Chapter 1309 Good News and Bad News
Lu Yi quickly found out that Sun Yi left Junyi two days ago and only brought two young guards. He said he was going to Pingyu, but Pingyu said he had never seen him at all. Instead, someone saw the three of them heading north. They had badges, and the soldiers on duty did not dare to stop them, just pretending that they were going to hunt secretly - something happened often before - and they did not take the initiative to report.
Sun Ce was very angry, but he had no choice but to send someone to send an emergency order to make Jinkou and the post house along the way pay attention. Once Sun Yi was found, he immediately ordered him to return. However, he did not give any hope for this. Sun Yi was by his side for so long and knew these methods clearly. Since he was willing to let go, he would not give him a chance to catch up.
In two days, maybe he had arrived at Junyi.
Sun Ce was furious and immediately issued a ban to prohibit his younger brothers and sisters from leaving the camp. Even if he went to Pingyu, he would report it. There must be no second case of Sun Yi.
When Guo Jia heard the news, he rushed over and advised Sun Ce to be calm, especially not to search for it with great fanfare. First, Sun Yi has good martial arts skills and is smart. Generally, scouts are not his opponents. Second, the news cannot reach Yuan Jun's ears, otherwise Sun Yi's situation will be even more dangerous. He will issue orders through the scout camp to quietly find Sun Yi's whereabouts.
Although Sun Ce was very anxious, he knew that Guo Jia was right. He turned around a few times and said to Guo Jia: "The overall situation in Qingzhou has been determined. The focus is on Junyi now, and the military farms in Xu County are about to be harvested. I want to move to Xu County to be closer to the battlefield."
Guo Jia agreed after thinking a little. "I think it is feasible. It is too far from the battlefield and the pressure on the scout camp is also very high. The news is severely lagging behind. Getting closer can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and react faster. It can also restrain some of Yuan Shao's troops and reduce some pressure for Junyi. It is beneficial to Yuzhou to stabilize the front line in Yanzhou."
With Guo Jia's approval, Sun Ce immediately took action. The army was ready and could set off with an order. What Sun Ce had to worry about was Gebi's defense force, so he specially called Qiannu, Chen Lan and others and ordered them to guard the workshop. If an enemy approached, just protect the craftsmen. If the workshop was destroyed, it would be destroyed. At worst, it would be rebuilt.
Qian Nu and others swore to God that they would do their duty and would never let any craftsman or family members be harmed.
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Yuan Shao stood on the central army's general's platform and looked at Junyi City in the distance, his eyes shrank slightly.
The setting sun was as blood as his scarf and Confucian clothes were inlaid with a red edge, and his face became brighter.
After more than half a month of busyness, the baggage battalion finally completed the manufacturing of the stone thrower. They almost cut down all the big trees within thirty miles and built more than 600 stone throwers. Just to place these stone throwers, he built two new camps. Now these stone throwers are ready to go, and their tall poles are like spears in the hands of giants, densely packed, and they look very energetic.
Yuan Shao asked the Japanese inspectors in the army to check, tomorrow is a suitable day for war. He decided to launch an attack tomorrow and strive to take down Junyi City in one go. The battle is more important than victory, but not long. Youzhou is just temporarily stable and has no real control. There may be any accident at any time. The black mountain bandits are also ready to move. The night is long and dreams are too long, so he cannot delay Junyi for too long.
The large number of stone casters are manufactured to achieve an overwhelming advantage and end the battle as soon as possible.
Guo Tu walked over quickly, got on the general's platform, and came to Yuan Shao, panting. He looked at Yuan Shao, but didn't say anything. Yuan Shao frowned and felt a little impatient. Needless to say, there must be some bad news. If it was good news, Guo Tu would not have this expression.
"Tell me, the sky cannot fall."
Guo Tu coughed: "Lord, there is bad news, and there is good news."
Yuan Shao raised his eyebrows and snorted softly, but said nothing. He was too clear about Guo Tu's careful thoughts and was not in the mood to cooperate with him.
"The bad news is..." Guo Tu looked at the military newspaper in his hand again, as if he couldn't believe it until now, so he had to confirm it again. "Shen You's army and Tai Shi Ci's army broke into Qingzhou almost at the same time. Three days ago, Shen You defeated Yan Liang near Fuzeng Mountain. Yan Liang was seriously injured and his troops suffered heavy losses." He swallowed, his voice a little dry. "Shen You have armored cavalry under his command."
Yuan Shao didn't react at all. After a while, he suddenly turned around, stared at Guo Tu in a tight voice, and said in a lost voice: "What did you say? Arc rider?"
Guo Tu nodded and handed over the military newspaper in his hand. He circled the two words "Armored and Cavalry" in the military newspaper. He just saw the two words "Armored and Cavalry" and he couldn't believe it, but there was more than one place in the military newspaper, so he couldn't help but believe it. Yuan Shao snatched the military newspaper and browsed it quickly, his eyes were frightened, and he showed a rare panic. The dark yellow paper trembled in his hands.
Sun Ce actually has an armored cavalry?
Armored cavalry is a powerful weapon that has just appeared, and the cost is extremely high. It not only requires exquisite horse armor, but also strong war horses and brave knights. Both men and horses have heavy armor, which can effectively curb infantry's crossbows and spears, and exert the impact of cavalry to the extreme. It is a powerful weapon to break the infantry battle formation. Sun Ce lacks war horses, and well-trained infantry is his greatest reliance, and Armored cavalry is preparing for him.
He never expected that Sun Ce would have a cavalry, and he was a little confused for a moment.
"What's good news?" Yuan Shao was upset, but he didn't want to lose too quickly in front of Guo Tu. He waved his hand and urged.
"The roar found several corpses near Kaifeng, one of which was a boy about ten years old, and it might be Sun Yi, the son of Sun Jian."
Yuan Shao frowned. "Are you sure?"
"I'm 50% sure." Guo Tu took out a bronze medal that was half a palm-sized, handed it to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao took it and looked it carefully. The bronze medal was very exquisite, with the words "Qianwei Camp" engraved on the front, and Sun Yi's name, height, and appearance characteristics engraved on the back. There were blood and knife marks on the bronze medal. It seemed that he should have experienced a fierce battle.
Seeing Yuan Shao rubbing the knife marks, Guo Tu explained: "According to the news we received, although Sun Yi is young, he has a good martial arts skills. He has also learned a lot of archery skills by taking Chen Wangchong as his teacher. We have learned a lot of archery skills. We have seen a few arrows now, and there are also his marks on it. There are more than a dozen corpses of our army's rangers around, one-third of which were shot by such arrows, and the rest were killed by swords. There were two teenage bodies at the scene. This bronze medal was found from one of them, and the appearance was somewhat similar to what we knew. However, for the sake of making a plan, it is best to let Xiansi take a look. He should have seen Sun Yi."
When Yuan Shao heard the word "Xian Si", he immediately lowered his face. Yuan Tan left Pingyu and was in Chenliu. He was not sure whether he wanted to continue traveling north or to come to Junyi. Yuan Shao did not want to see Yuan Tan, and he had never sent anyone to see Yuan Tan. At this moment, Guo Tu proposed to let Yuan Tan come to the camp to recognize people, obviously doing it on purpose, which meant that Yuan Tan would show up again in front of civil and military affairs.
Chapter completed!