On the day of Mengxia Shuo, on the outskirts of Fuchun City, Sun Ce held Yuan Shu's hand tightly, said a final goodbye to Yuan Shu, and hid Yuan Shu in the mausoleum to sleep.

When the last layer of sealed soil of the mausoleum was piled up, Sun Ce immediately pulled out the sword at his waist and engraved the words of the tombstone on the stone tablet on the side with his own hands.

After Sun Ce finished engraving the last text, there was a reading of Bai Dao behind him: "The tomb of Sun Ce's wife Yuan's daughter." ”

When Sun Ce heard this, he looked back, only to find that the person standing behind him was his many years of rebellion against Zhou Yu. Standing side by side with Zhou Yu was a middle-aged man over thirty.

This middle-aged man's name is Zhou An, and he is the old steward of the Zhou family, and Zhou Yu has called him "Uncle An" since he was a child. Zhou An accompanied him this time, on the orders of Zhou Yi, to take care of Zhou Yu's daily life all the way.

"Uncle An, you go back to Fuchun City first to arrange food and lodging."

"Yes."

As soon as Zhou An left, Sun Ce stepped forward, hugged Zhou Yu and cried bitterly, pouring out his inner emotions.

In life, there are always some emotions that are unwilling to be revealed in front of parents, and there are always some words that are inconvenient to tell in front of parents. In some cases, there are often only a few friends who can vent our emotions and let us talk about our feelings. In our hesitant and helpless moments, we are fortunate to know our company to relieve the bitterness in our hearts.

In Sun Ce's several hours of confiding, the word that appeared the most was regret. What he regretted the most was that in the woods of Yangcheng, he couldn't gently hold Yuan Shu's hands, looked at Yuan Shu's eyes gently, and said to Yuan Shu affectionately, "Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said." Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. ”

Before you know it, the sun is already in the west.

Zhou Yu saw that it was getting late, so he took Sun Ce back to Fuchun City to rest temporarily, and then came to worship in front of the mausoleum tomorrow.

On the morning of April 10, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu came to Yuan Shuling to talk as usual.

At this time, Sun Ce, who had not yet come out of the breath of death, saw four people coming with coffins.

When the faces of these four people became clearer, a dark cloud suddenly flashed in Sun Ce's heart, because the four people carrying the coffin were Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Zu Mao.

Sun Ce stepped forward and said, "Why are you here, and who is lying in the coffin?" ”

After the four of them gently put down the coffin and knelt on the ground, Cheng Pu immediately took out the seven-star Longyuan sword handed down by the Sun family, and handed it to Sun Ce with a palm-sized burden: "We are incompetent, we have not protected the lord and princess, and I ask the young master to forgive my sins." ”

Sun Ce took two steps back and said, "The generals of Jingzhou are all mediocre, why did my father die?" ”

"Not only the lord, but even the lord's soldiers and horses, and the lord's Yuzhou are all gone......"

It turned out that since Sun Jian sent troops to attack Jingzhou, the places pointed by Bingfeng were like broken bamboos.

Liu Biao saw that the war was urgent, so he sent Huang Yi to meet the enemy.

For Sun Jian, Huang Yi's name and surname can be described as unforgettable. Because a year ago, it was this Huang Yi who led the army to attack Changsha.

Due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, the Sun family army quickly won the battle. Huang Yi, the commander of the enemy army, was also beheaded by Sun Jian himself.

After winning this battle, the morale of the Sun family army was greatly boosted, and it became more and more difficult to resist. In just three days, Sun Jiajun had already arrived at the city of Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou. Liu Biao saw that Sun Jiajun was menacing, so he hung up the wooden sign of exemption from battle and ordered to cover the door and defend it.

At that time, the defenders in Xiangyang City were insufficient, and if Sun Jianqiang attacked the city, Xiangyang would not be protected. In this critical autumn of survival, Huang Zu, the son of Huang Yu, stood up, and he recommended himself to sneak out of the city at night to transfer troops.

The next day, Huang Zu returned with tens of thousands of troops, set up troops under Xiangyang City, and confronted Sun Jian for a long time.

"The East Gate Guard!" Sun Jian was surprised.

"It's me, I'm Huang Yi's son, my name is Huang Zu."

It turned out that many years ago, the guard of the East Gate of Xiangyang under Wang Rui's account was Huang Zu, the son of Huang Yu.

Black clouds overwhelm the city, the wind is bleak, the golden drums are endless, and the big drums are flying - outside the city of Xiangyang at this time, the atmosphere of slaughter is getting stronger. At the same time, Nanyang County, which seems to be light and breezy not far away, is actually full of murderous opportunities and undercurrents. Because there, there are still more than 100,000 Nanyang troops under Yuan Shu's account.

Huang Zu took the initiative to ask Ying, originally to avenge his father. According to this common sense, Huang Zu should immediately put on an attack formation in order to kill Sun Jian. However, Huang Zu uncharacteristically ordered his subordinates: "The drum is in the middle, the horse is inside and outside, and the whole army is in a circle, waiting for the enemy to attack." ”

At this time, Sun Jian, who was already arrogant, didn't care about anything else, so he ordered: "The cavalry is the front, the infantry is the wing, and the whole army is in a conical shape, charging and killing the enemy's formation." ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

With the beating of a war drum, the battle broke out.

When Sun Jiajun charged, the roars like thunder, even the mountain tigers who were good at howling would probably sigh to themselves; Their eyes looked at death as if they were at home, and even the heroic God of War Chi You would probably be afraid.

"Don't mess up, steady, steady, steady, steady ......"

Although Huang Zu tried his best to appease the army, the fear and uneasiness in his own heart had already been fully revealed in the repeated sentence of "steady, steady".

At this time, although the two sides did not face each other; But the victory or defeat is already predestined.

Sure enough, under the powerful frontal impact of the cavalry of the Sun family's army, Huang Zujun's army was quickly torn open a huge gap. The infantry on both flanks of the Sun family army continued to expand rapidly to both sides along this gap......

Just when Sun Jiajun gradually gained the upper hand, Huang Zu immediately picked up a hard bow, mounted an arrow, and aimed at Sun Jian's chest. Fortunately, on the way to the flight of the stray arrow, someone suddenly blocked him from dying, and Sun Jian was able to survive.

"Damn, dare to hurt people with secret arrows!" Sun Jian said angrily.

Huang Zu saw that his plan could not be successful, so he rode his horse and ordered: "Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" ”

There is a cloud in "Sun Tzu: Military Struggle": "The poor are not chasing, and this method of using soldiers is also." However, Sun Jian, who had already been deeply angered by Huang Zu, had no intention of taking care of the teachings of the sages at this moment.

On the vast battlefield, I only heard Sun Jian's deployment: "The infantry stays, temporarily commanded by the three generals Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, and immediately begins to attack Xiangyang." All the cavalry, temporarily under the command of Zu Mao, will follow me to pursue Huang Zu. ”

As soon as the words fell, Sun Jian immediately led thousands of cavalry under his tent to chase and kill Huang Zu. The rest of the tens of thousands of infantry, also under the command of Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, began to attack Xiangyang in a big way.

Just when the battle of Xiangyang was going smoothly, the cavalry led by Sun Jian was gradually approaching the remnants of Huang Zu.

At this time, Huang Zu suddenly left his soldiers behind and rode his horse to the path next to Zimo alone.

Seeing this, Sun Jian also led the cavalry under his tent and went straight to the sheep intestine path.

The end of this trail leads to the foot of a mountain called Da Hyeon. Soon after Huang Zu stepped into Da Xian Mountain, Kulema jumped into the grass beside the road. Sun Jian didn't think much about it, and immediately reined in his horse and followed.

It was a lush green artemisia bush that was more than five feet tall on average. Although this artemisia bush was nowhere near as tall as the pedestrians galloping on the horses, it was enough to cover the half-crouching crossbowmen.

With Huang Zu's "release the arrow" order, three sharp arrows, accompanied by a piercing "whoosh" sound, immediately came straight to Sun Jian's chest.

Because the distance was too close, Sun Jian's body didn't have time to react at all. In this brief moment, the only thing Sun Jian could do was: staring intently at the arrows flying at great speed, his eyes revealing panic and helplessness, quietly waiting for the verdict of fate.

This time, like the fortunate thing of Li Dai Taostiff under Xiangyang City, finally stopped caring for Sun Jian. Sun Jian couldn't dodge, and three sharp stray arrows all hit him in the chest. only heard the sound of "ah", and Sun Jian immediately fell to the ground. Bright red blood rushed out in an instant along the damaged part of the armor.

"Father, the son has finally avenged you." Huang Zu let out a long sigh and said, "The plan has been successful, and we will withdraw quickly." ”

It turned out that all of this was designed by Huang Zu a long time ago. In order to avenge Huang Yi, Huang Zu did not think much about it in this battle.

As early as under Xiangyang City, when Huang Zu set up a circle formation to defend against the enemy, Huang Zu had already started a conspiracy.

After that, the arrow that Huang Zu shot under Xiangyang City was used to kill two birds with one stone. If Sun Jian had been killed by an arrow at that time, Huang Zu would have been overjoyed; If Sun Jian is lucky enough to escape this catastrophe, the crossbowmen who have long been hidden in the mountains are a double insurance for Huang Zu.

Dozens of zhang away, Zu Mao, who was closely following behind, saw the lord fall from his horse with three arrows, and immediately rushed to Sun Jian's side, dismounted and said, "Lord, how are you?" ”

At the same time, the thousands of cavalry behind Zu Mao went deep into the Artemisia Bush and went all out to hunt down Huang Zu, who assassinated the lord. However, the people who go deep into the artemisia bushes are like dust falling into the river, and they have long since disappeared. The thousands of cavalry only scattered in all directions, slowly groping forward for Huang Zu's whereabouts.

Sun Jian knew that he was seriously injured and difficult to return, so he untied the "Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword" on his waist, took out a palm-sized burden and said, "Give it to the young master." ”

"Yes!"

Zu Mao should bear it, took the Longyuan sword with one hand, opened the burden with the other, and saw the official seal of the assassin of Yuzhou, the seal of the general Shuai, the seal of the Marquis of Wucheng, and the jade seal of the country.

In the end, after insisting on saying "collect the troops and return to Yuzhou, and wait for the young master to become the master", Sun Jian closed his eyes forever. Those cavalry who pursued and killed Huang Zu finally returned in vain. Zu Mao did not dare to neglect the lord's last words, that is, he led thousands of cavalry, took the lord's body, and rushed to Xiangyang City to give orders.

Under the city of Xiangyang, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, who were in the midst of the siege, heard the bad news, so they had to give up the siege and withdraw to Yuzhou with their soldiers.

A few days later, when the Sun army passed through Nanyang, Zhang Xun, the chief general under Yuan Shu's account, and Ji Ling, the deputy general, led 100,000 soldiers to surround the Sun army, which was marching in a hurry.

"Zhang Xun, what do you want?" Cheng Pudao.

"I ......" Zhang Xun was hesitant and couldn't say a whole sentence.

"Your lord's Yuzhou has now been taken over by my lord's troops. My lord is benevolent and does not want to see you destroy yourselves, so I sent me and General Zhang to receive you. Ji Ling said.

When Cheng Pu heard this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and said angrily: "Yuan Shu, if you treat the allies like this, aren't you afraid that the princes of the world will laugh at you?" ”

"Now that your Lord is dead, the covenant automatically lapses." Ji Lingdao.

"Zhang Xun, you and my lord are old people, why do you want to face our sword soldiers when my lord's bones are not cold?" Cheng Pudao.

Zhang Xun jumped off the horse, knelt in front of Sun Jian's coffin, and said, "Brother Wentai, this is the order of the Lord, and I can't help myself." ”

"Zhang Xun, if you still take into account the feelings of your comrades with my lord, you will immediately make way and let me wait." Cheng Pudao.

"I ......"

Just when Zhang Xun was uncertain, Ji Ling said again: "General Zhang, it is not easy for you to get to where you are today. The lord is so important to you, how can you fail him! ”

When the love of his comrades was blocked in front of the future, Zhang Xun finally chose to focus on the future, he got up and ordered: "Take it for me." ”

At this time, the Sun family army had just lost its lord Sun Jian, and the new lord Sun Ce was thousands of miles away, and his morale was extremely low. In the previous crusade against Liu Biao, Sun Jiajun had a lot of losses, and his fatigue did not ease. On the other hand, Zhang Xun's soldiers are highly motivated, with many soldiers and horses, and they are waiting for work in Nanyang. If the two sides work hard, it is obviously Sun Jiajun who suffers.

The most important thing is that Sun Jian's family is still in the hands of Yuan Shu.

Cheng Pu didn't dare to make a move, so he had to compromise: "These soldiers can go back with you, but I, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, together with Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, will escort the coffin of the lord back to Fuchun for burial." ”

Zhang Xun saw that the great thing had been accomplished, so he no longer embarrassed them. Only then did Sun Ce see the scene of the four generals carrying the coffin.

In just over ten days, Sun Ce lost his beloved Yiren, lost his father who raised him and protected him, lost tens of thousands of troops, and lost Yuzhou, where he lived. For the seventeen-year-old Sun Ce, this major change was enough to completely defeat him and make him collapse.

At this moment, Sun Ce just wanted to escape from the strife between the princes, from all these cruel facts.

At the same time, Zhou Yu secretly calculated: "Huang Zu can continuously lure Sun Jian to commit the two taboos of arrogance and anger, he is really a difficult opponent to deal with. ”

After Sun Jian was buried, Sun Ce immediately ordered the four generals to go to Yuan Shu's side to take care of his own army and protect his loved ones. As for himself, he followed Zhou Yu to Luoyang.