Cao Ang came out of the tent and looked at Chen Gong who was walking not far away, feeling a little uneasy. Chen Gong heard the footsteps and turned around and looked at him. Seeing Cao Ang standing at the door of the tent, he thought he had any needs, so he walked over quickly. Just as he was about to ask, Cao Ang made a gesture, signaling him not to speak, and turned around and walked out of the camp.

Chen Gong followed closely.

Cao Ang’s camp was near Yuan Tan’s central army, only a single arrow was separated from the middle. After entering his own camp, Cao Ang, who had been silent, slowed down and said to Chen Gong: “Thank you, Brother Gongtai, you can’t rest so late.”

Chen Gong smiled disapprovingly. "It's nothing, I often study so late." After walking two steps forward, I suddenly realized what Cao Ang meant. "Zi Xiu, is there a new situation?"

Cao Ang nodded with a wry smile and told Chen Gong what Yuan Tan just said. Yuan Tan suddenly changed his combat plan and let him serve as the main attacker caught him off guard. He could not determine Yuan Tan's intention alone and had to discuss with Chen Gong and Cao Ren. Chen Gong followed him to attend the meeting and attend the banquet. He was so tired that he was very embarrassed.

After hearing this, Chen Gong felt it was a little tricky and did not answer Cao Ang immediately. He walked and pondered. After entering the central army tent, Cao Ang found that there was still light inside. He knew that Cao Ren had not left yet, so he stood in front of the tent and called the guards to prepare for a midnight snack. Then he pushed open the tent door and asked Chen Gong to come in first, and followed him in again.

Cao Ren was turning over the military law before the case, looking up at Cao Ang and Chen Gong, got up and gave up the chairman, and sat in the seat beside him. "What's wrong? Zhu Wenbo was dissatisfied?"

"No, General Zhu is very tactful. Although Yuan Envoy is young, he is really good at means." Cao Ang said this and Cao Ren also nodded and praised: "It is worthy of being a child of aristocratic families. You can do this with such means. But Zi Xiu, you don't have to belittle yourself. After all, these are small tricks. You can succeed for a while and cannot hide them for a lifetime. You treat others with sincerity, this is the way to last."

"Thank you uncle."

At this time, Chen Gong said slowly: "Zi Xiu, this may be an opportunity."

"Please give me advice from Brother Gongtai."

"Although Yuan Envoy has many talents, not many people can trust. Zhu Ling is a martial artist who is ignorant of human feelings and can use it but cannot trust him. The Zhang Mengzhuo brothers are seniors. They have grudges with the leader of the Yuan, but they cannot trust him. Liu Xuande has repeated it, and it is even more untrustworthy. The other generals are either ignorant or weak. Yuan Envoy wants to compete with Sun Ce, but they are not sure. He needs a helper who is both trustworthy and can help. Naturally, Zi Xiu must be the one who is not sure."

Cao Ren said: "With that being said, it's just that he wants to use us. Should we be used by him?"

Chen Gong lowered his face and was a little unhappy. "What do you think of Zixiao?"

Cao Ren smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand the public station. I have no other intentions. I just want to know what we should do. Sun Ce's troops are all elite. Our subordinates are mainly recruits and have not experienced a real battle. If you don't grasp the right measure, the losses will be very heavy."

Chen Gong nodded. "Zi Xiao said very much. However, we are not the first attacker. The Chenliu County soldiers led by the brothers Zhang Mengzhuo are still in front of us. I think the meaning of Yuan Envoy should be that Zhang Mengzhuo restrains Sun Ce's front and we launch a side raid. Once Sun Ce is inappropriate in response and flaws appear, he will lead the main force to attack himself. How can he leave the credit for defeating Sun Ce for us?"

Cao Ren suddenly realized. "So our task is to constantly attack, lure Sun Ce to make mistakes, find out flaws, and create opportunities for Yuan Envoy, not really want to fight Sun Ce?"

"I think this should be the case." Chen Gong stroked his beard and was full of confidence.

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Sun Ce welcomed an angry guest, Ruan Yu who he once wanted to invite but did not.

He saw Lu Cui and Ruan Yu one after another, but he was not excited. He asked them to help write a memorial to ask Yuan Shu for posthumous title. Now that the matter has been done, he has a talent like Zhang Hong around him. It is meaningless to have these two scholars, and he may not be willing to ask for it.

Ruan Yu was Zhang Miao's envoy to condemn Sun Ce and others for robbing the crops of Chenliu County. Ruan was a large group of Chenliu Wei clan and was also among the robbed. Thousands of acres of rice were robbed and suffered heavy losses. Although they were not yet at the point of no cooking, they still couldn't swallow this. Faced with Sun Ce, Ruan Yu cited the classics, criticized the mulberry and locusts, denounced Sun Ce's immoral behavior, and declared that Zhang Fujun was very angry and would lead Chenliu soldiers to attack him.

It’s a pity that Sun Ce had limited knowledge and could not understand the subtle meanings and the style of writing in the Spring and Autumn Period. He estimated that Ruan Yu volunteered, not the one Zhang Miao wanted to send. The reason was very simple. He snatched the rice from Chenliu County, but it was not really snatched, it was the payment for the goods he received. Zhang Miao should have received the weapons he wanted now and was secretly happy. How could he send someone to scold him?

Needless to say, the payment for the goods paid by Zhang Miao was not his own, but from a family like the Ruan family, who was equivalent to making white grains with nothing. Ruan Yu was not sure about the transaction here and thought it was really Sun Ce, so he came to curse. As for Zhang Miao's attempt to attack, it only showed that Zhang Miao's brothers would participate in the war, and the others were all official slander.

After getting the information you want, Sun Ce was not in the mood to listen to Ruan Yu's nonsense. I was just following the orders of the Taiwei general. If you have anything to say, go to Taiwei Zhu, it's useless to tell me.

Ruan Yu was bombarded out of the camp by Sun Ce. He was furious and furious, and he hurried to Zhuyi's camp with his entourage.

Sun Ce asked Guo Jia to arrange a meeting with Zhang Miao to confirm the situation. It is dangerous to sing a double act on the battlefield. If the other party cannot be confirmed in reality, it is easy to make fakes come true. Soon, he welcomed a new guest. Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao expressed his gratitude to Sun Ce on behalf of Zhang Miao. The armour has been received, enough to equip 3,000 people. Their brothers have a certain ability to protect themselves. To express their gratitude, when the autumn harvest is over, each county will hand over the land rent to the county, and Zhang Miao will give Sun Ce another 300,000 stones of rice.

Sun Ce was overjoyed. The business was profitable, and the supply of military rations for the offensive after the autumn was guaranteed. The rice that was originally harvested was taken away by Zhu Yan, and he had nothing to do. With the 300,000 stone of rice, he was sure to make a profit and profit was very generous.

Sun Ce invited Zhang Chao to drink and talk about the next cooperation. Zhang Chao revealed another news: Yuan Tan held a meeting two days ago and was preparing to fight against Zhu Yan at Junyi. What kind of tactics of Tian Ji's horse racing? He wanted to use Zhu Ling to deal with Cao Bao and the Danyang soldiers led by Xu Jian.

Sun Ce had a sudden inspiration. This was a high-level secret that Guo Jia could not find out in detail. It seems that either Zhang Chao himself attended the meeting or they had a suspicion around Yuan Tan. If it was the former, it means that the alliance between them was still relatively close and had basic trust. If it was the latter, it means that their defense was already very strong.

"You heard it with your own ears?" Sun Ce asked pretending to be a very casual look.

Zhang Chao said with a smile: "Yes, I not only heard his plan with my own ears, but also volunteered. However, I doubt that Yuan Tan would not believe us completely, and would arrange for others. General, above the battle formation, don't misread the battle flag."
Chapter completed!