"Reporting to my lord, there are enemy movements in the Wuyi Mountains."

"Can you see clearly?"

"Back to my lord, there is so much dust on the top of the mountain that the birds don't dare to land. You can't go wrong."

"Then...do you know how many people there are?"

“I don’t know this humble position”

"It's thirty thousand people"

While the soldier was answering, Pang Tong happened to come in and gave Chen Wen an accurate number of people.

"You go down first"

"promise"

…

"How did you know, sir?"

"I just guessed the other party's plan, so I went out for a walk in advance and saw it."

"Oh, sir, you are really attentive and thoughtful. Chen Wen's admiration is beyond words!"

After getting along with each other for a few days, Chen Wen has completely reduced from being indifferent to Pang Tong's licking dog, but for Pang Tong, it is very useful.

"Your Majesty, I'm serious in my words. I'm just trying to do my own thing in my position."

"However, there are 30,000 people on the other side, and we only have more than 10,000 people available now. If the other side comes to attack, how should we defend it?"

Faced with Chen Wen's worries, Pang Tong just smiled and then replied:

"Lord, don't worry, I guess the opponent will not choose to attack the city."

"Oh? How can you see it?"

"First of all, since they have reinforcements coming, it means that my thoughts have been known to them, and I have received a tip that the army coming from Changsha has 50,000 people, but now there are only 30,000 people in front of our army, and

There is no fatigue from the long journey, so it can be seen that the opponent is the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County; secondly, the leader of the reinforcements is Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian, but he is not here now, so I guess he went in the direction of Danyang, their trip

The purpose is not to seize the county city, but to support Wu County, so they will not gather their troops in one place, but spread out in several directions just to have the opportunity to bypass the three counties; then, generally speaking, in siege battles, two troops

When the fighting strength of the two sides is basically the same, the effort of the attacking side will be several times that of the defending side, and it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive. The most important thing is that if our army fails to capture us after taking Wu County, then we will

The army will be able to free up their hands to counterattack them. Therefore, as long as the opponent's brain is clear, they will definitely not choose to attack the city now. Instead, they will try their best to find a way to Wu County and rescue their people.

, Finally, the soldier just said that the other party created a huge momentum, and it was clear that they wanted the Lord to attract their attention, thereby creating conditions for the rescue team to pass by. I am sure that the other two counties are currently encountering the same situation as us.

Same situation"

"In this case, sir, do you have any guesses about their rescue route? Should we set up defenses in advance?"

"As far as I know about this matter, the three counties have been connected to form an iron wall. As long as our army does not let them pass, they will definitely not be able to get through. Please don't worry about this, my lord."

"Seriously? That's great! As the teacher said, I don't have any worries anymore."

After receiving Pang Tong's answer, Chen Wen's impetuous mood finally calmed down, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Lord, if there's nothing else, I'll go out first."

"Okay, sir, walk slowly"

At this moment, Chen Wen was so happy that his tone became a little frivolous.

However, it was precisely because of his carelessness that he did not see the fleeting smile on Pang Tong's face.

…………

"General, the enemy has reached a place less than five miles away from our army. It is expected that they will meet our army in a quarter of an hour."

"I know, let's continue investigating"

"promise"

…

"De Rong"

"The subordinates are here"

"Mobilize troops and horses immediately and station at the entrance of the mountain road"

"promise!"

…………

After Zhou Xin mobilized his troops and stationed his troops for defense, within three to five minutes, Sun Ce and Huang Zhong appeared in front of him with 20,000 people.

"The face is solemn, the formations are neat, and a murderous aura goes straight into the sky. They are indeed an elite party."

Just by looking at it, Huang Zhong gave such a high evaluation, causing Sun Ce beside him to nod his head in agreement. Then Sun Ce rode out and came to the center of the confrontation between the two armies alone.

"Who is your commanding general? Please come out and speak."

Just as Sun Ce finished speaking, a man from the enemy formation rode up to Sun Ce.

"That's it"

"May I have your name?"

"In Zhou Xin, you are favored by my lord, so you take up the post of Danyang Prefect. Who are you?"

"My name is Sun Ce. I am a hussar general and the eldest son of Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha."

As soon as he heard Sun Ce introduce himself as a family member, Zhou Xin's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and his eyes became sharper from the kindness at the beginning.

"Are you Sun Ce?"

"Exactly"

"Since you are the son of the governor of Changsha, we can be considered colleagues. Then why did you invade our three counties in Yangzhou and do such a heinous and unethical thing?"

"Hey, you have misunderstood me."

"The evidence is solid, where is the misunderstanding?"

"We were not trying to rob the county, but there were yellow turban thieves at that time. We wanted to prevent the people from suffering, so we brought in troops to help you. According to what you said, this is my colleague helping you suppress the rebellion. This

Isn’t it just a misunderstanding?”

"That's nonsense! If it's true as you say, why did all the prefects of the three counties die?"

"Well, that's because we arrived late. By the time we arrived, they had already died for the country. The three prefects are truly heroes."

Sun Ce raised his fists to the sky and saluted, as if he was paying homage to the three prefects, but Zhou Xin would definitely not believe his lies.

"Even if what you said is true, now that all the Yellow Turbans have been destroyed, then the land of the three counties should be returned to my lord, right?"

Faced with Zhou Xin's request, Sun Ce scratched his head, put on a troubled expression, and replied:

"I'm afraid this won't work."

"Why not?"

"Before I answer, I would like to ask how many people you have under your command now?"

"Why are you asking this? Are you asking for information about our army?"

"Of course not, I'm just curious."

Sun Ce smiled like a silly son of a landlord, which made Zhou Xin very unhappy.

"According to my guess, the total number of troops you have now is only 60,000 at most, right?"

"Whether it's right or wrong, what does it have to do with you?"

"Of course it does matter. You currently have 60,000 people. You can only defend three counties. If you add three more counties, how can you still have the troops to guard them? And in order for the people in the three places to live and work in peace and contentment, I am not far away.

Traveling thousands of miles from Changsha to protect them, there is no merit but hard work, right? Just asking us to hand it over, are you going a little too far?"

As he spoke, Sun Ce put on an aggrieved look like a victim. Zhou Xin looked at him and felt like there was a mess on his forehead.

"Strong words to make sense"

"Why do you call it strong words and unreasonable? Zhou Xin, let me ask you, as the governor of a place, do you want the people under your rule to live a good life?"

"That's natural"

"Then have you heard from the three counties of Lujiang that our soldiers abused the people and the evil deeds in the Fish and Meat Township?"

"This... doesn't exist either."

Although Zhou Xin didn't want to admit it, since Sun Ce and the others occupied the three counties of Lujiang, not only had the people not been harmed, but their lives were even more stable than before.

"You are doing it for the good of the people, and we are doing it for the good of the people, so aren't our interests the same? If that's the case, then why should we fight again?"

"this……"

It was obvious that Zhou Xin had been bypassed by Sun Ce and could not find any reason to refute Sun Ce's point of view.

And Sun Ce is so eloquent because Zhou Yu gave him a trick on the way here, asking him to imitate Wen Du, be a scoundrel, and put himself in a great and upright image in everything he does. As for why Zhou Yu didn't

Come here in person, well... maybe it's because his cultivation doesn't allow him to be so shameless.
To be continued...