Chapter 145

Zhang Liao also proved his ability with the blood of Tadun at White Wolf Mountain!

Besides that, it’s not just Zhang Liao who is a general at Hulao Pass.

Gu Yi had long guessed that the Guandong warlords might set their sights on Hulao Pass.

Therefore, he also sent Pang De, Wu Yi, Yan Xing, Zhang Ren, and others to assist Zhang Liao inside Hulao Pass.

However.

Besides the Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass in front of them.

There is one problem that the Guandong warlords have never noticed.

The original Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass each had 10,000 defenders.

Nowadays, Gu Yi brought 100,000 troops from Chang’an.

The defenders of the two passes have changed from the original 10,000 to more than 60,000 each.

But...

With the scale of the Dong Zhuo army after unifying the western border of the Han territory, let alone 100,000 troops, even mobilizing 150,000 or 200,000 would be a piece of cake!

But Gu Yi only brought 100,000 troops.

Why is this?

Moreover, the cavalry units of the Dong Zhuo army all seem to have lost contact, and not a single one has appeared on the front line.

Poor Guandong warlords.

They have not yet realized the severity of the situation!

Little did they know.

They will soon pay a heavy price for this!

"Report!"

"Mr. Linzhi, General Hua Xiong!"

"Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are leading troops toward here, and they are now less than twenty miles away from Sishui Pass."

Under Sishui Pass.

Several scouts flew into the pass and brought this news to Gu Yi and Hua Xiong.

"Only Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan?"

"It seems these guys have split their forces again!"

A smile flashed in Gu Yi’s eyes.

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are likely just putting on a show of attacking to contain the troops inside Sishui Pass.

This shows that most of the Guandong warlords think Zhang Liao is an unknown small fry with no reputation.

They want to take this opportunity to conquer Hulao Pass in one fell swoop.

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Kong Rong, Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Zhang Yang."

"Since these six are determined to bump into Wenyuan, then it wouldn’t hurt to let them suffer a bit."

Gu Yi has high confidence in Zhang Liao.

Although the six warlords attacking Hulao Pass are not easy to deal with either.

But relying on their numerical advantage, they will definitely underestimate Zhang Liao.

And Zhang Liao is least afraid of being underestimated!

Have you not seen the affair of Zhang the Eight Hundred and Sun the Hundred Thousand?

Historically, Sun the Hundred Thousand relied on the 100,000-strong army under his command and thought he had Hefei in the bag!

But what was the result?

Eight hundred tiger warriors crossed the river, and 100,000 Wu soldiers fled in terror!

Before the results of this battle came out, no one guessed that it would end like this!

Including Cao Cao himself, who ordered Zhang Liao to guard Hefei, had once made plans to let Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Yue Jin retreat to Runan to guard Xudu.

Although there were still 7,000 defenders in Hefei City.

But Sun Quan had a full 100,000-strong army!

The numerical disparity of several times caused Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Yue Jin to fall into an extreme disadvantage.

But it was in such adversity.

Zhang Liao actually dared to lead 800 warriors to launch a surprise attack on Sun Quan’s main camp!

The 100,000 Jiangdong troops were defeated and fled under Sun Quan’s leadership!

Besides the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford.

When Cao Cao campaigned against the Wuhuan, he encountered a surprise attack by Tadun near White Wolf Mountain.

At that time, due to the dispersion of the march, Cao Cao only had about 10,000 troops left in his main force.

But relying on just these ten thousand people, Zhang Liao actually proposed the plan of "reverse surprise attack on Tadun"!

The confident Tadun encountered an unexpected blow and was beheaded on the spot.

Tens of thousands of Wuhuan iron cavalry were also annihilated by the Cao army!

Therefore.

Never underestimate Zhang Liao in adversity.

The more adverse the situation, the higher the probability of him turning the tables!

At this moment, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are stationed outside Sishui Pass.

This clearly shows they are worried that Gu Yi will lead the Sishui Pass defenders to support Zhang Liao.

But what they didn’t expect was.

Gu Yi didn’t have any intention of supporting Zhang Liao at all!

Relying on the defenders inside Hulao Pass, plus the solid Hulao Pass, Zhang Liao is enough to deal with the remaining six Guandong warlords.

However.

Since Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan want to act as a diversion under Sishui Pass.

Gu Yi might as well take this opportunity to tease them.

Twenty miles east of Sishui Pass.

In the marching camp of Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan.

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan are standing side by side at this moment.

Looking at Sishui Pass not far away.

Gongsun Zan sighed slightly and said:

"Mengde, if you and I were to fight Gu Yi, I’m afraid we wouldn’t necessarily have the upper hand."

Cao Cao agreed deeply with what Gongsun Zan said.

Inside Sishui Pass are 60,000 elite troops of the Dong Zhuo army.

And Cao Cao brought a total of 50,000 troops this time.

Gongsun Zan has 30,000.

Don’t look at the two sides adding up to 80,000.

But of these 80,000, only half can be called veterans.

Most of the rest are new recruits, and some haven’t even seen blood.

Moreover.

The White Horse Righteous Followers that Gongsun Zan was proud of were lost in the Battle of Jieqiao two years ago.

They have not yet recovered their vitality.

Comparing the strength of the two sides, the winning rate is really not high.

"Brother Bo Gui, don’t worry."

"Our purpose this time is just to act as a diversion."

"It’s not necessary to fight Gu Yi to the death."

Cao Cao said with a smile.