Jingxing, Baodu Mountain.

Sun Quan stood on the hillside with his knife, looking at Taihang from afar, frowned and trembled from time to time. Wu Fen, who was beside him, looked at him with a smile, "Zhongmou, are you still thinking about attacking Jingxing Pass?"

Sun Quan didn't say anything. He didn't quite understand why Wu Fen was so happy. Could it be that his father Sun Jian was injured and his uncle Wu Jing became the chief general of Jiaozhou? If so, Wu Fen would be too satisfied.

Seeing that Sun Quan did not respond, Wu Fen felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose, turned his head to look at the side, pretending to check the terrain so that Sun Quan would not see through his thoughts.

Wu Fen was originally by Mrs. Wu and had been looking forward to the opportunity to go out with the army. This time Sun Quan became the commander of the central army. Mrs. Wu thought he was good at martial arts and was a relative of his own. She trusted him, so she asked him to be Sun Quan's personal guards, commanding the most elite guards to protect Sun Quan's safety. When Sun Quan went out to check the terrain, he had to follow him in a row to avoid accidents. If he attacked Jingxing Pass, he would probably have to climb first, which would be a life-and-death life. Fortunately, Jingxing Pass was a natural danger. After Sun Quan looked at it a few times, he just shook his head and sighed, and never mentioned the siege of the city.

It seems that after Jiaozhou was frustrated, Sun Quan learned his lesson and did not dare to act rashly anymore.

"Hey, Yuanxing, who is that?" Sun Quan suddenly said.

Wu Fen turned around and looked forward with Sun Quan's gaze. He saw a team at the foot of the mountain in the distance, with a large number of people, all of them were cavalry, and flags were waving. But it was too far away, and he couldn't see whose flag was. "Can it be Uncle Chen?"

Sun Quan felt it was possible, and his face was a little unfavorable. This time he went on the expedition, Quan Rou spent most of his attention on his safety, rather than trying to capture Jingxing. As long as he found out that he left the camp, Quan Rou would send Chen Dao or Wen Chou to protect him, in case of being attacked by Zhang Fei or Zhang He's ranger. At first he was very grateful, but after a long time, he became a little bored, which made people feel that he was still a child who never grew up and could not even guarantee his own safety.

Sun Quan endured his unhappiness and turned down the mountain. He was unwilling to show his dissatisfaction with Quan Rou in front of Wu Fen. First, Quan Rou was also kind-hearted, and second, he didn't know whether Wu Fen would report his reaction to his brother Sun Ce. If Sun Ce felt that he was not calm enough or was ungrateful enough, he might lose this opportunity to make contributions.

Wu Fen followed up and called on the guards who were scattered around to follow. At this time, the guards at the intersection in front suddenly sent a signal to them stand on the spot and not go down the mountain. Sun Quan and Wu Fen were both a little surprised and didn't know what was going on. After a while, someone climbed up along the mountain road. He was tall and steadily, but not Sun Quan's guard, but Guan Yu.

Sun Quan was stunned and did not react for a while. While hesitating, Guan Yu had already walked up to him, stood still with his feet, and tidied up his beard before speaking. "Prince, the king is here."

Sun Quan's heart tightened and his eyes shrank. He didn't like Guan Yu's condescending expression. Isn't he just a surrendered general? He is no longer the leader of Zhongshan Kingdom, but just a attendant knight next to Brother Wang, so what's so proud of? But he quickly left Guan Yu aside and considered Sun Ce's purpose. Isn't Sun Ce in Lu Nu? Why did he suddenly come to Jingxing?

Could it be that he wants to conquer Jingxing himself?

While thinking about it, Sun Quan sorted out his armor and thought about how to explain the reason for him here to Sun Ce later. Sun Ce must have seen Quan Rou when he appeared here, and knew that he had not reported to Quan Rou, and might accuse him of taking off lightly and not being cautious enough.

Seeing that Sun Quan was silent, Guan Yu was very unhappy and had no interest in paying attention to Sun Quan. He stood by the roadside and looked at the surrounding terrain. When he was killing people and fleeing, he had passed by here and had some impression of the terrain here.

After a while, Sun Ce took Guo Wu and others up the mountain. Sun Quan and Wu Fen stepped forward to salute. Sun Ce glanced at Sun Quan, then looked at Wu Fen and raised his chin. "Zhong Mou, take me to see the situation."

"Here." Sun Quan followed and led Sun Ce forward sideways.

Wu Fen was about to follow, but was grabbed by Guo Wu. Guo Wu shook his head calmly and signaled that Wu Fen to stand in the same place. He did not continue to move forward. He seemed to stand casually, but guarded the mountain road. Seeing this, Wu Fen felt uneasy and did not dare to say more, and stood quietly aside.

When Sun Quan found that Wu Fen and others did not follow him, he was also a little surprised. He subconsciously glanced at Sun Ce, but saw that Sun Ce looked calm and could not see any clues. Sun Quan was confused, but pretended not to know and led Sun Ce to the stage, just where he was standing.

Sun Ce stopped and glanced around, "How many times have you been here?"

"I can't remember it clearly, it's seven or eight times." Sun Quan said: "The terrain here is good, it's condescending, and I can see it clearly."

"How many alerts have been arranged?"

"There are also about ten places." Sun Quan pointed to the hills on all sides and explained in detail. He knew that it would be dangerous to go out to check the terrain, so he made sufficient preparations. If an enemy approached, he had enough time to evacuate.

After hearing Sun Quan's explanation, Sun Ce nodded. "Lose on the outside and tight on the inside, bold and meticulous. Zhongmou, you have made great progress."

Sun Quan wanted to speak but stopped, hesitated for a moment, and said stutteringly: "The king praised it, I am ashamed of me."

"What are you getting after watching it so many times?"

Sun Quan's eyes flashed slightly, pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth. "I think that if you want to defend Changshan, you must regain Jingxing Pass, even if it is just the East Pass. If Jingxing is completely in the hands of Zhang Fei and entering and leaving Ruyi, our army will be very passive. Over time, it will inevitably be exhausted and there will be losses. If Jingxing can be regained, both sides will defend in danger and have a evenly match. The food, grass and supplies needed by Zhang Fei need to be transported from Taiyuan, and our army is backed by Jizhou, which is convenient for transportation of supplies and has an advantage."

"What are you going to attack?"

Sun Quan pursed his lips and didn't say anything for a long time. He made suggestions to Quan Rou when he captured Jingxing, but Quan Rou felt it was too risky and disagreed. Because it was just a verbal suggestion and he did not insist, he did not write a written report. Now Sun Ce suddenly appeared here, and he suspected that Quan Rou had made the report. Sun Ce was worried that Quan Rou could not control him, so he rushed to stop him personally.

"Didn't you mention my plan?"

"Have you proposed a plan to Quanrou?"

Seeing that Sun Ce was not aware, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "I have made a verbal suggestion, but it was rejected by General Quan, so he did not mention it again."

"Speak and listen."

"Here." Sun Quan responded, scratched his feet under the ground, then picked up a stone, drew a sketch on the ground, and explained his thoughts.

Jingxing is named Qiru, a basin, with high sides and low in the middle. Jingxing Pass is located at the pass east of the basin, between Baodu Mountain and Lianhua Mountain, and is divided into two gates. The east side is called Tumen Pass, also known as Dongguan, and the west side is called Jingxing Pass, also known as Xiguan, so the gate. Although these two mountains are not too high, they are very steep and lush and cannot be accessed. There are only a few small paths for the top of the mountain. For example, Baodu Mountain is only in the south of the mountain, and there is a small path in the north of the mountain. Sun Quan and others came along the small path in the north of the mountain.

It is unlikely to directly attack Jingxing Pass, but there are channels in other directions of the Jingxing Basin. You can detour to Jingxing Pass, cut off the retreat route of the Guanzhong defenders, intercept reinforcements from the Taiyuan direction, and wait until the Guanzhong food is exhausted, Jingxing Pass will naturally change hands.

Sun Ce felt more and more uncomfortable the more he heard it. Sun Quan's plan was full of wishful thinking. He wanted to attack both sides, but he didn't think that he might have dumplings. Why was Jingxing Pass built on the east side of the Jingxing Basin, rather than on the more secure west side. There was also a barrier in the mountains on the west side, which was built by Zhongshan Kingdom during the Warring States Period, but it was relatively small in scale. It was expanded during the Tang Dynasty and renamed Niangzi Pass. It was because the road to detours into the Jingxing Basin was difficult to walk, and the risk was too high. Either the opponent was guarded by the opponent and blocked the way, or he was lured into the basin by the other party, cut off the back path, and caught turtles in the jar.

"It is really not easy to be familiar with the terrain in a short period of time. However, when you only know that the terrain is not enough, what about the opponent?" Sun Ce asked patiently.

After being praised by Sun Ce, Sun Quan was a little excited and his voice became louder. "Zhang Fei's bravery is not worth worrying about. Although Zhang He is good at fighting, he is a surrendered general and is difficult to be independent. More importantly, they are all cavalrymen who are in charge. They climb high and take risks and then fight, and are not the opponents of our Jiangdong soldiers. Moreover, Zhongshan is newly destroyed, Liu Bei fled, Guan Yu was captured, and the morale of the remaining Zhongshan troops is low and people are in panic. How can they fight for a long time? They will be defeated with one blow."

Sun Ce frowned slightly. Sun Quan's confidence was a little inexplicable. He actually thought that Zhang Fei and Zhang He had no fighting spirit. Even if Zhang Fei had not shined, Zhang He was already one of the most famous generals in Hebei. He was known for his change of opportunity, so how could he be so incompetent? Besides, if they had no fighting spirit, why didn't they retreat directly to the pass in the mountains and take the risk of staying here?

Sun Ce endured his disappointment and reminded: "Zhongmou, Zhang He is from Hejian. He may know all the geography you know, even better than you?"

When Sun Ce's tone was wrong, Sun Quan seemed to have been poured with a basin of cold water, his excitement turned into nothing, and the smile on his face gradually dissipated. He lowered his head and smiled twice with self-deprecating. "Of course, he is a famous general in Hebei, how can I compare with him, so General All disagrees, and I didn't say anything. Didn't this ask the king? I dare not not say it."

Sun Ce became more and more unhappy and his tone became stern. "If Quan Rou doesn't object, I can also give you this opportunity and you will make a plan. Are you sure you can pass the questioning from the Military Advisory Office?"

Sun Quan smacked his lips, laughed twice, wiped the sketch on the ground with his feet, but said nothing. He knew that this plan was very risky and could not pass the questioning of the Military Advisory Office, so he didn't even have the idea of ​​writing a written report. He knew it was impossible, why bother to humiliate himself?

The country is easy to change, but nature is difficult to change. After receiving Sun Quan's strategy for Hebei, Sun Ce originally thought that Sun Quan's attitude was correct and made great progress. Now, seeing that Sun Quan's stubbornness is still the same, Sun Ce has no mood to talk about it again.

He was silent for a long time. "Zhongmou, Ahweng... has died of serious injuries and has gone."
Chapter completed!