Prophecy is usually a good thing, not bad thing, but Sun Ce said that busy with official business is a reckless word, but it was fulfilled unexpectedly.

Wu Zhou rushed back from Qingzhou. Liu Xian, the envoy of Qingzhou Governor Tian Kai. Liu Xian was also a Bie Jia, who was comparable to Wu Zhou. But except for his position, he could not compare with Wu Zhou. Seeing Sun Ce, Liu Xian fell to the ground and asked Sun Ce to send troops to rescue Qingzhou.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, get up and talk slowly." Sun Ce quickly helped Liu Xian up. "What's going on?"

Liu Xian was already in trouble and could not say a word of a complete word. Wu Zhou introduced the situation.

Wu Zhou was ordered by Sun Ce to rush to Qingzhou with two tasks: one was to persuade Tian Kai and Sun Ce to join forces to surrender the Yellow Turban farming and settle the land; the other was to want Tian Kai to join forces to encircle and suppress Liu Bei, but both tasks failed. Tian Kai had no favors to the Yellow Turban. As for Liu Bei, Tian Kai wanted to cooperate, but he soon received news that Liu Bei was repelled by Sun Ce and had retreated to Yanzhou. It was also developed. Now he had 30,000 troops and was fighting with Guan Hai, Zhang Rao and others in Dongping and Jibei, winning one after another. The offensive momentum of the Yellow Turban Army was blocked, and some of the troops retreated back to the plains of Qingzhou. Jinan, Tian Kai was not strong enough and was even in a difficult position to deal with the Yellow Turban. He did not dare to cause trouble for Liu Bei at all.

"Can the battle situation in Jizhou be progressed?"

"Gongsun Zan was defeated." Wu Zhou said: "Gongsun Zan led the elite cavalry to break through the formation, and the war was in a stalemate. The Wuhuan army rebelled at the time of the battle and fought back. Yan Gang, the governor of Jizhou, was killed. Gongsun Zan was defeated for thousands of miles and has now retreated to Hejian Kingdom to reorganize the army and fight again."

Wu Zhou said, glanced at Liu Xian. Liu Xian lowered his head and said nothing. Sun Ce understood that Wu Zhou's news came from Tian Kai, and had been discounted. The actual situation may be worse than this. Yan Gang is the governor of Jizhou to which Gongsun Zan belongs, and is a general who stands alone. He was killed in the last battle. The troops he led should have lost extremely badly, and were almost wiped out.

Cold weapons combat is usually a defeated battle, and it is rarely annihilated. He surrounded Guan Yu with four thousand personal guards, and Zhang Fei led a thousand Hu cavalry. He spent so much effort and prepared so well, and even let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei break through. On the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, Yan Gang was killed. If he had not been defeated extremely badly, he would have been extremely lucky.

From another perspective, this also verifies the conclusion of Guo Jia's previous analysis: There are no people under Gongsun Zan who can use it. The more troops the more, the more unfavorable it is for him. The troops he can command is only between 10,000 or 20,000. If he exceeds this number, he will not be able to command it.

Sun Ce was mentally prepared for this, but he did not dare to take it lightly. After sending Liu Xian to the inn to rest, he immediately discussed with Zhang Hong and Guo Jia. Yanzhou is in a war and is on high alert. It is difficult for Guo Jia to pass the news back in time. The time difference between this is also very large and has little impact on decision-making.

Zhang Hong was not worried about Yuan Shao. Although Gongsun Zan was defeated, he was not dead yet, and it was not necessarily a bad thing for him to lose some of his troops. For his personality, after a big defeat, his confidence was damaged, and he would likely adopt a relatively conservative tactic, first stabilize his position, and then counterattack. As long as he does not move blindly, the possibility of defeat in the short term is not high. Even if he loses, as long as he does not die, he still has a certain strength to retreat to Youzhou or even to the grassland. He still has the power to fight and continues to put pressure on Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao could not go south in a short period of time, especially when Sun Ce retreated to Runan and had no intention of marching north. If Sun Ce now competes for Yanzhou with Liu Bei, the situation would be hard to say. Yecheng is too far south. In order to ensure the safety of the rear, Yuan Shao may give up Gongsun Zan and lead his troops to go south first. But Sun Ce could not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao attack Gongsun Zan. Once Gongsun Zan is defeated by Yuan Shao or even killed by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao has no worries and can all the elite cavalry in Youzhou to go south, and Sun Ce will face great pressure.

If Gongsun Zan can be given certain support and let Gongsun Zan support for a period of more time, it will be beneficial to Sun Ce.

It is urgent. Zhang Hong believed that he should contact the Grand Marshal Zhu Jun. With Zhu Jun's mountain blocking him, Sun Ce would be restrained from doing anything. Now that Liu Bei is the governor of Yanzhou, Yuan Shao also drove Gongsun Zan out of Jizhou, he could not have no attitude at all. That would be a bully of kindness, and Sun Ce would not need to listen to him in the future.

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Sun Ce felt it was reasonable, so he discussed it with Zhang Hong and Guo Jia for a long time and decided to let Zhang Hong go to Luoyang to meet Zhu Jun himself. He was a famous scholar Zhu Jun had wanted to invite but did not invite, and his influence on Zhu Jun was more than anyone else. If it were anyone else, even if Sun Ce went, Zhu Jun didn't have to say anything. Their seniority alone was enough to suppress Sun Ce. This was also the reason why Sun Ce never went to Luoyang to meet Zhu Jun. It was useless to go, and he could only eat to hold it in. The reason? There was no such thing as much truth to say. If everything could be settled by reasoning, what kind of war would be fought? The world would have been peaceful long ago.

A senior official can kill people, and a senior official can kill people, not to mention that Zhu Jun is two generations older than him. In this world where loyalty and filial piety are the standard, Sun Ce suffered a great loss.

After talking about the official business, Sun Ce remembered the family banquet. Fortunately, the big and small bridges were also there, and Qiao Rui was also Yuan Shu's old subordinate and was very familiar with Yuan Quan's sister. Zhang Hong had just met Mrs. Wu again, and was considered half of the family member. Sun Ce simply asked someone to invite Qiao Rui's wife, Mrs. Wang, to attend the banquet together.

He was originally worried that Yuan Quan was not prepared enough, but when he arrived at the west yard, he found that Yuan Quan had expected this and left a seat. She asked Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong to sit on the chair, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia sat on the second seat. Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong both said that they were afraid, but Yuan Quan said that this was a family dinner, not talking about official positions, but only talking about age and seniority. Although Qiao Rui was just right, Zhang Hong was also very grateful, and the look at Yuan Quan showed a little more praise.

Qiao Rui and Zhang Hong sat in the chief, Sun Ce and Guo Jia, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wang sat in the seat, and the remaining children were as they pleased and matched freely. Sun Quan and Lu Yi sat in the seat, Sun Yi and Sun Lang sat in the seat, Yuan Quan's sisters, Sun Shangxiang and Huang Yueying, and Qiao Ying and Qiao Fang.

After arranging the seats, Yuan Quan announced that the banquet began, and the maids brought the dishes like streams of water. These were prepared by Yuan Quan himself, including roasted, stewed and soup. The quantity was not very large, but the taste was very good.

Sun Ce and others came late, and the children were already anxious. After the banquet was announced, they ate their voracious food. Not long after, they were full and got together to play games. People in the Han Dynasty had the habit of dancing when drinking, not watching kabuki dance, but the guests and guests at the meeting. The host danced and the guests danced, not only did they dance, but also invited others to dance, one after another, and sometimes they simply danced together, which was also a way to communicate their feelings.

Soon, the children started dancing and sang while dancing, which was very lively, and even Zhang Hong nodded repeatedly. None of the children here looked ugly. Of course, the best one was Qiao Rui's twin daughters, loved by everyone. Sun Yi did not cover up and kept asking Xiaoqiao to dance. Sun Quan, Lu Yi, and Yuan Heng, the three older children were a little embarrassed. They sat on the table without moving for a long time, but their bodies were swaying involuntarily to follow the rhythm.

After jumping for a while, Qiao Fang shook Sun Yi away, rushed to Sun Ce with a quick step, and grabbed Sun Ce's arm.

"General, Xiaoqiao is going to dance with you."

Sun Ce happily obeyed, got up and left the table, and jumped up with Xiaoqiao's hand. Mrs. Wang shook her head helplessly. "This child is too reckless and not polite at all."

Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "It's all children. Don't look at Bo Fu, you're still playful. When you're with your younger brothers and sisters, you don't have a good appearance. Your little sisters are so cute, and I like it when I see you."
Chapter completed!