Sun Ce accepted Xun You's suggestion, handed over Chaisang's war to Zhou Yu to be in charge, and returned to Yuzhou by himself.

This was purely a helpless move, no one expected Yuan Shao to make such a stupid move. As the saying goes, its wisdom is within reach, but its foolishness is unattainable. If you put aside those fabulous inspirations, under certain objective conditions, there are no more than a few correct methods, and people of the same level can guess them. But once a person commits stupidity, there is no lower limit, no one can guess.

Therefore, the legendary clever Zhuge Liang is often calculated by opponents, but Guo Jia, who knows Yuan Shao very well, failed to calculate that Yuan Shao would make this move. Because of this accident, he had to abandon his plan to besiege Chaisang, and Zhou Yu's battle to take Jiangnan was also forced to be postponed.

Considering that he had to deal with the Wuhuan cavalry on this trip, Sun Ce collected the cavalry that had been left for Zhou Yu and gathered nearly a thousand knights. In half a year, Jia Xu and Han Sui successively sent more than 3,000 horses, Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong and others have successively owned personal guard horses, and even Lou Gui, Deng Zhan and others have also received one or two hundred. However, most of the horses are still used to maintain the post office. Behind the rapid delivery of news is the establishment of a large number of post posts, the hard work of thousands of post men and horses, and the heavy burden of finance.

In times of war, the timely delivery of information is even more important.

Sun Ce didn't go fast, but he made a lot of momentum, and he specially played the banner of expelling Hulu, maintaining the Chinese clothes, and avenging the people of Ruying, which almost rose to the national righteousness. Sun Ce originally wanted to do this, but in this era, there was only Huayi's distinction, and there was no nationality, so he had to give up. But this did not affect his definition of Yuan Shao as a traitor.

Soon, he received a message from Yuan Quan, and learned that Yuan Quan had taken the lead in defining Yuan Shao as Yuan's unfilial descendant, Sun Ce could only express his admiration, this political sensitivity, women don't let Xu Mei ah, she is a daughter, if she is a son, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do with me. Since this is the case, then there is no need to worry, the longer these Wuhuan cavalry toss, the more bad Yuan Shao's reputation will be, and it will be up to him to see how he ends.

Then, Sun Ce received another order from Sun Jian. Sure enough, Sun Jian became angry and took the initiative to attack, wanting to enter the Yanzhou realm and return Yuan Tan with color. Qin Song couldn't stop him, so he had to resort to delaying the army, whether it would work or not, Sun Ce was not sure for the time being. However, he estimated that with Sun Jian's combat strength and strength, as long as he was not careless, Cao Ang should not take any advantage, and the worst result would be a defeat for both sides, and there would be no big danger.

Of course, there is good news, Tao Qian finally bowed his head under the strong pressure of the Yuan family and his son, and agreed to the Sun family father and son to enter Xuzhou, Tai Shici was already on the way, and he was accompanied by more than 1,000 people such as Xu Yan who had just surrendered. Xu Yan and the others were willing to surrender, but they made a request and only accepted the command of Tai Shici alone. Things were in a hurry, and there was no time to ask for instructions, so Shen You cut first and then played, and agreed to Xu Yan's request on behalf of Sun Ce. So now Tai Shi Ci is in command of more than 3,000 people, close to 4,000. They crossed the river from Dantu and went north along the Zhongdu River, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach Qingzhou in about ten days.

Sun Ce calculated the time, even if he sent someone to deliver the order now, Tai Shi Ci had already arrived in Huaiyin, and it was too late to turn back, so it was better to let him advance by land, and it would not be delayed for a few days. With the ability of Shen You and Tai Shici, they should think of sending news to Tian Kai and Tao Qian in advance to boost morale and support them for a while longer.

Sun Ce immediately wrote a letter to Shen You, explaining in detail the situation that Xun You had planned for him to fight for hegemony, and asked Shen You to arrange ships and grain and grass, and then prepare to send more troops by sea, or take Gongsun Zan to Qingzhou to participate in the war. and asked him to tell Tai Shici to lure Yuan Xi to the east of Qingzhou as much as possible. If you can use Yuan Xi as bait, you can control the initiative in your hands, and Yuan Shao can't save it if he doesn't want to.

becomes a battlefield, and Qingzhou will suffer greater losses as a result. Sun Ce promised to discuss with Tao Qian, and Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou would provide some food and medicine to support the people of Qingzhou and reduce losses as much as possible. If the people of Qingzhou want to move south, they can also take a big ship carrying troops to the south.

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At the head of Chaisang City, Liu Miao looked at the shadow of the sail that gradually disappeared in the sky, squinting his eyes, and frowning.

Xu Shao stood on the side, also with a gloomy face, in a very bad mood. He had already received news that in order to relieve the siege of Yuzhang, Yuan Shao sent cavalry to break into Runan, attacking and harassing everywhere, causing great confusion in the hearts of the people. These cavalry are mainly Wuhuan people, and the Wuhuan people are greedy and easy to kill, and when they enter the rich land of Runan, it is inevitable to kill and plunder, and Runan is already full of wolf smoke at this moment.

Sun Ce withdrew, and Yuan Shao's purpose reached more than half, but the impact was very bad. As a native of Runan, Xu Shao is deeply touched by this. Although most of the Xu family lived in the city and would not be harmed, he was still very uncomfortable and had an indescribable disappointment.

Liu Miao patted the battlements and turned to look at Xu Shao, his eyes solemn. "General, Sun Ce is going to Runan, although he is going to solve the urgent need, but he is cutting meat to mend sores and drinking water to quench thirst, and the Runan family is afraid that it will suffer a catastrophe. Sun Ce suffered such a betrayal, how could he give up. ”

Xu Shao didn't say a word, but the worry in his eyes couldn't be hidden. Even if he doesn't know anything about military affairs, he knows that what Yuan Shao did this time is not shallow, and he is even suspected of harming the Runan family. If Yuan Shao is determined to take Yuzhou, then there is no problem for the Runan family to respond to him and oppose Sun Ce. After driving out Sun Ce, Runan became an area ruled by Yuan Shao, and it was useless for Sun Ce to have an opinion. However, if Yuan Shao only sent cavalry to attack and harass, he did not plan to actually enter Runan, and once Sun Ce regained control of Runan, he would inevitably retaliate against those who responded to Yuan Shao.

Previously, under the pretext of encroaching on the land, Sun Ce had killed a lot of people. With such a good excuse this time, there is no reason for him not to kill a batch again. The last time the killings were only for the land, but this batch of killings were all Yuan Shao's supporters. In the future, Yuan Shao wanted to attack Runan again, but no one could support him.

"Envoy, can Yuan Benchu take Yuzhou in one go?"

Liu Xuan shrunk his neck and wrapped his coat tightly. The north wind is tight, blowing people all over the body. The winter in Jiangnan is more uncomfortable than the winter in Qingzhou, not only is the iron armor wet and cold, but the thick wool robe can't stop the cold. He didn't answer Xu Shao's words, he felt that Yuan Shao didn't think about whether he wanted to take Yuzhou or not—he must think about it—but whether he could take Yuzhou.

Thousands of cavalry could not occupy Yuzhou, Yuan Shao's forces to enter Yuzhou, Xiao County, Pei County, Suiyang, Chen County, these important cities must be taken, but Sun Ce stationed heavy troops there, without a year and a half of siege, Yuan Shao is difficult to succeed. Sun Ce had already returned to help, and there was no infantry to respond, and the cavalry in Runan could not support it for long, and they would soon have to withdraw.

If you want to buy time for Yuan Shao, you have to drag Sun Ce. Now the only way to do this is to take advantage of Sun Ce's withdrawal and Zhou Yu's limited forces to go out of the city to counterattack and repel Zhou Yu, forcing Sun Ce to be unable to go north to Yuzhou.

Liu Miao stopped, looked at the camp in the distance, and then looked at the river in the distance. "General, let Xu Qian get ready and intercept Sun Ce in Lujiang. Wait for me to repel Zhou Yu, and then reinforce Lujiang and join him. ”

Xu Shao thought for a moment and nodded slowly. "Although Zhou Gongjin is a child of a family, after all, he is not like Sun Ce who was born in a general, so he may have an opportunity."