Tai Shici squatted in front of Chen Luo's headless corpse, covering his mouth with his hands, and an indescribable sadness surged through his heart.

He fell for Zulang's plan, kept watch in the cottage all night, and waited until dawn to attack, but did not find Zulang's shadow, delayed most of the day, confirmed that Zulang was not around, he realized that he might have been fooled, and immediately led the team to withdraw from the cottage and chase Chen Wei, Wan Bing and others. He didn't dare to go too fast for fear of being ambushed, and he didn't dare to march at night, so he was delayed for a full day.

Chen Xiao and Wan Bing are all dead, even the head is gone, the valley is full of corpses, some have been concentrated, but most of them are still scattered, there are Tongguan Mountain, there are also Fuhu Mountain, and Shimen Mountain, it is conceivable that there was a chaotic battle here, the three strongest bandits all participated, and there were heavy casualties - the people lying here are all young and strong, and they are the most elite part of the bandits.

Tai Shi Ci didn't know how Zu Lang did it, but he felt a lot of pressure. Zu Lang is not Sun Ce's old department, he has only been in Sun Ce's old department for a short time, but his performance is surprising. Such a person will die for Sun Ce, so what kind of strength does Sun Ce have? Liu Miao thought that Sun Ce and Yuan Tan were about the same, but now it seems that this is definitely a misunderstanding, and a fatal misunderstanding.

Before Sun Ce could make a move, the bandits near Yangxian were beaten to pieces by Zu Lang, could Xu Gong still be Sun Ce's opponent? He expressed concern. Once Wu County was controlled by Sun Ce, Liu Xuan was likely to be attacked on his back.

"General, what shall we do?" Xu Yan walked over, his face pale. Tai Shici stood up, looked around, and saw that the faces of his subordinates were not very good, and their eyes were a little flustered, and a few people didn't even dare to look directly at him.

"First bury the body, then hunt down Zu Lang to avenge the two marshals. Xu Yan, find a few brothers who know Yan Baihu, Zou Ta, and Wu Tong, and ask them to ask for help. Arrange a few clever brothers to go to Fuhu Village and Shimen Village to have a look, and remind them to be careful, don't be poisoned by Zulang. ”

"Whoa." Xu Yan answered, turned around and went to arrange.

Tai Shici found a place, took the stone as a few, wrote a letter, and sent someone to Liu Xuan.

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On the mountain ridge hundreds of paces apart, Zu Lang sat on a boulder, stuffing dry food into his mouth while looking at Tai Shici in the distance. Tai Shi Ci only had more than a thousand people, and he looked very tired, but his vigilance was very high, and there were two hundred people around him who were always on guard. Although some of the others were digging pits and some were carrying corpses, no one laid down their weapons, even their shields were on their backs, their bows and crossbows were wound, and they were ready to fight.

"Ah Bai, you see, Tai Shi Ci is much stronger than those bandits."

Zu Xiang stood beside Zu Lang and pursed his lips disdainfully. "No matter how strong we are, we are no match for us. Captain, let's kill him, kill him and get out of the mountain. ”

"Out of the mountains?" Zu Lang looked back at Zu Xiang. "Do you have a good relationship in Yangxian City?"

"Nope."

"There is no good relationship, what are you doing in a hurry to go out of the mountain. Don't worry, I haven't reaped enough of my credit. ”

"These three strongest bandits have all been disabled, apart from Tai Shici himself, what credit is there?"

Zu Lang raised his hand and interrupted Zu Xiang. "Do you think we can kill Tai Shi Ci now by killing him?"

Zu Xiang smacked his lips and didn't speak again. They have also worked hard for the past two days, and they are all tired of sleeping at night and running. In contrast, it was Tai Shi Ci who rested better, and Tai Shi Ci was brave, it was not difficult to defeat Tai Shi Ci's team, and it was not easy to capture Tai Shi Ci himself, maybe a few masters would be lost

"Don't worry, set up the trap and wait for Tai Shi Ci to come to me."

"Will he come?"

"If he doesn't come, he just walks away, who will take him seriously?" Zu Lang laughed twice. "I'll drag him for a few days, hide from him for a few days, and wait for General Sun to copy his back road, and then we'll clean him up."

Zu Xiang smacked his lips again and again. "When General Sun comes out, even if Tai Shici is caught, this credit has nothing to do with us."

"Stupid, as long as I can catch Tai Shici, I will have merit." Zulang stood up and patted his ass. "Let's go, find a place to rest and recharge."

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Sun Ce stood in front of the case and watched Gan Ning explain the situation of the Taihu bandits. There are many islands in Taihu Lake, known as 72 islands, and there are no small lake thieves. There are some people who know each other and take the initiative to surrender, but there are some people who refuse to bow their heads easily, and they still want to talk to Sun Ce about the conditions. Sun Ce handed over the matter to Gan Ning, who collected some information from the surrendered lake pirates, drew a map of the situation of Taihu Lake, and presented it to Sun Ce.

Wherever you go to a place, you first collect relevant geographic information, which is already a principle that all the generals under Sun Ce's command consciously abide by, especially for those who want to be independent. Gan Ning came from behind because of his advantage of being good at water warfare, and he attached even more importance to this, personally took responsibility, met with almost every lake thief who surrendered, understood the situation, and consulted in many ways, so as not to be misled.

There will always be a reward for paying, Sun Ce is very satisfied with Gan Ning's performance, Guo Jia and Shen You's impression of Gan Ning has also changed greatly, even Yang Xiu, who has always been not very interested in military affairs, looked at the Taihu Lake situation map drawn by Gan Ning, and expressed his rare recognition, and felt that Sun Ce was still very wise to hand over this task to Gan Ning, and he had said a lot of witty things before.

"Xingba, give you half a year, can you level Taihu Lake?"

Gan Ning rejoiced in his heart. He has worked hard for so long, just waiting for Sun Ce's words. In the battle of Niuzhu, he showed his bravery, but only bravery is not enough, Sun Ce has high requirements for the generals who are in charge alone, not only to be able to fight, but also to be able to think and have a sense of the overall situation. These days, he has worked tirelessly to prepare just to let Sun Ce see that he has this ability.

And in this preparation process, he has indeed made significant progress, and even he feels that he has benefited a lot. If it was a month to the south, Sun Ce asked this sentence, and he would definitely agree, but now that he has an in-depth understanding of the Taihu Lake bandits, he knows that half a year is too tight, and it is easy to agree rashly, in case he can't defend it at that time, he will be embarrassed. not only disgraced his own face, but also Sun Ce's face.

"General, the water war is not too big a problem for me, but I am not very familiar with the water conditions of Taihu Lake. When spring comes, the rain will increase, the water surface around Taihu Lake will increase, and the places that were originally land may become swamps, and the places that were originally not accessible by boat may be opened to boats, and the situation will be more complicated than we know now. Half a year to level the Taihu Lake, I am not sure, if it is the strongest group of lake pirates, it should be no problem. ”

Sun Ce smiled, looked at Guo Jia and the others, and was about to speak, when Zhou Tai walked in quickly and delivered a document to Guo Jia. Guo Jia took it apart and raised his eyebrows. "Gan Xingba, you have to hurry up, otherwise you will be compared to Zulang." As he spoke, he handed the paperwork to Sun Ce.

Gan Ning pondered for a moment, forced the impulse in his heart, and said with a smile: "The mountains and rivers are different, and they cannot be generalized. Guo Saijiu said this, rather than agree. ”