Don't look at Liu Bei's menacing, Sun Ce really didn't take him seriously. The strength of the two sides is about the same, and in terms of elite soldiers, he has a greater advantage. What about Guan Zhang Zhao's high force, the real battle is not a game, and the bravery of one or two generals cannot affect the overall situation. Historically, as long as there is an advantage in troops, Yuan Shu's kind of scum can beat Liu Bei and eat people.

If it was just for Liu Bei, there was no need for him to come to Peiguo at all, just wait for him in Runan.

His eyes are on the entire Qingxu region. It is often said that kung fu is outside of poetry, and so is combat. If the vision is only limited to specific tactics, but you don't know how to arrange the strategy reasonably, even if you can fight again, no matter how high the tactical level is, you are still a brave fly, and there will be no good results except for hitting walls everywhere.

Liu Bei was like this in the first half of his life, and it wasn't until Zhuge Liang pointed him out the direction that he was on the right track. Now Zhuge Liang doesn't know where to play with the mud, Liu Bei's marathon journey has just begun.

Compared with Liu Bei, Sun Ce cares more about Zhou Ang.

Sun Ce accompanied Zhu Zhi to dinner, and met with the officials of the Yuzhou Assassin History Department to appease people's hearts, let them work with peace of mind, and not have a psychological burden, and finally discussed the defense of Xiangxian County with Du Xi. Everything was negotiated, and it was already the middle of the night. When he came back from sending off guests, when he passed Guo Jia's tent, he saw that there were lights inside, Sun Ce stopped and pushed open the tent door.

Guo Jia hadn't slept yet, he was going back and forth in the big tent, his steps were fast and urgent, and he was very fierce when he turned around, which always made people worry that he would fall.

"No news yet?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhou Ang did not cross the border to pursue as he expected, and there was no movement for five days, which made them feel uncomfortable with a punch. Especially Guo Jia. This is his first tactical planning in the strict sense of the word, and he does not want any surprises. From the third day onwards, he sent additional scouts, and every day he waited until late, and even if he slept, he could not sleep well, and he would wake up at the slightest movement.

"Oh, there is some new news, before we set off, more than 100 people entered Jiujiang from Zhongli, with cars and rides."

Sun Ce found the location of Zhongli County on the map on the case. Zhongli was in the eastern part of Jiujiang, seventy or eighty miles away from them, which was already twice the reconnaissance range of ordinary scouts. Guo Jia also sent people, but the number was limited, and the cycle of getting news was relatively long. It will take longer to verify this information. Fortunately, the other party is not one or two people, it is difficult to hide the whereabouts, as long as you have time, you can always figure it out.

"Could it be Chen Deng?"

"It's possible, but it's not certain. I have detailed works in Yinling and Shouchun, and if it is Chen Deng, they will send news. ”

Sun Ce nodded, pressed Guo Jia's shoulder, and pushed him to the back tent. "Don't think about anything, just get some sleep, you haven't had a good night's sleep for three days in a row. Don't worry, there's news, I'll call you. ”

Guo Jia just wanted to speak, but Sun Ce shook his head. "Fengxiao, it's okay, the sky can't fall."

Guo Jia smiled bitterly and nodded, and lay down in his clothes. He closed his eyes, but Sun Ce knew that he couldn't sleep, and he couldn't sleep until he got accurate information. People only see the achievements of geniuses, but they do not see the efforts of geniuses. Guo Jia is known as a ghost talent, and history records many of his miraculous schemes, but there is no record of his hard work for these schemes.

Before Guo Jia helped the staff officer, Sun Ce also came over like this, knowing the hard work of this kind of continuous rotation.

Sun Ce walked out of the tent and returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, which was only a few steps away. Just as he was about to enter the account, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, although it was not heavy and not very urgent, but it was different from the patrol soldiers. He turned his head to look, but saw Guo Jia's tent move, it should be that he got up again.

There were more than a few figures in the distance, not one person, at least a dozen people. Still a hundred steps away, he entered the vigilant range of Yicong, and dozens of Yicong walked out of the tent quietly, Dian Wei carried a knife and walked to Sun Ce's side. He was fully armoured and his eyes were wary.

Those people whispered a few words, and a thin figure came to Sun Ce, it was Lu Meng, followed by two people, supporting one person.

"General." Lu Meng clenched his fists and saluted, his voice hoarse. "I'm back."

Sun Ce took the torch from his hand from Yiyi, walked behind Lu Meng, illuminated the person who was being supported, and his eyes suddenly shrank. Jiang Gan's hair was scattered, his clothes were disheveled, and there was a faint smell of blood. He lay on the shoulders of the two teenagers and grinned.

"It's okay, I can't die."

"How?" Sun Ce took Jiang Gan and carried it on his back. "Ask the healer."

A righteous servant answered and hurried away. Sun Ce strode into the tent, put Jiang Gan on the marching couch, and carefully examined it. Jiang Gan was miserable, the blood on his back and legs was blurred, it should be a whiplash, but it was all flesh wounds, not bones. Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief. The healer came in, put down the medicine box, and asked people to prepare hot water while checking Jiang Gan's injuries.

Sun Ce walked outside the tent and asked Lu Meng, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Meng scratched his head and looked at the two teenagers who had helped Jiang Gan. "You did it, or you say it yourself." Then he remembered something, and hurriedly introduced: "General, this is Jiang Qin, a native of Shouchun, and a brother of Jiang Ziyi." This is Zhou Tai, Xia Cai people. Aqin, Atai, this is General Sun. ”

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai bowed. "I've seen the general."

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment. Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai? This is an important member of my youth elite group, and this came too suddenly, and I was not mentally prepared at all. He quickly came to his senses and nodded in return. "Let's go and talk in the wine tent of Guo Sai." He also showed that he had prepared food and wine for the young men who were waiting outside the camp, who had come overnight, and must have been starving.

Guo Jia was already waiting outside the tent, and when he saw Sun Ce coming over with Lu Meng and others, he hurriedly opened the door of the tent and asked people to bring food. Lu Meng and the three of them devoured it, and after a while, they drank a large pot of porridge cleanly. Jiang Qin wiped his mouth and began to speak.

As soon as Jiang Gan returned to Shouchun, Jiang Qin knew. After talking, Jiang Qin was moved, but he didn't go to Sun Ce immediately, he wanted to pull some brothers who could usually talk, and Zhou Tai was one of them. He rushed to Xia Cai, found Zhou Tai, and then returned to Shouchun, only then did he know that Jiang Gan had been arrested by Zhou Ang. Jiang Qin immediately gathered his brothers and prepared to rob the prison, and after some investigation, he learned that Jiang Gan was not in the county prison, but in Zhou Ang's military camp.

The military camp is not easy to enter, Jiang Qin spent more than ten days of hard work, only then did he find a few acquaintances, find out the location where Jiang Gan was being held, and waited patiently for a few days, and finally waited for an opportunity for Zhou Ang to go out and not return, and entered the camp, and stole Jiang Gan out. Then he traveled day and night, and it only took two days to catch up with Sun Ce.

Guo Jia asked, "Zhou Ang went out, do you know what he was doing?" ”

Jiang Qin arched his hand. "I'm giving a sacrifice to the wine. I heard that it was a man named Chen Deng, who came from Xuzhou and was going to Lujiang to be a taishou. Zhou Ang went to send him, and he had to send it all the way to Chaohu, which gave us a chance. ”

Sun Ce and Guo Jia exchanged a look, knowing why Zhou Ang had not reacted. After a long while, Guo Jia sighed softly. "General, you're right, this Chen Deng really has two hits, and I underestimated the enemy."