Chapter 312: General Three, You Don’t Know!
As soon as the thought of escaping came to my mind, I felt the world became wider.

Previously, Zhang Miao chose to help Yuan Shao out of their old friendship, but he never expected that Yuan Shao would say such words.

He flatly refused

"Alliance leader, I am ill and dizzy, I am sorry I cannot obey your command."

After saying this, Zhang Miao hurriedly clasped his fists, bowed, and left. He walked very quickly, as if his feet were greased, for fear that he would be detained by Yuan Shao.

Han Fu walked slowly and passed Zhang Miao with a look of surprise on his face. He looked at Yuan Shao, "Leader, what are you doing? I just heard about Cao Mengde. What does this have to do with Cao Mengde?"

"Wenjie, do you know why our actions are always led by Liu Xuande?" Yuan Shao asked.

Han Fu thought for a moment, as if he had thought of something. He was stunned, and his lips kept moving, "Could there be a spy? Alliance leader, are you suspecting Cao Mengde?"

"That's right." Yuan Shao confessed frankly. Just when he was about to explain further, a messenger came hurriedly with the bad news.

"Leader, it's not good, it's very bad! Guan Yu and Zhang Yide are leading tens of thousands of elite soldiers and are coming aggressively. We are in danger!"

"!"

Han Fu's heart trembled. He opened his eyes wide in disbelief. His Adam's apple rolled with difficulty. His mouth trembled with fear. He lost his voice and said, "Tens of thousands of elite soldiers? Guan Yu and Zhang Yide are both powerful generals. Although we have a hundred thousand people, how can we fight against Guan Yu and Zhang Yide if we fight alone?"

In a panic, Han Fu looked at Yuan Shao, "Master, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"." Yuan Shao seemed exceptionally calm, as if he knew the bad news in advance. He closed his eyes and whispered in a voice that only he could hear, "Sure enough. Even Wen Jie is so flustered, let alone others?"

Then Yuan Shao exhaled a breath of foul air, and squeezed out a dry voice from the bottom of his throat, "Retreat!"

The order to retreat spread throughout the coalition forces at once. The generals who had no intention of fighting anymore felt as if they had been pardoned. They hurriedly packed up their bags and retreated in the direction they came from. The scene immediately became chaotic. The raised dust was dizzying, and countless people were trampled to death. Even Sun Jian, who had finally woken up, fainted in the bumpy ride, leaving only a mess on the ground.

This made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei look at each other in bewilderment when they arrived at Hulao Pass.

"What happened?"

"What happened?"

The two looked at Huang Zhong, who looked puzzled. "Second General, Third General, you ask me, but I don't know either!"

"But please be at ease, Generals Two and Three. I have ordered people to pursue them, and I believe they have achieved some results."

"Okay." Zhang Fei nodded, "Let my second brother and I wait and see!"

"Third brother, you are right." Guan Yu, stroking his long beard, sighed, "General Huang is so brave that even Lu Fengxian cannot match him!"

"Second General, you are joking. It's just an empty title. Don't take it seriously." Huang Zhong waved his hands repeatedly.

Guan Yu smiled and said, "General Huang is good in every way except that he is too humble, which is what I lack."

Only Zhang Fei secretly muttered, "General Huang, what are you regretting?"

Without waiting for Zhang Fei to ask what was going on, Cao Ren, who had just returned from leading the troops, took off his helmet. His sweaty face showed his joy. He clasped his fists towards Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. His movements were extremely standard, and even the strictest people in the world could not find fault with them. His voice was respectful, but when he called out to Guan Yu, it trembled accidentally, "General Zhang! General Guan Yu."

The two men nodded slightly and said, "Captain, no need to be so polite, please stand up quickly."

Cao Ren stood up, clasped his fists towards Huang Zhong and gave him a look of gratitude. If it weren’t for Huang Zhong, how would he have had the opportunity to display his skills?
Seeing that the coalition forces were on the verge of collapse, Huang Zhong wanted to lead the defenders himself and pursue the victory, but he ordered the rest of his troops to guard the pass.

However, when he expressed his desire to achieve great things, Huang Zhong changed his mind after thinking about it and ordered Cao Ren to lead the troops to drive away the coalition forces.

Before leaving, Huang Zhong gave many instructions, all of which were closely related to the battlefield, and the aphorisms in them benefited him a lot.

They had known each other for less than a year, yet Huang Zhong relied on him so much. How could he not be moved?
However, what Cao Ren did not know was that, not to mention Huang Zhong, even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other subordinates were the same. After being assessed by the commander-in-chief and confirmed to be capable, the commander-in-chief would often be willing to give the new officials the opportunity to show their talents.

In Huang Zhong's opinion, Cao Ren was obviously such a person. Although Cao Ren was usually a bit casual, he would occasionally look as if he had suddenly realized something, which gave him a headache.

But how could Huang Zhong care about such a small matter?

"Zixiao, have you captured the surrendered soldiers?" Huang Zhong asked.

Cao Ren nodded, "I have accomplished my mission! Comrade, please bring that man up here!"

Two soldiers brought a middle-aged man before Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong. The man's face was pale, his hands were shaking violently, and his eyes were darting around. It was obvious that he was frightened.

"Bye, four. Four generals."

Cao Ren smiled insincerely and said angrily, "There are only three generals, and I am only a lieutenant. Call them here quickly. Why did the generals from Guandong suddenly retreat?"

"Hey, this, I. I..." The man's hands shook even more violently.

Zhang Fei frowned. He couldn't bear to watch it any longer. How could he interrogate someone like that? Look at how scared he was.

"Captain Cao, please give way to me. I will show you the correct way to ask questions!"

Cao Ren gave up his position to Zhang Fei.

When Zhang Fei approached, the man was stunned at first, and then his hands began to shake violently, and even his shoulders were shaking non-stop, as if they would fall apart at any time.

Without Zhang Fei asking, the man told him everything he knew in tears.
"Four generals, the army... It is rumored that Generals Guan and Zhang are leading 500,000 elite soldiers to attack. No, they are coming to support Hulao Pass and me... I really didn't do anything bad! Please don't behead me!"

Half a million? !

Hearing this number, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's brows jumped. You know, they only led several thousand soldiers, and these thousand people were drawn out with great difficulty. If there were really 500,000 soldiers, they would be confident of defeating not only the Han Dynasty, but even the Qin Dynasty.

Yuanlong, are you exaggerating too much?

"I will investigate it later and take this man away." Huang Zhong, who was also surprised, waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to take the man back.

Although the number of 500,000 people was suspected to be diluted, overall, this battle was a perfect ending. Guan Yu and Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. Guan Yu even smiled and said, "General Huang, I have been feeling a bit itchy these days. Why don't we have a duel?"

"I'd love to hear that." Huang Zhong agreed without even thinking about it.

After sending Guan Yu and Huang Zhong away, Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. However, before he had taken a few steps, he heard Zhang Fei's voice behind him.

"Zixiao, General Huang was guarding the pass. What happened? Can you tell me about it?"

Cao Ren turned around and saw Zhang Fei smiling slightly.

He really wanted to say, Third General, you'd better not laugh.
But he swallowed the words back. You know who Zhang Fei is?

General Wei’s beloved relatives, friends, brothers and sisters!
General Huang has always been humble and doesn't like to compete for credit. In that case, let me do it!

He took a deep breath and said in a complicated tone: "Third General, you don't know!"

(End of this chapter)