Chapter 371

"The army hasn't even engaged the enemy yet, and you've already lost a thousand soldiers."

"If the foundation of our Lord were handed over to you in the future, wouldn't it all be squandered away?"

Once these words were spoken.

The marching camp instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Although everyone knew that this fellow Qu Yi had an extremely arrogant and domineering personality.

Never mind a mere Yuan Tan, even if Yuan Shao himself were here, Qu Yi would still spray him without fail.

But damn it, you have to pick the right occasion to spray people!

Does Yuan Tan have prestige in the army?

Maybe he does, but definitely not much.

This time, the reason he was appointed as the commander-in-chief was mainly because of his status as Yuan Shao's eldest son.

After all.

Apart from Yuan Shao and his own sons, the remaining high-ranking officials of the Yuan camp were mostly from the Hebei faction or the Henan faction.

The position of commander-in-chief could not be handed over to someone from the Hebei faction or the Henan faction.

Only with Yuan Tan serving as commander-in-chief could these two major factions be prevented from ruining the big event due to fighting for interests.

But Yuan Tan didn't have much prestige to begin with.

The generals were all deliberately giving him face.

Yet this fellow Qu Yi brought up the very thing that shouldn't be mentioned, which really put Yuan Tan in a difficult position.

Visibly, Yuan Tan's face quickly turned black.

Guo Tu and Tian Feng hurriedly stood up to signal Qu Yi not to continue speaking.

But Qu Yi's mouth seemed to have been blessed, and he continued to say with a grin:

"If you ask me, Yuan Xiansi, why don't you just hand over the command to someone else."

"Otherwise, if you lose the battle, wouldn't you be losing your old man's face?"

What Qu Yi said was like a knife, stabbing fiercely into Yuan Tan's heart.

Seeing this, Yan Liang and Chunyu Qiong could no longer watch.

The two drew their weapons and aimed them at Qu Yi.

The atmosphere in the marching camp instantly froze to the freezing point.

"What is it, Yan Liang?"

"Could it be that you want to kill me?"

"If I die, who will help you deal with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry?"

"Oh right, if I remember correctly, your good brother Wen Chou died at the hands of the leader of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Lu Bu, right?"

"Sigh, if I die, there will be no one to help you take revenge!"

Wen Chou died during the first coalition of warlords against Dong Zhuo.

At that time, in order to help Yan Liang and Yuan Shao escape the pursuit of Dong Zhuo's army, he stayed behind alone to block Lu Bu.

Although Wen Chou's martial prowess was quite good, the enemy he faced was Lu Bu!

In the end, Wen Chou died at the hands of Lu Bu. (See Chapter 31 for details)

And Yan Liang had always carried guilt, swearing in his heart to avenge Wen Chou.

But after going around in circles, a few years had passed in a flash.

Yan Liang still hadn't managed to kill Lu Bu.

This undoubtedly became an iron thorn in Yan Liang's heart.

Now, Qu Yi's foul mouth unscrupulously tore open Yan Liang's scar, instantly provoking Yan Liang into a rage!

In this instant, everything was thrown to the back of Yan Liang's mind.

In his mind, the only remaining thought was to tear apart Qu Yi's foul mouth!

"Bang!"

Yan Liang punched Qu Yi in the face.

As the number one fierce general under Yuan Shao, Yan Liang's martial arts level was quite remarkable.

Although Qu Yi had some martial prowess himself, he could be considered second-rate.

But what he was best at was commanding troops in battle.

Facing the punch from the enraged Yan Liang, Qu Yi was knocked to the ground on the spot.

His left cheek began to swell at an extremely fast speed.

It was fortunate that he was a martial artist.

If he didn't have a foundation in martial arts, this one punch alone would probably have been enough to cost him half his life.

But even so, Qu Yi was knocked to the ground by Yan Liang, and his injuries were not light.

Everyone in the marching camp was stunned on the spot by this sudden scene.

If Qu Yi could not participate in the battle, the Vanguard Death Soldiers would definitely not listen to orders.

In that case, who would deal with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry?

Ever since the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao had deeply realized the powerful combat effectiveness of the Vanguard Death Soldiers.

For this reason, he allocated more funds to Qu Yi and expanded the scale of the Vanguard Death Soldiers from the original eight hundred to two thousand.

But what was very awkward was that the newly expanded Vanguard Death Soldiers still only listened to Qu Yi's orders.

As for Yuan Shao, their lord, they were indifferent.

Now.

Qu Yi was knocked to the ground by Yan Liang.

He looked quite seriously injured.

If there was no Qu Yi to command, the Vanguard Death Soldiers would likely go on strike collectively immediately.

"Quick, take this fellow Qu Yi down for treatment."

Tian Feng and Guo Tu, as the strategists for this battle.

Although they were also very unhappy with Qu Yi.

But they deeply knew the importance of the Vanguard Death Soldiers to the battle situation.

Seeing Qu Yi faint on the ground.

The two hurriedly ordered the personal guards to help Qu Yi up from the ground.

And take him down to be treated by the army physicians.

And just at the moment Qu Yi was taken away from the marching camp.

Suddenly, several messengers entered the marching camp and reported to Yuan Tan:

"Eldest Young Master, there is a team of more than ten people who claim to be scouts sent by Xia Houyuan from Runan City, and they wish to see you."

"Runan City?"

"Scouts sent by Xia Houyuan?"

A look of joy appeared on Yuan Tan's face.

Tian Feng and Guo Tu also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Not long after they crossed the Yellow River, they heard the news that Runan City had been attacked by Gu Yi.

Regarding this, Yuan Tan, Tian Feng, and Guo Tu were all worried.

And now.

Since Xia Houyuan had sent scouts over.

That proved that Runan City was still in the hands of the Cao army, and Gu Yi had not captured this city.

Actually.

According to reason.

Tian Feng and Guo Tu would definitely have suspicions about Zhang Xiu's identity in their hearts.

Suspecting whether it was a fake Cao army scout sent by Gu Yi.

But in Zhang Xiu's hand, he was now holding Xia Houyuan's written order and the seal of the Runan City Prefect.

Besides this.

A sword that Cao Cao had previously left for Xia Houyuan was also brought over by Zhang Xiu to prove his identity.

Poor Xia Houyuan, after he was captured, everything in his mansion was seized by Gu Yi.