Sharp arrows fell on the grass and branches, and the fire rose into the sky, and the whole sky seemed to be burning, and the dark night was lost to the light, and the clouds that were pressed down were red and purple, and the dense forest and outside were fiery red.

"Withdraw!"

Sun Ce picked up a cold arrow that broke through the air with a shot, jumped to the middle of the avenue, covered his mouth and nose, and roared angrily to both sides.

A wall of fire had appeared ahead of them, keeping them out of the forest.

If you advance, you will die, and if you retreat... There is Sun Jian's general order.

But now......

Jiang Qin and Chen Wu smiled bitterly, although they said that they would not be subject to the foreign monarch's order, but if Sun Ce was not here, how would they dare to disobey Sun Jian's general order? Since the major general has an order, he should respect the major general. What's more, if they don't retreat, will they still wait for death here? As for the damn general's order, just do it!

Fortunately, Lu Kang didn't expect that there was also Sun Ce among them, a young general who could resist military orders!

Thinking that they were afraid, the two of them glanced at each other, and quickly took the remaining 16,700 people out of the dense forest, and closely caught up with Sun Ce's footsteps.

The soldiers straightened their clothes, wiped the sweat and blood on their faces, and led their horses back from the depths of the dense forest to the entrance. Exhausted and dusty, they didn't look like elite cavalry, but like caravans robbed by bandits.

……

"Let's go, Sun Ce and they shouldn't appear, let's also withdraw to the first line of heaven, the revenge between Brother Yunqing and the brothers Yun Cong and Yun Hui can only be avenged in the coming day!"

After waiting for a long time, I didn't find half a figure coming out of the sea of fire.

Lu Yunhai spat out the grass in his mouth on the ground, poked his head out of the grass behind the hillock in front of the dense forest, waved his big hand behind him, jumped off the hill and walked towards the sky along the avenue by the firelight.

A sparse sound immediately sounded on both sides of the grass, and more than 10,000 black-clothed soldiers followed Lu Yunhai and disappeared into the distance of the road.

……

The day is dawn, and the morning breeze gently blows the leaves in the forest, stirring in people's hearts, bringing great comfort. It's a pity that Sun Jian didn't feel any comfort, and there was a cloud of anger in his heart.

Five thousand cavalrymen, six or seven percent of them were wounded, and only a small half escaped from death in an embarrassed state.

For Jiangdong, who does not produce war horses, it can definitely be regarded as a broken bone, and I don't know when he will be able to rebuild such a cavalry team.

Looking at Sun Ce and the three of them who were half-kneeling on the ground, Sun Jian was angry, and blurted out scolding words, like the water of the Yellow River gushing endlessly.

"There are five dangers in the art of war: there will be five dangers, you must die and kill, you must live and be captured, you can be insulted by anger, you can be humiliated by being honest, and you can be annoyed by loving the people. Again: Those who are close and quiet will be at risk; Far and challenger, want people to advance.

Bo Fu, you can kill or die, is to tell you that you may die in battle if you blindly fight hard; Those who are close and quiet are to tell you that the other party is in danger and can be relied on, and that you must be careful when marching; The challenger, on the other hand, tells you that the other party will lure you and wait to move forward.

These are all the truths that Ben Shuai taught you after he came back from Liangzhou, have you forgotten them? A full 5,000 cavalry, but now there are only about 30% left, when the two armies will face each other, what do you ask for this commander to cover the flanks, and what will you use as a maneuver? ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, the more angry he thought about it, and Sun Jian's saliva was about to rush to Sun Ce's face: "Thousands of sons and daughters have stayed in Jiangbei since then because of your recklessness and carelessness, and their souls have nowhere to go, how do you let Ben Shuai explain to my Jiangdong father?"

Bo Fu, although you are the eldest son of Ben Shuai, you are also a forward general under Ben Shuai's account. Ben Shuai has always been strict in governing the army, and there are rewards and punishments, but now you have lost the opportunity because of brute force and adventure, causing the children to be bloodstained on the battlefield, and you should be beheaded according to the law, you must not blame Ben Shuai for being ruthless! ”

As soon as he spoke, the ancient ingot knife suddenly came out of its sheath, and the direction of the treasure knife pointed directly at Sun Ce.

Everyone was shocked, Huang Gai hurriedly flew forward and hugged Sun Jian, and the rest of the two veterans, Han Dang and Cheng Pu, as well as Zhou Tai and Lu Meng, quickly knelt on the ground and admonished one after another.

"The lord can't, although the defeat of this battle is due to the weak command of the young general, at best, it is only a mistake for Lu Kang's old man!"

"The defeat in this battle was mainly due to the unknown or even erroneous situation of the forward scouts, and had nothing to do with the major general. The major general just listened to the news before doing this action, and the real culprit is the forward battalion scouts, and please ask the lord to be clear! ”

"My lord, the young general can lead his brothers to escape from the sea of fire, which is enough to make up for the crime of this battle, otherwise my Jiangdong Lion will no longer have a war horse available!"

Everyone persuaded for a while, Sun Jian's hand holding the treasure knife finally hung down, but saw that the scout kneeling on the side was like a sieve chaff without the courage of a soldier, and suddenly became angry, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, his hands violently broke free from Huang Gai's embrace, and kicked the scout to the ground with a kick.

Sun Jian grabbed the bloody head and hung it on the saddle, then took off the helmet and bun, shook his head and shook the black hair of the shawl, the ancient ingot knife was lightly horizontal, and a strand of long hair fell from his shoulders and slowly fell into the dust.

"Due to the unfavorable news of the scouts and the improper command of Sun Ce of the forward battalion, our army was severely attacked, and according to the generals of the army, the commander wanted to behead the two of them to show the public, and he has comforted the souls of his brothers in heaven.

However, due to the face and bitter admonition of the generals and brothers, Ben Shuai temporarily let go of Sun Ce, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and others, beheaded the scouts, and cut off the hair of Ben Shuai with a regular military order. If there is a repeat offender, Ben Shuai will never spare it! ”

The words were like a landslide, and everyone was awe-inspiring.

The ancient Chinese political and ethical work, the "Book of Filial Piety" in the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism, says: The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also. Moreover, in ancient times, there was a kind of criminal law called "sage", that is, cutting the hair into slavery.

Sun Jian cut his hair and acted as the head, not only putting himself in a place of unfilial piety, but also lowering his status from a wealthy family to a lowly slave.

You must know how clear and strict the class level was in this era at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Jian dared to cut his hair and act as the head, although it was not his own head that he paid, but his own dignity and spiritual punishment.

How can the people not be afraid?

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the thick smoke ten miles away like a heavy dark cloud pressing over the forest, and felt quite bored: "Since Lu Kang Lao'er already knows that Ben Shuai is coming, and has set up an ambush in the forest to block the progress of our army, he can no longer win with surprise troops."

Then, Ben Shuai simply put up a position openly and slowly advanced to Lu'an. This place is only 100 miles away from Lu'an, I believe that with the weakness of the soldiers and horses of Lujiang and the moderation of the Lu generals, no matter how Lu Kang arranges the troops, he will definitely not be able to stop the blood and courage of my Jiangdong boys.

Order: Gong Fu led 20,000 infantry as the vanguard, and transferred Sun Ce, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu to listen to the order; Demou and Yigong are the left and right armies, each leading 10,000 troops, covering the left and right flanks of the army and supporting the attack of the front line at any time; The rest of the people all sat in the Chinese army with the commander and slowly advanced to take Lu'an, and there must be no mistake! ”

"No!"

Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Sun Ce and others clasped their fists and shouted in unison, and the sound was deafening and resounding throughout the universe, like spring thunder rolling through the dense forest, and like a long sword almost trying to pierce the dark clouds that were pressed down.