"I heard that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north are at war again?" A bald man picked up a large piece of beef with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He ate it with gusto. He was about to grab the wine bottle and pour wine into the cup, only to find the wine bottle.

Already empty.

He turned around and looked around. The business in the wine shop seemed to be very good today. Almost all the seats were occupied. The waiter was running back and forth between the living room and the kitchen. He was so busy that he couldn't even touch the ground. He hurriedly greeted: "Waiter, this is

Have another glass of wine on the side."

"Okay!" As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter responded without replying. I don't know how he knew which table the guest wanted the wine from.

There was a thin, dark man sitting at the same table as the bald man. He finished his glass of wine and said, "No, the fight has started again. The world is in chaos now. But in my opinion, there is no need to guess in this battle."

Well, Yuan Shao is from a distinguished family, with fierce generals like clouds and advisors like rain, so how can Gongsun Zan be able to defeat him?"

The bald man frowned and said: "But I heard that Yuan Shao is a villain. Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, asked Yuan Shao to lead his army into the city and jointly manage Jizhou. However, Yuan Shao took away all the power and put him under house arrest. Later, Han Fu fled to Chen

He stayed. I heard that many of the scholars who had defected to Yuan Shao abandoned him. I don’t think Yuan Shao will be able to defeat Gongsun Zan."

"Even if that's true, the 200,000 troops under Yuan Shao can't be fake, right?" The thin black man whispered mysteriously: "I think it may be this Yuan Shao who becomes the emperor in the future."

The bald man was startled and did not recover for a long time. He just said in a daze: "No way? Isn't there still an emperor?"

The thin and dark man smiled brightly: "Why not? The emperor has even lost the capital. I heard that the traitor Dong Zhuo now spends the night in the palace every day, lusting after the palace maids. The emperor is still young now, and in another three to five years, he will

The emperor has grown up, and if the imperial concubine gives birth to a prince, will he be of the emperor's blood or Dong Zhuo's?"

"Your Majesty, your wine." The waiter brought a bottle of wine.

The bald man stared blankly at the wine bottle and swallowed hard: "Is there really going to be a change of dynasty?"

Seeing him like this, the thin black man poured him a glass of wine and became proud: "I'm not telling you, why are you so stubborn? First the eunuchs took over power, then there was the Yellow Turban chaos, and then the emperor was controlled by the traitorous ministers.

The capital of the country has been lost, what hope does this big man have? I heard that the jade seals passed down to the country are now in the hands of Yuan Shu."

The bald man heard shocking things one after another, and finally got used to it. He didn't care about drinking, and asked in high spirits: "How did the Jade Seal of the State get into the hands of Yuan Shu?"

Seeing the bald man, the thin black man looked at him expectantly, his vanity was satisfied again, and he smiled slightly and said: "I heard that Sun Ce used the imperial seal and Yuan Shu to exchange for 3,000 elite soldiers."

"Hey, now it seems that the story about Sun Jian getting the jade seal in Luoyang is actually true. Then Sun Ce was really willing to give it up and actually exchanged it for soldiers and horses."

"That's the Jade Seal of the Kingdom! It was ordered by heaven! Liu Biao went to great lengths to get the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, even after killing Sun Jian, but he couldn't get it. I didn't expect that Yuan Shu took advantage of it!"

"Now Sun Ce is recruiting troops and horses in Lujiang City and looking for talented people. It shows that his ambition is not small."

The two of them were still lamenting. Xu Sheng, who was sitting next to him, heard that Sun Ce was recruiting troops in Lujiang City, so he hurriedly got up and left the wine shop.

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Xu Sheng was originally from Shandong. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he and his mother fled to Jiangdong. Because Sun Jian ordered to gather refugees and distribute land to them for farming, Xu Sheng and his mother managed to live a stable life.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The land he had worked so hard to cultivate was taken over by corrupt officials in the county. Xu Sheng was young and energetic at the time. Without thinking, he went to the county government office to find someone to argue with him. On the way, he happened to meet someone who was incognito to understand the public sentiment.

Sun Jian. Later, the corrupt officials in the county were imprisoned, and Xu Sheng also wanted to return to his land.

I thought that General Sun Jian would never be able to repay his great kindness, but I didn't expect that General Sun's surviving son was recruiting troops in Lujiang.

Xu Sheng was packing his luggage when he heard slight footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw an old woman walking over with a few steamed buns. Xu Sheng felt uneasy and couldn't help but said: "Mother, I really have to leave.

Already."

The old woman paused and did not answer. She found a piece of clean cloth to wrap the buns and placed them in front of Xu Sheng. She pressed Xu Sheng's shoulders with both hands and looked at him for a while, then smiled and said: "My son is tall."

It's big. You did the right thing, and a drop of kindness will be repaid by a spring. Besides, the world is in chaos now. If you don't go out and join the army to make a career, wouldn't it be that you have learned martial arts in vain? General Sun Jian is the 'Tiger of Jiangdong'

, A tiger father has no dog son, I believe that General Sun Ce is not bad at all. If you stay with him, my mother will feel relieved."

Xu Sheng chatted with his mother for a while and asked her to rent the land at home to others for farming. He also asked his wife to take good care of his mother. Then he took his luggage and went out. He said goodbye: "Mother, you and Ning'er stay at home well. I will follow Sun Ce."

Your Excellency will fight back to Jiangdong sooner or later."

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Three months later, Lujiang City.

Sun Ce returned to the mansion, took off his armor and sword, changed into casual clothes, and walked through the long corridor. As soon as he entered the study, he saw two people waiting in the room. He smiled slightly: "Second brother, third brother, we are

It’s not time to march into Jiangdong.”

Zhou Yu nodded seriously and said: "It seems that you are indeed not idle in Lujiang. These 4,000 elites are indeed well trained, but it is a pity that as long as they have not seen blood on the real battlefield, recruits will always be recruits. Plus I am leading

The troops who came, as well as the bandits who returned, formed a new army of 5,000 men."

"After three months of training, this new army is almost ready. I watched them drill this morning and they are ready to fight. However, the new soldiers still need to fight a few battles to transform. The main force of the battle is still your 3,000 veterans and

3,000 elites acquired from Yuan Shu."

Sun Ce said proudly: "My three thousand old troops are all veterans of many battles. They are the best among the best. Not only one can be compared to ten, but one can be compared to five."

Ji Shu thought for a while and said: "Although Yuan Shu promised that he would protect Lujiang if Liu Biao sent troops, he still had to leave a thousand soldiers to guard Lujiang City to deal with various situations. Then we only have 10,000 soldiers and horses available.

.”

Sun Ce smiled confidently: "That's enough. Let's talk about where we attack first. What do you think about attacking Chaisang first? Chaisang strangles the mouth of the river, which can not only advance troops to Jingzhou, but also guard the gateway to Jiangdong. It is a military strategist.

a battleground."

Zhou Yu sighed, shook his head and said, "Chai Sang is very important, but doesn't Liu Biao know about it?"

"He did not capture Chaisang because he would have swallowed up the four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang in one go and could not spread his troops."

"When he regained his breath, you were protected by Yuan Shu again, and he became wary. In addition, after your father died, the counties in Jiangdong no longer listened to your orders and went their own way. He was afraid that it would be self-defeating and lead to Jiangdong forming an alliance and turning into a piece of iron.

That’s why we didn’t continue to advance.”

"But if you capture Chaisang, can he still sit there? Yuan Shu promised to protect Lujiang, but he didn't promise to protect you wherever you captured it. Can our troops fight against Liu Biao?"

Seeing Sun Ce hesitate, Ji Shu smiled and continued: "In the current situation, we can only attack Moling first, then Wujun and Kuaiji, and finally attack Chaisang. By then our climate will be strong, and Liu Biao will be cowardly.

We don't dare to start a fight lightly. We can fight Liu Biao after another year of training. But Liu Yao in Moling has 25,000 troops, so this first battle will be the most difficult to fight."

After hearing this, Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and hummed: "Liu Yao is just a local chicken and a tile dog. He only has more than 20,000 people. As long as I charge, it will be over. It's not enough for me to stuff my teeth."

He was talking nonsense again. Ji Shu laughed and felt that the atmosphere was not so dull.

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes repeatedly. Zhou Yu was usually gentle and polite to everyone. But this lord, this eldest brother always made him so angry that he was so angry that he squinted and said sarcastically: "You are really powerful, you use

The cavalry broke open Moling's city gate to show us."

Sun Ce was speechless. Why don't I just brag to relieve the tension before the war? He curled his lips and looked at Ji Shu and said: "Zi Yuan, I heard that you and Yueying had a quarrel? You are a man, so you should give in to Yueying more.

.”

Although it was shameless to change the topic, Zhou Yu was still very interested in this topic.

The fact that Ji Shu and Yueying eloped is not a small matter. After all, the Huang family is a prominent figure. Three months was enough for the matter to spread in Jingzhou and Jiangdong. It is hard to imagine that these two guys actually eloped.

They fell out within a few months.

The two of them couldn't help but look at Ji Shu with questioning eyes.

Ji Shu had no choice but to reply awkwardly: "She wants to disguise herself as a man and go with her. I don't agree."

Zhou Yu patted Ji Shu on the shoulder and said, "Third brother, I think you did the right thing. This battle will never be easy. It's really uneasy for her to go with a woman."

Sun Ce touched his chin and said ambiguously: "She is a woman who also wants to join the army..."

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By the time the three of them had finished discussing their strategy, it was already evening.

Ji Shu returned to his room and was about to pack his things, but found that everything had already been packed.

"She did it for you." Qingyu walked up behind Ji Shu and said with a smile.

"Yeah" Ji Shu responded.

"She's very angry." Qingyu sighed softly.

"Well, sister, thank you."
Chapter completed!