Zu Lang secretly complained to himself.

At this moment, he had completely believed Sun Ce's words, this was a trap, a trap prepared by Sun Ce for him, and those burdens were bait. Sun Ce knew him very well, but he didn't know much about Sun Ce, and the only bit of information he had was wrong.

It's just that I don't know if it's Zhou Xin who doesn't know, or if Zhou Xin himself knows, but deliberately misleads him. But it doesn't matter anymore, what matters is how he can get out of it now. He only has the advantage of troops, but Sun Ce has all the other advantages, whether it is the refinement of soldiers or the armament, it is not something he can match. In several battles, Sun Ce showed the strength to crush him.

The battle was over before it had even begun, morale was about to collapse, and even he could not do anything about it.

Zulang looked up at the sky. The sun was already in the west, but it was still some time before it got dark. It was not easy to evacuate safely, and Sun Ce would not let him leave smoothly. So far, Sun Ce has only dispatched a thousand men, and there are still 3,000 on standby, and once they retreat, those 3,000 men will chase after them, slaughtering them like pigs and dogs.

I shouldn't have come, if it was in the mountains, how could such a thing happen. Even if you can't win, it's easy to run, and if you hide in the mountains, Sun Ce can't chase even if there are more people.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Zu Lang shook his head, called a few guards, whispered a few words in their ears, and told them to go to the commanders of each battalion and prepare to break out. He was responsible for the break. Sun Ce must be entangled, otherwise no one will be able to escape. But you can't turn around and run when you retreat, that is equivalent to exposing your back to Sun Ce and letting him slaughter him.

Zulang put on his helmet, drew his sword, picked up a shield again, and came to the front of the battle, raising his sword and howling.

"Attack—"

The guards shouted in unison: "Fight! War! War! ”

The bandits looked at Zu Lang who went into battle in person, and their panicked hearts finally settled down a little, and they clenched the weapons in their hands one after another, ready for battle. At this time, the other battalions also sounded the sound of war drums, moved slowly, and pressed forward, especially one battalion on each wing outflanked.

Three thousand men besieged a battalion, maybe there would be a chance. The bandits thought about it, inexplicably excited, waiting to see how Zu Lang turned the tide and turned defeat into victory. Zu Lang can become the marshal of Jing County, and Zu Fort can become a famous dock wall in Danyang, occupying a place in Shanyue, which has a lot to do with Zu Lang's many victories against seemingly invincible opponents. Although Sun Ce is stronger than any previous opponent this time, he is not absolutely invincible.

Before they were defeated by Zulang, they were all strong, but they still became Zulang's defeated men.

Sun Ce may be next.

The bandits shouted to the rhythm of the war drums, and cautiously moved forward.

The two sides got closer and closer, the strikers had already touched, and both sides were very careful, and did not rush to make contact, but shot with their bows and crossbows, and the arrows poured down, and the sound of breaking wind was incessant, and they shot on the shields and armor, like rain and hail, and resounded.

Dian Wei dismounted and stood in front of Sun Ce's horse, holding a shield in one hand and a daxu in the other.

Sun Ce sat on horseback, his brows furrowed slightly. His attention was not on Zu Lang, no matter how Zu Lang ran and shouted, if he boosted morale, it would be impossible for these 3,000 people to break through the resistance of the 1,000 personal guard battalion, even if these 3,000 people might be the strongest personal guard battalion under Zu Lang's command. His attention was on the seven thousand men who had not yet been dispatched.

He had already sensed the wavering of the bandits from the banner and voice, and was thinking about how to exert further pressure to completely crush their will, but now he found that these people were actually stable again. What's going on? Could it be that although these bandits are not well trained, they have a strong will to fight, and they really treat me as a corrupt official, and they have to kill me quickly?

If that's the case, it's a joke.

Sun Ce thought about it and motioned to Guo Wu to send a message for Guo Jia to reinforce and invest more troops. He wanted to see if Zu Lang really wanted to fight against the odds or if he wanted to retreat and cover the others to withdraw.

After receiving Sun Ce's order, Guo Jia ordered people to beat the war drums, and Guo Jun personally led two battalions to attack and stopped the bandits who tried to outflank them from both sides. These two battalions converged with the two flanks of the forward battalion and the rearguard battalion, and blocked on both sides, forming a position two hundred paces square, extending from the bottom of the hill to the front of Zulang's position. There were warriors on all sides, but in the middle was a large open space.

Sun Ce asked Dian Wei and some righteous servants to stay behind, and he took Guo Wu back to the main formation. Guo Jia sat on the platform, glancing into the distance from time to time, and he arranged lookouts on the top of the mountain on both sides behind him. Sun Ce got on the stage, and before he could speak, Guo Jia said.

"Zu Lang may want to run away."

"How so?"

"We have pressed up, and only 1,000 people are left on standby, but Zulang is still 3,000 men, and the other 7,000 are still on standby. If the combat strength of the two sides is similar, it is forgivable for them to wait and move, and now the gap between the combat strength of the two sides is so big, if they do not increase their troops, Zu Lang will be defeated, and these 3,000 people are likely to lose more than half. Unless he just wants to delay the time and cover those people to withdraw first. ”

Sun Ce understood what Guo Jia meant. Retreat is not a swarm of rushing forward, it is called a rout. Zu Lang dragged him and let the others go first, looking for favorable terrain to arrange a blocking position, and then covering Zu Lang's retreat. Cover each other in this way, retreat in echelons, until he does not chase. But he always felt that Zu Lang would not leave so easily. 20,000 people, walked more than 200 miles, fought a battle, lost a few hundred people and left?

If he is so unpursued, can Zu Lang still become a famous bandit handsome in Danyang?

"Could it be that they want to lure us into pursuit, and after converging with another 10,000 men, they will surround us?"

"It's possible, but it's not likely, after all, we just need to be careful not to give him a chance to surround him." Guo Jia shook his feather fan and thought for a moment. "I think he can be more proactive, anti-guest-oriented, and go to take Stone City."

Sun Ce thought about it and felt that it was possible. After entering the stone city, with the protection of the city, Zulang can fight again with the whole army. With the 20,000 Zulang, it will be difficult for Shicheng to conquer. "If that's the case, then we can't let him get his wish. Entering Stone City, this battle dragged on for too long, and before they finished eating food, we could only look at the city and sigh. ”

Guo Jia shook his head. "General, I would like him to go into the city. Since Zu Lang can shout about killing corrupt officials and begging for peace, the relationship between him and Zhou Xin may not be very good. If he wants to enter Shicheng, let him in, let's calm the brake, calmly arrange, and solve him at one time, it is better than letting him escape back to Jing County. This time it hurts, and the next time he hides in the mountains and doesn't come out, we can only go deep into the mountains, which will take longer. ”

He looked at Sun Ce and said with a smile: "I know, this is a little different from the previous plan. But the plan always can't catch up with the change, and that's how to use troops, so it's improvised. ”

Sun Ce smiled. "Okay, just follow your way, if Zu Lang dares to enter the city."

"No, we should drive him in."