Prophecy is usually good and bad, Sun Ce said that he was busy with official business, but he didn't expect it to come true.

Don't drive Wu Zhou back from Qingzhou, and with him was Liu Xian, the messenger of Qingzhou's assassin Shi Tian Kai. Liu Xian is also a different driver, and his identity is on par with Wu Zhou. But in addition to his position, he has nothing to compare with Wu Zhou. Seeing Sun Ce, Liu Xian fell to the ground and asked Sun Ce to send troops to rescue Qingzhou.

"Don't worry, don't worry, get up and talk slowly." Sun Ce hurriedly helped Liu Xian up. "What the hell is going on?"

Liu Xian was already in a mess, and he couldn't say a word, so Wu Zhou introduced the situation.

Wu Zhou rushed to Qingzhou on Sun Ce's orders with two tasks: one was to persuade Tian Kai to unite with Sun Ce, recruit the Yellow Turban Tuntian, and settle the place; First, he wanted Tian Kai to join forces to encircle and suppress Liu Bei, but both of these tasks failed. Tian Kai didn't have a good impression of the Yellow Turban at all, as for Liu Bei, Tian Kai wanted to cooperate, but he soon received the news that Liu Bei was repelled by Sun Ce and had retreated to Yanzhou, and it was developed, and now he has 30,000 troops, and is fighting with Guan Hai, Zhang Rao and others in Dongping and Jibei, and won one after another. The offensive momentum of the Yellow Turban Army was blocked, and some of the men and horses retreated to the plains and Jinan of Qingzhou, and Tian Kai's strength was insufficient, and he was overstretched to deal with the Yellow Turbans, and he did not dare to go to Liu Bei for trouble.

"Is there any progress in the battle in Jizhou?"

"Gongsun Chan is defeated." Wu Zhou said: "Gongsun Chan led the elite cavalry to break through, the war entered a stalemate, the Wuhuan soldiers rebelled, and fought back, Jizhou Assassin Shi Yan Gang was killed, Gongsun Chan was defeated for thousands of miles, and now he has retreated to Hejian State, and the whole army will fight again." ”

Wu Zhou said, glancing at Liu Xian. Liu Xian lowered his head and remained silent. Sun Ce understood that Wu Zhou's news came from Tian Kai, which had been discounted, and the actual situation might be worse than this. Yan Gang is the assassin of Jizhou to which Gongsun Zhan belongs, and he is a general who is in charge, he was killed in battle, and the men and horses he led should have lost extremely badly, close to the annihilation of the whole army.

Cold weapon warfare is usually a rout battle, and it is rare to be completely annihilated. He surrounded Guan Yu with 4,000 personal guard battalions, Zhang Fei led a thousand miscellaneous horsemen, took so much thought, was so well prepared, and let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei break through, on the battlefield where the two armies fought, Yan Gang was killed, if he was not defeated very badly, it was extremely bad luck.

From another point of view, this also verifies the conclusion of Guo Jia's previous analysis: Gongsun Chan has no useful people under him, and the more troops he has, the more disadvantageous it will be for him. The number of troops he can command is between 10,000 and 20,000, and if this number is exceeded, he will not be able to command effectively.

Sun Ce had already been mentally prepared for this, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, and after sending Liu Xian to the post house to rest, he immediately discussed with Zhang Hong and Guo Jia. Yanzhou is in a big war, and it is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for Guo Jia to pass the news back in time, and the time difference in the middle is also very large, which has little impact on decision-making.

Zhang Hong is not worried about Yuan Shao. Although Gongsun Chan was defeated, he was not dead, and it was not necessarily a bad thing that he lost part of his troops. For his character, after a big defeat, his confidence is damaged, and he is likely to adopt a relatively conservative tactic, first stabilizing his position, and then trying to counterattack. As long as he doesn't move blindly, it is unlikely that he will be defeated in the short term. Even if he loses, as long as he doesn't die and still retains a certain strength, retreat to Youzhou, or even go to the grassland, he still has the strength to fight, and he continues to put pressure on Yuan Shao.

It was impossible for Yuan Shao to go south in a short period of time, especially when Sun Ce retreated to Runan and had no intention of marching north. If Sun Ce and Liu Bei were now competing for Yanzhou, it would be difficult to say. Yecheng is too far south, in order to ensure the safety of the rear, Yuan Shao is likely to give up Gongsun Zan and go south first. But Sun Ce couldn't sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao attack Gongsun Zhan. Once Gongsun Zan is defeated by Yuan Shao, or even killed by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has no worries, and he can ride south as much as possible, and Sun Ce will face great pressure.

If you can give Gongsun Chan some support, let Gongsun Chan support him for a while longer, it will be beneficial to Sun Ce.

As a matter of urgency, Zhang Hong thought that he should contact Taiwei Zhu Jun. With the mountain of Zhu Jun in the way, Sun Ce is tied to anything. Now that Liu Bei is leading the Yanzhou assassination history, and Yuan Shao has also driven Gongsun Zan out of Jizhou, he can't have no attitude at all, that is not to bully the kind-hearted person, and Sun Ce will not need to listen to him in the future.

If you don't do the first year of junior high school, you can do the fifteenth.

Sun Ce felt reasonable, discussed with Zhang Hong and Guo Jia for a long time, and decided to let Zhang Hong personally go to Luoyang to meet Zhu Jun. He is a celebrity that Zhu Jun once wanted to invite but did not invite, and his influence on Zhu Jun is greater than anyone here. It can't be replaced by anyone else, even if Sun Ce goes, Zhu Jun doesn't have to speak, just the seniority is enough to suppress Sun Ce and have nothing to say. This is also the reason why Sun Ce has never gone to Luoyang to see Zhu Jun. It's useless to go, only to eat. Reason? There is so much truth to be said. If everything could be settled by reasoning, what kind of war would be fought, the world would have been peaceful a long time ago.

The official level crushes people to death, and the senior level can also crush people to death, not to mention that Zhu Jun is two generations older than him. In this world where loyalty and filial piety are the standard, Sun Ce suffers a lot.

After finishing the business, Sun Ce remembered the family banquet. Fortunately, the big and small bridges are also there, Qiao Rui is Yuan Shu's old department, and Yuan Quan's sisters are very familiar, Zhang Hong just met Mrs. Wu again, which is half of the family, Sun Ce simply asked people to invite Qiao Rui's wife, Mrs. Wang, to the banquet together.

He was originally worried that Yuan Quan was not well prepared, but when he arrived at the west courtyard, he found that Yuan Quan had already expected this and left a place. She invited Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong to sit as chairmen, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia to sit in the second seats. Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong didn't even dare to say it, but Yuan Quan said that this was a family banquet, not about official positions, only about age and seniority, although Qiao Rui was in the middle of it, Zhang Hong was also very grateful, and looked at Yuan Quan's eyes and appreciated a little more.

Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong sat in the chief, Sun Ce and Guo Jia sat in one seat, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wang sat in one seat, and the rest of the children were free to match. Sun Quan and Lu Yi sat in one seat, Sun Yi and Sun Lang sat in one seat, Yuan Quan sisters sat in one seat, Sun Shangxiang and Huang Yueying sat in one seat, and Qiao Ying Qiao Fang sat in one seat.

After arranging the seats, Yuan Quan announced the start of the banquet, and the maids brought the dishes up like water. These are all prepared by Yuan Quan himself, there are scorched and soupy, the quantity is not very large, but the taste is very good.

Sun Ce and the others came late, and several children were already in a hurry, and after the opening of the banquet was announced, they devoured it, and it didn't take long for them to eat and play games together. The people of the Han Dynasty had the habit of dancing when they drank, not to watch the kabuki dance, but to dance by the guests and hosts attending the meeting. The host dances, and the guests also dance, not only to dance, but also to invite others to dance, one after another, sometimes simply dancing together, which is also a way to exchange feelings.

Soon, several children jumped up, dancing and singing at the same time, so lively that even Zhang Hong nodded again and again. Of the children here, none of them are really ugly, and the best-looking ones are, of course, Qiao Rui's twin daughters, who are loved by everyone. Sun Yi did not hide it, and asked Xiaoqiao to dance vigorously, but Sun Quan, Lu Yi, and Yuan Heng, the three older children, were a little embarrassed, sitting on the seat for a long time without moving, but their bodies involuntarily swayed to the rhythm.

After jumping for a while, Qiao Fang shook off Sun Yi and rushed to Sun Ce with an arrow step, dragging Sun Ce's arm.

"General, Xiaoqiao wants to dance with you."

Sun Ce happily obeyed, got up and left the table, and jumped up holding Xiaoqiao's hand. Mrs. Wang shook her head helplessly. "This kid is just too reckless and doesn't know how to be polite at all."

Mrs. Wu smiled: "It's all children, don't look at Bo Fu is eighteen, he is just as playful, and he is not in shape when he is with his younger brothers and sisters." Your little sisters are really cute, and I love them when I see them. ”

Sun Ce beckoned Sun Yi and them to come together while jumping. Sun Yi and the others were excited, and they hugged forward, singing and dancing around Sun Ce, giggling and laughing, and their little faces were as happy as blooming flowers.