Ma Chao led Bai Yu Shi to wait outside the camp, and when he saw Sun Ce leaving the camp, he hurriedly turned over and got on his horse. Sun Ce grabbed the reins of his horse, glanced at the energetic knights, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's go."

"Whoa." The white warriors responded in unison and turned their horses' heads.

Guan Yu rushed over on his horse, holding the reins of the horse in one hand and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in the other. "General, Guan is willing to be the leader."

Sun Ce looked at Guan Yu. Although he did not wear a green robe or a green hat like in the history books, he just wore the standard red robe of the Han army soldiers, not even wearing armor, wearing a baggage, and placing it on the reserve horse, Guan Yu in front of him was still majestic and imposing. He was originally taller than ordinary people, and now he specially selected a few tall horses from Xiliang as mounts, and even the people and horses were nearly two feet taller than ordinary knights, and whoever talked to him had to look up, plus the unique shape and cold light of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, the sense of oppression was very strong.

"There is Lao Yunchang."

Guan Yu nodded, turned the horse's head, and galloped forward. Zhou Cang followed closely with four spare horses. Ma Chao waved his hand, Pang De snorted lightly, and followed with fifty horsemen, they are the leading knights, they are not only part of the honor guard, but also the main force to deal with unexpected situations, and they are all elite knights. Sun Ce was in the center, surrounded by Guo Wu, Chen Wu and other retinue knights. Ma Chao led the rest of the Bai Yu Shi Palace, and the group rushed north along the official road.

In order to ensure that each person has two spare war horses for transfer, the first batch of knights to set off only has more than two hundred white warriors, in addition to the original white warriors, there are also Xiliang knights brought by Yan Xing and Ma Chao, all of whom are elite, and they are the strongest knights that Sun Ce currently has. Whether or not Sun Jian can succeed mainly depends on the performance of these people. They achieved their tactical goals, and it only made sense to reinforce the follow-up infantry cavalry.

But Sun Ce couldn't let the opponent see the reality, so each knight prepared a flag, and the knight walked on both sides, with the horse in the middle, disguising the team of more than 200 people into more than 1,000 people, which was quite a bit of a mighty momentum. This is a war zone, and there are scouts on both sides, and this situation quickly reached Liu He's ears.

When Liu He received the news, he couldn't figure out Sun Ce's intentions, so he immediately asked Xun Chen to discuss. Xun Chen couldn't figure it out, so he could only suggest that Liu He prepare for the situation first, and then send more scouts to pay attention to the whereabouts of those knights.

After a day of tossing and turning, the scouts came one after another, and the knights went all the way north, and they went very quickly, barely stopping.

After listening to the report, Xun Chen pondered for a long time and made a basic judgment: there was an emergency on the Yanzhou battlefield.

The advantage of the knights is speed, the disadvantage is that the siege ability is weak, and without the cooperation of the foot soldiers, they can only guerrilla. To the north is Donghai County, and to the north is Lu or Langya, all of which are the spheres of influence of Sun Ce and Tao Qian, and the task of these knights cannot be to attack, but only to reinforce. Without foot soldiers, send knights to reinforce, indicating that their destination is relatively far, at least more than two hundred miles. With the refinement of Sun Ce's subordinates, within two hundred miles, even a rapid march of foot soldiers would only be a matter of one or two days.

"What can happen to Yanzhou?" Liu He was surprised and delighted. He was stopped by Sun Ce and Tao Ying, and he couldn't move forward, so he was worried about how to break through. If there was an accident on the battlefield in Yanzhou and Sun Ce had to rush to reinforcements, his pressure would be much less, at least there would be no danger in Xiapi.

Xun Chen's eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes rolled twice. "It may be that Sun Jian lost the battle and was trapped by Yuan Yanzhou, and the situation is critical, or it may be that Yuan Yanzhou was defeated by Sun Jian, and Yanzhou has the possibility of collapse. In either case, these cavalry must not be allowed to enter the Yanzhou battlefield. ”

Liu He's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Xun Chen meant. Sun Ce only had more than a thousand horsemen, and eating these cavalry was equivalent to breaking one of Sun Ce's legs. He and Xun Chen had this plan before, but they hadn't had time to implement it yet, and now that the opportunity has appeared, they naturally can't let it go.

Liu He called Wen Chou and ordered him to lead two thousand cavalry in pursuit.

Wen Chou did not hesitate and decided to set off immediately. Considering that the journey might be long, and that the opponent had already walked for another day, and that the distance between the two sides might be more than a hundred miles, he asked for more horses to carry the baggage. Liu He agreed, and in addition to the necessary war horses, he also gave Wen Chou 2,000 pack horses to carry the food and weapons needed by the knights, which was enough for Wen Chou to enter Yanzhou.

Before leaving, Liu He wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to Wen Chou. "Zijun, I wrote a letter to Yuan Yanzhou. If you complete the mission before entering Yanzhou, return to Xiapi. If you fail to complete the task, you can send this letter to Yuan Yanzhou, and he will provide you with the food supplies you need. If he needs your help, you will stay in Yanzhou for the time being. No, you come back, and we continue to fight side by side. ”

Wen Chou agreed and said goodbye.

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Yin Ping, Anwu Pavilion.

Sun Ce nibbled on dry food while listening to the report of the scouts who had arrived. Wen Chou has already arrived, more than 100 miles away, and he is in a hurry. However, he has a sufficient number of horses, and the knights are mainly Hu people, so his physical strength should not be a problem.

After listening to the report, Sun Ce scolded in his heart, Zhenrong, you should go to hell, why don't you die in my hands? If you die at my hands, the more than 3,000 horses will be mine. More than three thousand horses, what is that concept? All of Lao Tzu's belongings don't add up to so much.

After scolding Zhenrong, Sun Ce called Ma Chao to calculate when Wen Chou's physical strength would be the weakest. Ma Chao didn't think twice.

"Now, of course. The first day or two of a long and rapid march is the easiest time to feel tired, and after that, you slowly get used to it, but you don't feel so tired. ”

"You're talking about people, but what about horses?"

"It's the same with horses, as long as they are willing to feed them with concentrate, and after a day or two they run away, their physical strength is good. Look at our horses, is it better today than yesterday? ”

Sun Ce was about to speak, but when he saw that Xu Sheng wanted to speak and stopped, as if he had something to say, he signaled him not to be polite and to be outspoken. Xu Sheng was greatly encouraged and said: "Xuzhou people are generally reluctant to use all grain when raising horses, usually using forage or weed, as far as I know, war horses suddenly switch to grain feeding to add more salt." Most of Xuzhou is sea salt, if the quality is not good, it may be more bitter, the horse does not like to eat, and it takes three or five days to adapt. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Ma Chao will be skeptical. "We've been feeding the horses with grain, so why hasn't anything like this happened?"

"That's the best sea salt we've always used." Sun Ce motioned for Xu Sheng to continue. "How can you tell how long those horses have been fed with grain?"

"Look at horse manure. The dung pulled by eating grain is not the same as the dung pulled by eating grass, and the amount is not the same, looking at the grass in the horse manure, looking at the size and quantity of the horse manure, you can see whether those horses eat grain or grass, whether it is suitable or not. ”

"I don't see you know so much about horse breeding." Ma Chao smiled and patted Xu Sheng's shoulder. "Compared to you, I'm just a fake Xiliang person."

Xu Sheng smiled. "Xuzhou is different from Xiliang, it is not easy to have a qualified war horse. My war horses are fed by myself, and I have accumulated some experience. ”

Sun Ce nodded. "Wen Xiang, you lead two people to stay, wait for Wen Chou to come, find out the truth, and then chase us."

"Whoa."