Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Collapsed Zhu Ran

The rain fell on the corpse, the raindrops on the spear, the rain wet Sun Quan's eyebrows, Sun Quan held the sword in one hand, looked up at the sky, the raindrops in the sky seemed to play the notes of death for him, he suddenly remembered the day he saw his father for the last time, his father touched his head and said, when he came back, he took him fishing, caught a lot of big fish, but his father did not come back.

"Father, am I going too?"

Sun Quan smiled, more ugly than crying, slowly lifted the sword to his neck, and said slowly: "Father, this troubled world is not so beautiful, but I don't want to die yet." ”

"Don't want to die? Then I'll lay down my sword for you. ”

At some point, Gan Ning was already standing beside him, reaching out to grab Sun Quan's wrist and snatching the sword from Sun Quan's hand.

"I'll descend, let them live!" Sun Quan said tremblingly, his voice hoarse.

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "I can't hear it." ”

The main general has been captured, and the soldiers have long been scattered, but the spears and steel knives will not let them go, and the weapons like fresh blood the most, and they can only find a sense of existence when they are stained with blood, and Gan Ning's sword, the sense of presence is the strongest.

Liu Xun smiled, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, these days he was pressed and beaten by Sun Ce, and now he not only defeated Sun Ce, but also killed his general Cheng Pu, and now he has captured Sun Quan again. After so many days of silence, he finally burst out laughing, and laughed so heartily. In the distance, his younger brother Liu Kai was waving to him, opening his mouth wide to say something to him, he couldn't hear it, he was about to walk towards Liu Kai, just took a step, suddenly felt a pain in his chest, he lowered his head and saw a trembling feather arrow stuck in his chest. Liu Xun was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, he only felt that the world was spinning, and then his eyes darkened, and he fell to the ground.

Two hours later, Ma Hong received a report from Gan Ning that Sun Quan was captured alive, but Liu Xun was accidentally killed. A subtle smile appeared at the corner of Ma Hong's mouth, and he said secretly: Senior Brother Ziyang, you should follow me back this time! Your fate is up to me to change.

After Liu Xun was defeated by Sun Ce, he took Liu Ye to Cao Cao, and since then, Liu Ye has become a courtier of Wei, as a descendant of the Han family, Liu Ye has been distrusted in his later official career, even though he was rated as a talented king, but he was depressed.

After defeating Sun Quan, Ma Hong suggested that he immediately withdraw to Jiangxia, and Huang Zhu agreed, Liu Ye saw that Liu Xun was dead, and Liu Xun decided to defect to Cao Cao from his younger brother Liu Kai. Under the persuasion of Ma Hong, Liu Ye decided to return to the Mirror Villa. Yuan Shucong's younger brother Yuan Yin and Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao, who defected to Liu Xun, decided to lead their troops to Jingzhou, and Huang Zhu agreed. Ma Hong learned from the captured Sun Quan that Zhou Yu led an army of 8,000 to be stationed at Zhangdu Lake, intending to cut off the back route of the Jingzhou army. Liu Ye offered advice and asked Yuan Yin to take the grain and grass first, and the Jingzhou army to escort him behind. Huang Zhu accepted after asking Ma Hong's opinion.

When Wu Jing and Zhu Zhi heard that Sun Ce was defeated, they brought 800 cavalry to support, and when they arrived in Echeng, they learned that their nephew Sun Quan was captured by the Jingzhou soldiers, so they said goodbye to Sun Ce, who had gathered the remnants of the army, to pursue the Jingzhou army. Wu Jing and Zhu Zhi led the cavalry to pursue the Jingzhou soldiers for a hundred miles, but there was no trace of the Jingzhou soldiers along the way, only to lose a lot of baggage along the way. Wu Jing thought that the Jingzhou army was in a hurry to withdraw and it was impossible to set up an ambush on the road, so he decided to march quickly to pursue the Jingzhou army, and Zhu Zhi's adopted son Zhu Ran thought that the Jingzhou army was all infantry, and there were 5,000 people, and the marching speed was slow, and the pursuit was not in a hurry.

"Milky son, how do you know the art of war."

Wu Jing was anxious to save his nephew, and he didn't give Zhu Ran face at all, which made Zhu Ran unhappy.

Zhu Zhi gave Zhu Ran a look and motioned Zhu Ran to retreat, Zhu Ran felt aggrieved, he was the same age as Sun Quan, he was a friend, and now that his friend was captured, how could he not be anxious.

Wu Jing led the army for another thirty miles, and saw a large amount of baggage left on the road, and the cavalry dismounted to fight for property, Wu Jing scolded, but the soldiers did not listen. Zhu Ran rode on the horse and frowned and said secretly: Military discipline is so loose, even if this old ghost catches up with the Jingzhou soldiers, can he defeat it?

Suddenly, at this time, a large number of Jingzhou soldiers poured out of the woods to attack Wu Jing's cavalry, and Wu Jing's cavalry team was caught off guard by the Jingzhou soldiers, and soon became chaotic. The Jingzhou army, under the command of Ma Hong and Liu Ye, defeated Wu Jing's cavalry, captured Wu Jing and Zhu Zhi's father and son, and obtained another 600 war horses.

After the war, Ma Hong smiled at Liu Ye and said: "Senior Brother Ziyang is very scheming, if Liu Xun can also listen to Senior Brother Ziyang, how can he fall to this." ”

Liu Ye didn't have the slightest joy, but looked up at the sky for a long time before saying, "It's just that I didn't expect that such an honest person as Senior Brother Xu Shu would do such a thing to you." ”

Ma Hong also sighed and said, "He wants the sword in my hand too much." ”

Liu Ye stretched out his hand and patted Ma Hong's shoulder and said, "Taking this sword means that you have to follow the teacher's wishes, auxiliary Han, junior brother, this road is not easy." ”

"Oh, how does Senior Brother know the meaning of this sword?" Ma Hong asked with a little puzzlement.

Liu Ye was silent for a while, stretched out his tongue and licked his upper lip, then licked his dry lower lip, and said with a wry smile: "The teacher wanted to hand over the sword to me, but I didn't take it. I am a descendant of the royal family, I want to take this sword, but not only to assist the Han, but to prosper the Han, now the Han family is weak, this road is difficult. ”

Ma Hong got on the horse and said to Liu Ye: "Senior Brother Ziyang, let's go back!" The teacher specially explained that he wanted me to take you back. ”

Liu Ye sighed and rode on the horse, followed Ma Hong, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have the same luck as you, junior brother, if I had taken the sword at the beginning, I am afraid that before I see you, junior brother, I will be poisoned by Xu Shu." ”

Ma Hong clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Xu Shu let me go away in the ghost gate for a while, and gave me such a shame, next time I see you, either he dies or I die." ”

Liu Ye didn't speak, he looked at the young man in front of him, he was much taller than two years ago, and now he was seven feet five inches. Will this boy be an assistant? Liu Ye licked his lips, he saw the growing ambition from the young man's body. Liu Ye looked up at the sky, the sky after the rain was very clean, not even a trace of clouds. This time, I'm going to Jingzhou, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Chengde, she's at the ferry, is she okay?

Ma Hong rode a horse and walked slowly, pressing his eyebrows with his right middle finger and index finger, and secretly said in his heart: The waves I am setting off now may have changed the fate of many people, Xu Shu and Senior Brother Ziyang have been out of his historical track, Cheng Pu is dead, Zhou Tai is dead, and Sun Quan and Zhu Ran have been captured by me. Gan Ning may never be able to defect to Soochow again. has changed so much, so will Sun Ce die? Will the Battle of Guandu be won by Cao Cao or by Yuan Shao? It's getting more and more interesting.

"Next, Zhou Yu? Sun Ce has been defeated by me, why am I afraid of you, even if I am not your opponent now, but with Senior Brother Ziyang and Sun Quan, I don't believe that you can still block my way back. ”

At this moment, Zhu Ran's heart is broken, he is seventeen years old this year, he has read a lot of the art of war, he once dreamed of becoming a famous general in the future, commanding thousands of troops and horses to gallop on the battlefield, he also shared his dream with Sun Quan, but the first time he went to the battlefield, he became a prisoner. Zhu Ran wanted to scold his mother, he looked at Wu Jing who was tied up beside him, and really wanted to jump up and bite off Wu Jing's ear, he couldn't hold it back. At this time, Zhu Ran saw Sun Quan, who was tied up very strongly, and his heart was sour, and he couldn't control his tears anymore.

Sun Quan looked at Zhu Ran, the tear mole in the corner of his eye was still so obvious, and he said kindly: "Xiao Ran, I'm sorry." ”

Zhu Ran shook his head and said, "It's because I can't stand you, I didn't save you." ”

"I won't blame you, I only hate myself for not having the ability, so I will affect you." Sun Quan sighed and looked at Ma Hong not far away.

At this time, Ma Hong felt that someone was looking at him, he turned his head to see Sun Quan's eyes, and smiled at Sun Quan. Sun Quan saw Ma Hong smiling at him, and forced a smile to return it to Ma Hong.

"Who is that young man, he should be the same age as you and me." Zhu Ran asked.

Sun Quan said in a low voice: "His name is Ma Hong, one year younger than you and me, and the name that accompanies him is Liu Ye, they are senior brothers, that is, the two of them defeated their elder brother with tricks, and also defeated you and me." ”

Zhu Ran listened to Sun Quan's words, looked at Ma Hong's back, and recited Ma Hong's name three times in his heart, and was defeated by a person younger than himself, which was quite uncomfortable.