Sun Ce spread out the map, marked the location of several enemies, and chatted with Jiang Gan while thinking about how to break the enemy.

After a while, Guo Jia also came. He selected eighteen people from the teenagers recruited by Jiang Qin, arranged the task, and had already let them go to rest, and they would set off early tomorrow morning. Seeing that the light was still on in Sun Ce's tent, he came over to take a look.

Sun Ce told him about the situation. Guo Jia said: "General, we are short of troops and need allies. I suggest contacting Tao Qian and the Yellow Turban Army immediately. ”

Sun Ce agreed, Jiang Gan also agreed, and he also reminded Sun Ce that there were some yellow scarves near Qian County, which did not belong to Liu Pi, Wu Ba and others, and they had their own physical strength. They were numerous and of average strength, and roamed the borders of the four counties of Chen, Liang, Pei, and Runan, plundering the common people. After Kong Ling's death, although Sun Jian took over as the assassin of Yuzhou, he did not govern in Yuzhou most of the time, Yuzhou was in a state of no one's overall planning, and the counties were too guarded and passed the buck to each other, and no one was willing to go all out, so these yellow scarves still had room to survive.

Among them, there is a Yellow Turban Army general named Ge Sheng, who is relatively powerful, with more than 3,000 people, and can be regarded as the leader of this group.

Sun Ce had an impression of this Ge Sheng, and he even met him when he met the leader of the Yellow Turban during the day. Ge Sheng was in his fifties, he didn't look amazing, he didn't talk much, he was not at all conspicuous when he sat among the dozen yellow scarf heads, and Sun Ce didn't pay special attention to him at that time. Hearing Jiang Gan say this, he knew that this Ge Sheng was still a character.

After listening to Sun Ce's doubts, Jiang Gan smiled. "The general came a little late, if he had seen Ge Sheng a year ago, he would not be what he is now."

"What, what happened during the year?"

Jiang Gan came to the spirit and told the story.

In the spring of last year, Yuzhou assassin Shi Kong Ling died of illness, and then Sun Jian and Zhou Yu fought for Yuzhou, and Zhou Yu was defeated. Although Sun Jian was victorious, he did not go to Yuzhou to take up his post, nor did he settle the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, so Ge Sheng and others moved their minds and gathered to attack the city and plunder the land. He first wandered around Yilu and Xinyang, succeeded one after another, and gradually moved to the vicinity of Qian County, but he didn't expect to plant a big heel here.

There is a ranger named Xu Chu in Qian County, who gathered thousands of clans and some ranger teenagers, built a fortress to defend himself, and refused to surrender to Ge Sheng. Ge Sheng gathered several leaders, totaling more than 10,000 troops, to besiege Xu Chu. Because of the obvious disparity in troops, Xu Chu slowly couldn't support it, so he sent people to sue for peace, saying that he would exchange cattle and Ge Sheng for food. Ge Sheng agreed, but when the cow arrived in front of the battle, he refused to follow the Yellow Turban Army and ran back. Then this Xu Chu dragged the cow's tail, forcibly dragged the cow back, and returned it to the Yellow Turban, which shocked all the Yellow Turban Army at once.

The next story is simple, none of the Yellow Turban generals dared to fight against Xu Chu, plus Xu Chu ran out of food and was unprofitable, so they quickly dispersed. Because he did not capture enough booty, Ge Sheng starved many people to death in one spring, and his strength was greatly reduced. He was shocked by Xu Chu's courage in pulling the oxtail upside down, and his personality changed greatly and he was much more modest.

Jiang Gan was halfway through speaking, and Sun Ce remembered. Xu Chu is from Qian County, but among the local heroes he met yesterday, he didn't see Xu Chu, and he didn't even hear his name, so he didn't think about it for a while.

"The general wants to recruit Xu Chu?" Jiang Gan suddenly saw Sun Ce's thoughts.

"Do you think it's feasible?"

"It's possible, it's not possible." Jiang Gan moved his body and was more comfortable. "The Xu clan of Qian County and the Xu clan are in the same vein, and there is still some origin in it, the general and Xu Shao are so stiff that they almost offend the entire Xu clan, Xu Chu may not be willing to vote for you. However, Xu Chu is a martial artist after all, and he has nothing to do with Xu Shao, and the so-called support or opposition is only moral. As long as the general is willing to treat him sincerely, he may not be able to attract success, so the problem is not that. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Xu Chu is not an ordinary ranger, he is a local hero in Qian County, he has a family business and a land, so he can gather thousands of clans, and there are hundreds of strong martial arts rangers around him. If the general could not meet his expectations, he would not have defected to the general. He's not a noon, just have a bite to eat. ”

Sun Ce smiled. Jiang Gan said for a long time, but in fact, he only had one meaning, reminding him in disguise not to take away people's land and property again, just like when he persuaded Li Tong to surrender. He could understand Jiang Gan's concerns. Xu Chu is not Dian Wei. Dian Wei is a standard poor ghost, with no family background, and he knows no more than a basket of Dou Da's characters, he has no name and no words, and he is alone and has no partners. Xu Chu also has no culture, but he is a local hero, not only has a huge clan around him, but also a ranger who is willing to obey, and his strength is comparable to SARS.

To be honest, his starting point is higher than Sun Jian's, but he doesn't have the opportunity and talent to use soldiers like Sun Jian.

"It doesn't matter to me whether I can recruit Xu Chu or not. Ge Sheng: Are they related to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban? ”

"I don't really know. However, the yellow scarves in the world are one family, even if you don't know each other, it is convenient to speak. ”

Sun Ce understood. He told Guo Jia that he wanted to contact Qingzhou Yellow Turban. He heard Liu Pi and Gong both say that since last year, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have been planning to attack Yanzhou, trying to move westward and join forces with the Yellow Turbans in Hanoi and Hedong. They were interested in Sun Ce's plan to recruit the Yellow Turbans to Tuntian, Jiangnan, but they were not very enthusiastic. It's just that for unknown reasons, they haven't acted.

Now, it's time for them to act.

In Sun Ce's memory, Cao Cao started because of the surrender of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and the Qingzhou soldiers were later an important armed force under Cao Cao. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban was very fierce, not only killed Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, but also beat Cao Cao in the early days. Now that Cao Cao is far away, there is no one who can replace him in Yanzhou for the time being, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban can play a greater role, and it will definitely not be a problem to contain Liu Dai.

Guo Jia agreed with Sun Ce, but he felt that he should first contact Tao Qian. The Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are numerous and powerful, but it is not for nothing that they are called Liukou. They are poorly equipped, there are almost no logistical supplies, and if they can't solve the food problem, recruiting them is likely to set themselves on fire, and Xuzhou is a very ideal choice. Xuzhou has fertile land and abundant products, which can provide a lot of food, and Tao Qian is in need of a helper to deal with the Xuzhou family. If the strength of the Yellow Turbans and the grain of Xuzhou can be combined, it can play a greater role.

Sun Ce decided to take a two-pronged approach, contacting Tao Qian and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban at the same time, in an effort to promote a new alliance against Liu Dai, Chen Deng and others. He's going to play league against alliance and play a bigger game.