Cao Ang walked out of the big tent and glanced at Chen Gong, who was pacing not far away, and felt faintly uneasy in his heart. Chen Gong heard the footsteps, turned around and looked, and saw Cao Ang standing at the door of the tent in a daze, thinking that he had some needs, he walked over quickly, and was about to ask, but Cao Ang made a gesture, signaled him not to speak, turned around and walked outside the camp.

Chen Gong followed closely.

Cao Ang's camp was near Yuan Tan's Chinese army, just a stone's throw away. After entering his own camp, Cao Ang, who had been silent, slowed down and said to Chen Gong: "Brother Gongtai, I can't rest so late." ”

Chen Gong smiled disapprecatingly. "It's nothing, I'm often so late to study alone." took two steps forward before he suddenly realized what Cao Ang meant. "Zixiu, is there a new situation?"

Cao Ang nodded with a wry smile and told Chen Gong what Yuan Tan had just said. Yuan Tan suddenly changed the battle plan, and let him take the main attack, which caught him off guard, and he alone could not determine Yuan Tan's intentions, so he had to discuss with Chen Gong and Cao Ren. Chen Gong followed him to attend meetings and banquets, and he was very tired until now, and he was very embarrassed.

After hearing this, Chen Gong also felt a little tricky, so he didn't answer Cao Ang immediately, and figured it out as he walked. After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Ang found that the lights were still on inside, and knew that Cao Ren had not left yet, so he stopped in front of the tent door, called the guards, and told him to prepare some supper, so he pushed open the tent door, invited Chen Gong to go first, and followed him in.

Cao Ren was reviewing the military law in front of the case, looked up at Cao Ang and Chen Gong, got up to give up the chairman, and sat on the seat next to him. "What's wrong? Zhu Wenbo is not convinced? ”

"No, General Zhu is very knowledgeable, and although Yuan Yuanjun is young, he is really good at it." Cao Ang told him what had happened, and Cao Ren also nodded and praised: "It is worthy of being a child of a family, and this kind of means are easy to come by." But Zixiu, you don't have to be presumptuous, these are all small tricks after all, and you can succeed for a while, and you can't hide it from others. You treat people with sincerity, this is the way to last. ”

"Thank you, uncle."

At this time, Chen Gong said slowly: "Zixiu, this may be an opportunity. ”

"Please advise Brother Gongtai."

"Although there are many talents under Yuan Yuanjun's command, there are not many who can be trusted, Zhu Ling is a martial artist, ignorant of human feelings, and can use it but cannot believe it. The Zhang Mengzhuo brothers are seniors, and they have grievances with the Yuan League, but they can't trust their henchmen when they form an alliance. Liu Xuande repeatedly, even more unbelievable. The rest of the generals were either ignorant or weak. Yuan Yuanjun wanted to compete with Sun Ce, but he was not sure, and he needed a helper who was both credible and helpful, so naturally Zixiu was the only one. ”

Cao Ren said: "Having said that, that's just that he wants to use us, should we be used by him?" ”

Chen Gong's face sank, a little unhappy. "What does Zixiao think?"

Cao Ren smiled: "Don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions, I just want to know what we should do." Sun Ce's troops are all elite, and our subordinates are mainly recruits, and they have not gone through a real battle, and if they don't grasp the balance well, the losses will be very heavy. ”

Chen Gong nodded. What Zixiao said is very true. However, we are not the first to attack, and the Chen Liujun soldiers led by the Zhang Mengzhuo brothers are still ahead of us. I think Yuan Yuanjun meant that Zhang Mengzhuo should contain Sun Ce's front, and we would launch a flank raid, and once Sun Ce did not respond properly and there were flaws, he would lead the main force to attack in person. How can he leave us with such a credit for defeating Sun Ce? ”

Cao Ren realized. "So our task is to keep attacking, inducing Sun Ce to make mistakes, find out flaws, and create opportunities for Yuan Yuanjun, not really to fight with Sun Ce?"

"I think so." Chen Gong stroked his beard, full of confidence.

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Sun Ce ushered in an angry guest, Ruan Yu, whom he had wanted to invite but didn't get.

One Lu Cui, one Ruan Yu, he had seen them all one after another, but he didn't have anything to be excited about. At the beginning, I just wanted them to help write a song for Yuan Shu, but now that this matter has been done, and there is a talent like Zhang Hong by his side, these two scholars are meaningless, and he may not be willing to ask for them.

Ruan Yu was Zhang Miao's envoy to condemn Sun Ce and others for robbing the crops of Chenliu County. The Ruan clan is the clan of Chen Liuwei, and they are also among the robbers, thousands of acres of rice have been robbed, and the losses are heavy, although it has not yet reached the point of cutting off cooking, but they still can't swallow this breath. In the face of Sun Ce, Ruan Yu quoted scriptures, pointed out that Sang scolded Huai, denounced Sun Ce's immoral behavior, and stated that Zhang Fujun was very angry and would lead Chen Liu's soldiers to crusade against him.

It's a pity that Sun Ce's knowledge is limited and he can't understand those subtle words and meanings, and the Spring and Autumn Period. He estimated that Ruan Yu took the initiative to ask for help, and was not the person Zhang Miao wanted to send. The reason is very simple, he robbed Chen Liujun's rice, but it was not a real robbery, it was the money he received, Zhang Miao should have received the ordnance he wanted now, and he was secretly having fun, how could he send someone to scold him.

Needless to say, the money paid by Zhang Miao is not his own, but from a family like the Ruan family, and he is equivalent to empty gloves and white grain. Ruan Yu didn't know the transaction here, thinking that it was really Sun Ce who robbed it, so he came to scold the street. As for Zhang Miao coming to crusade or something, it just shows that Zhang Miao's brotherhood will participate in the war, and the others are all official clichés.

got the information he wanted, Sun Ce was in no mood to listen to Ruan Yu's nonsense. I'm just acting on the orders of Taiwei, what do you have to say, go and say to Taiwei Zhu, it's useless to tell me.

Ruan Yu was blasted out of the camp by Sun Ce, and he was so angry that he couldn't get rid of his anger, and hurried to Zhu Jun's camp with his entourage.

Sun Ce asked Guo Jia to arrange for someone to connect with Zhang Miao to confirm the situation. Singing a double reed on the battlefield is very dangerous, and if you can't be sure of the other party's reality, it's easy to make the fake come true. Soon, he welcomed a new guest, Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao expressed his gratitude to Sun Ce on behalf of Zhang Miao, the ordnance had been received, enough to equip 3,000 people, and their brothers had a certain ability to protect themselves. In order to express his gratitude, when the autumn harvest is over, the counties will hand over the land rent to the county, and Zhang Miao will send another 300,000 stone of rice to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was overjoyed, this business was very profitable, and the supply of military rations for the post-autumn offensive was guaranteed. The rice that was originally harvested was taken away by Zhu Jun, he didn't get anything, with this 300,000 stone of rice, he also made a steady profit, and the profit was very rich.

Sun Ce invited Zhang Chao to drink and talk about the next step of cooperation. Zhang Chao revealed another piece of news: Yuan Tan held a meeting two days ago to prepare for a decisive battle with Zhu Jun in Junyi, and to use Zhu Ling to deal with the Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao and Xu Wei.

Sun Ce had an idea, this is a high-level secret that is difficult for Guo Jia's meticulous work to inquire about. Looking at it like this, either Zhang Chao himself attended the meeting, or they had eyeliner by Yuan Tan's side. If it is the former, it means that the alliance between them is still relatively close, and there is still basic trust. If it is the latter, it means that the defensive psychology between them is already very heavy.

"Did you hear it with your own ears?" Sun Ce asked with a very casual look.

Zhang Chao said with a smile: "Yes, I not only heard his plan with my own ears, but also took the initiative to ask for it." However, I suspect that Yuan Tan will not fully trust us and will arrange for others. General, on the battle array, don't misread the battle flag. ”

Sun Ce readily agreed.