Qiu, Pei County, and Feng County were originally subordinate counties of Peiguo, and Liu Bei had just captured them, so they had no influence. Knowing that Sun Ce divided his troops to capture the three counties, Liu Bei secretly complained to himself and was in a dilemma.

Sun Ce was just outside the city, with 20,000 troops, and the siege was insufficient, but the field battle was more than enough. Once out of town, he doesn't have any advantage. Neither can you defend the city. Sun Ce sent Zhu Zhi and Tao Qian to sweep the three counties, just to cut off his retreat and reinforcements. Without help, sooner or later he will run out of food and collapse without a fight.

At this time, Guan Yu once again proposed a plan to duel with Sun Ce, and in a fierce tone, accusing Liu Bei of not listening to him in the first place. If you are directly forced to Xiangxian and take the initiative to challenge, how can you have today. When the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, can they be dodged by dodging?

There was no way to retreat, Liu Bei had to take Guan Yu's suggestion and send Jian Yong out of the city to make an appointment.

Sun Ce refused. He said to Jian Yong, you tell Guan Yu, I originally thought he was a hero, so I gave him a knife and was willing to fight with him, who would have thought that he was a coward, broke his promise, did not dare to fight, and fled all the way from Mangdang Mountain to Xiao County. How can such a person be my opponent? He is an ordinary general under Liu Bei, I am a dignified Yuzhou pastor, there are countless generals like him under his command, why should I surrender my identity and fight with him?

Before Sun Ce finished speaking, Jian Yong's head was full of sweat. How dare he relay these words to Guan Yu. Sun Ce's turn of words was too sudden, with Guan Yu's temper, he didn't believe it 100%, and thought that he Jian Yong took the opportunity to slander him, maybe he would rush to Sun Ce to theorize.

Jian Yong touched his nose and returned to the city, but he didn't dare to tell the truth, only said that Sun Ce was unwilling to fight. Guan Yu didn't believe it, but he couldn't verify it, so he could only slander him, and the more he looked at Jian Yong, the more unpleasant he became.

A few days later, Zhu Zhi captured Zhuqiu. A few days later, Tao Qian also sent news that Pei County and Feng County had been recovered.

Sun Ce asked Jiang Gan to enter the city, reported the two news, and at the same time asked Guan Yu for the return of the Qiyao knife. The treasure knife is given to the hero, that knife is one of the eight knives in the West Garden, Guan Yu is not worthy of using it, please return it to me. Guan Yu only knew what Sun Ce had said to Jian Yong at this time, and he was so angry that he jumped like thunder, ignoring Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's obstruction, straddled the horse and spear, rushed out of Xiao County, came to the camp, and challenged Sun Ce by name.

Sun Ce had already prepared. Before Jiang Gan entered the city, he repeatedly discussed tactics with Guo Jia, and discussed with Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Chen Zhi and others how to deal with Guan Yu. Guan Yu is a cavalryman, Xu Chu and Dian Wei have average riding skills, and they are not suitable for fighting, but Chen Zhi is more suitable. Chen Zhi's spear skills are exquisite, and he is also good at riding and shooting, and he has a certain degree of confidence in dealing with Guan Yu, and he himself is eager to try.

But Sun Ce was very cautious, he knew that although Guan Yu was arrogant, his martial arts were really high, otherwise he would not kill Yan Liang among the ten thousand armies.

After experiencing several battles, Sun Ce knew very well that it was not an easy task to rush into battle. This is not a heads-up before the battle, the two sides are close at hand. The generals are all in the Chinese army, there are positions in front and behind, left and right, and there are a large number of personal guard battalions around them. In order to rush in front of the general, he had to kill at least a hundred people. Even if there was an accident at that time, the difficulty of killing it all the way was not ordinarily high.

The most suitable person to compete with Guan Yu is Huang Zhong, but Huang Zhong is now peaceful, and it is impossible to transfer Huang Zhong specially for this matter. He himself is confident, but Guo Jia resolutely disagrees, and can only be replaced by Chen Zhi.

After Chen Zhi joined Sun Ce's command, he soaked in the barracks every day, and in addition to accompanying Sun Ce to go out, he had to practice riding and archery for at least half a day every day. In addition to the hundred white warriors as sparring, they occasionally fought with Qin Mu's personal guard cavalry, which can be said to be a spear that never leaves his hand, a horse that cannot leave his hips, and his martial arts are becoming more and more proficient. In addition, he often discusses martial arts with Sun Ce, and he has also improved significantly in theory, but he has not yet achieved a qualitative breakthrough.

To use technical terms, he's in great form right now, and he just needs a chance to break through the bottleneck.

And Guan Yu is likely to be his chance.

But Sun Ce didn't dare to take it lightly, in addition to asking Chen Zhi to prepare the necessary precautions, especially the golden silk brocade armor must be worn, he gave Chen Zhi a few suggestions.

First of all, you have to be mentally prepared. Guan Yu is not strong, but very strong. You don't have to defeat him, as long as you can draw, even if you are defeated and injured, as long as you are not seriously injured, it is no problem, there is no shame.

Secondly, Guan Yu's character will definitely go all out as soon as he comes up, you don't want to attack with him, and defend with all your might. As long as the three moves are undefeated, Guan Yu's momentum will weaken, and you will have a chance to win. It's a bit humiliating, but it's safer.

In the end, Guan Yu was tall and weighed far more than ordinary people, but his war horse was a very ordinary war horse, not a good horse, and it was destined that Guan Yu would not be able to fight for a long time. There may be no problem in normal times, but the coordination of the war horse is very demanding when it is heads-up, and once the horsepower is insufficient, the knight will feel powerless, which will greatly reduce his strength.

Chen Zhi has been following Sun Ce for so long, and he knows that Sun Ce is not only good at martial arts, but also a person who is good at using his brain, he will calculate all aspects extremely carefully and be well prepared. Sun Ce said so much, not because he cared about winning or losing, but because he wanted to give him a chance, a chance to improve himself, of course he would not have any thoughts of rejection, and listened to them one by one.

Sun Ce finally arranged for Bai Zhi to prepare to respond, in case Chen Zhi was in danger, regardless of his reputation, he would get Chen Zhi back first. Even he himself put on his armor and was ready to respond to Chen.

In a word, everything that can be thought of has been thought of, everything that can be done has been done, and the rest depends on Chen to play by himself.

Chen Zhi is full of confidence. With so many people helping him, what else did he have to fear.

When the news of Guan Yu's challenge came, Chen Zhi got up and gave up his hand, and was about to speak. Guo Jia waved his hand. "Don't worry, wait a minute, you go and move your muscles first." Chen Zhi is a smart person, and when he heard it, he understood Guo Jia's intentions, smiled and walked out of the tent, stepped on the war horse, and galloped in the camp to warm up.

Guo Jia called a white man. "You go and tell Guan Yu that the general is taking a nap, whether to fight or not, and to make a decision when the general wakes up."

Bai Yushi took the order, came to the outside of the camp, and conveyed Guo Jia's words.

When Guan Yu heard this, he was furious and shouted: "When is this, haven't woken up from a nap?" Hurry up and report it, and if you don't come out, Guan will go in to see if he can sleep peacefully. ”

Bai Yushi ignored him, turned his horse back to the camp, and reported Guan Yu's reaction to Guo Jia. Guo Jia stroked his palms and laughed. "General, if this person is conceited, we might as well let him rush the camp, let Zigu and Zhongkang besiege him, and he will definitely be able to capture him."

Sun Ce was overjoyed, but shook his head. "Zigu and Zhongkang can learn from each other, and there is no shortage of opponents, but Shuzhi does not have an opponent of equal strength, and it is difficult to break through. originally hoped to fight with Zhao Yun, but now that Zhao Yun is not there, he has to use Guan Yu to make up the number. As for luring Guan Yu to rush to the camp, it's not impossible, but that's a secondary goal, and you can talk about it later. Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, a general is hard to find, uncle to after this battle, if you can retreat with your whole body, you can be among the first-class, it will be of great benefit to me. ”

Guo Jia's eyes flickered, and his fingers kept pinching. "Since this is the case, then I will help the general fulfill this wish, use Guan Yu as an anvil, and quench Chen Shuzhi into a treasure knife."