Chapter 83 Sun Ce's frustration
When Du Bo returned to the horse farm with people and horses, the whole horse farm was empty, and it could even be said that the whole horse farm no longer existed. When Liu Qi left, he set off another fire in the racecourse and burned down the racecourse.
Du Bo was so scared that he was cold, but he immediately sent someone to report to Sun Ce, but he led the soldiers and horses to try to catch up with Liu Qi and others. At this time, Liu Qi and others were already a hundred miles away.
The next day, Sun He's 5,000 troops were defeated, and the news that Sun He was killed spread all over Jiangdong. Then the news that Jingzhou's army invaded Jiangdong and occupied the two counties of Xiushuiai County came again, which made people at a loss for a time.
Jiangdong has always attacked Jingzhou. When did it become Jingzhou attacking Jiangdong? Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou and has not captured a city of Jingzhou, and has not killed a general in Jingzhou. And less than a thousand cavalry in Jingzhou could defeat 5,000 troops in Jiangdong and kill several generals in Jiangdong, and it was difficult for those who got the news to accept it for a while.
The weather has changed and Jiangdong is no longer the safest place. Even Yuzhang County, which was guarded by General Taishici, was attacked by the army of Jingzhou. Who else can defend the city and resist the Jingzhou army?
In the county seat of Yifeng County, Qu Cheng and Xu Sheng sat opposite each other, looking at the news in front of them was full of shock. They have determined that the person who stayed here a few days ago is Liu Qi, and the nearly 1,000 cavalrymen are the flying tiger guards. If they still had a fluke mentality before, now they have been determined to work for Liu Qi. Not to mention anything else, Sun Ce will not let them go of just accepting Liu Qi and helping them hide their deeds. They can only Work for Liu Qi.
Nearly a thousand troops defeated 5,000 troops and killed the general Sun He, and nearly ten thousand troops attacked Jingzhou overnight. Such strength was also worthy of their loyalty. If it hadn't been for Liu Qi's explanation before he left: without Liu Qi's orders, they would not want to surrender directly to Xu Shu.
Xu Sheng and Qu Cheng looked at each other and smiled. They are afraid that there will be wars with such a master in the future, but they are not worried. Only in this way can they not feel lonely in troubled times.
Compared with the first two news, the third news is not so eye-attentional. Liu Qi took the opportunity to rob Jiangdong's horse farm in Poyang after defeating Sun He's 5,000 troops, and there was no 5,000 horses left in the horse farm.
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Sun Ce looked at the two urgent reports on the table and his face was so gloomy that he could scrape off the frost. The day before yesterday, he just received the news that Sun He's 5,000 troops were defeated and Sun He was killed, and two more bad news came two days later.
When did Jiangdong become so weak? Only one Liu Qi made Jiangdong suffer heavy losses. It's still adjud that 5,000 troops can't resist nearly a thousand cavalry, but why can't Taishici's 30,000 troops stop Jingzhou's 10,000 troops and let Jingzhou soldiers and horses attack Jiangdong. This has not happened for many years. Even if Sun Jian was killed, Jingzhou's soldiers and horses did not attack Jiangdong, and now Jiangdong's soldiers and horses are strong. When he was ambitiously ready to unify the world, he was attacked by the door, which made him not angry.
And the horse farm was robbed of 5,000 horses and ransacked, which made him even more angry. There were only a total of horses in Jiangdong, no more than 20,000 at most. Now that he has lost a quarter of it all of a sudden, what else does Jiangdong have to fight with other princes?
"Bang!" Sun Ce threw two bamboo slips out and said with a red face, "Okay! OK! When did I, Jiangdong, suffer such a great humiliation?
The officials below were silent, and even Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao bowed their heads and did not say anything.
Sun Ce looked at the official below and said, "A small Xu Shu attacked Jiangdong with 10,000 soldiers and horses in a day. How did Taishi Ziyi guard Yuzhang? More than a thousand cavalry galloped and killed wantonly in Jiangdong. What did you eat?
Sun Ce took a deep breath and said, "Gong Jin, what do you think should be done?"
Zhou Yu got up and said, "Xu Shuzhi is not as talented as me. It is normal for General Taishi to take the opportunity to attack Jiangdong by him for a moment. If his subordinates are willing, they can go to Yuzhang to recover Ai County and repair the two counties to avoid the Jingzhou army to gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong. And Liu Qi's more than a thousand cavalrymen are flexible and fast. It's no wonder that General Cheng didn't catch up for a while. As long as he blocked the surrounding area and sent troops to besiege and suppress more than a thousand cavalry of Liu Qi can escape in five ways.
Sun Ce snorted, "So there is nothing wrong with Taishi Ziyi and Cheng Demou?" Sun Ce was obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhou Yu's excuse for the two of them.
Zhou Yu said, "This is an extraordinary time when the general should not be punished at will. If you order him to repel the Jingzhou army, he will be rewarded and punished according to his merits."
Sun Ce turned his head and looked at Zhang Zhao and said, "Zi Bu, how do you think you can make it?"
Zhang Zhao got up and said, "Gong Jin is right. The punishment of the general in battle will affect morale. Please think twice."
Sun Ce was silent for a while and said, "Since this, Gong Jin will go to Yuzhang, the commander-in-chief of Yuzhang, must drive the Jingzhou army out of Jiangdong."
Zhou Yu immediately said, "No." After saying that, he got up and left.
Sun Ce looked at Zhang Zhao again and said, "Immediately order the garrison in all parts of the country to encircle and suppress Liu Qi. If you are afraid of the enemy, the former will not be killed."
"No." Zhang Zhao immediately went down to convey the order.
Sun Ce looked at the others and said, "Sun Jing, Sun Yu, you two take 10,000 troops each to assist General Cheng in besieging and suppressing Liu Qi." Sun Jing is Sun Ce's cousin, and Sun Wei is Sun Ce's cousin. These two are the three generals of the Sun family together with Sun He. Sun Ce's move is to let the Sun family avenge Sun He.
"No." The two generals came out below and bowed and then left.
Sun Ce returned to the backyard with a gloomy face and listened to the maid's report: "The old lady of the general came to see the general and was waiting in the back hall."
Sun Ce waved his hand and sent the maid to the back hall. In the back hall sat an old woman in her fifties. Although she was dressed in extraordinary clothes and did not wear any jewelry, she sat there without being angry and arrogant. On the left side of the old woman was a teenager in her teen, who was extremely cute. On the right side is a ten-year-old girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, and her eyebrows are heroic.
At this time, the two boys and girls were asking questions around the old woman, and the old woman answered every question carefully with a kind face.
At this moment, Sun Ce came in and the two boys and girls immediately calmed down. They ran to Sun Ce and took Sun Ce's hand and said, "Big brother hasn't played with us for a long time. Are you playing with us today?"
Sun Ce smiled and said, "Brother, you have something else to do. Go and play by yourself." After saying that, let the maid take them down.
Sun Ce came to the old woman and bowed and said, "Mother."
The old woman nodded and looked at Sun Ce and said, "But what's wrong?"
Sun Ce nodded helplessly and told the old woman what happened recently. The old woman sighed and said, "You have the same temper as your father. You are impatient and too strong. How can national affairs be a joke? You'd better listen to the opinions of the people below. As for your father's hatred, don't worry. You can do it now. Your father will be happy if he knows it. After saying that, he helped Sun Ce tidy up his clothes and said, "Which of the princes in the world want to be with? If Jingzhou is really as delicate as you think, how can your father die in a foreign country? It's easy to break. Remember your father's lesson.
Sun Ce nodded. In the past, he really underestimated the heroes of the world. A Liu Qi and a Xu Shu can turn Jiang Dong upside down, not to mention Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north.
Seeing Sun Ce listening, the old woman laughed. His son was as proud as his husband and didn't pay attention to others. Today, this is also a lesson.
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