Chenliu, Duting.

Guo Tu got off the carriage, raised his head, looked at the pavilion, shook his sleeves, and carried it behind his back. A follower rushed forward and slapped the door heavily. After a while, a pavilion soldier came out to ask, said a few words to the follower, looked at Guo Tu again, and turned around and went in. Not long after, Yuan Tan hurriedly greeted him with his clothes, and walked to Guo Tu with great strides.

"Mr. Gongze, the war is coming, why are you here?"

Guo Tu's mouth trembled slightly, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and then he returned to calm. "Because I have something more important, I must come." He reached out and held Yuan Tan's arm and led him to a carriage. The carriage was just a flat plate with two corpses placed horizontally on it. A follower lifted the white cloth covered by the corpse, revealing two pale faces.

Yuan Tan's eyes shrank slightly, he took out a towel to cover his nose, leaned close to one of them and looked at Guo Tu suspiciously. "This person... looks familiar."

"It's not enough to look familiar. Look carefully. Who is he?"

Yuan Tan's eyes flashed slightly, his eyes turned twice, and suddenly he was shocked and turned to look at another corpse. The two corpses were dressed in uniform, both of which were close-fitting and narrow-sleeved knights' uniforms, but there were two interlaced wounds on the face of this corpse. The flesh and blood were turned up, revealing white bones, and they were a little swollen. Their face was not as clear as the other one. Yuan Tan looked carefully for a while and took a breath.

"Sun...Sun Yi?"

Guo Tu couldn't control his joy. "Is it really him?"

"This person has a wound on his face and his face is blurry. I dare not make a conclusion." Yuan Tan shook his head. "I don't have many opportunities to meet Sun Yi, but I have seen him a few times from afar. However, among the Sun brothers, Sun Yi and Sun Ce are the most similar. I am more familiar with Sun Ce. This appearance... is indeed very similar to Sun Ce."

Guo Tu laughed loudly, patted Yuan Tan on the shoulder hard, and took out a bronze medal. "That's right. Look at this bronze medal again, we found it from him."

Yuan Tan took the bronze medal and looked carefully. "This is something from Sun Yi. Sun Ce's younger brothers and sisters all have such bronze medals, and they can freely enter and exit the central army camp. Except for military planning, they can go almost everywhere." Yuan Tan sighed. "Sun Yi shouldn't be in Pingyu? How could it fall into your hands?"

"I don't know this, I'm looking at it."

Guo Tu pulled Yuan Tan aside and walked towards the gate of Duting. The two entered the door and came to the main room of the backyard. Cui Yan came up to him. Yuan Tan introduced him. He heard that it was the Cui family in Qinghe. Guo Tu looked at Cui Yan again.

"The respected teacher Zheng Kangcheng is on the way to Junyi. Are you willing to stay here for a few days?"

Cui Yan hurriedly saluted Guo Tu. "Studying is not my biggest regret. If you see your mentor again, I will be very helpful sooner or later."

Guo Tu bowed and returned the salute. He glanced at him and saw a young servant standing next to him, wrapped in cloth, and his face was half wrapped, emitting a strong smell of medicine. He couldn't help but look at him twice. The boy also looked at Guo Tu, Yuan Tan snorted and shouted, "Why, I haven't been beaten enough?"

The boy sniffed, lowered his head, turned and retreated. Guo Tu looked at Yuan Tan in confusion. Yuan Tan smiled awkwardly. "My follower in Yanzhou originally saw that he had some martial arts skills and cleverness. He wanted to stay by his side and train well, but he never thought that he had been in Pingyu for several months. He was wild and disobedient. He was so angry yesterday that he whipped a few whips."

Guo Tu nodded. "The gentleman's virtue is a gentleman's virtue is a villain's virtue is a mess, and Pingyu was made up by Sun Ce. His morality is deteriorating and his folk customs are corrupt. Even adults cannot be spared, let alone children. Xiansi, you are wronged."

Yuan Tan smiled faintly. "If you are not as skilled as others, you will be convinced by defeat. What's wrong with you?"

"Oh, you can't say that, the battlefield is dangerous, and victory or defeat is common among military strategists. There is no general in the world who is always victorious. You are still young, and you can't be unsure of a defeat in a war." He looked around quietly and whispered: "Xian Yi had just lost a while in Qingzhou, and his general Yan Liang was almost killed."

Yuan Tan was surprised. "Who is his opponent?"

"Shen You, a scholar from Jiangdong, is said to be the same year as Sun Ce." Guo Tu smiled. "Sun Ce really dares to use people. Shen You has never led troops before. He fought so well for the first time." He paused and said, "In fact, before Yan Liang was defeated, Xian Yi had been defeated for a while, kicked the camp by the cavalry and burned the baggage."

Yuan Tan took a breath and was shocked. He remembered the battle between Fang Yu, and Sun Ce used cavalry to burn his baggage camp. However, what he was even more surprised was Guo Tu's tone. Guo Tu did not hide it, and he even felt a little gloating. Yuan Tan's eyes turned to understand. Guo Tu came here not only to let him identify the body, but to persuade him to cheer up and plan to take charge of the troops again. Yuan Xi was defeated by Shen You, who had no experience in combat formation, and was even more embarrassing than to be defeated by Sun Ce. If Yuan Xi could not quickly turn the situation around and occupied Qingzhou by Shen You, it would be absolutely not good news for Yuan Shao. He needed a general with more combat experience and trustworthy experience.

Yuan Tan's heart beat twice, and a slight redness appeared on his face, and then slowly faded away. He shook his head and said lightly: "The battle between Junyi is coming soon. Why don't the sir give advice from his father? Come here? Just identify the body and send someone to send it here."

"Showing thoughts..."

Yuan Tan raised his hand. "Thank you Mr. Yuantu for your kindness. However, during the battle between Junyi, I, an ominous person, dare not go to disturb the morale of the army and will return to Yecheng to wait for punishment."

Guo Tu raised his eyebrows, stared at Yuan Tan for a long time, and nodded thoughtfully. "Okay, then you can go back to Yecheng first." He stood up, shook his sleeves, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Tian Yuanhao is also in Yecheng. He opposed the lord's personal expedition to Junyi, and repeatedly spoke rudely. He was blamed for the crime of Jujun army and returned to Yecheng for supervision." After saying that, he looked at Yuan Tan deeply and bowed to leave.

Yuan Tan stood at the stairs and watched Guo Tu leave. What Guo Tu just said echoed in his heart, but he had not said anything for a long time.

——

Outside Junyi City, the Central Army Camp.

Yuan Shao sat upright in front of the big case, his fingers crossed, and his knuckles turned white. A map was laid on the table, and the bronze treasures representing the strength of both sides and the troops were pressed on the map, which were mainly divided into three major pieces: Qingzhou battlefield, Yanzhou battlefield, and Yuzhou battlefield. The military newspaper of Yuan Xi's defeat was placed aside, full of wrinkles and several small cracks, which should have been carefully smoothed out by someone pinching them into a ball. Crisp has always been a fatal flaw of Jizhou paper and cannot be improved to date.

Footsteps sounded outside the tent door, and Ju Su signed up. The moment Ju Su lifted the tent door, Yuan Shao had a little more smile on his face.

"Mr. Come and sit here. I called you over in the middle of the night, didn't you disturb your rest?"

Yuan Shao's tone was very relaxed, but Ju Su would not take it seriously. Yuan Shao called him over in the middle of the night and would never be chatting with him. He would have to attack the city tomorrow. He should be very nervous at this time. While saluting, he looked at the map and military newspaper on the desk, and his heart suddenly became tight.

"The lord hasn't rested yet, how can I sleep peacefully?" Ju Su sat down calmly, picked up the prepared water cup and sipped a small sip. As soon as the water touched his lips, Ju Su's heart tightened. The water was already cold, which means that Yuan Shao had been waiting for him to come and asked someone to prepare the water early.
Chapter completed!