Jiang Qi accepted Xinpi's suggestion.

Xin Pi is the best among the young scholars in Yingchuan. Their brothers are all deeply trusted by Yuan Shao. Xin Pi is now Yuan Tan's confidant. Yuan Tan sent him to actually mean to supervise the army. His opinion is equivalent to Yuan Tan's order and must be abide by it.

What's more, he had great achievements like Sun Ce. He was from Runan and knew Yuan Shao's desire for Yuzhou. He sent people to compete with Sun Jian for Yuzhou. Now Sun Ce has the status of Yuan Shu's successor, and has long become a thorn in Yuan Shao's side. If he could defeat him, it would definitely be a great achievement, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan would be satisfied.

Although Jiang Qi was moved, he had not lost his mind. He knew that the Sun family was good at fighting, and Sun Ce was particularly cunning. He set a legendary record as soon as he debuted, and was in the limelight. He ordered the captains of each department to maintain speed and not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. No department should be easily engaged after discovering Sun Ce. He should report to the central army as soon as possible and keep in touch with his companions, so as not to be defeated by Sun Ce.

Jiang Qi originally planned to pack up his baggage and leave, but was stopped by Xinpi. Whatever the baggage was packed, the entire Yanzhou was under Yuan Tan's rule, and he would eat wherever he went. Just chase him, no matter where he chased him, the village pavilions along the way could provide food for the army. Just throw your baggage here, bring weapons, and I will arrange for someone to clean up the tent and other items for you, and no one will be missing.

Jiang Qi was overjoyed and ordered the baggage to be thrown down and set off immediately. Zhang Nan, who was in the forefront, Jiao Chu, went on one left and one right, and advanced in unison.

Two hours later, Zhang Nan sent the message, and he found Sun Ce's traces. The scouts on both sides had a small-scale contact, and it was probably not too far apart. Immediately after, Jiao Chu also heard the same news. After Xin Pi marked the positions of the two on the map, he told Jiang Qi that Sun Ce was just over ten miles in front. He walked so slowly that he should have divided his troops. One of them rushed to Xiao Huang, and he led the other one to cut off the rear to buy time for the capture of Xiao Huang. This is our best opportunity. We rushed up immediately, entangled Sun Ce at all costs, and used the tactics of the sea of ​​people to drown Sun Ce.

Jiang Qiyan followed the plan and ordered Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu to bite Sun Ce, and no matter what, Sun Ce could not be allowed to run away.

After ordering, the 10,000 troops began to advance at full speed, and smoke and dust were rolling on the official road. The knights who conveyed the messages came one after another, and sent the latest news to Jiang Qi and Xinpi, and then sent orders to various departments.

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Sun Ce raised his head and looked at the horizon in the distance, with a serious look on his face.

Under the afterglow of the sunset, two low and heavy dust ripples filled the horizon, indicating that infantrymen were approaching quickly. The knights who served as scouts rushed towards us, and the war horses almost flew into the air, and the air was filled with the tension of the war.

Jiang Qi suddenly accelerated the marching speed, and the smoke and dust aroused by the other party during the marching were vaguely visible. Without scout reports, he also knew that the battle was imminent.

This was a little earlier than he expected. He originally thought that it was going to be late and Jiang Qi would give up the pursuit, so that he would have a buffering time overnight. Although Xiao Huang was just a county town and had no heavy troops to guard it, it was a city after all. When the two armies were fighting, they could not welcome you with the city gates open. Fighting was inevitable. King Chen and Guo Ting would take at least two hours to attack the city. Even if they plundered the farmers outside the city, they would need time to collect food from one family. No one would prepare the food and wait for you to get it.

But Jiang Qi did not give him this opportunity. He took risks and chased him despite the arrival of night. Naturally, the purpose was not to give him a chance to breathe. At this moment, he not only could not retreat, but also to stop Jiang Qi's main force here as much as possible. Fighting under Xiaohuang City is even more unfavorable to him. Once reinforcements are found, Xiaohuang City's resistance will be more tenacious.

I hope my head is worth a little money. Jiang Qi will use the main force to surround me instead of chasing King Chen. King Chen does not have enough crossbow arrows, and the three thousand powerful crossbowmen cannot play a big role. If a battle occurs, he can only rely on the three thousand infantrymen of the personal guard camp led by Guo Ting. If Jiang Qi sends the same force to chase me, it will be difficult for Guo Ting to conquer Xiao Huang in time while repelling the pursuers. If Xiao Huang cannot conquer Xiao Huang, he will face the risk of food being cut off.

This is the risk that the raid must face. It is not an accident. The accident is just that the risk is greater than he expected.

Sun Ce looked at the soldiers around him, four hundred personal guards, one thousand personal guards, one thousand private guards, one hundred Bai Lishi, nearly one thousand personal guards, one hundred crossbowmen, and two hundred prisoners led by Liu Bei, a total of less than three thousand people. This is his full strength now, and he has to face twice or even three thousand opponents. It should be no problem to escape, but no one knows how many people can be left in the end.

The most terrible thing is that Jiang Qi is not the only opponent he needs to worry about, and Yuan Tan is probably on the way to come. Whether he still has the energy to fight Yuan Tan after the hard battle is really a question mark.

Sun Ce shook his head and threw all his worries behind him. Regardless of whether Yuan Tan will come or not, the most important thing at the moment is to repel Jiang Qi, and then he is qualified to consider how to face Yuan Tan.

"Qin Mu, Mi Fang, go to the hillside behind to set up a formation and be careful to be hidden. Without my orders, no matter what situation you encounter, you are not allowed to attack. Those who violate the order will be killed!"

"Here!" Qin Mu and Mi Fang bowed their orders, turned their horse's head, and ran away. The personal guards followed them up the earth slope and hid in a small woods. The sun was about to set, and it was dark, and it was difficult to distinguish people from trees a hundred steps away. Unless Jiang Qi sent people to reconnaissance, it would be difficult to find them.

Sun Ce set up his battle flag in the middle of the earth slope, ordered people to cut down a few dead trees, light a bonfire, and highlight his position. Dian Wei and Xu Chu led 400 Yi from protecting the side, Chen Dao led 100 Bai Lishi to line the side of the formation, and a thousand infantrymen of the personal guard camp set up formation under the hillside in units of songs. One song protruded forward, and the other four songs spread on both wings, protecting the central army like wings. One hundred crossbowmen hid in the formation on both sides, providing long-range support to the infantry in the front. The song led by Liu Bei was in the second row, ready to respond to the first song at any time.

After the formation was arranged, Sun Ce called Liu Bei and Zhang Fei over.

"How about the injury? Can you persist?"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and bowed, "Thank you for your concern, it's much better, so there should be no problem."

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Don't hold on. Just you are like this, how can you fight with others? You can watch the formation beside General Sun, and I'll fight." He said to Sun Ce again: "You can always trust me like this, right?"

Sun Ce smiled. "Zhang Yide, you earn your face, not given by others. What have you done, but you still don't know what you have done, so you have to tell me everything?" He glanced at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei blushed, lowered his head, and said nothing. Zhang Fei was also embarrassed, with a stiff face, and forced himself to calm down. Sun Ce then said, "I will give you a chance to prove yourself now, so you must not let it go."

Zhang Fei felt depressed, bowed his hand, turned around and left. Liu Bei stood aside, like a mud-wound puppet. Sun Ce asked someone to take a Hu bed and hand it to Liu Bei.

"Sit down, let's have a chat before Jiang Qi arrived."

Liu Bei bowed to thank him, took off the long knife from his waist and placed it in front of his feet, sat carefully on Hu's bed, holding his knees with both hands, like a primary school student.

In the distance, a little fire flashed, then another point, and then another point, gradually converging into a long dragon, winding towards it.
Chapter completed!