The old man said: "My surname is also Guan. It seems that we are the same sex. I have heard about your reputation for a long time. I am very lucky to be able to admire your style." After saying that, he quickly handed over his two sons from the house. Guan Yu was entertained while everyone else was in the village.
Yuan Shao summoned Liu Bei several times, but he did not come back. He was very angry and prepared to attack Runan with his cavalry.
Guo Tu came out to persuade: "Liu Bei has no meaning in attacking. Our current enemy is Cao Cao, so we have to get rid of him. Liu Biao, although he occupies Jingzhou, cannot be called an opponent. As for Sun Ce in Jiangdong, We have vast resources and many advisers and warriors, so we can send people to make friends with him and attack Cao Cao together."
Yuan Shao accepted this suggestion and wrote a letter asking Chen Zhen to serve as a messenger to find Sun Ce and ask him to attack Cao Cao together.
Since Sun Ce came to dominate Jiangdong, there has been no new war. The place is very prosperous and has food for the people. In the fourth year of Jian'an, he attacked Lujiang, defeated Liu Xun, and asked Yu Fan to lead the army to attack Yuzhang. The governor of Yuzhang felt strong pressure and surrendered.
Jiangdong was basically under Sun Ce's control. Since then, his momentum had increased, so he sent Zhang Hong to Xuchang to report these glorious Warring States events to the court.
Cao Cao and other counselors analyzed together and believed that Sun Ce was strong at this time, and sighed: "We can't compete with lions." He sent Cao Ren's daughter to betrothed to Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Kuang, and the two families got married. Zhang Hong stayed in Xuchang.
Sun Ce hoped that the imperial court would give him a position as Grand Sima, but Cao Cao did not agree, so Sun Ce held a grudge and always had the idea of attacking Xudu.
Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, secretly sent an envoy to Xudu to write a letter to Cao Cao, saying: "Although Sun Ce is excellent in martial arts, his situation is somewhat similar to Xiang Ji's. The court can express it to the outside world and give him some empty honors. He recalled Xu Du and cannot let him stand on his own outside like this, otherwise it will be trouble in the future."
When the envoy was preparing to cross the river with this letter, he was captured by the patrolling soldiers and taken to Sun Ce. Sun Ce was very angry after reading the letter and killed the envoy on the spot, and then sent someone to pretend to have a banquet to invite Xu Gong to his side. to discuss something.
Xu Gong didn't know that the letter had been intercepted, so he went there. As a result, he was captured by Sun Ce before he could reach him. Sun Ce took out the intercepted letter and showed it to Xu Gong, and scolded him: "What are you doing?" Are you going to let me go to Xu Du to die?" After saying that, he immediately asked the warriors to hang Xu Gong. After his family members got the news, they all fled in all directions, but several family members were greatly favored by Xu Gong. Instead of leaving, he secretly hatched a plan to avenge Xu Gong.
After lurking for a while, there was no chance. They happened to hear that Sun Ce was going hunting. They quickly found out the specific place and went to hide in advance.
After hiding for about two days, Sun Ce led a small group of cavalry to the west mountain of Dantu for hunting. The family deliberately released a rabbit. Sun Ce was very happy when he saw the prey. He immediately mounted his horse and chased it. While chasing, he saw three people in the woods with a rabbit. They greeted them with weapons, one with a bow and arrow, and the other with an iron spear.
Sun Ce immediately stopped his horse and asked, "Who are you?"
He replied: "We are Sergeant Han Dang, hunting in this place."
Sun Ce nodded and prepared to continue chasing the rabbit. Unexpectedly, a man suddenly stabbed Sun Ce's left leg with an iron gun.
Sun Ce was shocked and quickly took the accessories to block the horse. However, he was not lucky. The sword seemed to have been used for a long time, and the blade actually fell off. Only the handle was still there.
The person next to him had already shot a bow and arrow at close range. Sun Ce was distracted and had no way to avoid it, so the bow and arrow hit Sun Ce on the left side of his face.
Sun Ce endured the pain, took out his bow and arrow, and prepared to fight back. Unfortunately, two people around him had already attacked with weapons. After a while, he thrust into the house and shouted loudly: "We are all Xu Gong's guests. We have been lurking for so long just to do this." The master took revenge, and now God has eyes, we finally succeeded."
Sun Ce had no other equipment to defend, and it was a fierce attack at close range. He could only defend with the bow and arrow in his hand, and then retreated.
The two followed him closer and closer. Sun Ce had already been stabbed with several wounds by iron spears, and his horse was also stabbed.
At the critical moment, Cheng Pu suddenly came over with a few people, and Sun Ce shouted: "Come and help me kill the thief!"
Cheng Pu took everyone up and chopped all the guests of Xu Gong's family into minced meat.
When they came to see Sun Ce's condition, they found that Sun Ce's face was covered with blood and he had multiple gunshot wounds on his body. He was already seriously injured, so he cut off part of his robe, wrapped the injured area, and brought him back to recover.
Everyone saw that Sun Ce was seriously ill and knew that there was a miracle doctor Hua Tuo in Jiangdong not long ago, so they sent people to find Hua Tuo. Unexpectedly, Hua Tuo had already gone to the Central Plains, and only one of his disciples remained in the local area, so they asked him to diagnose. and medical care.
His apprentice went to check on Sun Ce's injury, shook his head and said, "This disease is difficult to cure."
Cheng Pu said angrily: "On the battlefield, we were injured much more severely than this. Why is it so difficult to treat?"
He replied: "You see that the wound is a little black. This is because the arrow was poisoned and the poison has penetrated into the bones. Therefore, it will take more than a hundred days of rest and my medicine to ensure that there is no problem. This If you get angry during this period, the injury will not heal and it will become a chronic disease."
Sun Ce is a typical martial arts artist with a very impatient temper and wishes he could be cured immediately.
After only resting for more than 20 days, Sun Ce heard that Zhang Hong's envoy had returned from Xuchang, so Sun Ce came to inquire.
The envoy said: "Cao Cao is very afraid of my lord, and his counselors also admire him very much. Even Guo Jia is not convinced."
Sun Ce asked: "What did Guo Jia say?"
The envoy glanced at Sun Ce and did not dare to answer.
Sun Ce became angry and kept asking, but the envoy could only report the situation truthfully, saying: "Guo Jia once told Cao Cao that there is no need to be afraid of my lord. He is young and has no considerations. He is very impatient and has the courage of an ordinary man. He will definitely die at the hands of a villain in the future." On hand.”
After hearing this, Sun Ce became even more angry and said angrily: "How dare a common man speculate on me like this? I swear to attack Xuchang!"
So without waiting for his wounds to heal, he summoned everyone to prepare for the dispatch of troops.
Zhang Zhao came out to speak and said: "The doctor once warned my lord not to go east within a hundred days. Don't kill yourself because of temporary anger."
Just at this time, someone reported that Yuan Shao's envoy Chen Zhen had arrived, and Sun Ce quickly summoned him.
Chen Zhen told Yuan Shao about his plan to form an alliance with Soochow and attack Cao Cao together.
Sun Ce was very happy and immediately set up a banquet on the tower to entertain Chen Zhen.
