Sun Ce is the most famous young hero in the past two years, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are bordered, Manzhong often hears news related to Sun Ce, and he still knows Sun Ce's habits of employing people. Once upon a time, he also regretted why he couldn't meet such a master, but now when he heard Sun Ce say this, he was suddenly moved.

He didn't dare to expect Zhou Yu to lead tens of thousands of troops to guard a state, and he would be satisfied if he could guard a country like Lu Fan. He had heard the story of Lü Fan, and it is said that he also hit it off with Sun Ce at first sight, and soon acted as Liang Xiang, and then was officially appointed.

In contrast, it is not an easy task to be a general under Yuan Tan. Zhu Ling is a general sent by Yuan Shao, Cheng Yu is a strategist recommended by Wang Yu, and Cao Ang is a child of the Tong family who has known Yuan Tan since childhood, but none of them can fully gain Yuan Tan's trust, and even Xin Bi is difficult to make Yuan Tanyan obey.

Maybe Sun Ce is right, Yuan Tan's own ability is limited, and he is not as confident as Sun Ce, so he will always be wary of his subordinates, the so-called strong cadres and weak branches, whether it is Legalism or Confucianism, are regarded as the guideline.

After saying goodbye to Sun Ce, Man Chong hurried to the camp, thinking about how to explain this matter to Yuan Tan along the way. It can't be hidden, but it's impossible to say it all. He didn't think Yuan Tan had that kind of belly.

The Wutang camp was only more than twenty miles away from Yuan Tan's camp, and before Manzhong could think of a statement, he had already arrived. Seeing that the battlefield was so close, Man Pet didn't know what to say. Yuan Tan was also too careless, it was basic common sense for scouts to reconnoiter thirty miles, Yuan Tan didn't know that Sun Ce was in Wutang Pavilion twenty miles away last night, how negligent was this?

Yuan Tan is on the front line. After a day and a night of attack, Sun Jian's corpses were in a mess in front of his camp, and corpses were floating in the barracks. The battle at night was commanded by Xin Bi, but Yuan Tan didn't sleep well, at the moment with dark circles under his eyes, tired and hungry, in a very bad mood, a little listless when he saw the full pet, although the etiquette was thoughtful, the mood was not full enough, and he looked quite depressed. Man Zhong couldn't help but compare Yuan Tan in front of him with Sun Ce, who had just separated. Sun Ce also didn't sleep all night, but he looked energetic.

"Berning, what's going on in Changyi?" Yuan Tan opened his mouth, yawned involuntarily, and quickly covered it with his sleeve, smiling apologetically.

Man Chong hurriedly told Lu Fan about leading the army into the country. Yuan Tan was originally not in a good mood, but when he heard the news, he suddenly added three points of irritability, and subconsciously smashed his fist on the case, and then felt out of shape again, and wanted to cover it up, so he was a little out of place. Seeing it in his eyes, Man Zhong became more and more uneasy, and he didn't know if he should tell Yuan Tan about his encounter with Sun Ce now. He thought about it, and felt that it was better to say it now, Yuan Tan should have heard about this matter from him first, and when others mentioned it, he would have the meaning of covering it up.

But now is not a good opportunity.

"Envoy, pet stayed overnight in Wutang Pavilion yesterday and met Sun Ce?"

"Sun ...... Plan? Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment and turned his head sharply. Was he in Wutang Pavilion last night? ”

Man Pet nodded and looked at Yuan Tan quietly.

Yuan Tan's face suddenly turned pale, then turned red, and after a while, it slowly turned white. He muttered, "Sun Ce was in Wutang Pavilion yesterday? ”

Full Pet sighed secretly and confirmed again. After a long while, Yuan Tan reluctantly regained his composure. "Where is he now?"

"I went to Changyi. He said that he wanted to take Changyi, and he also wanted to take the whole of Shanyang. ”

"That's what he said?" Yuan Tan looked at the full favor, and his eyebrows gradually rose. "You know?"

Man Pet shook his head and told him what had happened. Yuan Tan has been looking at Man Chong, with doubts and uneasiness in his eyes. He didn't see any flaws in Man Pet's face, but he instinctively felt that Man Pet didn't tell the truth, at least not in full, and hid part of the content.

Man Zhong saw Yuan Tan's suspicions, but he was helpless. It was impossible for him to tell Yuan Tan about Sun Ce's evaluation of Yuan Tan, especially about whether he could use his words, otherwise it would be like coercion, which would make Yuan Tan even more annoyed. He secretly complained to himself, Sun Ce is too bad, this is a thorn in his heart, it is easy to pierce into it, but it is extremely difficult to pull it out.

Yuan Tan forcibly suppressed his unhappiness and let Man Pet rest. He sat alone on the podium, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Sun Ce actually left Sun Jian alone and went to Changyi. Lu Fan led his troops into Yanzhou again, if he and Sun Ce rendezvous, whether Changyi could be defended, he was really not sure. It can be said that it was a plan to lose Changyi last time, but now if Sun Ce enters Changyi again, how can he explain it?

Is this Changyi my place of governance, or the seat of the Sun family's father and son, why do they enter whenever they want?

Just when Yuan Tan was anxious, a knight rode his horse from a distance. Yuan Tan looked at the posture, and his heart chuckled. He stood up, spun back and forth twice, and forced himself to calm down. After a while, the knight came to the command stand, turned over and dismounted. A personal guard stepped forward to question, and after confirming his identity, the knight came to the stage and came to Yuan Tan.

"Envoy, Hu Lu Ling Lu has an urgent military report."

Yuan Tan glanced at the guards beside him. The guard took the military report from the knight's hand, turned around and handed it to Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan checked the sealing mud and saw the three dazzling cinnabar on it, and his heart beat wildly.

Cinnabar means emergency, three cinnabar means extreme urgency, what's the big deal?

Yuan Tan's hand began to tremble, he pulled it twice, but he couldn't tear it open, he was so angry for a while, he pulled out a long knife, and cut the silk rope of the seal with force, almost cutting his fingers. He took out the paper scroll inside, looked at it quickly, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he said angrily: "Lu Qian, what's going on?" Do you need to use three cinnabar for such a thing? ”

The situation is not serious, at least Yuan Tan thinks it is not serious. Guo Jia led more than 10,000 cavalry to Qi County, and a large number of ships came from the direction of Pengcheng, and they would soon join Guo Jia, when Guo Jia would cross the water to attack the lake and land. Lu Qian only had more than 1,000 people, and he had more than enough to defend the city, so it was impossible to go out of the city to block the attack, and he hoped that Yuan Tan would immediately send reinforcements.

After saying a few words, Yuan Tan suddenly felt that something was wrong, he picked up the military newspaper again and looked at it, especially the word foot and horse, which felt particularly eye-catching. He remembered one thing: Yesterday morning, when Sun Ce passed between Zhu Ling and Cheng Yu's camp, Zhu Ling and Cheng Yu both said that there were only about 200 people, but Wen Chou's personal guards said that Sun Ce had more than 1,000 horsemen when he ambushed Wen Chou. He originally thought that Sun Ce had left some of the cavalry for Sun Jian, but now he saw something strange.

How many cavalry did Sun Ce have?

Yuan Tan said to the knight: "How many cavalry are there around Guo Jia?" ”

The knight didn't think twice. "About three thousand horsemen."

"Three thousand rides? So much?! Yuan Tan exclaimed. Then he understood again and sighed. "Wen Chou has a brave name, he was defeated in a battle, and he gave Sun Ce three or four thousand horses for nothing."