Inside the tent, Sun Ce hugged Qiao Rui and said happily: "Mr. Qiao, it's good if you come back!"
Sun Ce's subordinate generals, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai and others, all congratulated him. Qiao Rui looked ashamed and said, "I am really incompetent and was captured by the enemy. I can't stand up to Bo Fu."
Sun Ce laughed and said, "You don't have to blame yourself, Mr. Qiao. He must have been taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao that day. It doesn't count."
When Sun Ce said this, Qiao Rui's face became even more ugly, "I was not attacked by someone sneakily, but in a head-on confrontation. I was defeated in less than three moves."
Han Dang next to him said in surprise: "Except the general, who can defeat Mr. Qiao in three moves?"
Qiao Rui sighed: "I heard that the man's name is Tai Shi Ci. He was originally a subordinate of Kong Beihai, but later joined Yuan Xi."
"That night, he led the cavalry to attack the city gate. I was caught off guard and was knocked off my horse by him. I was captured by Yuan's army."
After hearing this, Zhou Tai said: "It's no wonder Mr. Qiao, Tai Shi Ci is really powerful. He fought with the general for more than a hundred rounds without deciding the winner. He is really a fierce general in the world."
After hearing this, Qiao Rui was surprised and said: "Impossible, how can this person be on an equal footing with Bo Fu?"
You must know that Sun Ce is in his twenties today, which is when he is in the best physical condition, while Taishi Ci is in his thirties and has already passed his peak period.
Even though Tai Shi Ci has slightly better experience, who is Sun Ce? His martial arts and physical strength are the best choice!
Huang Gai said: "That Tai Shi Ci is a bit weird."
Sun Ce heard this and agreed: "Indeed, this man's martial arts skills are very different from mine."
"When I first fought with him, I found that his strength was inconsistent. Sometimes it was too strong for me to resist, but sometimes it was weak and strong, making me hit nothing. After a hundred moves, his strength became stronger and stronger.
I don’t know how he did it, he is really a powerful enemy.”
Everyone was silent after hearing this. Yuan Xi had a fierce general like Tai Shici under his command, and Guangling City was really difficult to fight.
What made everyone even more disgraceful was that on that day, more than a dozen Japanese generals faced off against the two opponents, who should have been guaranteed to win.
As a result, Sun Ce was outmaneuvered by Taishi Ci, and the two faced off for a long time with no outcome, leaving only an unknown young man on the other side.
Sun Ce's generals thought it was Tai Shici's side general who could defeat him in a single fight, but they didn't expect that it turned out to be Yuan's fierce tiger himself!
Even though he was as strong as Lu Bu, so many people swarmed him and beat him to death. However, everyone was deceived by the ferocious tiger and delayed the time to send out a distress signal, resulting in a failure.
Otherwise, Guangling City could have been captured without any bloodshed!
Thinking of this, all the generals felt regretful and even more unbalanced.
Sun Ce asked in confusion: "Mr. Qiao, why did Mr. Yuan let you back?"
Qiao Rui said honestly: "I don't know either. I made up my mind at the beginning that even if I was tortured, I would never reveal any information about Bo Fu. But the fierce tiger just asked me a few questions about my family life and then took me away.
Let go, it makes me puzzled."
Sun Ce's eyes narrowed, "What did the fierce tiger ask?"
Seeing Sun Ce's solemn expression, Qiao Rui quickly recounted the entire conversation with Yuan Xi.
After hearing this, Sun Ce lowered his head and pondered. These words were very ordinary. The only thing that was wrong was that he asked about Qiao Rui's daughter. This had nothing to do with Guangling City and his military situation.
He asked again: "Then what else did Yuan Xi say to Mr. Qiao, and what requests did he make?"
Qiao Rui thought about it again and said, "It really doesn't exist anymore."
The generals were puzzled, and a few people had a vague idea in their minds: Qiao Rui was hiding something, right?
Once this idea was born, it took root in the minds of the generals and slowly grew up. Everyone began to look at Qiao Rui strangely.
When Qiao Rui saw it, she suddenly realized and her body became cold. This fierce tiger of the Yuan family is so vicious!
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
When Sun Ce saw this, he was about to defend Qiao Rui when Han Dang spoke up and said: "Qiao Gong respects the general the most, how could he betray the general?"
"This must be a plan by the Yuan family to drive a wedge between each other. Don't be fooled."
Zhou Tai slapped his thigh and shouted: "I know that ferocious tiger is cunning. Just by seeing him deceive Gongsun Zan and sneak attack Guangling, I know that he is good at using tricks!"
Huang Gai remained silent. He thought that it was indeed unlikely that Qiao Rui would betray Sun Ce, but from a strategic point of view, what if, in the unlikely event that Qiao Rui really betrayed Sun Ce, the same mentality of everyone else would be used?
Seeing the different expressions on everyone's faces, Sun Ce said decisively: "Master Qiao will never let me down. How could Yuan Xi's ridiculous tricks shake our military morale?"
The generals heard this and roared in agreement.
But as for what he was thinking in his heart, it is unclear.
Qiao Rui is also a sensible person. Seeing everyone's expressions at this moment, he knows that from now on, he will never get the same unconditional trust as before.
This treacherous tiger!
He looked gloomy and said: "All I know is these things. I was captured at the city gate that day. I have no idea what happened in the city after that."
Seeing that Zhou Yu was not present, he was surprised and said: "Where is Gong Jin? Is it possible?"
Sun Ce said: "Don't worry, Mr. Qiao, Gong Jin has escaped."
"There is one more thing. Has Mr. Qiao heard about it? I'll give it a try."
When Sun Ce said this, he felt vaguely that something was wrong and swallowed the second half of his words.
He stood up and walked around the tent.
What's wrong?
He felt that there was only one layer of window paper missing, but it could not be pierced. He was so anxious that he walked out of the tent and looked at Guangling City in the distance.
The generals didn't know what was going on and looked at each other in confusion. No one dared to ask.
Sun Ce stared at the head of Guangling City, Zhou Yu escaped, and Qiao Rui was released. Mrs. Wu may still be in the city.
He suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Could it be that the other party put Qiao Rui back to test him?
Now that Zhou Yuqiao and Rui have returned, there is no need to fight against Guangling City.
Except Mrs. Wu!
Now if Sun Ce continues to attack the city, he will clearly tell the other party that there are important people in the city!
But if they don't attack the city, the other side won't be suspicious, but doesn't that mean they give up on rescuing Grandma?
At present, his subordinates have only guessed that Mrs. Wu is missing. As long as they talk to Qiao Rui privately, they may guess that Mrs. Wu is probably captured by the Yuan family!
You will have to warn Qiaorui later not to tell anything about what happened in Guangling City!
But this is not a long-term solution at all. There is no airtight wall in the world. Regardless of your subordinates, the ferocious tiger in the city will be found out sooner or later. Mrs. Wu was in the city lord's mansion that day!
What should I do?
Thinking that before leaving, Zhou Yu warned himself not to reveal any intention other than retaking Guangling, Sun Ce felt even more uncomfortable. He had never fought such a constrained battle!
Sun Ce found that his best choice at the moment was to stop attacking Guangling City immediately.
But in this way, it is equivalent to giving up my mother with my own hands!
At the same time, there is another question. If the troops are withdrawn too quickly, will the other party see through that he is trying to cover up the situation and step up the investigation of the city instead?
Sun Ce's brain was in chaos. He couldn't decide what to do to protect Mrs. Wu to the greatest extent. If only Zhou Yu was by his side!
The more he thought about it, the more disgusted he became, and he couldn't help but cursed in the direction of Guangling: "Fuck you, my mother!"
Guo Jia talked eloquently for more than a quarter of an hour before he finished telling Sun Li Yuan Xi's intention to let Qiao Rui go and all Sun Ce's possible responses.
Finally, Guo Jia said proudly: "How about it, boy, can you guess what the young master is thinking?"
Sun Li was stunned when he heard this, "So there are so many twists and turns in letting someone go?"
Guo Jia smiled and said: "Young master is not an ordinary person. I feel more and more that there is really something in this city that Sun Ce cares about."
"Otherwise, the siege in the past few days is really unreasonable."
In a corner of the courtyard, Mrs. Wu was covered in cold sweat and her hands and feet were shaking as she listened to the conversation between Guo Jia and Sun Li in the atrium.
These people are so scary, they have already guessed some clues!
Fortunately, I was full of confidence at the time and thought I could easily escape from the city. Now it seems that it is too naive. People like the Yuan family are not easy people at all!
Especially since Fierce Tiger and Guo Jia are so scary at such a young age, I really underestimated everyone in the world. Are all the Yuan family's children so powerful?
At this time, Yuan Xi walked out of the house, smiled at Sun Li and said, "The person who knows me is Mr. Fengxiao."
"Actually, my idea is not as complete as what my husband just said. There are still many gaps, but my husband has filled it in for me."
"Sun Li should learn from Sir in the future. When it comes to strategy, there are very few people in the world who can compare with Sir. So many people are begging him to accept disciples, but he is still not happy."
"Sir, if you are willing to teach you something, you are putting a mountain of gold in front of you. You still resist, and you really deserve a beating."
After hearing this, Sun Li rubbed the back of his head and laughed sheepishly.
He muttered: "I didn't know that the young master was so powerful. He could see Sun Ce's conspiracy at a glance."
Yuan Xi shook his head and said: "Actually, I'm not sure either."
"But the other party showed off this time because his intentions and behavior were too abnormal."
"I have often heard that Sun Bofu loved his soldiers like his own son and was loved by his subordinates. It really puzzles me that such a person would attack Guangling in a fit of rage regardless of casualties."
Guo Jia nodded and sighed: "The secret of the art of war lies in knowing the opponent's thoughts through the opponent's abnormal behavior. At this point, the young master has already understood some of the essence."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Sir, don't flatter me. In fact, what I originally wanted to do was just to break the siege of Guangling. I let Qiao Rui go as a way to test the opponent. It was really helpless and a dead end."
It’s just a living horse doctor.”
He and Guo Jia were talking and walked out of the house.
Mrs. Wu in the room seemed to have some realization.
If you do something too obviously, you will reveal your intention. The same is true if you want to escape.
If you ask about the route out of the city every day and reveal that you want to leave, you will most likely be suspected by this scheming tiger!
For the current plan, the only way to have any hope of escaping is to cover up oneself, do the opposite, make preparations bit by bit without leaving any trace, and launch a sudden attack!