Zhu Ling wiped the rain from his face. Although the sky had cleared, his face was even more gloomy than the sky just now.

He never expected Sun Jian to be so tough, the heavy rain was pouring down, and the lightning and thunder were roaring, not only failed to stop Sun Jian's attack, but helped him a lot. These Jiangdong people don't care about the trouble caused by the rain at all, but feel like a fish in water. Taking advantage of the wind, the rain, and the darkness that was not too long, Sun Jian broke through his camp and entered his Chinese army.

He saw Sun Jian. Sun Jian carried a war knife in his hand and went into battle in person, and no one could stop him.

Zu Mao was faster, and he was already less than twenty steps away from his general's platform.

The situation on the left and right flanks is also not optimistic. Li Jin had already been defeated by Dong's attack and retreated to another large camp to refuse. The 10,000 troops returning from the left flank were stopped by Lu Su and failed to return to their positions for a long time. The bigger trouble is the Chinese army, Yuan Tan's Daxu is gone, and now it is the battle flag of Huang Gai that is raised.

The Chinese army and the baggage battalion were lost, and this battle was meaningless.

Zhu Ling ordered a retreat, and after he took his personal guards to break the camp, he bought time for the troops to retreat to Rencheng. This task was not easy, Sun Jian and Zu Mao pressed forward step by step, leaving him little time. Huang Gai also killed him from behind, intending to cut off his back path. Zhu Ling fought desperately, and finally broke through with less than 5,000 people, plus the returning subordinates, and finally more than 12,000 people withdrew to the west gate of Rencheng.

Huang Gai saw Lu Su again. "Zijing, you are not the host enough, you don't remind me to prepare clothes and hats when you know it's going to rain, and you live in Yuan Tan's baggage camp, and I'm drenched inside and out." He listened to Lu Su's suggestion to seize the baggage camp, but the baggage camp was captured, but the fire was not set off, and it rained as soon as the smoke started. Although by mistake, he made a great contribution and robbed a lot of grain and grass, but it was obvious that Lu Su made a bad contribution. He couldn't say that Lu Su lied to him, so he had to half-joke.

Lu Su laughed.

Sun Jian led his troops to Rencheng, and Guo Jia and Zhu Huan also rushed to rendezvous. After exchanging the situation, the two discovered a problem: Sun Ce was missing.

Sun Jian was shocked, and he didn't care about attacking Zhu Ling, so he immediately sent Han Dang to take his guards to investigate the situation. It was getting late, and the battlefield was full of Yuan's rout, hundreds or thousands of people abounded, in case they were planted in the hands of the rout, the loss would be too much, and it would not be enough to kill ten Zhu Ling.

The battlefield that had been noisy for a day gradually subsided, and the victory and defeat were decided, but the crisis was thicker, and the atmosphere was even more tense than before the war.

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Sun Ce dragged Yuan Tan out of the swamp.

Seeing that Sun Cesheng captured Yuan Tan, Guo Wu and the others were surprised and delighted, and their hearts that had been hanging for a long time finally let go. At that moment, they were really in a hurry. If Sun Ce had any accidents, everything would be ruined. But in front of the power of heaven and earth, no matter how brave they were, they couldn't do anything, and in the torrential rain, they couldn't save Sun Ce by rushing into the swamp.

"The general is really auspicious, and even the swamp can't trap the general." Ma Chao was rejoicing. He was preoccupied with the swamp, and when he rushed into battle in the early morning, he saw with his own eyes that two horses could not restrain themselves and rushed into the swamp, and soon there was no shadow to be seen.

"I'm an evil ghost, and I don't even dare to accept Mount Tai, let alone these swamps." The more Sun Ce thought about it, the more scared he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was ridiculous, he was really amused, and he actually tried his best to save Yuan Tan. It's really embarrassing to be like this now, there is no armor, and the overlord is gone, and I only cared about taking it off at the time, and I didn't know how to throw it in a solid place, but I threw it all in the swamp, and it is estimated that I fell into it.

Up and down his body, except for a set of single clothes full of mud, there was only one pat, which was the feather knife sent by Jia Xu. He couldn't figure out why so many things had been thrown away, but the knife was still there. It stands to reason that the knife should have been thrown away.

Guo Wu brought a reserve horse, Sun Ce jumped up, and the war horse turned twice. Sun Ce said to Yuan Tan: "Let's go, Yuan Yuanjun." ”

Yuan Tan glanced at Sun Ce, arched his hands, and stood straight, but he didn't say a word. He didn't have the physical strength of Sun Ce, and he could still jump on the horse after tossing in the swamp for so long. After being chased by Sun Ce for a long time, he was already so tired that he vomited blood, and at this moment, he was even more tired and his hands and feet were weak. If it weren't for the hundred and ten people standing next to him, he really wanted to lie on the ground and sleep. In the more than 20 years he has been in this world, he has never felt so tired.

"Get on the horse, Yuan Yuan." Chen Wu led the horse, squatted down, and patted his knee. Yuan Tan glanced at Chen Wu gratefully, held Chen Wu's shoulder, stepped on Chen Wu's knee, and with the help of Chen Wu's strength, turned over and got on the horse, and said in a low voice: "Thank you." ”

Chen Wu nodded, got on his horse himself, took the reins of Yuan Tan's mount, and walked forward, following behind Sun Ce.

Others also got on board. The night was dark, each of them was drenched, and they had to find a place to rest as soon as possible. After walking for a while, Yuan Tan suddenly said, "General Sun, there is something I want to remind you. ”

Sun Ce turned his head to look at Yuan Tan, reined in the reins of the horse, and walked side by side with Yuan Tan.

"Our goal is you. In order to kill you, we arranged 15,000 people, but by mistake, you still defeated you. Seeing you break through the ambush position, I knew that the situation was not good, and sent someone to inform Xin George, but the men and horses he could use were limited, either Zhu Ling's department or Feng Kai's department on the east bank of Surabaya. If Zhu Ling's department is mobilized, General Ling Zun Zhengdong will definitely take the opportunity to attack, and Zhu Ling may not be able to stop it. If it was Feng Kaibu, he would have to bypass Rencheng, which would take a lot of time, and by the time he arrived at Rencheng, he should already know the result. ”

"So what?"

"So, now that our army has completely collapsed, Rencheng is safe and sound. I think Chen Gong will not let go of this opportunity, he will definitely plan for Cao Ang, so that Zhu Ling and other defeated soldiers can gather in Rencheng. The total strength of our army is more than 60,000 people, even if there is a third left, there are still more than 20,000, not to mention the stragglers who were defeated by you. It's not safe for you to move forward now, maybe a hidden arrow can kill you. ”

Sun Ce nodded, and was about to speak, when a horse rushed in front of him, it was the personal guard rider led by Yan Xing. He reined in his mount and looked around, blank as he looked. Sun Ce raised his hand to signal. He was now unarmoured and covered in mud, making it difficult for the knights to recognize him.

"General." The knight was surprised and hurriedly came to Sun Ce. "We just repelled Cao Ren, and when we were pursuing, we saw a large army, which looked like Feng Kai's subordinates."

Sun Ce turned his head and glanced at Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan smiled. Sun Ce asked again, "How many people?" ”

"There are quite a few people, maybe about 10,000 people."

Sun Ce's heart tightened, but there was no movement on his face. "Do they know where we are?"

The knight nodded. "Captain Yan said that Cao Ren knows our troops, and if he encounters Feng Kai, he will definitely join forces with him, please make a decision and be prepared for contingencies."

"Got it, let Captain Yan be cautious, send someone to contact Feng Kai, and say that we have invited Yuan Envoy back."

Sun Ce crooked his mouth and said to Yuan Tan: "Yuan Yuanjun, do you say that Feng Kai still doesn't listen to you now?" ”

Only then did the knight find out who the man next to Sun Ce, who was covered in mud like Sun Ce, and was immediately overjoyed, agreed loudly, turned the horse's head, and galloped away. Yuan Tan sighed. "General Sun, if you and I swapped, would you help me persuade Feng Kai to surrender?"

Sun Ce said lightly: "Yes." Heaven has the virtue of good heaven, and if you persuade Feng Kai to surrender, you will save the lives of him and his subordinates. The Buddha said that saving a person's life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter. 10,000 people, how much yin virtue is this? ”

Yuan Tan looked at Sun Ce in surprise and was speechless for a while.