Zulang complained secretly.

At this moment, he had completely believed Sun Ce's words. This was a trap, a trap prepared by Sun Ce for him, and the baggage was bait. Sun Ce knew him very well, but he knew very little about Sun Ce, and the only information was still wrong.

I just don’t know whether it was Zhou Xin or Zhou Xin himself, but he deliberately misled him. But this is no longer important. What is important is how he can escape freely now. He only has the advantage of military strength, but Sun Ce has all the other advantages, whether it is the training of soldiers or the weapons, he is not able to match. After several battles, Sun Ce showed his strength to crush him.

The battle ended before it even began, and morale was about to collapse, and even he could do nothing.

Zulang raised his head and looked at the sky. The sun was already west, but it was still a while before dark. It was not easy to withdraw safely, and Sun Ce would not let him leave smoothly. So far, Sun Ce had only dispatched one thousand people, and there were still three thousand people on standby. Once they retreated, the three thousand people would chase them, killing them like slaughtering pigs and dogs.

It shouldn't have come. If it were in the mountains, how could such a thing happen? Even if you can't win, it's easy to run away. If you hide in the mountains, Sun Ce will not be able to chase after him even if there are many people.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Zulang shook his head, called a few personal guards, whispered a few words in their ears, and told them to find the small commander of each battalion to prepare for breaking through. He was responsible for breaking the rear. He had to entangle Sun Ce, otherwise no one would escape. But he could not turn around and run away even if he retreated. That would be like exposing his back to Sun Ce and let him slaughter it.

Zulang put on his helmet, pulled out his battle knife, picked up a shield again, came to the formation, and raised the knife and whistled.

"attack--"

The guards shouted in unison: "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The bandits looked at Zulang who was in battle personally, and their panic finally calmed down a little. They held the weapons in their hands and prepared for battle. At this time, the other battalions also sounded the sound of war drums, moving slowly, and pressed forward, especially the battalion on both sides of the wings surrounded them. Judging from this posture, they actually wanted to cut off Sun Ce's retreat and fight with Sun Ce to the death.

Three thousand people besieged a battalion, maybe there would be a chance. The bandits thought, and inexplicably excited, waiting to see how Zulang turned the tide and turned defeat into victory. Zulang's ability to become the commander of Jingxian County, Zubao can become the famous dock wall in Danyang, and occupy a place in Shanyue, which has a lot to do with Zulang's repeated defeats to seemingly invincible opponents. Although Sun Ce is stronger than any previous opponent, it is not absolutely invincible.

Before being defeated by Zulang, those people were very strong, but they still became Zulang's defeated men.

Sun Ce may be the next one.

The bandits shouted loudly in response to the rhythm of the war drums, and walked forward carefully.

The two sides got closer and closer, and the forwards had already come into contact. Both sides were very careful and did not rush to contact. Instead, they shot with crossbows. The arrows poured down, and the sound of breaking the wind was endless. They shot on the shield and the armor, like rain and hail, and sounded like a piece of fire.

Dian Wei got off the horse and stood in front of Sun riding the horse, holding a shield in one hand and a big flag in the other.

Sun Ce sat upright on the horse's back and frowned slightly. His attention was not on Zulang. No matter how Zulang ran and shouted, if morale was boosted, it would be impossible for these three thousand people to break through the blockade of the one thousand guard camps alone, even if these three thousand people might be the strongest guard camp under Zulang's command. His attention was on the seven thousand people who had not yet been dispatched.

He had already felt the wavering of the bandits from the flags and sounds, and was thinking about how to further pressure and completely squeeze out their will, but now he found that these people were actually stabilized again. What's going on? Although these bandits were not well trained, they had a strong fighting will. They really regarded me as a corrupt official and insisted on killing me soon?

If this is the case, it would be a joke.

Sun Ce thought about it and signaled Guo Wu to send a message to Guo Jia to reinforce and invest more troops. He wanted to see if Zulang really wanted to fight back or wanted to retreat first and cover the others to withdraw.

After receiving Sun Ce's order, Guo Jia ordered people to beat the war drum. Guo Ting personally led the two battalions to attack and blocked the bandits who were trying to encircle from both sides. The two battalions merged with the two wings of the vanguard battalion and the defender battalion, blocking on both sides, forming a position of two hundred steps square, extending from the bottom of the hillside to front of Zulang's position. There were soldiers on all sides, but there was a large open space in the middle.

Sun Ce asked Dian Wei and some Yi to go back to the main formation by himself. Guo Jia sat on the general stage and looked at the distance from time to time. He arranged people looking at the tops of the mountain on both sides behind him. Sun Ce went to the general stage, and before he could speak, Guo Jia said.

"Zulang may want to run away."

"How can I see it?"

"We have already suppressed it, and only one thousand people are on standby, but Zulang is still three thousand people, and the other seven thousand people are still in control. If the combat power of both sides is similar, they are understandable to standby. Now the combat power gap between the two sides is so big. If the troops do not increase, Zulang will be defeated. These three thousand people are likely to be lost. Unless he just wants to delay time and cover those people to retreat first."

Sun Ce understood what Guo Jia meant. Retreat was not a rush to go forward, it was called defeat. Zulang dragged him and asked others to go first, find favorable terrain to arrange blocking positions, and then cover Zulang's retreat. He covered each other in such a way, retreated step by step until he did not chase him. But he always felt that Zulang would not leave so easily. After 20,000 people, he walked more than 200 miles, fought a war, and left after losing hundreds of people.

If you don’t pursue this, can Zulang still become a famous bandit commander in Danyang?

"Can you want to lure us to pursue us, join another 10,000 people and then surround us?"

"This is possible, but it is unlikely. After all, we just need to be careful and not give him a chance to surround him." Guo Jia shook the feather fan and thought for a moment. "I think he can be more proactive and take the lead in taking the Stone City."

Sun Ce thought about it and felt that it was possible. After entering Shicheng, with the city protection, Zulang could consolidate his army and fight again. With Zulang's 20,000 people, Shicheng was difficult to conquer. "If this is the case, then we can't let him do it. After entering Shicheng, the war dragged on too long. Before they finished eating the food, we could only sigh at the city."

Guo Jia shook his head. "General, I hope he will enter the city. Since Zulang can call for the killing of corrupt officials and seeking peace, the relationship between him and Zhou Xin may not be very good. If he wants to enter Shicheng, let him enter. We will use calmness to control our plans and make arrangements at once. It is better to let him escape back to Jingxian. This time it hurts. Next time he hides in the mountains and does not come out, we can only go deeper into the mountains, which will take longer."

He looked at Sun Ce and smiled and said, "I know that this is a bit different from the previous plan. But the plan always fails to keep up with the changes. This is how it is to use troops. Be adaptable to the situation."

Sun Ce smiled. "Okay, just follow your method, if Zulang dares to enter the city."
Chapter completed!