"Hey! Zhou Xin, the quarter of an hour has come. Does your decision still remain unchanged?"

In front of the two armies, Sun Ce led Zhou Ang over to shout again. Zhou Xin on the opposite side also replied loudly, "Sun Ce, I said before, if you want to take Danyang, then step over my body! Even if you kill me,

My brother, I will never surrender!"

"Okay, have some backbone! I'll give you your brother's left arm right now!"

Anticipating the possibility that Zhou Xin would not follow the routine, Sun Ce did not hesitate. He drew his sword and pointed it at Zhou Ang's left arm. Seeing this, Zhou Ang hurriedly closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and prepared to suffer. Sun Ce raised his sword.

The sword swayed back and forth a few times, seemingly looking for a suitable position, but in fact it was peeking at Zhou Xin's reaction.

Seeing all the Danyang soldiers whispering and talking to each other, Lieutenant General De Rong looked troubled and kept saying something to Zhou Xin, probably asking him to save Zhou Ang, right?

But even in such an environment, Zhou Xin's face was tense, his mouth was closed, his eyes were not evasive, and he looked straight at Zhou Ang. Sun Ce saw that the other party was so stubborn, so he decided not to do anything, and raised his head high.

The sword paused in the air for a few seconds, and then suddenly slammed down! Seeing this, Zhou Xin immediately closed his eyes and turned his face, just because he didn't want to see his brother's painful face, even though he was the one who caused this result.

…

However, after waiting for a few seconds, no sound was heard. He cautiously raised his eyes and saw that the sword in Sun Ce's hand had stopped on Zhou Ang's left arm and did not go any further.

Seeing Zhou Xin's determination, Sun Ce stopped acting, put down his sword, and shouted to him, "Zhou Xin, I didn't expect you to be more unreasonable than me. You are awesome! You win!"

After giving Zhou Xin a slightly sarcastic thumbs up, Sun Ce turned the horse's head and went back. Only when he saw that his back was turned, Zhou Xin dared to breathe a big sigh of relief...

After returning to Zhou Yu, Sun Ce shook his head and said helplessly that the plan did not work.

"Well, don't worry too much, after all, I have never ruled out this possibility."

After being comforted by Zhou Yu, Sun Ce asked Zhou Ang, "Is Zhou Xin your brother?"

After being questioned, Zhou Ang nodded with certainty, but Sun Ce was extremely puzzled, "Brother? Is he still watching you die? Is it because you brothers don't have a good relationship, and your life and death don't matter to him?"

Or is it that he simply has a brain problem?"

Listening to Sun Ce insulting his brother in this way, Zhou Ang whined, probably because he wanted to defend Zhou Xin, but now his mouth was blocked, and he was powerless but insufficiently motivated.

Just when the three of them felt helpless because of Zhou Xin's insistence, a soldier rode up to them and took out a letter.

"Report to the general, there is urgent news coming from Kuaiji"

Zhou Yu took it and browsed it quickly, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised a bit. Seeing the change in his expression, Huang Zhong seemed to have a guess, so he asked, "Is everything going well in Kuaiji?"

"That's right, the army crossed the Wuyi Mountains, captured Pucheng, and advanced with great success. Now it has begun to march towards Damo, Yongning and other places."

Although the news had been delayed for a long time, Sun Ce and others who were listening quietly cheered loudly.

"General Huang, please lead 10,000 people to go three miles east, open another camp, and station them there. Guard the surrounding area strictly and don't give Zhou Xin any possibility of support."

"Understood, I will make it difficult for them to move forward!"

After receiving the order, Huang Zhong did not stay too much and immediately ordered all 10,000 soldiers to return to the camp first.

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, prepare tents, stands and other necessities.

"monitoring"

"The subordinates are here"

"When will the food and grass arrive?"

"Back to the general, it has been thirteen days since the grain transport team left. It left quickly and arrived slowly. It will probably arrive in another three to five days."

"Okay, after we come here, we will directly transfer the required supplies to Huang Zhong's headquarters based on the number of people."

"promise"

After arranging some matters, Zhou Yu turned around and headed towards the camp. When Sun Ce asked him what he wanted to do, Zhou Yu didn't reply. He just yawned. Sun Ce understood, gave him an understanding smile, and mouthed:

Said two words to him

"Slacker"

…

…

Turning our attention to the eldest son city for the moment, Li Jue, who had previously lost to Zhang He, went to challenge him again the next day, but was kicked to the ground for the second time. After two defeats, Li Jue, this heartless man, finally

I have enlightened myself and realized that my skills are not as good as others, so I can only remember these two accounts first, and wait until my martial arts improves in the future, and then look for opportunities for revenge, but no one knows when this opportunity will wait...

In a house, Dong Zhao and Jia Xu are drinking tea and talking. This is an extremely rare scene, because before, when the two of them appeared in the same place, it was basically Lu Bu, Zhang Yang and others who were there, and

It seems like this is the first time for us to talk alone.

"Sir, please use it. This is the new tea that my friend gave me not long ago. Please try it." As he spoke, Dong Zhao poured a cup of hot tea with ease and placed it in front of Jia Xu.

Jia Xu picked up the tea cup, first smelled it in front of his nose a few times, then blew a few mouthfuls of cool air, and then took a sip.

"The aroma is fragrant, the entrance is warm and soft, it seems like there are flower stamens soaked in the mouth for a long time and cannot be dissipated. Good craftsmanship, good tea." He closed his eyes slightly and praised the endless aftertaste. While praising the tea, he also brought Dong Zhao along with him.

"Sir, there is no need to talk about the words of praise for now. Why don't you tell me why you came to me?"

"Gongren is smart, so I'll get straight to the point. Why did Han Fu come here?"

After Jia Xu asked, Dong Zhao looked around and made sure that no one was around, then he slowly said, "According to what he meant, he told a big lie and offended the emperor Long Yan. He was worried about being beheaded, so he took it with him."

People came running over, don’t tell me, there was actually an envoy who came to ask my lord if he had seen him, but I took him away. After all, a hundred thousand troops are not for nothing.”

"Didn't Han Fu cause the trouble himself? Can't we hand him over alone?"

"Hey, I think so too, but among that group of people, there are quite a few who are loyal to him. For example, Min Chun and Geng Wu, who argued with Li Jue two days ago, are very loyal to him. I'm worried about doing this.

It would cause unnecessary trouble, so I didn’t think much about it. I can only slowly persuade everyone to serve under my lord in the future. By then, Han Fu will be of no use."

"Kongren was able to consider this matter so carefully and thoughtfully, which saved me a lot of effort."

"Sir, you are overly praised. I still have a lot to learn."

"However, I hope Gongren can pay more attention to Han Fu's movements on weekdays."

"Oh? Could it be that sir has discovered some clues? Does Han Fu have evil intentions?"

"No, I don't know what happened to him, but I happened to see that man named Min Chun yesterday, and that...who is that?

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"What?" Jia Xu suddenly got stuck and couldn't figure out the name of the person even after thinking about it. Dong Zhao, who was opposite him, saw that he was thinking hard and asked him, "Who do you want to talk about, sir?"

"Do you remember the person who was demoted before?"

"Demoted? You mean Yang Chou?"

"Yes, that's him! Yesterday I accidentally saw Min Chun and Yang Chou coming out of the restaurant together. They seem to have a very good relationship. Did they know each other before?"

"Well... my lord and Han Fu were just acquaintances before, and Yang Chou has never been to Jizhou, so I don't think he is an old friend."

"Yang Chou is timid, weak and incompetent. There is really no need to have a close relationship with him. Gongren just said that Min Chun is loyal to Han Fu. Now that he and Yang Chou are so close, there must be some reasons for it.

, I may be overthinking this matter, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking precautions in case of unexpected events.”

"I understand what you mean, sir. Leave this matter to me."

"Thank you for your trouble." After the agreement, Jia Xu raised his teacup and clinked it with Dong Zhao as if drinking wine. After he drank, Dong Zhao showed a bitter expression and said to Jia Xu, "Sir, now

There is one thing that needs to be prepared for a rainy day.”

"Mirong Ren, please speak."

"We don't have much food reserves left."

"Hmm? Isn't it just the New Year? Wasn't last year's harvest bad?" Jia Xu asked incomprehensibly the reason. Dong Zhao shook his head and explained helplessly, "It's not just bad, it's simply terrible. As you know, sir, Bingzhou is already here."

It is not a prosperous place. It has been plundered by the Xianbei people for more than ten years before, which made the already poor harvest even worse. The counties such as Shangdang and Taiyuan that have not been attacked are relatively better, such as

In places like Shuofang and Wuyuan, very little of the grain that was finally collected was robbed by the Xianbei people. It’s terrible to see.”

"Speaking of this, why weren't people from Shuofang and other places allowed to migrate to nearby Taiyuan and other places?"

"It's too difficult. There's not enough money, not enough food, not enough land, not enough housing. Even now, the people in each county have just enough to eat. If we move in a hurry, there will definitely be malicious incidents of grabbing money, food, and housing.

I understand that this cannot be done to the oppressed people, but there is really nothing we can do.”

"What about Han Fu? When Han Fu came here, didn't he bring any money or food?"

"I have brought them, but they are too few. Now the total number of Bingzhou sergeants has exceeded 100,000. Each person will follow the most basic standard rations. The food reserves will only last two months. If a war starts, the consumption will be

It will be faster, hey, I’m getting angry..."

Dong Zhao became more and more lifeless as he talked, which shows that this matter really put a lot of pressure on him.

When asked, Jia Xu closed his eyes, thought hard, and then said, "Now that the situation has come to an end, I can only borrow it."

"Who can I borrow from? Yuan Shao? I heard that over in Jizhou, Yuan Shao has become the governor of the state. He has many advisers. He must understand that Han Fu is in Bingzhou. If he didn't pursue him before, he probably doesn't want to waste his troops on Han Fu."

"Even so, we have to give it a try. Besides him, we can also borrow from Xiliang and Yuan Shu."

"Sir, do you have any ideas?"

Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, is acquainted with us. The two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu do not deal with each other. We can make great profits at the same time. So far, we can borrow more or less. After that, we will speed up the elimination of the Xianbei people in Bingzhou and cultivate and grow grain."

After hearing Jia Xu's plan, Dong Zhao raised his head, as if praying to God, and murmured to himself, "I hope everything goes well, and I hope the people of Bingzhou can escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible."

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