"General, I am the commander-in-chief of this battle in western Liaoning. The responsibility for the defeat is not Bo Fu's, but mine." Zhao Yun stood up and said in a deep voice after hearing this.

"Zilong, you don't need to say anything. The defeat of this battle is indeed mine." Sun Ce said directly.

Although Sun Ce has a straightforward temperament, he has the appearance of a monarch and does not lack scheming, but he is just unwilling to use it.

Yuan Shao came for him in the battle in western Liaoning, and he was the one who was ultimately trapped and held back. He knew the cause and effect of this, and even Yuan Shu's deliberate connivance was vaguely noticeable to him.

Regarding the current results, Sun Ce had no resentment in his heart, only regret for his incompetence. He was destined to embark on the road prepared by Yuan Shu, otherwise he would not have gone to Liaodong in the first place. After embarking on this road

He had already prepared for the road ahead, and this failure was just the beginning.

"Your Majesty asked you to come here this time to mobilize troops?" Ji Ling just wanted to give Yuan Shu some advice on Sun Ce, so he said no more.

Sun Ce handed over the transfer order from his arms: "According to your majesty's order, I am here to select and transfer 20,000 cavalry to leave for Liaodong in thirty days."

Ji Ling received the order, looked at it carefully and put it in his arms. He looked sideways at the vast grassland on the left: "All the cavalry are over there. There are more than 50,000 in total. You can choose among them. After you have made your choice, you will

Just give me the list."

"Thank you, general." Sun Ce clasped his fists and turned to leave with Zhao Yun.

Ji Ling just looked at Sun Ce's leaving figure quietly, with a complicated look on his face, but finally sighed softly, turned around and picked up the spear: "The break is over, let's continue!"

"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. It's a pity, Bo Fu, you are just His Majesty's adopted son. If..." Ji Ling sighed in his heart.

…

On the grass, countless cavalry were running wildly.

Sun Ce and Zhao Yun stood aside for a long time, their eyes full of satisfaction.

"These cavalry look good! They have a solid foundation and good riding and shooting skills. I never expected that such cavalry could be trained in Jiangdong." Zhao Yun couldn't help but admire.

"The cavalry in Jiangdong used to be weak, firstly because there were not enough good horses, and secondly because the terrain in Jiangdong was not suitable for cavalry combat, so it was not taken seriously. But now, a large number of good horses have been introduced from the grassland, and the battle lines have been pushed to

The Central Plains is naturally different. These cavalrymen are soldiers selected from the army who have good riding and shooting skills. Although they have not experienced much actual combat, they have a good foundation under strict training. Not to mention sleeping on horses every day, but

Basically, I spend most of my time training on horses, completely trying to get closer to the barbarians who were born on horses," Sun Ce said.

"Look, someone is playing polo over there, let's go and practice too?" Sun Ce looked at a group of soldiers playing polo on one side and said with interest.

"Others are training equestrian and archery skills, but these people are playing here, isn't that bad!" Zhao Yun frowned.

"Because these people are the winners." Sun Ce said matter-of-factly: "Every three days there will be a competition between the armies, and those who perform well will be rewarded with a day's rest. What's more, playing polo is also a way to exercise riding skills.

This method, according to His Majesty, is called entertaining. If the space is not big enough, I really hope all the soldiers can come and play."

"Listening to what you said, it seems that you have played a lot before?"

"That's right, I also trained here for a period of time and played a lot. I think I was invincible and invincible on the court back then." Sun Ce said proudly.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his eyes, and looked at Sun Ce quite speechlessly: "The Wuzui horse your Majesty gave you is one of the best horses in a million. If he can't defeat these ordinary soldiers, I guess General Wentai will kill him when he goes back."

You hang him up and beat him."

"Tch, that's easy for you to say. How about we compete?" Sun Ce said.

"Okay." Zhao Yun was quite moved when he saw such an interesting game.

A smirk appeared on Sun Ce's lips: "Since you have never played before and are a novice, I will let you choose someone first. Don't say I bully you!"

Zhao Yun smiled calmly and said: "No, just these two teams, we can have one person and one team. If we lose, please drink."

"Can."

An hour later, Sun Ce's face, which was originally smiling, turned dark.

Zhao Yun had an ordinary war horse on his hip, but he still shuttled through the crowd at high speed. The polo stick in his hand was like a phantom, firmly controlling the polo ball by his side.

"Damn it!" Sun Ce said secretly.

He was bragging to Zhao Yun before, but when the fight started, he was beaten to a pulp by a novice like Zhao Yun.

Playing polo mainly relies on personal agility and teamwork. His strength is useless. However, Zhao Yun, who is known for his speed and agility, is like cheating. He just rushes into the formation and scores alone. As long as he is beaten by others

If you lose when you touch the ball, how can you play this game?

"No more playing, no more playing." After losing from the beginning to the end, Sun Ce couldn't bear it anymore. He threw away the polo club in his hand, jumped off the horse, and muttered: "If I had known better, I would have led the black horse."

Come on, this horse is too bad."

Zhao Yun stroked the mane of the war horse under his crotch: "Don't talk nonsense, these are all good horses. If you compare them with Wuzui horses, how many horses in this world can be considered good horses? How about you ride Wuzui, I will compare Ye

Bring the jade lion and let us compete again?"

Hearing Zhao Yun's teasing like this, Sun Ce's face was irritated, his heart felt weak, he snorted, turned around and walked away.

"Don't forget to owe me a drink!" Zhao Yun's leisurely voice sounded from behind.

"I know!" Sun Ce said impatiently, somewhat annoyed.

"Remember to bring more money. I haven't been back to Jinling for a long time. I will call Ziyi and Wen Chang to gather together." Zhao Yun said again.

"boom!"

The rocks beneath his feet were crushed to pieces, and Sun Ce fled in panic.

"Haha." Zhao Yun couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene. He had always been modest in nature and rarely made such jokes with others, but Sun Ce was a special case.

…

Although the defeat in Western Liaoning was expected by Yuan Shu, and the outcome satisfied Yuan Shu, the dangers surrounding Sun Ce still made Yuan Shu extremely unhappy.

When he was planning the layout of Liaodong, Yuan Shu took all possibilities into consideration. In Yuan Shu's original plan, the worst outcome of this battle was that Sun Ce was captured. After all, the current situation Yuan Shao is in, whether it is in terms of the overall situation or in order to seek for the future,

Lu, they didn't dare to do anything to Sun Ce, unless they wanted to seek death.

But the result was almost beyond Yuan Shu's imagination. Sun Ce's explosive power under menopause made Xun Chen and Yan Liang fearful and murderous. If Zhao Yun hadn't rescued him, it would have been a question of whether Sun Ce could survive. Think about it.

Yuan Shu almost broke out in a cold sweat at this possibility.

Feeling unhappy, Yuan Shu naturally wanted to warn Yuan Shao and let him understand what the bottom line was.

Under Yuan Shu's order, Zhang Liao, who was assigned to lead 80,000 elite soldiers to garrison Qingzhou, began to take action.

Under Zhang Liao's formation, more than 50,000 elite troops stationed at the border slowly advanced toward the territory of Jizhou.

Almost all of Zhao's cavalry were concentrated in Youzhou. They had not yet returned to Jizhou, and several generals were also absent. In this internal emptiness, Yuan Shao did not dare to act rashly. After all, Yuan Shu was not the Cao Cao in history, Sili The Chu army, which has gathered one hundred thousand elite troops led by Huang Zhong and is known for its powerful navy, may move down the Yellow River and attack Yecheng at any time.
Chapter completed!