Sun Jian sat in the big tent with his arms open, and his golden silk and brocade armor was taken off. He put it aside, and there was a crack on it. The arrow was wrapped in golden silk and could not be shot through. It was located between the chest and abdomen. A bamboo pole feather arrow was placed aside. Sun Ce reached out to get it. Sun Jian reminded: "Be careful, the arrow is poisonous."

Sun Ce looked carefully and saw that the copper arrow was dull and there was obviously a layer of stuff. In order to store more poison, the arrow cluster was deliberately ground out a groove, which may have reduced the intensity and affected the penetration. He leaned over to his nose and smelled it, and it had a faint fishy smell, but he couldn't recognize what poison it was.

"Stop smelling it, it's five-step snake venom." Sun Jian gritted his teeth and showed his fierce light. "I really look down on me, Sun Jian, and I actually use such expensive poison to deal with me."

Seeing that Sun Jian was fine, Sun Ce was completely relieved. He waved his hand and signaled Zu Mao, Han Dang and others to go out first. Zu Mao, Han Dang were still shocked, shocked and angry, waiting for Sun Jian to order someone to kill, but he was not willing to leave easily. Seeing that Sun Jian also signaled them to go out, he bowed to take the order and came out one after another.

"Ahon, what's going on?"

Sun Jian hesitated for a while and sighed. "The Matthew was too fast. I was careless for a moment and fell into the order. When I passed by Xianshan, I was attacked. The other party was also in a hurry and shot only three arrows. I was hit by one. If it weren't for this golden silk armor, I would definitely die today."

"Where is the assassin?"

"Diet, commit suicide." Sun Jian punched the table and the desk almost cracked, and the stationery on the table fell all over the ground. "Bo Fu, what do we do to find out the mastermind behind it?"

Sun Ce sneered: "That's all there is to say that the Xi family must be unrelated. I will arrest them first and review them one by one. I don't believe that they won't help them."

"I think so too." Sun Jian slapped his thigh. "Xi Zhu is so hateful. I trust him so much, but he treats me like this. I said why is he so kind and asked me to see the horse again and again. I thought he was showing kindness to me, but I didn't expect that he had arranged such a move. The man was hateful. It would be difficult for the whole family to relieve my hatred if he didn't kill him."

"General, no." Zhou Yu followed in and happened to hear Sun Jian's harsh words, so he quickly spoke to stop him.

Sun Jian's eyes widened. "Why, do you still want to plead for them?"

Sun Ce held Sun Jian's hand and signaled him to be calm. Sun Jian let out a few breaths and nodded reluctantly. Zhou Yu said, "The general is safe, that's a blessing. As for the Xi family or other people, their family business cannot be escaped anyway. Why don't the general solve Xiangyang first and then deal with them? Xiangyang is not defeated, and Cao Cao's reinforcements are close at hand. If they drag them down, it will be very unfavorable to us."

"Although Cao Cao was brave, he had only seven thousand people. Xiahou Yuan died in a battle and all the vanguards died. Where can there be any threat?"

Zhou Yu shook his head. "General, you must not underestimate the enemy. Although Cao Cao only has 7,000 people, Runan and Yingchuan counties are nearby. I heard that the tyrants of these two places support Yuan Shao, and even the tyrants of Nanyang are more inclined to Yuan Shao and are unwilling to support Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shao sends people to contact them, Cao Cao can establish tens of thousands of people."

"Will that be the case?"

"Does the general know He Boqiu, a famous scholar in Nanyang?"

Sun Jian's face was a little embarrassed. He spent most of his time in the place and had no knowledge, so he had very limited knowledge of famous scholars. He could not understand, but Sun Ce understood it all at once. He Boqiu, He Boqiu, was from Nanyang and was a hardcore Yuan Shao. Among the Yuan brothers, he absolutely supported Yuan Shao and opposed Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was very embarrassed because of this and scolded He Yong for being ungrateful. Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi was a Luoyang ruling, and he should have heard of He Yong and the powerful people from Nanyang. Then, based on the difficulties faced by Yuan Shu, it would be natural to infer that such a result was.

"He Bo asked to become famous in Kyoto and was the representative of the powerful power in Nanyang, but he disdained to interact with the Later General, and his relationship was very stiff. When the Later General was willing to regard Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, he might be able to sit firmly in Nanyang. Now that brothers are fighting, there are probably not many people in Nanyang who support him. And the famous scholars of the two counties of Ruying followed Yuan Shao more. Yuan Shao just sent one person to lobby, and these three counties gathered more than 10,000 people to support Cao Cao and provide him with food, grass and supplies, and there was no problem at all."

Sun Jian suddenly understood. "No wonder Yuan Shao went to Hebei by himself, but asked the Later General to come to Nanyang. He had known that once he turned against him, the Later General would be unable to gain a foothold in Nanyang."

"What the general said is very much."

Sun Ce was also frightened. To be honest, he had not considered it so deeply before. If Zhou Yu's analysis was factual, Yuan Shao would have been prepared and did not give Yuan Shu any chance at all. No wonder Yuan Shu was forced to leave Nanyang and failed to occupy Runan and Yingchuan. Instead, he went to the relatively remote Yangzhou. Seeing Ru Ying's fat piece of meat, he could not speak, and even if he competed, he could only have the idea of ​​Xuzhou.

"Then... what Gongjin means?"

"If you want to gain a foothold in Nanyang, you must take down Xiangyang." Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Ce intentionally or unintentionally, and then said: "All the battles will eventually be implemented on the battlefield. As long as you win on the battlefield, even if the powerful Nanyang tend to be Yuan Shao, you will not dare to act rashly. The same is true for Xiangyang. As long as the general conquers Xiangyang, the powerful Xiangyang will dare not speak out even if they have different ambitions."

Sun Jian nodded repeatedly. Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu, surprised and happy. He knew that Zhou Yu was knowledgeable, but Zhou Yu had never shown his true strength. Now the opportunity has come, Zhou Yu seized the opportunity keenly and performed better than he expected.

Sun Ce smiled and encouraged, "Gongjin, if you have any suggestions, just tell the general."

"Here." Zhou Yu understood and bowed, and said, "The reason why Xiangyang cannot be attacked for a long time is that I lack experience and mismanagement. The other is that Xiangyang City is indeed solid and Kuai Yue is also defending tightly. If you attack strongly, the losses will inevitably be significant, and your advantage will be limited when facing Cao Cao. Since someone assassinated a general, it is better to use the plan and show weakness to the enemy, lure Kuai Yue out of the city and annihilate it in the field."

Sun Ce pondered: "What if Kuai Yue still refuses to leave the city?"

Zhou Yu smiled. "If Kuai Yue refuses to leave the city, then concentrate his superior forces and defeat Cao Cao, stabilize Nanyang before Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, and cut off Kuai Yue's thoughts."

Sun Ce also smiled, smiling very comfortably. He was most worried that Zhou Yu was eager to achieve success. Now it seems that Zhou Yu did what he said, he was not in a hurry at all.

Zhou Yu saw it and understood Sun Ce's intentions, and showed his head slightly.

At this time, Han Dang rushed in. "General, the general was defeated by Cao Cao in Xinye, and the envoy was outside the tent. Please receive him immediately."

Sun Ce was shocked. "What, Xinye? Why was Yuan Shu in Xinye? Why did he run so fast and do what he did? Did he learn from Xiahou Yuan?"

"Bo Fu, no reason!" Sun Jian and Zhou Yu shouted in unison. Before they finished speaking, a scholar pushed the tent and glanced at the people in the tent coldly. His eyes finally fell on Sun Ce's face and said unevenly: "Does the Chief Master Sun hope that the next general will be in the same body and head as Xiahou Yuan?"

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