Liu Bei gave Qiyao to Guan Yu, and asked Jian Yong to relay Sun Ce's original words to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was surprised, holding the knife, he pulled out half of it, and his originally slender Danfeng's eyes narrowed even more thinly. "Good knives!"

"This was originally Cao Mengde's saber, but I don't know how it fell into Sun Ce's hands."

Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei and handed over the knife. "Xuande, such a good knife, you should keep it for self-defense."

Liu Bei pushed the knife back. "Yun Chang, since it was given to you by Sun Ce, how can I accept it. You take it, you will have the opportunity to see Sun Ce in the future, and then give him a gift in return. Even though it is an enemy, it is normal for heroes to cherish each other. ”

Guan Yu stroked his hair and smiled. "If that is the case, then I will take it, but it is in vain for him to expect me to spare his life because of it. If you want to be friends with me Guan Yu, it depends on whether he has the strength. ”

"Yun Chang must not be underestimated, Sun Ce's martial arts are unfathomable."

Jian Yong told Dian Wei and Xu Chu that they were fighting, but Sun Ce easily repelled the two with one move. Liu Bei had already heard it, and he was not shocked, but the melancholy between his eyebrows was deeper. Zhang Fei was surprised, and a pair of already big eyes widened. Guan Yu stroked his hair with one hand, held the knife behind his back with the other, squinted his eyes, and muttered, but he couldn't see too many expressions, only the slightly dilated nose exposed his heart.

He was tempted. Such a master, rare in the world, is worth fighting.

He is still a little proud, and it is definitely an honor to be in awe of such a master.

Liu Bei took in Guan Yu's expression and felt distressed. With his understanding of Guan Yu, he had long known that this would be the result, and Jian Yong's worries were also here. But he can't hide it from Guan Yu, since Sun Ce has the intention to provoke, he will not only use this time, there will be a second and third time in the future. If he met with Guan Yu and told Guan Yu that he had asked Jian Yong to give him a knife, Guan Yu would definitely be unhappy. Guan Yu may not be unfavorable to him, but he will have a dislike with Jian Yong.

Guan Yu didn't have a good impression of Jian Yong.

In fact, Jian Yong misunderstood, not so much that Sun Ce wanted to provoke the relationship between him and Guan Yu, but that Sun Ce wanted to provoke Guan Yu to fight with him. Guan Yu's martial arts skills are good, but he is even more proud, when he encounters such a powerful opponent, his first reaction is to win the battle. If it's usual, it's nothing, but on the battlefield, it's taboo to be brave and ruthless, and it's easy to fall into the trap of the other party.

No matter how good your martial arts are, can you still defeat one enemy? Sun Ce not only has high martial arts skills, but also has a master guard like Dian Wei, maybe now there is another Xu Chu who can drag the cow upside down. The three of them worked together, how could Guan Yu be able to resist it.

This is a conspiracy, not a ruse. It seems that Sun Ce really knows us very well, not only knowing Guan Yu Xiaoyong, but also knowing that he is proud. Jian Yong was good at coping, but he was not smart enough, he didn't understand Sun Ce's true intentions at all. Sun Ce was insidious and cunning, no wonder even Xu Rong was defeated at his hands.

Am I too self-conscious to compete with him for Yuzhou? Liu Bei became more and more uneasy, and his mind was in a mess. He waved his hand.

"Back to camp."

——

Sun Ce stayed at Xu's house for three days.

Sun Ce and Xu Chu met each other very happily and said very speculatively. He candidly admitted that the blow was a clever hand, an instinctive reaction, and difficult to reproduce. If he is one-on-one with Xu Chu, the winning rate is at most five or five. If he faced Xu Chu and Dian Wei at the same time, the only choice he could make was to escape.

Xu Chu likes Sun Ce's honesty very much, and he also likes Dian Wei. He said that it seemed that the two were evenly matched, but in fact, Dian Wei had the upper hand. Because Dian Wei has walked fifty or sixty miles, I have waited for work with ease, and I have an advantage in physical strength. Dian Wei said, I just took advantage, your armor is at least thirty pounds heavier than me.

Sun Ce felt that the two of them were reasonable, but they had their own merits. In terms of innate physical fitness, Dian Wei has a slight upper hand. In terms of martial arts cultivation, Xu Chu is slightly better. Dian Wei's background is too poor, he has never seen any masters, he may have a lot of experience in fighting, and his martial arts cultivation is not much stronger than an ordinary ranger. He really entered the door of martial arts after meeting Deng Zhan, and Deng Zhan helped him adjust a lot, which allowed him to change his bones and improve by leaps and bounds. But after all, it's too late, the muscles and bones have been formed, no better than Xu Chu, who has been practicing martial arts from a famous teacher since he was a child, he is perfect in all aspects, and there are no obvious defects.

He concluded that if they didn't stop and let them continue fighting, after a hundred rounds, Dian Wei's strength would be difficult to continue, and the winner would definitely be Xu Chu.

Xu Chu and Dian Wei thought carefully, and after verifying it many times, they were convinced by Sun Ce.

The heads-up between the two did not come to a conclusion, but the result of the contest between the rangers under Xu Chu and the Yicongying camp was obvious. The two sides each chose ten people to put them right, but the rangers only won two games, and the Yicongying won eight games, with an obvious advantage. In the face of Deng Zhan's Seven Kills, in the face of the righteous servants who are strictly trained every day, few rangers can survive two moves, and they are almost defeated in one move.

The competition of masters is like this, life and death can be seen within one or two moves, like Xu Chu and Dian Wei, there are very few people who are evenly matched, and there are very few people who fight to the lily without winning or losing.

This time, not only Xu Chu was convinced, but the rangers under his command were convinced, and Wu Zhou and others were also convinced. They originally wanted to rely on Xu Chu's strong force to make Sun Ce feel bad, but now they know that although Sun Ce's strength is limited, there is no shortage of masters, and his strength must not be measured by simple troops. If he really wants to use force, it is almost easy for him to destroy the Xu family.

They decided to cooperate with Sun Ce, taking advantage of Sun Ce's lack of plans to attack the Yuzhou family. Blindly resisting will only force Sun Ce to use force, and it must be them who are unlucky, and influencing him in cooperation is the wisest decision.

Zheng Za spent one night writing a brilliant note, respectfully petitioning Sun Ce to look at it. However, Sun Ce is actually semi-literate and can't understand the good in it at all. But he was also real, and said to Zheng Za, it doesn't matter if I can't understand, I just want the result. On the day when General Yuan's posthumous edict arrived, I would follow the example of Nanyang and build a county school in Peiguo, and ask you to make the sacrificial wine of Peiguo School. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for letting you take the blame.

Zheng Za was taken aback, and spent two more days carefully revising it, and asked Wu Zhou and others to work on it, and finally revised and transcribed it, and Sun Ce sent someone to send it to Chang'an in an expedited manner of six hundred miles. Wu Zhou also wrote a private letter to Huan Duan, Ding Chong and others who were doing imperial history in Chang'an, asking them to help for the sake of Peiguo's father and elders, and not to provoke Sun Ce because of this matter. Although Yuan Shu is stubborn, after all, there is no loss in the big festival, so don't compete with Sun Ce in this kind of thing.

Sun Ce also reached an agreement with Xu Chu, Xu Chu was the commander of Wuwei, and Dian Wei was the commander of Wumeng, and the two led the Yicong camp together. More than 30 rangers with flexible minds and a certain cultural foundation, including Xu Chu's brother Xu Ding, will rush to the Nanyang Martial Arts Academy for basic training by Yin Duan. There are more than 1,000 clans in the Xu clan, plus three or four hundred rangers, Xu Chu's addition brought nearly 1,000 elites to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce made these people an independent battalion, with Xu Ding as the captain and commanded the battle.

At the same time, Guo Jia selected more than 100 rangers to join the scout camp and sent them to Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou to inquire about the news.