Sun Ce did not answer Guo Jia, and walked westward with the reins of the horse. Guo Jia followed, and Xu Huang followed closely with Qianjun.

Yuan Tan's camp was a standard eight-format, with the central army in the middle, with a battalion on all sides and four corners, ranging from one to two thousand people. Along with a single arrow, soldiers came and patroled, and soldiers from different battalions were strictly prohibited from entering and leaving casually.

Liu Bei attacked the vanguard camp in the east direction, and Sun Ce went west, blocking the left-wing camp in the north direction, and the camp in the northeast corner was farther away from the vanguard camp. Not only did the fire light fade, but the sound of war drums became blurred.

Xiao Huang's city gate was wide open, Guo Tung and King Chen covered Min Yi out of the city and rushed along the avenue to the northwest. Sun Cele held his mount and stared at Yuan Tan's central army. There was no movement there, at least he had not seen the movement of sending a large army to attack. After Xu Huang asked Guo Jia for instructions, he disappeared into the night with a few knights. The scout camp was responsible for monitoring Yuan Tan and Zhang Miao's movements, and conveying messages in time. The task was very heavy, and almost all scouts were sent out, and Xu Huang was no exception.

"How is he?" Sun Ce looked at Xu Huang's back and said softly.

"It's very good. He is steady and thoughtful, and has the style of Zhou Yafu. With time, he can be the only one who is on the side."

"He and Guan Yu are both from Hedong. Do you have any contact?"

"There is contact, but only for official business." Guo Jia said: "Xu Gongming and Guan Yu have the same personalities as each other. He is well aware of the way of being a minister."

Sun Ce chuckled and asked back, "Does Zhou Yafu also know the way of being a minister?"

Guo Jia smiled but said without saying a word. Sun Ce waited for a while and said, "It was very clear during the military discussion that we were a feint attack, forcing Yuan Tan to act rashly, and safely evacuating Xiao Huang is to complete the task. With Liu Bei's character, he would never take the initiative to launch an attack. The reason why the current situation was that Guan Yu disobeyed the military order. He misled people and caused trouble for himself. I cannot affect the entire battle situation in order to save him and compensated all the thousands of soldiers."

Guo Jia shook the feather fan. "In terms of interests, I don't want the general to change his existing plans."

"Then what other three righteous men are you talking to me?"

"I just hope the general thinks clearly and not leave any regrets."

"I have nothing to regret, it's not that I want them to die." Sun Ce closed his mouth and stopped discussing this topic.

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Xu Huang rushed to a lurking point, and heard the sound of fighting and scolding from a distance. He rode his horse over, jumped off the horse from a distance, rushed two steps, and shouted something. Two of the few people who were fighting immediately withdrew from the battle circle. The remaining three were stunned for a moment. Xu Huang had already arrived in front of him, with a slightly wrong pace, passing by the person closest to him, unsheathed his sword, drew an arc, and killed the two people slightly away, and slashed the person closest to him with a knife.

Xu Huang put away his knife, and the three enemies covered their necks at the same time, slowly sat down, and then rushed to the ground, thrust a few times before swallowing.

"Chief Xu Tun, your sword skills have improved again." The two scouts came up and bowed and smiled, "In terms of body skills, no one can compare to you except the general."

Xu Huang had no smile on his face, as if he had not heard the scout's compliment. "Is he injured?"

"No." The two scouts put away their smiles and exchanged glances. One of them picked up the torch on the ground and illuminated the ditch beside them. Two Yuan Jun scouts lay in the ditch, both of whom were killed by the knives, and their faces were full of shock. Xu Huang nodded. "Don't force yourself when you encounter this situation again. It's too dangerous to fight against the fifth. Doing everything is within your ability. Showing off your abilities is not brave. It will not only harm yourself, but also delay major events."

"Here." The two scouts responded.

Xu Huang waved his hand, and the two scouts hid in the darkness. Xu Huang also extinguished the torches and rushed to the next surveillance point with the two guards. The silver moonlight shone on his expressionless face, and there was no expression. A guard suddenly said, "Captain Tun, do you think the general will go to save Chief Guan Yun?"

Xu Huang looked back at him. "Are these things you and I supposed to discuss? Should we save them? The general will decide whether we should be saved. There is no need for me to wait."

The guard laughed dryly and smacked his lips. "I just feel it's a pity. In fact, although Guan Yunchang is arrogant, he has the capital to be arrogant. He is so loyal, what a pity he died in the battle."

Xu Huang suddenly stopped and stared at the guard. Seeing this, the guard hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't say it." As he said that, he slapped his face. "Chief Xu Tun, you know, I have no other intentions, I just can't control this mouth."

Xu Huang nodded. "Since you know, just keep your mouth in mind. Next time Guo Jijiu recommends someone to go to each camp, I will report you. Don't stay in this scout camp, it's not suitable for you."

The guard's face was bitter, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he speeded up and followed Xu Huang.

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Yuan Tan twisted his fingers and looked at the scouts with blood on his face in front of him, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

Sun Ce sent a large number of scouts to clear out the secret sentries he deployed outside the camp. What did he want to do? Do you really want to attack my camp at night?

If it were just Sun Ce himself, Yuan Tan was not worried. Sun Ce only had seven or eight thousand people, among which three thousand strong crossbowmen trained by King Chen. The strong crossbowmen are good for defense and not for offense. Moreover, no matter how good the shooting skills are in the night, it is difficult to play, and it is not much stronger than ordinary crossbowmen. Sun Ce wants to break through his camp, which is like a dream. But if Zhang Miao is added, the situation will be different. Zhang Miao has tens of thousands of people, and once he joins Sun Ce, it will be comparable to his troops. With the combat power of Sun Ce's army, he has no chance of winning.

"George, what's the matter with Zhang Mengzhuo?"

"Don't worry, Zhang Mengzhuo is not that stupid. It will be no good for him to be separated from the envoy." Xinpi was confident. "This must be Sun Ce's method. He deliberately did it fiercely and acted like he was ready to attack, so that the envoy suspected that he and Zhang Miao joined forces and did not dare to go out easily."

"Liu Bei attacked my camp, so is it?"

"It should be so. We should guard the camp and not give him an opportunity to take advantage of it." Xinpi thought for a moment and said again: "Master, we may be able to use our plans to explore his reality and reality."

"How to explore?"

"Let Liu Bei enter the central army and see if he saves him. If he really wants to defeat our army, he will definitely refuse to let him go when he sees this good opportunity. We will use defense instead of attacking and hold him back. If he doesn't save him when he dies, we will take advantage of the situation to eat Liu Bei's troops, which can be regarded as teaching him a lesson."

Yuan Tan thought for a moment, nodded, called a commander to ask Jiao Chufang Liu Bei and others to enter the camp, and at the same time ordered the central army to defend the camp and prepare for interception, so as not to make false happen, and to make Liu Bei attack the central army and ruin his position. At the same time, he dispatched troops and generals, prepared to encircle and annihilate Sun Ce. Once Sun Ce was trapped, heavy troops would surround him, and strong bows and crossbows would be fired at the same time, completely cutting off the future troubles.

Xinpi stood up. "Empress, I'll go to Zhang Miao's camp."

"No, this is too dangerous."
Chapter completed!