Sun Ce rode his horse and walked slowly on the streets of Xiapi City. The fire had been put out, but there was still some residual smoke steaming on the coke.
The early morning light has spread all over the earth, but no one goes out on the roads in the city. Pairs of eyes peek through the cracks in the windows and doors at the Chu army entering the city, and examine the army.
The Chu army had strict military laws and strictly prohibited plundering the people, so Sun Ce had no intention of explaining anything. Although Sun Ce hated Liu Bei, he also knew that Liu Bei's policies won the hearts of the people and trust could not be established overnight. He believed that time would prove that he could do better than Liu Bei.
At this moment, Sun Ce Jin walked straight into Liu Bei's Han Palace.
The resistance on this battlefield was the fiercest. If Jiang Qin hadn't sent someone to report Liu Bei's whereabouts later, Sun Ce would have almost thought that Liu Bei had decided to die with the city. As a monarch, it is normal to surrender or die after losing all the land. It is extremely difficult to start over if you keep on the run. In this regard, Liu Bei is very much like Liu Bang.
But if Cao Cao is not Xiang Yu, will he give Liu Bei a chance?
Sun Ce smiled contemptuously and walked towards the meeting hall in the middle of the Han Palace.
This is the most completely preserved place. With no way to retreat, Liu Feng committed suicide in front of the door, allowing the last twenty or thirty soldiers to surrender. This must have a deep meaning to him.
"Bury Liu Feng with dignity. Also, don't touch anything in this meeting hall."
"Take orders!"
After giving the instructions, Sun Ce opened the door of the meeting hall.
This place is far worse than his Prince Chu's Mansion. It can only be regarded as simple and clean.
Sun Ce reluctantly walked to the seat at the top where Liu Bei was suspected to be and sat down. Xu Sheng then walked in, thinking that he had almost collected all the information in the city.
Sure enough, Xu Sheng walked up to him and spoke.
"Your Majesty, our army has wiped out more than 8,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than 10,000 people in this battle. Xiapi City has been completely controlled by our army. Except for Liu Feng who committed suicide, the enemy generals Chen Dao and Zhou Cang have been captured. Zhang Xun Three generals, including Liu Bei, Ji Ling, and Chen Lan, had intended to surrender to the lord, and the staff and political officials under Liu Bei's account were all under house arrest. The king had to order the disposal. Only Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, and Mi Zhu's whereabouts were still unknown. OK, as for Guan Yu..."
Xu Sheng secretly glanced at Sun Ce and continued.
"General Gan has wiped out all the Han troops fleeing to the west, and only allowed Guan Yu to escape with Liu Bei's young son. General Gan has tied himself to the Chinese army camp to plead guilty. Please tell me how to deal with it."
Zhang Xun, Zhou Cang, Ji Ling, and Chen Lan are all old faces under Yuan Shu. They are no strangers to Sun Ce. It seems that they surrendered to Liu Bei after Cao Cao and Liu Bei destroyed Yuan Shu. It is reasonable for three of them to be willing to surrender so quickly. Among them, including Liao Hua who has surrendered, there are quite a few people who can be used.
It's just that Gan Ning is doing well, so what's the crime?
Sun Ce glared at Xu Sheng angrily.
"Tie yourself to the camp to plead guilty? Could it be that Xingba had a fight with Guan Yu, felt sympathy for each other, and deliberately let Guan Yu go?"
this!
Xu Sheng quickly lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
Rarely seeing Xu Sheng's embarrassed look, Sun Ce laughed, threw his helmet on the table and said.
"Okay, Xingba is a very upright person, but he has been led astray by Ziyuan. He is still tied up. Did Ziyuan tie him up? Tell Xingba to come here quickly and drink with me."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are peerless generals who are hard to find in the world! As the lord, how could Sun Ce not cherish it?
It can only be lamented that in Sun Ce's heart, Liu Bei must kill Liu Bei, and how can he use Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who are sworn brothers with him?
It's worthless, it's worthless. It’s tasteless to eat, it’s a pity to throw it away! Just let him go.
After hearing Sun Ce's words, Xu Sheng's face suddenly relaxed a lot. He was about to pass the order to Gan Ning when he suddenly saw Hou Chengfeng rushing in, holding a wooden box tightly wrapped in brocade in his hand. He didn't know who it was. 's head.
Xu Sheng was not in a hurry to leave, and stood aside for a while to take a look.
I only heard Hou Cheng report excitedly.
"Your Majesty, after the Yulin Army discovered Liu Bei's traces, General Jiang led us to pursue Langxie. We killed the enemy general Zhang Fei on the way, and finally captured Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others before they entered Langxie! The last general led us More than a hundred elite cavalry rushed to report the message first, and General Jiang is escorting people back to Xiapi."
Not only Xu Shengda was shocked, but even Sun Ce suddenly stood up.
"How could you kill Zhang Fei?!"
Sun Ce knew that Wei Yan, the most powerful of the Yulin army, came to the east gate to meet him, while Jiang Qin only led two to three thousand men to pursue him. Although he later asked Zhao Yun to lead a thousand fine cavalry to pursue him, to be honest, , he believed that the chance of catching Liu Bei was only 50%.
The most important factor in this judgment is Zhang Fei. A strong man at the peak of martial arts can bring too many uncertain factors. Even if he is injured on the frontal battlefield, it is difficult to say that there are only two or three thousand people who can keep him.
If such a person dies, even if you kill him in a drunken dream, it will be enough to make you famous among the princes!
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Sun Ce was overjoyed to know that Liu Bei had been captured. The battle was finally over. At this time, he did not hesitate to praise him and walked down quickly to help Hou Cheng up with both hands.
"You did a good job! The Yulin Army should be credited with the first victory in this battle! Is Zhang Fei's head in the box?"
Xu Sheng on the side was shocked and couldn't help but punch Hou Cheng on the shoulder and said "severe".
Hou Cheng smiled so hard that his mouth was split to the back of his head, but he said.
"My lord, this wooden box is not Zhang Fei's head."
Sun Ce and Xu Sheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Then why are you holding it?
It can't be Liu Bei's, right? Jiang Qin dared to take matters into his own hands?
Hou Cheng didn't know what the two of them were thinking, but the smile on his face couldn't stop. He had quickly untied the brocade cloth and opened the wooden box.
However, there is an exquisite wooden box inside the wooden box. Hou Cheng placed the brocade box on the table next to him and carefully took out the wooden box. The moment he opened the box, Hou Cheng knelt down again and held the box in front of Sun Ce with both hands.
"My lord, this is the imperial seal!"
Xu Sheng's eyes were full of surprise, and he quickly knelt down on one knee and laughed wildly.
"Congratulations, lord! Congratulations, lord! It's your destiny, it's just and true!"
Sun Ce was stunned. He reached out and took out the jade seal in the box.
This square jade seal is only slightly larger than a fist. It is flawless and natural. Unfortunately, one corner is broken and is set in gold. Turn it over, and there are eight seal characters engraved on it: "Ordered by heaven, you will live forever."
Now Sun Ce has learned that the imperial seal was left by Dong Zhuo to trap Cao Cao, but Cao Cao unexpectedly gave it to the Jiangdong Army without knowing it. It is a pity that his father Sun Jian really died because of this, his reputation was ruined, and the Sun family also declined.
When he decided to raise an army to take back Jiangdong, he took the jade seal and made a deal with Yuan Shu. After that, he settled in Jiangdong and challenged Liu Biao, and never paid attention to the jade seal again. Now that I think about it, when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and was destroyed by the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the jade seal would naturally be in the hands of one of these two people. However, both parties kept it secret. I'm afraid it was just a deal between Liu Bei and Cao Cao.
Who would have thought about going around in circles, this thing is back in his hands today.
Seeing the excitement in the eyes of Hou Cheng and Xu Sheng, as if they were destined to be fervent, this scene was like going back to the day when Sun Jian got the jade seal. At first, he felt that his father had a destiny, and he felt a little at a loss because his father and son had taught him to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country since he was a child.
But at this moment, there wasn't even a trace of emotion in his heart, he just felt funny.
"I never rely on fate to conquer the world! I rely on soldiers to sacrifice their lives! Get up."
Sun Ce helped the two of them get up. Xu Sheng and Hou Cheng looked at each other and just giggled, not knowing what to say.
Sun Ce put the jade seal into the box and said to Hou Cheng.
"Okay, let's record another meritorious deed for the Yu Lin Army and give it to the soldiers outside the door for safekeeping. When Jiang Qin comes back, ask him to throw Liu Bei into the prison and keep him under strict supervision."
"Xu Sheng is no longer here. Xing Ba is still tied up in the Chinese army camp. I invited them all to drink."
The two of them were beaming with joy, and had been laughing from ear to ear since just now. When they heard about drinking, their eyebrows were dancing, and they hurriedly said in unison.
"Take orders!"
"Report! Emergency military information!"
Xu Sheng and Hou Cheng were about to leave when suddenly another messenger rushed in. Before the person arrived, the voice came first.
Is there any urgent military situation now?
Sun Ce and others were a little confused, and the soldiers said while presenting the intelligence.
"Dong Zhuo's army has captured Hanzhong, Zhang Lu is dead, and the state of Lu has been destroyed."
The Qin army actually attacked the east and west with one hand, and his target was the land of Sichuan!
Sun Ce felt a chill rush straight to his forehead.
