Kang Father.

Yuan Tan stood on the platform, looking at Kang's father city in the distance, his face was as cloudy as the sky that was about to rain.

He's been standing for a long time.

The battle seems to have reached a stalemate, the desired result has not appeared, and the unexpected things have been one after another. It has been half a month since Bao Tuankang's father, and it has been four or five days since he launched the attack, and Sun Ce has not appeared, except for the occasional few knights watching from a distance, Sun Ce himself has not appeared. Not only did he not show up, but Sun Jian, who was close at hand, did not react at all, and methodically besieged Rencheng.

However, the effect of attacking Kang's father was very unsatisfactory, Zhu Huan was very young, but the city was very well guarded, attacking for several days, with more than 2,000 casualties, but he could not see the possibility of breaking the city.

Yuan Tan was a little confused. He didn't know what to do next, whether to continue to besiege Kang's father, or go directly to Rencheng and drive Sun Jian away?

The footsteps sounded softly, and Yuan Tan did not look back. He knew who it was, and no one dared to disturb him at this time except Simbi. After continuous setbacks, his mood becomes extremely volatile, and he often gets angry for no reason. Especially after receiving the news that Chun Yuqiong's entire army was annihilated and Liu He was unable to advance westward, he lost control for a time and smashed the Chinese army's big tent into a mess.

"Envoy." Xin Bi stood still behind Yuan Tan and said softly: "Cheng Yu has news that Tai Shi Ci and the thieves of Mount Tai entered Dongping, and he was defeated and suffered great losses. ”

The corners of Yuan Tan's eyes twitched, and his teeth grinded and gurgle. Cheng Yu was defeated, Ren Cheng was likely to be surrounded, would Cao Ang break through and give Ren Cheng to Sun Jian? No wonder Sun Jian was not in a hurry, it turned out that he had arranged this hand.

"How many people are there in Tai Shici?"

"It is said that there are thirty or forty thousand people, but all of them are rogues, and the real elite is only more than 3,000 people led by Tai Shici. Cheng Yu wanted to eat him, but he didn't succeed and was counterattacked by Tai Shici. ”

Yuan Tan laughed, but his voice was a little hoarse. "George, Xu Zijiang said that Tai Shi Ci was useless, how did Tai Shi Ci become so good at fighting under Sun Ce? Is Sun Ce turning stones into gold, or will Xu Zi have no eyes? ”

Xin Bi sighed softly, and didn't know how to answer Yuan Tan. In Tai Shici's matter, Xu Shao obviously looked away.

Yuan Tan turned to look at Xin Bi. "George, do you think Lu Fan will be deliberately defeated? If he ambushes Zhang Chao and Dong Wan, what will be the result? ”

Simbi coughed. "The role of Zhang Chao and Dong Wan is to contain Lu Fan, and when Lu Fan retreats, their task will be completed. As for whether they will be ambushed by Lu Fan or not, it doesn't matter to us. However, Cheng Yu was repelled by Tai Shici and made us very passive, and if we did not remedy it, Cao Ang would most likely give up Rencheng. ”

Yuan Tan closed his mouth, turned his head, turned his back to Xin Bi, and cursed a few words silently. After a while, he turned his head again, and his face had returned to calm. "What should we do, should we send people to reinforce Cheng Yu, or should we march into Rencheng, force Sun Jian to retreat, and relieve the siege of Rencheng first?"

Xin Bi had already prepared, and said unhurriedly: "If you don't enter Rencheng at this time, it will be too deliberate, Sun Ce will definitely be suspicious, and he will not throw himself into the net." Cheng Yu was only defeated, the real loss will not be so heavy, and it should not be a problem to gather the remnants and hold Dongping. The top priority is to relieve the siege of Rencheng first and ensure that Lu County is unharmed. Lu County is in hand, and the Taishan thieves dare not go deep after all. Leave one general to monitor Kang's father, so that Jun personally led a large army to Rencheng, and joined forces with Cao Ang to repel Sun Jian, and then see what Sun Ce's reaction was. ”

"What if he doesn't show up?"

"Then let's stop for the time being, and fight again after the fall."

Yuan Tan pouted and was about to speak, when Xin Bi said again: "I will ask the alliance leader for the guilt and take all the responsibility." ”

Yuan Tan shook his head. "George, where do you put me when you say that? You are a long history, I am the main general, you are not defeated by Sun Ce, you have lost your teacher and lost your ground, it is already shameful enough, do you still want to shirk responsibility? He let out a sigh of relief. How will I go to see my grandfather in the future? ”

Xin Bi was originally untouched, but when he heard Yuan Tan mention Li Ying, he was immediately moved. Yuan Tan has always respected Li Ying, and he will never use Li Ying to cover himself, this sentence is definitely Yuan Tan's heartfelt words.

"Make the ......"

"George, if we lose, it's not that we're incompetent." Yuan Tan stretched out his hand and pressed it on Xin Bi's shoulder. "It was our bad luck to meet an opponent like Sun Ce. If I want to ask for sin, I will ask for sin, even if it is idle from now on, I will admit it. ”

"Envoy, don't give up until the last moment, we still have a chance."

"So are you." Yuan Tan patted Xin Bi's shoulder. "Beat the drums and gather the generals, let's go to Rencheng."

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Yuan Tan left Lu Zhao to lead 5,000 people to monitor Kang's father, and he personally rushed to Rencheng with an army of more than 30,000 people. After Sun Jian received the news, he asked Quan Cong and Huang Gai to lead 5,000 people to monitor Rencheng, and he led more than 15,000 people, including Lu Su, Dong Xi, and Zhu Zhi, to meet Yuan Tan. At the same time, he sent someone to urgently notify Tai Shici, who was active in the area of Fan County, and asked him to lead his troops to Rencheng to help in the war.

Sun Jian also sent a message to Sun Ce, but he didn't make any requests, just noticed. How to decide, it is up to Sun Ce to decide.

Sun Ce received news from Sun Jian and had a serious disagreement with Guo Jia for the first time. After analyzing Sun Jian's deployment, he was very uneasy. Sun Jian only left 5,000 people to look at Rencheng, underestimating Cao Ang, which was likely to trigger a chain reaction. Cao Ang is young, and he hasn't won any battles recently, but Cao Ang hasn't fought any big defeats. It's not easy to win a battle, but it's even more difficult to be undefeated, and Cao Ang has a wise man like Chen Gong by his side, and a fierce general like Cao Ren.

Sun Ce decided to return to Rencheng immediately, take over the army, and abandon his plan to attack Yuan Tan.

But Guo Jia seriously objected. He believes that Sun Jian has the ability to deal with this problem, even if it is an oversight, Sun Jian can retreat to Gaoping in time and will not suffer a major setback. On the contrary, Sun Ce's hiding whereabouts would make Yuan Tan feel a string in his heart, and he didn't dare to let go. In addition, he also restrained Li Gan's 10,000 people. If Sun Ce returns to the army, Li Gan will also rush to the battlefield, and the contrast between the two sides will be even more disparity.

There is certainly danger, but which war is not dangerous? The huge disparity in the strength of the two sides is an objective fact, and it is inevitable to pay the price if you want to defeat Yuan Tan and capture Shanyang. Handed over the main force to Sun Jian's command, Sun Ce's support for Sun Jian was enough, and it didn't make much sense for him to rush over again, it was better to keep his free body and wait for the opportunity for a fatal blow.

Pang Tong is not as radical as Guo Jia, but he basically agrees with Guo Jia's advice. Staying out of the game and waiting for the fighter plane is the most beneficial choice for Sun Ce at the moment. For the sake of the final victory, the necessary price is worth it. Capturing Shanyang and protecting Yuzhou is of great significance to the Sun family, and it is worth fighting.

In the face of the strong advice of the two strategists, Sun Ce gritted his teeth and accepted it.