There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and even a ghost like Guo Jia didn't expect this rain to come so suddenly, and it was three days at a time.

At this time, Sun Jian's guiding role is reflected. How to choose a camping site, there are principled requirements in the military book, but there are no specific methods, but Sun Jian has rich experience and explains it in great detail when teaching Sun Ce. First of all, it is necessary to look at the nearby water source, it is not possible to get water if it is too far away. It's not okay to get too close, and once the water level rises, it's easy to get flooded. He also used his own personal experience as an example to teach Sun Ce how to choose the right position step by step.

It rained for three days, and it was still very heavy, but there was no water in Sun Ce's camp. Also for this reason, the grain, grass and firewood in the baggage camp were also kept dry and not wet, except that it was not very convenient to travel, and it was generally normal.

It can be seen that the key reason why Yu Ban was flooded by Guan Yu in the Seventh Army is that his methods of using troops are all from the accumulation of experience, there is no systematic inheritance, and he is not familiar with the climate of the Han River, according to his experience in the Central Plains, he camped, did not expect the power of the sudden flood of the Han River, and his reputation was ruined.

You can't fight in heavy rain, and you can't even train. Training in the heavy rain sounds awesome, but in fact there are a series of problems where the bowstring gets soaked in the rain and loses its strength. The iron pieces on the armor are easy to rust, the battle clothes are wet, and the soldiers are prone to colds.

So Sun Ce wisely gave up this kind of pretending behavior, but he didn't let the soldiers be idle. After the results of the battle were counted, he first summoned officers at the rank of lieutenant and lieutenant to conduct a post-war discussion, starting with how to analyze the opponent, and then asked Guo Jun and Chen Zhi, who were in command of the battle, to give a detailed description of the entire battle process, and also asked the military marquis, tun commanders, and even meritorious soldiers who fought on the front line to tell the detailed process of the battle.

The atmosphere is very warm, and there are a lot of gains, which is equivalent to a short-term training in the martial arts hall, and there are enough dry goods, not only generals like Tao Ying have gained a lot, but middle-level officers such as tun commanders and military marquis have also increased their knowledge.

Sun Ce now has 20,000 horses, but the strongest combat effectiveness is undoubtedly the 4,000 personal guard battalion, not only the soldiers are carefully selected and strictly trained, but almost all the officers above the commander have been trained in the martial arts hall, and they are familiar with literature and ink. It is precisely because of this that the pro-guard battalion was able to kill and injure more than 1,000 Zahu cavalry, and almost killed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the formation, while its own casualties were only 300 people, and only one of the commanders died in battle.

Even so, Sun Ce still felt sorry for Liu Wu. This young tun chief is an outstanding graduate of Jiangwutang, and Tian Hongcheng, who was at the same time as him, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and is currently stationed in Xixian County. Liu Wu was too unlucky, he met Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and died on the spot, otherwise it would be natural for him to be promoted to military marquis after this battle, and his future achievements would not be worse than Tian Hongcheng.

It's luck, and no one can help it.

The generals learned to command, the ordinary soldiers learned to fight, and the non-commissioned officers of the personal guard battalion who had made meritorious contributions were assigned to the battalions to give lectures, chatted with ordinary soldiers, imparted combat experience, and taught those illiterate soldiers to write their names and recognize simple numbers. The high literacy rate of the soldiers in the guard battalion is the result of ordinary training. Although in the eyes of the Confucians, they were still illiterate, but for those soldiers who did not even know their own names, they could already be regarded as literate people.

Sun Ce told Tao Ying that after the rain stopped, there would be a few days left for the water to be emptied. Behind me is a swamp, inconvenient to transport, can you bring some grain from Xuzhou. The water level is rising, so it should be convenient if it is transported by ship. I bought these things, and I paid them back with the loot.

Tao Ying didn't say a word, patted his chest and agreed. You don't need to ask my father about this, I am in charge, and I promise that I will not cut off your food. He immediately sent a letter to Pengcheng and asked him to arrange for the people to transport grain and grass. Liu Bei went south, and Pengcheng was the gateway to Xuzhou, where Tao Qian hoarded a large amount of money and grain. The 200,000 stone grains that were given to Sun Ce before were also transported from Pengcheng.

A few days later, Ji Lian sent a message that civilian ships were urgently being collected, and within ten days, 50,000 stones of grain and grass would be sent to Xiao County.

Sun Ce was overjoyed, and he didn't panic when there was food in the warehouse. The 20,000-strong army needed nearly 40,000 stone per month for food alone, plus the grass for horses and livestock for transportation, which was a staggering number. Without adequate logistical supplies, the war simply cannot be sustained. With the support of grain and grass in Xuzhou, Sun Ce can besiege the city with peace of mind.

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The sudden heavy rain gave Liu Bei a chance to breathe, but it could only save the emergency, not his life, and Liu Bei was not much relieved because of this.

Xiao County is only a county, its own grain stock is limited, when Zhu Zhi took Xiao County as his station, although there were only three or four thousand people, he still needed to regularly mobilize replenishment from the surrounding counties, and when he left, Xiao County had not much grain stock. Now Liu Bei has nearly 10,000 people, and the consumption has soared, and the surrounding counties have been recovered by Sun Ce, there is no source of supply, and the grain and grass in Yanzhou cannot be transported, and the grain in the warehouse has a month left at most.

A month later, Liu Bei will face the crisis of running out of food. If he wanted to leave time for retreat, he only had half a month left.

Liu Bei consulted with Yuan Xu and asked Yuan Xu to write a letter to Liu Dai, asking him to send someone to answer him no matter what, even if he couldn't defeat Sun Ce, he would also accept them to withdraw from Yuzhou. Xiao County is the boundary of Yuzhou and a strategic location, and Sun Ce will never stop if he does not recapture Xiao County.

Yuan Xu agreed. He wrote a letter to Yuan Dai, asking Yuan to come out and speak to Liu Dai. Yuan Yi is the Taishou of Shanyang, even if Liu Dai does not agree, for the sake of them all being the descendants of the Yuan family, Yuan Yi can save him and take Liu Bei out by the way.

Ten days later, Yuan Xu received a reply from Yuan Xu, but it was not good news, but bad news. Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, lost against the Yellow Turban and died in battle. The yellow scarves have penetrated deep into Jibei and are heading towards Dongjun and Dongping, and can enter Shanyang at any time. He was too busy to take care of himself, and he couldn't rescue Yuan Xu, so he asked him to find a way to get out of the siege by himself.

Yuan Xu was in a mess and didn't know how to deal with it. He relayed the news to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was stunned for a while, secretly ecstatic in his heart. God has mercy, Liu Dai is dead, my chance has come. If you can't be a Yuzhou pastor, you can still be a Yanzhou pastor. I can't beat Sun Ce, I can beat the yellow scarf. Liu Dai died in battle, Yuan Shao wanted to deal with Gongsun Zhan, and he couldn't send people to take over Yanzhou, I am proud and brave, he will definitely not refuse.

Liu Bei asked Yuan Xu to come forward and write a letter to Yuan Shao, asking Yuan Shao to let him move to Yanzhou. Yuan Xu also felt that this was a good way, although Liu Bei fought this battle, but his previous record against the Yellow Turban was still very good, so he agreed. While preparing to break through, Liu Bei sent Jian Yong out of the city to negotiate with Sun Ce, intending to stabilize Sun Ce and gain time to retreat.

Jian Yong appeared in front of Sun Ce again.