Tai Shi Ci traveled starry night and night, and it only took two days to arrive at Qu'a.

Sun Ce was very happy, and summoned Tai Shici as soon as possible to talk to him about the war in the past six months. After listening to Tai Shici's narration, Sun Ce said with emotion: "Zu Lang is probably not your opponent anymore. He has been fighting with your old division during this time, and although he has a good record, he does not have a strong enough opponent, and he is somewhat slack. ”

Tai Shici hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask the general, how are their casualties?" ”

Sun Ce looked at Tai Shici and smiled. He had a limited understanding of the war in Danyang, and Zu Lang knew that he was not fighting well, so the military reports were very brief, and he still learned a lot of news from the reports of Guo Jun and Xiang Lang.

"Ziyi, is there a man named Xu Yan among your subordinates?"

"Yes, was he captured?"

"No, he is not as brave as you, but he is very good at escaping, and Zulang has failed to catch him several times in ambush. Now Zu Lang is going to fight in She County and Yi County, and I don't want Danyang to be in turmoil. Can you write a letter to this Xu Yan and let him go out of the mountain, I can give them land according to the standard of voluntary attachment. With his ability, it is more than enough to be a captain, it is a pity to be in the mountains. ”

Taishi Ci was moved. Along the way, he saw that a large number of captives were building water conservancy, and in a few years, Wu County would have a large amount of arable land. Sun Ce can divide the land for those captives, and of course he can also divide the land for Xu Yan and others, and Sun Ce also promised Xu Yan the official position of a captain, which is the same treatment as those Shanyue marshals.

"I'll try."

"Then you as soon as possible, I'll arrange for someone to send it. If he is in time, maybe he can return to Qingzhou with you. ”

Tai Shi Ci was surprised and delighted. "To Qingzhou?"

"That's right, Yuan Xi entered Qingzhou, the Qingzhou family responded, Tian Kai's army was defeated like a mountain, and he lost the plains, Jinan, Le'an, and Qi one after another, and now he is relying on Mount Tai to fight, and no one can say how long he can hold out. You are from Qingzhou and familiar with the customs of Qingzhou, I want you to reinforce Tian Kai. ”

Tai Shi Ci didn't know what to say. He knew that Sun Ce would use him, but he didn't expect it to be so fast and such an important task.

"Thank you, General."

Sun Ce helped Tai Shici up, spread out the map, and personally introduced Qingxu's situation.

In a word: Qingxu's situation is complicated.

The first is the complex terrain. Mount Tai is one of the few big mountains in Shandong, 500 miles from east to west, more than 100 miles from north to south, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and there are Wenshui, Surabaya, Huaishui passing through it, the terrain is changeable, it is not suitable for the army to deploy, and the advantage of troops can not be reflected. Tai Shi Ci knew this very well, and he was good at mountain warfare, so sending him back to Qingzhou was just to give full play to his advantages.

The second is the complexity of forces. Mount Tai is the junction of four counties, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, all bordering Mount Tai. After Sun Ce sent the state of Lu to Tao Qian, Yuzhou temporarily distanced itself from the battlefield, but the three states of Qingxu and Yan fought fiercely around Mount Tai. At present, the general trend is that Tian Kai and Tao Qian have formed an alliance to resist the Yuan father and son, but the actual situation is more complicated, as far north as Youzhou, south as Yangzhou, west as Luoyang, and even the imperial court in Guanzhong are paying attention to this war. Light and dark, I don't know how many people are making waves.

Tai Shici listened very carefully, and there was a deep sadness between his eyebrows. With the big war, Qingzhou will definitely be devastated. A few years ago, the Yellow Turban Rebellion caused a great reduction in Qingzhou's household registration, and peace has not been restored in recent years, and many people fled to Liaodong for refuge across the sea. Now that there is another big war, how many people will be left in Qingzhou? And when I return to Qingzhou, I will inevitably kill people.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Tai Shi Ci's expression was wrong, Sun Ce stopped the topic and asked.

Tai Shi Ci shook his head. "It's nothing, I just remembered the general's sentence 'the people are bitter when they rise and fall'."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, feeling the same way, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a hint of sarcasm appeared. "Ziyi is a martial artist, and he still knows how to pity the people. Those who read the books of the saints and love others at every turn are eager to get as chaotic as possible. The way of this world is so confusing that people are at a loss. ”

Tai Shici thought about it and felt ridiculous. Since the Qingxu family responded to the Yuan family and his son, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou are probably no exception, Sun Ce is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and the burden on his shoulders is heavier than anyone else's, and he probably doesn't worry about Wu Hui if he doesn't go to Qingzhou to solve the siege in person. If you can keep Yangzhou stable because of this, it will be considered a merit.

"General, I'm ready to go."

"Well, don't worry, you can wait for three or five days to see if Xu Yan can arrive in time. With these elites who are good at Shanyue warfare, you can play a greater role when you get to Mount Tai. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and these elites are your sharp weapons. ”

"Whoa." Tai Shi Ci agreed, and then told him about his encounter with He Qi again, and even said that He Qi wanted to spare Liu Qi once. After hearing this, Sun Ce smiled and said nothing. He has already received the news that Liu Miao is not in Nanchang, but is now in Chaisang, and he plans to go west after arranging the affairs of Qingzhou, and attack Liu Miao with Zhou Yu to solve this problem of henchmen.

However, He Qi was able to understand Tai Shici's words because of his thoughts, and he still welcomed it. With He Qi's strength, if he really wants to be able to make good use of those 4,000 people, taking advantage of Liu Qi's absence in Nanchang, it is not impossible to decide Nanchang in a war.

Tai Shici quickly wrote the letter, and Sun Ce asked people to send it to his hometown in an expedited manner of six hundred miles, so that Guo Jun could find a way to get in touch with Xu Yan. While waiting for Xu Yan's news, he dialed more than 1,000 people from the two captains to Tai Shici, and camped near Shenting Ridge to practice. During this period, he met Tai Shici many times in Shenting Ridge. Tai Shici talked about the meeting with Xu Gong and Xu Jing in Shentingling when he crossed the river, and sighed with emotion. Sun Ce had another feeling, this should have been the place where he fought with Taishi Ci and evil, but now he was witnessing the righteousness of their monarchs and ministers.

Before Xu Yan's news came, Sun Ce received a message from Cheng Pu first. A large number of bandits suddenly appeared in Lishan, Xunyang, Lu'an and other counties, menacing, tens of thousands, most of the Lujiang River was disturbed, and some people even entered Runan. Cheng Pu felt that the situation was not right, and wanted to send troops to recruit, but because of the lack of men and horses in his hands, he asked Sun Ce to send troops to reinforce.

Sun Ce didn't dare to take it lightly. There are so many bandits suddenly appearing in Lujiang, there must be someone behind them who instigated the tandem, otherwise it would not be so coincidental. He left Shen You to sit in Qu'a, and he led his troops to Lujiang.

Sun Ce traced the river upstream, and just after crossing the river, he met a messenger sent by Wu Jing. The situation in Jiujiang is similar to that of Lujiang, Jiujiang is also chaotic, a group of thieves gather in the area of Quanjiao and Fuling, and some people gather in Chaohu, echoing each other, the momentum is huge, and there is a tendency to change the sky for a while.

After hearing the news, Guo Jia shook his feather fan and smiled. "General, this welcome ceremony is very chic."

Sun Ce grimaced and sneered: "Come and don't be rude, since the Lujiang and Jiujiang families are so enthusiastic, I can't help but give face." ”