Xu Chu and Cao Cao personally came to the gate to greet Sun Jian.

Prior to this, Xu Chu had just received news from Hanoi that Dong Zhuojun Zhonglang would lead Niu Fu to Pingyin, pretending to cross the river on the one hand, and sending the elite into the night to go around from Xiaopingjin to the rear of Wang Kuang's department, and defeated Wang Kuang in a battle. More than half of the soldiers recruited by Wang Kuang from his hometown Taishan County and Hanoi County under his jurisdiction were killed and wounded, and fled to Yuan Shao in panic. On the other hand, Chun Yuqiong, who was stationed in Heyangjin, also retreated accordingly, and so far, the threat of Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang's armies to Mengjin Pass in the north of Luoyang has basically been removed.

At the beginning of the four places set by Dong to fight against the army, Zhang Shi, who attacked Wuguan, was dead, and Yuan Shu did not move his troops in Luyang; After Bao Xin's defeat in the army, needless to say, the sour jujube princes who attacked the Tiger Prison Pass would not plot to advance eastward; Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang, who attacked Mengjin Pass, suffered a major defeat, losing nearly 20,000 soldiers, and there would be no action in a short time. Kong Ling and Li Min don't need to say anything about themselves, just add to Dong Zhuozhi's smile.

Looking at the world, only Xu Chu, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian are left to pose a certain threat to Luoyang.

Xu Chu could even imagine that the 'princes' who did not send troops now, such as Yuan Shu, Kong Ling, Liu Dai and so on, might be drinking and having fun with their concubines and beautiful maids in their arms, while gloating over Xu Chu, Cao Cao, Bao Xin and others.

At the gate, Sun Jian and a group of tiger ministers under the tent came, and when they saw Xu Chu and Cao Cao coming to greet each other, Sun Jian smiled and said: "There were many offenses in the past, Xu Huya Haihan." "It's about 'fighting' with Xu Chu outside Liang County that day.

Xu Chu smiled slightly and said, "Why should Sun be polite, please enter the camp for a while." ”

General Xu Chuxing Huya and Sun Jianxing begged for generals, both of whom called each other by the name of the general, which was obviously much more polite than before.

There are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies.

Xu Chu was deeply touched by this sentence. Sun Jian was not very polite to him that day, because Sun Jian was annoyed that Xu Chu 'inadvertently' robbed him of his marching route, just like Dong Zhuo commented, he was an upright person, so he held back a resentment for no reason, and he was not very polite to Xu Chu. It was precisely because of Sun Jian's 'uprightness' that after the defeat of the Allied forces in Hanoi and the defeat of Bao Xin's army, he understood that Xu Chu and Cao Cao were very likely to be the only remaining trusted allies in the matter of courting Dong, so he accompanied Xu Chu first as soon as he met him.

Of course, this is speculated from Xu Chu's point of view. From Sun Jian's side, the reason why he was so unkind to Xu Chu at the beginning was because he made a 'long-term' plan with Yuan Shu before he went north, and Xu Chu was the roadblock on the road of planning.

After the salute, the people came to the tent.

The course of the war on both sides is also clear to everyone, Sun Jian is indeed powerful, 20,000 people, only 3,000 light cavalry, blocked the offensive of Hu Zhen's army. Xu Chu peeked at Sun Jian's generals who came with Sun Jian, and found that many of them were slightly injured, and the wounds were simply bandaged with cloths.

Sun Jian, on the other hand, was surprised that Xu Chu could fight with less than 3,000 infantry and Lu Bu to be undefeated.

Especially the yellow cover is the most.

Huang Gai was born in a large family, fought bravely, and also had a certain amount of resourcefulness, he had deliberately understood Xu Chu, a potential enemy, in advance, and knew very well about the composition of Xu Chu's troops.

Huang Gai once said to Sun Jian in a military meeting: "Xu Zhongkang once served as the Taishou of Yingchuan, although his name is not right, and the power in the county is in the hands of the Xun and Chen Zhushi clans, but he still uses the resources in his hands to pull up a team. After he went to Luoyang, he had a relationship with Yuan Shao, and his reputation soared, and he was named Hou Bai County. Today, Xu Zhongkang responded to Yuan Shao's army, and his subordinates were elite, mostly Yingchuan old songs, and there were less than 10,000 people, and Gai thought that it was difficult to become a climate. ”

The words were still in his ears, and Huang Gai felt that he had been slapped hard by Xu Chu. Obviously, the combat effectiveness of Xu Chu's Yingchuan soldiers under the account was far beyond Huang Gai's expectations, but this actually couldn't be blamed on Huang Gai, how could he have thought that Xu Chu would anticipate the 'group of heroes to fight Dong' earlier than everyone else in the world? I couldn't have imagined that Xu Chu would start preparing for the army earlier than the world's heroes.

After introducing each other, we began to discuss our next steps.

Sun Jian pointed out that after the recent war ended, although he, Xu Chu and Cao Cao stood firm in the two passes of Yique and Dagu respectively, and resisted the offensive of Hu Zhen and Lü Bu, because of the defeat of the other coalition forces in Hanoi and Xingyang, their results were difficult to preserve. Dong Zhuo can completely withdraw his hand, or send additional troops from Luoyang, or transfer troops from Xingyang and Chenggao to help, no matter which direction the troops come, this place is not a place to stay for a long time.

Xu Chu nodded and added: "There is also grain and grass, which is also a big problem that we have to face. ”

In the two passes of Yique and Dagu, Sun Jian's supply line came from Luyang, which belongs to the boundary of Jingbei and is nearly 300 miles away from Yique Pass, so it is particularly troublesome to transport grain and grass. Xu Chu and Cao Cao were not much better, the military rations of the two were all provided by Xu Chu, even if Xu Chu had already made arrangements, he ordered Wang Yan and Zifan to escort a batch of grain and grass to Liang County as military rations in the short term. And when this batch of grain was about to be consumed, Xu Chu had to transport grain from Yanling County.

And this grain transportation from Yanling County is under the condition that the road of Yuyuan Pass is impassable. If you can't get through, you can only pass through Yangzhai, and then go west from Yangzhai to Liang County, and then transport from Liang County to the north, totaling three or four hundred miles, which is farther than Sun Jian's grain road.

In addition to grain and grass, Cao Cao also mentioned the issue of battle damage, and Xu Chu and Sun Jian both nodded with solemn expressions.

Grain, grass, and soldiers, these are all things that Dong Zhuo can afford, and they can't afford to consume. And the current situation is extremely unfavorable, and after some deliberation, everyone in the tent decided that there is only one way to go for the time being.

The problem is that there are also risks associated with withdrawing troops.

Sun Jian's eyes were blazing, his spirit was excited, he drew his sword and pointed at Yutu and said: "I indicate, the two generals will lead their troops south early tomorrow morning and retreat to Liang County." If Hu Zhen and Lu Bu went out to pursue, Sun would lead a light cavalry ambush on the side of the road and kill him by surprise! ”

In the face of such a bad situation, Sun Jian actually thought of ambushing Hu Zhen and Lu Bu, and Xu Chu was really convinced. You must know that Sun Jian had just fought a vicious battle with Hu Zhen, and before fighting Hu Zhen, he was attacking Dagu Pass with all his might, and the soldiers must be tired.

It's just that Xu Chu thought about it, and Sun Jian didn't seem to be wrong with what he said.

Hu Zhen, Lu Bu, and Dong Zhuo must also think that Xu Chu and the others would decide to retreat when they heard the battle report of Hanoi, so that Sun Jian's ambush strategy might really work wonders.

And in Xu Chu's opinion, the contradiction between Lu Bu and Hu Zhen is becoming more and more acute, even if they are pursuing, they must be acting separately, and there is no cooperation between each other.