Chapter 7

After he wiped out these people, he did not occupy the cities but continued to lead troops north.

Could it be that it was just purely for robbery?

Of course not!

After Sun Jian wiped out these imperial officials, Yuan Shu quickly sent people to take their places.

From this, it can be seen that there had long been collusion between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.

Wiping out these imperial officials was helping Yuan Shu clear the field!

But it was a great pity.

The secret plan between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu did not fully succeed.

Liu Biao entered Jingzhou alone at almost the same time, obtained the support of the Jingzhou aristocratic clans, and quickly controlled the Jingxiang land.

This led to Yuan Shu only being able to occupy Nanyang Commandery in the end, rather than successfully incorporating the entire Jingzhou into his territory as originally planned.

Perhaps it was precisely because of problems like uneven distribution of spoils that a serious conflict arose between the financier and mercenary pair, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

Leading to the grain and fodder that should have been supplied to Sun Jian by Yuan Shu not arriving on time.

Which in turn led to Sun Jian suffering heavy losses in the night raid by Hua Xiong in history.

However, Hua Xiong, who had always stayed near Luoyang, naturally did not know about these dealings between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

Hearing Gu Yi say this suddenly, Hua Xiong's first reaction in his heart was disbelief.

But before he could react, he only heard Gu Yi laugh:

"If the General does not believe that Sun Jian has no grain, you can dispatch scouts to go and clarify the situation."

"This..."

Hearing this proposal, Hua Xiong was instantly tempted.

If Sun Jian truly had no grain and fodder, he would definitely not be in a hurry to attack Sishui Pass.

In this way, even if he dispatched scouts to go near Sun Jian's camp to clarify the situation, there would still be enough time.

But soon, Hua Xiong suddenly realized.

If Sun Jian was deliberately pretending to have no grain and fodder, thereby attracting him to lead the army to leave in full strength to raid the coalition camp.

At that time, the defense inside Sishui Pass would be empty.

If Sun Jian led troops to attack, he feared it would inevitably be impossible to defend.

Thinking of this, Hua Xiong exclaimed:

"Good kid, I almost fell for your trick!"

"I suppose you want to lure this General into leading the main army away from Sishui Pass, so that Sun Jian can take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, right?"

It must be said that although Hua Xiong did not have any particularly great ability, he was definitely not a straw bag.

Being able to realize this point already surpassed most reckless-type generals.

However, hearing these words from Hua Xiong, Gu Yi could not help but laugh:

"General, could it be that the garrison army inside Sishui Pass only consists of cavalry?"

"If the General suspects that I am deceiving you, you can completely take only the cavalry and ride at full speed to raid the coalition camp."

"As for the infantry, they can all be left behind to guard Sishui Pass, just in case."

"With the solidity of Sishui Pass, could it be that with all the infantry left behind here, it could still be captured by Sun Jian?"

Inside Sishui Pass, there were a total of seventy thousand soldiers.

Among them, twenty thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry.

All were pure Xiliang elites.

In terms of individual combat power, they were definitely much stronger than the uneven combat power within the coalition forces.

With fifty thousand infantry left to guard the pass, plus the solidity of Sishui Pass.

Even if the main force of the coalition came to attack, they would be unable to capture it in a short time.

Being told this by Gu Yi, the doubts in Hua Xiong's heart had already been mostly eliminated.

The mobility of infantry was far inferior to that of cavalry.

Things like raiding the coalition camp required speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

If he brought infantry, it would instead drag the cavalry down.

Although he had already made up his mind to give it a try.

But at this moment, Hua Xiong still pretended to be unmoved on the surface.

However, Gu Yi was not in a hurry.

Because he had already seen Hua Xiong dispatch his personal guards to go down and convey the order, instructing scouts to go to Sun Jian's station to investigate the situation.

Afterward, Hua Xiong also sent people to take Gu Yi down to rest.

Yes, it was to take him down to arrange a place to rest, not the kind of being imprisoned.

Around dusk.

Several scouts who had gone to investigate intelligence according to Hua Xiong's instructions rushed back.

And accompanying them was the exact news that Sun Jian's army had been cut off from grain for a full day! ===== CHAPTER 8 =====