Thanks to the intelligence system set up by Guo Jia, Sun Ce knew about the battle situation in Yanzhou a few days earlier than Liu Bei.

Qingzhou Yellow Turban entered Bohai County last year, wanting to join the Black Mountain Army, but was attacked by Gongsun Zhan, with a loss of more than 100,000, and the rest of the troops retreated to Qingzhou under the leadership of Zhang Rao and Guan Hai, and rested in Beihai County. Beihai is one of the bases of the Yellow Turbans, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong is a scholar again, unable to negotiate, the Yellow Turban Army soon gathered more than 800,000 people, known as millions, starting from Beihai, all the way west, through the Qi country and Jinan at the northern foot of Mount Tai, all the way into Yanzhou. Liu Dai led the Jeju army to meet the battle, and was killed on the spot, the Jeju army was defeated, and the Yellow Turban army poured into Jibei, blooming on all sides.

Ge Sheng bravely went to Beihai to form an alliance with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, but there was no news. Sun Ce now knows why, Guan Hai and Zhang Rao still want to go west and join forces with the Montenegrin army, they don't look down on him Sun Ce, and they don't want to go south. Now that he is victorious, he is probably even less interested in paying attention to him. The base of the Montenegrin army is in the Taihang Mountains, there are dangers to defend, and the mountain basin is enough for them to cultivate, they are happy and comfortable, and naturally they are not interested in sending people under the fence.

Sun Ce expressed his understanding. It is normal for people to be willing to listen to people's instructions. Historically, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has always adhered to this strategy, but was defeated by Gongsun Zan and then Cao Cao, and had to surrender to Cao Cao and become a Qingzhou soldier. Now that Cao Cao is not in Yanzhou, maybe their plan is really likely to come true.

As soon as Jian Yong said a few words, Sun Ce understood what Liu Bei meant. Liu Dai is dead, and Liu Bei wants to do the history of Yanzhou. He wants to take Cao Cao's place, but does he have the ability?

Sun Ce and Guo Jia discussed. Guo Jia changed his previous attitude and felt that it would be more appropriate to let Liu Bei go. Regardless of whether Liu Bei can defeat the Yellow Turban or not, it will be beneficial for him to go to Yanzhou. First of all, we can successfully recover Xiao County and avoid attacking the city. No matter how small Xiao County is, it is also a city, and there will be casualties when attacking the city; Secondly, Liu Bei's character cannot be under the people for a long time, if he really defeats the Yellow Turban and regains his strength, sooner or later he will turn against Yuan Shao; In the end, with Liu Bei in the middle, we don't have to face Yuan Shao face to face in the short term, and we have more time to run Yuzhou, especially to break Chen Deng.

In addition, there is a side purpose, although Liu Bei is stupid, he has some courage, at least he can deal with the yellow scarf. Let the Yellow Turbans suffer a little, know what is the right choice, and don't be too self-righteous. Whether it is Gongsun Chan or Liu Bei, it is impossible to provide them with a better future, only we can.

Sun Ce felt justified, but he made a request.

"Liu Bei must hand over the four thousand Danyang soldiers and their families, otherwise there is no need to talk."

Jian Yong shook his head. "The Danyang soldiers were recruited by my general, how can they be handed over to the general. If the general insists on this demand, we will have no choice but to fight. 4,000 Danyang soldiers plus 5,000 Jiyin County soldiers, fighting to the death, such a loss probably the generals can't afford it. ”

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing out loud, walked away, and left Jian Yong there. Guo Jia also flicked his sleeves and left. Jiang Gan didn't leave, he shook his head while laughing, his eyes were full of pity and sarcasm. "Jian Yong, do you take us for fools?"

Jian Yong forced his composure. "Don't dare."

"Aren't you just thinking about returning to Yanzhou? Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai died in battle, Liu Bei wants to rob Yanzhou, right? Don't be in a hurry to deny it, I'll be honest with you, we already knew. We not only know that Liu Dai is dead, but we also know who killed him, the Yellow Turban Marshal Guan Hai, who was the one who surrounded Duchang last year, right? Last year, you went to save Kong Rong and defeated him. It should be said that you still have some advantages over the Yellow Turbans. ”

Jian Yong's face was red and white for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it. He really didn't know who killed Liu Dai, Jiang Gan said that it was Guan Hai, and it was indeed possible. The key is that Jiang Gan broke through their minds in one word, which made him very weak and had a feeling of having nothing to hide.

At the beginning, General Sun proposed that Liu Bei go to Yanzhou, but he didn't listen and had to compete with General Sun. The result? A thousand cavalry were gone in the blink of an eye. Want to go to Yanzhou now? Without General Sun's consent, will you be able to leave Xiao County alive? Don't talk, wait until I'm done. The Danyang soldiers were originally recruited by Tao Yuanjun, how they returned to Liu Bei, you know, and we also know. Tao Ying is in our camp, do you want to bring it to confront you? ”

was robbed by Jiang Gan one after another, and Jian Yong's face was red. He has made many envoys for Liu Bei, but he has never encountered such an embarrassing situation, and he has been refuted so embarrassed that he has no chance to fight back.

"Danyang soldiers are recruited soldiers, they only recognize money and food, not people, and even Tao Yuanjun, the township party, doesn't care, can they be loyal to Liu Bei? Believe it or not, we don't have to attack the city at all, as long as we besiege it for another month, the Danyang soldiers who have no pay will cut off Liu Bei's head to surrender to Cheng? You still refuse to give it, do you think General Sun is coveting these 4,000 Danyang soldiers? Wrong! He was to lighten the burden on Liu Bei and let him travel lightly to take Yanzhou. ”

Jian Yong couldn't cry or laugh. You took the army, do you still want to thank you? Everything you have said, what else do I say, accept your fate.

After receiving Sun Ce's reply, Liu Bei was silent for a long time. His Zahu cavalry was completely annihilated by Sun Ce, and four thousand Danyang soldiers were cut by Sun Ce, and now he has less than a thousand foot soldiers left, and he returned to the pre-liberation overnight, which is not as good as the strength when he first arrived in Qingzhou.

"That way, I'm nothing." Liu Bei clenched his fists and said in a dumb voice. The strong muscles in his arms bulged out, full of anger, but there was nowhere to vent.

"General, you can have Yanzhou." Jian Yong cautiously persuaded: "You can also collect the yellow scarf." ”

Liu Bei raised his hand and supported his forehead, preventing Jian Yong from seeing his tears. He had no choice but to accept Sun Ce's conditions. If he can safely withdraw to Yanzhou, with the help of Yuan Yi and Yuan Xu, he will still have a chance to defeat the Yellow Turban and regain strength. If Sun Ce's conditions were not accepted, he would most likely be trapped and die in Xiao County. As Jiang Gan said, he has no money to pay his military salary, and the four thousand Danyang soldiers may mutini at any time, and maybe they will cut off his head to vote for Sun Ce.

There is no way, the recruited soldiers are so virtuous. With money, they work for you. There's no money, they want your life.

"Sun Ce is too insidious, we can't trust him." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and admitted the reality, although the reality was cruel. "Please Yuan Xu contact Yanzhou and ask them to send troops to respond, we are ready to break through and be ready to set off at any time."

"What about Danyang Bing?"

"Stay, let them defend the city, confuse Sun Ce, and cover our breakthrough."

Jian Yong breathed a sigh of relief. "Whoa."

Liu Bei blocked the news of the negotiation tightly, and sent Yuan Xu to urgently contact Yuan Yi and Bao Xin, asking them to send troops to respond, so as not to prevent Sun Ce from changing his mind and cutting him down directly. A few days later, Bao Xin, the minister of Jibei who acted as the assassin of Yanzhou, sent news that he had sent the state official Wan Qian to lead 10,000 soldiers to the Yanzhou border to respond. Please Liu Bei and Yuan Xu evacuate as soon as possible. The Yellow Turbans were attacking tightly, and they couldn't afford to delay here for too long.

That night, Liu Bei arranged for Danyang soldiers to defend the city, pretended to attack Zhuqiu at night, and quietly withdrew from Xiao County with Yuan Xu, running all the way.