System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

Zhang Liao is now famous and renowned.

Of course, it is still not as famous as the one after the beheading of Tadun in history.

"This time I thought General Ma would be in danger."

"After all, you were alone and separated from the main force, yet you managed to kill so many enemies."

Zhang Liao looked at Ma Chao and said with a complicated expression.

A penalty should be imposed for an isolated army that is out of touch with the main force.

But they did make some small gains, and Pang De even killed an enemy general, so it was a great achievement after all.

How to punish this?

If they are punished, won’t all the soldiers in the army feel insecure?

"Those rats are just too weak."

"They say Jiangdong's children are so talented, but I think Jiangdong is just full of rats."

Ma Chao smiled and said with great disdain.

Isn’t Sun Ce powerful enough?

He should be considered the most powerful one in Jiangdong, right?

He was beaten up by him and almost got defeated.

Don’t talk about the horse as the reason. If you have the ability, you can create such a dirty horse.

"Jiangdong rat, hahaha!"

"These rats aren't very strong, they just like to use some conspiracies and tricks."

"If you chase further ahead, you might be ambushed. Just be more careful next time."

Zhang Liao laughed out loud, and then found an excuse to remind Ma Chao.

"I will remember the general's teachings."

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao immediately responded.

"Ah."

"Our army has come from afar this time and cannot engage with the enemy for too long."

"Our main goal is to occupy Jiujiang and Lujiang and drive the enemy back south of the Yangtze River."

Zhang Liao stroked his beard and spoke to the generals with a serious expression.

"But we don't know much about the local terrain. We need to do more research. It would be best if we could get a detailed map."

Xu Huang said to Zhang Liao with a serious expression.

If you are not familiar with the terrain during a march or battle, you will suffer great losses.

No matter how urgent it is, we must have a clear understanding of the local mountains, rivers and landforms and the direction of rivers.

When they attacked the Central Plains, it was because there were always familiar generals and scholars in the army.

But they were all from the Central Plains and the north, and knew very little about the geography of the Jianghuai area.

"This is indeed a difficult issue."

"Gongming, would you be willing to lead the cavalry to explore the area?"

Zhang Liao stroked his beard solemnly and asked Xu Huang.

Compared with others, he trusted Xu Huang, who was always more rigorous, to do this.

"Leave it to me."

"I will strive to travel north of Lujiang and Jiujiang counties within ten days."

Xu Huang seemed a little embarrassed, but still accepted the task.

"We won't need Lujiang for now. We just need to get the map of Jiujiang."

Zhang Liao waved his hand. He certainly didn't mean to make things difficult for Xu Huang, so he immediately reduced the workload.

As long as the location of the decisive battle is controlled in Jiujiang County, the map of Lujiang will not be so urgent.

"If it was just Lujiang, then it wouldn't be that difficult for me."

"give it to me."

Xu Huang smiled with relief and bowed.

"The rest of you, generals, please do not act rashly for now. Send more scouts within twenty miles of the main camp."

"Our army is not very familiar with the terrain, so we can only expand the scope of reconnaissance to ensure that there are no mistakes."

Zhang Liao glanced at the generals one by one and reminded them again.

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Yinling Mausoleum

After a few days of investigation by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, they discovered that the Dong army, which had been quite active before, had suddenly become quiet.

When they first entered Jiujiang, they fought a few small battles.

At that time, Dong's army was extremely active, and they almost always took the initiative to attack.

However, since the troops entered the Yinling area, Dong's army seemed to have been paused, with no movement at all.

Only a few hundred cavalrymen were sent out every day to conduct reconnaissance around the camp.

"Why is Zhang Liao so cowardly? It's been seven or eight days, and I haven't seen him make any moves."

Huang Gai frowned and cursed.

"General Huang, there's no need to be anxious."

"The enemy has come from afar, and their logistical supplies are not as good as ours."

"I think there will be action soon."