The county seat of Xiyang was so noisy that it could be clearly heard in the official and military camps two miles away. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info ordinary soldiers don't know what is happening in Xiyang City. They just opened their hazy eyes and looked around, and when they saw that nothing special had happened, they went back to sleeping. For them, as long as the enemy is not noisy and attacking here, it is okay to make any noise he wants.

"What a simple bunch of people." Seeing the soldiers who had been awakened by the noise of the enemy fell asleep again, Wei Yan's face showed a kind smile. He went from being a soldier to this position step by step. So he was quite able to understand the soldiers' thoughts. He understood that after a busy day, as long as there was no order to fight at night, there was nothing more important to these soldiers than a good rest. After all, soldiers are people, not machines, and they will feel fatigue.

"These soldiers are very good. They were all young and had just entered the army. They may be inexperienced, but they don't have the vices of the soldiers. Behind Wei Yan, Luo Zhao followed closely. Although he was born into a literati, he was accustomed to being around these martial artists. He had been with this army for a long time, and it was natural that he also liked this group of young soldiers.

"yes." Wei Yan heard someone talking to him, and unconsciously responded to such a sentence. Only after answering the question did he pay attention to the people who followed him.

"Why don't you sleep too? If you're busy, you're much busier than we are. You should have a good rest, how can you run around here? Wei Yan said with concern. He is a man who is arrogant and good, and he is always kind to those who work under him.

"It's just a few simple documents, and it's not a lot of busyness." Luo Zhao shook his head gently, and a faint smile appeared on his slightly pale face: "There is a good show to be staged tonight, I don't want to miss this wonderful scene because of snooze." ”

"Really?" Wei Yan laughed understandingly, "You are also the one who understands the truth of tonight's incident, and it is normal for you to not be able to sleep." I think it's not just you, but even those boys are also very energetic. ”

"What?" Luo Zhao was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand the meaning of Wei Yan's later sentence.

"Nothing. It's just that there are a few more people here. Wei Yan said lightly. He then turned to the bush of trees behind him and shouted, "If you want to see it, just stand up and see it for me." Stop being like a and sneaking around behind the bushes. ”

"Ah...... Be! The man hiding in the woods, after a brief moment of surprise, quickly answered, and then came out of the woods. When Luo Zhao looked closely, he saw Song De and Zhou Rui, the two little ones were standing there with embarrassed faces - obviously they were these two little ghosts who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth just hiding in the woods.

"What? Would you like to see it together? Luo Zhao laughed softly: "I'm really curious." What do you think? Let them go along? As he spoke, he shook his head and asked Wei Yan.

"Since you're here, let's go and have a look. What kind of results will be obtained from the seeds planted by oneself, this is indeed something that everyone is looking forward to! Wei Yan smiled and agreed. He led the crowd in stride, and led them up to the small hill to the right of the camp, where the entire county seat of Xiyang could be seen.

At this moment, the battle situation in Xiyang City is at the final juncture. Due to the appearance of the two wings led by Chen Sun, the last line of defense that Liu Ji and Zhou Yan relied on to defend was finally broken. Liu's demise on Tuesday is a foregone conclusion. Although from the mountain, it seems that even at such a point, Liu Erren still has no intention of giving up, everyone watching on the mountain understands that the fall of these two people is already a matter of speed. Under Chen Sun's crazy onslaught, all those who wanted to resist in front of them were quickly eliminated without exception, and they also wanted to capture Liu Ji and Zhou Yan as their primary goal.

"That's a good idea. They must have seen that as long as they could capture Liu Zhou and the others, they could force their armies to completely give up resistance and be completely ambushed by them. It seems that there are more 'masters' in the enemy army, Liu Ji and Zhou Yan. Everyone looked at each other, and they all had the same intention in their hearts: "It seems that we need to re-investigate the information about these people!" Some of them seem to be hiding themselves deeply, deeply. ”

Everyone was thinking about it, and suddenly found that the south gate of Xiyang City had a new change: the little flames first flashed like starlight in the night, and then quickly became larger, scorching and emitting dazzling brilliance, and soon became a rising red flame, which was obviously prominent in the entire darkness. Everyone recognized that the burning place was the south gate of Xiyang, and it was an area that had not yet been touched by the attack on Liu Ji and Zhou Yan.

"I haven't been beaten there by the enemy yet! Why did it burn up? Song De and Zhou Rui both felt very strange.

"This is Liu Ji and Zhou Yan's own fire." Wei Yan's gaze was always so keen, he had already seen the figure fleeing in the firelight. "Under such circumstances, I am afraid that the only people who can accurately grasp the opportunity to leave the city so accurately are the defenders of the South Gate." He was quick to make such a judgment.

"Set your own fire? Why? Song De asked puzzled.

"Perhaps, they just want to escape?" Suddenly, Zhou Rui cautiously opened his mouth.

"Oh? Can you guess? Let's talk about it. Luo Zhao looked at Zhou Rui with interest.

"Yes!" Zhou Rui nodded vigorously, and then began his own explanation: "Liu Ji and Zhou Yan are very strong among the enemies. They were convinced that they could block the opponent's attack with their own strength, so there was a battle tonight. However, with the attacking side, the unexpected outflanking put his entire army in a difficult situation. Defeat is a matter of time for them.

It's just that such a defeated team may not be a big disaster for others, but for Liu Ji and Zhou Yan, the two teams that have long lost their base, the defeat here is equivalent to the end of everything. Liu Ji and Zhou Yan are both smart people, and naturally they also understand this. They must have noticed this, and only by living or going down first can they have a chance to make a comeback. If you stay here, you will end up with a miserable defeat, and there is no future other than death.

So, they thought of fleeing. It's just that such an escape must have a corresponding strategy. If you don't do anything, you run out recklessly, but I'm afraid that you will be chased and killed all the time.

So they chose to set fire, taking advantage of the commotion and chaos caused by the burning fire, to confuse the enemy's sight. Under the firelight, among the heavy figures, I am afraid that not many people will pay attention to the dozens of people who took advantage of the situation to escape.

Moreover, setting fire to the South Gate undoubtedly gave us a passage to attack Xiyang. As far as attackers are concerned, Liu Ji and we have the same goal. Therefore, Liu Ji's actions also exist with the idea of using our hands to eliminate those who dare to betray them. He also wants us to kill and hurt those betrayers. ”

Saying that, this is the end, Zhou Rui closed his eyes and made an unfathomable look. He originally thought that he would be able to hear applause and appreciation, but he didn't want to finish talking for a while, and there was still silence around him.

"What's wrong, this is?" He felt very strange, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the three people around him, including General Wei Yan, were all stunned, looking at him stupidly.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhou Rui was a little hairy in his heart, and he had to ask.

"Because you're very good. I've never found out that you still have such a skill. Song De reacted first, and rather rudely wiped his mouth with his sleeve that had just opened up with a faint amount of saliva, and said seriously.

"I wonder if you've ever considered a different career, let's say being an intelligence analyst under me?" Luo Zhao looked over, as if he saw a piece of candy, stared at him tightly and said, "You are a talent, an absolute talent." If you follow me, I can guarantee that you will become a genius in this area. ”

"This ......" Listening to Luo Zhao's strong invitation, Zhou Rui suddenly became embarrassed. To be honest, he didn't want to do that kind of work with Luo Zhao, but because Luo Zhao's official position was much higher than him, and he was such a sincere and enthusiastic invitation, it was difficult for him to say no for a while. This made him at a loss, although he could analyze all kinds of enemy situations eloquently, but in terms of receiving people and things, he was still as immature as an ordinary teenager.

Looking at Zhou Rui, who was obviously a little embarrassed, Wei Yan, who finally reacted, finally spoke, but his words seemed a little unflattering: "Okay, you Luo Zhongming, you have actually dug up people to Lao Tzu's hands, do you want to mix here." What is your intelligence analysis team, isn't it just a job of probing people's privacy and digging people's sore spots? That's very unpopular, how can it be happier than our current fight with one gun and one knife! ”

"You ......" was reprimanded so badly, Luo Zhao's face turned white and looked a little embarrassed, he pursed his mouth tightly and seemed to be trying to control something. Maybe he also wanted to refute Wei Yan loudly and justify his work.

However, in that case, Wei Yan's arrogant face would definitely not be able to hang up. Although he didn't say anything at the time, afterwards, he would definitely have a grudge against Luo Zhao in his heart.

"What should I do?" Zhou Rui looked at Song De on the side nervously, and he was really worried that the two directors of his team would have a fierce conflict.

"That's a very bad thing. I'm afraid this is the most taboo thing for the boss. Zhou Rui thought worriedly, but at the moment he really didn't have any way to solve this problem.

Just when he was worried about this, an unhappy voice came, causing everyone here to forget what was in front of them all at once: "Master, you can't say that! We have succeeded in turning the situation in the entire four northern counties of Jiangxia to the point where we are now, and we would not have been able to do this without sufficient intelligence. Therefore, Master should not say that about Mr. Luo. After all, Mr. Luo's efforts have helped us a lot, and he has merit. ”

"What?" The voice came suddenly, but it woke everyone up at once. They looked away, but saw a young man walking out of the darkness. I saw that he was dressed in white and had a handsome appearance, although he looked vaguely childish, but his tightly pursed thin lips and bright eyes added a bit of majesty to his childishness, constituting a strange temperament of his whole person. As soon as everyone saw him, a deep smile suddenly appeared on their faces, and they stepped forward in a few steps, hugging him tightly, and the enthusiasm in their hearts suddenly showed in their actions: "Zixu (boss), you are finally back." ”

"yes. I am back. Li Sheng nodded vigorously, and said with a little excitement: "It's been a long time since you all saw each other." ”

"Well, it's been a long time. I heard that you were wounded in battle. What do you think? Okay? At this moment, where did everyone remember the conflict between Luo Zhao and Wei Yanna just now, and they all surrounded Li Sheng tightly at once, and kept asking him questions.

"Alright, it's been a long time coming." Li Sheng said with a smile, he stretched out his hand and gestured: "A little injury like that, how can it be rare for me Li Sheng?" As he spoke, he put on a strong and powerful pose.

"Haha......" everyone laughed, "I never knew you could be so funny." ”

"Where. It's normal to be happy. The smile on Li Sheng's face deepened: "How?" Do you want to go down and talk about it? Master Huang Zhong is already waiting for us in the big tent. Now that our forces have regrouped, it is time to have the strength to threaten the enemy. ”

"Okay." Wei Yan nodded in agreement: "The fruit of tonight has ripened, and the enemy has suffered considerable losses. It is indeed time to consider how the next battle should be conducted. ”

"Hmm!" Everyone nodded and walked down the hill together. They quickly entered the tent of their camp and quickly convened the first meeting of the rejoining.

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At the same time, a meeting of only two people also fell into the hands of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun in Xiyang, and then unfolded in the secret room of the Xiyang County Ya. In fact, it is not quite correct to say that this is a meeting, to be correct, this is just a private meeting between Zhang Wu and Chen Sun before the county government meeting. It's just that they are talking about a bigger thing -- "how to deal with the change in the situation between the enemy and us after the burning of the South Gate." ”

This is an issue related to the future of all the forces in the city, and it was originally for everyone to get together to discuss, but Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, out of consideration of how to maximize the benefits of their forces, decided that the two of them would discuss it first, draw a general conclusion, and then guide those small forces below to serve their own interests.

Such a principle of distribution of interests seems a bit cruel to those small forces, after all, their interests are taken into account last. But for Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, this is understandable, because they are the leaders of their own army first, and then the leaders of the entire coalition army. In fact, for any combination of forces, only strength can guarantee the acquisition of benefits, and everything else is just a delusion that does not know the height of the sky. No one is going to give you benefits for nothing - that's the reality.

Inside the hut, there is not enough light, only a little candle flame, and the shadows gather into darkness to become the main color of this space. Injured, Zhang Wu leaned weakly on the couch in the room, looking at Chen Sun opposite with annoyance. For tonight's battle, he was not satisfied. Although they had basically gotten everything they wanted, Liu Ji Zhouyan's escape and their final burning of the South Gate made the final fruit defective and put the entire Xiyang City in crisis. All of this annoyed him, and if he hadn't taken care of his injuries, he couldn't bear too much anger, and he was afraid that he would have scolded him on the spot.

"Damn Liu Ji, he didn't even make us feel good when he ran away." The fire could not be released, but the anger in his chest was really unbearable, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth while trying to calm his mood.

"Why do you only scold Liu Ji and not Zhou Yan?" Chen Sun listened to Zhang Wude's curse and asked strangely.

"Don't you see? Although Zhou Yan is smart, his intelligence is mainly in the command of the troops. Something like this that belongs outside the command of the troops, it is definitely not something that the head thinks about. Zhang Wu took a few deep breaths and said.

"That ......" Chen Sun scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's not that I didn't see it, but I just didn't think of it all of a sudden." ”

"Oh!?" Zhang Wu said something and stopped talking. He didn't seem to want to dwell too much on the issue that annoyed him.

"That's the way it is, what do you think we should do next?" After a moment of dullness, Zhang Wu asked.

"To understand this problem, we must first understand our current situation between friend and foe!" After thinking about it, Chen Sun opened his mouth and said, "The fierceness of tonight's battle is far beyond what we imagined. Judging from the rough calculations just obtained, tonight's battle cost our army nearly 700 soldiers, and if we add the seriously wounded, the losses are about 1,000. In other words, there are only more than 2,400 people in Xiyang City who can pick up arms and fight, and the number is just twice that of the enemy on the opposite side, and the overall combat power has fallen to the point that it is about the same as those guys on the opposite side. ”

"How could it be...... So miserable? Aren't we still able to get reinforcements from Liu Erren's men? Zhang Wu's eyes widened when he heard such data, and his face was full of disbelief.

"This is already the data after the calculation is supplemented." Chen Sun lowered his head and said helplessly and frustratedly: "Liu Ji and Zhou Yan are not stupid, they have already guessed that we may attack them tonight, so they have laid a lot of obstacles in the direct camp. Although they ultimately missed the plan to outflank us from the walls, their placement in the camp and the resistance of the soldiers still cost us dearly. This is something that you should feel the most when you are in charge of attacking in the middle. You should understand how fierce the enemy's resistance in the middle tonight was. Many of our wounded and dead were born in the middle lane, and the casualties on Liu Zhoujun's side became very huge because of this defense that did not give up. In this battle, we can say that we have lost both of them. ”

"Damn it!" Zhang Wu frowned tightly: "If we had known that the result would be like this, we wouldn't have started this battle." What a miscalculation. As he spoke, he clenched his fists in remorse, and the excitement in his heart was unmistakable.

"There's no way around that. After all, no one knows what the outcome will be. Perhaps, the only mistake we made was to oversimplify things. Chen Sun comforted Zhang Wu for a moment, and then continued: "The elimination of the enemy's forces has put our army in an extremely disadvantageous position. Once the other side is waiting for the part of the long-range attack to return to the reinforcements, the number of the two armies will be basically equal, and the enemy's overall strength will greatly exceed ours. I don't think I'll say what the outcome will be then, but you know. ”

"This is naturally understood. But maybe it's not that bad. Zhang Wuyou argued to himself: "Isn't it that the enemy has not yet merged? There are still only a thousand people in front of us. ”

"What if the enemy doesn't merge? Can we really just rush out and fight those guys on the other side? Chen Sun shook his head in frustration as he spoke: "Let's not talk about it, it will take several days for us to digest tonight's results." Just one piece of news I just got is enough to make us have to think about other ways. ”

"What's the news?" Seeing that Chen Sun's expression became bitter and heavy, Zhang Wu had to ask nervously.

"Sun was killed. This seems to have happened a month ago, the main force of the Jiangdong Army preparing to attack Jiangxia has begun to retreat, and it is said that the main general during this period has left the army as early as half a month ago and seems to have returned to Wu County. Chen Sun said with a slightly rigid face.

"Sun Ce is dead?" Zhang Wu's eyes widened when he heard this, "He's only twenty-six?" Why did he die? ”

"He was stabbed to death by the retainers of Xu Gong who he had captured and killed before." Chen Sun said this, with a slight sigh: "Although Sun Ce can be regarded as a hero, he seems to be too irritable and has killed many people who should not have been killed. It's like that tribute. This thing at the moment may be God's retribution for him. ”

The remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, Duotun, and the Dabie Mountains in Runan, which are very close to Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou, have also heard of the Futu religion that has become popular in these places in the past two years. As soon as Chen Sun thought of the causes and consequences of Sun Ce's death, he naturally remembered a word in the Futu Sect to "retribution".

This can indeed be regarded as "retribution". After all, the feud between Sun Ce and Xu Gong only came from a trivial matter that was not trivial to Sun Ce:

When Sun Ce was still conquering Jiangdong, Xu Gong, who was the Taishou of Wu County, once went to the imperial court and sued Sun Ce, saying that he was rude, and once he was released, he would inevitably become a scourge to the world, and it was best to recall him to Jingshi. This was originally a verbal offense to Sun Ce. At that time, the world was in turmoil, where could the imperial court manage all kinds of local affairs, the so-called recall of Jingshi Yunyun, that is, just talk casually, where can these military generals who have troops in the local area really move. Anyone can see this. If it was ordinary, it would have been laughed off, but Sun Ce was jealous of Xu Gong because of this.

Sun Ce ordered Zhu Zhi to attack Xu Gong. Xu Gong died and took refuge in Yan Baihu, who was in Huiji. Later, Sun Ce attacked Yan Baihu, went down to Huiji City, and captured Xu Gong in the city. At that time, Xu Gong was not at war with Sun Ce, he was just an outlaw in Huiji. However, Sun Ce held a grudge against Xu Gong's appearance in the imperial court and ordered Xu Gong to be hanged.

This is undoubtedly Sun Ce's fault. Perhaps, as far as Sun Ce himself is concerned, the people he doesn't like should be killed. And for those who were killed, they did not become Sun Ce's enemies, maybe they did something to be dissatisfied with Sun Ce. However, no matter how much they provoked Sun Ce's resentment, they should not be treated like this by Sun Ce.

Xu Gong is a person who loves his subordinates. In order to repay his kindness, his subordinates all wanted to avenge his death. And so there was such a thing.

Of course, there were not a few people who were killed for trivial reasons like Xu Gong for Sun Ce. Therefore, even if they are not Xu Gong's retainers, there will be other people who want to seek revenge on Sun Ce. Because Sun Ce killed many people who should not have been killed in the first place.

"When you think about it, Sun Ce's death is not surprising. But his death has dashed our hopes of victory. Chen Sun said bitterly: "We originally sent troops to cooperate with the Sun family's army to capture Jiangxia, and to use this as a meritorious achievement to achieve the result of joining the Jiangdong Army. Now that the Jiangdong Army has retreated, then he will naturally have to talk about the agreement with us. From now on, it will be us who will directly face the tens of thousands of troops of Jiangxia Huangzu. Maybe we can eat these enemies in front of us if we work hard now, but for Huang Zu after these enemies, we don't have any chance of winning. In my opinion, if we continue to fight, we will only be dead. Naturally, we can't take such a path. Then there are only two ways to live......" he said, holding up the two fingers of his right hand and gesturing lightly.

"Which two?" Zhang Wu asked.

"One, that is, how to come and how to go back, just as if there is no such thing this time. Second, maybe we can change the object of refuge and live a stable life in Jingzhou for a few years. Chen Sun explained with a smile.

"A peaceful life?" Zhang Wu's eyes revealed a little question: "You mean to go to Liu Biao?" ”

"Yes." Chen Sun nodded lightly: "This road is the best for us." Liu Biao is a weak person, you and I know very well. We should be able to spend a lot of time here. If there is still a chance, maybe we may have more to come. ”

Chen Sun narrowed his eyes as he spoke, and the intoxication in it was clear at a glance at this moment. Zhang Wu understood at a glance that his military advisor was once again intoxicated by his unparalleled ambition.

"Alas......" Looking at Chen Sun's appearance, Zhang Wu sighed softly. He knows that he is a military advisor, and everything is good, but sometimes he likes to daydream a little.

Jingzhou ...... Liu Biao ......" Zhang Wu stepped on the ground under his feet: "Is it so easy to get here?" Zhang Wu asked himself.