Yuan Tan saw Xin Bi coming on horseback, and hurriedly got up.

"George, how's it going?"

Xin Bi turned over and dismounted, passed through the passage given by the guards, came to Yuan Tan's side, and bowed to salute. "Ashamed of the envoy, he failed to fulfill his fate, Jiang Qi was killed, and his army collapsed."

Yuan Tan's face twitched twice. Although he already knew that the situation was not good when he heard the fierce war drums, the result was still worse than he imagined. Jiang Qi was actually killed. In two days, Liu Bei and Jiang Qi's 15,000 armies were defeated by Sun Ce one after another, defeated again and again, can I still defeat him?

"Envoy?"

Yuan Tan snorted and forced a calm smile, but his smile was more ugly than crying. "George doesn't have to be like this, winning or losing is a common thing. Come, sit down and tell me how Sun Ce did it? ”

"Envoy, the top priority is not to explain the situation, but to move forward."

"Pushing?" Yuan Tan looked at Xin Bi, wondering if he was dizzy and babbling nonsense. Xin Bi knew what Yuan Tan was thinking, and said in a low voice: "You don't have to be like this, although Sun Ce wins, he is good at using troops skillfully, and he is good at using the night, so he is not invincible." After marching and fighting for two days in a row, with only half a day of rest in between, he couldn't support it for too long, and more importantly, he had no baggage, no arrows, and it was impossible to fight against the envoy again. At this time, he will definitely retreat. ”

Yuan Tan was silent. He pondered Xin Bi's suggestion carefully, and felt that there was some truth, but he himself knew that when he came in a hurry, the physical strength of the soldiers was not necessarily better than that of Sun Ce's subordinates. Moreover, after Sun Ce's big victory, morale is booming, and if he forces it at this time, it will be a life-and-death contest, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Seeing that Yuan Tan didn't speak, Xin Bi was anxious. "Envoy, Sun Ce is cleaning the position, and there are not only the ordnance and baggage brought by Jiang Qi on the position, but also the grain and rice I just collected from the nearby township pavilion, as well as the breakfast that has just been prepared. If these all fall into the hands of Sun Ce, let him have a full meal and then retreat calmly, it will be difficult to defeat him. He may even oppose the guest and force Jun to fight a decisive battle. ”

Yuan Tan was startled, understood what Xin Bi meant, and immediately ordered all the departments to maintain their formation and slowly press forward.

The order was issued, and Simbi said, "Please make the king get on the horse and go into battle in person to boost morale." ”

Yuan Tan looked at Xin Bi and agreed after a little hesitation. Jiang Qi was unexpectedly defeated, the three armies were discouraged, and the morale of the army was shaken, if the situation was not stabilized at this time, Sun Ce was not used to fight, as long as there was a stir, his subordinates might collapse, and the consequences would be unimaginable. It will be the courage of an army, at this moment, his performance is crucial, as long as there is a little urgent fear will seriously affect the mentality of the soldiers, even if the tension is extreme, he must pretend to be fearless, only in this way can the morale of the army be stabilized. He didn't dare to slack off, so he called the cavalry governor Mu Yuanzi, asked him to lead the guards and knights, and arranged for Xin Bi to sit in the middle army, take full responsibility for the command, and be ready to respond at any time.

Under the protection of the guards knight, Yuan Tan passed through the large array and galloped forward. His back was straight, and he frequently raised his hand to greet the soldiers he met along the way, with a chic posture and a calm demeanor. Seeing that Yuan Tan was in battle in person, the soldiers were so calm, and they felt a lot more relieved, feeling that the situation might not be too bad, and gradually calmed down. Yuan Tan saw it in his eyes, admired Xin Bi's decision more and more, and secretly rejoiced.

Leaving the army, Yuan Tan kept pace with the foot soldiers on both wings and slowly moved forward.

Seeing this, the knights, who were watching from a distance, turned their horses' heads and galloped eastward.

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"Yuan Tan is here?" Sun Ce stopped his mount and looked to the west. "How many?"

"One thousand cavalry, two thousand foot soldiers on each wing, and five or six thousand people behind, a total of about ten thousand."

Sun Ce nodded and motioned for the knight to return to the team. Yuan Tan had already pressed forward, and there was no need to send so many scouts. He looked at the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield and scratched his head a little. Guo Jia and King Chen have not heard from him yet, and they don't know if they have taken Xiao Huang, he needs these food and ordnance, especially arrows and war horses. The crossbowmen consumed a large number of arrows, and the white warriors also lost a third of their horses, and if they were not replenished in time, he would not be able to fight the rest of the battle.

Yuan Tan forced him up at this time, naturally knowing his difficulties and not letting him calmly clean up the battlefield.

Five thousand paces, you're trying to force me to give up the meat to my mouth.

Sun Ce was angry, but he also knew that anger would not solve the problem. If he didn't fight, when Yuan Tan arrived here, he wouldn't have time to withdraw even if he wanted to, and most of the loot was still Yuan Tan's. If he fights, no matter whether he wins or loses, Yuan Tan's goal will be achieved, not only does he have no time to clean up the battlefield, but he also has no chance of winning. Both sides were exhausted, but Yuan Tan had a clear advantage in strength. Once bitten by him, he is likely to be hit hard.

Yuan Tan's family has a big business, even if all these 10,000 people are exhausted, they can quickly recover their strength. He doesn't have such strength, these personal guards and cavalry are the only money he has, especially the 1,000 cavalry, which is still the inheritance left to him by Yuan Shu, if it's gone, it's gone, and if you have money, you can't buy enough war horses.

Sun Ce quickly thought about it and called Chen Dao. "I don't want anything else, war horses, arrows, dry food, hurry up and collect these three things, especially war horses, and take them all away as much as possible."

"Wow. General, what about you? ”

"I'll meet Yuan Tan."

"Huh?" Chen Zhi was taken aback, quickly shook his head, and grabbed Sun Ce. "General, by all means, this is too dangerous."

"It's okay, I'm either fighting him, I'm talking to him." Sun Ce grinned. "It's really not good, I just surrender to him, and he should be happy to take me in. Hurry up and pack up, don't be in a hurry to go, and go to the slope to set up a formation, and be ready to fight again. ”

Chen Zhi was speechless. He didn't know if what Sun Ce said was true or false, but he knew that Sun Ce had already made a decision and couldn't change it.

Qin Mu said: "General, if the situation is not good, you send someone to report the news, even if we are broken, we will definitely accept you to get out." ”

"It's not so easy to take my life." Sun Ce smiled, and asked Xu Chu and Dian Wei to lead the headquarters to set up a formation at the designated place, ready to respond, and finally said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang Yide, are you enjoying the fight?" ”

Zhang Fei shook his head. After a hard night, the credit for the final killing was snatched away by Chen Zhi, and he was in a very bad mood.

"Accompany me to meet Yuan Tan, how about it?"

"Me?" Zhang Fei pointed to his nose, wondering if he had heard it wrong. There are so many warriors around Sun Ce, how can he not count the generals who have just surrendered to accompany Sun Ce. He stared at Sun Ce and looked at it, and saw that Sun Ce didn't look like a joke, and raised his eyebrows. "Just go, I'm afraid you won't be able to." As he spoke, he turned over his horse and came to Sun Ce's side.

Sun Ce glanced at him, smiled, turned around and asked for Chen Dao's saber and threw it to Zhang Fei. "I'll do it first, and I'll give you a new bite when I get back."

Zhang Fei was overjoyed and hurriedly inserted it in his waist. He had long wanted to ask for a saber, but he had never been embarrassed to speak, and he wanted to wait for Sun Ce to talk about it when he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to be so interesting, so he would give it now. He suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "General, even if you reward me with horses and swords, I will not be your righteous servant." I have an appointment with Yun Chang in advance, and I will never regret it. ”

Sun Ce reached out and patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder. "I just like that. If you change the door for a knife, I look down on you. ”

Zhang Fei grinned. Liu Bei stood not far away, relieved and at the same time feeling hot on his face.