When Yuan Tan opened his eyes again, his eyes were blurry, and he couldn't see anything clearly, and after a while, he slowly calmed down and recognized these people in front of him. Mao Jue, Wang Yu, Yuan Yi and others were all there, and there was an unfamiliar face, but he didn't see Xin Bi.

"Where's George?"

"The long history is fine, just some flesh wounds, excessive blood loss, and it will be fine for a few days."

"You are ......" Yuan Tan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was wearing a virtuous crown and a long beard, and didn't react for a while.

Cao Ang hurriedly explained: "Envoy, he is my township party Hua Tuo, the character is Yuan, he is not only proficient in scriptures, but also good at medicine. Knowing that the envoy was tired, I took the liberty of bringing him to diagnose the envoy, and I ask for your forgiveness. ”

"It turns out that you are the divine doctor Hua Tuo, you have been looking up for a long time." Yuan Tan heard Cao Ang mention this person and treated Mrs. Ding's illness, so he hurriedly said a few polite words. "What injuries did George have?"

"He was cut off a piece of his scalp by Sun Ce, and he bled a lot, but it was not a big deal, at most he left a scar."

Yuan Tan listened to Hua Tuo's explanation, and then he was relieved. Hua Tuo is a miracle doctor, and his judgment is credible. He sat up strongly, his eyes swept over the faces with different expressions, but somewhat frightened and uneasy, forced the loss in his heart, and said with a smile: "Let you be frightened, ashamed and ashamed." ”

Seeing Yuan Tan wake up, although his face was pale and his spirit was calm, he was sober, and everyone's hearts in their throats finally fell back, and they all bowed their hands and said a few polite words. Yuan Tan knew that he should say a few more words at this moment to show that although he was frustrated, he was not in a mess, but he was so confused that he really didn't know what to say, so he had to let the generals return to the camp first, strengthen their defenses, and don't let Sun Ce take advantage of the loophole again.

The generals left one after another. Cao Ang had to wait for Hua Tuo and stay at the end. Yuan Tan grabbed him and motioned for him to sit on the edge of the couch.

"Zixiu, I was negligent for a while, I was insulted by Sun Ce, and now I am losing ground, can Zixiu have a plan to teach me?"

Cao Ang had already prepared. Before he came, Chen Gong said that Yuan Tan might ask him for advice. Among the civil and military forces under Yuan Tan's command, Xin Bi is a strategist with military ability, and he is also the most trusted by Yuan Tan, followed by Chen Gong. Mao Jue's strength lies in government affairs and personnel, and military power and strategy are not his strengths. Now that Xin Bi is injured, Yuan Tan can only ask Chen Gong for advice. Chen Gong is not Yuan Tan's subordinate, so he will borrow Cao Ang's mouth, which is Cao Ang's opportunity. When Yuan Tan was in a coma, Chen Gong had already made a plan and instructed Cao Ang.

"Envoy, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Sun Ce is brave and good at winning by surprise, which is really not to be underestimated. However, the use of troops is the first and the odd is the last, otherwise the victory is only a temporary victory and does not affect the overall situation. Sun Jian's presence in the siege is proof of this. ”

Yuan Tan exhaled softly and said with a wry smile: "Zixiu has good intentions, I am very grateful. However, I am in chaos, and I still hope to hear Zixiu's heartfelt words and a solution to the dilemma. ”

Cao Ang pondered for a moment. "Envoy, the grain and grass are destroyed, and it is difficult to last. Spring ploughing is approaching, and it may not be a good strategy to continue to confront. It is better to retreat as an advance, defend instead of attack, stabilize the position first, and then make a later plan. ”

Yuan Tan pondered for a moment. Zixiu said in detail. How to advance by retreating, how to attack by defending? ”

"Make the king retreat to Changyi, and then send the generals to guard Dingtao, Kangfu, and Rencheng, and hold on without fighting."

Sun Ce...... Will it be returned? ”

"Yes, Liu He is in Xiapi, and he can threaten Yuzhou at any time. Liu Miao and Gao Gan are in Yuzhou, and Yangzhou is far from being pacified, for Sun Ce, these are the troubles of his henchmen. If he misses the agricultural time, he will not be able to bear the loss, as long as our army holds the cities and let him enter and have nothing to take, he will inevitably retreat. ”

Yuan Tan nodded slowly. "Although Zixiu is young, he is an old man, and this plan is very safe."

"I praised Jun Falsely, this is a strategy I discussed with the public station, and I can't plan it alone. However, there is one more point that please pay attention to. ”

Yuan Tan had a great impression of Cao Ang, and said with a smile: "You say." ”

"Sun Ce is good at using Qi, and can find fighters in impossible places. Our army's grain and grass were destroyed, and the people were panicked, if they did not plan well and retreated hastily, I am afraid that Sun Ce would seize the opportunity and make breakthroughs. In addition, Guo Jia is coming, if the lake and land are lost, let Guo Jia and Sun Jian converge, there are nearly 20,000 or 30,000 main forces, and there is still a battle force, which may pose a major threat to our defense line. ”

Yuan Tan frowned, pondered for a long time, and nodded lightly. "What Zixiu said is very true. It is not enough to have the Dingtao, Changyi, and Rencheng defense lines, we need to prepare for the worst and deploy a second line of defense. Zixiu, is your loss big? ”

"Fortunately, I didn't encounter Sun Jian's main force, the loss is not serious, and I can recover after half a month's rest."

"Okay, I want to transfer you to Lu Xiang, and concurrently lead the city and Dongping military. If you can hold Rencheng, of course, it's great, if you can't hold Rencheng, you must also hold Dongping and Lu, do you think it's okay? ”

Cao Ang is in the middle of it. Chen Gong made it clear that his goal was to lead the areas of Jibei and Dongping, and now Yuan Tan's arrangement was exactly what they wanted, and of course it was also in Chen Gong's plan.

"I am willing to serve you."

Yuan Tan smiled, reached out and put his hand on Cao Ang's hand, and patted it gently. "Zixiu, Dongfang will entrust it to you."

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In the Mud Pavilion, Sun Ce stood in front of Li Gang's stele, looking at the name on the stele, he couldn't help laughing, and he was a little inexplicably sad.

He has an impression of this name, but it is not the history of Jingzhou in this era, but the official who was cheated by his son in that era. Before he knew it, he was already a little unfamiliar with that world. The battles and plans of the past few days have left him with no time to reminisce, and he seems to be a member of this era.

"General, Yuan Tan has withdrawn his troops." Xu Sheng rushed over and said loudly.

Sun Ce turned his head, threw all the sadness and nostalgia out of his mind, he hooked his fingers, Chen Wu understood, immediately took out the map from his bag, and laid it on the stone table where the sacrifices were placed in front of Li Gang's tomb.

"In which direction, how many people, who is the forerunner and who is the reject?" Sun Ce asked several questions in one breath.

Xu Sheng crouched down, his fingers sliding across the map. Yuan Tan walked very carefully, they crossed the Jishui and walked along the north bank, it seemed that they were going to Kang's father first. It is not yet known who is the forerunner, and the general surnamed Cheng should be Cheng Yu, and the surname Li is not clear. However, his men were very well-groomed and did not seem to have suffered much. ”

Sun Ce snorted, and then said, "What else is the news?" ”

"Cao Ang went to the northeast, probably to Gaoping."

Sun Ce frowned and smacked his lips. This is not good news, Lu Su and they are planning to enter Rencheng from the area of Zou County, and Cao Ang has gone to Gaoping, and it is likely that he will meet Lu Su and others. Cao Ang not only has generals like Cao Ren under his command, but also Le Jin and Yu Ban, and the losses in this operation are not large, and it is really doubtful whether Lu Su and Dong Xi can defeat them and successfully complete the predetermined goal.

I don't know who came up with this plan, but it's tricky. To retreat as advance, to defend instead of attack, very old.