Gao Ping and Kang's father were more than forty miles apart. Yuan Tan issued an order that night, and Cao Ang received the order early the next morning.

Cao Ang was not surprised at all about Yuan Tan's request. When Chen Gong designed it, he expected Xin Pi to fight back. After panic, Yuan Tan would look for an opportunity to fight with Sun Ce again to save face and consolidate his position. He could not even rule out that he wanted to turn defeat into victory and drive Sun Ce out of Yanzhou.

At Chen Gong's suggestion, after evacuating Sishui, Cao Ang sent Cao Ren to Rencheng and Yu Jin to Nanpingyang to eat up the benefits that Yuan Tan promised him first. In Shulu County, Cao Ang directly controlled more than ten counties, which were not as large as the previous Dongjun, but the location was very important and there was a lot of room for expansion in the future.

After receiving Yuan Tan's order, Cao Ang personally led more than 5,000 troops to Hulu to reinforce Lu Qian.

It was really active to seize the territory, but the reinforcements were just pretending. They were preparing for one day and marched for one day. The next afternoon, Cao Ang had just entered Hulu County and met Sun Jian who was deploying defense here. Neither side had formally fought each other and beat a drum. Cao Ang retreated more than ten miles to set up a camp and sent someone to send a letter to Yuan Tan, saying that he was intercepted by Sun Jian and was unable to break through. He asked Yuan Tan to send more reinforcements.

Against Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son, Cao Ang did not dare to be careless at all. He inspected the entire camp to ensure that there were no omissions. The soldiers were well prepared. The soldiers who patrol the night were full of energy, and it was already midnight. He was standing in front of the camp, looking at the lights of Sun Jian camp in the distance, and was in a daze.

"The Lord of the Fu was uneasy?" Chen Gong whispered softly when he came behind him.

Cao Ang turned around and smiled apologetically. "Yes, I was ordered to come to help, but the troops stationed here are not in progress. If Hulu is lost and Lu Qian is killed, I will be a sinner. How can I face the envoy and Lu Qian's family in the future?"

Chen Gong snorted, disagreed. "Envoy Yuan did not expect the Lord of the Fujun to rescue Lu Qian. He just wanted the Lord of the Fujun and Sun Ce to suffer both losses so as to create opportunities for him to fight back. As for Lu Qian, he led his troops to serve Yuan in order to fight for wealth and the risk was already under his consideration. If the Lord of the Fujun could rescue him, he would be grateful to Yuan, not the Lord of the Fujun. As long as he found out that Yuan had no intention of saving him and asked him to personally go to the Lord of the Fujun, he would owe him the favor."

Cao Ang sighed. He also understood these principles, but he just couldn't bear it.

"Besides, Hulu is a big county, and it is not so easy to attack. Even without reinforcements from the Dujun, Sun Ce may not be able to capture Hulu in a short time. When it is too tight at this time, Sun Ce may give up Hulu first and attack the Dujun. Sun Ce's troops are trained, and our army is not an opponent, so it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Sun Ce returns to the army to attack Hulu again. Lu Qian sees that there are no reinforcements to look forward to, but it is easier to give up. It is best now. Sun Ce can neither fight the decisive battle with our army nor attack the city with all his strength. Hulu is safe. If it delays for a month or two, it may be left alone."

Cao Ang nodded. "If there was no brother Gongtai, I really don't know what to do."

"It is also my honor to be able to assist a kind-hearted master like the Fujun."

When Sun Ce received news from Sun Jian, he learned that Cao Ang was unable to stay, so he could easily get into Cao Ang's thoughts.

No one is a fool, he wants to plot against others, let others take the lead and find a bargain behind him.

Whether he can conquer Hulu quickly has become a problem that he must face. If it lasts for a long time or pays a significant price, even if it conquers Hulu, it will not be of much significance to him. If he does not have the ability to lure Yuan Tan to be deceived, he will only cheat himself if he can do it.

Sun Ce summoned the generals to discuss matters and consider the plan for siege. The siege depends on infantry and cavalry is of little significance. He ordered Yan Xing to lead his personal guards to Sun Jian to obey orders and be responsible for the surrounding guards. He changed the two generals Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai to cooperate with the siege together.

Sun Jian agreed readily. When Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai came on order, the camp was already full of people. When he saw roughly, he saw that not only the camp lieutenants were there, but some were also there. Many people could only squeeze together, holding their arms and talking lively.

Zhou Tai led a few scouts to build the model, Lu Yi, Sun Quan and Sun Yi were also helping. It was the first time that Sun Yi participated in such a meeting and didn't know what to do. Lu Yi, but Sun Quan was familiar with the journey and calm. Seeing Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai entered the tent, Pang Tong quickly came up and invited them to the main case to take a seat.

"I'll wait for you two, I'll invite the general out now. Zhu Gong, this is the model of Hulu City. You are most familiar with Hulu. You might as well take a look first. If there is any problem, let them adjust immediately."

"Okay, okay." Zhu Zhi felt it was very fresh. Standing next to the model, he couldn't help but be amazed. He had heard that Sun Ce had the habit of making models, but this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes. Sun Jian had also considered this method, but he did not have such scouts under his command, nor could he have so many craftsmen. Of course, the most important thing is that Sun Jian himself does not have much concept of this. He always felt that he was experienced and his subordinates were all old generals. He understood as soon as he said that he did not need to spend much effort to make a model.

Zhu Zhi thought so before, but when he really stood in front of the model, he realized that there were still big differences. Not to mention that the model is more intuitive, there is such a realistic thing here, everyone sees the same thing, there will be no difference in understanding, and it is more direct and effective when communicating.

"Public rebuttal, how about?" Zhu Zhi winked at Huang Gai and said softly.

Huang Gai looked at the model while stroking the short beard under the jaw and replied softly: "The Major General has made innovations. No wonder he has achieved great success. With this model, even if he has no experience, he can make more accurate judgments. The importance of experience is not that great. Brother Junli, the experience you and me have accumulated over the past ten years may be clear about these young people after a few battles. Maybe they can do better than us."

"That's true." Zhu Zhi looked at the young faces in the tent and felt deeply stressed. "Young people are afraid of being young. We are afraid of being strong. We are not as physically strong as them. All we can rely on is this experience. If the experience advantage is gone, what else can we do? It is very annoying to sell our old qualifications."

The two were feeling emotion, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia walked out of it. Sun Ce took two steps, rushed to them, and bowed to him. "Boy, please dare to ask you two to assist in the attack, and you also ask for advice."

Zhu Zhi, Huang Gai did not dare to be negligent, so he bowed and said seriously: "The Major General is so serious. Since we have come to the command of the Major General, we are the subordinates of the Major General. Please do not treat everyone equally."

Sun Ce and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled, then greeted: "Everyone, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Huang are the old generals who have been fighting with my father for many years. They are experienced. You should ask them more questions in the future and come and see a greeting."
Chapter completed!