Zhu Zhi nodded, and said slowly: "Yuan Shu has coveted the jade seal of the country for a long time, if the young general can dedicate the jade seal of the country to Yuan Shu, exchange it for the old department, and then ask Yuan Shu for some soldiers and horses, Yuan Shu will definitely be a hundred willing." In this way, the young general will have his own soldiers and horses, and then ask Yuan Shu for a taishou, so that he can develop on his own, so that he will no longer be controlled by others. ”

After Sun Ce listened to Zhu Zhi's words, he frowned tightly, looked thoughtful, and said for a long time: "The jade seal of the country is the treasure that my father desperately protects, if it falls into the hands of Yuan Shu, I think my father will definitely not be able to turn a blind eye under Jiuquan...... Uncle, I will consider your suggestion, but at this stage I still want to rely on my own ability to fight harder, I don't believe it, I can't make a name for myself! ”

Zhu Zhi said: "No matter what decision the young general will make, we, the old lord's old department, will follow the young general as always." ”

Sun Ce saw that Zhu Zhi was loyal to him, and suddenly felt a lot warmer in his heart, at least, his father's old ministry did not turn his back on him because he was appointed to an official position by Yuan Shu.

"You should all be in contact with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, right?" Sun Ce asked.

Zhu Zhi nodded and said: "On the surface, they don't have much contact, but in private, they are closely connected, and they are all the same as me, they all care about the young general, and they are all looking forward to the day when they can return to the side of the young general again and serve the young general." ”

Sun Ce was much relieved, wrote three letters respectively, and then handed them all to Zhu Zhi, and whispered: "Yuan Shu usually controls me strictly, you transfer these three letters to Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang respectively, and greet them on my behalf." I haven't been in touch for so long, and I have no choice but to ask my three uncles for forgiveness. ”

Zhu Zhi hurriedly put away the letter, stuffed it into his arms, and said to Sun Ce: "Don't worry, young general, I will definitely transfer all the letters to the three of them." Major General, I've been here for a while, so in order not to arouse Yuan Shu's suspicions, I'll take my leave first. ”

"Well, I won't send it, please take care of your uncle!"

"Although the major general is relaxed, I believe that the major general will definitely come to work from time to time, and at that time, it will be the time for the major general to make meritorious contributions."

"Thank you uncle for your comfort!"

Zhu Zhi withdrew from Sun Ce's tent, and Sun Ce did not dare to send him out of the tent, for fear of being seen.

As the night deepened, Sun Ce blew out the candles and slept on the couch with his clothes, but he tossed and turned on the couch, and he couldn't sleep, and his mind was only thinking about how to get rid of Yuan Shu......

At this moment, Zhang Yan also couldn't sleep, and in a bloody battle during the day, he finally held Zhuyi City, but he was not only not happy, but he became more and more worried.

The battle during the day is still imprinted in his mind, and several times he was almost occupied by Yuan Bing, if it weren't for the soldiers working together and resisting to the death, Zhuyi City would have been captured by Yuan Shu long ago.

In this battle during the day, they killed more than 7,000 Yuan soldiers, captured more than 1,000 people, and drowned more than 2,000 people in Suishui, adding up to almost 10,000 Yuan soldiers.

Although Zhang Yan led his army to successfully repel Yuan Shu's many attacks and wiped out Yuan Shu's 10,000 troops, in fact, this victory also cost his own side a heavy price.

On his side, more than 3,600 soldiers were killed and more than 5,000 were wounded, and there were 20,000 soldiers in the city, but now the casualties are almost half.

If Yuan Shu continues to attack like this tomorrow, it is unknown whether he can hold this small Zhuyi City again.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Yan got up early in the morning, for fear that Yuan Shu would come to attack the city again, and he also made his subordinates fully prepared to defend the city.

After yesterday's battle, the morale of the soldiers in the city has improved a lot, and those Cao soldiers who surrendered are no longer afraid of death.

At the end of the day, the scout returned from outside the city, and Zhang Yan immediately called the scout to the city tower to inquire about Yuan Shujun's movements.

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shujun was camped five miles away, and the army did not move, he couldn't help but feel a little curious. He sent a number of scouts to continue to pay attention to Yuan Shujun's movements.

However, for a whole day, Yuan Shujun did not make the slightest movement.

At night, when the scout came back again to tell him that Yuan Shujun had not moved, Zhang Yan became even more curious.

Zhang Yan couldn't guess what Yuan Shu was thinking, as long as he sent scouts and closely monitored him.

But on the third day, Yuan Shujun still cowered in the barracks motionless, and the scouts watched from a distance, closely monitored, and did not find any movement of Yuan Shujun.

When Zhang Yan received such news, he was very puzzled, it stands to reason that if Yuan Shujun does not come to attack, he can rest assured. But his heart was in a mess, and there was a faint sense of unease.

For this reason, Zhang Yan deliberately ordered 500 cavalry, took Tai Shici, Niu Jin, and Xu Sheng, and went out of the city together to see what was going on in front of the Yuan army's camp.

Yuan Shujun's camp is only five miles away from Zhuyi City, Zhang Yan and others can soon see Yuan Shujun's camp, looking from afar, but seeing Yuan Shujun's camp, the flag is fluttering, the figure is shaking, but the gate of the village is tightly closed, and the camp is even more lifeless, lifeless at all.

Zhang Yan saw that Yuan Shujun was heavily guarded, but there was no movement, and he even took the cavalry around the camp and looked at it from a distance, but he never found anything wrong.

So, Zhang Yan had no choice but to lead his troops back to the city, and as soon as he arrived in the city on the front foot, he received a message from a scout on the back foot, saying that Yuan Shu led the army down the river, had conquered the worries, and was now heading away.

This news was like a time bomb, and it exploded with a "boom" at this moment, making Zhang Yan's head buzz.

"What do you say, Yuan Shu has led the army to conquer the worries?" Zhang Yan couldn't believe his ears, he had just checked Yuan Shu's camp with his own eyes, how could Yuan Shu's army appear in Xiapi?

The scout said: "This matter is true, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left here, and the subordinates have already found out clearly, the person who led this army of soldiers and horses is Sun Ce, the captain of Huaiyi!" ”

Zhang Yan frowned, no wonder he didn't see any clues, it turned out that the person who stayed here was Sun Ce. He immediately ordered to gather 10,000 soldiers and horses and attack towards Sun Ce's camp, since Yuan Shu captured the consideration and went to Xiapi, it was already too late for him to go now, it was better to capture Yuan Jun's camp first and catch Sun Ce!

As soon as the order was issued, Zhang Yan rushed towards the Yuan army camp where Sun Ce was located with 10,000 soldiers and horses.

But when he led the army to rush to the Yuan army camp, the camp was empty, and Sun Ce actually led the army to withdraw.

Zhang Yan then led Tai Shici, Niu Jin and other cavalry to pursue Sun Ce, but let Xu Sheng and Wang Bo lead their troops back to Zhuyi City.

With a loud shout of "driving", Zhang Yan had a gun in his hand, galloped wildly, Tai Shici and Niu Jin followed closely behind him, and the cavalry also followed, and the group chased in the direction of Sun Ce and the others' retreat.

Zhang Yan chased him for less than five miles before he saw the dust in front of him, mixed with the neighing of horses.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yan's mouth, and he finally caught up, this time, he would definitely not let Sun Ce escape again, he must catch this and kill Sun Ce, lest it be even more difficult to deal with when Sun Ce owns Jiangdong in the future.

Zhang Yan chased all the way, and the speed of the war horse under the seat was extremely fast, as if he had appreciated Zhang Yan's mood, he suddenly accelerated, chased after him like a fly, and soon drove into the dusty place.

Through the dusty mist, Zhang Yan suddenly saw that dozens of Yuan soldiers were driving the war horses under their seats to run forward, and some branches were tied to the tails of the horses.

What about the truth? Where is Sun Ce?

"Not good! Hit the trick! Zhang Yan had an idea, his heart suddenly brightened, and he hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse, and instantly stayed in place, squinting his eyes, for fear that he would be fascinated by the dust, so he hurriedly turned the horse's head and ran backwards.

"Whoosh!"

A feathered arrow flew out of the bushes beside the roadside, and hundreds of arrows shot out, all towards the dusty spot.

"Lord!" Tai Shici and Niu Jin were shocked when they saw the ambushes on both sides of the road, and their bows and crossbows were fired in unison, all of which shot towards the dusty mist that Zhang Yan was chasing.

The sound of "clanging" kept coming out in the fog, Zhang Yan waved the iron gun in his hand, and kept blocking it, but there were too many arrows, like rain, and he couldn't cover it at all.

"Poof!"

But hearing a muffled sound, Zhang Yan suddenly felt a burning sensation coming from his back, and a feather arrow shot through his armor and stuck in the shoulder blades of his back, causing great pain.

"Herod—"

Zhang Yan's dark cloud stepping snow horse was also hit by an arrow in the buttocks, and when he landed, he let out a terrible long hiss, and his four hooves exerted force, running forward desperately.

With a "whoosh", the dark clouds stepped on the snow horse and carried Zhang Yan, and galloped directly out of the fog.

Tai Shici, Niu Jin and others saw that Zhang Yan and Wuyun Treadon Snow Horse were injured, and the two immediately separated, and each led a cavalry to rush to the ambush soldiers on both sides of the road.

"Where does Zhang Yan escape, eat me again!" In the mist, a loud and high-pitched voice suddenly sounded.

Immediately after, a black feather arrow shot out from the dust mist that was gradually dissipating, and flew directly towards the back of Zhang Yan's head.

Zhang Yan vaguely felt a force behind him, and glanced back, but when he saw the arrow coming, he gasped and hurriedly lowered his body to avoid it.

With a "bang", the arrow shot off the helmet cherry on Zhang Yan's head, if Zhang Yan dodged a little later, I was afraid that Zhang Yan would have been shot through the head by now. I feel uneasy when I think about it.

Zhang Yan was close to the horse, looking backwards, but saw Sun Ce riding majestically on a war horse, holding a big bow, standing there with a disappointed expression. The one who shot Zhang Yan with an arrow turned out to be Sun Ce.