Xiakou, the Jingzhou army and the Jiangdong army have fought no less than 50 battles of various sizes in this water area within a few days. The entire water area is almost stained red with blood, and there are corpses in the water from time to time. Ups and downs. .
"Damn it!" Sun Ce looked at the water camp of the Jingzhou army on the opposite side of the river. Originally, there was no Jiangdong army that could stop him when Xiakou entered Jiangxia. Moreover, the general leading the troops also made Sun Ce very helpless. The chief general was still Huang Zu, but the deputy general was replaced by a man named Wenpin.
This Wenpin Sun Ce had never fought against him, but his general Tai Shici couldn't defeat him in a hundred rounds. Not only that, he was also very good at water warfare, and with the cooperation of Huang Zu, Jiangdong's army suffered a lot. After a few days, Jiangdong lost no less than 7,000 people, and the Jingzhou army on the opposite side also left more than 10,000 corpses.
Jiangxia was difficult to conquer, and the loss of Lujiang made Sun Ce even more irritable.
"My lord, please see Zhou Hujun!" The guard outside the door asked for instructions.
"No!" The subconscious Sun Ce replied irritably.
"Yes!" The guards were about to retreat, but Sun Ce shouted down again, "Wait! Let Gong Jin in!" Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu must have a reason for coming.
"My lord!" Zhou Yu entered the big tent and cupped his fists at Sun Ce. He knew that Sun Ce was very irritable recently, but he had to say something. This matter was too important.
"Gong Jin, why are you so hesitant! If you have something to say, just say it!" Sun Ce waved his hand, he hates hesitation the most.
Zhou Yu took a deep breath to organize his words, and then said, "My lord has a bad news and a good news!"
"A good news and a bad news?!" Sun Ce froze for a moment.
"Let me tell you the good news first!" Zhou Yu asserted himself, "The good news is that the people of Chen Rui in Wan City were wiped out by Lu Bu!"
"The family has been exterminated?!" Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, and then there was a trace of sullen expression on his face, "Gongjin, you are playing for a brother! Uncle Zizheng, I, Sun Ce, killed you!" At that time, they were the retainers of their Sun family. Later, Sun Jian died in battle. It turned out that the Sun family's family scattered the diners. Only Chen Rui and the others were still by Sun Ce's side. They helped Sun Ce out of the trough It was under their plan that Sun Ce was able to conquer Jiangdong.
Now that he heard the news of the extermination of Chen Rui's family, Sun Ce couldn't help but feel hurt.
Looking at Sun Ce's expression, Zhou Yu knew that Sun Ce had misunderstood him, so he hurriedly said, "My lord, I am also very sad about the death of Mr. Chen Rui and the affairs of his clan, but people need to look forward. Business owners can’t just see what’s in front of them. Mr. Chen Rui’s Chen family is a noble family in Wancheng. Since he followed the lord, the Chen family has become a representative of the nobles in Wancheng. It is the gentry in Wancheng that offended, and even the entire Jiangdong gentry lost their hearts!"
Zhou Yu's eloquent talk made Sun Ce's eyes brighter. He himself was the one who offended the gentry most. When he was young and frivolous, most of the Lu family disappeared in a fit of anger, although Sun Ce did not do it himself. , but it was Sun Ce who made them starve to death without food.
The bigger the territory, the more Sun Ce regretted it, why? Because the Lu family represents the gentry, and it represents a force that actually controls the entire Han Dynasty.
The gentry who were old with the Lu family did not suffer much for Sun Ce. From time to time, they would raise prices for Sun Ce, or tell each other not to serve in Jiangdong. Sun Ce couldn't bear it alone.
The land needs to be managed by people, so what if no one becomes an official! What if the price of food has been driven up, and the people will naturally not be able to afford it and will starve to death if they are not full? Of course it was a mess.
And now there are many private soldiers of the gentry, who are offended and hated. On the surface, they dare not play with you like this, but secretly they can collude with other princes to seize your city and destroy your foundation.
Wasn't that what the Chen family did back then and dragged Lao Cao to drive Lu Bu out of Xuzhou
But I didn't expect that Lu Bu didn't remember his surname at all, and now he has wiped out the Chen family.
The princes who do not get the support of the gentry are boundless waters, and sooner or later everything will come to naught. Don’t you see that Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yuzhi
After losing the support of the entire Youzhou gentry, he could only become a pile of bones in the end.
If so, it is really good news.
Chen Rui really deserves to be an old minister of Jiangdong, even if he died, he would die well, and he contributed his last strength to his master.
"Bury Chen Rui generously, with the gift of an uncle!" Such an old official really bowed to the essence and died, and the funeral is really sorry for him. The gift of an uncle means that Sun Ce also needs to wear hemp and filial piety, which is already It was the greatest courtesy for Chen Rui.
"Are there any members of the Chen family?!"
"There is another grandson who studied as a teacher in Kuaiji, so he escaped!" Zhou Yu said. The Chen family's mansion has been completely destroyed, and only this one clansman escaped.
"Let him follow me after he completes his studies!" Those who can follow Sun Ce are all talented people, such as Lu Meng, such as Jiang Qin, who will be the pillar of Soochow in the future.
"It's bad news!" If there is good news, there will naturally be bad news.
"The bad news is!" Zhou Yu hesitated. Do you really want to tell this news
"Tell me! When will you Zhou Gongjin learn to be difficult!" Sun Ce was a little indifferent, no matter how bad the news was, it would make him more angry than the loss of Wancheng and the inability to fight Xiakou. In addition, Chen Rui's contribution to himself made him feel much more comfortable.
Zhou Yu gritted his teeth. It is impossible to hide the news from Sun Ce. It is better to have short-term pain than to make Sun Ce long-term pain.
"Brother!" Zhou Yu stopped calling the lord, and Sun Ce was taken aback by his name change, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Brother's condolences, sister-in-law, sister-in-law has returned!" Zhou Yu half-kneeled on the ground and lowered her head.
"What? What did you say?!" Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu's shoulder suddenly, and the strength in his hands increased unconsciously. He is a martial artist, and although Zhou Yu can be regarded as a Confucian general, he couldn't carry it on his shoulders. Sun Ce squeezed it with all his strength.
Unexpectedly, there was the sound of dislocation of bones on the arm, and Zhou Yu endured the pain and repeated again, "Brother's condolences, sister-in-law, sister-in-law is gone!"
"You lied to me, you lied to me!" Sun Ce was about to go crazy. "Didn't she go to Jianye? She didn't!" On the second day of Sun Ce's wedding, Sun Ce left Wancheng with his trilogy, and he was going to make preparations Yes, before he left, he asked Da Qiao to go to Jianye. Lu Bu occupied Wancheng, but Da Qiao was in Jianye.
"Sister-in-law did not leave!" Zhou Yu explained.
"How did she die!" Sun Ce closed his eyes and let go of his hands. It is impossible for Zhou Yu to lie to him.
He looked at Zhou Yu with flickering eyes. He was really afraid that some humiliation would come out of Zhou Yu's mouth and he would die, or some other death.
"Hang yourself to death!" This is the information Zhou Yu received. After Lu Bujun broke through Wancheng, his sister-in-law hanged herself and died.
"Hanging himself to death?!" Sun Ce was stunned, and Da Qiao's glance seemed to be still in front of his eyes. Although he had a sense of conquest for Da Qiao, he came to Qiao's house to propose marriage, but it has to be said that his first He fell in love with the girl in white at the first glance, and he married her, and the girl in his mind who only spent a day with him was gone.
"Hang yourself to death! Haha, hang yourself to death! Da Qiao, Da Qiao!" Sun Ce laughed wildly, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes were glowing red.
"Brother? Brother!" Zhou Yu wanted to go up to comfort Sun Ce but didn't know what to say.
"Return to the army!" Sun Ce dropped these two words, and a killing intent echoed in his heart. "Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian, I want your blood for blood!"
"Why return to the army?!" Zhou Yu was not calm anymore. Was returning to the army at this time looking for death? Xiakou's 70,000 Jingzhou army is eyeing them. Once the Jiangdong army has a problem, it can immediately send troops south. At that time, it will really be a complete defeat.
"Brother, the great cause is the most important thing!" Zhou Yu knelt down. If he knew that Sun Ce would be so extreme when he knew the news, he wouldn't do it if he was killed.
"Great cause hahahaha!" Sun Ce laughed wildly, "I can't even protect my beloved woman for this great cause, what's the use of having this great cause!"
"But!" Zhou Yu wanted to say something, but was pulled up by Sun Ce, "Gongjin, I, Sun Ce, have no friends in my life. You count as one. You gave me confidence and strategies when I was in the most difficult time. With this Jiangdong hegemony! Today, I beg you, don’t stop me, just let me take my surname once, please!” Sun Ce knelt down violently.
"Brother, don't do it, don't do it! Get up, get up!" Zhou Yu also panicked, did Sun Ce kneel down for him? They are brothers, but Sun Ce is the master and he is the family general.
Sun Ce didn't respond at all, and Zhou Yu couldn't pull Sun Ce anymore, so he gritted his teeth, "Okay! Brother, I promise not to stop you. You can go back to the army, but you can only take 30,000 people away!"
"Gongjin you?!" Sun Ce was a little dazed. Sun Ce brought less than 60,000 parts this time, and more than 10,000 have been lost in the recent attacks. If Sun Ce takes another 30,000, there will be less than 20,000 left. The army has more than 70,000
"Brother, don't worry, with me at Sanjiangkou, I will definitely not let this Jingzhou army disturb my brother's return!" Zhou Yu has his self-confidence, "Yu failed to help his brother pacify Jiangxia Jingzhou, but in Yu's hands, he will definitely not." Lose your brother's hegemony!"
"Gongjin!"
"Go, remember to bring back Lu Fengxian's head and let's watch it together!"
"Okay! Gong Jin, you can just wait here for my good news!" Sun Ce nodded, and it was enough for the brothers to talk too much, and Sun Ce turned around and was about to leave.
"Brother Linhuai Lu Su can take it with him, this man has great talent!" (To be continued.)