Luzhao's mission was not to stop Zhu Huan, but to monitor Zhu Huan and provide early warning for Yuan Tan. Although he was captured, the effect of early warning was realized. Based on time calculations, Yuan Tan may have received the news at this moment, and may even have reacted.

Soldiers are very fast, and Sun Ce must respond quickly. After dinner, Sun Ce discussed the war with Taishi Ci and Zhu Huan. Lu Zhaoxin Affiliated, but Sun Ce did not call him. The necessary confidentiality work is still needed. People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and false surrender is not new. At this time, you cannot have too high expectations for human nature.

The current situation is somewhat different from Guo Jia's plan. Guo Jia hopes that Taishi Ci will lead troops to Kangfu, forming a situation of attacking Zhu Huan inside and outside, and see if Yuan Tan will send troops to reinforce. If there are few soldiers, then annihilate them. If there are many soldiers, they will seize the city and defend it, relieve the pressure for Sun Jian, and continue to delay time. Unexpectedly, Taishi Ci's knife was too sharp, and led the 300-person guard camp to travel more than 200 miles a day and night, and directly attacked the camp successfully.

After receiving the news, Guo Jia and Pang Tong immediately adjusted the plan: Zhu Huan continued to guard Kangfu, and Taishi Ci rushed back to Dongping to standby. After obtaining the supplies from Luzhao, Zhu Huan was more confident in defending Kangfu, but Taishi Ci's problem had not been solved. If the supplies were not replenished, it would be difficult for Taishi Ci to persist. Given that Cheng Yu's army had been severely damaged, Guo Jia suggested that Taishi Ci go south and capture Nanpingyang and Zuo County.

Nanpingyang is located between Rencheng and Lu County, and is located at the same location as Fan County. Currently under Cao Ang's control, the guard is Bao Shao, the son of Bao Xin, the former prime minister of Jibei. Previously, after Cao Ang seized Lu County from Ji Ling, he used Nanpingyang as one of the fortresses and reserved some grain. Bao Shao entered and added it. If Nanpingyang can be taken down, it will not only completely cut off Cao Ang's retreat, but also get a piece of grain supply.

But Nanpingyang is not easy to attack, especially when there is not enough food. Therefore, Guo Jia arranged another plan to supplement it, re-appoint Ji Ling as the prime minister of Lu, temporarily stationed in Zuo County, and asked him to collect materials from Zuo County and Fan County, and to give Hexiang, which was originally from the East China Sea, now ceded to Sun Ce, and the two counties of Changlu were temporarily handed over to Ji Ling, and he would uniformly dispatch it to assist Taishi Ci to encircle Nanpingyang.

As for Zang Ba and others, they arranged for them to go north and enter Gang County and the area of ​​Schakqiu to eat. There are many household registrations in that area, which is easy to collect grain, and is close to the mountainous areas. The situation is not good and you can retreat into the mountains at any time.

This is Guo Jia's plan, but how to implement it is controlled by Taishici himself, especially Zang Ba and others. They are not Sun Ce's subordinates, and whether they can persuade them to continue to cooperate with the action depends on Taishici's ability.

Taishici accepted the plan. But he asked Sun Ce to give Zang Ba a promise.

Sun Ce thought for a while. "I'll go with you to Xiaqiu and have an interview with Zang Ba."

Taishi Ci was shocked and shook her head quickly, saying that it was too dangerous. Guo Jia also felt that it was unnecessary. Zang Ba's role was not that great. Just give him some benefits and let Taishi Ci tell him. There was no need for Sun Ce to go in person.

But Sun Ce insisted on this. Meeting Zang Ba was only one of the purposes, and what he was more worried about was Taishi Ci's safety. Taishi Ci only brought 300 personal guard camps, which was fast, but the risk was too great. Even if the elites had only been back and forth for more than 500 miles and had only one day off in the middle, their physical energy was still very exhausted. If they encountered an enemy, even if there were more than a thousand people, Taishi Ci would be in danger of being wiped out.

"Don't forget that our opponents are Yuan Tan and Xin Pi. Yuan Tan has enough troops, 70,000 to 80,000 people, it's easy to gather three or five thousand horses. Even if you ride a horse, it's not a real cavalry. There's no problem with transportation, right? With Xin Pi's ability, he can't know nothing about Ziyi's whereabouts. If he catches a little clue, he may arrange an action against Ziyi."

Sun Ce said seriously: "This risk is too great and I can't afford it. I want to escort Ziyi back in person."

After hearing this, Guo Jia didn't say anything else, but just asked Sun Ce to be careful. He suggested that Sun Ce leave a portion of the cavalry, free up 300 horses for Taishi Ci to travel, speed up the marching speed, and minimize the risks as much as possible.

Taishici was very excited, but he said nothing, just bowed.

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Kang's father is in the southwest of Rencheng, Fan County, Xiaqiu is in the north of Rencheng, and the northwest of Rencheng is a low-lying wilderness that extends to Juyeze. It is barely feasible in winter, and it has been raining more recently, so it is impossible to march there. If Sun Ce wants to go to Xiaqiu, he must pass through Rencheng. The two cities are very close to each other, and when they are at war, there are crowds of scouts. Soon after Sun Ce left the city, Yuan Tan's scouts received the news.

This is also the reason why Guo Jia did not agree to Sun Ce's personal trip before, but he did not insist, because he knew very well that even if Yuan Tan knew that Sun Ce had gone to Xiaqiu, he could not stop Sun Ce. Sun Ce was all cavalry and was very fast, while Yuan Tan had no real cavalry at all.

In addition to weapons and equipment, Sun Ce and others carried two horses with five days of dry food. They started to march quickly after leaving Kangfu City. The marching of the horse horses was roughly divided into five types. The slowest one was regular step, which was consistent with the walking speed. Each hour was about ten miles, which was the footwork used in mixed marching of infantry and cavalry; one was speed step, which was more than forty miles per hour, which was equivalent to the rapid marching of infantry and cavalry. The other was rapid marching, which was about sixty miles per hour, which was the rapid marching of pure cavalry; the last two were footwork during charge, which could not be used for marching.

Sun Ce chose to march quickly and walked sixty miles every hour. If there was no accident, even if there was a time of rest in between, he could reach Xiaqiu within a day. This speed had exceeded the fastest speed of the infantry. Although the scouts arranged by Yuan Tan discovered the situation, they had no time to transmit it. Even if they transmitted the text message in the form of signal relay, they were a little caught off guard.

For a moment, Yuan Jun scouts were in chaos.

After confirming that Lu Zhao's troops were defeated, Lu Zhao's whereabouts were unknown, Xin Pi discussed with Yuan Tan to strengthen the vigilance around the camp and sent more scouts. The morning was normal, but at noon, the situation suddenly became urgent. One message after another was sent to the camp, which made Xin Pi overwhelmed. These news not only mentioned an important name: Sun Ce, but also showed a characteristic of a shorter and shorter time interval.

These characteristics show that Sun Ce was quickly approaching Yuan Tan's camp. His speed was extremely fast, almost the same as the speed of the scout's message transmission. Xinpi did not dare to be negligent and immediately found Yuan Tan who was inspecting each camp and reported the emergency.

Yuan Tan was both surprised and happy: "Does Sun Ce want to attack the camp?"

The scouts sent back a brief message, with very little information, and Xinpi did not understand the specific situation and had no way to judge. He felt that Sun Ce was unlikely to attack the camp in this way, but Sun Ce did things too unexpectedly, and he could not guarantee that Sun Ce caught them off guard last time in Fangyu. More importantly, his own background was clear, and at present, these mobs had less combat power than county soldiers. If Sun Ce attacked the camp, they would not be able to stop Sun Ce, not to mention the fact that they could not get rid of themselves.

"The envoy is prepared for any trouble. He ordered all battalions to defend, send the middle army and infantry to fight, and prepare many bows and crossbows."

Yuan Tanyan followed the plan and immediately ordered the battalions. The drums and horns in the camp sounded together, and the soldiers rushed to the battalions. The five battalions of the central army remained behind, and the three battalions attacked and formed an array outside the camp to prepare for the battle. As Sun Ce got closer, the tense atmosphere became stronger and stronger, and the entire camp became riot and fell into an indescribable uneasiness.
Chapter completed!