So Liu Yao's more than a thousand troops fought in a melee with Cheng Pu and other twelve cavalry. Sun Ce and Tai Shici continued to fight. When they reached the vicinity of Shenling, they suddenly heard shouts. It was Zhou Yu who arrived with a pair of men and horses. Liu Yao's army also They all arrived and kept fighting from above. The color began to darken. Suddenly, dark clouds gathered, and there was a storm and heavy rain. They had to withdraw their troops each time.
The next day, Sun Ce led his troops to Liu Yao's camp. Liu Yao did not give in and accepted the challenge. Near the formation, Sun Ce took out Taishi Ci's halberd and said with a smile: "Yesterday I had a decisive battle with you Taishi Ci. If he hadn’t escaped quickly, I might have had his head in my hands.”
After hearing this, Taishi Ci also announced Sun Ce's bag in front of the battle, and asked the sergeant to shout: "Sun Ce's head is already in my hand!"
The two armies actually fell into a scolding war. One side was boasting about victory, the other was assertive, and it was difficult to tell the difference for a while.
In the end, Tai Shi Ci threatened to challenge Sun Ce again, and Sun Ce was ready to come out to fight. Cheng Pu said: "This character doesn't need my lord to come forward at all. Let me go out and capture him myself."
Cheng Pu walked out. Taishi Ci was a little disappointed when he saw that it was not Sun Ce, and said: "You are no match for me, so let Sun Ce come out, so as not to become a scapegoat!"
Cheng Pu was very angry after hearing this. A young man on the other side actually uttered arrogant words, so he drew his gun and attacked Tai Shi Ci. The two dueled for more than 30 rounds, with some winning and losing. Liu Yao suddenly ordered the gold to retreat.
Taishi Ci said: "My lord, why did you withdraw your troops? I was about to capture this thief general?"
Liu Yao shook his head and said: "Someone came to report just now. It was Zhou Yu who led the troops to attack Qu'a. The reason was that there was a man named Chen Wu from Songzi in Lujiang, named Zilie, as an internal agent. Our foundation has been destroyed. This place cannot be destroyed." If you stay any longer, get to Moling and meet Xue Li and Zuo Rong's troops. I have already contacted them and sent someone to pick us up."
After Taishi Ci learned the true situation, he put away his warlike intentions and followed Liu Yao to retreat. Sun Ce did not pursue him because he knew the reason for the opponent's withdrawal.
Chief Shi Zhang Zhao said: "Their rear has been attacked by Zhou Yu. Now the whole army has no will to fight. We will go to rob the camp tonight."
After hearing this, Sun Ce thought it made sense and immediately accepted it. That night he divided his troops into five groups and marched forward. Liu Yao's army was defeated and everyone dispersed, not knowing where they were going. It was difficult for Tai Shici to support the situation by himself, so he went to Jingxian County at night.
In Pei, Yu Yi was chatting with Chen Deng and others. Chen Deng said: "I heard that Yuan Shu got the jade seal from Sun Ce. Sun Ce used the jade seal as a mortgage and borrowed some soldiers and horses. He is fighting fiercely in Jiangdong."
Yu Yi said: "Yuan Shu is considering one thing at the expense of the other. It is better for Sun Ce to take Jiangdong as his foundation and then plot the Central Plains. It is not much better than a useless jade seal."
Sun Qian said: "Yes, I heard that Sun Ce also recruited a counselor named Zhou Yu. With two of them, he is now even more powerful!"
Yu Yi sighed and said: "In the disputes in the Central Plains, my eldest brother Liu Bei has no foundation. Even with Xuzhou, he really can't hold it. I think Yunnan is vast and sparsely populated, suitable for development. If eldest brother can concentrate resources there, he can plot It’s not difficult in the Central Plains.”
After hearing this, Chen Deng's eyes lit up and he said, "What a great idea!"
After hearing this, Sun Qian was full of praise and said, "Why don't you tell your lord this idea?"
Yu Yi smiled and said: "My eldest brother's heart is in the Han Dynasty now, and everything is dominated by the Han Dynasty. In his mind, establishing a stronghold in Yunnan is an act of rebellion. Wouldn't it make him angry?"
Liang Ru nodded, they also knew Liu Bei's temper. In fact, Yu Yi, as a counselor, also came up with many ideas, but most of them were not adopted.
In fact, Yu Yi's idea stems from Sun Ce's idea of borrowing troops to go to Jiangdong, and also from his own idea of playing the Three Kingdoms game. Establishing a stronghold in the Central Plains will be attacked by various surrounding forces. In Yunnan, on the one hand, he can Recruiting troops and buying horses can, on the one hand, watch the situation in the Central Plains and benefit from it.
The last few people sighed a few words and left.
Previously, Chen Deng and Sun Qian were not optimistic about the young man Yu Yi, thinking that he was young, immodest and very arrogant. However, after Yu Yi's words were verified time and time again, they began to admire Yu Yi's resourcefulness.
After Sun Ce's great victory, he got a general named Chen Wu. He was seven feet long, had a yellow face and red eyes, and had a strange appearance. Sun Ce liked it very much and worshiped him as a captain, making him a vanguard to attack Xue Zha.
Chen Wu, with only about ten cavalrymen, rushed into the formation and beheaded more than fifty enemies.
Xue Li had never encountered such a ruthless character. He closed the city gate tightly and did not dare to come out. Sun Ce ordered an all-out attack on the city.
Suddenly someone reported that it was Liu Yao who had joined Zuo Rong to fetch Niuzhu. Sun Ce was furious and led his troops in person towards Niuzhu.
Liu Yao and Zuo Rong marched out to meet the enemy. Sun Ce said, "You saw my army coming, why didn't you surrender?"
A general behind Liu Yao came out with a gun. It was his subordinate Yu Mi. He was captured alive by Sun Ce before they fought for a few rounds. Another general, Fan Neng, saw that Sun Ce had easily captured Yu Mi and hurried over to attack him. Sun Ce rushed to the rear.
The method is very dark, but in full view of the public, the possibility of success is basically zero. I just heard the sergeant on Sun Ce's side yelling: "There is someone plotting behind his back!"
After hearing this, Sun Ce suddenly turned around and found that a general's horse was passing by. He shouted loudly, the sound was as loud as thunder. Fan Neng was frightened and fell off the horse. His head fell to the ground and was broken like this. With his head dead, Sun Ce threw Yu Mi to the ground. Unexpectedly, he was so strong that he crushed the man to death.
In the blink of an eye, two generals died like this, one was pinched to death, and the other was frightened to death. This incident immediately spread among the army, and someone gave Sun Ce a nickname, "Overlord!"
Things happened in a blink of an eye on the battlefield. Liu Yao was defeated, and many people were disappointed. Sun Ce beheaded more than 10,000 people from all sides.
Liu Yao and Zuo Rong knew that they had no strength to return, so they went to Liu Biao from Yuzhang.
After the situation was resolved here, Sun Ce turned around and attacked Moling. He went to the city in person to summon Xue Li to surrender. Suddenly, a cold arrow was secretly fired from the city wall, which hit Sun Ce's left leg. He turned over and fell from his horse. All the generals rushed forward to rescue him. When they arrived at the camp, they invited Xue Li to surrender. The doctor came and pulled out the bow and arrow and applied it with gold medicine.
This situation had a great impact on the morale of the army, so Sun Ce ordered to declare to the outside world that he had died due to being hit by an arrow, held mourning in the army, and then pretended to withdraw from the camp.
After hearing the news, Xue Li arrived and was very happy. He thought that the opportunity to counterattack had come, so he mobilized the troops in the city that night and fought out of the city with the generals Zhang Ying and Chen Heng.
Suddenly ambushes appeared everywhere. Sun Ce was the first to take action and shouted: "Sun Ce is here!"
