight Thousand Crazy Battalions, Zhou Qian and Zi Meng to return to Luoyang overnight, preparing to organize troops to rescue Chang'an in Luoyang.

Guanzhong, Chang'an.

Chang'an, which was originally as solid as a decent person, should be a positive scene where the people were content with poverty and all people were in trouble. However, at this time, due to the sudden appearance of Lu Bu, the entire Guanzhong region seemed to have returned to the chaos two years ago.

The subordinates of Lu Bu's army were no longer the group of Bingzhou cavalry, but the Xichuan cavalry that he had been intensifying training in the past few months. Although the Xichuan cavalry was almost not famous in the world, under the guidance of Lu Bu, he became an elite soldier no worse than the Bingzhou cavalry, and had a population of 20,000. This is also the reason why there was no army that could stop Lu Bu from Hanzhong to Chang'an.

Originally, if Zhang Chen had not drawn out the 60,000 troops responsible for defending Guanzhong, he could still stop Lu Bu, but now, relying solely on the defenders of Chang'an headquarters and some of Dong Min's son Dong Heng, the Dong Min's army, could not resist the fierce offensive of Lu Bu's army. Although Liu Zhang did not send a second force to support Lu Bu, the current situation alone made it difficult for Zhang Chen to resist.

Zhang Chen can only rely on the troops still in Liangzhou, and he can only delay Lu Bu himself before the reinforcements arrive. However, last time it was thanks to Shindoko and others, this time he could only rely on his own strength, but he didn't know if he could succeed.

On the third day after entering the Guanzhong area, Lu Bu was already standing on the head of Tongguan. This powerful pass with 5,000 defenders was captured one hour after Lu Bu personally led the cavalry to attack. The defenders either died or fled, and no one was captured by Lu Bu. This was also Lu Bu's style. After attacking Zhang Chen's hinterland, he only killed people along the way, but never captured them. He did not leave any defenders wherever he went. If a discerning person with knowledge could see, Lu Bu knew that Lu Bu was heading straight to Guanzhong with a strong purpose.
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