Lu Zhao's task was not to stop Zhu Huan, but to monitor Zhu Huan and provide early warning for Yuan Tan. Although he was captured, the role of early warning was realized. According to time calculation, Yuan Tan is likely to have gotten the news at this moment, and may even react.

The soldiers are fast, and Sun Ce must also react quickly. After eating, Sun Ce discussed the war with Tai Shici and Zhu Huan. Lu Zhao was newly attached, but Sun Ce did not call him, and the necessary confidentiality work was still needed. The human heart is separated from the belly, and it is not a new thing to deceive, and you can't have too high expectations of human nature at this time.

The current situation deviates somewhat from Guo Jia's plan. Guo Jia hoped that Tai Shici would lead troops to Kang's father, form a situation of attacking with Zhu Huan inside and outside, and see if Yuan Tan would send troops to reinforce him. If there are few troops, they will be annihilated. If there are many soldiers sent, they will defend the city to relieve the pressure on Sun Jian and continue to delay time. Unexpectedly, Tai Shici's knife was too sharp, and he led the 300 guards battalion to travel more than 200 miles in a day and night, and the direct attack on the camp was successful.

After receiving the news, Guo Jia and Pang Tong immediately adjusted their plans: Zhu Huan continued to garrison Kang's father, and Tai Shici rushed back to Dongping to standby. After obtaining the baggage of the Road Recruitment Department, Zhu Huan had more confidence to keep Kang's father, but Tai Shici's problem has not been solved, and if he does not supplement the baggage, it will be difficult for Tai Shici to persevere. In view of the fact that Cheng Yu's department had been hit hard, Guo Jia suggested that Tai Shici go south and seek to seize Nanpingyang and Suxian.

South Pingyang is located between Rencheng and Lu County, the location is equivalent to Fan County, and is currently under the control of Cao Ang, and the guard will be Bao Shao, the son of Bao Xin, the prime minister of the late Jibei. After Cao Ang captured Lu County from Ji Ling, he used Nanpingyang as one of the fortresses and stockpiled some grain, which was supplemented by Bao Shao after he was stationed. If he can take Nanpingyang, he can not only completely cut off Cao Ang's retreat, but also get a grain supply.

But South Binh Duong is not easy to attack, especially if there is not enough food. Therefore, Guo Jia arranged another plan to supplement it, reappointing Ji Ling as Lu Xiang, temporarily stationed in Wu County, asking him to collect materials from Wu County and Fan County, and temporarily hand over the two counties of Hexiang and Changxi, which originally belonged to the East China Sea and have now been ceded to Sun Ce, to Ji Ling, who will be dispatched by him to assist Taishi Ciwei in southern Pingyang.

As for Zang Ba and others, they were arranged to go north and be stationed in the area of Gangxian and Sheqiu to eat, where there were many household registrations and it was easy to collect grain, and it was close to the mountainous area, so the situation was not good, and they could retreat into the mountains at any time.

This is Guo Jia's plan, but how to implement it is in Tai Shici's own hands, especially Zang Ba and others. They are not Sun Ce's subordinates, and whether they can be persuaded to continue to cooperate with the action depends on Tai Shici's ability.

Tai Shi Ci accepted the plan. But he asked Sun Ce to give Zang Ba a promise.

Sun Ce thought for a moment. "I'll go with you to the Blemish Hill and have an interview with Zang Ba."

Tai Shi Ci was shocked and quickly shook his head, indicating that it was too dangerous. Guo Jia also felt that there was no need, Zang Ba's role was not so great, give him a little benefit, just let Tai Shici tell him, Sun Ce didn't need to go in person.

But Sun Ce insisted. Meeting with Zang Ba was only one of the purposes, and he was more worried about Tai Shici's safety. Tai Shi Ci only brought three hundred guards to the battalion, the speed was fast, but the risk was too great. Even if it is an elite, it has traveled more than 500 miles back and forth, and only has a day of rest in the middle, and the physical exertion is still very large. In case of encountering an enemy, even if it is more than a thousand people, Tai Shici will be in danger of being wiped out.

"Don't forget, our opponents are Yuan Tan and Xin Bi. Yuan Tan has enough troops, seventy or eighty thousand people, it is easy to get together three or five thousand horses, even if he rides on a horse, it is not equal to a real cavalry, it is always no problem to travel, right? With Xinbi's ability, it is impossible for him to be ignorant of Ziyi's whereabouts, but if he catches the slightest clue, it is possible to arrange an operation against Ziyi. ”

Sun Ce said very seriously: "This risk is too great, I can't afford it, I have to personally escort Ziyi back." ”

Guo Jia listened and didn't say anything, just asked Sun Ce to be careful. He suggested that Sun Ce leave a part of the cavalry and spare three hundred war horses for Tai Shi Ci to travel on his behalf, speed up the march, and reduce the risk as much as possible.

Tai Shi Ci was very excited, but he didn't say anything, just bowed down.

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Kang's father is in the west and south of Rencheng, Fanxian and Fangqiu are in the north of Rencheng, and the northwest of Rencheng is a low-lying wilderness, which extends to Junoze. Winter is barely feasible, and the recent rain has become so heavy that it is impossible to march there at all. If Sun Ce wants to go to Defective Hill, he must pass through Rencheng. The two cities were very close to each other, and it was a time of war, and the scouts were dense, and not long after Sun Ce left the city, Yuan Tan's scouts received the news.

This was also the reason why Guo Jia did not agree to Sun Ce going in person before, but he didn't insist, because he knew very well that even if Yuan Tan knew that Sun Ce had gone to Flawed Hill, he wouldn't be able to stop Sun Ce. Sun Ce was all cavalry and was very fast, while Yuan Tan didn't have real cavalry at all.

In addition to weapons and equipment, Sun Ce and others had two horses and five days of dry food, and began to march rapidly when they left Kangfu City. The footwork of the war horse march is roughly divided into five kinds, the slowest is the constant step, which is consistent with the walking speed, about ten miles per hour, and is the footwork used when the foot and horse are mixed marching; One is the speed of foot, more than 40 miles per hour, which is equivalent to the rapid march of the foot soldier and the normal marching speed of the cavalry; One is the rapid march, about sixty miles per hour, which is the rapid marching speed of pure cavalry; The last two are footwork when charging and cannot be used on the march.

Sun Ce chose to march quickly, walking sixty miles every hour, and if he didn't encounter unexpected circumstances, even if he added the rest time in between, he could reach Defective Hill in one day. This speed had already exceeded the fastest speed of the foot soldiers, and although the scouts arranged by Yuan Tan had discovered the situation, they had no time to pass it on, even if they were a little caught off guard by transmitting the text message in the form of a signal relay.

For a time, the Yuan army scouts were in a mess.

After confirming the defeat of the Lu Zhao Department and the whereabouts of Lu Zhao himself, Xin Bi discussed with Yuan Tan, strengthened the vigilance around the camp, and sent more scouts. The morning was normal, but by noon, the situation suddenly became urgent, and one news after another was sent to the camp, which overwhelmed Xin Bi, and these messages not only mentioned an important name: Sun Ce, but also showed a feature of a shorter and shorter time interval.

These characteristics indicated that Sun Ce was rapidly approaching Yuan Tan's camp, and his speed was extremely fast, almost equal to the speed at which the scouts could deliver messages. Xin Bi did not dare to slack off, and immediately found Yuan Tan, who was inspecting the battalions, and reported the emergency.

Yuan Tan was surprised and delighted: "Is Sun Ce going to attack the camp?" ”

The scouts sent back a text message, which was very informative, and Simbi did not know the situation and had no way of judging. He felt that Sun Ce was unlikely to attack the camp in this way, but Sun Ce had done too many things unexpectedly, and he didn't dare to guarantee that the last time he was in Fanghe, Sun Ce caught them off guard. What's more important is that the details of their own family know that at the moment, these rabble, the combat power is not even as good as the county soldiers, if Sun Ce attacks the camp, let alone stop Sun Ce, it would be good if they could not mess up.

"Envoy, be prepared, order all battalions to hold on, send the Chinese army to meet the battle, and prepare more bows and crossbows."

Yuan Tanyan obeyed the plan and immediately ordered the battalions, the drums and horns in the big camp sounded in unison, the heralds rushed to the battalions, the five battalions of the Chinese army stayed behind, and the three battalions attacked, and lined up outside the big camp to prepare for battle. As Sun Ce got closer and closer, the tense atmosphere became thicker and stronger, and the entire camp was in a commotion, falling into an indescribable uneasiness.

Yuan Tan was neatly draped, and was just about to leave the camp, when the scout came to report: Sun Ce passed outside the camp and went to the northeast.