Sun Ce is the most famous young hero in the past two years. Yanzhou and Yuzhou are bordered by each other. Man Chong often hears news about Sun Ce and knows Sun Ce's habit of employing people. Man Chong is not unfamiliar with stories like Du Ji and Sun Ce were awarded the seal of the Jingzhou Governor's Governor. Once upon a time, he regretted why he had not met such a wise master. Now when he heard Sun Ce say this, he was immediately moved.

He did not dare to ask Zhou Yu to lead tens of thousands of troops to guard a state, and he was satisfied with being able to guard a country like Lu Fan. He had heard of Lu Fan's story, and it was said that he also fell in love with Sun Ce at first sight, so he quickly acted as a representative of Liang Xiang and was immediately appointed.

In contrast, being a general under Yuan Tan's command is not an easy task. Zhu Ling is a general sent by Yuan Shao, Cheng Yu is a counselor recommended by Wang Yu, and Cao Ang is a son of the Tong family who met Yuan Tan since childhood, but they cannot fully gain Yuan Tan's trust, and even Xin Pi is difficult for Yuan Tanyan to obey.

Perhaps Sun Ce is right. Yuan Tan is limited in his own abilities and is not as confident as Sun Ce, so he always guards against his subordinates. The so-called strong and weak branches are regarded as the criterion by both the Legalists and Confucians.

After saying goodbye to Sun Ce, Man Chong hurried to the camp, thinking along the way how to explain this to Yuan Tan. It is impossible to hide it, but it is impossible to say it all. He didn't think that Yuan Tan had such a stubbornness.

Wutang Camp is only more than twenty miles away from Yuan Tan's camp. Before Man Chong could think of a word, he arrived. Seeing that the battlefield was so close, Man Chong was a little unaware of what to say. Yuan Tan was too careless. It was basic common sense for the scout to reconnaise thirty miles. Yuan Tan didn't know that Sun Ce was in Wutang Pavilion twenty miles away last night. How negligent was this?

Yuan Tan was on the front line. After a day and night of attack, Sun Jian's corpse was in a mess in front of the camp, and there were corpses floating in the trenches. The battle at night was commanded by Xin Pi, but Yuan Tan did not sleep well. At this moment, he was wearing dark circles, tired and hungry, and was in a very bad mood. When he saw Man Chong, he was a little listless. Although he was well polite, his emotions were not full enough, and he looked quite depressed. Man Chong couldn't help but compare Yuan Tan in front of him with Sun Ce who had just parted. Sun Ce did not sleep all night, but he looked energetic.

"Boning, what happened to Changyi?" Yuan Tan opened his mouth and yawned involuntarily, hurriedly covered it with his sleeves, and smiled apologetically.

Man Chong quickly told the story of Lu Fan leading his army into the country. Yuan Tan was in a bad mood at first, but when he heard the news, he suddenly became more irritable. He subconsciously punched the case, and then felt that he was out of control and wanted to hide it, but he was a little lost. Man Chong saw it and became more and more uneasy. He didn't know whether he should tell Yuan Tan about the encounter with Sun Ce now. After thinking about it, he thought it would be better to say it now. Yuan Tan should have heard of this matter first from him. When someone mentioned it, he would have the intention of concealing it.

But now is not a good opportunity.

"Eunuch, did you meet Sun Ce when you stayed in Wutang Pavilion yesterday?"

"Sun...ce?" Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment and turned his head suddenly. "He was in Wutangting last night?"

Man Chong nodded and looked at Yuan Tan quietly.

Yuan Tan's face suddenly pale, then turned red, and after a moment, it slowly turned white. He murmured, "Sun Ce was in Wutangting yesterday?"

Man Chong sighed secretly and confirmed again. After a while, Yuan Tan reluctantly regained his calmness. "Where is he going now?"

"He went to Changyi. He said he wanted to seize Changyi and the entire Shanyang."

"That's what he said?" Yuan Tan looked at Man Chong, his eyebrows gradually raised. "Do you know each other?"

Man Chong shook his head and told the story. Yuan Tan kept looking at Man Chong, with doubts and uneasiness in his eyes. He didn't see any flaws in Man Chong's face, but he instinctively felt that Man Chong didn't tell the truth, at least he didn't say it all, and he also hid some of the content.

Man Chong saw Yuan Tan's suspicion, but he had no choice. He could not tell Yuan Tan about Sun Ce's comments on Yuan Tan, especially those few words about whether he could use him, otherwise it would be like a threat and would make Yuan Tan even more annoyed. He complained secretly that Sun Ce was too bad. This was a thorn that was stuck in his heart. It was easy to pierce it, but it was extremely difficult to pull it out.

Yuan Tan suppressed his anger and asked Man Chong to rest. He sat alone on the podium, and the more he thought about it, the more he became more and more uneasy. Sun Ce actually gave up Sun Jian and went to Changyi. Lu Fan led his troops to Yanzhou again. If he met Sun Ce, he would be unable to defend Changyi. He was really unsure whether Changyi could be kept. The last time he lost Changyi was a plan. Now if Sun Ce enters Changyi again, how can he explain?

This Changyi is my capital or the capital of the Sun family’s father and son. Why do they enter as soon as they want?

Just when Yuan Tan was anxious, a knight rode his horse from afar. When Yuan Tan saw the posture, his heart skipped a beat. He stood up, turned back and forth twice, and forced himself to calm down. After a while, the knight came to the under the command platform and turned over and dismounted. A personal guard stepped forward to ask questions. After confirming his identity, the knight came to the stage and came to Yuan Tan.

"Empress, Lu Qian, Hulu Order, has an emergency military report."

Yuan Tan winked at the guard beside him. The guard took the military newspaper from the knight and turned around and handed it to Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan checked the sealing mud, and saw the three dazzling cinnabars on it, his heart jumped up in a daze.

Cinnabar indicates an emergency, and three cinnabar indicates an extreme emergency. What big thing happened?

Yuan Tan's hand began to tremble. He pulled it twice but couldn't pull it open. He was so angry that he pulled out the long knife and cut the wire rope that sealed the mouth hard, almost cutting his fingers. He took out the paper roll inside, looked it quickly, and raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "What's going on in Lu Qian? There are still three cinnabars for such a thing?"

The situation is not serious, at least Yuan Tan thinks it is not serious. Guo Jia led more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry to Qi County, and a large number of ships were sailing from Pengcheng. He would soon meet with Guo Jia, and then Guo Jia would cross the water to attack Hulu. Lu Qian had only more than 1,000 people, and he had more than enough to defend the city, so it would be impossible to block it out of the city. I hope Yuan Tan would send more reinforcements immediately.

After saying a few words, Yuan Tan suddenly felt something was wrong. He picked up the military newspaper again and looked at it, especially the word "infantry and cavalry", which was particularly eye-catching. He remembered one thing: Yesterday morning, when Sun Ce passed between Zhu Ling and Cheng Yu's camp, Zhu Ling and Cheng Yu both said that there were only about 200 people, but Wen Chou's personal guard said that there were more than a thousand cavalry when Sun Ce ambushed Wen Chou. He originally thought that Sun Ce had left some cavalry for Sun Jian, but now he saw something strange.

How many cavalry did Sun Ce have?

Yuan Tan said to the knights: "How many cavalry are there around Guo Jia?"

The knight did not hesitate to think. "There are about three thousand riders."
Chapter completed!