Sending troops to Niuzhu also means that the defense line set up by Liu Yao was defeated without any attack. Sun Ce once again crossed the river like a ghost, defeating Liu Yao's army and successfully captured more than 10,000 people! At the same time, Sun Ce issued a statement everywhere: Liu Yao, the villagers and troops of Zurong surrendered, no questions asked about anything else; those who are willing to join the army can join the army and exempt the whole family from taxes and labor service; if they are unwilling to join the army, they will never force them.

The Sun family has been operating in Jiangdong for a long time, and its reputation among the people is not comparable to that of Liu Yao, Zurong and others. Now, Sun Ce seems to be even more powerful than Sun Jian back then. For a moment, countless followers flocked to him, and many of the Sun family's supporters had not known how long they had been waiting for this day. In a short time, Sun Ce recruited more than 20,000 soldiers, and with the captives in front, they directly added 30,000 troops!

Not only the growth of the military scale, many gentry and gentry also provided various help. Horses alone provided Sun Ce with more than a thousand horses, not to mention other supplies. Moreover, ordinary people also supported Sun Ce very much. Wherever Sun Ce's army went, there were water, wine, and even cattle. The people knew that only the Sun family could bring peace to Jiangdong, and only peace could they live and work in peace!

For a moment, Sun Ce had a great momentum, and ordinary people were frightened when they heard Sun Ce's name.

Of course, reputation is weak, and strength is real. After defeating Liu Yao, Sun Ce crossed the river north again and attacked Zurong again. Not only did he run back and forth, Sun Ce always led the way. This time he was finally injured and could not ride a horse. He was carried back to the camp by his subordinates. After returning to the camp, Sun Quan did not get angry or retreated, but asked his subordinates to arrange a mourning hall to kill him. Zurong, who could not hide, heard the news of Sun Ce's death, was immediately overjoyed and immediately sent troops to attack Sun Ce's military camp. Sun Ce first sent hundreds of troops to respond to the enemy, then pretended to be defeated and fled, and led the enemy into the ambush circle set up in advance, and called out an order to kill the enemy. Then, Sun Ce personally led his troops to take advantage of the victory to attack the Zurong camp, and ordered his soldiers in front of the camp to shout "How about Sun Lang?"

The sound of the enemy camp was shaken, and the earth shook the mountains, which scared countless enemy soldiers to flee overnight. Seeing that Sun Ce was not dead, Zu Rong was also panicked and dared not leave the camp at will.

After this battle, Sun Ce's reputation shocked the world and was respected as the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong"!

When Sun Ce saw that Zurong became a turtle with his head, he did not continue to waste time with Zurong. At this moment, I believe that Zurong was really afraid and would not dare to send troops to Sun Ce's rear easily to harass him. After relieving his worries, Sun Ce then concentrated all his troops, crossed the Yangtze River again, returned to Jiangdong, which he was most familiar with, and launched a decisive battle against Liu Yao, who was stationed in the front battlefield.

When the two armies intersect, their momentum often determines everything.

If Sun Ce came to fight Liu Yao at the beginning, it would be hard to say who would win or lose. But after several rounds of crossing the river several times, after several months of great victory, Sun Ce's side, with the power of successive victory, the soldiers were all as imposing as if there was no battle in the world that they could not win. On the other hand, when Liu Yao heard of Sun Ce's name, they had already become weak and frightened. At this time, it would be good to not be a deserter.

As one goes up and the other goes down, can Liu Yao still have a chance of winning?

First, Meiling was broken, then Hushu was broken, and then Jiang Cheng was broken, Sun Ce conquered and annihilated all the defenders Liu Yao was defending the periphery of Qua, and surrounded Qua, forcing Liu Yao to lead his troops out of the city to fight a decisive battle.

This decisive battle was said to be a decisive battle, but in fact it was just a battle of Liu Yao's perseverance. There would be no accident in the end. After the great defeat, Liu Yao was forced to flee to the Dantu, and Sun Ce pursued again and successfully captured Taishi Ci. Liu Yao had no choice but to follow Xu Shao's advice and could only continue to flee westward and flee to Yuzhang. At least at this moment, Sun Ce should be given priority to regaining Jiangdong, rather than attacking Yuzhang.

At that time, the prefect of Yuzhang, Zhou Shu, died of illness. Liu Biao sent Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan as the prefect, and the Han court sent Zhu Jun's son Zhu Hao as the prefect. Liu Yao chose to support Zhu Hao and helped Zhu Hao become the prefect of Yuzhang. Since then, he has successfully settled in Yuzhang.

Since then, Liu Yao fled, and Jiangdong was without a leader. Under Sun Ce's reputation, he could no longer make any big waves. So Sun Ce sent Zhu Zhi to attack Wujun. Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun, was defeated and fled to Shanyue, Yan Baihu. He sent Zhou Yu back to guard Danyang to prevent Liu Yao or Liu Biao from leading troops to attack. He sent Wu Jing to capture Guangling north of the Yangtze River to consolidate the Yangtze River defense line. Seeing that Liu Yao was defeated by Sun Ce in the south, and Liu Bei in the north was also defeated by Yuan Shu. He knew that it was meaningless to continue defending, so he lured Xue Li, annexed Xue Li's troops, and then gave up the occupied Moling and defected to Liu Yao to Yuzhang.

In this way, in just a few months, from Guangling in the north to Danyang in the west, and then to Wujun in the middle, most of Jiangdong had been captured by Sun Ce. At this time, Yuan Shu's army was still in a stalemate with Liu Bei in Xuzhou. In the east, south, north, north, except for the east, near the sea, only Kuaiji occupied by Wang Lang in the south was left. After taking it, Sun Ce could occupy the entire Jiangdong and restore the glory of the Sun family back then!

Kuaiji is the clan of the Sun family. The third uncle Sun Jing and the Sun family have been lying in Kuaiji.

Perhaps it was because Yuan Shu's reaction was too slow, and there was also the reason why the communication speed in this era was very slow. Of course, in the final analysis, Sun Ce's movement was too fast! In just a few months, maybe some time ago, Yuan Shu had just learned that Sun Ce had successfully taken the crossing of the river and was crossing the river back and forth, fighting on both sides. As a result, before he could react, Sun Ce had already controlled the entire Jiangdong!

Seeing this, Yuan Shu dared not delay. If he really waited, Sun Ce would be out of control. Without anyone else's reminder, Yuan Shu immediately sent someone to notify Sun Ce to return to Shouchun. For mercy, he would return to Shouchun to receive the reward. Yuan Shu praised Sun Ce's achievements and was ready to enthrone him well.

Of course, Sun Ce didn't believe Yuan Shu's nonsense, and went back to receive the title? Well, that was indeed a title, and the official position should be quite large, but would Yuan Shu be so stupid that he gave Jiangdong to him Sun Ce? It wasn't it that he sent his own confidant here as before. Yuan Shu always regarded Sun Ce as a weapon to build a country, and did not give him the reward he deserved, and would not release him out and give him a chance to gain a foothold. This time, Sun Ce was able to take Jiangdong so quickly, which was completely beyond Yuan Shu and everyone's expectations.

Sun Ce knew that it was not the time to turn against Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu had not yet proclaimed himself emperor and the time had not come yet. Moreover, after taking Jiangdong, Sun Ce wanted to continue to go west, taking Lujiang, Yuzhang, and even Jiangxia, and control the entire Yangtze River in his hands, and at the same time opening the door to Jingzhou! At this time, Sun Ce obviously did not want Yuan Shu to make trouble for him.

So, Sun Ce personally wrote back to Yuan Shu, claiming that there was still Kuaiji in Jiangdong and that if Kuaiji was not taken down, there might be variables in the future. Once Kuaiji was taken down, he would go back to Shouchun to receive the reward. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!