Lu Su and Zhu Zhi ascended the high platform and pointed to the flags at the head of Hulu City to identify them one by one. Zhu Zhi recognized nearly sixty percent of the banners, and about forty percent didn't know very well, it could be Lu Qian's subordinates, or it could be that he had lived outside the city before and had just rushed to the city to help. Yuan Tan is the assassin of Yanzhou, and the Yuan family is very well-connected, between Sun Ce and Yuan Tan, there will naturally be more people who choose to support Yuan Tan.

Lu Su wrote these down one by one, returned to the big tent, and handed them to Guo Jia. Guo Jia immediately asked the people in the scout camp to do two things: one was to compare them according to the available information. The scout camp has done a certain amount of research on Yanzhou Haoqiang, and some of the stronger families have already entered their field of vision. The second is to immediately make small flags representing these families, insert them on the model, and mark the number of troops in different colors.

Supplemented with data, the model is one step closer to reality.

Sun Ce didn't arrange for Lu Su to do this, it was all because Lu Su was spontaneous, Sun Ce just didn't stop him. But Sun Ce was not surprised by this. Lu Su is not a humble gentleman, he doesn't pay attention to any humility, and he has such strength, he doesn't need to deliberately arrange it, he can perform very well. not only let Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai see the abilities of these later generations, but also let Dong Xi, Quan Rou and others see his excellence, don't think that Sun Ce is biased, killing two birds with one stone. As for those who couldn't get used to Lu Su and felt that he was too expressive, Sun Ce could ignore them.

After information comparison, the generals have a clear understanding of the defense of Hulu Chengtou. Without considering Lu Qian's deliberate concealment of strength, there were about 2,000 people in the city, of which more than 800 belonged to Lu Qian, including Lu Qian's troops and the national soldiers of Rencheng County he brought, and the other 1,300 or so people were the powerful troops of the Hulu family, which were mainly divided into five forces, with nearly three or four hundred people at most, and one or two hundred at the least. Among them, there are two most typical ones: one is the Du family, and the other is the single family.

Zhou Tai then introduced the general situation of the Du family and the single family.

The previous head of the Du family is still a celebrity, from a humble background, but both civil and military, for the official is still honest and capable, he has done the history of Jingzhou Thorn, the first time he got involved in the military, as soon as he made a move to quell the rebellion, and later because of the merit to Guiyang Taishou, and then to Liaodong Taishou, once broke Xianbei.

Du Shang not only has a set of officials, but also has a set of people, when he is an official, he promotes the backwards, Corporal Lixian, it is said that Taiwei Zhu Jun has been promoted by him. When he lived in peace, he could help people with money and help the poor, and he was ranked among the eight chefs. Zhang Miao is still his junior. Such a person, even if he doesn't want to be developed, it is impossible, after more than ten years of official work, there are a lot of protégés and former officials, friends all over the world, and he is even more famous in Hulu and has accumulated a certain strength. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many people chose to cling to the Du family, and the strength of the Du family expanded rapidly, becoming the leading power in Hulu.

Dushang himself has been dead for more than 30 years, and now he is in charge of his son Duju. Du Shang himself did not catch up with the party, and even the name of the eight chefs was posthumously given by the descendants, and was introduced as a fellow by the party, so his children and grandchildren were affected, and the Duju brothers and sons were imprisoned at home for more than 20 years, and their careers were greatly affected, and they also accumulated a lot of resentment. This time, Du Ju personally led his troops to assist Lu Qian in defending the city, so he naturally actively approached the Yuan family.

The strength of the single family is relatively weak. The previous head of the single family, Shan Yang, was the official residence of Taishi Ling and Hanzhong Taishou, and died in Shangshu. The current head of the family is Shan Xin, the son of Shan Yang. Judging from the banners at the head of the city, there are about 300 people under his command.

It may be because of geographical factors - the lake and land are not only the main transportation routes, have a certain economic strength, but also not far from Mount Tai, the surrounding swamps are vertical and horizontal, it is very easy to hide, and there are more thieves - the people of the lake and land are fierce, more practical interests, and have fewer scruples. Even Du Shang, a well-known celebrity, was extremely ruthless, and in order to protect his reputation, he once fabricated facts and framed his colleagues, and was later denounced. Shan Yang is similar, they are not moral gentlemen, they are more practical meritocracy.

After listening to Zhou Tai's introduction, Sun Ce thought to himself that it was really a party of water and soil to raise a person, and it was no accident that the famous Liangshan heroes came out in this area. Even now, Taishan soldiers are also synonymous with elite soldiers, comparable to Danyang soldiers. Zang Ba is nominally attached to Cao, but in fact he has been independent for many years, relying on elite forces like Taishan soldiers and the Qingxu family with a strong xenophobic mentality.

After reorganizing the city defense forces of Hulu, Lu Su took the lead and put forward a quick battle plan.

"General, Su thinks that although there are 2,000 soldiers in Hulu City, they belong to different places, and they may not be able to work with one heart and one mind. Lu Qian is a strong man in Rencheng, not from a family, but he is here on the orders of Yuan Tan, and he has no prestige at all, but he can be broken individually. Su suggested a two-step approach: attack the heart first, and then attack the city. Send people to invite a few powerful family members, let them go to the city to persuade them to surrender, if not, then kill people, seize their property to reward the soldiers, there is nothing polite. Our army has more than 20,000 foot soldiers, ten times the defenders in the city, and the combat power is far stronger than that of the various tribes, so it can be attacked strongly. ”

Sun Ce felt reasonable, but he didn't express his opinion immediately, but asked the generals for advice, and looked at Zhu Zhi first. "Zhu Gong, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhi said politely: "General, Zhi thinks what Captain Lu said is feasible, but you should be cautious, without large-scale siege equipment, the loss of the ant siege may be relatively large." ”

Sun Ce nodded and asked Huang Gai's opinion again. Huang Gai is very direct. "What Captain Lu said is reasonable, ten times the strength, it is completely possible to attack, there is no need to prepare too much and waste time. Now that it's early spring, spring plowing is about to begin, end early, and rest early. ”

Sun Ce then consulted the other generals. When Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai spoke, everyone was more polite. When Dong Xi, Quan Rou and others expressed their opinions, the atmosphere was more lively, and every word you said to me was very lively, and even a little intense, which made Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai tremble, for fear that they would fight. But after watching it for a while, they were relieved again. Although these people had a heated argument, no one talked nonsense, otherwise they would soon be refuted mercilessly. Without confidence, without serious thinking, I really dare not speak casually.

Sun Ce synthesized the opinions of the generals, and finally accepted Lu Su's suggestion, adjusted some details, and arranged tasks according to the strength of the combat strength of each department. He postponed the siege by two days, Lu Su, Dong Xi, Quan Rou, Zhu Zhi, and Huang Gai each led their headquarters, and went to Dujia and Shan Jia to invite people under the guidance of the scout camp, and the other departments prepared for war under the city, and the baggage battalion prepared the ladder for the siege, and the large siege equipment was too late to prepare, and there was no need to prepare.

Lu Su and the others happily accepted the order and went in a hurry. Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai were also very excited. It is said that it is an invitation, but in fact it is a robbery, and if the other party knows each other, he must give a large number of gifts to show his sincerity. If you don't know each other, you can directly kill people and set fires, grab a fine light, and the richness of the loot is beyond doubt. No matter how strong the defense of a manor is, it is impossible to stop thousands of soldiers. They are not ordinary rogues, they are the elite who have followed Sun Jian for nearly ten years, even in the face of the superior forces led by Yuan Tan, they can still face the same head-on. If it weren't for the sneak attack in Changyi, there was not enough food, grass, and baggage, and they didn't even need Sun Ce's reinforcements to overthrow Yuan Tan again.