Liu Bei was speechless, his face was hot.

At this time, another group of people came in the distance, there were many torches, stretching for several miles, it seemed that there were three or four thousand people, it should be Jiang Qi himself who had arrived. Liu Bei sighed secretly. The main force of the enemy army has arrived, even if Sun Ce wants to attack and defeat the enemy's spirit, there will be no chance to fight, and it will inevitably be a bitter battle, whether he can hold on to the end or not, no one can say. Seeing that there were so many torches lit under the hillside, needless to say, Jiang Qi was definitely going to attack overnight.

In fact, it didn't matter whether he fought at night or not, he was surrounded by more than twice the number of troops, and Sun Ce had no chance to break through.

Just when Liu Bei felt regretful, Sun Ce stood up, looked into the distance, and moved his arms twice.

"I'm going to send someone to charge, are you interested?"

Liu Bei was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, the main force of the enemy army has arrived, and it is very dangerous to charge the battle at this time, please think twice, general." ”

Sun Ce smiled. "It was because they thought it was safe that they had a chance. There were too few people just now, and few people saw the success of the charge, and the influence was limited. Now that most of them have arrived, it can severely damage their morale and make them dare not despise our army. ”

Liu Bei was dumbfounded. What kind of logic is this, after a long time, you didn't fight just now because you didn't think the other side had enough troops?

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't speak, Sun Ce ignored him, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yide, I'm going to send someone to charge the battle, do you dare to go?" ”

Zhang Fei turned his head, glanced at Sun Ce, and sneered, "Why don't you dare? It's just that I'm used to fighting on horseback, and if I don't have a horse, I'll lose fifty percent of my combat power, so please give the general a war horse. ”

"A good man, worthy of Yan Zhao Haojie." Sun Ce pointed to the spare war horse on the side. "Pick and choose for yourself, and lead whoever you like, and if you can come back alive, the horse will be given to you as a reward."

Zhang Fei didn't shirk, walked to the herd, picked a strong black war horse, and pressed the horse's spine hard. The horse shook slightly, adjusted its pace, and stood firm again. Zhang Fei was very satisfied, and said loudly: "This horse is okay, I want this one." ”

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Looking at the little fire in front of him and looking at the orderly battlefield, Jiang Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart hanging in mid-air finally fell back into his stomach.

Anyone who has a little common sense in the use of troops knows that a rapid march is very dangerous, fifty and a half miles, the strong one comes first, and the tired one lasts, and it is very easy for the enemy to take advantage of it. He was forced by the situation to take a risk, and now he not only caught up with Sun Ce, but also did not lose anything, which was extremely lucky.

"How many people are there in Sun Ce?" Jiang Qi didn't have time to get off the horse, so he asked Zhang Nan, who came up.

"Scouts can't get close. I sent nearly a hundred people, but I didn't get a single piece of useful information. Zhang Nan smiled bitterly and shook his head. When he arrived at the battlefield, it was late in the evening, and it was getting dark. When he set up his position and sent scouts to investigate, the sun had already set, and his vision was extremely poor, so the scouts sent out a lot, but only heard a few screams, presumably they were ambushed by Sun Ce's arrangers. More people disappeared silently, not even hearing the screams. "According to the previous investigation, it should be about three or four thousand."

Jiang Qi frowned and canceled the idea of dividing the troops. He originally planned to send some people to Xiaohuang to block Sun Ce's other troops from attacking Xiaohuang County, but now it seems that it is better to concentrate his forces to besiege Sun Ce. Even with twice as many troops, he still didn't have enough odds to win.

I hope Yuan Tan can come tomorrow.

Jiang Qi raised his head and looked at the fire on the hillside. It was too far away, and he could only vaguely see a few figures, but he didn't know if it was Sun Ce. The silence on the hillside gave him an indescribable feeling. What the hell is Sun Ce doing, why didn't he even light a torch? His subordinates are so elite that they can see in the dark?

Thinking about it, Jiang Qi couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that he was too nervous. There are indeed people who can see in the dark, and there are people around him, but it is absolutely impossible for hundreds or thousands to appear, let alone appear around one person at the same time. Only people who often eat meat have such good eyesight, and no matter how willing Sun Ce is willing to spend money, it is impossible for the thousands of soldiers around him to eat meat regularly.

So at the end of the day, it's just a psychological battle. Further, this is likely to be Sun Ce's trick.

Do you want to attack? Sun Ce's purpose of playing tricks is naturally to delay time, one of his other troops has already rushed to Xiao Huang, Xiao Huang is an ordinary county town, and the defense force is limited, but Sun Ce's subordinates are elite, if you step up the attack, it is entirely possible to break the city in a short time. If Xiao Huang is breached, Sun Ce breaks through, enters Xiao Huang, and solves the food problem, even if Yuan Tan arrives, he will not be able to conquer Xiao Huang in a short time.

However, there are many inconveniences in launching an attack at night, the soldiers have worked hard all day, physical fatigue is one thing, and the black light and ignorance of the situation are also important factors that cannot be ignored, especially to the attacking side. I can't even see the opponent, how can I fight this battle?

Jiang Qi hesitated and decided to convene the captains of various ministries to discuss and brainstorm to see if he could find a solution to both worlds. Even if he launched an attack, he needed to summon the generals to deploy the mission, and he could not attack by beating the drums of war.

The heralds shuttled back and forth, and the generals of the various departments arrived after taking the lead, and gathered in front of Jiang Qi. As Jiang Qi expected, the generals also disagreed. Some felt that they should attack immediately, relying on the superiority of troops, forcing Sun Ce to work hard, and consuming his strength. Others advocated besieging rather than attacking, waiting until dawn to reduce casualties. Just when the generals were arguing, fierce war drums suddenly sounded on the hillside.

Jiang Qi was taken aback, raised his eyes into the distance, and saw that torches were lit up one after another on the hillside, and these torches moved rapidly, forming a long dragon, winding towards the bottom of the mountain, and quickly killing Zhang Nan's position.

Zhang Nan also saw it and shouted: "It's not good, Sun Ce is going to attack the camp." General, I'll go back first. After saying that, he rushed to the war horse, turned over his horse, and galloped away with his guards.

Jiang Qi secretly complained to himself. Usually, the charge is when the opponent's forward has just arrived, and at this time, the foothold is not stable, the military spirit is uncertain, and the command is prone to confusion, which can be taken advantage of. Now that the main forces have arrived, Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch, who were the most selected to arrive, have also set up defensive positions, and they do not have the conditions to rush into battle, including himself, everyone is a little relaxed psychologically.

But Sun Ce did this, and when they gathered to discuss matters, he caught them off guard and could only be forced to fight.

This person is really a wizard who does not follow common sense, and this opportunity is very uncomfortable.

Jiang Qi did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the generals to return to the camp and hold on, not to act rashly. Although all battalions have already set up a position, and a fake lieutenant or military commander has been arranged to take over the command, there will be no leader, but it is unexpected, and it still cannot be taken lightly, who knows what Sun Ce pressed and what killing moves he hid.

The generals mounted their horses one after another and returned to their camps. Jiang Qi also turned on his horse and came to the front of the Chinese army to check the situation at close range.

Jiang Qi's reaction was very fast, and his actions were also very fast, but when he arrived in front of the battle, he was still startled by the scene in front of him.

Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch's positions were in chaos, countless figures were running back and forth, and shouts full of fear came and went, chaotic.