Just before Liu Yu defeated Yuan Xi.

In the far south, Sun Ce also began a new chapter in his life.

Sun Ce was under Yuan Shu's command, and his life was not so good. Although Yuan Shu admired Sun Ce very much, he only used Sun Ce as a brave general.

At first, Sun Ce didn't have any ideas, he originally planned to settle down here for the time being.

The expansion of Yuan Shu's power also led to friction with the surrounding princes, and Sun Ce showed superior combat ability in various battles. At the same time, Sun Ce is handsome, likes to joke with others, often mingles with ordinary soldiers, and is deeply loved by soldiers.

What bothered Sun Ce the most was Yuan Shu's attitude towards him.

Yuan Shu was capricious and often untrustworthy, and at first he promised to appoint Sun Ce as the Taishou of Jiujiang. But in the end, he changed to his confidant Chen Ji, a native of Danyang. Later, Yuan Shu had a conflict with Tao Qian, sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and asked Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, for 30,000 Hu military rations, but Lu Kang refused to give it. Because of tactical problems, Yuan Shu lost the battle with Tao Qian. Yuan Shu blamed this failure on Lu Kang's uncooperation, and in anger, he sent Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang.

Before Sun Ce sent out his troops, Yuan Shu made a wish and said: "In the past, General Ben misused Chen Ji, which led to the defeat of the army. Ben will often regret that he used the wrong person. If you take Lu Kang this time, Ben will guarantee that Lujiang County will definitely seal it to you. ”

Sun Ce used to visit Lu Kang when he was in Shu County, but Lu Kang looked down on Sun Ce and only let his master book receive him, and he didn't come out to see him, so Sun Ce held a grudge. Now that there is Yuan Shu's promise, Sun Ce is naturally very happy, and he is even more brave in battle. Sun Ce was unstoppable, killed Lu Kang in the Lujiang River, and easily took the entire territory of the Lujiang River.

Sun Ce was originally happily in Lujiang preparing to take up the post of Lujiang Taishou. But Yuan Shu actually reversed himself again and appointed his old subordinate Liu Xun as the Taishou of Lujiang. Sun Ce was disappointed more and more in Yuan Shu's ruthlessness and unrighteousness, he couldn't believe in Yuan Shu anymore, and he always thought about how to get rid of Yuan Shu every day.

And Liu Miao of Yangzhou also had a huge contradiction with Yuan Shu. Liu Miao served as the assassin of Yangzhou, and the past seat of Yangzhou was Shouchun, and Shouchun had been occupied by Yuan Shu and set up a place of governance in Qu'a. Liu Miao is also an ambitious figure, thinking about how to win Shouchun every day, and at the same time, Liu Miao is also worried that Yuan Shu, who is growing stronger, will swallow him. In order to preemptively attack, Liu Shu took the lead in attacking Yuan Shu and stationed troops across the river, and Yuan Shu was furious and sent his confidant Hui Qu to lead 80,000 soldiers and horses to fight with him. It's a pity that Hui Qu is an incompetent guy, and there is no way to cause trouble for Liu Xuan, and the two sides have confronted each other across the river for a long time, but there is no result.

Sun Ce, who was very keen on fighters, found a good opportunity for himself to become an independent army and break away from Yuan Shu, and made a special trip to ask Yuan Shu to go to war for this matter.

Sun Ce said to Yuan Shu: "I am willing to lead troops to conquer Hengjiang." After the Hengjiang River is conquered, the last general can recruit Ding Zhuang locally, and he should be able to recruit twenty or thirty thousand people. As long as they are trained, this group of troops will become a powerful fighting force under the command of the general and contribute to the great cause of the general. ”

Yuan Shu knew that Sun Ce had begun to be dissatisfied with him, and he could no longer use him the same as he had done before. However, Yuan Shu believes that Liu Xuan occupies Qu'a and Wang Lang occupies Huiji, and the two have very strong troops, even if Sun Ce has strong combat ability, the disparity in strength cannot make Sun Ce form a climate. So, Yuan Shu agreed to his request and pretended to return the old department that Sun Ce had brought before. Even the most basic grain and grass were not given much, and it was clear that Sun Ce would not be given a chance to develop.

Sun Ce doesn't care about Yuan Shu's views and attitudes towards him now, and being able to break away from Yuan Shu is his biggest idea now.

After leaving Yuan, Sun Ce was full of pride in his heart, and now he is like a tiger out of the cage, unstoppable. Along the way, people continued to vote, and Sun Ce's team continued to grow, and by the time he arrived in Liyang, it had expanded to nearly 10,000 people. Sun Ce wrote to his friend Zhou Yu about the news of the eastward advance, and Zhou Yu led troops out to meet Sun Ce and sponsor military rations. This greatly relieved Sun Ce's problem of lack of grain and grass due to the expansion of the army. Zhou Yu has been friends with Sun Ce since he was a child, and his feelings are very thick, no different from the two brothers. Now that Sun Ce needs his own help, Zhou Yu will certainly not let him down.

Sun Ce patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and said, "Gong Jin, you are the most able to help me at the critical moment." ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Bo Fu, how can I let you, a guy with developed limbs and a simple mind, go out and fight the world by yourself." Not watching you by your side, who knows when you'll hang up. ”

Sun Ce held Zhou Yu's hand and said excitedly: "Then let the two of us join forces and let the princes of the whole world know the abilities of our two brothers." Fight for the world together! ”

"That's right, it's time for the two of us." Zhou Yu held Sun Ce's hand.

Cheng Pu and the others looked at the young Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, as if they saw the picture of their young selves and Sun Jian meeting before, and sighed that Sun Jian had a successor.

With the grain, grass and troops provided by Zhou Yu, Sun Ce immediately led his troops to cross the river, and Zhou Yu gave him advice by his side, attacked Hengjiang and Dangli, and conquered them one after another. Liu Xuan's subordinates Fan Neng and Zhang Ying were unable to resist Sun Ce's attack and were directly defeated. Then, Sun Ce attacked continuously, invincible, no one could resist his sharpness, and Sun Ce's army was strictly disciplined, and the people were quite supportive.

Sun Ce, with the support of Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others, crossed the river from Liyang and prepared to attack Liu Xuan, who occupied the Niuzhu camp. In the face of Sun Ce's attack, Liu Miao was a little disdainful. Yuan Shu didn't do anything to him in so many troops, how capable the young Sun Ce was, anyway, Liu Xuan didn't take Sun Ce in his eyes at all. With such a mentality, Liu Miao suffered a big loss. Liu Miao never thought that the young Sun Ce would have such a strong combat power, and the attack power of his troops was also so terrifying. In the end, Liu Miao was defeated by Sun Ce and fled to Dantu in a hurry. Sun Ce took the opportunity to capture the Niuzhu battalion, seized all the grain, weapons and weapons in the warehouse that Liu Miao had too late to take away, and enriched the combat strength of his troops, and its military strength was greatly improved.

Sun Ce took advantage of the great victory, waved his army and advanced and successfully occupied Qu'a. Of course, Liu Miao would not let Sun Ce continue to be arrogant, and sent his general Tai Shici to counterattack Sun Ce. Tai Shici's bravery impressed Sun Ce, who was also brave. Tai Shi Ci caused trouble for Sun Ce. Tai Shi Ci faced Sun Ce's thirteen horses with one horse, Tai Shi Ci and Sun Ce duel alone, Sun Ce snatched Tai Shi Ci's halberd, and Tai Shi Ci snatched Sun Ce's helmet. Later, reinforcements from both sides arrived.

Sun Ce suffered his first defeat since the march, but he had no complaints. Cheng Pu and the others were also worried that Sun Ce would be angry because of this, but they didn't expect Sun Ce to be very happy.

"It's really rare that there are such warriors in the world." Sun Ce said happily. Sun Ce was very confident in his martial arts, but he didn't expect Tai Shici to be able to draw with him, and the fighting spirit in his heart was even stronger.

Zhou Yu knew that Sun Ce wanted to subdue Tai Shi Ci, and said: "Since Bo Fu values it so much, let the junior brother design it." Get Tai Shi Ci here. ”

"Gong Jin, come quickly." Sun Ce hurriedly said.

Zhou Yu leaned into Sun Ce's ear and said his countermeasures.

Sun Ce's eyes lit up when he heard it. Cheng Pu and these veterans didn't know what these two were discussing.

In the next few days, rumors spread in Liu Miao's army that Tai Shici wanted to betray Liu Miao's defection to Sun Ce. Originally, he felt great pressure on Sun Ce's attack, but Liu Miao was very concerned about this rumor and summoned Tai Shici to question. Tai Shici, who has always been loyal and righteous, felt that he had been insulted, but the rumors were clear-cut, so that Tai Shici could not explain them. Forced into desperation, Tai Shici used his actions to prove his innocence. Tai Shici single-handedly came to Sun Cejun to challenge. Liu Miao followed with a large army.

Sun Ce followed Zhou Yu's strategy and did not fight with Tai Shici. Sun Ce kept revealing Tai Shi Ci's intention to eliminate Liu Shi Ci with him, deliberately making Liu Ji suspicious of Tai Shi Ci. Liu Miao didn't believe it at first, but Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci fought several times, as if they had left a lot of affection, and finally had to believe that Tai Shi Ci had been in the same league with Sun Ce, so Liu Miao expelled Tai Shi Ci.

Liu Miao destroyed the Great Wall and expelled Tai Shi Ci, who was eventually subdued by Sun Ce. Liu Xuan's stupidity allowed Sun Ce to get a fierce general in vain. Without Tai Shici, Liu Miao would not be able to resist Sun Ce's attack at all, and he was defeated and fled again.

Sun Ce continued to march towards the core area of Yangzhou, and the people panicked.

At the beginning, when the people heard that Sun Cebing had arrived, they were terrified, their souls were dissipated, and they could not avoid it, and the local officials often abandoned the city and lurked in the grass. Later, people gradually discovered that wherever Sun Ce's army went, the sergeants strictly obeyed the general's orders and did not dare to plunder the people. So the people were very happy, and they vied with cattle and wine to reward the troops.

Sun Celao gave his soldiers and issued a proclamation, telling his subordinate counties: "Liu Xuan's villagers and subordinates surrender without asking; Those who are willing to join the army can join the army, and the whole family is exempted from taxes and forced labor; If you don't want to join the army, you won't force it. ”

After the proclamation was issued, people gathered from all directions, and in a short time, more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 horses were recruited. Since then, Sun Ce's name has shocked Jiangdong. Soon, Liu Miao gave up Dantu and fled westward, and Sun Ce captured Wu County.

At the same time, Zhu Zhi attacked Wu County from Qiantang, Wu County Taishou Xu Gong resisted Zhu Zhi by fist, Zhu Zhi defeated Xu Gong, Xu Gong fled and attached to the bandit Yan Baihu, Zhu Zhi then acted as the duty of Wu County Taishou.

Liu Miao made a final effort and launched a counterattack against Sun Ce. However, the situation was completely under Sun Ce's hands, and Liu Xuan's counterattack was like a moth to a fire, killing himself.

After Liu Miao was killed, Wang Lang of Huiji was left in the entire Jiangdong.

After a big battle, Sun Ce captured Wang Lang alive and unified the entire Yangzhou, his combat style was extremely brave, and people compared him with the former Xiang Yu, known as the "little overlord".

Although Sun Ce laid down such a large territory, he still chose to forbear, continued to surrender to Yuan Shu, and let Yuan Shu block the knife for himself.