After breakfast, Sun Ce left Sun Jian's camp and returned to his position, located in Xichi City, south of Guandu River. This was the position chosen by Guo Jia. The city was not big, but it was more than 6,700 squadrons and cavalry. On the north is Guandu River, and on the west is a small river called Jaishui, which is diagonally facing Yuanshui. After Sun Jian crossed Yuanshui, this area was under Sun Jian's control. Yuan Shao's scouts were difficult to approach close reconnaissance and were easy to keep secret.

Guo Jia sat on the dilapidated city tower and looked at Yuan Shao's camp in the distance. The smoke from the cooking stove was curling. Yuan Shao's camp was very quiet and there was no sign of too much. Sun Ce looked at it for a while and saw nothing, so he had to ask Guo Jia for advice.

"What are you looking at?"

"1. The total number of smoke from cooking has decreased slightly, but the change is not large. The reduction is comparable to that of Han Xun's troops in Guandu, which shows that Yuan Shao did not send troops to reinforce Xun Yan. 2. The smoke from more than a dozen camps in the south ended the earliest, which shows that Yuan Shao wanted to fight another battle as we expected, and Lu Su was under a lot of pressure. However, Yuan Shao was eager to achieve success, was not prepared enough, and had no large-scale weapons, and just wanted to rely on armored cavalry to break through, which was difficult to succeed."

Guo Jia turned his head, smiled and looked a little sinister. "General, it's better to make Han Yin faster, fighter opportunities will appear at any time."

Sun Ce smiled. Han Yin had been anxious and wanted to fly to the battlefield immediately. However, to be on the safe side, he still asked Han Yin to set off from Junyi tonight. Yuan Shao had more cavalry and was scattered around thirty miles away. In order to conceal his whereabouts, he had to let Han Yin bypass Zhongmuze and sneak into the battlefield. He set out tonight, arrive tomorrow morning, and join the battle during the day. If Yuan Shao is not in a hurry to attack, he can still take a day off.

"Zi Jing will master the rhythm."

Guo Jia agreed. Lu Su has proved his ability in the battle to capture Zhanshan.

Sun Ce thought about it and told Guo Jia about Sun Jian's refusal to return to Wuhui. Guo Jia was mentally prepared and was not surprised at all. "General Cheqi and Cavalry started his career with military merits, and the Spring and Autumn Period is in full swing. It is indeed not appropriate to let him take off his armor and return to the field at this moment. Let's talk about it. The situation in the world will change after the end of this battle, and it will not be too late to discuss it at that time." Guo Jia slapped his palms. "The world is in chaos, it is difficult to be peaceful, and it is still easy to fight. It is just to choose a battlefield that suits him."

Sun Ce nodded and changed the topic. "Han Xun arrived at Guandu?"

"The news sent by Xu Shenggang was about 2,000 people, and they were trapped in the formation, which should be to prevent the battlefield from advancing westward."

"Whose idea is you probably?"

Guo Jia thought for a while and shook his head. "I can't guess it, both my uncle and Ju Su are possible, but Ju Su is more likely." He smiled. "My uncle may not be willing to go to Luoyang, but he will not hope that something happened to Xun Yan, Qu Yi was killed, Shen Pei committed suicide, Jizhou Group suffered a heavy blow, and now is a great opportunity for Yingchuan Group to make a name for themselves. Xun Yan is the most likely to become a great man, and he will not watch him take risks."

Sun Ce smiled and said nothing more. It seems that like in history, the dispute between the Ruying faction and the Jizhou faction was Yuan Shao's stubborn disease and would not disappear due to changes in history. When Yuan Shao was facing a life-and-death crisis, they could temporarily put aside their rift and unite. Now Yuan Shao has stabilized the situation again, and the internal struggle is likely to be fierce again. But Shen Pei is dead, Feng Ji is not there, Ju Su is relatively gentle, and the struggle is not so obvious. However, unexpected situations are also true. Yuan Tan returned to Yecheng, giving Guo Tu a second choice, which may also affect Guo Tu's decision in some procedure.

Thinking of the internal struggles Yuan Shao faced, Sun Ce couldn't help but think of himself. As his strength increased, more and more talents under his command were investing in, and the internal struggles around him began to sprout. It was really helpless.

When the sun rose three poles high, the sound of war drums sounded at the same time on the battlefields of the west and north. Sun Jian launched an attack on Zhen Yan's position, and Gao Lan also launched an attack on Lu Su's position.

"Shoot! Shoot!" The powerful crossbow commander roared angrily, and more than 30 stone throwers fired at the same time. The burning grass ball flew into the sky and smashed towards Lu Su's position. This was Yuan Shao's only stone thrower. In order to increase the attack power, Yuan Shao transported all of them to the formation. They had no stone fat, so they used hay to make a ball, pour oil on it, and then fired it out.

The grass balls were burning, and some disintegrated in the air and turned into a ball of grass chips. Most of them hit Lu Su's position and rolled around. Lu Su ordered the spearman to step forward, hold up the grass balls, and then push them into the ditches dug in front. Although dozens of soldiers were knocked down by the grass balls and some even caught fire, the entire position was not messy. The soldiers nearby came forward to rescue, while the others could not sit still.

Due to inconvenience in transportation, all the stone throwers transported by Jiang Qin from Changshe were left in Xinzheng. They did not bring them. Facing the stone throwers in front of Gaolan, Lu Su could not fight back and could only endure them. Quan Rou sent someone to ask for instructions, hoping that the crossbow cart could be fired and suppressed, but Lu Su rejected it. He told Quan Rou that the crossbow cart was prepared for armored cavalry and cavalry, especially giant arrows, and cannot be wasted. These burning grass balls looked scary, but their actual lethality was limited, and they were not worth dealing with with crossbow carts, so that the soldiers could deal with it with it carefully.

With Dong Xi, the first one was the first. Quan Rou accepted Lu Su's explanation and made no further requests. He focused on solving the troubles caused by the grass ball, minimized casualties as much as possible, and avoided chaos in the formation.

Because there was no stone thrower to counterattack, the scene seemed very unfavorable to Lu Su, and the morale of the Yuan army was high. In the battle of hunting Zhanshan, they were very abused by the Jiangdong army's weapons. Unexpectedly, when they were suppressing the Jiangdong army today, everyone was very excited and kept cheering. Gao Lan repeatedly beat the drum to stop him, and could only control his own subordinates to keep quiet, and the generals on both wings turned a deaf ear.

The stone thrower fired continuously, shooting burning grass balls into the sky and into Lu Su's formation. After half an hour, when all the grass balls were shot, the positions between the two armies were filled with ashes, and the ditch in front of Lu Su's formation was filled with no sign of where the ditch was ditch or where the floating ashes were floating. Lu Su's position was also a little embarrassed. Not only were the soldiers covered with grass balls, but even the battle flags were burned several times.

Yuan Shao saw it from afar on the Central Army's Watch Tower and was in a good mood. "Mr., your method is good, but unfortunately it's a little less. If you ask someone to mow the straw and weave the balls, burn him for two days, maybe you won without a fight."

Guo Tu smiled and stroked his beard. "My lord is too much. I'm just icing on the cake. If the lord hadn't made a quick decision and transported all the stone throwers over, no matter how many straw balls there were, it would be useless."

Yuan Shao smiled and looked east again, a hint of worry flashed in his eyes. The sound of war drums on the east side became even more intense. Sun Jian was attacking Zhen Yan's position. He didn't know if Zhen Yan could defend it. If Zhen Yan was defeated by Sun Jian and Sun Jian controlled the north of the gulf, he would be in danger of his retreat being cut off.

"Dongtong, Dukeyu, should we... send some cavalry to see? Sun Jian is brave and Zhen Yan may not be able to stop him."

"No." Before Guo Tu could speak, Ju Su flatly rejected it. "Zhen Yan's leadership is all from the village. Even if he is defeated by Sun Jian, he will not be defeated. Even if it is unfavorable, retreating to Guandu and establishing a formation and joining Han Xun's army should not be a problem. Since the lord has decided to fight with Sun Ce, he should do his best to win in one fell swoop. He cannot disperse his troops and delay the fighter's opportunity."

Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu. Guo Tu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are too nervous. There are only about ten miles of Zhen Yan's position here, and the cavalry can arrive in an instant. Zhen Yan is in danger, so I will help Zhen Yan first. Gao Lan breaks the formation and rush to Gao Lan to help him, so I will not delay."
Chapter completed!