Chaoyang Cave.

The night was dark, and dozens of torches were lit along the middle, illuminating the cave. Dozens of bandit generals gathered together, shouting, drinking, and celebrating Tai Shici's achievements. Finding Zulang's hiding place, the tension of the past few days can finally be put down, and they are all very excited.

The bandits were very excited, and people kept coming over to toast Tai Shici. If there was no Tai Shi Ci in today's battle, their losses would have been even greater, especially Wan Bing, without Tai Shi Ci's timely cover, he would probably not be able to come back. He pulled Tai Shici to drink a few glasses in a row and thanked him repeatedly.

Tai Shi Ci said a few words modestly. "The general doesn't have to be like this, Sun Ce's subordinates are brave and well-armed, and I also suffered a loss a few days ago."

Wan Binglian agreed. He once rushed to Zu Lang's formation with his personal guards, and he saw that he could make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect that Zu Lang almost killed him with a counterattack with his personal guards, and he lost face. Tai Shici's words can be regarded as relieving him. Compared to the others, Zu Lang's personal guards are better equipped and have stronger combat effectiveness. "Yes, yes, their ordnance is too good, Sun Ce is rich, we can't compare."

Tai Shi Ci looked at the bandit general who was carnivaling, and was silent for a moment. "Two generals, I have a sentence that may not be very popular, but it is a matter of life and death for thousands of soldiers in the village, dare to ask the two marshals to hear it."

Chen Cheng was noncommittal, but Wan Bing urged repeatedly. Tai Shi Ci said: "In today's battle, although Zu Lang has the terrain and the advantages of armament, his advantage is not only this. ”

Wan Bing was puzzled. "What else?"

"I don't know if the general has noticed, Zu Lang's subordinates are all young and strong, and they cooperate very well and are well-trained."

Wan Bing thought about it carefully, felt reasonable, and echoed it. Chen Yu also nodded silently, looking at the wine glass in his hand silently.

"The two generals think that with such a standard, how many people can you single?"

Wan Bing and Chen Wei looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Wan Bing raised one hand, spread his five fingers, thought about it, and put away two more. "It's probably more than three hundred, and there won't be more."

Chen Yu also sighed: "No wonder Sun Ce left Zulang alone and went to fight Wu County by himself." Zu Lang was originally a handsome man with 350,000 people, and his strength was much stronger than ours. Now only 2,000 people have been selected, and naturally all of them are young and strong, and we are opponents. Even if you add up all the seven or eight groups of people in this area, it may not be possible. Ziyi, you say, what should we do? ”

"The general's words are serious, I am here on the order of Liu Zhijun to assist the two. It is my responsibility and honor to give advice to the two of you and work for dogs and horses. Although I have been here for a short time, from the two generals to the ordinary soldiers, they all regard me as a brother, and I am very grateful, and I can't bear to see anyone injured, so I have the courage to speak out. If there is anything abrupt, please forgive the two generals. ”

Wan Bingyi slapped his thigh. "Hey, look at what you said. Since they are brothers, they can't see each other like this. You saved my life, and if you say that again, I'll be angry. Lao Chen, don't you say? ”

Chen Yuying said: "That's right, Ziyi, just say what you think, let's work together." ”

Tai Shi Ci said a few more modest words, and then said: "Needless to say, the benefits of elite soldiers are naturally needless to say, but elite soldiers also have the disadvantages of elite soldiers, the number of people is too small, once the scope of the battlefield is too large, it is impossible to take care of it." Zu Lang only has 2,000 people, and he can control Tongguan Mountain, but he can't take care of the area of Fuhu Mountain and Shimen Mountain, so he can only break them individually. But the two generals don't forget, it was not only Zu Lang who came to attack Tongguan Mountain, but also Sun Ce. Sun Ce first trained in the mountains, and then went out of the mountains to Wu County, did the two generals ever think that if he broke through Wu County and brought the county soldiers of Wu County here, would you still be spared? ”

Wan Binghe's faces changed suddenly. They know their own strength, and they also know the strength of Wu Jun. There are thirteen cities in Wu County, a total of 160,000 households, one-third of the population is in Wu County, Yangxian is less than 10,000 households, but Wu County has 50,000 or 60,000 households, and most of the rich and powerful families are concentrated in Wu County. Wu Jun Taishou could immediately gather thirty or fifty thousand people to fight, and if they hadn't been connected with Xu Chun, Xu Gong would have already cleaned them up. Now that Xu Chun has been cleaned up by Sun Ce, they have also sent people to attack Sun Ce's fleet, how can Sun Ce let them go.

As Tai Shici said, Tongguan Mountain, Fuhu Mountain, and Shimen Mountain seem to be quite small, but if Sun Cezhen takes the county soldiers of Wu County into the mountains to conquer them, they will be driven out sooner or later.

"This ...... Sun Ce is only a few thousand people, can he take Wu County? Chen was suspicious, but his face was very ugly, and he couldn't even hold the wine glass in his hand, and he splashed it everywhere. They don't know much about Sun Ce's past achievements, but they know that Sun Ce is from Wu County, and even Lu Kang has such a good relationship with Sun Ce, can other Wu County families help Sun Ce? Without the help of the Wu Jun family, Xu Gong would have been abolished without fighting.

Tai Shi Ci slowly sipped his wine. He didn't want to scare these two thieves anymore, everything had a degree, and if he really wanted to talk about Sun Ce's past achievements, if he didn't know that these two people would surrender to Sun Ce directly, his plan would be all in vain.

Chen Wei and Wan Bing discussed. Wan Bing has already thrown himself into Tai Shi Ci, needless to say, although Chen Shi is unwilling, he also knows that the situation is serious, so he has to ask Tai Shi Ci for help. Tai Shici finally put forward a suggestion, send people to contact the bandits in Danyang and Huiji, and seize the time to pack up and evacuate, especially the old and weak to go first. The mountains of Tongguan Mountain, Fuhu Mountain, and Shimen Mountain are independent, and there is a flat land between them and the large mountains to the south, and if Sun Ce sends people to control this area and cut off the retreat route, it will be difficult to retreat.

I heard that I was going to give up Tongguan Mountain, which had been in business for so long, not only was Chen reluctant to lose, but Wan Bing also had a hard time making up his mind. Tai Shici didn't urge them, but just advised them to contact the cottage in the hinterland of Danyang first and get ready. Wan Bing and Chen Wei discussed for a long time and reluctantly agreed.

Tai Shi Ci held a wine glass and drank with the bandits until midnight. Zhang Zhong accompanied him on the mountain road and returned to Tai Shici's residence. It was quiet, not even the sound of insects. Tai Shi Ci felt something unusual. He thought for a moment and turned his head to look at Zhang Zhong. Zhang Zhong is a person who can't keep his mouth idle, he is used to Zhang Zhong saying something in his ear all the time, and today Zhang Zhong didn't say a word, which is really weird.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Zhong stopped, looked at the rolling mountains in the distance, and sighed a few times in succession. "General, are we really leaving?"

Tai Shi Ci looked at Zhang Zhong. "Did you hear them all?"

Zhang Zhong nodded. "I'm a scout, and my ears are more than human. I heard everything you said to the two marshals. ”

"You don't want to go?"

"I ......" Zhang Zhong hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at Tai Shici, and said in a snort: "General, I don't want to be a bandit anymore, I want to ...... Go home. I, Awen, came into the mountains the day before yesterday, and if I go home, I can ...... You can get several acres of good paddy fields. ”

Tai Shici looked at Zhang Zhong, and a cold light flashed in his eyes in an instant. Zhang Zhong was startled, took a step back, and almost fell. Tai Shi Ci's eyes were quick and he grabbed him. Zhang Zhonghan was like rain, and said in a trembling voice: "General, I ......"

Tai Shici pulled Zhang Zhong back, made him stand up, and patted him on the shoulder. "Go quietly and don't alarm anyone."

Zhang Zhong was surprised and delighted, fell to his knees with a "plop", kowtowed to Tai Shici twice, stood up, flashed through the woods, and disappeared. Tai Shici looked at the dark mountains and forests, and the corners of his mouth provoked a helpless wry smile.