The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 171 Chapter 171
Sun He's resistance bought time for Sun Ce and others to escape, and the group fled desperately towards Shicheng. Thirty miles away from Shicheng, everyone was exhausted and exhausted.

In desperation, Sun Ce had no choice but to order the whole army to rest in place temporarily.

However, no one expected that Xuzhou soldiers would suddenly come out at this time, and the leader was Zhang Yan's general Tai Shici.

Tai Shici led more than 1000 soldiers, waiting for work at ease, rushed forward, and directly killed Sun Ce.

Seeing this, Sun Ce was extremely surprised. He didn't expect Tai Shici to appear here. At this moment, although he had many soldiers and horses, they were all exhausted, and he was no match for Tai Shici and others at all.

In desperation, Sun Ce had no choice but to leave Han Dang and Huang Gai to lead the army to resist Tai Shici temporarily, while he led Zhou Yu, Sun Jing, Lu Fan, Zhu Zhi, Dong Xi and others to retreat to Shicheng first.

Han Dang and Huang Gai blocked Tai Shici's attack, and Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others were able to escape.

But Tai Shici was extremely brave, and Han Dang and Huang Gai, who were already physically and mentally exhausted, were no match. Han Dang was stabbed in the hand by Tai Shici, and Huang Gai was stabbed in the shoulder by Tai Shici. Let's go together and flee elsewhere.

Tai Shici did not go after Han Dang and Huang Gai, but led his troops to pursue Sun Ce, because his target was Sun Ce.

Sun Ce rushed all the way with the remnants of the army, and his own soldiers volunteered to stay and resist Tai Shici, but none of them were Tai Shici's opponents, and they were all defeated by Tai Shici.These personal soldiers did not retreat, to a certain extent, blocked Tai Shici's way forward and bought more time for Sun Ce.

Sun Ce didn't dare to stop along the way. When he was about to reach Shicheng, there were only more than 300 cavalry around him, and everyone's faces were extremely tired.

Sun Ce and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the "Sun" banner was still hanging on the wall of Shicheng.

When Sun Ce came to the city, he was out of breath, took a breath, and shouted at the soldiers on the wall, "Open the gate!"

When the soldiers saw Sun Ce coming, they immediately opened the city gate. Sun Ce rode forward and was about to enter the city when he heard Zhou Yu behind him say, "Wait a minute, my lord."

Sun Ce reined in the horse, turned to look at Zhou Yu, and asked, "Gong Jin, is there anything wrong?"

Zhou Yu came to Sun Ce's side and said to Sun Ce: "Be careful in everything. Tai Shici is in ambush on the way, but Shicheng is safe and sound. I think it's a bit strange. Why don't you send people into the city to tango to the end? If there is no danger, it will not be too late to enter the city!" "

Sun Ce nodded, called Zhu Zhi, and said, "Everyone in the stone city is your subordinates, so you can enter the city for me to find out!"

"Here!"

After receiving the order, Zhu Zhi immediately rode his horse to the city. When he reached the gate of the city, he reined in the horse and looked around, but he didn't see his army commander, so he asked, "Where is the army commander?"

As soon as the shout fell, an army Sima came out of the city with a few soldiers. As soon as he appeared, he immediately shouted at Zhu Zhi: "My lord, go, the city has been occupied by Xuzhou soldiers..."

Before the army Sima could finish speaking, the soldiers behind him beheaded him directly.Zhu Zhi was taken aback and turned his horse's head. Just as he was about to escape, the soldiers by the city gate rushed up and dragged Zhu Zhi off his horse.

Zhu Zhi immediately shouted at Sun Ce who was outside the city: "My lord, go!"

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Sun Jing, Lu Fan and others were all startled when they saw this scene. Seeing that the soldiers tied up Zhu Zhi, they were helpless.

At this moment, all the Xuzhou soldiers on the city tower showed up, and the first person wearing the armor was Lu Dai, the loyal school captain under Zhang Yan's tent.

Lü Dai was not in Yangzhou. In order to get rid of Sun Ce smoothly, Zhang Yan secretly mobilized Lü Dai's troops from Xuzhou to support him. He captured Shicheng early and acted according to his instructions.

Seeing that the incident was exposed, Lu Dai immediately asked the archers in the city to shoot at Sun Ce and others. Sun Ce and others retreated one after another. Seeing that Shicheng was occupied by Zhang Yan, he didn't know what to do.

With resentment on Sun Ce's face, Danyang and Shicheng were lost one after another, and only a few hundred remnants of his subordinates remained. How could he still gain a foothold in Jiangdong?

Zhou Yu said: "My lord, Shicheng has also been occupied by Xuzhou soldiers. Our army has lost its foundation in Jiangdong. Why not retreat to Licheng temporarily and make another plan!"

"That's the only way!" Although Sun Ce was extremely reluctant, at this moment, there was nothing he could do.

His uncle Wu Jing was still there in Licheng, if he didn't go there, where else could he go?

Wu Jing originally followed Sun Ce to Jiangdong, but in order to save a way out, Sun Ce followed Zhou Yu's suggestion and asked Wu Jing to lead a thousand troops back to Licheng to garrison.

What Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't expect was that such an inadvertent arrangement actually became a reality.Now they have no choice but to lead the remnant soldiers to join Wu Jing.

Sun Ce was forced to lead the remnants of the army to escape. He hated Jiangdong and came in a mighty way, but fled back in embarrassment.Without Zhang Yan's intervention, perhaps he would be able to sweep Jiangdong and fulfill his ambition.Up to now, Sun Ce is full of hatred for Zhang Yan, and secretly vowed that one day, he will make Zhang Yan pay for his blood.

A group of people made their way to Niuzhu, searched around for some boats, carried the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and were forced to retreat to Licheng.

The Yangtze River is rolling and the waves are constant. Sun Ce has lost this good opportunity. I don't know when he will set foot on Jiangdong again?
Sun Ce was defeated and fled. Liu Yao regained the lost ground and stationed his elite soldiers and horses in Niuzhu to prevent Sun Ce from crossing the river again to fight.

Zhang Yan was able to successfully repel Sun Ce because of the help of Zu Lang and Jiao Ji. The promise he made to these two thieves before should be fulfilled by now.

So Zhang Yan went to Liu Yao himself and persuaded Liu Yao to make Zu Lang the prefect of Danyang and Jiao Ji the captain of Danyang.

In view of Zu Lang and Jiao Ji's help to him, Liu Yao also agreed very heartily.However, Liu Yao ceded the eight counties of Jingxian, Wanling, Shexian, Yuqian, Lingyang, Guzhang, Yixian, and Chungu. These eight counties formed the new Danyang County, while Wuhu, The eight counties of Liyang, Danyang, Shicheng, Hushu, Moling, Jurong, and Jiangcheng, together with the two counties of Qu'a and Dantu in Wu County, constitute Jinling County.

It stands to reason that Liu Yao is still very smart. Zu Lang and Jiao Ji were already active in these counties. He ceded eight counties to form a new Danyang County. No loss, the thieves in these counties were rampant, and he had already abandoned them.

But for Zu Lang and Jiao Ji, even so, they were very happy. In this way, it means that they have changed from thieves to officials, and it is justifiable for them to speak in that area.

However, Liu Yao has made an agreement with Zu Lang and Jiao that they are not allowed to copy the people and do what the thieves did before.

Zu Lang and Jiao had changed from thieves to officials. They were so happy that they agreed to Liu Yao's wishes.

In this way, the matter has been satisfactorily resolved.Sun Ce was repelled, and even Zu Lang and Jiao Ji became Liu Yao's subordinates, Liu Yao was very happy.

However, for the Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Chen Wu, Sun He, Dong Xi and other generals who absconded under Sun Ce's account, Liu Yao posted a wanted order, and those who caught them would be rewarded.

With the help of Zhang Yan, Liu Yao successfully defended Jiangdong and repelled Sun Ce, and he also deeply felt Zhang Yan's strength.

Therefore, after everything was settled, Liu Yao offered to marry his daughter to Tai Shici as his wife.

Zhang Yan was naturally very pleasantly surprised, so he, Liu Yao and others organized Tai Shici's wedding together, and got married in Moling City.

For this reason, Liu Yao also specially moved the government office from Qu'a to Moling City.

After Tai Shici's wedding, Zhang Yan led his army back to Xuzhou, but Liu Yao was afraid that Sun Ce would come again, so at Liu Yao's invitation, Zhang Yan left Chen Deng, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin behind to garrison at Xuzhou. Niuzhu, across the river from Sun Ce.

Zhang Yan led Tai Shici, Zhang Hong, Lu Dai and others back to Xuzhou...

(End of this chapter)