After thinking about it, Xu Chu felt that Sun Jian's ambush strategy was feasible. In other words, this is another good opportunity to make a name for himself and declare his martial arts. With such a good opportunity, Xu Chu will not let Sun Jian, a tiger, 'eat alone'. He looked at Sun Jian's majestic cheeks, and then at Sun Jian's saber.

It's a beautiful knife, but it doesn't look ordinary from the outside.

Xu Chu also used a knife, and he found that Sun Jian's knife was longer, wider, and more suitable for riding than the ring knife he used, with a bright color, and the knife body had many casting lines, which was very attractive.

Sun Jian noticed Xu Chu's gaze and said with a smile: "This is the ancient ingot knife of my Sun family, because it is cast with knife patterns, it is also called the pine pattern ancient ingot knife." ”

"Sharpen iron like clay?" Xu Chu smiled back.

"I don't dare to be, but it's an ordinary blade, and it's not a lie to cut it off when you touch it."

Xu Chu withdrew his gaze, got back to business, and said, "The ambush plan I just talked about...... Brother Meng De, if only General Sun cavalry all the way, is it inappropriate? ”

Cao Cao frowned and pondered, and it was difficult to decide for a while.

Among the three people, Xu, Cao, and Sun, Cao Cao was actually the most reluctant to withdraw his troops. Cao Cao himself was a very far-sighted person, and of course he knew that this was not the time for a fierce battle with Dong Zhuojun. If the troops are not withdrawn, a confrontation between the two armies will inevitably be formed, and a battle will be inextricable and protracted, which will be quite unfavorable to Xu Chu and Sun Jian.

But it was good for Cao Cao.

Xu Chu and Sun Jian are all princes with their own territories, all of them are the county 2,000 stone guards, and they must not be desperate to fight against Dong, if the soldiers are finished, then the war will end and return to the county, the situation will be very embarrassing. Sun Jian can't use Changsha County as a basis to dominate Jingzhou in a short period of time, and Xu Chu can't expand his power beyond Lujiang County in a short period of time, which is obviously not cost-effective. And Cao Cao put it bluntly has no serious official body, his 'General Xingfenwu' is Yuan Shaobiao, and he can't do it, and General Fenwu is just a general and has no territory, so if he can earn enough reputation, Cao Cao is willing to finish the army.

For Cao Cao, the heroes of the troubled times rose from all directions, and they could recruit again after the soldiers were fought, and the opportunity to earn fame was not easy to come by.

However, Xu Chu and Sun Jian made it clear that they didn't want to stick to the same place and wait for Dong Jun, Cao Cao, as the weakest of the three, had a lot of fame, and his right to speak was not higher than that of Xu and Sun, so if they were persuaded to continue plotting against Yique and Dagu, Cao Cao would not say it.

Because of this, Cao Cao thought about it for a long time, and finally could only laugh and said: "Wentai, Zhongkang, you are really both heroic soldiers, if you want to set up an ambush, the cavalry of Wentai alone is indeed a little insufficient." In my opinion, it is better for the three of us to lead each of our troops to ambush, so that the odds of victory are much higher. Since he couldn't persuade Xu Chu and Sun Jian to continue attacking the pass, he simply attacked the Dong army's pursuers.

Sun Jian pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

So the three of them set the ambush location according to the map, and decided that the army would set off for the south tomorrow, and the three of them would each lead the cavalry to break off.

Cao Cao and Sun Jian each returned to the camp, and after seeing them off, Xu Chu returned to the military tent.

Whether the soldiers and horses of the three roads can retreat south safely is related to the life and death of the army, so the account is now the strategist Bi Ji, the generals are all there, and the hall is full of more than 20 people.

Hearing that it was going to be ambushed by cavalry again, Gan Ning, Li Tong, Wang Yan and others quit.

From the beginning of the army to the present, such as Gan Ning, Li Tong, Chen Gong, Wang Yan generals, has never served as the main force of the battle, when fighting Liang County, Le Jin, Li Cheng asked for the vanguard seal; When he beat Lu Bu, Li Cheng was still in battle, and Dian Wei also fought happily for a while. And as for them, in addition to the sneak attack on Hu Zhen, they did not make an inch, but were given more credit by the newcomers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei than them. This made these heroic generals very angry.

Gan Ning, Li Tong, Chen Gong, and Wang Yan walked up to Xu Chu after discussing it, shouting for battle.

Xu Chu had a headache.

Both cavalry and foot soldiers can be used as ambushes, but they should be chosen according to the terrain. In mountainous and watery places, the first choice is, of course, the foot pawn, but this area is all plains, even if the foot soldier can hide in the forest next to the road, kill Dong Zhuo's pursuers by surprise, and then what? In the face of Dong Jun's follow-up pursuit, where can the foot soldiers escape.

No matter how hard Gan Ning and the others begged, Xu Chu could only refuse them with words like 'there will be opportunities for meritorious service in the future'.

Just as Xu Chu was about to announce his decision, Guo Jia suddenly walked up to Xu Chu and said softly: "My lord, Gan Xingba and the others are all military generals who followed you when they were in Yingchuan, and you can't favor one over the other." ”

Xu Chu glanced at Guo Jia twice, shouldn't it, does Guo Jia think that he can escape safely after being ambushed by the foot soldiers?

I heard Guo Jia continue to say softly: "Li Xiaocheng went out to fight repeatedly, and he was slightly injured when he fought with Li Meng, and when the lord and Lu Bu faced off, he went into battle with injuries, so he could be temporarily recuperated and hand over his cavalry to others for the time being. ”

Xu Chu suddenly realized. At this time, Xi Zhong also came closer, and he said: "Lord, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the bears and tigers, have made meritorious deeds today, and they must be rewarded." ”

That day, Guan Yu's green robe was fluttering, and he easily beheaded a Lu general, which greatly improved his morale, and it was indeed a great achievement; On Zhang Fei's side, after the war, Li Quanbao said: Zhang Fei's riding skills and martial arts are excellent, and he is the material of a general.

Zhang Fei's record given by Li Cheng is - more than 20 enemy cavalry.

Naturally, this is also a lot of credit.

Xi Zhong suggested that Xu Chu praise and promote Guan Yu and Zhang Fei when the civil and military forces were gathering at this moment, and Xu Chu understood that this was to win over Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the greatest extent.

After all, Xi Zhong didn't know how iron the relationship between Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei was, and felt that as long as Xu Chu kept throwing olive branches to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two would be willing to join them. In fact, Xu Chu once considered this issue, and he came to the conclusion that the possibility of recruiting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was not impossible, but there must be prerequisites.

One is to either recruit Liu Bei as a confidant. It is relatively simple to recruit Liu Bei as a confidant, because Liu Bei is still 'nothing' at the age of thirty, and his heart to make contributions is not weaker than anyone else, if Xu Chu reuses him, why not do it. The key is that Liu Bei is a real dragon, he is a 'ambitious' person like Cao Cao and Sun Jian, how can he always be willing to live under others?

There is also a precondition that may make Guan Yu and Zhang Fei his henchmen, Liu Bei is dead. In troubled times, it is possible for anyone to die, and so is Liu Bei. But Xu Chu, who was obsessed with the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, knew that Liu Bei was famous in history for running away, and if he wanted him to die on the battlefield, it was no less difficult than going to 'recover Luoyang' now.

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed in Xu Chu's mind, and he was suddenly startled.