Sun Ce was very happy to see Wenpin, but was very surprised to see Lou Gui.

After dealing with Chen Yu, he did not kill the powerful men in Nanyang, but instead dealt with them coldly. The manors outside the city were gone, their property was divided by the generals, and the land was distributed to their previous troops, leaving only the houses in the city, which were on the verge of bankruptcy. Logically speaking, Sun Ce could do his best to uproot them, but he did not do so. He did not kill Zong Cheng, who conspired with Chen Yu.

Zong Cheng thanked the guests behind closed doors and did not express any opinions on Sun Ce's rule. It can be understood as thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors, or it can be understood as non-violent non-cooperation. No matter what the reason was, Sun Ce did not take action. He tacitly acquiesced to Zong Cheng's typical example, so as not to intensify the conflict and wholeheartedly deal with Xu Rong.

Lou Gui was once with Zong Cheng. After Chen Yu was defeated and fled, Lou Gui disappeared. Sun Ce originally thought he had escaped, but he didn't expect that he would be by Wen Pin's side. When he saw Lou Gui, he really looked at him.

Lou Gui was so nervous that he saw it that he couldn't say a word he had originally prepared, so he could only lower his head and wait for Wen Pin to speak.

Wen Pin was also a little embarrassed, but he finally explained the story of Lou Gui's appearance here in detail, especially the contribution of defending Licheng, he gave almost all of him to Lou Gui.

Sun Ce understood the meaning of Wenpin. As a fellow villager, Wenpin wanted to be a match for Lalou Gui, just like Deng Zhan wanted to be his Wenpin at the time.

"This water is well watered." Sun Ce said as he looked at the melting ice layer. In his impression, Lou Gui had also helped Cao Cao use similar strategies, but it was not in Nanyang. "Give you a task, stay in Licheng and repair the city walls. I guess Xu Rong might come to attack Licheng in person soon."

Lou Gui was a little disappointed. Sun Ce did not ask him to lead the troops, but only asked him to build the city, which was far from the courtesy that Wen Pin received.

Wen Pin was sorry and was still waiting for it. Sun Ce waved his hand and signaled not to speak for Lou Gui anymore. He actually didn't like Lou Gui. This man was too snobbish. He was too snobbish. He was not killed several times and it would be good if he didn't kill him. Reusing it will create a bad demonstration for others. He could tolerate Zong Cheng's uncooperation, but could not tolerate Lou Gui's speculation. He asked him to be responsible for the repair of Licheng to see his abilities and also to give him a chance to make contributions. Of course, he was also deliberately knocking and hitting him. If he was still restless, he would not even have such an opportunity in the future, and he would even kill him directly.

Sun Ce personally led the troops to help, and defeated Duan Wei like a siege in Licheng. The people of Licheng were nervous and happy. What was nervous was that Sun Ce had a bad reputation and killed many people. What was happy was that Sun Ce could protect them. They selected several respected old men as representatives to visit Sun Ce, test Sun Ce's intentions, and gave Licheng's famous chrysanthemums as meeting gifts.

Sun Ce met these representatives as soon as possible, happily accepted their gifts, and talked about the customs and customs of Licheng. Seeing that Sun Ce was handsome and kind, he was no different from the young man next door, and he was not as fierce as the legendary evil spirit. These old men also let go of their nervousness and restraint, enthusiastically introduced the situation of Licheng, chatting and laughing, and the host and host were all happy.

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Xu Rong held the case and remained motionless.

He is of medium figure, stout body, thick eyebrows, big eyes, a lion's nose and wide mouth, a thick beard, and a few white hairs. He is middle-aged and has experienced half of his life and has experienced the weather and frost. He has gone through the current situation step by step from an ordinary garrison soldier. He has endured hardships that ordinary people can imagine, and has accumulated experiences that ordinary people can imagine, and has penetrated Sun Ce's plan of disagreement at a glance.

However, he could not resolve it, or even could not explain it.

The conflict between the people of Bingzhou and Liangzhou has been a long history and cannot be resolved in just a few words. Even Ding Yuan's death was just an intensification point. The root cause was the similar dilemma and customs of the two states. This not only did not make them feel sympathy, but instead made them hostile to each other and always wanted to suppress each other.

He believed that Zhang Liao did not lie, but he could not convince Duan Wei and others to believe in Zhang Liao. He was from Youzhou and was able to command these Xiliang people to fight because of Dong Zhuo's trust and previous military achievements. In addition, he was cautious in nature, so he did not have any conflicts with any Liangzhou people. If he wanted to speak for Zhang Liao, the Xiliang people would even doubt him.

But he wanted to help Zhang Liao again. When he saw Zhang Liao, he thought of his young self. He had no family background, no teacher, and even no friends who could help. He could only rely on his own strength. But only strength is useless, no one to support him, and you don’t even have the chance to perform. He is such an example. He has been in the army for decades, hundreds of battles, and has made contributions in every battle, but he cannot see his name on the credit book every time. Even if he made contributions, he only had a little reward, and it was extremely difficult to get promoted. If it weren’t for Dong Zhuo, he might have been just a small commander in his life, and he would not have become the Central Army general who commanded tens of thousands of people to fight.

Sometimes he was really jealous of Sun Jian. He also came from a poor family, but Sun Jian's luck was so good that it was jealous. He was less than 40 years old and was granted the title of Marquis. Now he has such a good son, and he was commanded by tens of thousands of people at the age of sixteen or seventeen.

Why is God so unfair?

"Zhang Liao, how is Sun Ce's martial arts?" Xu Rong broke the silence, his voice was not loud, but it was very cold.

Duan Wei glared at Zhang Liao fiercely with a proud look. Because of Zhang Liao's retreat, he suffered a crushing defeat. Nearly half of the four thousand infantry and cavalry lost, and only more than 2,000 people fled back. He lost all his face and also complained to the people of Liangzhou. Li Meng, Fan Chou and others. He turned all the blame to Zhang Liao without hesitation and strongly demanded that Xu Rong use military law to deal with Zhang Liao, and now he is about to get what he wants.

Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment, his expression calm. "Shangke."

"Can you beat him?"

Zhang Liao gritted his teeth. "Yes." He actually didn't really fight with Sun Ce. When Sun Ce went to fight, he had just fought with Huang Zhong and his horsepower was exhausted. But even so, Sun Ce could not gain the upper hand. Later, he ran away while he turned around. His martial arts should be average. If he was well prepared, he had the chance to kill him. Besides, he knew very well that Xu Rong could give him the best opportunity this time.

Duan Wei was stunned and looked at Xu Rong suspiciously.

Xu Rong stared at Zhang Liao with sharp eyes. "Leave your brother as the qualifier and lead your troops to challenge Sun Ce, either kill him or the general under his command. The two must be one of them, otherwise you will apologize to the Taishi yourself."

"Here!" Zhang Liao bowed and took the order, stood up and said goodbye.

"Hey—" Duan Wei stood up and was about to call Zhang Liao. Xu Rong looked at him and his tone was slowing down. "Zhongming, it is my responsibility to arrange Zhang Liao as your deputy general. I will apologize to the Grand Tutor. I will allocate another 5,000 people to you. You go to the champion, collect food and grass in Rang County, and wait for an opportunity to cut off Sun Ce's retreat."

Duan Wei was overjoyed. Xu Rong took the responsibility, added him to his troops, and gave him such a beautiful and flawless person. He was very sincere and naturally satisfied.

"Everyone, hurry up and attack the counties. Ten days later, we will meet Sun Ce together."

The generals agreed.
Chapter completed!