There is no objection to the first two of the four points analyzed by Guo Jia, which is a very practical benefit. Yuan Yi and Yuan Xu are indeed not suitable for commanding troops, not to mention troubled times, even if they are peaceful and prosperous, their administrative ability is low, they only like to read, they have no ability and like to point fingers, but they are still Yuan Tan's uncles, which makes it difficult for Yuan Tan to deal with. Let them leave, and the benefits are clear.

Despite this, Pang Tong still reminded Guo Jia that although these two people have no ability, they are elders after all, and they have always supported Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan, and there has been no sign of resignation before. Therefore, the third and fourth points can be explained more reasonably.

Whether this is a deliberate trap set by Yuan Tan or a helpless choice under the trade-off of pros and cons, one thing should be true: Yuan Tan is eager to win.

This is Yuan Tan's biggest flaw. With Yuan Tan's current strength, if it was just to drive Sun Ce's father and son out of Yanzhou, he could force his way forward with superior forces. Sun Jian and Sun Ce add up to less than 30,000 people, Sun Jian is still attacking Rencheng, occupying most of the troops, Sun Ce's direct command of the army is only 3,000 foot cavalry, Yuan Tan has 40,000 or 50,000 people, if he is a battalion step by step, Sun Ce can only retreat, at most five days later, Yuan Tan can push the battle line to the area of Rencheng, Sun Jian will have to relieve the siege of Rencheng, or a decisive battle, or retreat.

Obviously, he can win the ticket steadily, but he deliberately exposes this ambiguous flaw, which can only show that Yuan Tan does not want Sun Ce to retreat, he is eager for victory, and he does not hesitate to force himself into a desperate situation for this. Under this logic, it is logical to drive away Yuan Xu and Yuan Yi, and let Li Gan, who has no record, be the forward general.

Guo Jia stroked his palms and laughed. "General, Shi Yuan's sharp cone is showing its edge."

Sun Ce smiled and nodded. "Feng Xiao said that the situation, Shi Yuan dissected his heart, what can Yuan Tan and Xin Bi do to me? In this way, Li Qian is just a bait sent to the door, should we eat it or not? ”

Guo Jia and Pang Tong looked at each other, and Pang Tong politely arched his hand to show courtesy. Guo Jia smiled: "Will eat or not." ”

"What does it mean to eat or not?"

Pang Tong said: "Yuan Tan's purpose is to hope that Li Gan can entangle the general. Among the 10,000 people led by Li Gan, most of them were soldiers from Shanyin and Jiyin counties, but at least half of them were guests of the Li family. These people may not be good at battle formations, but they are loyal and reliable, and when they are attacked by generals, Li Gan can rely on them to stabilize the formation. If you can't break through the core quickly, you will either retreat, abandon the counties you have won and the Rencheng that you will get, or fall into a heavy siege. Whatever the outcome, it was a defeat for the general. ”

Sun Yi, who had been quiet, suddenly screamed. "If you take Yuan Tan directly, then you just fell for Yuan Tan's trick, right?"

Pang Tong nodded and said with a smile: "Yes." ”

"Ah, what do we do then? Fight and not fight, retreat and can't retreat? ”

"That's why you have to eat or not."

"Do you mean to say that if you want to fight or not, it's like archery, you can't trigger it?" Sun Yi patted his head. "Oh, I see, this is to buy time for Ah Weng to attack Ren City."

Sun Ce smiled, pulled Sun Yi aside, and touched his head. "Look, you can still use your brain."

Sun Yi rubbed his head embarrassedly. "Those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to ink are black, there are so many smart people around my eldest brother, all I listen to every day are conspiracies, even if I am stupid, I can guess three points."

"How many days can we fight for it?" Sun Quan said: "The siege of the city is protracted, less than a month, more than a few months, but Changyi is only a few hundred miles away from the city, even if it is slow, half a month has arrived, how long can we delay?" ”

"It won't be long." Lu Yi said unhurriedly: "Spring ploughing is coming, Yuan Tan is more anxious than us. And Yuan Tan intends to be a general, where the general goes, Yuan Tan will go, the advance and retreat are all in my hands, and if you want to delay it for a few days, you can delay it for a few days. ”

Sun Quan was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Don't understand this?" Sun Yi jumped up, raised his hand and gave Sun Quan a head shot. "Yuan Tan wants to catch the eldest brother, the eldest brother can lead him by the nose, even if he retreats, he doesn't necessarily have to retreat in the direction of Rencheng, he can go to Suiyang."

"Big brother goes to Suiyang, what should Yuan Tan do if he surrounds Ah Weng?"

"Stupid, Ah Weng has more than 20,000 people in his hands, even if he can't take Rencheng, isn't it more than enough to hold Gaoping and Hulu? When the time comes, there will be Tai Shici in the direction of Mount Tai, and there will be an eldest brother in the direction of Suiyang, and Yuan Tan will be attacked on three sides, will he still be able to sleep well? ”

Sun Quan suddenly realized, scratched his head, and laughed wryly.

Sun Ce smiled but said nothing. In terms of military affairs, although Sun Quan is older than Sun Yi and has been in the camp for a long time, he is obviously not as talented as Sun Yi. It is no longer practical to continue to stay in his camp, so it is better to let him be an official. It stands to reason that his administrative ability is still okay.

After a few people discussed, Sun Ce adopted Sun Yi's suggestion, gave up the east, retreated to the southwest to defend the east and retreated to the single father, made a posture of retreating to Suiyang, and retained the possibility of attacking Changyi in a roundabout way. In order to let Sun Jian, who attacked Rencheng, not have to worry, Sun Ce arranged for Zhu Huan to guard his father and gave him an additional 2,000 troops to cover Sun Jian's left flank.

Zhu Huan has 300 people, he has been very hard when training recruits, eating and sleeping with the soldiers, and he is very supported by the soldiers, and his own growth is also very rapid. When Sun Ce swept the surrounding counties and collected grain and grass for Sun Jian, he brought Zhu Huan out and asked him to lead two thousand headquarters to occupy Kang's father. After increasing his troops by 2,000, he had 4,000 men, and all of them were elite Jiangdong disciples, which was enough to defend Kang's father, even if Yuan Tan used more than half of his troops to attack Kang's father.

The news was sent, and Sun Ce immediately left Dongwei.

Li Gan hurried all the way from Changyi, walked for a day and a night, and was less than twenty miles away from Dongwei, when he received the news that Sun Ce had withdrawn from Dongwei, he was so angry that he scolded. "Sun Ce Xiaoer, leave without a fight, what kind of little overlord!"

Scolding and scolding, the problem still has to be solved. Li Gan was bent on fighting, but now he pounced on it and fell into a dilemma all of a sudden. If he chased Sun Ce, whether he could catch up with him or not, even if he caught up, his subordinates would travel two or three hundred miles in a row, and their physical strength would not be able to keep up, and it was very likely that Sun Ce would seize the opportunity to raid. If he doesn't chase it, will he, the striker, continue to move forward, or stay in the east?

Li Qian hesitated, so he had to ask his eldest son Li Jin for advice. Li Jin had expected it, and he suggested that Li Qian immediately enter Dongwei and report to Yuan Tan to warn him. Sun Ce turned to Fangdong and the single father, and there was a possibility of going around behind Yuan Tan.

Li Qian was puzzled. "So what do we do? Just waiting? ”

Li Jin shook his head. "No, we're just slowing down, and then we're following Sun Ce. Once Sun Ce assaulted Yuan Yuan, we rushed up to cut off his retreat and cooperate with Yuan's plan. ”

"Cooperate with Yuan Yuanjun's plan? What are Yuan Yuanjun's plans? ”

Li Jin sighed. "Ah Weng, you don't think that Yuan Yuanjun will give us such an opportunity to defeat Sun Ce, right? We're just bait. The reason why Yuan Yuanjun sent us as the vanguard was precisely because we were weak, and Sun Ce had a great chance of defeating us, and it was possible to take risks. If Zhu Ling is sent as a striker, Sun Ce sees that there is no chance, and he is likely to leave directly. ”

Li Qian was stunned for a moment and sighed. "These families don't have any good people."