The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 121 Chapter 121
Sun Ce left Shouchun and came to Liyang with great joy. His uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben were waiting at the gate of the city early to welcome Sun Ce's arrival.

At the gate of Liyang City, Sun Ce was very excited when he saw his uncle Wu Jing and his cousin Sun Ben.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben were also agitated, and after Sun Ce, they took them directly into the city, and then talked to each other about the pain of missing them for more than two years.

After Sun Jian's death, after Sun Ce led the old troops to seek refuge with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu took the strategy of splitting up Sun Jian's old troops and sent people to secretly monitor them, preventing them from having any chance to communicate.

Now that the three meet again, there are naturally endless topics to talk about.

In the next few days, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi and other Sun Jian's former minions came to Liyang one after another. In addition, Sun Ce also wrote to invite his cousin Sun He, who had met him in Shouchun. His good friend Lu Fan from Xiyang, Runan, and his sworn brother Zhou Yu, all gathered in Liyang to discuss big plans.

After more than two years, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi and others were still loyal and obedient to Sun Ce, which moved Sun Ce very much.

In addition, his uncle Wu Jing, cousins ​​Sun Ben and Sun He, as well as his good friend Lu Fan and sworn brother Zhou Yu all follow Sun Ce's example.

Sun Ce gathered with these people and expressed his thoughts, wanting to lead them to Jiangdong to work hard.

Everyone agreed with Sun Ce's idea, so after planning together, they immediately started to put it into action.

First, Sun Ce sent someone to tell Yuan Shu that Liu Yao had been repelled, and then wrote another letter, stating his interests and wanting to capture Jiangdong for Yuan Shu.

Although Yuan Shu agreed, he also kept an eye out, saying that he was afraid that Sun Ce would betray him, so he asked Sun Ce to send his family to Shouchun for a temporary stay. Only in this way, he would let Sun Ce go to attack Jiangdong.

After Sun Ce received Yuan Shu's reply, he glanced at it hastily, and suddenly became furious. In his anger, he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it on the ground.

It happened that Zhou Yu came in from the outside, and seeing Sun Ce's angry look, he picked up the letter, and after reading it, he realized what happened.

Zhou Yu walked up to Sun Ce and asked, "Brother Bofu, are you angry about the contents of this letter?"

Sun Ce said sharply: "I was about to leave Yuan Shu, but that old fox Yuan Shu proposed to let my family live in Shouchun. Isn't it obvious that he wanted my family to be hostages? If I really did that, Doesn't that mean that you will never be able to get rid of Yuan Shu for the rest of your life?"

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "Brother Bofu is not worthy of being so angry about some trivial matters. If you want Yuan Shu to let Brother Bofu go, there is no way out."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce immediately asked, "Gongjin, you have always been resourceful. I know you must have a way. Tell me quickly, what should I do now?"

"I heard that Brother Bofu has a treasure in his hand..." Zhou Yu asked.

Sun Ce said, "You mean the Jade Seal of Chuan Guo?"

Zhou Yu nodded, and then said: "I heard that Yuan Shu has been coveting the Chuanguo Seal in the hands of Brother Bofu. If Brother Bofu can use the Chuanguo Seal as collateral, it may be more convincing than sending his family to Shouchun as hostages." I believe Yuan Shu will definitely give Brother Bofu money, food, soldiers and horses to attack Jiangdong."

After hearing this, Sun Ce frowned, with a gloomy expression on his face, and said slowly: "The Chuan Guo Yuxi is a relic left by my late father, and it is also the treasure that my father has always protected. If I give the Chuan Guo Yuxi to Yuan Shu , my late father will definitely not rest in peace..."

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Brother Bofu, you are so confused, the Chuanguo Yuxi is a hot potato in the hands of my brother, Yuan Shu has always coveted this thing, even if the general sends his family as hostages, Yuan Shu may not let Brother Bofu go. What's more, the Imperial Seal cannot be eaten or drunk, so what's the use of keeping it? It's better to use him to exchange Yuan Shu for some soldiers, horses, money and food, and use it as capital for Brother Bofu's business. It's not too late for Yuan Shu to ask for it. I believe that General Sun, who is under the Nine Springs, will feel gratified for you if he knows that you have exchanged the Chuanguo Yuxi for the entire Jiangdong."

After Sun Ce heard this, he remained silent, but he was still struggling in his heart.

Seeing Sun Ce's pensive look, Zhou Yu continued to persuade him, "Things are dead, but people are alive. Brother Bofu wants the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom to rot in his hands forever, or do you want to let it die?" Let him radiate the radiance he deserves, and achieve a hegemony for Brother Bofu. Everything is due to Brother Bofu's thought. That's all I'm talking about. What should I do? Let Brother Bofu make an idea. ?”

After saying these words, Zhou Yu bowed his hands to Sun Ce, turned around and left.

Sun Ce went back to the room, took out the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, examined it carefully, and found that there was nothing unusual about it, and in his eyes, it was just a stone.But this is the treasure that his father desperately protected. If he gave this to Yuan Shu, what would his father think?
Sun Ce fell into hard thinking, unable to make up his mind.

Afterwards, Sun Ce found his good friend Lu Fan, and his cousins ​​Sun Ben and Sun He to discuss what to do.

As a result, Lu Fan, Sun Ben, and Sun He all agreed with Zhou Yu's opinion, thinking that it was useless to put the Imperial Seal in Sun Ce's hands.

Finally, Sun Ce made a decision.He went back to the room first, knelt in front of his father's spiritual tablet, told his father about his difficulties, and told his father that he was going to exchange jade seals for soldiers, horses, money and food to accomplish his career as a king, and hoped that his father would forgive him for what he had done for.

That night, Sun Ce had a dream, dreaming of his dead father Sun Jian. In the dream, instead of blaming Sun Ce for his actions, Sun Jian encouraged him to do what he wanted to do.

After waking up from the dream the next day, Sun Ce took the Chuanguo Yuxi with him, rode alone, left Liyang, and went to Shouchun in person, intending to exchange the Chuanguo Yuxi for soldiers, horses, money and food.

When Sun Ce came to Shouchun, he wanted to pledge the Chuanguo Yuxi, hoping to gain Yuan Shu's trust.

After Yuan Shu learned about it, he was overjoyed. Holding the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom, he couldn't put it down, and his eyes were even more greedy.

In Yuan Shu's view, Sun Ce's pledge of such an important treasure as a mortgage has already shown his sincerity, so Yuan Shu immediately gave Sun Ce two thousand infantry, five hundred cavalry, three thousand gold, and three thousand stones of food, and asked Sun Ce to replace him. Take Jiangdong by yourself.

Sun Ce left Shouchun with the troops, horses, money and food he had obtained from Yuan Shu, and headed straight for Liyang.

When the director Yan Xiang heard that Sun Ce had exchanged jade seals for soldiers, horses, money and food to attack Jiangdong, he immediately came to Yuan Shu and hoped that Yuan Shu would take back his order.

But Yuan Shu was only focused on Yuxi, and in his opinion, the soldiers, horses, money and food he gave to Sun Ce would definitely not be able to achieve any big things, so he didn't take it to heart, and said that Yan Xiang was too suspicious.

Yan Xiang strongly recommended Yuan Shu, but instead angered Yuan Shu, he was kicked out of the hall by Yuan Shu.

Yan Xiang also had a look of helplessness on his face, and in a fit of anger, he decided not to offer a plan for Yuan Shu from now on.

Sun Ce returned to Liyang with troops, money and food. Together with Wu Jing and Sun Ben, more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Liyang, a total of 600 people, were all under Sun Ce's command.

At the same time, Zhou Yu recruited another 400 people from Shucheng, all of whom belonged to Sun Ce.

So Sun Ce took Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Wu Jing, Sun Ben, Sun He, Lu Fan, Zhou Yu and others, as well as [-] soldiers and horses, across the Yangtze River in boats, and formally captured Jiangdong. Prepare to achieve a king's career.

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Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei took twenty followers from Qingzhou to Jingzhou, but in order to avoid the disaster of war, the road they chose was also very tortuous.

He started from Beihai, passed through Langya and Pengcheng, and then entered Peiguo and Runan in Yuzhou.

When a group of people traveled to Pingyu in Runan County, they saw a young man fighting against more than 20 thieves with his own strength, and he was fearless and extremely brave.Therefore, Liu Bei killed the gang of thieves together with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, and rescued the boy.

Liu Bei asked the boy's name, and only then did he know that the boy's name was Chen Dao. The gang of thieves killed all of Chen Dao's family members and people in the village, and Chen Dao came to seek revenge on the gang of thieves.

Seeing that Chen Dao was brave and good at fighting, Liu Bei wanted to take it for his own use, so he, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others followed Chen Dao to the thieves' lair and killed all the thieves.

After eradicating the gang of thieves, Liu Bei knew that Chen Dao was homeless, so he asked Chen Dao to go with him. In order to thank Liu Bei for saving his life, Chen Dao made it easier for Liu Bei to go on the road together, and he has followed Liu Bei ever since.

After that, Liu Bei and others set out on the road again, entering Jingzhou from Runan, passing through Nanyang County and arriving at Nanjun where Liu Biao was located.After a long journey, Liu Bei and others finally arrived in Jingzhou.

Therefore, Liu Bei sent Jian Yong, a native of the same county, with a letter of recommendation from Kong Rong, to Xiangyang to pay a visit to Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao first met Jian Yong, saw that Jian Yong was dignified and sincere, and read Kong Rong's recommendation letter. After learning that Liu Bei was a clan relative of the Han Dynasty, he sent a carriage and asked Jian Yong to pick Liu Bei to Xiangyang.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Chen Dao and others arrived in Xiangyang and went to meet Liu Biao together. Liu Biao and Liu Bei hit it off right away.

Later, Liu Biao appointed Liu Bei as the prefect of Wuling out of care for the same clan.Liu Bei was very grateful to Liu Biao, and thanked him again.

The next day, Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, and Chen Dao to bid farewell to Liu Biao and went to Wuling. Since then, he has gained a foothold in Jingzhou.

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Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

In a blink of an eye, a few months passed, and autumn followed.

In the past few months, Cao Cao was busy digging graves, raising funds, and sent a small group of troops disguised as thieves, carrying Yuan Shao on their backs, to Jizhou to loot houses and save food and grass.

Lu Bu used the grain and grass sent by Zhang Yan before to recruit and train troops.

But Zhang Yan devoted himself to managing and consolidating Xuzhou. During this period, he repelled Yuan Shu and captured Qingzhou, but he never used troops in Yanzhou.

Therefore, the three-legged Yanzhou territory is as calm as water, and there has been no war for several months.

Now that summer is coming and autumn is coming, the weather has become cooler, and Lu Bu, who is stationed in Dingtao, can no longer bear the loneliness, and plans to lead an army of [-] to attack Puyang where Cao Cao is located.He also wrote to Zhang Yan, inviting Zhang Yan to attack Cao Cao together and attack Cao Cao twice.

Yanzhou's short-lived peace is about to pass away, and war will also break out at any moment...

(End of this chapter)