Yuan Tan has a headache.

Chen Gong's words were aggressive and aggressive, and he pointed at Xinpi directly. Of course, Yuan Tan would not say that Cao Ang was not enough to plan, but he could not say that Xinpi was ignorant or knew without saying anything. He could only talk about him with his own eyes.

"The Gongtai said some truth, but Sun Ce came with cavalry and was not easy to intercept. It was better than Sun Jian, who was mainly infantry and had no supplies to replenish supplies. He was physically insufficient and had poor morale, so he could win a battle."

Chen Gong smiled while stroking the neatly trimmed short beards. "Although Sun Jian is good at fighting, he is brave and responsibilities. Sun Jian can do what he is today, but he has no ability to build a foundation. If Sun Ce is not Sun Ce, it is a question whether Sun Jian can sit firmly in Yuzhou. Sun Ce is a sinister person. This time, the Yuzhou family responded to the leader of the alliance, and Sun Ce is already holding a grudge. If Sun Jian is killed, Sun Ce will definitely take revenge. If the leader is saved by then, who will be sent to save him?"

Yuan Tan couldn't help but hold his breath and was speechless for a while. Chen Gong's meaning was very clear. Killing Sun Jian would only anger Sun Ce. Sun Ce slaughtered the aristocratic families in Yuzhou, and Yuan Shao had to save him. He still had to fight against Sun Ce.

Seeing that Yuan Tan's eyes were strange, Chen Gong knew that he had hit his mind and said quietly: "The two of them fight each other and they will definitely get their hearts. One blow will be fatal. The broken arm and broken thighs may seem tragic. In a few months, the injury will come back and forth, and they will be entangled. Can you sleep peacefully at that time?"

Yuan Tan rolled his eyes. "But Sun Ce was cunning, how could he trap him?"

"Isn't Xin Georgian designed it like this from the beginning to trap Sun Jian and lead Sun Ce into the trap? Why did he change his plan in the middle?"

"Sun Ce came from the east, and Zixiu was attacked from both sides, I was worried..."

"Since that's the case, why not let Sun Ce enter the ambush and surround him and annihilate him again? Or maybe the king is worried that he will not be able to trap Sun Ce and will rescue Sun Jian by him?"

Yuan Tan didn't say anything. He was indeed worried about this problem. Setting up such a trap and being able to kill Sun Jian at the same time, Sun Ce was of course the ideal result. To settle for the second best, killing one of them was acceptable. The only difference was that Yu Xinpi's suggestion was to kill Sun Jian, while Chen Gong's opinion was to kill Sun Ce. Sun Jian was of high age and had nearly 10,000 troops around him, so the result was even greater. Sun Ce only had a thousand cavalry, but his threat was indeed greater than Sun Jian. What both of them said made sense and it was difficult to make a choice.

"Eunuch, even if Sun Ce meets with Sun Jian, he will not be able to hold on for too long. Let Sun Ce be shortlisted and send people to reinforce the lake and land and cut off the food route. In just three or five days, Sun Ce will become a starving person, and the father and son will be captured. The leader's confidant will be able to go north and west from then on. At that time, the envoy will be in charge of the Central Plains, take charge of the two prefectures of Henan and Yanzhou, drink horses and capture Jingyang, who can achieve the achievements?"

Yuan Tan was moved by Chen Gong and decided to go back and discuss with Xin Pi again, and it would be safer to take this opportunity to kill Sun Ce. If he only killed Sun Jian, he would be frustrated with Sun Ce, and there would be endless troubles.

Yuan Tan left, Cao Ang sent him out of the camp, watched Yuan Tan disappear from the distance, then turned to Chen Gong and said, "Brother Gongtai, can you really kill Sun Ce? If Sun Ce meets Sun Jian and his morale will be restored, even if you cannot take all of Sun Jian's subordinates out, protecting Sun Jian to break through the siege will not be difficult."

"The Duke said very well, but Sun Ce may not choose to break eastward, westward or southward. Even if he breaks eastward, we will not be attacked from both sides, and the losses will be much smaller. If Yuan Envoy asked us to reinforce Hulu, that would be even better."

Cao Ang was silent. Chen Gong's plan was able to protect him to the greatest extent, but he transferred the responsibility to Yuan Tan himself. From his perspective, this was of course a good plan. But from the overall situation, the best result of Sun Ce and Sun Jian's reunion was to hit Sun Jian's subordinates severely. Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son might break through and not be able to catch any of them.

However, according to Xinpi's plan, he will be attacked by Sun Jian and Sun Ce again. Perhaps Yuan Tan has the opportunity to severely damage Sun Jian or even kill Sun Jian, but he will suffer heavy losses. If Sun Jian runs away from his position, he will still bear the responsibility.

There is no best choice, only the least bad choice.

Xin Pi was reading a book in the tent. When he saw Yuan Tan walking in hurriedly, he was not surprised at all. He sorted out the books on the desk, got up and walked out.

"The envoy is back, I can go back and rest."

Yuan Tan reached out to stop him and pressed him back to the seat. "George, Chen Gongtai proposed to kill Sun Ce, what do you think?" He briefly said Chen Gong's opinion, but did not mention Chen Gong's accusation against Xin Pi. After saying that, he looked at Xin Pi with bright eyes, waiting for his reaction. He was very worried that Xin Pi would get angry, which would intensify the conflict.

To Yuan Tan's expectations, Xinpi was very calm. "It's OK, although it's a bit more difficult."

"do you agree?"

"Why do I disagree?" Xinpi asked back. "I just want to remind the envoy: Sun Jian is already swimming under the cauldron at this moment and can be captured. If Sun Ce joins him, even if the food he carries is limited, it will not be difficult to protect Sun Jian himself and fight out. Although our army has nearly 30,000 people, the cavalry is limited. The only thing that can really take advantage of is the general's personal guards. We have no chance of winning the cavalry duel. We can only narrow the encirclement as much as possible and defend closely, so that Sun Ce can take advantage of it. At the same time, we have to send people to cut off Sun Ce's food route and prevent more reinforcements. In short, this will be a hard battle, and the envoy must be fully prepared."

Xinpi gently patted the palm of his hand with a book, and slightly picked the corners of his mouth. "The so-called power struggle is just a word of profit and harm. He always hopes to gain the most profit and the least damage. Some people seek stability, some people seek danger, and those who seek stability are difficult to achieve great achievements, and those who seek danger are inevitable. There is no absolute right or wrong, and there are examples of positive and negative, so you can do it according to your ability."

Yuan Tan heard Xinpi's unhappiness and felt helpless and could only pretend to be confused. Xinpi didn't say anything else, got up and left the tent, and went to rest by himself. Yuan Tan could not rest. He denied Xinpi's plan, so he could not expect Xinpi to make suggestions for his plan again. He could only rely on himself.

Yuan Tan sent people to invite Mao Jie, Wang Yu and other Yanzhou officials, and sent people to invite generals such as Zhu Ling, Cheng Yu, and Li Qian to announce a new combat plan, requiring all units to strengthen their vigilance and narrow the distance between them. It is not necessary to attack strongly, but they must defend the defense line and not give Sun Jian and Sun Ce a chance to break through.

All the smart people here. When they saw that Xinpi did not attend the meeting, they knew that this was not Xinpi's suggestion. Xinpi indirectly killed Bian Rang, which made them very angry. Now that Xinpi was neglected, they naturally enjoyed seeing it. In order to prove that they could succeed without Xinpi, they were all passionate and expressed that they would do their best to kill Sun Ce, the old enemy.

In order to ensure that in case, Wang Yu volunteered to go to the surrounding areas to recruit powerful people, collect food, have enough food and soldiers, and prepare for a long-term siege.

Yuan Tan was very satisfied and felt that his choice was wise. No matter how smart Xinpi was, he was single after all, and had no foundation in Yanzhou. However, the Yanzhou clan had strong strength and could bring him military resources and food. With these, he could defeat Sun Ce and occupy Yanzhou.

Before the meeting ended, Lu Qian, who was guarding Hulu, sent someone to send a message: Sun Ce appeared and was heading westward.
Chapter completed!