Deng Zhan lined up on the east bank of the water, and Deng Ji was puzzled. Although they have just surrendered a few days ago, they are all surnamed Deng, and they are all from Nanyang, they are naturally easy to get close to, and they quickly became familiar with each other.

"Ziyi, General Zhou's task for us is to stop Liu Xun and prevent him from retreating to Xiling, you are lining up here, aren't you watching Liu Xun escape?"

Deng Zhan smiled and paced back and forth for two steps. "Bertong, you just came out of Yun Mengze, you should know something about Yun Mengze's situation. Do you think it is more dangerous for Liu Xun to escape back to Xiling City, or is it more dangerous to hide in Yunmengze? ”

Deng Ji thought for a moment. "This is also true, if you hide in Yunmengze, a radius of hundreds of miles, it will not be cleared in a few years. If they go out in all directions, the surrounding counties will suffer. Rather than this, it is better to let them return to Xiling and catch them all. But in this way, wouldn't it be against General Zhou's orders? ”

Deng Zhan shook his head. "General Zhou has arranged the task, but he has not made a hard and fast rule, as long as the task can be completed, we can make our own decisions, even if it is to change the battle plan. As long as the news can be reported to General Zhou in time, let him make corresponding adjustments. You've just joined us, and you don't know our way yet, so it's good to get used to it later. ”

Deng Ji sighed lightly, shook his head with a smile, and was about to speak, when a horse galloped in the distance, and the knight held a small flag in his hand, indicating the identity of his herald, the soldiers of the guard battalion made way of a passage, and the knight galloped through the passage, restrained his mount more than ten steps away from Deng Zhan, turned over and dismounted, and handed the order to a personal guard who met him. The guards took the order and returned to Deng Zhan.

Deng Zhan checked the completeness of the order, opened it and glanced at it, and handed it to Deng Ji. Deng Ji glanced at it, shook his head even more, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face. The order was very simple, ordering Deng Zhan to change the original battle plan, with the main goal of preventing Liu Xun from escaping into Yunmengze, and Zhou Yu himself would undertake the task of seizing Xiling City, just like what Deng Zhan said just now.

Deng Ji was grateful. "You're really heart-to-heart."

"There's nothing strange about it, it's better to see than to hear, we haven't passed Yun Mengze before, we only know that he is sinister and can hide thieves, but we don't know if we can hide the army, now that we have seen it with our own eyes, how can we not be guarded." Soldiers are like water, how can there be an immutable truth. ”

Deng Ji nodded again and again, secretly rejoicing. Don't look at Liu Xun now There are more than 10,000 people, but his ability is not even as good as Deng Zhan, how can he compete with Zhou Yu. The victory or defeat has long been predestined, and there is no point in insisting, not to mention that Liu Xun is not a person worthy of allegiance at all.

"Ziyi, let me be the striker. has just been put into effect, and you have to take some credit. ”

Deng Zhan laughed and agreed.

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Knowing that Deng Zhan was arrayed in Zhuanshui, Liu Xun was overjoyed. Jiangling is lost, what is he still doing in Yunmengze, is he falling into the grass? That's not his ideal, he wants to go back to Xiling City to be a guard, so as not to help the thieves. He was far away from Deng Zhan and ran wildly in the direction of Xiling. Deng Zhan is only one, Zhou Yu is still behind, he must speed up and return to Xiling City as soon as possible.

Only the city is safe.

Deng Ji was a little disappointed, he wanted to take the lead and make a first contribution, but he didn't expect Liu Xun to give him this opportunity at all. He returned to Deng Zhan and wanted to take the initiative to pursue, but Deng Zhan refused. Deng Zhan said that if they pursued too closely, Liu Xun would speed up his escape, and Zhou Yu would probably not be able to catch up. If they don't chase him, Liu Xun feels safe, he will slow down, and Zhou Yu will be able to intercept him outside the city.

Deng Ji suddenly realized and nodded again and again. He slapped his forehead vigorously. "Ziyi, although you only lead two battalions, you have the overall situation in your mind, you are a great general, and the Xinye Deng clan has you, and there is a chance to rejuvenate."

"This is the opportunity that General Sun gave me." Deng Zhan narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance. "In life, you have to meet the master, you can show what you have learned, seal your wife and son, seal the marquis and worship the general, what more can you ask for. Bertone, work hard! ”

"Work hard!" Deng Ji was ambitious and enthusiastic.

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Not long after Liu Xun fled Anlu, Huang Zhong rushed to the shore of Zhuanshui, and he informed Deng Zhan of the latest news. For more than a month, they were not idle, Li Tong contacted the bandits of the Green Forest Mountain, gathered more than 30,000 people, originally planned to wait for Liu Xun to enter Suizhou and then ambush him, but Liu Xun has been staying in Anlu, they took the initiative to chase over, led by Li Tong, less than ten miles away.

Deng Ji was speechless. He found that one of Sun Ce's generals was bolder than the other, and Deng Zhan changed the existing orders without authorization, which can be said to be based on the grasp of Zhou Yu's intentions, and Li Tong recruited more than 30,000 people, which was simply bold. He is not afraid that Sun Ce will suspect that he supports the army and is self-respecting, and he has the righteousness of not being subordinate? But Deng Zhan and Huang Zhong didn't seem to have any reaction to this, and they took it for granted, so they could only say that Sun Ce trusted them too much.

With sufficient troops, Deng Zhan and Huang Zhong began to pursue, they grasped the rhythm and followed unhurriedly, all the way to collect Liu Xun's rout. If they encounter stronger resistance, they stop advancing. They neither gave up, nor pushed too hard, one chased in front, the other rested in the back, and took turns to catch up, in short, so that Liu Xun could not rest at ease.

Although the battle was not fierce, only sporadic skirmishes, and most of the time was rushing, Liu Xun's rout was more and more, and many people were paralyzed on the side of the road, waiting to be captured, with neither the interest nor the strength to resist. Liu Xun left from Anlu County in a hurry, many people didn't have time to bring dry food, and they were tired and hungry, so they complained deeply about Liu Xun and simply surrendered.

After running for a day and a night, when he was still more than fifty miles away from Xiling City, he learned that the pursuers were still far away, Liu Xun stopped and stopped to catch his breath. He originally had 10,000 men, but after running more than 100 miles, there were only 3,000 people left around him, and they were sleepy and tired.

"What about Huang Changshi, did he follow?" Liu Xun gasped for breath as he looked around. He usually relies on Huang Yi to make ideas, but now that the situation is critical, he needs Huang Yi to give him ideas even more.

But Huang Yi was gone, and the guards searched the whole army but didn't see Huang Yi's shadow, I don't know if he didn't come, or if he fell behind. Liu Xun received the report, was stunned for a long time, suddenly woke up, and scolded. "This shaft, what encircles Wei and asks for Zhao, what three-way van Wan, it's all shit. Now that Lao Tzu is down, he has run away. This shameless hypocrite, don't let Lao Tzu see you again, otherwise you will definitely take your life. Jiangxia Huang's family, I bah, there is no good thing, they are all hypocrites, towards Qin and Duchu, two-faced and three-faced, no wonder Mrs. Yuan wants to reconcile, it is really unfortunate to be married to this kind of person. ”

Just when Liu Xun scolded Huang Yi, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded in front of him. Liu Xun was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to check, and the news soon came, there was an enemy in front, judging from the battle flag, it should be Sun Fu under Zhou Yu, there are about more than 3,000 people. When Liu Xun heard this, his face turned pale, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

He finally knew now why Deng Zhan was not in a hurry to chase him, there was still a trap waiting for him here.