"You mean...to use my father's imperial seal to exchange for that Yuan Shu?"
"Yes."
Sun Ce said: "I don't feel sorry that this jade seal is gone, but it is something that my father specially asked Uncle Huang to give to me before he died. It is of great significance..."
In this regard, Zhou Yu said: "The reason why Uncle Sun gave the jade seal to you, second brother, is not because he hopes that you can achieve great success in the future?
Now use it as a price to go to Yuan Shu to exchange for Uncle Sun's troops, and then help the elder brother dominate Jiangdong. Isn't this a great cause? "
"The third brother said yes. But...do I need to discuss this matter with the eldest brother?"
"No, why don't we create a surprise for our eldest brother? When it's done, we will definitely make him look at us with admiration."
The two hit it off immediately and did whatever they wanted.
That night, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu crossed the river alone to meet Yuan Shu in Yuzhou.
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Yuzhou
Runan
Sun Ce took out the imperial seal and presented it to Yuan Shu.
After seeing the imperial seal, Yuan Shu's heart trembled with excitement, and he carefully examined it as if he had found a treasure: "You...you mean, you want to use this imperial seal to exchange for your father's army?"
"Yes, I also ask Mr. Yuan to agree."
Sun Jian's troops during his lifetime were as many as 20,000 to 30,000. Sun Ce knew that Yuan Shu would not return all his father's troops to him. The reason why he said this was to raise the price so as to leave enough room for bargaining.
As expected, Yuan Shu did not agree immediately, but slowly spoke: "Bo Fu, I heard that you are now the governor of Yangzhou?"
"Back to Mr. Yuan, yes."
"Since your father's army is on my side, why not... how about you come and follow me?"
Sun Ce declined: "Thank you so much, Mr. Yuan, for thinking so highly of Sun Ce. If it were before, Sun Ce would have agreed without hesitation. Unfortunately, Sun Ce is now working under his eldest brother. But my eldest brother and Mr. Yuan are close allies, so how can we tell them apart? Sun Ce I can help Mr. Yuan anywhere."
"Haha, that's true." Yuan Shu saw that he couldn't poach Sun Ce, but he would definitely not give away all the troops that Sun Jian had during his lifetime, but he also wanted this national jade seal in front of him...
At this time, Sun Ce opened his mouth and paved the way for Yuan Shu: "Sun Ce knows that it is time for Duke Yuan to use his troops, and his father's army should stay to help Duke Yuan. Sun Ce only needs a few generals under his father."
This played into Yuan Shu's favour. He had no shortage of generals under his command. As long as the soldiers were there, Yuan Shu thought it would be a good deal to trade Sun Jian's generals for the national jade seal. "Well...then just follow what Bo Fu said."
In this way, Sun Ce exchanged the imperial seal for his father's old troops, which were:
Nine generals including Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, and Sun Ben.
After learning the cause of the matter, these nine people were also willing to follow Sun Ce, the son of the former master Sun Jian, to Yangzhou...
Xuzhou
Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and his family were preparing to go to Yanzhou to defect to Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, they were killed while passing through Xuzhou. It is said that they were killed by Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, who was motivated by his wealth.
After Cao Cao learned of his father's death, he was filled with grief and anger. In the name of avenging his father, Cao Cao launched an all-out attack on Xuzhou.
At that time, Cao Cao had 100,000 soldiers in Qingzhou, and together with other miscellaneous troops, the total strength was nearly 200,000. After Cao Cao's army entered Xuzhou, they massacred cities and exterminated people, leaving no chickens or dogs behind. It was unstoppable.
Tao Qian was so frightened that he repeatedly appealed for help to Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou near Xuzhou, Liu Bei, the commander of Pingyuan, and Chen Feng, the governor of Yangzhou below.
Although tens of thousands of people were gone, facing Cao Cao who had 200,000 troops, Pingyuan Commander Liu Bei didn't blink an eyelid after receiving the call for help, and led his only more than a thousand soldiers into Xuzhou to rescue Tao Qian... …
at the same time
Yangzhou
"Report! My lord, what's wrong, the governor and military advisor crossed the river to defect to Yuan Shu last night!"
Niu Dalian went into the house and spoke to Chen Feng.
This morning, Niu Da was ordered by Chen Feng to go to the navy station to see how Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were training. But when Niu Da went to the navy station, he found that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were missing. After asking, he found out that they had escaped. Crossed the river to meet Yuan Shu.
Hearing this, Chen Feng shook his head: "No, my second and third brothers can't be that kind of person."
"It's the real lord..." Niu Daji told him exactly what he had learned.
Chen Feng still didn't believe it, thinking that there must be their reasons for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to cross the river to see Yuan Shu.
really
It didn't take long for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to come back, and he also brought back nine impressive people wearing military armor.
"Brother! I've hired someone for you."
After returning to Yangzhou, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu immediately came to claim credit from Chen Feng.
Chen Feng was puzzled: "Who are you poaching?"
Sun Ce then told Chen Fie that he had exchanged the imperial seal for his father's general.
This happened quite suddenly. Suddenly there were nine more generals. After hearing this, Chen Feng laughed and praised Sun Ce and Zhou Yu:
"Haha, you two boys are such damn talents!"
"But you must tell me first if you have anything to do next time. Don't you two know how dangerous this world is? You can't do anything without permission next time, otherwise you will be dealt with by military law, are you clear?"
"It's clear, brother."
With the addition of nine generals including Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, and Sun Ben, the Yangzhou military framework has been basically established.
"My lord, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, sent an envoy across the river to ask for an audience." At this time, Lu Su came in.
"Oh? Xuzhou? What is it?"
Lu Su replied: "Cao Cao from Yanzhou led his army to attack Xuzhou. Tao, the governor, could not resist and sent people to ask us to send troops to rescue him."
[Ding dong, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, and the side mission [Danger of Xuzhou] was triggered. 】
[Choice 1: Aid Tao Qian and send troops to Xu. Help Tao Qian resist Cao Cao's army. Rewards: Monarch Charm +20, "Free Range Chicken" x 1000, "Clown Duck" x 1000, "Black Swan" x 1000. 】
[Choice 2: Take advantage of others' danger and do nothing. In response to Cao Cao, they joined forces to attack Xuzhou. Rewards: Monarch Charm -20, "Zhuge Liannu" x 5000, "Siege Ladder" x 100. 】
[Option 3: Watch the fire from the other side and stand still. Reward: "Russian imported military high-power ultra-clear binoculars" × 10 pieces. 】
Well...this is an opportunity to enhance the monarch's charm.
Chen Feng thought to himself: His monarch charm has increased by 25 points since he became famous in the last battle with Lu Bu. Adding the original 20 points, the total is now 45 points. 45 is still too low, and no one wants to follow me.
So this time Chen Feng decided to download the dungeon in Xuzhou in order to earn a wave of popularity and increase his monarch charm.
"Second brother and third brother, Zijing, I will leave Yangzhou to you for the time being. I will come back as soon as I go."
After giving instructions to Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su, Chen Feng came to the navy station to order troops and generals.
In addition to Zhou Tai's thousand Tangjia swordsmen, he also asked the newly joined Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to lead ten thousand new soldiers (infantry) to follow...
