Liu Bei smacked his lips, although he felt that Sun Ce's words were crazy and harsh, but he didn't want to refute him at all.

If it had been a little earlier, he would definitely have disagreed, and even if he wouldn't refute it in his mouth, he would at least slander it in his heart. But now, he didn't have any such thoughts. Except for Yuan Tan, there is indeed no one worthy of being Sun Ce's opponent, he is not worthy, and Jiang Qi is not worthy.

If there was an element of negligence in his failure, then Jiang Qi's failure was entirely the result of Sun Ce's step-by-step efforts. He was by Sun Ce's side, watching how Sun Ce patiently used one attack after another to accumulate results, and how Sun Ce seized the opportunity to move like thunder, and chased Jiang Qi to escape for his life in his camp with only more than a hundred white warriors, not giving Jiang Qi even the slightest chance to fight back.

Before that, he was still a little inexplicable, a little confused, but he couldn't really see it like a flower in a fog, but now, when he learned that Sun Ce's target was Yuan Tan, he suddenly understood Sun Ce's entire plan.

It was never a whim, but a deliberate plan. Sun Ce didn't take Jiang Qi as a target from the beginning, everything was prepared for Yuan Tan, but this plan was too bold, if he said it at the beginning, no one would believe it at all. Even now not everyone can think of it.

Yuan Tan said that it was not far away, but it was not close, and after receiving the news of Jiang Qi's request for help, he had two options: one was to maintain his speed, or even stop advancing, and immediately form a formation and wait for battle, without giving Sun Ce any chance. But in this way, if Sun Ce didn't provoke and retreated after defeating Jiang Qi, he could only watch Sun Ce leave; The first was to rush to the speed of a rapid march to reinforce Jiang Qi, strive to stabilize the situation, and then counterattack, entangle Sun Ce, and use the advantage of troops to solve the battle. As long as he blocks Sun Ce's several impacts, and when Sun Ce's morale fails, he will have a chance to win.

But he must not have imagined that Sun Ce was waiting for him, his most elite Liangqu personal guard had not yet moved, and he still had a thousand knights hidden in the woods behind.

Liu Bei turned his head and looked at the grove at the top of the slope, thinking of the thousand knights hidden inside, and his heart was beating with shock. These knights rested all night, and until now there was no sign of attack, naturally waiting to give Yuan Tan a fatal blow. Yuan Tan marched in the middle of the night, walked forty or fifty miles, and then hurried several miles, his physical strength had reached the limit, and he couldn't stop the assault of this thousand knights who were recuperated.

But he didn't know that Sun Ce was waiting for him, and he was likely to be superstitious about his superiority in strength, and he wanted to turn the tide and save Jiang Qi from fire and water.

If it was Yuan Tan, he would definitely do it, and once he did that, what awaited him would be another fiasco.

Liu Bei didn't look at Sun Ce, he didn't dare to look at Sun Ce. He couldn't figure out why Sun Ce had such scheming at such a young age, he was extremely bold, and he just did this almost impossible thing. At this point, he is already invincible, the difference is only whether he can wait for Yuan Tan, a big fish, to further expand the results.

In comparison, the battle in Xiao County was really insignificant, and he was indeed not worthy of being Sun Ce's opponent.

I actually want to rob Yuzhou, it's really a ghost. Liu Bei's heart was bitter. Yuan Tan is right to treat me as a Zhongsi, and I can compete with people like Cao Bao, and when I encounter an opponent like Sun Ce, I don't have a chance at all.

Maybe this defeat is not a bad thing, but God has given me a chance to see his strength and learn something from it? Liu Bei had an idea, and secretly glanced at Sun Ce from the corner of his eye, and his heartbeat involuntarily increased. Yuan Shao's strength is not something he can hope for, but Sun Ce is also a poor family, his father Sun Jian was born as a small official, and he is not as good as the Liu family, he can learn more from their father and son.

Isn't Cao Ang also secretly learning from Sun Ce. He can, why can't I?

Liu Bei rubbed his face with his hands and squeezed out a smile. "General, you must be hungry after a long night's fighting, right? I see that Jiang Qi's rear army has cooking smoke, they must have prepared breakfast, why don't I take someone to grab a little to come over and cushion the general's hunger? ”

"You ......" Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei, his eyes a little hesitant. Aren't you hurt? ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Don't worry, general, after a night's rest, I'm much better." Although you can't fight people, you can ride a horse. Now that the Yuan army is in chaos, and the rout is imminent, I will go and grab some porridge. ”

"It's okay, it's rare for you to have this heart." Sun Ce rubbed his stomach. "After a day of dry food, it would be nice to have some hot porridge. You don't force it, stay safe. ”

"Don't worry, General, I'll pay attention." Liu Bei laughed. "Although I am not as good at using troops as a general, I am good at saving my life."

Sun Ce smiled. This is also true, when it comes to the ability to save his life, Liu Bei admitted the second, no one in the Three Kingdoms dared to admit the first, even the old fox Jia Xu could only stand side by side with him. If he wasn't sure, he would never take the initiative to ask for help. Jiang Qi was chased like a rabbit by Chen Zhi and Zhang Fei, and Yuan Jun was about to collapse completely, and it seemed dangerous to go to the rear to grab breakfast, but it was not impossible at all.

With Sun Ce's permission, Liu Bei cheered up, came to his subordinates, explained the task, and then climbed on his horse, looked at the battlefield from afar, looked for the safest path, and waited for the opportunity to attack.

On the battlefield, Chen Zhi and Zhang Fei chased after each other, always only a dozen steps away from Jiang Qi, and Jiang Qi didn't even have a chance to turn around. The soldiers who wanted to rush to intercept either couldn't keep up with the pace of the war horse, or they were afraid of blocking his way, so they didn't dare to get too close, so they could only greet with bows and arrows from a distance to delay the pursuit of the white warriors. Unfortunately, after a night of fighting, the crossbowmen were the primary targets of Sun Ce's repeated attacks, and the losses were the heaviest, and although the sporadic arrows wounded some of the white warriors, they could not solve the fundamental problem. The guards and knights around him were killed by Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi one after another, and without the protection of the guards knights, the herald also died, and the drummer also died, and now only the flag bearers are still behind.

The banner is shaking, and the collapse of the army is imminent.

Xin Bi looked at Jiang Qi, who was about to die at any time, and jumped to his feet in a hurry. He had tried his best to command the soldiers to relieve Jiang Qi, but the effect was not very satisfactory. Chen Zhi and the others chased too close, and the soldiers were afraid of hurting Jiang Qi, although the shouting was loud, they didn't dare to kill them, and a battalion of thousands of people could only watch the Lord being chased and killed. Seeing that the formation was too late, many soldiers rushed forward, trying to stop Chen Zhi and Zhang Fei with their own strength, but they were all killed without exception, and no one could block a round.

Yuan Yuanjun, come quickly. If you don't come again, the army will collapse, and Jiang Qi will die.

In the blink of an eye, Xin Bi saw the knights running in the distance and the smoke and dust that rushed into the sky in the distance, knowing that Yuan Tan was about to arrive, his heart was overjoyed, and he was about to ask the herald to inform the whole army, when he suddenly thought of a question: Didn't Sun Ce still have a thousand guards to ride, why did he only send more than 100 horses to pursue? If those thousand people had attacked at the same time, Jiang Qi's army would have collapsed long ago.

No, no, no, Yuan Tan must not come too fast. If we come too quickly and lack physical strength, not only will we not be able to save us, but we will also be bitten hard by Sun Ce. Sun Ce's target was not Jiang Qi, but Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan, who came from fifty miles in a hurry.

"Inform Yuan Yuanjun and be careful of Sun Ce's raid!" Xin Bi's eyes turned red and he yelled at one of the heralds, "Go! ”