Sun Gan only brought one servant and rode alone to Zhang Chang's camp to sign up for a visit.

The captain guarding the camp looked at him through the camp gate for a while and sent someone to the Central Army to communicate. Not long after, Zhang Chang arrived, asked someone to open the camp gate, and shouted to Sun Gan through the trench: "Brother Gongyou, if you are here to persuade the surrender, you don't have to worry about it. Although I am not a rival to General Sun, the King of Liaodong treats me well. My family is in Xiangping. For reasons of reason, I cannot betray the King of Liaodong. I can only make ends meet and entangle General Sun, waiting for the King of Liaodong to reinforce."

Sun Gan smiled slightly, and his heart seemed to be clear. Zhang Chang's words were not for him, but for the soldiers around him. After all, it was just Sima, not the commander. Those generals were temporarily obeying his orders because the situation was critical. If he wanted to surrender, others might not be willing to listen to him. If Wan clashed together, he would die immediately.

"Brother Zhong Ren is a loyal and righteous man. I have long admired him and dare not use clever words to discredit Brother Zhong Ren's reputation. I came today to report a message." Sun Gangong bowed and said calmly, as if facing hundreds of people from the Liaodong Army who were suspicious and uneasy, but just a group of village party members. He took out a seal bag from his arms and threw it across the trench. "Last night, Gongsun Huan led his troops to attack our army, but was defeated by our army. He died in the battle, and most of the five thousand infantry and cavalry under his command lost."

Zhang Chang was shocked, picked up the seal bag, opened it and saw that it was indeed Gongsun Huan's seal. He was speechless for a while. Sun Ce just killed Gongsun Mo at the battle yesterday, and defeated Gongsun Huan again at night, and they all killed generals at the battle. This was simply unstoppable and no one could stop him. How could he fight such an opponent?

Sun Gan's voice was very loud and his words were clear. The soldiers behind Zhang Chang could hear it clearly, and they were as shocked as Zhang Chang. They had never seen Sun Ce's prestige, but they knew that Gongsun Mo and Gongsun Huan were all members of Gongsun Du's tribe, and were highly generals from Liaodong. They were defeated and killed one after another within one day. It was really terrifying.

Sun Gan waited for a while, and barely calmed down Zhang Chang, and asked loudly: "Brother Zhong Ren, since Gongsun Du raised his troops, he has claimed to be invincible, but this time he left. Don't you think it's strange? I think the military order he gave you probably did not mention the battle situation under the city of Da, right?"

Zhang Chang kept silent, neither asked questions nor admitted.

Sun Gan told the story of Gongsun Du's defeat in Dashi City for two days, losing seven consecutive battles. Gongsun An was awarded the title of the head, and the three lieutenants, seven commanders, military marquis, and Dubians lost more than ten soldiers. He said it in detail, even the names and camp numbers of the fallen generals were clearly stated, and it was indisputable. Zhang Chang and the soldiers behind him were shocked.

The infantry led by Gongsun Du is the most elite infantry in Liaodong and cannot stop Sun Ce's attack. What chance do they have? Since Gongsun Du started the army, he has been invincible, but this time he met Sun Ce, he was unable to win in one battle. Both infantry and knights were defeated at once, and the gap in strength between the two sides was too great. If it weren't for knowing that Gongsun Du had indeed retreated, they would not believe Sun Gan's remarks at all. Now Gongsun Mo and Gongsun Huan's defeat was right in front of them, and they had to seriously consider the authenticity of what Sun Gan said.

Zhang Chang was silent for a long time and bowed his hand. "Brother Gongyou, please come to the camp to speak."

Sun Gan happily followed Zhang Chang into the camp. Zhang Chang accompanied Sun Gan and sent people to play drums to gather generals. He deliberately walked very slowly. When he reached the entrance of the central army's tent, the generals arrived one after another. Many of these people knew Sun Gan. Seeing that Sun Gan was here, Zhang Chang looked solemn, he guessed what might be. At that time, someone got angry and even pulled out his sword, claiming that he would never betray Gongsun Du and would fight Sun Ce to the end.

Zhang Chang didn't say anything, watching them perform. After they finished speaking, they took out Gongsun Huan's seal and let the generals pass it on. The generals were stunned. They all knew that Gongsun Huan was no less than Gongsun Mo. He was commanding the personal guards around Gongsun Du. His strength was still above the defeated knights yesterday, so why did he die?

Sun Gan said what he had just said again, and finally looked around the generals and asked two questions: Do you think Gongsun Du is the opponent of Wu Hou, and who is the real ruler of Liaodong? Even if Gongsun Du temporarily escapes the disaster and returns to Xiangping, can you defeat Wu Hou and make military achievements to redeem Gongsun Mo's crime of his death?

The big tent was silent. Sun Gan asked the two questions they were most worried about: In the long run, the gap in strength between the two sides was obvious, and Gongsun Du was definitely not Sun Ce's opponent, and it was a matter of time before he died. Is it worth it to work hard for a person who will be defeated? In the near future, even if they do not betray Gongsun Du, Gongsun Du will not let them go. Gongsun Du has a ruthless personality and Gongsun Mo died in battle, he will definitely hold him accountable, especially the cavalry generals who participated in the battle yesterday escaped at the last moment, and according to military law, they would be dismissed at the worst, and beheaded at the worst. Defeat Sun Ce and redeem their sins? This is simply impossible.

Finally, Sun Gan asked a multiple-choice question: Are you willing to support Gongsun Du, your family will be destroyed, or are you willing to support Wu Hou and make achievements?

The answer is self-evident. After looking at each other for a while, the generals stood up and bowed, wishing to listen to the orders of the General of Wu Hou and to leave behind the oath that he had just fought for Gongsun Du to the end.

Looking at these Liaodong generals who were arrogant at first and respectful at the end, Sun Gan felt an indescribable pleasure in his heart. With strong force behind him, the effect was different. Two months ago, these Liaodong people were not so polite. They were indeed people who were despised in the border areas, but they did not know benevolence and righteousness, and they would not be obedient without fighting.

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Gongsun Du stood on the hillside, watching the stairs and cavalry trekking forward, his thick eyebrows frowned.

Not far behind him, the battle flag of the Jiangdong Army was looming, and the sound of war drums was vaguely heard. Shen You's men caught up with him again. I don't know if it was Ling Cao, Yan Baihu, or the boy named Zhou Tai.

Gongsun Du regretted it. If he had known that these Jiangdong barbarians were so good at walking on mountain roads, he would never have gone through hills. He would have digged a pit to bury himself. There was no big road here, and it was difficult to go forward every step. In some places, the Jiangdong army chased him tightly, and the troops who had left behind were defeated one after another. Although the casualties were not large, the impact on morale was very serious. Many soldiers did not come back after being defeated. I don’t know where they went, maybe they surrendered, maybe they hid in the mountains.

If this continues, he is worried that half of the remaining people will be left when he walks out of the mountains.

Gongsun Du's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word, but he couldn't hide his loss. In recent years, he had never encountered such great difficulties, and he made mistakes again and again, unexpectedly one after another, and could no longer look back.

Sun Ce was invincible in the Central Plains, and it was indeed not a false statement. Yuan Shao was defeated without any wickedness.

Thinking of this, he felt a little indescribable resentment. Sun Ce is a poor family in Jiangdong, and his background is not as good as me. Why was Sun Ce able to establish such a foundation in a few years, but I was beaten by Sun Ce so hard that I could not fight back? In recent years, I was invincible in Liaodong. I originally thought that the world was in chaos and I had the opportunity to control one side and even compete for the Central Plains. Now it seems that I am just watching the sky from a well.

"Shengji, the situation is worrying." Xu You withdrew his gaze and looked at Gongsun Du without hiding his pity in his eyes. After several days of fighting, he already knew that the so-called elites around Gongsun Du were not his opponents. Not to mention that he was not Sun Ce's opponent, even Gongsun Zan's subordinates were much stronger than them. He relied on the large number of people and powerful people to bully Goguryeo and Fuyu people, and immediately revealed his true form when they met the real elite.

Gongsun Du was silent. He didn't want to talk to Xu You now. Xu You was the initiator of all this. If Xu You had not used Xu You's strategy, he would not have fallen to this point. But he couldn't say this. Xu You made the strategy, but he made the decision. Even he himself did not expect that Sun Ce's combat power was so strong. Infighters fought head-on, he was no match for Sun Ce at all, and he could not win with twice the advantage of military strength.

Unfortunately, it was too late to know now. He only hoped to withdraw from this hilly land, rushed to Wen County, and fight Sun Ce again in the open land. Sun Ce had less than two thousand cavalry, and he would give full play to the advantages of the Liaodong army's cavalry, so that Sun Ce would retreat when he was in trouble, and respond to Xu You's contempt for him with his actual record.

Xu You suddenly pulled Gongsun Du and pointed to the distance. Gongsun Du looked up and saw a soldier walking against the team. The mountain road was narrow and the soldiers complained. Now some people were going against each other and their emotions became even more excited. Although no one scolded him, he carried it intentionally or unintentionally, making the man stumbling, which was very difficult.

Gongsun Du recognized that it was the messenger at first sight and suddenly became nervous. Looking at the messenger's expression, it was probably not good news. Could something happened to Gongsun Mo? He quickly thought about it and felt that there should be nothing to worry about. Gongsun Mo had nearly 10,000 infantrymen and 5,000 cavalrymen. Even if he fought head-on, Sun Ce would have nothing. Besides, Gongsun Mo still had a large camp to guard, so Sun Ce should not be so easy to succeed. Could it be that Gongsun Mo did not obey the order and went out to fight? If this was the case, then he would really die.

The messenger rushed to the front and handed a military newspaper with both hands. When he saw the sealing mud on the military newspaper, Gongsun Du felt a sudden slap in his heart.

On the seal mud is Sima Zhang Chang's seal, not Gongsun Mo's seal.

Gongsun Du's neck was filled with cold air, and even his fingertips were numb. There was only one possibility of this situation: Gongsun Mo died, there was no general in the camp, and Sima Zhang Chang took over the command. He quickly opened the military newspaper. The content of the military newspaper was very long. Zhang Chang described in detail the process of Gongsun Mo's battle. Seeing that Gongsun Mo did not bring infantry and only led the cavalry to fight Sun Ce, Gongsun Du knew something was wrong and was so angry that he cursed.

"Zhu Zi, I really deserve to die!"

Xu You took the military newspaper from Gongsun Du, quickly swept it, and his face turned dark. Gongsun Mo died in battle, and the camp was worried, and the food and grass were likely to fall into Sun Ce's hands. In this way, even if Gongsun Du walked out of this hill, he could not replenish food and grass, and it would be useless to have tens of thousands of troops.

"Why are you so useless? One is more incompetent than the other." Xu You couldn't help but curse: "Five thousand cavalry were defeated by Sun Ce and one thousand cavalry. How could you let such a person be the general?"
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