Sun Ce didn't answer Guo Jia, lightly lifted the reins of his horse, and walked west. Guo Jia followed, and Xu Huang carried a thousand troops and followed closely.

Yuan Tan's large battalion was a standard eight formations, with the Chinese army in the middle, with one battalion on each side and four corners, ranging from one to two thousand men each. The battalions are separated by a stone's throw from each other, and there are soldiers patrolling back and forth, and it is strictly forbidden for soldiers from different battalions to enter and leave at will.

Liu Bei attacked the forward camp due east, Sun Ce went west, blocked the left wing camp in the north direction, and the camp in the northeast corner was far away, not only the fire faded, but even the sound of war drums was blurred.

Xiao Huang's city gate was wide open, and Guo Jun and King Chen covered the people out of the city and hurried northwest along the avenue. Sun Ce held his mount and stared at the direction of Yuan Tan's Chinese army. There has been no movement there, at least not in sight of a large army being sent. After Xu Huang asked Guo Jia for some instructions, he disappeared into the night with a few knights. The scout battalion is responsible for monitoring the movements of Yuan Tan and Zhang Miao, delivering news in a timely manner, the task is very heavy, almost all the scouts have been sent out, and Xu Huang is no exception.

"How is he?" Sun Ce looked at Xu Huang's back and said softly.

"Very good, steady, thoughtful, and has the style of Zhou Yafu. In time, it can be a one-sided general. ”

"He and Guan Yu are both from Hedong, do you have any dealings?"

"There is contact, but only on business." Guo Jia said: "Xu Gongming and Guan Yu have opposite personalities, he is well versed in the way of being a minister. ”

Sun Ce chuckled lightly and asked rhetorically, "Does Zhou Yafu also know how to be a minister?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said nothing. Sun Ce waited for a while, and then said: "During the military discussion, it was very clear that we were making a feint to force Yuan Tan not to act rashly, and to withdraw Xiao Huang safely is to complete the task." With Liu Bei's character, he would never take the initiative to attack, and the reason for the current situation was definitely Guan Yu's disobedience to military orders. He mistook people and brought disaster upon himself, and I can't affect the entire battle situation in order to save him, and compensate all these thousands of soldiers. ”

Guo Jia shook the feather fan. "As far as the stakes are concerned, I don't want the general to change the existing plan."

"Then what other righteous people are you telling me?"

"I just hope that the general will think clearly and not leave regrets."

"I don't have anything to regret, and it's not like I'm going to send them to death." Sun Ce closed his mouth and stopped discussing the topic.

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Xu Huang rushed to a lurking point, Lao Yuan heard the sound of fighting and scolding, he rode his horse and rushed over, Lao Yuan jumped off the horse, hurried two steps, and shouted something in his mouth. Two of the several people who were fighting immediately withdrew from the battle circle, and the remaining three were stunned for a moment, Xu Huang had already rushed to the front, his footsteps were slightly wrong, and he swept past the person who was closer, and the long knife came out of the sheath, drawing an arc of light, slashing the two people who were a little farther away, and slashing back on the neck of the nearest person.

Xu Huang put away his knife, and the three enemies covered their necks in unison, and at the same time slowly sat down, and then froze to the ground, and swallowed his breath after a few twitches.

"Chief Xu Tun, your sword skills have improved again." The two scouts greeted him and said with a smile: "In terms of body law, except for the general, no one can compare to you." ”

Xu Huang didn't smile, as if he hadn't heard the scout's compliment. "Hurt?"

"Nope." The two scouts put away their smiles and exchanged glances. One of them picked up a torch from the ground and lit the ditch beside him. There were two Yuan Jun scouts lying in the ditch, both of them were stabbed, and their faces were full of consternation. Xu Huang nodded. "Don't be reluctant to encounter this situation again, it's too dangerous to fight two against five. Do everything according to your ability, whether you are brave or not, not only harm yourself, but also delay big things. ”

"Whoa." The two scouts answered.

Xu Huang waved his hand, and the two scouts disappeared into the darkness. Xu Huang also extinguished the torch and rushed to the next monitoring point with two guards. The silver moonlight shone on his expressionless face, and he couldn't see any expression. A guard suddenly said, "Tun Chief, did you say that the general would go to save Guan Yunchang?" ”

Xu Huang glanced back at him. "Are these things you and I supposed to discuss? Whether it should be saved or not, the general will decide by himself, and there is no need for me to say more. ”

The guard chuckled dryly and smacked his lips. "I just think it's a pity, in fact, although Guan Yunchang is arrogant, he has arrogant capital. He was so righteous and angry, what a pity he died in battle. ”

Xu Huang suddenly stopped and stared at the guard. Seeing this, the guard hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything." As he spoke, he twitched his face. Xu Tunchang, you know, I don't mean anything else, I just can't control this mouth. ”

Xu Huang nodded. "Now that you know, take care of your mouth. The next time Guo Xijiu recommends people to go to the camps, I will report you. Don't stay in this scout camp, it's not for you. ”

The guard's face was bitter, but he didn't dare to say anything, and quickened his pace to keep up with Xu Huang.

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Yuan Tan twisted his fingers and looked at the scout in front of him whose face was covered with blood, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

Sun Ce sent a large number of scouts to clear the secret outposts he had deployed outside the camp, what did he want to do, did he really want to attack my camp at night?

If it was just Sun Ce himself, Yuan Tan was not worried. Sun Ce only had seven or eight thousand people, including three thousand strong crossbowmen trained by King Chen. A strong crossbowman is good for defense and not good for offense, and it is difficult to play in the night, no matter how good the archery is, it is not much better than the ordinary crossbowman. Sun Ce's attempt to break through his camp was tantamount to a dream. But if you add Zhang Miao, the situation is different. Zhang Miao has 10,000 people, and once he joins forces with Sun Ce, he will be equal to his strength. Coupled with Sun Cebu's combat power, he has no chance of winning from both sides.

"George, what's going on with Zhang Mengzhuo?"

"Rest assured, Zhang Mengzhuo won't be so stupid, and it won't do him any good to break with him." Simbi is confident. "This must be Sun Ce's means, deliberately done fiercely, putting on a look of preparing for a strong attack, so that the envoy Jun is suspicious that he and Zhang Miao have joined forces, and they dare not leave the camp easily."

"Liu Bei attacked my camp, the same is true?"

"As it should be, let's hold the camp and don't give him a chance." Xin Bi pondered for a moment, and then said: "Envoy, we may be able to plan and probe his truth. ”

"How?"

"Let Liu Bei enter the Chinese army and see if he can be saved. If he really wants to break our army, he will not let go of this good opportunity, and we will defend instead of attacking and hold him back. If he doesn't save him when he sees death, we will take advantage of the situation to eat Liu Beibu, which can be regarded as a lesson for him. ”

Yuan Tan thought for a moment, nodded, and called the herald, asking Jiao to let Liu Bei and others enter the camp, and at the same time ordered the Chinese army to hold the camp and prepare for the interception, so as not to make the fake come true, and really let Liu Bei attack the Chinese army and mess up. At the same time, he dispatched troops, prepared more bows and crossbows, and prepared to encircle and annihilate Sun Ce. Once Sun Ce was in the middle of the plan, he was surrounded by heavy troops on all sides, and strong bows and crossbows were fired together, completely cutting off this trouble.

Simbi stood up. "Envoy, I'll go to Zhang Miao's camp."

"No, it's too dangerous."

"It doesn't matter, Zhang Mengzhuo is an elder, and he is cowardly and late to see the opportunity, so he will be forced into such a situation by the alliance leader. When he sees me, he will be suspicious and indecided. When he reacted, the winner was already clear, and it was too late for him to regret it. ”