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The recent situation from Jizhou and Youzhou will be sent by someone across the river every passing period, although he faces other princes across the river, but Sun Jian has never paid attention to the major events in the Central Plains for a day.

On this day, Xu Zisheng and Yuan Shao's army gathered outside Youzhou City, and the news that Lu Bu's army had assembled and sent troops to Jizhou reached Sun Jian in Jiangdong.

Not long after thinking about it, Sun Jian summoned Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others to discuss the dispatch of troops.

"Now that the princes have started a big war, our army should adapt to the situation and cross the river as soon as possible to prepare for war, in order to achieve great causes." Sun Jian sat on the top seat and said.

As soon as this remark came out, Cheng Pu obviously didn't think so, and directly got up and said to Sun Jian: "The situation is not clear, rashly refer to it, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to you, and I hope the lord will think twice." ”

"Hmph." Huang Gai, who sat down next to Cheng Pu, snorted coldly and said, "Do you have to wait until the form is clear and the princes are stable before joining it?" In this way, I am afraid that our army will always be able to only be in a corner. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Pu turned to look at Huang Gai, and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "This is not my will, but it is really not the time to go south, and it is not a wise move to rashly raise troops." ”

"So what do you think is the smart thing to do?" Huang Gai asked rhetorically with a glare.

Cheng Pu was silent, his eyes widened, and he looked like he was not afraid of Huang Gai at all.

Just when Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were staring at each other, and no one was convinced, Han Dang hurriedly ran out to be a peacemaker, and said to the two with a smile: "Don't fight in the same room, this matter is still left to the decision of the lord." ”

At this moment, the herald suddenly entered, gasped and said: "Tell the lord that Xingyang is too guarded in Linzhou, led the troops to capture Chang'an, and captured Dong Zhuo alive!" ”

There was a sudden silence here, everyone looked shocked and abnormal, thinking that the defenders of Xingyang were the greatest guarantee of Chang'an, so Dong Zhuo was able to send Lu Bu to lead the troops to attack Jizhou without any scruples, but he didn't expect the soldiers and horses of Xingyang in the end, but Dong Zhuo was defeated.

Sun Jian's face changed and changed, as if he was thinking about the gains and losses, for a long time, Sun Jian let the herald retreat, and said to everyone with his eyes like torches: "Chang'an has changed hands, the world is in chaos, no one has the heart to care about us at this time, the time is ripe to send troops to fight, you should have no objections, right?" ”

Although he was asking everyone, Sun Jian's eyes were obviously on Cheng Pu, after all, Cheng Pu was the only one who objected, and even Huang Gai and Han Dang both cast their eyes on Cheng Pu at the same time.

Feeling the burning gaze of everyone, Cheng Pu could only smile bitterly and shake his head, to show that he had no opinion, if in this case, if he did not agree to send troops, I am afraid that he would really be infamous as a cowardly and fearful person by Huang Gai.

Seeing this, Sun Jian was immediately overjoyed, and said loudly: "Pass my order, gather the three armies, and set off to cross the river immediately." ”

"No."

Cheng Pu, who received the order, glanced at each other, did not communicate much, hurriedly left this place, went to gather his subordinates, and prepared all the needs before the expedition as soon as possible.

The warships on the riverside began to gather together, and the weapons and grain and grass continued to pile up on the warships under the carrying of the soldiers, and as for the big ships, they began to load war horses, which was the confidence of Sun Jian's conquest, and it was also the guarantee that Sun Jian was able to settle down in the new territory.

When everything was ready, it was already dark, and taking advantage of the night, Sun Jian led the three armies to set off and sail towards the boundless darkness.