After Liu Bei captured Shu County, he rested here for five days. Liu Yao led three armies across the Yangtze River to join Liu Bei. After the two sides met, they discussed the next step in the battle against Yuan Shu!
Zhu Hao, who joined the army, said: "Now Yuan Shu only has one county in Jiujiang left, and his troops are only 40,000, and most of them are new soldiers. Their combat effectiveness is not strong. In order to resist our army, Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce as a general to lead an army of 10,000, stationed in Hefei wants to continue resisting our army!"
"Who is Sun Ce? Have you never heard of him?" Zhang Fei asked curiously.
Zhu Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Sun Ce is the eldest son of Sun Wentai. He is twenty years old this year. After Wentai died in the battle, Yuan Shu took Sun Ce under his command. He was very fond of him and taught him how to lead troops in battle. He even sent Wentai to him last year. The general was returned to him, which shows Yuan Shu's love for him!"
"The news coming from Jianghuai is that Sun Ce is extremely brave and highly skilled in martial arts. None of the generals under Yuan Shu can surpass Sun Ce in martial arts! It may be for this reason that Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to Hefei to resist our attack! "
Zhu Hao also felt very embarrassed. Sun Jian was Zhu Jun's favorite disciple. When Zhu Jun fought against the Yellow Turban Army, he did not take him with him. Instead, he took Sun Jian, his favorite disciple. Later, it was Zhu Jun who helped Sun Jian win the pacification of the Xiliang Rebellion and the Jingzhou Rebellion. , and Sun Jian did not disappoint him. He experienced military exploits, put down the rebellion in Jingzhou, and stabilized the entire south of the Han Dynasty.
It was just a pity for Zhu Jun that later his favorite disciple mixed up with Yuan Shu and rebelled against the court, but he died young and died on the battlefield! This was the pain of Zhu Jun's life. If Sun Jian had not died in the battle, he would have become a great man. A generation of famous generals!
His father Zhu Jun told him before he sent out the army to find Sun Jian's family and bring them to Jingzhou after finding them.
What Zhu Hao never expected was that although he found Sun Jian's family early, he had to meet them on the battlefield!
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Yuan Shu has no one left, so he actually appointed Sun Ce, who is less than 20 years old, as a general!"
Zhang Fei didn't care about Sun Ce's extraordinary bravery. In his opinion, Sun Ce was just a monkey in the mountains where there were no tigers. How powerful could he be in martial arts at the age of twenty?
Zhang Ying, Liu Yao's general, advised: "General Zhang must not underestimate this Sun Ce. The last general has fought with Sun Ce. Sun Ce fought with strong swords, led the troops, and was extremely brave. He is not comparable to ordinary generals!"
Zhang Fei said with great interest: "If he is really that powerful, then I will go to Hefei and meet him again!"
Liu Yao said: "Sun Ce's martial arts is second to none. May to July is the rainy season in the Jianghuai region. It is not suitable for fighting during this period. Hefei's terrain is dangerous and the city is strong. Even if we have 80,000 troops, it will be difficult to capture Hefei during this period! If the war is delayed, As time goes by, I'm afraid something will happen!"
Liu Yao was worried that Yuan Shao would support Yuan Shu. In this case, the war would expand to the entire Central Plains, and it would easily lead to divisions in the Han Dynasty. After all, Yuan Shao's power was far beyond what Yuan Shu could match. It would have been other times, but Lei Gong in Hebei was now If the various forces in the Han Dynasty continue to fight each other with eager eyes, the only one who will benefit is Thunder God.
Guan Yu thought for a while and said: "The only option is to continue to use black powder to blow up the city. The soldiers in Sun Ce's hands are all new soldiers. As long as the city of Hefei is blown up by us, they will be in panic. When we take the opportunity to capture Hefei, we should not be able to take many."
day time."
Zhao Yun said: "This is just an example of Shu County. I'm afraid Sun Ce will not easily let us blow up the city wall first, and we don't have much gunpowder in our hands. If we run out of gunpowder in Hefei, what will we do in Shouchun? Yun thought we could let the Yangzhou army
To surround Hefei, we will lead the army to join forces with the Qingzhou and Xuzhou coalition forces to surround Shouchun. As long as Yuan Shu's main force is completely wiped out, Sun Ce will have no choice but to surrender!"
At this time, Zhu Hao said: "If you don't let me persuade Sun Ce to surrender, if he can surrender without a fight, we can directly attack Shouchun. In this way, Yuan Shu will only have an isolated city in Shouchun. By that time
Even if Yuan Shu is unwilling to surrender, his men will surrender!"
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Then please ask Brother Wenming!"
Liu Bei also knows the relationship between Zhu Hao and Sun Ce. If he can really instigate Sun Ce, he can end this war as soon as possible. This is very important for today's big man!
Jiujiang County, Hefei County!
Sun Ce had just led his army to station in Hefei when his subordinates reported the visit of an envoy from the Han army.
Sun Ce asked his men to invite someone over!
When Zhu Hao saw the tall and burly Sun Ce, he was pleasantly surprised and said: "It's so similar to Wentai, he's almost carved from the same mold!"
Sun Ce was also surprised that the envoy knew his father.
"Brother Wenming, why are you here?" Cheng Pu looked at Zhu Hao in surprise.
Cheng Pu was the first general to pursue Sun Jian. He had also seen Zhu Hao in Luoyang City, so he easily recognized him!
Zhu Hao said: "I joined the army as a general, so naturally I followed General Jiang to the Jianghuai area!"
He turned to Sun Ce and said: "Back then, your father became my father's disciple. After all, I was still Wentai's senior brother. You should call me Shibo!"
Sun Ce said without any doubt: "Shibo, now that we are no longer hostile to me, please forgive me for not being able to salute!"
Zhu Hao sneered and said: "Where is the hostility! I am a subject of the Han Dynasty. How dare you say that you are not a subject of the Han Dynasty? If you really dare to say such a thing, I will expel you from the Sun family on behalf of your father. My father has been born and died.
He has obtained the title of Marquis of Wucheng, he is a minister of the Han Dynasty, not the Yuan family!"
Sun Ce said helplessly: "My lord is also a subject of the Han Dynasty. Now the general has sent troops to attack us. We have to resist. Shibo will not let us wait for death!"
Zhu Haodao: "Everyone in the world knows why the general attacked Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, he would not attack Yangzhou when everyone in the world is Qin Wang. What he did is the behavior of a traitor and traitor!"
Sun Ce was at a loss for a while. Yuan Shu had done so many stupid things that he couldn't even defend himself.
Sun Ce could only say helplessly: "Although the emperor is my monarch, my lord is also my monarch. Now the general can only obey orders!"
In the Han Dynasty, there was a dual monarchy, which was a bit like the knighthood system in the Middle Ages. What was emphasized was my master's master, not my master. Of course, this was also flexible. You could jump back and forth again and again, depending on which side was beneficial to you. But obviously
Sun Ce is an honest man and doesn’t have skills like jumping horizontally repeatedly!
When Zhu Hao heard this, he said angrily: "Pedantically speaking, Wentai has the prestige that your Sun family has now because of its loyalty to the Han Dynasty and fighting for the peace of the Han Dynasty!
"Wentai fought for the Han and died for loyalty. Isn't what you are doing now tarnishing the reputation of my father? He was a loyal minister of the Han and died to put down the rebellion of the Han. Do you want to rebel against the Han?"