Yan Xing took the guard battalion out of the city, rolled up a wild hurry, and galloped in the direction of Rencheng.

For a while, the Yuan army scouts near Rencheng seemed to have been stabbed in a hornet's nest and took action one after another. There was a lesson from the last time, Yuan Tan equipped these scouts with horses to travel, and the speed of transmission of the news was much faster, and Yan Xing had just walked halfway through when Xin Bi received the news.

Hearing that there were only cavalry and no foot soldiers, Simbi was a little surprised, but he quickly made a judgment: the cavalry was a feint, a false trick to attract their attention. Even if these cavalry were elite, it would be difficult for them to break through the well-prepared blocking positions and not be able to join Sun Ce. Sun Ce's cavalry was limited, and he would not use these valuable cavalry to charge the infantry position, this task could only be undertaken by the infantry soldiers, that is, Zhu Huan's department.

Simbi ordered the two blocking positions to be prepared and not to act rashly, and ordered the battalions to strengthen their guard to prevent cavalry from attacking the camp. If Yan Xing did not respond to Sun Ce, as he expected, it was possible to attack the camp to relieve Sun Ce's pressure. But that's not a bad thing, and Simbi is happy to see it happen. He also has nearly 30,000 people and more than 20 large battalions, and as long as each battalion does not mess up, the more than 1,000 cavalry will not pose any threat at all.

The scouts rushed back and forth, news after news, like whistling cavalry, making the atmosphere more and more tense. The battalions closed their gates and were ready for battle. Only scouts come in and out, as if shuttling.

In the evening, as Xin Bi expected, Yan Xing arrived outside the camp and began to frantically intercept and kill Yuan's scouts. In the face of these knights who came and went like the wind, the scouts of the Yuan army were not opponents, although they resisted hard, they still suffered heavy losses, and had to give up the periphery, retreat to the vicinity of the main camp, rely on the advantage of troops to form a formation to fight, and provide early warning for each battalion as much as possible.

When night fell, the whereabouts of the cavalry were hidden, and the generals of each battalion could not see their opponents, so they could only estimate Yan Xing's position based on the battles that occurred from time to time among the scouts. If the scouts outside the camp are heavily attacked, the camp will be heavily guarded, swords unsheathed, arrows wound, and ready for battle. If the shouting outside the camp dies down and the scouts report that they are safe, the camp will relax a little. Still, no one dared to strip and sleep, especially the large camps on the outskirts.

Yuan Tan and Xin Bi were in the Chinese army, a few miles away from the outermost camp, but they couldn't sleep either. Yuan Tan's camp was brightly lit, several large maps hung on shelves, and Simbi shuttled between them, marking the possible locations of the cavalry.

Yuan Tan's gaze followed him, both nervous and excited. There are still more than 30,000 people in the camp, but there are less than 15,000 elites, and 10,000 of them are controlled by Zhu Ling, the former general of the army, to monitor Sun Jian, which cannot be moved. Yuan Tan only has five thousand left in his hand, and the rest are some of them whose training level is not enough, the camp is okay, the attack is a little reluctant, and the night battle is even worse.

"It's unlikely that the cavalry will attack the camp, it's more like harassment, so we can't rest." Xin Bi finished his busy work for a while, pinching his eyebrows. "Envoy, you lie down for a while, and I'll take it first. I'll call you again. ”

"No need, I can't sleep when I lie down, I might as well talk to you." Yuan Tan rejected Simbi's suggestion. "I'm used to it, and I can hold on."

Simbi nodded, gritting his teeth. "This battle has been won, and it can be stable for a year and a half. Hold on a little longer, if Zhu Huan doesn't arrive tomorrow morning, we will attack Sun Ce. This time, even if he escapes into the swamp, we must find his body, and we must not let him run again. ”

Yuan Tan smiled, echoed Xin Bi's opinion, and asked people to prepare some wine and food. There is a sentence that they all know and do not need to say it. If they lose, they can stay free. So far, Yuan Shao has not reacted, but Yuan Tan can feel the cold gaze all the time. In this battle, he has used all the strength of Yanzhou, if he is defeated and he is lucky not to die, he can only disarm and return to the field.

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Yan Xing personally rushed to the vicinity of Gaoping and handed over Guo Jia's handwritten letter to the scouts arranged outside the city by Man Chong. Taking advantage of the night, the scouts rowed a small boat, ventured upstream, and arrived at Sun Jian's camp at dawn.

After reading Guo Jia's handwritten letter, and learning that Sun Ce was surrounded near Wan'an Pavilion, Sun Jian weighed it for a while, and wanted to order the first attack several times, but he forcibly held back the words when he came to his lips. Although the plan was not formulated by Sun Ce, Guo Jia is Sun Ce's confidant and Sun Ce's most trusted advisor, and his plan is Sun Ce's plan, which is trustworthy.

Sun Jian asked people to find Qin Song, and Qin Song was also taken aback, but he, like Sun Jian, had confidence in Guo Jia's plan.

After the two agreed, Sun Jian quickly convened the generals to discuss and prepare for the assault. Because the time was relatively short, and it was not what Sun Jian had hoped before, they were faced with a major problem: how to hold Surabaya and block Feng Kai and his 20,000 men. If Feng Kai is allowed to cross Surabaya and form a flanking attack, it will be difficult for Sun Jian to support it for too long.

After discussion, Lu Su took over this task, and he would move the Chinese army from the Beida Battalion to the town, and cooperate with Zhu Zhi to ensure that Sun Jian was behind him, so that Sun Jian and the other troops could attack Yuan Tan's camp without distraction.

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When the sun rose, Zhu Huan led his troops to Wan'an Tingxi.

He set out yesterday evening, traveled thirty miles, walked for most of the night, and then rested for an hour, so that the soldiers could eat something, replenish their strength, and reorganize their formation. Five miles in front of him, there were 10,000 people from Lu Qian's army who were ordered to block the attack. Because of the interception and killing of Yan Xing's cavalry, the scouts of the Yuan army suffered heavy casualties, and the warning circle was greatly reduced, until Zhu Huan entered the ten mile range, and Lu Qian did not know that the enemy was approaching.

At that moment, he was very nervous. Although he has 10,000 people, these 10,000 people are ordinary county soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is very average, and he is not completely sure whether he can stop Zhu Huan. Knowing that Zhu Huan was approaching, he thought that Zhu Huan would attack immediately, and ordered the whole army to prepare for battle. Unexpectedly, Zhu Huan stopped five miles away, and it was an hour to stop, and he didn't attack until dawn.

There was a false alarm, and Lu Qian missed the time for breakfast. The enemy was close at hand, he didn't have the heart to arrange his subordinates to cook, after a night of sleep, Yuan soldiers starved into the battle, and before the battle started, there were a lot of complaints, so that the first batch of arrows shot were not neat, sparse, and the lethality was greatly reduced.

Zhu Huan saw it clearly, and without waiting for the soldiers who assaulted the two songs in front of him to tear apart Lu Qian's defense line, he immediately sent two more songs to attack. Not only that, but he also came to the front of the battle with the strongest combat effectiveness, just outside the range of Yuan's soldiers, ready to come forward and assault at any time.

Zhu Huan's aggressiveness boosted morale, and the four-curved foot soldiers roared, braving the arrow array of Yuan's army to rush forward. Under the light of the morning sun, the shields and weapons in their hands reflected the cold light, which was dazzling, so that the soldiers on the opposite side couldn't open their eyes.

Lu Qian stood on the command platform, looking at the battle formation opposite, and a strong uneasiness rose in his heart.

Behind Zhu Huan, he saw another general flag, a general flag with a higher level than Zhu Huan, on which there was a phoenix bird born from the fire, the flames were rising, the golden light was brilliant, and people did not dare to look directly.