"General, I am the commander in this battle of Liaoxi, and the responsibility for the defeat is not Bofu, but me." Zhao Yun stood up in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Zilong, you don't need to say more, the defeat in this battle is indeed mine." Sun Ce said directly.

Although Sun Ce has a straightforward temperament, he has the posture of a monarch and does not lack scheming, but he is just unwilling to use it.

Yuan Shao came to him in the first battle of Liaoxi, and he was the one who was finally besieged and dragged back. He knew the cause and effect of this, and even Yuan Shu's deliberate connivance was faintly aware of him.

For the current result, Sun Ce has no resentment in his heart, only remorse for his incompetence. He was destined to embark on the road that Yuan Shu had prepared for him, otherwise he would not have gone to Liaodong in the first place. Having embarked on this path, he had already prepared for it, and this defeat was just the beginning.

"Your Majesty asked you to come this time to transfer troops?" Ji Ling just wanted to order a little Sun Ce for Yuan Shu, so he didn't say anything more when he saw this.

Sun Ce handed over the order from his bosom: "On the order of Your Majesty, I came to select and transfer 20,000 cavalry and go to Liaodong after the 30th." ”

Ji Ling took the order, took a closer look at it and put it in his arms, and looked at the vast grass on the left: "All the cavalry is over there, there are more than 50,000 in total, you can choose among them." Once you've chosen, just report the list to me. ”

"Thank you, General." Sun Ce clenched his fists and turned away with Zhao Yun.

Ji Ling just quietly looked at Sun Ce's back as he left, his face was complicated, but in the end, he sighed lightly, turned around and picked up the spear: "The rest is over, continue!" ”

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. It's a pity, Bo Fu, you are just the righteous son of His Majesty, if you ......" Ji Ling sighed slightly in his heart.

……

Above the meadow, countless cavalry were galloping.

Sun Ce and Zhao Yun stopped for a long time, their eyes full of satisfaction.

"These cavalrymen look good! The foundation is very solid, and the riding skills and archery skills are good, I really didn't expect to be able to train such cavalry in Jiangdong. Zhao Yun couldn't help but admire.

"In the past, the cavalry in Jiangdong was weak, one was because there were not enough good horses, and the other was because the terrain in Jiangdong was not suitable for cavalry combat, so it was not taken seriously. And now, a large number of good horses have been introduced from the grassland, and the battle line has been pushed to the Central Plains, which is naturally different. These cavalrymen were selected from the army to have good riding and archery skills, although they did not experience much actual combat, but they had a good foundation under strict training. Not to mention sleeping on a horse every day, but basically spending most of the time training on horses, completely moving closer to the Hu people who were born on horseback. Sun Ce said.

"Look, there's someone over there playing polo again, let's go practice too?" Sun Ce looked at a group of soldiers who were playing polo on the side, and said with great interest.

"It's not good that everyone else is training in equestrianism and archery, and these people are playing here!" Zhao Yun frowned.

"Because these people are the winners." Sun Ce said as a matter of course: "Every three days, the army will have a big competition, and those who perform well will be rewarded with a day of rest." What's more, this polo game is also a way to practice riding, according to His Majesty, this is called edutainment. If the place isn't big enough, I really hope all the soldiers will come and play. ”

"Listen to you, I see you haven't played less before?"

"Well, I trained here for a while, so I didn't play less. I think I was invincible and invincible on the pitch back then. Sun Ce said proudly.

The corners of Zhao Yun's eyes couldn't help twitching, and he looked at Sun Ce speechlessly: "The black horse given to you by Your Majesty is one of the best horses in a million, if even these ordinary soldiers can't win, I estimate that General Wentai will hang you up and beat you when he goes back." ”

"Cut, it's easy for you to say, why don't we compare?" Sun Ce said.

"Yes." Zhao Yun was also quite moved when he looked at such an interesting game.

A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Sun Ce's mouth: "For the sake of you who haven't played before, for the sake of being a novice, I'll let you choose someone first." Don't say I'm bullying you! ”

Zhao Yun smiled indifferently and said: "No, just these two teams, we can be one person and one team, please drink if you lose." ”

"Yes."

An hour later, Sun Ce's face, which was originally smiling, darkened.

Zhao Yun had an ordinary war horse under his crotch, but he was still shuttling through the crowd at a fast speed. The polo stick in his hand is like a phantom, firmly controlling the polo by his side.

"Damn!" Sun Ce secretly hated.

He bragged to Zhao Yun before, but as soon as he fought, he was beaten by a novice like Zhao Yun.

Playing polo, mainly relying on individual agility and team cooperation, he has no strength but no use. And Zhao Yun, who is known for his speed and agility, is like a hanging, just a person who single-handedly rushes directly into the formation to score, as long as he touches the ball, he loses, how can he play?

"Don't play, don't play." From the beginning to the end, Sun Ce couldn't hold back any longer, threw away the polo stick in his hand, jumped off the horse directly, and muttered: "I knew that I brought the black horse, this horse is too bad." ”

Zhao Yun stroked the mane of the war horse under his crotch: "Don't talk nonsense, these are good horses." If you compare it to a horse, how many horses in the world can be considered good horses? Why don't you ride the black horse, and I'll bring the Yezhao Jade Lion to the two of us to compare? ”

Hearing Zhao Yun's ridicule, Sun Ce's face was pale, his heart was empty, and he snorted coldly and turned around and left.

"Don't forget to owe me a drink!" Zhao Yun's leisurely voice sounded from behind.

"Got it!" Sun Ce said impatiently.

"Remember to bring more money, I haven't been back to Jinling for a long time, and when the time comes, I will call Ziyi and Wenchang, and everyone will get together together." Zhao Yun mended the knife again.

"Bang!"

The stones under his feet were directly crushed, and Sun Ce fled in embarrassment.

"Huh." Seeing this scene, Zhao Yun couldn't help but laugh. He has always been humble and rarely makes such jokes with others, but Sun Ce is a special case.

……

Although the defeat of Liaoxi was expected by Yuan Shu, and the ending made Yuan Shu very satisfied, Sun Ce's danger still made Yuan Shu extremely unhappy.

When he was laying out Liaodong, Yuan Shu took everything into account. Originally, in Yuan Shu's plan, the worst outcome of this battle was only Sun Ce's capture. After all, Yuan Shao's current situation, whether in terms of the overall situation or in order to seek a way back, they didn't dare to do anything to Sun Ce, unless they wanted to find death.

But the result almost exceeded Yuan Shu's imagination, Sun Ce's power that erupted under menopause made Xun Chen and Yan Liang jealous and murderous, if it wasn't for Zhao Yun to rescue him, it was really a question of whether Sun Ce could survive. Thinking about this possibility, Yuan Shu almost broke out in a cold sweat.

Unhappy in his heart, Yuan Shu naturally wanted to warn Yuan Shao and let him understand what the bottom line was.

Under Yuan Shu's order, Zhang Liao, who was arranged to lead 80,000 elite soldiers to garrison Qingzhou, began to move.

More than 50,000 elites stationed at the border slowly advanced towards the territory of Jizhou under Zhang Liao's arrangement.

Almost all of Zhao's cavalry were concentrated in Youzhou, and they had not yet returned to Jizhou at this time, and several generals were also absent. In this situation of internal emptiness, Yuan Shao did not dare to act rashly at all. After all, Yuan Shu is not the Cao Cao in history, Si Li gathered 100,000 elites led by Huang Zhong, and the Chu army, which is known for its strong naval army, may go down the Yellow River and attack Yecheng at any time.

Therefore, Yuan Shao could only watch Zhang Liao encroach on his own territory step by step, and only stopped after annexing the territory of a county or so.