Zhu Ling wiped the rain on his face. Although the sky had cleared, his face was even more gloomy than the sky just now.

He never expected Sun Jian to be so strong, with heavy rain and lightning, and lightning and thunder. Not only did he fail to stop Sun Jian's attack, but he helped him a lot. These Jiangdong people didn't care about the trouble caused by the rain at all, but instead felt like fish in water. With the wind, rain, and with the darkness that was not long, Sun Jian broke through his camp and broke into his central army.

He saw Sun Jian. Sun Jian carried a sword in his hand and went into battle himself. He could break the attacks and no one could stop him.

Zu Mao was faster, less than twenty steps away from his generals.

The situation on the left and right wings was also not optimistic. Li Jin had been defeated by Dong's attack and retreated into another camp and refused to defend. The 10,000 troops returned by the left wing were stopped by Lu Su and were unable to return to the position. The bigger problem was the central army, Yuan Tan's big flag was gone, and now the yellow flag was raised.

The central army and the baggage battalion were lost, and this battle was meaningless.

Zhu Ling ordered a retreat, and he led the guard camp to cut off the rear and bought time for the troops to retreat to Rencheng. This task was not easy. Sun Jian and Zu Mao pressed each other step by step, leaving no time for him. Huang Gai also came from behind, intending to cut off his retreat. Zhu Ling fought to the death, but in the end he only led less than 5,000 people to break through. In addition to the returned subordinates, more than 12,000 people finally retreated to the west gate of Rencheng.

Huang Gai saw Lu Su again. "Zijing, you are not a good host. You know it will rain, but you didn't remind me to prepare a straw raincoat and hat. You are soaked in Yuan Tan's baggage camp. He followed Lu Su's suggestion to seize the baggage camp, but the baggage camp was taken down, but the fire was not released. It rained as soon as the smoke started. Although by accident, he made a great contribution and robbed a lot of food and supplies, it was obvious that Lu Su was trying to make a bad move to compete for me. He couldn't say that Lu Su lied to him, so he had to make half a joke.

Lu Su laughed loudly.

Sun Jian led his troops to Rencheng, Guo Jia and Zhu Huan also came to meet. After communicating the situation, the two discovered a problem: Sun Ce is gone.

Sun Jian was shocked and didn't bother to attack Zhu Ling. He immediately sent Han Dang to take the guards to investigate the situation. It was late, and the battlefield was full of Yuan's defeated soldiers, hundreds of people and thousands of people. If they fell into the hands of the defeated soldiers, the loss would be too much, and killing ten Zhu Ling would not be enough to compensate.

The battlefield that had been noisy for a day gradually subsided, and the outcome was decided, but the crisis became stronger and the atmosphere was even more tense than before the war.

Sun Ce dragged Yuan Tan out of the swamp.

Seeing that Sun Ce captured Yuan Tan alive, Guo Wu and others were surprised and happy. After hanging for a long time, they finally let go. At that moment, they were really anxious. If Sun Ce had any accidents, everything would be ruined. But in the face of the power of heaven and earth, no matter how brave they were, they could not do anything. In the heavy rain, they would rashly rush into the swamp and could not save Sun Ce.

"The general is really a lucky person, and he can't even trap the general." Ma Chao was very glad. He was still scared of the swamp. When he rushed to the battle in the early morning, he saw with his own eyes that two horses could not hold back and rushed into the swamp, and soon he could not even see the shadow.

"I am an evil ghost, and I don't even dare to take Mount Tai, let alone these swamps." Sun Ce became more and more afraid of thinking about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt absurd. He was so stupid that he tried his best to save Yuan Tan. Now he was so embarrassed, he didn't even have any armor and the Overlord Killing disappeared. He was just trying to take it off at that time, and he didn't know how to throw it in a solid place, but he ended up throwing it all in the swamp, and probably he was trapped in it.

Apart from a single dress full of mud and dirty clothes, he only slapped his hair, and the Xiangyu sword given by Jia Xu. He couldn't figure out why so many things were thrown away, but the sword was still there. Logically speaking, the sword should have been thrown away.

Guo Wu brought a horse, Sun Ce jumped up and turned the horse twice. Sun Ce said to Yuan Tan, "Let's go, Yuan Envoy."

Yuan Tan glanced at Sun Ce, held his hand, stood up straight, but said nothing. He was not as physically as Sun Ce, and he had been struggling in the swamp for so long and could still jump on the horse. After being chased by Sun Ce for a long time, he was so tired that he vomited blood, and at this moment he was even more tired. If it weren't for the hundreds of people standing next to him, he would really want to lie on the ground and sleep before talking. He had never felt so tired after coming to this world for more than twenty years.

"Get on the horse, Yuan Jun." Chen Wu led the horse, squatted down, and patted his knees. Yuan Tan looked at Chen Wu gratefully, held Chen Wu's shoulder, stepped on Chen Wu's knees, and took advantage of Chen Wu's strength to turn over the horse and whispered: "Thank you."

Chen Wu nodded, got on the horse, took the reins of Yuan Tan's mount, walked forward, and followed Sun Ce.

Others also got on the horse. The night was dark, and each of them was soaked. They had to find a place to rest as soon as possible. After walking for a while, Yuan Tan suddenly said, "General Sun, there is something I want to remind you."

Sun Ce turned to look at Yuan Tan, tied the reins of the horse, and walked side by side with Yuan Tan.

"Our target is you. In order to kill you, we arranged 15,000 people, but by chance, we were defeated by you. Seeing you breaking the ambush position, I knew the situation was not good, so I sent someone to notify Xin Zhuzhi, but the number of people he could use was limited, either Zhu Ling's tribe or Feng Kai's tribe on the east bank of the Si River. If Zhu Ling's tribe was mobilized, General Ling Zun Zhengdong would definitely take the opportunity to attack, and Zhu Ling might not be able to stop it. If it was Feng Kai's tribe, he would have to bypass Rencheng, which would take a lot of time. When he arrived at Rencheng, he should have known the result."

"so what?"

"So, now our army is completely collapsed, but Rencheng is safe and sound. I think Chen Gong will not miss this opportunity. He will definitely plan for Cao Ang to gather defeated soldiers such as Zhu Ling to Rencheng. Our army has a total force of more than 60,000, and even if one-third is left, there are more than 20,000, let alone those scattered soldiers who were defeated by you. It is not safe to move forward now. Maybe a hidden arrow can kill you."

Sun Ce nodded and was about to speak when a horse ran forward. It was the cavalry of the personal guard led by Yan Xing. He strangled his mount and looked around for a moment, showing a confused look on his face. Sun Ce raised his hand to signal. He was not armoured and covered in mud, so it was difficult for the knight to recognize him.

"General." The knight was surprised and hurried to Sun Ce. "We just repelled Cao Ren. When we were chasing, we saw a large army, which looked like Feng Kai's subordinates."

Sun Ce turned around and looked at Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan smiled. Sun Ce asked again: "How many people?"

"There are quite a few people, maybe about ten thousand."

Sun Ce's heart tightened, but there was no movement on his face. "Do they know where we are?"

The knight nodded. "Person Yan said that Cao Ren knows our troops. If he meets Feng Kai, he will definitely join forces with him. Please make a decision and be prepared for the situation."

"I understand. Let Captain Yan be cautious and send someone to contact Feng Kai, and then we have invited Yuan Jun back."

Sun Ce bent his mouth and said to Yuan Tan: "Envoy Yuan, do you think Feng Kai still listens to you?"

The knight then realized who the man next to Sun Ce was covered in mud like Sun Ce. He was so happy that he agreed loudly, turned his horse's head and ran away. Yuan Tan sighed. "General Sun, if you and I exchanged, would you help me persuade Feng Kai to surrender?"

Sun Ce said lightly: "Yes. God has good virtues of heaven. If you advise Feng Kai to surrender, it is to save his and his subordinates' lives. The Buddha said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Ten thousand people. What kind of virtue is this?"
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