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"There's an ambush! Get out! Get out!"
Huang Zhong gave an order, and all the horse archers who came to attack them all turned around and retreated like a tide in an instant.
It was as if it had never appeared.
Not long after Huang Zhong retreated, Sun Ce and Huang Gai, who had disappeared in front of everyone, appeared, their eyes facing each other with blank expressions on their faces.
"Retreat? Retreat?"
"Could it be that reinforcements from Yuan Jiujiu have arrived?"
The two of them naturally noticed the movement around them.
We have already left Jingzhou and entered the territory of Yangzhou. In front of us is Shouchun, Yuan Shu's base camp. If Yuan Shu sent reinforcements to support us, everything would make sense.
But Sun Ce still had many doubts in his heart.
Yuan Shu is a man who can't afford to be too early if there is no advantage. If it is the reinforcements sent by Yuan Gongguo, they should have already stood in front of him and started to show off his power. When will he do such a good thing to provide help in times of need?
But if you think about it carefully, there is no other possibility.
Sun Ce wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, struggled to get up, and raised his fist towards the dense forest around him.
"The grace of saving my life is unforgettable! May I ask which general under the command of Yuan Prefecture is willing to come out and talk about it?"
After a while, no one answered.
"Ce doesn't mean anything else. It's just a life-saving grace. If I can't express my gratitude in person, Ce will feel really uneasy. Please ask the general to come out and express his gratitude."
After the words fell, the shouts of killing in the forest gradually weakened, and Shao Qing, a scribe wearing a green hooded robe slowly walked out of the woods.
"This disappoints General Sun. There are no generals in the forest."
I saw the scribe gently scratching his face, with a rather embarrassed look on his face.
In fact, there were no reinforcements or ambushes at all.
[Legion Skill·Bluffing]
Use sounds, traces, etc. to simulate the traces of a large army on the side, and there is a small probability that the opponent's army can retreat on its own.
Note 1: This legion skill can only be used when the number of legions is less than 100.
Note 2: Combining special terrain can trigger the secret [Empty City Strategy] to further increase the probability of retreating.
Note 3: When the enemy general’s strategy attribute is lower than 50, this skill will be invalid.
Including the noises around him, including the "disappearance" of Sun Ce and Huang Gai, they were all just a deception used by Xu Shu.
Xu Shu straightened his clothes and bowed slightly to Sun Ce.
"Xu Shu, a grassroots man in Yingchuan, is here to help the general in the name of His Highness King Chenliu."
"Uh... General, why don't you... stop the bleeding first?"
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Sun Ce's injury was neither minor nor serious.
In fact, the main reason is that it looks serious, he is vomiting blood, and his whole body is covered with bleeding wounds. In fact, it is probably just a broken rib, and it will definitely not kill anyone.
"It doesn't matter, so Liu Xie sent you here? So everything just happened was fake?"
Compared to his own injuries, Sun Ce was obviously more interested in this decadent man who had just saved him.
Sure enough, he got a positive reply.
"It's just a fluke, it's just a fluke. They're all tricks that don't work."
Xu Shu's words are not entirely modest.
[Bluffing] is nothing more than psychological warfare. If Huang Zhong had been more determined in his pursuit and observed more carefully, the result would have been completely different.
Fortunately, I succeeded by luck.
While he was talking, a child walked out of the woods behind Xu Shu. He smiled and hugged Sun Ce, revealing eight shining white teeth.
"Liu Xie, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, heard that the general wanted to talk to me, so he came here to meet the general."
This child is dressed in a brocade robe and behaves appropriately. His words and deeds reveal the royal nobility, but there is no sense of superiority and alienation. He is none other than King Chenliu of the Han Dynasty and Liu Xie.
"Haha, didn't you think that when I said something casually, it ended up saving my life?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Ce smiled hoarsely.
At that time, I was just making a joke to fool Wang Yiyuan, but I never thought that Liu Xie really came here in person, and even helped him save a small life from Huang Zhong in the moment of crisis.
"That's all, that's all."
Then Sun Ce whistled softly, and the white horse he was riding galloped towards him from a distance.
Sun Ce fumbled around the saddle a few times, but he took out the jade seal that was tightly wrapped in silk and satin. He gently rubbed it twice with his hand and threw it into Liu Xie's hands like trash.
"You two are here for the jade seal, right? My father, Sun Jian, lost his life because of this jade seal. If you want it, I will give it to you to repay the two of you for saving your life."
At this time, even Xu Shu was stunned.
The surprise seems to have come... too quickly?
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On a certain day in the game calendar of 191 AD, the Youzhou side represented by Liu Xie and the remnants of the Changsha Army represented by Sun Ce had an in-depth and friendly discussion on the issue of the jade seal.
Sun Ce said that the Liu Xie/Liu Yu forces have been royal orthodoxy since ancient times, and the withdrawal of the jade seal is reasonable, legal and in line with international practice.
Liu Xie highly praised Sun Ce's humanitarian spirit of taking the initiative to give up the jade seal, and promised to provide appropriate material support and public opinion support for Sun Ce's subsequent march on Liu Biao.
...This is probably the case.
Sun Ce is a man of his own opinion. He looks down on Yuan Shu's domineering appearance. In his opinion, Yuan Shu will die due to his greed sooner or later - instead of handing the jade seal to Yuan Shu, it is better to hand it to Liu Xie in front of him.
At least they actually saved themselves.
"My lord, think twice, that Yuan Shu is a white-eyed wolf who turns his back on others. If the jade seal is gone, I'm afraid Yuan Shu will definitely get into trouble."
It was Cheng Pu who spoke.
It's not just a matter of launching an attack - the jade seal is Sun Ce's leverage to exchange support with Yuan Shu and counterattack Jingzhou.
Now, Sun Ce carelessly sent the jade seal away. Not to mention Yuan Shu's support, even the tens of thousands of remnants of the army might be swallowed up by Yuan Shu in one go.
When Sun Ce heard this, he frowned and was about to scold him, but Xu Shu stopped him.
"General Cheng's words make sense. Yuan Shu is a cold-blooded man, and he is willing to take the general in because of the jade seal in his hand. However, tigers still have the love of licking calves. To gain his support, you don't necessarily need the jade seal."
Then Xu Shu smiled mysteriously and whispered something in Sun Ce's ear.
"What? Yuan Yao was..."
Sun Ce was shocked - as an ally of Yuan Shu, Sun Ce naturally knew the name of Yuan Shu's only son, the well-known playboy Yuan Yao.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Yao fell into Wang Yiyuan's hands.
However, as soon as Sun Ce's exclamation started to sound, he was interrupted by Xu Shu making a silent gesture.
"General, this matter must not be made public."
"Yuan Yao was kidnapped by a yellow turban thief. The general just happened to meet him and worked hard to rescue him. However, the thief was cunning. In order to save the eldest son's life, the general gave him a jade seal in exchange... How about this story?"