The enemy was frightened and the little bully's reputation was there. They all threw away their weapons, gave up resistance, knelt on the ground and surrendered. Sun Ce ordered not to kill anyone.
Suddenly Zhang Ying rode back and was stabbed to death by Chen Wu. Chen Heng was shot to death by Jiang Qin. Xue Li died in the rebellion. Sun Ce entered Moling and simply calmed the people in the city without resting. Horses came to Jing County to capture Tai Shi Ci.
After Taishi Ci left, he took more than 20 strong men with him, and then gathered some remaining soldiers to seek revenge against Liu Yao. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu discussed whether Taishi Ci could be captured alive as he was an excellent general and it would be a pity to force him to death.
Zhou Yu ordered the army to attack from three directions, leaving only the east gate behind and deliberately let it go. Twenty-five miles away from the city, a pair of men and horses were ambushed in each of the three directions. When Taishi Ci arrived, he would be captured alive if he appeared to be outnumbered.
Although Taishi Ci had a few people, the people he recruited were all villagers in the mountains who did not understand the discipline of the army at all, and the city walls in Jingxian County were not very high. That night, Sun Ce took Chen Wu with a short knife and climbed to the He went to set fire on the city wall. When Taishi Ci saw the fire on the city wall, he was about to escape through the east gate. Suddenly, Sun Ce arrived behind him with his troops.
Taishi Ci sped up, and the troops behind him chased for thirty miles before stopping. When Taishici had gone fifty miles, he was already exhausted, and suddenly a shout rang out among the reeds.
Taishi Ci fled in a hurry, but he did not expect that a tripping rope appeared in the grass and overturned the horse. Taishi Ci fell off the horse, was captured alive, and was taken to the camp.
When Sun Ce heard that Taishi Ci had been escorted, he personally dismissed all the soldiers in the camp. Then he stepped forward and untied the rope that tied Taishi Ci, gave him his war robe, and said to him: "I know You are a true husband, and you are extremely righteous. It’s just that Liu Yao was too stupid to tolerate a general like you, which led to his own failure."
Taishi Ci was very moved after hearing this and asked to surrender.
Sun Ce smiled and said, "When we duel at Shenting, if you catch me, will you harm me?"
Taishi Ci thought for a while and said, "I don't know about this either."
Sun Ce laughed, asked him to enter the account, invited him to the top, and gave him a banquet to entertain him.
Taishi Ci said: "Liu Jun has been defeated now, and the soldiers have no morale at all. I hope that I can personally pick up the remaining people and help Ming Gong. I wonder if you can trust me?"
Sun Ce stood up and thanked him: "What you said is exactly what I thought. I will make an agreement with you today. I hope you can come back on time at noon tomorrow!"
Taishi Ci agreed and left the camp.
The generals were a little puzzled by Sun Ce's behavior and said, "My lord, let Tai Shi Ci leave. He will definitely not come back."
Sun Ce said: "I know him. He is a loyal man and will definitely not do such a thing."
However, everyone still didn't believe it until the morning of the next day, when the shadow of the sun could be seen from the bamboo pole inserted at the entrance of the camp, Taishi Ci suddenly appeared, bringing more than a thousand people with him.
Sun Ce was very happy, and everyone was convinced of Sun Ce's ability to know people.
After that, Sun Ce led tens of thousands of people to various places in Jiangdong to appease the local people and recruit soldiers. Many people came to defect to him, and the people in Jiangdong also gave Sun Ce a nickname, "Sun Lang".
As long as they heard about Sun Lang, they were all frightened. As long as Sun Ce's army arrived, no soldiers were allowed to rob, and the people's chickens and dogs were not frightened. Everything showed a prosperous situation, and the people's quality of life was improved. Many people prepared drinks and agreed. Sun Ce thanked him with gold and silver. The cheers of the people filled the mountains and plains. Some of Liu Yao's troops in the past also defected to Sun Ce. Those who did not want to join the army were rewarded with returning to farming. Jiangnan's Everyone praised Sun Ce's power and his military strength. Sun Ce personally went to welcome his mother, uncle and others back to Qu'a, and sent his younger brothers Sun Quan and Zhou Tai to guard Xuancheng.
After not practicing for a long time, Sun Ce took his troops and horses to the south to capture Wu Commandery.
There was a man named Yan Baihu who claimed to be King Wu De. He was stationed in Wu County and sent troops to guard Wucheng and Jiaxing. When he heard that Sun Ce was bringing troops to attack, he immediately sent his brother Yan Yu to send troops to meet at Fengqiao.
His younger brother Heng Dao immediately stood on the bridge. Someone reported the situation, and Sun Ce came out. Zhang Hong advised: "The general is the commander-in-chief of the three armies and the lifeblood of the three armies. We cannot underestimate the other side easily. I hope the general will respect himself."
Sun Ce thanked him and said: "Sir's words are as precious as gold and stone, but if I always hide behind and don't take care of them myself, everyone will not work hard."
The following deputy general Han Dang took action. By the time Han Dang got on the bridge, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu had already driven across the bridge in a boat from the river bank. Random arrows were shot from the bank. The two of them quickly went ashore to kill the archers. Yan Yu retreated. Han Dang led his troops to attack Chang Gate, and the enemy had no choice but to retreat into the city.
Sun Ce divided his soldiers into two teams, marched on both water and land, and surrounded Wucheng. They were trapped for three days, but still no one came out to fight.
Sun Ce led his soldiers outside the Chang Gate to recruit surrender. There was a general on the city, holding the guard beam with his left hand, and pointing at the city with his right hand and cursing.
Taishi Ci picked up his bow and arrow on horseback, turned around and said to the people around him: "Look, I hit this guy's left hand!" Before he could finish speaking, the bowstring rang out and hit the opponent's left hand. , was firmly nailed to the guard beam. The people on the city and below saw Taishi Ci's excellent archery skills and cheered.
The people in the city rescued him. Yan Baihu was very surprised and said: "I didn't expect that there are such people in his army. How can we defeat him!"
So the idea of the war began to change, and preparations were made to discuss peace.
The next day, he sent his younger brother Yan Yu out of the city to envoy Sun Ce. Sun Ce invited him to drink in the camp. After three rounds of drinking, Sun Ce asked: "What does your brother want?"
Yan Yu said: "My brother wants to share Jiangdong equally with the general."
Sun Ce immediately became angry and said: "How dare you compare with me?" He immediately sent someone to hold Yan Yu. Yan Yu stood up and drew his sword to chop him. Sun Ce stabbed him to death with a backhand sword and cut off his head. Send someone back to the city.
This incident made Yan Baihu completely lose the idea of resistance. Knowing that he was no match, he actually abandoned the city and fled. Sun Ce led his troops to pursue him. Huang Gai captured Jiaxing, Taishi Ci captured Wucheng, and several states were leveled.
Yan Baihu led the remnant soldiers to rob him along the way, but was defeated by a local man, Ling Cao, and the villagers, and fled towards Kuaiji. Ling Cao and his son came to greet Sun Ce, and Sun Ce appointed him as a conscript school captain, and then together they Lead the troops across the river.
Yan Baihu gathered bandits and bandits at Xijin Ferry. Cheng Pu attacked, but he was defeated again and fled to Kuaiji overnight. Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, wanted to lead his troops to rescue Yan Baihu, but a person beside him stopped him and said : "No, Sun Ce is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, but Yan Baihu is a violent and plundering person. Yan Baihu should be captured and dedicated to Sun Ce."
