Liu Pan and Liu Hu brothers rushed to Sun Ce's camp with more than ten strong troops and war horses.

Sun Ce had heard of both brothers and welcomed their contribution. War horses are also urgently needed, especially the squire knights are seriously lacking suitable war horses, and these war horses solve the urgent need. But Sun Ce was most concerned about Liu Biao's reaction. Knowing that Liu Biao and the Gaoping family greeted Zhang Jian in Jinkou, Sun Ce once again felt the role of full favor.

Those who are good at fighting have no great feats. With the 500 Jiangdong soldiers he gave, Man Chong dragged Wei Meng and more than 10,000 others, dampened Feng Kai's morale, and let Gao Ping, who has the most families, stay out of the matter. If it weren't for the full favor, the east of Surabaya would probably be a different situation, and it would be difficult for Sun Ce to find another person who could do the same.

Guo Jia originally suggested that it was a very clever choice to let Man Pet go to Gaoping.

Sun Ce had the martial arts of the Liu Pan brothers tested, and asked for their opinions, and then incorporated them into the squire knight camp. Liu Pan and Liu Hu were surprised and delighted, although they were confident that their martial arts were very good, but the attendant knight was Sun Ce's personal knight, they didn't dare to expect extravagance, and they were very satisfied if they could enter the righteous and follow the horse.

didn't fight and didn't know each other, and they soon became good friends with Guo Wu, Xu Sheng and others. Of course, being teased by Guo Yuan and Xie Guanglong is also a necessary procedure.

For two days in a row, Sun Ce has not been able to rest well, and the Gaoping family and Haoqiang have come one after another, some have donated horses, some have donated money, and some have taken the part to work. Sun Ce received them one by one, and learned a lot of news from them. These people had a lot of opinions about Man Pet before, and they didn't know what to scold Man Pet behind their backs, but now they have changed their faces and are full of praise for Man Pet.

Sun Ce didn't make an evaluation, but just kept these opinions in mind.

Five days later, Man Chong himself rushed to the camp and brought a batch of grain, accompanied by Wei Meng. After Feng Kai's defeat, Wei Meng evacuated Gaoping and is now stationed in Gaoping Mountain, with nearly 10,000 soldiers. Man Pet personally rushed to Gaoping Mountain to persuade him to surrender. Wei Meng was worried about the future, and with a full favor recommendation, he pushed the boat down the river and decided to surrender to Sun Ce.

After arranging Wei Meng and allowing him to serve as the captain of the first battalion, Sun Ce asked Xu Sheng to take Wei Meng to meet Guo Jia to discuss the relevant details of the surrender, and then left him full of favor. He got straight to the point and asked about the results of Zhang Ai and Zhang Bao.

"They just want to speculate, but they don't have that kind of strength. I locked them up for a few days, fined a little money, and let them go. "Being pampered and unhurried is like nagging about the most ordinary thing." Gao Ping is close to Lu, and the world is profitable, but there are only a few people who can really become big after all. ”

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh. He pulled out the official seal of the Yuzhou Thorn History from his arms and put it in Manzhong's hand. "My father is busy with military affairs and has no time to take care of Yuzhou affairs, so you can act as an agent for Yuzhou affairs for the time being. The Yuzhou family, like the Gaoping family, needs a parent official who can help them understand the general trend. ”

Holding the official seal, Man Zhong glanced up at Sun Ce, and silently put it away. "Whoa."

"According to the example of Dugi, I will give you two thousand men, and you will choose three hundred trustworthy people to be your personal guards. If there is an emergency, you can deal with it with your authority and give me a reasonable explanation afterwards. ”

The corners of Manpet's mouth trembled, and he bowed down again. Give 2,000 soldiers and 300 personal guards, which is the standard configuration of the captain under Sun Ce. Becoming a lieutenant and enjoying the right to freely dispose of Yuzhou's affairs is Sun Ce's recognition of his ability and his trust.

In front of Sun Ce, he was full of favors and was not shocked. When he left the camp, he found a secluded place, squatted on the ground, covered his face, and wept bitterly.

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A few days later, news came from Sun Jian that Cao Ang had retreated to Wuyan, and his forward remained in Dongpinglu and Zhangxian. Zang Ba and others entered the northern country of Jibei and controlled the area of Snake Hill and Gangxian County. Sun Jian had stopped the pursuit and was about to withdraw his troops.

Sun Ce immediately sent someone to inform Ji Ling and asked him to rush to Lu County to take office. did not take Shanyang as he wished, Lu State is still the front line, Cao Ang may make a comeback at any time, and the burden on Ji Ling's shoulders is not light. In order to allow Ji Ling to have more manpower and material resources to deploy, Sun Ce assigned the Defective Hill and Nanpingyang, which originally belonged to Shanyang, to the Lu State and was controlled by Ji Ling, while Xue County, which was isolated south of the Liangshui in the south, was separated from the Lu State to reduce Ji Ling's management burden. Considering that Dongping has not yet fallen, and Zang Ba and others need the support of Lu Guo's grain endowment, Sun Ce will arrange for Pengcheng and Peiguo to transfer grain and grass to supplement to ensure that Ji Ling has no worries.

Ji Ling happily obeyed his orders, and rushed to Lu County with the ordnance, grain and grass that Sun Ce had just allocated. In this battle, except for cooperating with Tai Shici to repel Cheng Yu, he did not really have the merits to be able to do it. Sun Ce still trusted him so much, which made him very grateful.

Two days later, Tai Shici personally rushed to Rencheng and bid farewell to Sun Ce. The war in Yanzhou was over, and he wanted to rush back to Mount Tai to assist Tao Qian in the battle.

Sun Ce and Tai Shici talked for a long time. Yuan Tan was defeated, and no one could say what kind of reaction Yuan Shao would have. If Yuan Shao goes south, it will be another big battle, and Tai Shici needs to be ready for reinforcements at any time. However, Tai Shici's troops are limited, and there is no stable logistics supply, this time he is coercing Zang Ba and others to take risks to attack, and there may not be such an opportunity next time. Sun Ce discussed with him whether he could push the front to Qingzhou.

After listening to Sun Ce's plan, Tai Shici raised objections after careful consideration. Although he and his subordinates have many Qingzhou people and have a strong urge to fight back to their hometown, it is not the best time to get involved in Qingzhou now. He came from a poor background, and the Qingzhou family would not support him, which was bound to form a stalemate with Yuan Xi, and once something happened in Yanzhou, he would not be able to provide reinforcements.

Sun Ce felt reasonable. This plan was proposed by Pang Tong, and Guo Jia did not agree at that time. Guo Jia believes that Qingzhou has been in tatters after the Yellow Turban Rebellion over the years, and the financial resources it can provide are very limited, which will not provide much help to Tai Shici, but will make Gongsun Chan feel threatened. In addition, if the battle line is pushed to Qingzhou, Yuan Xi will use the main force to fight for Qingzhou, and Tao Qian's pressure will be less. Tao Qian's pressure is small, and it is likely to recur. Only by making him feel the strong pressure of Yuan Xi did he rely on Sun Ce until he lost control of Xuzhou.

As for Tai Shici's supply problem, Guo Jia proposed two plans: one is to assign Pengcheng, Luguo, Donghai County, Peiguo's counties north of Bishui and Shanyang counties to a war zone, and centralize the dispatch of money, grain, and troops; First, it was provided by Tao Qian to help him fight, and it was natural for him to bear a part of the money and food. Sun Ce preferred the former plan, but in this way, it involved the matter of who would be in charge of the war zone, and it was necessary to set up a governor who could command the generals.

Sun Ce's original intended person was Lu Su, but this time Lu Su had no chance to make contributions, and his sudden promotion would cause dissatisfaction among other generals. After thinking about it, Sun Ce set his eyes on Tai Shici. The long-term arrangement for Tai Shici is Liaodong and even Youzhou, sooner or later, he will have to be left alone, and now let him serve as the governor of the Pengcheng War Zone in advance, which can be regarded as an experience.

"If you are asked to move to Rencheng and be in charge of the war in Yanzhou, who can replace your responsibility in Taishan?"

Tai Shi Ci weighed it repeatedly for a long time. "Zang Ba."