After sending Yan Yu and Wang Lian away, Tai Shici found Xu Yan and explained his plan.

Xu Yan was worried. Tai Shi Ci is good at fighting, but three hundred people are too few. Yan Baihu's men and horses are all rabble, and the two ends of the head rat have many connections with the local family. Most of the Wujun family was already attached to Sun Ce, and Yan Baihu's probably also surrendered to Sun Ce, taking the opportunity to lure Tai Shi Ci into the palace.

It makes sense for Xu Yan to think so, if Sun Ce wants to go to Huiji, he will inevitably go through Wucheng. No one knows whether Yan Baihu met with Sun Ce or not, but it is obvious that they did not fight, otherwise Yan Yu would not have said nothing. Yan Baihu claimed to be a descendant of Yan Zhu, who was originally from Wu County, Wucheng was Sun Jian's fiefdom and the territory of the Shen family, and the relationship between the Shen family and Sun Ce was very good, and Shen You also commanded the battle of Wu County instead of Sun Ce.

Combining various factors, Xu Yan felt that Yan Baihu was not credible. Tai Shici not only can't rely on him, but also has to guard against him. Once the ambush is surrounded, these three hundred people are no match at all. And after leaving Tai Shici, they were not Zu Lang's opponents, so they could only give up Tongguanshan Dazhai and retreat south.

Tai Shici knew that Xu Yan was right, but he still had to take risks. Liu Miao was preparing for Yuzhang, and once Sun Ce occupied Huiji, he would soon march west to attack Yuzhang. If he can hold Sun Ce for a day, Liu Miao will have one more day to prepare. Yan Baihu is unreliable, he just guards against Yan Baihu, and he can't sit back and watch Sun Ce destroy the Huiji family.

He also tested Yan Yu, and judging from Yan Yu's reaction, it seemed that Yan Baihu had not yet attached himself to Sun Ce. The Yangxian Xu family has been wiped out, and Tongguanshan will have to give up sooner or later, so it is better to take this opportunity to retreat south. Fight side by side with Yan Baihu and others, establish contacts, and avoid conflicts when retreating south, and choose some good territory.

Xu Yan couldn't persuade Tai Shici, so he had to agree, and selected more than 300 strong young men overnight, equipped with weapons, and each person brought ten days of dry food, and rushed to Qiantang with Tai Shici, and the rest of the people were led by Xu Yan and chose the opportunity to retreat south.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Tai Shici left Tongguan Mountain.

Tai Shi Ci's actions did not escape Zu Lang's eyes. But Zu Lang thought that Tai Shi Ci was going to attack him, and he didn't expect that Tai Shi Ci would go all the way south. After the scout reported that Tai Shi Ci had gone farther and farther away, and never returned, he realized that he had misjudged the situation. While he sent someone to inform Sun Ce and Guo Jun and tell them to be careful of Tai Shici, he launched an attack. The only one who can fight against him is Tai Shi Ci, and without Tai Shi Ci, these bandits are not his opponents at all.

In order to hold Zu Lang, Xu Yan struggled for three days and paid more than 300 casualties before finally withdrawing from Shimen Mountain and heading southwest.

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"You see, your understanding is still very deep." Sun Ce shook the paper in his hand and smiled. "Sheng Jun, if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you are like this, and the same is true of Confucianism, you are born as a scholar, not only to dare to criticize others, to be good at criticizing others, but also to dare to self-criticism, good at self-criticism, in order to continue to make progress. Congratulations, you've got a new lease on life. ”

Sheng Xian forced a forced smile, very embarrassed. Anyway, a big stone in my heart was finally put down. In order to write this article that can satisfy Sun Ce, he has been tormented too much in the past few days. Because he couldn't complete the task within three days, Sun Ce even had to put him in the car to show the public, if it wasn't for Yu Tuo's intercession, he would have lost face this time.

"General, what about me...... Can you go? ”

"Yes." Sun Ce carefully put away the paper. "You can go wherever you want, and of course I'm very willing to stay, and I'm very welcome."

Sheng Xian hurriedly declined. He never wanted to see Sun Ce again, and he didn't want to in the future. Sun Ce was not reluctant. Sheng Xian is a scholar after all, a little Qinggao, if he really encounters something, this kind of person is useless. Let him read and do his studies.

Sun Ce asked Pang Tong to send Sheng Xian out of the camp, and then invited Yu to turn and let him see it. Sheng Xian's article quotes scriptures, he can understand the general idea, but he doesn't dare to say that he understands everything, in case Sheng Xian plays some Spring and Autumn penmanship in it, he will lose face. But thinking about Sheng Xian's cowardice, it is estimated that he will not dare.

Sure enough, Yu pouted after reading it. "There's nothing wrong with the article, it's just that the general doesn't have to care too much, Sheng Xiaozhang is just compromised, and he may not be convinced."

Sun Ce smiled. "Zhong Xiang, what do you think of the crime of slander?"

Yu rolled his brows and furrowed. "General, there is no need to mention such lowly methods of the Legalists."

"It's not entirely a Legalist business, and the Confucian Spring and Autumn Prison Break is not much better. How to solve the problem in the Spring and Autumn Period, it has not been unified until now, how can it be used to break the prison? The starting point may be good, the law is nothing more than human feelings, but the scale is not well grasped, and if you do what you want, it will become chaos, and the reason why slander can become a crime is that Confucianism made meritorious contributions at the beginning. ”

Yu gritted his teeth and didn't say anything. Although he may not agree with Sun Ce's opinion, he can also hear that Sun Ce does not approve of the criminalization of slander.

"Do you think I printed thousands of copies of this article to make a name for Sheng Xian, will he be grateful to me?"

Yu Pan stared at Sun Ce for a while, his cheeks twitched, but he was heartbroken. He originally thought that Sheng Xian would end it after writing the article, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to let Sheng Xian go at all, and he wanted to spread Sheng Xian's article widely. With Sheng Xian's reputation, this article will soon spread all over the world, combined with the imperial court's move to re-mention the martial style, the distinction between civil and military is likely to reach a new level, not only for the martial arts, but also for a person like him who has both civil and military skills.

"General, although it is a good thing, is it against the style of a gentleman to just do this? At least talk to him. ”

"When did I say I was a gentleman?"

"Uh......"

"Zhong Xiang, you are a madman, I am a martial artist, no matter what you and I do, I will not be regarded as a gentleman by them. In that case, we should walk straight and be worthy of our conscience. Sheng Xiaozhang is cowardly, does he dare to be the first in the world? He helps me speak up, I help him make a name for himself, what's wrong? Don't worry, he'll be grateful to me in the future. ”

Sun Ce smiled proudly, but Yu Chuan was speechless. However, he also had to admit that Sheng Xian's knowledge and reputation are sufficient, and his influence is much greater than that of Sun Ce, and as soon as this article comes out, the response must be great. And with Sheng Xian's character, no one forced him, he didn't dare to do such a thing at all.

"What's so happy?" Guo Jia paced in, said hello to Yu Tuo, and said to Sun Ce with a smile: "General, I just received the news from Zu Lang that Tai Shi Ci has left Tongguan Mountain. ”

Sun Ce was taken aback, didn't care about Sheng Xian's matter, and hurriedly asked. Guo Jia explained the situation again, and Zu Lang found out that Tai Shici had left Tongguan Mountain three days ago, and the direction was unknown. He sent a messenger to deliver the letter, but the messenger encountered an accident on the way, delayed time, and arrived at the opposite camp only this evening.

Sun Ce pulled the map and muttered for a long time. "Tai Shi Ci went out of the mountain with only three hundred people, where will he go?"

Guo Jia said lightly: "The elite is exhausted, and it is natural to save it in a hurry." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and nodded at the position of Guling, and his fingers crossed a distance and landed on the camp across the river. He doesn't have a ship, though, so the location he is most likely to choose should be here. ”