In Wang Chong's estimate, perhaps Niu Zhu would be the first to go to war with the Jiangdong army, so in order to ensure that Niu Zhu was foolproof, Wang Chong decided to let the resourceful Liu Ye go to Niu Zhu with Jiang Qin and Wang Shuang.

Before dividing the troops, Liu Ye grabbed Wang Chong and expressed the worries in his heart with a solemn face: "Lord, since the army was sent to Jiangdong, don't you think that our steps are too big?" ”

Wang Chong frowned: "Ziyang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Liu Ye said: "Lord, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, now my Jinfan's battle line is too long, all the way from Chaisang to Moling, across the land of the two counties, but all the heavy troops will be transferred to the north of Danyang, in case of a major incident in the rear, we can't rescue at all, by then, the entire battle situation will face the risk of collapse!" ”

Listening to Liu Ye say this, Wang Chong also faintly realized the seriousness of the matter, after all, the current Jinfan, in Yuzhang only occupies the four counties of Chaisang, Pengze, Liling, and Haidu, all the counties in the south, are still in the hands of the Jiangdong Army, although Sun Ben suffered defeat in the hands of Gan Ning before, but Nanchang still has 5,000 Jiangdong troops, if Sun Ben recruits new soldiers in Nanchang or directly mobilizes the local family to send troops to support, the force can be expanded to more than 10,000 people in a short period of time, if it is only by Xu Sheng's hands of 3,000 Jinfan, I'm afraid it's hard to keep the sunset.

In addition, the situation in Danyang County is basically the same, Jinfan only occupies the north, but the south still belongs to Jiangdong, which contains too many uneasy factors, the reason why there is no change in these places until now, maybe it is just because Wang Chong and Gan Ning's army are still nearby, but who dares to guarantee that when all the Jinfan army goes to the north of Danyang to fight with the Jiangdong army, they will be as calm as ever?

Wang Chong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Then according to Ziyang's opinion, what should I do?" ”

Liu Ye said: "Lord, the meal should be eaten one bite at a time, if you eat too fast, you may break your stomach, with my Jinfan's current strength, it is not enough to win the entire Jiangdong in one breath, this battle, if you can completely divide Yuzhang and Danyang County into my Jinfan's territory, for our Jinfan, it is already an unprecedented victory!" ”

"I think I understand what Ziyang meant!" Wang Chong was silent for a moment, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile, "I will immediately send someone to inform my brother, so that he doesn't have to go north to join us, the main army of Jiangdong, it is enough for us to deal with it, his task is to sweep the major counties of Yuzhang and Danyang counties as much as possible before we and the Jiangdong army divide the victory or defeat, especially Sun Ben in Nanchang, keeping him will always be a huge hidden danger!" ”

Liu Ye's face was overjoyed: "The lord is wise!" ”

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After parting ways with Liu Ye, Jiang Qin and others, Wang Chong and Tai Shici rushed to Wanling with four thousand light horsemen and fast horses, and the marching speed was not much faster than before, and they arrived at Wanling City smoothly before dark.

In order to delay the pace of Jinfan's pursuit, Cheng Pu left a thousand Jiangdong soldiers in Wanling to defend the city, which made Wang Chong a little helpless, after all, the cavalry is good at field combat, but it is not suitable for siege, not to mention that they are lightly armed all the way, and they do not have any siege equipment in their hands at all.

However, Wang Chong didn't care too much about this, if he wanted to go north, he didn't necessarily have to break through Wanling, in fact, he could go around, Wang Chong didn't believe that they had the courage to chase out of the city with such a few soldiers and horses, and with the mobility of the cavalry, they couldn't catch up even if they wanted to.

But just as Wang Chong decided to bypass Wanling and go north to Wuhu, something unexpected happened, and Wanling's guards ...... actually took the initiative to open the city gate and dedicated Wanling.

It turned out that when Cheng Pu was choosing who to leave to guard Wanling, he actually used them as cannon fodder, because everyone knew that how could a thousand soldiers alone stop the Jinfan army? His purpose is nothing more than to buy time for himself.

In this way, Cheng Pu naturally couldn't let his cronies stay here and die in vain, so he simply selected a thousand people from Sun Yi's subordinates who surrendered to Wanling, and the general of this thousand-person army happened to be Qian Qing, the military Sima who was moved by Sun Yi's sincere remarks in Niuzhu.

Qian Qing is not a fool, he knows that Sun Yi's death is by no means as simple as Cheng Pu explained later, if no one instructs him, why did Bian Hong risk his life to assassinate Sun Yi for no reason? This also made Qian Qing, who already supported Sun Yi, even more disgusted with Sun Quan, so he decided to follow Sun Yi's ambition and help Jinfan defeat Sun Quan, so that Jiangdong could settle down as soon as possible.

In addition, there is another very important reason that Qian Qing actually served as a soldier under Liu Miao at the beginning, and at that time, he especially admired Tai Shici, who was unparalleled in cavalry and archery and had excellent martial arts.

Five years ago, Tai Shi Ci found out Sun Ce's traces, and without waiting for Liu Xuan's order, he went into battle alone, wanting to capture Sun Ce, at that time, he didn't dare to go together, only Qian Qing followed, so the two met in Shenting Ridge with thirteen Jiangdong generals, including Sun Ce, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, that battle was actually a heads-up between Tai Shi Ci and Sun Ce, Qian Qing and Huang Gai, Han Dang and other Jiangdong generals, but they were just sweeping the battle on the side, and did not directly participate in it, but even so, Qian Qing abandoned life and death, The courage to come to help alone still won Tai Shici's respect and gratitude, and the two formed a deep friendship.

Therefore, when Qian Qing saw the figure of Tai Shici under the city at the head of the city, it also prompted him to make up his mind to open the city and surrender.

"General Taishi, do you still remember the little pawn who followed the general in Shenting Ridge back then?" Out of the city gate, Qian Qing immediately smiled and saluted Tai Shici.

"Of course I do!" Tai Shi Ci laughed and patted Qian Qing's shoulder enthusiastically, "Good brother, we haven't seen each other for many years!" ”

After speaking, he pulled Qian Qing in front of Wang Chong and introduced: "Lord, I want to ...... when I was under Liu Yangzhou's account."

Listening to Tai Shici talk about the process of his acquaintance with Qian Qing, Wang Chong immediately realized that the Qian Qing in front of him turned out to be the young general Qu A who had different opinions on the Internet in later generations.

After listening to Tai Shici's introduction, Wang Chong smiled at Qian Qing and said: "General Qian is not only a friend of Ziyi, but also my brother Jinfan, now that you have contributed to Wanling, I will temporarily title you as Sima of other departments, continue to garrison Wanling, and when my Jinfan ends the war with Jiangdong, I will reward you separately!" ”

Qian Qing was stunned, he had been a soldier in Jiangdong for so many years, and he was still just a small military horse, who knew that he had just returned to Jinfan, and he was immediately promoted by Wang Chong to another department, and this official position was promoted too quickly, right?

Tai Shici shook Qian Qing lightly and said with a smile: "What are you stunned about?" Haven't you thanked the lord yet? ”

Qian Qing, who reacted, immediately knelt down on one knee with excitement on Wang Chong's face, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for your promotion!" (To be continued.) )