Sun Jian's question left Sun Ce speechless and his face turned red. Sun Ce obviously realized his mistake and could only bow his head again and remain silent.
Sun Ce has such a character, he is easily impulsive and obsessed with the present. Compared with strategic vision, compared with laying out the front line, sitting in the middle army, and commanding multiple troops, Sun Ce is more suitable for one-on-one bravery and ruthlessness. To put it simply, the current Sun Ce is a general who likes to charge into battle, rather than a general who makes overall plans. It's not that Sun Ce is wrong, but Sun Jian obviously has high hopes for Sun Ce and hopes to train Sun Ce to become the latter.
Regarding the performance of the two brothers this time, although Sun Quan was too risky, to be honest, Sun Jian was quite satisfied with Sun Quan. The reason why he was so angry and lectured Sun Quan was completely subjective. It was because Sun Quan was too important to take risks. If someone else had done the same thing as Sun Quan, he would definitely be praised by Sun Jian in public and promoted to a noble rank. .
But as for Sun Ce, after setting off the smoke, he only thought that his own side would come to support him, but never thought of the possibility of luring the enemy there. This is a principled mistake and will inevitably be severely criticized!
The enemy didn't come to reinforce this time. Was it because Sun Ce was lucky? No, it can no longer be called good luck. Under normal circumstances, when the enemy sees smoke from behind, if it was released by Lu Bu, then they should immediately support them. Even if it was not released by Lu Bu but by Sun Jian's army, the appearance of the smoke means that Sun Jian's troops will send reinforcements soon. In theory, Dong Zhuojun should also come to support.
From this look, there was at least a 90% chance that the enemy would send reinforcements, so Sun Ce shouldn't fight with them at all. Or, decisively choose to retreat. Even if you really don't want to give up this victory, you should fight and retreat, and try to lure the enemy's troops to your side. This will at least ensure that your own reinforcements arrive before the enemy's reinforcements!
In short, Sun Ce's victory this time was completely a stroke of luck. It is very undesirable to expect the enemy to make mistakes.
After this battle,
Although it looked like a victory on the surface, Sun Ce was demoted three levels in the end. As for Sun Quan, although his level was not lowered, of course it was impossible to lower him, but under Sun Ce's command, he was also at a low level. The brothers can only command about a dozen soldiers now, and they are no longer qualified to leave the camp, so they can only stay in the base camp to train every day.
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Leaving the main tent,
Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce with helplessness on his face. What did he expect from Sun Ce in the first place? It's not that I hope to encourage this big brother to do something "extraordinary" at the critical moment. Even though Sun Ce doesn't have many soldiers, they are all elites. As a highly mobile and powerful force, they couldn't be better.
It turned out that it was good now. I only had one group of soldiers under my command. With this small number of troops, even if they could successfully ambush and catch people by surprise, they would not have any effect at all. Even if you burn some food and grass, it probably won’t be enough to see.
what to do? Do you really want to do it yourself? But he is a little kid, no matter how many extraordinary achievements he makes, he will never be able to rise to a high position in a short period of time. In comparison, Sun Ce already had a lot of prestige, and this kind of thing could not be established in a day or two.
"Haha, second brother, don't worry, isn't it just a downgrade?" Sun Ce patted Sun Quan's shoulder and said with a smile. Sun Ce himself looked at this direct downgrade to three levels very openly.
"Brother, you can't say that, can you? I think my father is really angry." Sun Quan sighed.
"No, no, no." Sun Ce shook his head, "Second brother, you don't understand. The angrier our father is, the more important he is to us. In the military camp, never be afraid of not being able to get ahead. What you really need to worry about is not having a chance! If our father had just kicked us out of the military camp, we would be really desperate, which means that our father has judged that we are not the material. But it is different now. Father has kept us, which means that this is just a spur to us, and he will give us more The opportunity allows us to perform!”
As he spoke, Sun Ce approached Sun Quan and smiled lowly,
"Hehe, there's nothing I can do about it, who's my biological son? If you said we were always hanging out at the bottom of the army, no one would believe us, right?"
"Um...brother, where do you think this opportunity comes from?" Sun Quan couldn't help but said, "Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo's reinforcements have arrived. This war is no longer a small fight. I guess father The reason why we are reducing our military power is for our safety. We don’t want us to get involved in this war and leave the opportunity to the future, right?”
"Well, second brother, what you said makes sense. But you underestimate our father too much. Yes, this war is indeed not something you and I can get involved in, but precisely because of the grandness of the scene, it is rare to make people Opportunities for growth. I believe that my father will never completely hide us. He will definitely arrange tasks for us, and they are not completely insignificant tasks!" Sun Ce said.
After hearing this, Sun Quan rolled his eyes and said,
"Based on my elder brother's many years of experience, what kind of tasks will my father assign us in the end?"
Sun Ce narrowed his eyes slightly, approached Sun Quan, and whispered,
"If nothing else happens, it will be..."
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This side,
Lu Bu brought a small number of vanguard troops, and at first he only planned to test it out. Unexpectedly, only Lu Bu came back in the end. The entire army may not be wiped out, but the remaining soldiers have already fled in all directions. In a short time, they probably won't be able to regroup and return.
"Why didn't we send troops to help?!"
The first time Lu Bu came back, he angrily approached Hua Xiong to question him. Lu Bu was very proud and had a strong self-esteem, but the more he behaved like this, the less willing he was to admit his mistakes. Therefore, Lu Bu attributed all the reasons for failure to Hua Xiong who did not send troops to support him.
"Huh? Could it be that the smoke was set by General Lu?" Hua Xiong put on an expression of disbelief, as if to say, Lu Bu, the best in the world, would also take the initiative to send a signal for help?
When Hua Xiong came out, he blocked most of Lu Bu's words.
"The smoke was naturally set off by the enemy." Lu Bu replied weakly, and then said fiercely, "But since the enemy has asked for reinforcements, why don't you send troops to block their reinforcements?!"
"General Lu, this is wrong." Hua Xiong shook his head, "As we all know, Sun Jian, as a descendant of Sun Tzu, is a god in military use. Since it was Sun Jian's army that sent out the smoke, how could I dare to act rashly before I understand the truth? What if this is Sun Jian’s plan to lure me out deliberately, attack rashly, and step into the enemy’s trap? Or maybe it’s to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and what if the base camp is directly raided?”
After hearing Hua Xiong's explanation, Lu Bu's face became angry. He didn't know that Hua Xiong was deliberately teasing him.
"Since you don't want to fight, then hand over the military power to me!" Lu Bu slammed the table.
Hua Xiong seemed unhurried. It was Lu Bu who failed this time. Hua Xiong was very confident.
"General Lu, it's not that I don't want to hand over my military power, but I can't be the master of this kind of thing. Otherwise, I will report your wishes, General Lu, to Dong Xiangguo, and ask Dong Xiangguo to hand over my military power to you. ?" Hua Xiong said.
"No!"
Lu Bu quickly stopped him. He was not stupid. Once Hua Xiong was really asked to report it to Dong Zhuo, it would be strange not to arouse Dong Zhuo's suspicion. What do you, Lu Bu, want to do? Support your own troops, do you want to rebel?
