Gao Ping and Kang's father are more than 40 miles apart. Yuan Tan issued an order that night, and early the next morning, Cao Ang received the order.

Cao Ang was not surprised at all by Yuan Tan's request. When Chen Gong was designed, he expected that Xin Bi would fight back, and Yuan Tan would also look for an opportunity to fight Sun Ce again to save face and consolidate his position after panicking, and even did not rule out wanting to turn defeat into victory and expel Sun Ce from Yanzhou.

At the suggestion of Chen Gong, after withdrawing Surabaya, Cao Ang sent Cao Ren to Rencheng and Yu Ban to Nanpingyang, and ate the benefits promised by Yuan Tan to him first, together with the territory directly controlled by Cao Ang in Shoulu County, which is not as large as the previous Dongjun, but the location is very important, and there is a lot of room for expansion in the future.

After receiving Yuan Tan's order, Cao Ang personally led more than 5,000 people from his department to Hulu to reinforce Lü Qian.

Grabbing territory is really positive, but reinforcements are just pretending. Prepare for a day, march for a day, the next afternoon, Cao Ang just entered the territory of Hulu County, he met Sun Jian who was deployed here, the two sides did not formally fight, beat each other for a while, Cao Ang retreated more than ten miles to camp, and sent a letter to Yuan Tan, saying that he was intercepted by Sun Jian, unable to break through, and asked Yuan Tan to send reinforcements.

In contrast to Sun Jian, Sun Ce's father and son, Cao Ang did not dare to be careless, and inspected the entire camp to ensure that there were no omissions, the soldiers were well prepared, and the soldiers who patrolled the night were full of energy, and it was already midnight. He was standing in the front camp, looking at the lights of Sun Jian's camp in the distance, and he was fascinated for a while.

"Fu Jun is uneasy?" Chen Gong came behind him at some point and said softly.

Cao Ang turned around and smiled apologetically. "Yes, I was ordered to come to help, but the troops stationed here are not moving, if Hulu is lost and Lu Qian is killed, I am a sinner, how will I face the envoy in the future, how will I face Lu Qian's family?"

Chen Gong snorted, disapproving. Yuan Yuanjun didn't expect Fujun to rescue Lu Qian, he just wanted Fujun and Sun Ce to lose both, so as to create an opportunity for him to fight back. As for Lu Qian, he led his troops to serve Yuan Yuanjun, in order to fight for wealth and wealth, and the risk had long been in his consideration. If Fu Jun can rescue him, he is grateful to Yuan Yuanjun, not Fu Jun. As long as he finds out that Yuan Yuanjun has no intention of saving him, and asks for it in person, he will owe him a favor to Fujun. ”

Cao Ang sighed. He also understands these truths, but he can't bear it.

"Besides, Hulu is a big county, so it's not so easy to attack. Even without the reinforcements of the Fujun, Sun Ce may not be able to capture Hulu in a short time. At this time, if the pressure is too tight, Sun Ce is likely to give up Hulu first and attack Fujun instead. Sun Ce's troops are well trained, our army is not an opponent, and it is bound to suffer heavy losses. Sun Ce returned to the division and attacked Hulu again, but Lu Qian saw that there were no reinforcements to look forward to, so it was easier to give up. Now this is the best, Sun Ce can neither fight a decisive battle with our army, nor do he have all his strength to attack the city, but the lake and land are safe. Drag on for a month or two, and maybe it's over. ”

Cao Ang nodded. "If there is no Gongtai brother, I really don't know what to do."

"It is also my honor to be able to assist such a benevolent lord as the prince of the mansion."

Sun Ce received news from Sun Jian and learned that Cao Ang was staying behind, so he easily participated in Cao Ang's thoughts.

No one is stupid, they all think about calculating others, letting others take the lead, and picking up leaks in the back.

Whether he can quickly conquer the lake and land has become a problem he must face. If it is protracted, or if he pays a heavy price, even if he conquers Hulu, it will not mean much to him, and he does not have the ability to lure Yuan Tan into being fooled, and if he does it reluctantly, he will only trap himself.

Sun Ce convened the generals to consider the siege plan. He ordered Yan Xing to lead his guards to ride to Sun Jian's side to listen to the order, responsible for the surrounding guards, and replaced Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai to cooperate with the siege.

Sun Jian readily agreed. When Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai were ordered to come, the camp was already full of people, and at a cursory glance, not only the captains of each battalion were there, but also some of the captains were there, and many people could only huddle together, hook their shoulders and backs, and talk very lively.

Zhou Tai led a few scouts to build the model, and Lu Yi, Sun Quan, and Sun Yi were also helping. Sun Yi was attending such a meeting for the first time and didn't know what to do. Lu Yi and Sun Quan are familiar with the road and are calm. Seeing Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai entering the tent, Pang Tong hurriedly greeted them and invited them to sit next to the main case.

"Just wait for the two of you, I'll go and ask the general to come out. Zhu Gong, this is the model of Hulu City, you are most familiar with Hulu, you might as well take a look first, if there is any problem, let them adjust it immediately. ”

"Okay, okay." Zhu Zhi felt very fresh, and stood next to the model, and couldn't help but be amazed. He had long heard that Sun Ce had the habit of making models, but it was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes. Sun Jian also considered this method, but he didn't have such scouts under his command, and he didn't have so many craftsmen. Of course, the most important thing is that Sun Jian himself doesn't have much concept of this, he always feels that he is experienced, and his subordinates are all some generals, and he understands that he doesn't need to go through a lot of trouble to make a model.

Zhu Zhi used to think so, but when he actually stood in front of the model, he realized that it was still very different. Not to mention that the model is more intuitive, there is such a realistic thing here, everyone sees the same, there will be no difference in understanding, and it is more direct and effective when communicating.

"How's it going?" Zhu Zhi glanced at Huang Gai and said softly.

Huang Gai looked at the model, stroked the short beard under his chin, and replied softly: "The young general is innovative, no wonder he can achieve great results repeatedly, with this model, even if he has little experience, he can make a more accurate judgment, and the importance of experience is not so great." Brother Junli, the experience you and I have accumulated over the past ten years, these young people may be clear after a few battles, and maybe they will do better than us. ”

"That's true." Zhu Zhi looked at the young faces in the tent and felt deeply pressured. "The afterlife is terrifying. Boxing is afraid of being less strong, our physical strength is not as good as theirs, what we can rely on is this experience, if the experience advantage is gone, what else can we have? It's very annoying to sell old qualifications. ”

The two were sighing, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia walked out of it. Sun Ce took two steps tightly, rushed to them, and bowed his hand. "Dare to boy, please ask the two to assist in the siege, and please ask the two to give advice."

Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "The young general is serious." Since we have gone to the command of the major general to obey the order, we are the subordinates of the major general, and I also ask the major general not to see the outside and treat everyone equally. ”

Sun Ce and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled, and then greeted: "Ladies and gentlemen, Zhu Gong and Huang Gong are veterans who have been fighting with their fathers for many years and have rich experience, you should ask them more in the future, and come over to see each other." ”

All the generals got up one after another, and reported their names, county names, and positions in turn. Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai are not completely unfamiliar with these people, and some of them have met, but listening to them sign up one by one at this moment, I feel even deeper. From the words and deeds of these people, it can be seen that compared with their old subordinates of Sun Jian, Sun Ce's subordinates are not only younger, but also stronger. Even if it is a ranger, it is not an ordinary ranger, it is a strong party with a hundred or ten or even hundreds of people under his command. I think that when Sun Jian first started the army, there were only more than 1,000 people, and there were 3,500 people under Sun Ce's command, and there was no one at all.