Yuan Tan sat back slowly, a trace of regret flashing in his eyes.

He has been in Yanzhou for so long, Zhang Miao has not shown up, and today he suddenly took the initiative to come, and he also brought a large army, which is naturally an improvement, no matter what his purpose is.

As Xin Bi said, Junyi's gains and losses are not important, Sun Ce has already said that he is not interested in Junyi, as long as he rescues the Black Mountain thief, he will leave immediately. Zhang Miao's withdrawal from Junyi naturally wanted to give Zhu Jun a chance to break the siege. He and Sun Ce fought in Chen Liu, and it was difficult to stalemate, how could Zhang Miao, who was too guarded by Chen Liu, sit idly by. The two tigers are fighting, who is dead and who is injured and put aside, but the battlefield is definitely a mess. The longer the time drags on, the greater the loss for Chen Liu. Junyi's battle must end as soon as possible, and Sun Ce must also leave as soon as possible, otherwise Zhang Miao will be difficult to lie down.

Zhang Miao led troops to seem to support him, but in fact he took Sun Ce away. With Chen Liubing watching from the sidelines, where could he still go all out to fight Sun Ce. In this way, he could only watch Sun Ce leave. Once this opportunity is missed, only God knows if Sun Ce can be trapped next time. Sun Ce commanded tens of thousands of troops, if he hadn't attacked Cao Ang's position, how could he have gone deep alone and been blocked by him.

Seeing Yuan Tan hesitating, Xin Bi did not persuade him. Some things must be decided by Yuan Tan himself, he can only make suggestions, but he can't overstep his responsibilities. If Yuan Tan didn't know the balance and really thought that he could compete with Sun Ce, then he had to make him suffer a little and recognize the reality.

Yuan Tan thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to accept Xin Bi's suggestion. He wanted to defeat or even kill Sun Ce, but he didn't have such strength at the moment, and reluctantly doing it would only ruin his easy-won reputation.

Yuan Tan personally went out of the camp to greet Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao is also very face-saving, and Yuan Tan is happy, never mentioning the contradiction with Yuan Shao, not even mentioning Yuan Shao, only saying how smart Yuan Tan was when he was a child, he is a hero at first glance, and now he is alone and how benevolent he is, and he is supported by everyone, as for such a trivial matter as defeating Sun Ce, it is not worth mentioning. For Yuan Tan, this is not a big deal at all, it is all expected.

Yuan Tan was very modest, blaming himself for not being able to do good, delaying the fighter, and taking unshirkable responsibility for Jiang Qi's death, and shed tears while talking, sighing more than once. Zhang Miao comforted Yuan Tan a few words, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has not yet retreated, and most of Yanzhou is still waiting for Jun to calm down, so that Jun should not blame himself too much, he should cheer up and quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion as soon as possible. Sun Ce had collusion with the Yellow Turban, and he should be expelled from Yanzhou as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Yuan Tan bowed down to be taught.

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Knowing that Zhang Miao led the army to arrive, Sun Ce was also ready to break through.

After Zhang Miao left Junyi, Zhu Jun only had to face more than 20,000 people such as Zhu Ling and Cheng Yu, and he himself had nearly 30,000 people, plus the Montenegrin army in the city, he had an obvious advantage in strength. In this case, with Zhang Hong's help, Zhu Jun had every chance to break Zhu Ling's interception and take Yu Poison and others out of the city. The loss is inevitable, but the opportunity is not small, and if it works well, it may even hit Zhu Ling hard and complete an assist for Yuan Tan.

But Sun Ce didn't have such strong confidence in Zhu Jun. The old man is very famous, but all he has met before is a rabble, and he is not sure if he can still gain the upper hand when he meets Zhu Ling. He hoped that Zhu Jun would touch the south wall and not think about King Qin and King Qin all day long, but he didn't want Zhu Jun to lose too much. The loss is too great, Zhu Jun will not be able to hold Luoyang, and the plan to establish a buffer will fail. If he can't establish a buffer, he can't go south with confidence.

Although reluctant, he was forced by the situation to go.

Sun Ce convened the generals to discuss the meeting, and Liu Bei was also fortunate to participate. Before Sun Ce has a major action, he will gather as many subordinates as possible to discuss, and the commander of the five hundred people is already the backbone and must participate. Only when they are clear about their tactical intentions will they be more thorough in execution, and in case of any accidents, they will also know what kind of responsibility they should bear, so as not to run around like flies without heads.

Sun Ce knew Zhang Miao's intentions, and he also knew that there was no risk in retreating this time, it was just a scene with Yuan Tan. But he didn't fully trust Yuan Tan, and he wouldn't reveal this kind of information to all the generals, he still used it as a normal breakthrough tactic to deploy the tasks of various departments, even if Yuan Tan had any ideas, he couldn't take advantage of it.

First for the unwinnable, then for the winnable. I will not be victorious, but I will be victorious against the enemy.

Because there are fifty or sixty miles to walk, it takes two days under normal circumstances, and it may even take three or four days in battle, so the baggage must be carried, and it must be closely defended, and there must be no mistakes. Sun Ce gave this task to King Chen and his 3,000 strong crossbowmen, and asked Guo Jun to lead 2,000 foot soldiers to assist. In order to reduce the burden of the soldiers and to bring as much food as possible, he recruited some people to help with transportation.

Sun Ce almost swept away the grain in the warehouse in Xiaohuang County, and sent it to the big family's house to grab it. As for the common people, he did not touch them a grain of food, but instead helped some of the poorest and poorest. It cost little, a few hundred stone of grain, but it earned him a reputation for generosity, and the work of requisitioning the people was thus completed smoothly, and hundreds of carts were ready to go.

Sun Ce commanded 3,000 guards to ride on foot and personally cut off the rear. He asked Liu Bei, would you like to follow the baggage camp, or follow me to break off?

Liu Bei had already thought about this issue. Following the baggage battalion, he had almost no chance of meritorious service, only hard work, no merit, and it was difficult to be promoted. Following Sun Ce, he not only had the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but also observed Sun Ce's command nearby, and could learn a lot.

"I am willing to follow the general's left and right, and follow the work of dogs and horses."

Sun Ce didn't object, but just asked with concern: "How is your injury, can you hold on?" ”

"Thank you for the general's concern, a little injury, it's fine." Liu Bei patted his chest and his voice was loud. He has been in good spirits these days, and he has recovered very quickly, so he is looking forward to having the opportunity to go into battle, make some contributions, and be promoted to captain as soon as possible. If you become a captain, you can lead a battalion alone, and you don't have to listen to other people's commands anymore. After debuting for so long, he is also a little famous, but now he has been reduced to a school captain, listening to the command of an unknown person, he feels very uncomfortable.

Even if you listen to someone's command, you should directly obey Sun Ce's orders, what is the matter with listening to the command of a school captain. If this was known by Gongsun Zhan or Tian Kai and Tao Qian, wouldn't they laugh off their big teeth?

Sun Ce looked at Guan Yu again. "What about you?"

Guan Yu was not as excited as Liu Bei, but a little depressed. "It's not a big deal to be injured, but I don't have a sword in my hand, I'm afraid it's difficult to use it."

Sun Ce ordered someone to send a thousand troops to break. "I took it back. When you can make a great contribution like Yide, I will give you another good knife. This is the blade used by my own guard battalion, and you will use it first. ”

Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, his phoenix eyes opened slightly, he snorted, took over Qianjunpo, glanced at Zhang Fei inadvertently, and crooked his mouth.