Sun Ce admitted that Guo Jia was well analysed and had a better grasp of Xin Pi's psychology than him. But this was a guess after all, and it could only be said that it was possible. Even if the possibility was very high, it could not be 100% guaranteed. No one could do it without any plans. Even the legendary Zhuge Liang lost Jieting. Guo Jia was the same. When he assisted Cao Cao, Cao Cao had many defeats, and he did not see him knowing Jia Xu's plan in the battle of Wancheng.

Xinpi is not an ordinary person, his IQ is no less than Guo Jia. If Guo Jia can be counted as him, he cannot be counted as Guo Jia? The key is to be invincible first. Tempting the enemy depends on luck. If you can succeed, you will not suffer any major losses.

For Sun Ce, the most important thing in front of him was to take Hulu, then seize Gaoping, and snatch the Kongdao from Yanzhou into Xuzhou from Cao Ang. Only in this way can the safety of Peiguo and Pengcheng be guaranteed.

Tao Qian gave up to the west of Pengcheng and Chengxian because it was too easy to attack and he was unable to do anything. It would be better to give it to Sun Ce, hoping that Sun Ce would take over this burden, just like when Sun Ce gave the State of Lu to Tao Qian, he asked Tao Qian to take over the blame.

Hulu is a county town, and the city is not big, but it is a major transportation route. When the coast of Sishui River, the south water flows into Sishui River in the south of the city. It is the junction of Shanyang and Pei County. It is not too far from Lu and Pengcheng. It has good geographical advantages, with a household registration of more than 10,000 yuan. It is a big county with many wealthy families and strong financial resources. It has money to build a city, which is much stronger than an ordinary county town.

According to normal siege methods, we naturally siege the city first, then build siege equipment, and attack step by step. The situation is different now. We need to carry out strategic deception. If Yuan Tan and Xinpi see his flaws, they must break the rules. What is his flaw? Of course, they are brave and fighting and are good at risking. Attacking Hulu shows such characteristics

Strong attack becomes the best choice.

A strong attack can win quickly, but the losses will be huge. Sun Ce wanted to leave Yuan Tan and Xinpi the impression that he was fighting with courage, but he didn't want to pay too much, especially when he learned that the general guarding the city was Lu Qian. Lu Qian left his name in history and passed it on to Wen Pin, Li Tong and others, relying on military achievements. Moreover, the place where he started his family was in this area, so he didn't want to be Lu Qian's first military achievements.

While checking the terrain of the lake and land, Sun Ce sent people to welcome Sun Jian. Before Lu Qian seized the lake and land, Zhu Zhi had been stationed in Hu Lu for a while. He was clear about the layout of Hu Lu City. In more than ten days, even if Lu Qian transformed it, it would be difficult to change too much.

The two sides of the lake and the land face water, and only the west and north can set up a battlefield. Sun Ce ordered people to build a high platform for surveillance on these two sides, which was twice as tall as the city wall. From the platform, you can directly observe the situation at the city head and let the crossbowmen be the commanding heights. At the same time, he sent people around to contact the families, raise food and grass, and recruit people. The land of the lake and land belongs to Shanyang, which is not his sphere of influence, and it is inevitable to use some coercive means, and bleeding is also expected.

At the same time, Sun Ce asked Gu Hui to write a letter of persuasion and sent someone to the city.

Lu Qian is in his early twenties, has a medium figure, strong and strong.

He didn't talk much, and after reading Sun Ce's book of persuading surrender, he was silent for a long time. The book of persuading surrender used a lot of pens to describe the story of Sun Ce's defeat of Wen Chou in Qi County not long ago and defeating Yuan Tan's main force in Fang and Fang. Then he said, "Don't worry about your family, because after I take Hulu, I will continue to advance to attack Rencheng. If you surrender now, your family will be treated preferentially. If you don't surrender, you will not have such good conditions when the city is broken.

The writing style is very good and the momentum is very strong, but while being confident, it always makes people feel arrogant.

Lu Qian was very polite. He replied to the envoy, "I am ordered by the envoy Yuan to guard Hulu and cannot surrender easily. General Sun should attack the city, and I will try my best to defend. If you can break Hulu and die, I will be worthy of Yuan and have no guilt."

After sending the envoy away, Lu Qian sealed Sun Ce's letter of persuasion, sent his confidants out of the city to meet Yuan Tan and ask for help from Yuan Tan. He had sent someone to ask for help from Yuan Tan before, but Yuan Tan did not respond. I don't know if Yuan Tan felt that there was no need to increase his troops in Hulu, or because he was attacked by Sun Ce, he didn't have the time to do so. From the perspective of time, there are two possibilities.

South of Kangfu City, Ji Pavilion.

Yuan Tan and Yi leaned against the couch, tilted their heads, and snored loudly.

He originally wanted to sleep for a while and calm down, but he was too tired these days and couldn't rest for several consecutive days. He was attacked by Sun Ce when he had the most hope of success. The situation suddenly reversed and his mental pressure increased sharply. He was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

The entire army crossed the Sishui River and arrived in Kangfu County. Rencheng Prime Minister Xu Yu personally sent food and supplies. Kangfu Ling Shan Xuan, an old official of the Yuan family, was also unwilling to fall behind. Not only did he deliver a lot of food, wine and meat, but he also personally put on armor, willing to hold a halberd for Yuan Tan. With the food and grass, the army was determined, Yuan Tan's spirit was much relaxed and he slept very hard.

Until I was awakened by a nightmare.

Yuan Tan dreamed that he led his personal guards to fight Sun Ce and collided head-on with Sun Ce. Sun Ce only had one cavalry, and he had more than 300 cavalry, but Sun Ce was very fast, and he was still a few hundred steps away, but suddenly he arrived in front of him. However, his personal guards suddenly froze, and he was as slow as a turtle. He shouted anxiously, but found that his hands and feet were as heavy as a mountain and could not move. He watched Sun Ce chop down with a knife. His head fell to the ground, but he did not die, and watched Sun Ce laugh in front of him.

Then suddenly, Sun Ce's face turned into the face of his father Yuan Shao, and his smile remained unchanged, but there was a little indescribable meaning. There was no sadness, but it made Yuan Tan even more desperate.

Yuan Tan struggled hard and woke up suddenly. Seeing the shocked faces of the guards, he was lying on the ground. He quickly turned over and sat up, but his sleeves were pressed down by his body. He pulled them out for several times but couldn't pull them out. The guard stepped forward, helped Yuan Tan up, and let him sit by the couch. Yuan Tan's heart was pounding and his body was covered in cold sweat. It took him a long time to slowly come back to his senses.

"What's up?"

"There is a messenger coming to Hulu, saying that there is an emergency, and you must meet the envoy immediately."

"Hulu?" Yuan Tan thought for a moment and suddenly woke up. Lu Qian had sent a message before, saying that Guo Jiazheng was leading the main force to come. Hulu was in danger and asked him to send reinforcements. He had already made arrangements with Xin Pi and set off just to dawn. As a result, he was attacked in the early morning and his plan was disrupted. He was panicked at the time and was only concerned about retreating and forgot about this matter.

Yuan Tan did not dare to be negligent, so he immediately called Lu Qian's messenger in. The messenger received Sun Ce's letter of advice to surrender. Yuan Tan read it and felt very uncomfortable. His face was as if he had been slapped. Tens of thousands of troops were kicked into the camp by Sun Ce's two hundred cavalry and burned the baggage. It was a very shame. However, in addition to the shame, he was more uneasy.

Sun Ce still wants to seize Rencheng?
Chapter completed!