Sun Ce returned to the city and enjoyed the treatment of a hero's triumph. By the standards of a general, it is boring to go head-to-head with an opponent, but for ordinary people, a duel between two warriors is the most heroic act, and if the warrior is young and heroic, it is even more pleasing to the eye. Even if not everyone had the opportunity to see it for themselves, many did not even have the opportunity to stand on the walls and look at it, but it did not prevent them from cheering.

At least they can welcome them and enjoy Sun Ce's peerless beauty up close.

This night, countless girls in Licheng are going to lose sleep, and there will be countless peeping slender figures outside the barracks, and the soldiers on duty are very nervous, and they dare not be careless for a moment, for fear that they will accidentally be slipped in by these bold girls and ruin their reputation.

General Sun's military discipline is very strict, and the army's forehand surnamed Zhao is even darker.

Zhao Yan was not only strict with ordinary soldiers, but also with Sun Ce. Knowing that Sun Ce did not kill Zhang Liao, Zhao Yan was very puzzled. Sun Ce entered the house, just took off his helmet, and before he could sit down, he broke in.

"Does the general want to subdue Zhang Liao?"

"Can't you?"

"In that case, why didn't the general just capture him alive?" Zhao Yan is four years older than Sun Ce, and now is also the time when Sun Ce is strong, Sun Ce promotes him, he feels that he has the obligation to correct Sun Ce, don't do stupid things, otherwise he will be sorry for Sun Ce. "General, you are the lord of Nanyang, the commander of tens of thousands of troops, you shouldn't be a fighting general, just let Captain Huang or Captain Diandu do this kind of thing."

Huang Zhong was indifferent, and Dian Wei didn't care, they were used to Zhao Yan's way of speaking.

Sun Ce smiled slightly. "Boran, do you think I'm brave and ruthless, and I'm reckless?"

"And what else?"

Sun Ce shook his head. "With Boran's wisdom, it should not be possible to guess. Bo Ran, you are only a temporary military officer, you can't be a military official forever, and my expectations for you are more than that. ”

Zhao Yan hesitated for a moment, thoughtful. "The general wants Zhang Liao to implicate Xu Rong and divide the generals of Xiliang?"

Sun Ce did not answer the rhetorical question. "How so?"

"Before, Zhang Liao violated Duan Xuan's general order and left without a fight, which led to Duan Xuan's defeat and should be beheaded according to the law. He can go and come back, who else but Xu Rong can do this? The general released but did not kill, so he naturally wanted to repeat the old trick and lead the suspicion to Xu Rong. It's just that Xu Rong is a general in Liangzhou, with outstanding military achievements, and he has won Dong Zhuo's trust, do the generals of Xiliang dare to be unfavorable to him? ”

Sun Ce laughed. This can't be blamed on Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan is not Du Yi, and he has just joined the army, so he has a limited understanding of Xu Rong.

"Xu Rong is from Youzhou, not from Liangzhou."

Zhao Yan was surprised. "Really? But judging by what he did, there was no difference between him and the people of Xiliang, and my Yingchuan County, the former Taishou Li Min, was cooked and killed by him. In this way, it is really the same villain and the same cruelty. ”

"Bo Ran, you have to change this thinking, there are indeed a lot of people in the border counties who are murderous, but not all the people in the border counties are easy to kill. Just as there are hypocrites in Yingchuan, it does not mean that all Yingchuan people are hypocrites. To do great things, there can be no such regional discrimination. Ordinary people just chat, as a politician, what fairness and justice can there be if you have this kind of mentality? ”

Zhao Yan apologized. "The general is right, I was rash. However, Xu Rong has been in the Xiliang army for too long, and he has killed a lot in Yingchuan before, and now he has connived at the abduction of soldiers in Nanyang, and his reputation is very bad. ”

This time, Sun Ce did not refute, and nodded in agreement with Zhao Yan's opinion. Regardless of whether Xu Rong is from Liangzhou or not, the things that the Xiliang soldiers under his command have nothing to do with him. As far as the matter of cooking Li Min is concerned, it is not easy to get others to accept him. But it was too early to think about this, and he was thinking about how to defeat Xu Rong instead of surrendering Xu Rong. Before it is known, the deer will die, and he wants to subdue the famous general, unless it is a brain short circuit.

"Even then, the general did not have to go to battle in person. In terms of martial arts and experience, Captain Huang and Captain Dian are more suitable than you. Zhao Yan stared at Sun Ce's eyes, unyielding. The general just wants to fight with people, and he just enjoys this feeling. ”

"Zhao Boran, you are too presumptuous." Pang Tong couldn't help it and stepped forward. "What is the general going to do, do you still need your permission?"

Zhao Yan glanced at Pang Tong and shouted: "Huangkou Ruzi, the battlefield is dangerous, General Yuan Yin Jian is in front, as a waiter, you don't know how to advise the general, only know flattery, what is the reason?" If the general is like General Yuan, can you afford to take responsibility? ”

Pang Tong's face was red, and he was speechless.

Sun Ce frowned and woke up suddenly. Zhao Yan's words are ugly, but they make a lot of sense. The reason why Yuan Shu died was because he was too rash and rode more than 100 to pursue Cao Cao. No one with a little brain would make such a decision. He personally duel with Zhang Liao, in fact, was as reckless as Yuan Shu, no matter how good the reason he had.

Zhao Yan is right, in fact, he just enjoys this feeling.

This is a very bad tendency.

"Boran, you're right, it's mine, it's not." Sun Ce motioned for Pang Tong to step back. "Thanks for the reminder."

Zhao Yan stared at Sun Ce for a moment, and saw that Sun Ce's eyes were sincere, not fake, so he arched his hand. "Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and being good is great, I hope that the general can not only sit and say, but also get up and act. Although the general occupied Wancheng, the foundation was not solid, and there were many sorrows, and it was easy to gain and even easier to lose. Yi Yun: The gentleman is dry all day long, and he is vigilant at night. The general is not reluctant. ”

Sun Ce was shocked and bowed down again to thank him. "Bo Ran is not my minister, but a friend."

Zhao Yan accepted the salute calmly. "General, I'll go see Zhang Liao."

Sun Ce weighed it and nodded in agreement.

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Zhao Yan came to Zhang Liao and ordered someone to send a gift.

"The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other. Although General Sun misses his old friend, he is now the lord of Nanyang, and he has the responsibility to defend the land, and he can't sit back and watch the Xiliang soldiers poison the people, but he is here to fight with Captain Zhang. If Captain Zhang still has morality in his heart and abandons the darkness and turns to the light, General Sun welcomes him. If Captain Zhang insists on going his own way, he will lead the army to fight and kill you to the death, and there is no need to follow this children's game and make people laugh. ”

Zhang Liao squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Yan with envy. Zhao Yan is very young, but he talks well, with some Yingchuan accents in his official language, he should be from Yingchuan, but his clothes show that he is a military official, although his grade is not high, but he is an extremely important position in the army, and he cannot be held by a non-chief general's cronies. Zhao Yan was able to come to see him instead of Sun Ce, which already showed that he was by no means an ordinary military official.

The Sun family is also from a poor family, and he should not have much culture to talk about, why can he get the support of such a scholar?

Zhang Liao bowed his hand very politely. "Dare to ask the gentleman's name."

"Yingchuan Zhao Yan."

"Sun Ce took Nanyang without permission, and Zhang Liao was ordered by the imperial court to conquer, where does this abandonment of darkness and light begin? Please also ask for advice. ”