Seeing this, Sun Ce said in a little hurry: "Gong Jin, do you want to chase it, if you continue to think about it, you can only collect your troops and return to the city." ”

Zhou Yu opened his mouth and said: "It's too late to chase now, unless you let the army travel lightly, but there is a risk." ”

Sun Ce didn't care and said: "Gong Jin is too worried, since Xu Shu doesn't have much time left for our army to pursue, it proves that he really wants to retreat, but he is stuck at this time to prevent our army from having a chance to pursue." ”

"Moreover, on the battlefield, everything is risky, and you and I are stationed in Yangzhou, which is not a risky move, but it is not a success yet."

Sun Ce's words made Zhou Yu make up his mind and said: "What Bo Fu said is extremely true, Yu is timid. ”

Sun Ce persuaded Zhou Yu to immediately send the general Han Dang, leading 5,000 elite foot soldiers, abandoning all items that hindered the speed of the pursuit, and only carrying weapons and a few rations to launch the pursuit.

After Han Dang left, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce led most of the troops to follow, leaving only 1,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, it seems that they want to eat Xu Shu's army of broken queens.

But Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't know that as soon as they made a move, they were ambushed by the scouts around them, and the news reached Xu Shu's ears.

This time it was Zhao Ban who stayed as bait, and at this time he led the army and was walking slowly, for three hours, and he only walked thirty or forty miles.

At this time, a horse galloped towards him, so that Zhu Ban couldn't help but stop the war. "Report! Behind our army, thousands of soldiers and horses were chasing after us, and they were less than ten miles away. ”

"Well, the fish is hooked." Zhu Ban was overjoyed at first, and then hurriedly shouted: "The whole army speeds up, some weights, discard them as planned, quickly!" ”

As soon as the order came out, Li Jun, who was procrastinating, completely changed his appearance, and quickly discarded the materials he had prepared, and his speed increased rapidly for a while.

In less than an hour, Han Dang led the army to arrive, and when he saw that the ground was all discarded, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly restrained the soldiers who had robbed, and accelerated his speed to continue the pursuit.

When Han Dang saw those discarded items, his speed was also very fast, and he didn't wait for the news from the open scouts, and chased forward brainlessly, for fear of letting Li Jun escape.

Chasing and catching up, the two sides have unconsciously traveled seventy or eighty miles, and the sky is approaching evening, Han Dang's department and Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's army behind him have opened nearly forty miles, and the lone army is considered to be deep.

At this time, Han Dangzheng led his troops and horses to stop, rested for the time being, and prepared to continue the pursuit.

Why was Han Dang not afraid at all, because he had vaguely seen the appearance of Li Jun fleeing in a panic in front of him several times, and that appearance was completely defenseless.

As long as this group of Li Jun can be entangled, then Han Dang will be the first credit, and no one will give up this one-touch credit.

Without further ado, Han Dang devoured the only remaining dry food and set off in a hurry with his army.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Han Dang finally entangled the tail of Li Jun, so that he had to stop fighting.

Both sides are fatigued divisions, and under equal conditions, it all depends on the bravery of the army itself, and Han Dang is the pursuing side, so the soldiers are naturally full of confidence and do not retreat when they fight.

And Li Jun is an ambush party, so naturally he will not retreat, once the two sides fight, the scene is extremely fierce.

Just after half an hour of fierce fighting between the two sides, the sound of Mingjin collecting troops suddenly came, which made Zhao Ban, who was fighting, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Soldiers, withdraw quickly, the Yangzhou soldiers have been ambushed, and our army's mission has been completed."

Hearing the order, Li Jun withdrew from the battlefield in an orderly manner, while Han Dang's army was at a loss for a moment waiting for the military order, wanting to see if it was really ambushed.

Han Dang's face was hesitant, he didn't know whether to continue the pursuit, in case he was really ambushed and didn't retreat in time, I was afraid that the whole army would be wiped out.

But if it was just Li Jun's bluff and missed the opportunity to let Li Jun go, then he would not be able to explain it to Sun Ce.

Han Dang's hesitation missed the best time to retreat, and when he finally made up his mind to retreat, Li Jun was surrounded by Li Jun and believed in the fact that he was ambushed.

After a short period of panic, Han Dang was also decisive, and led the army to break out, but when Xu Shu arranged for a long time, it would make him easily break through, and every time he rushed to the encirclement line of the Li army, he was shot back by random arrows.

Han Dang failed to break through several times, and he no longer had illusions in his heart, so he led the only remaining army to defend a hill and wait for Sun Ce to come to the rescue.

Fifty miles away from where Han Dang was ambushed, Sun Ce's eyelids suddenly trembled at this time, and there was an inexplicable trace of panic in his heart.

On horseback, Sun Ce couldn't help but speak: "Gong Jin, you said that Han Dang's department has been chasing for so long, will there be any danger?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said: "Probably not, according to the news reported by Tanmalai, I am afraid that he has already fought with Li Jun at this time." ”

"Well, I hope so." Sun Zhizhi said with peace of mind: "Oh, by the way, Gongjin, do you want to speed up?" ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "Let's advance steadily, in case Xu Shu has a back hand, he can still react." ”

Seeing Zhou Yu answer like this, Sun Ce was silent for a while, but he was always uneasy in his heart, and he couldn't think of what was wrong.

Just as Sun Ce was absentmindedly continuing to move forward, he suddenly rushed towards him with a gallop. "Newspaper!! Oh no, General Han Dang was ambushed. ”

"What?"

"What?"

When Zhou Yu and Sun Ce heard the news, they were shocked for a moment and couldn't help but exclaim.

After the shock, Sun Ce spoke: "Quickly go and give the order, let the army move forward at full speed, and be sure to rescue Han Dang's department." ”

The scouts received the order and hurried away, intending to convey the order to the generals of the various armies.

"Wait!" When the scouts left more than ten meters, Zhou Yu shouted to stop, and hurriedly advised Zhou Yu: "Bo Fu, don't rush into the army, since Xu Shu has an ambush, then there must be a guard against our army." ”

"When the rescue fails, but it is surrounded, then it will be really a big deal."

Hearing this, Sun Ce, who was distracted, temporarily stabilized and said, "Gong Jin, then you can say quickly, is there any way to rescue Han Dang safely?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Since Xu Shu has already made arrangements, in order to avoid being ambushed, our army should be divided into several divisions and advance rapidly several miles apart. ”

"In this way, even if one is ambushed, it can be rushed by the follow-up army to fight its way out of the encirclement, and it will not cause the dilemma of the whole army being surrounded."

The situation was dangerous, and Sun Ce didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly adopted Zhou Yu's suggestion to let the armies distance themselves and move forward quickly.

As soon as Sun Ce moved, it didn't take long for Xu Shu to receive the news, because the plan had been accomplished, so all the generals performed their duties, leading the army outside or fighting or defending, and those who stayed by Xu Shu's side also had some reserve generals to deal with emergencies.

In a small easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack canyon outside the Handang encirclement, Xu Shu's camp was located here, and there were constantly scouts running back and forth at this time.

(End of chapter)