Listening to the words of the military doctor Zheng Kong, who seemed to be unintentional and nagged, Sun Jian's sickly face showed a trace of defeat.

The confidence and arrogance of the past seem to have been wiped out in the middle of these few words. That majestic body seemed to dry up in an instant!

An army of millions, a population of 30 million!

Under the Ming Lord, the ministers are like rain, and the good generals are like sand!

So, what to fight against?

What qualifications are there to fight for?

Sun Jian sighed slightly and closed his eyes.

Those who set up great things in ancient times not only have supernatural talents, but also have perseverance. is as heroic as Sun Jian, how can his mind be so weak? With just a few words, you lose faith?

There are several reasons for this.

First, Sun Jian is still nominally only a taishou under Yuan Shu, and his manpower, material and financial resources are far from enough. was about to take advantage of Yuan Shu's self-care and wanted to fight the territory, but there was another thing about his beloved son being bound, so he had no choice but to put the big thing aside first.

Second, the beloved son was bound, the general was injured, the soldiers and horses were damaged, and he was humiliated, and then the beloved daughter was deeply imprisoned. This series of blows made him impetuous.

Third, now that he is seriously injured, and all three of his sons, father and daughter, father and son, have become prisoners of the ranks, the future is uncertain, and life and death are unpredictable, how can he not let his confidence be greatly damaged?

Taken together in this way, Zheng Kong's astonishing words took advantage of the weakness of his spiritual defense line and struck Sun Jian to a complete body!

As for Sun Ce, after all, he is a newborn calf, still young, stubborn, rebellious, and enthusiastic. After listening to Zheng Kong's words, although he felt that the opponent was strong, it aroused the idea of not admitting defeat in his heart.

With a spear in his hand, Sun Ce didn't believe it, he couldn't fight a piece of the world!

But now that he is bound, his father is injured, and his sister has become a prisoner, the pride that has just accumulated has disappeared in an instant.

As for Sun Shangxiang, she didn't think about it that much at all. As long as my father and eldest brother are fine, anything is fine.

is different from the father and son of the Sun family, Zhou Yu thinks a lot.

Zhou Yu was born in a scholarly family, and he is talented and intelligent. Although it is a fledgling, the analysis of affairs and the speculation of people's surnames are already in full swing.

Sun Jian's decadence, Sun Ce's immaturity, Sun Shangxiang's filial piety and no overall situation are all seen by him.

In his opinion, Sun Jian, whose confidence has been greatly hit now, may not be enough to succeed. And Sun Ce is too immature, easy to be rash, and has shortcomings. As for Sun Shangxiang, there is no need to mention it again.

Originally, he wanted to tie himself to the Sun family's chariot and try his best to support Zhou Yu. Nowadays, due to various complex reasons, there have been great changes.

Analyzing the current general trend, Zhou Yu eliminated all the princes one by one, and in the end, only the high Yuyang King remained! Only he is the most likely to settle the country! Do you want to go to Youzhou? Playing for Liu Yuan?

Zhou Yu's heart was full of entanglement.

Not to mention that now the people who belong to Youzhou have tied him up and have a grudge. Just said that the woman he fancied had something to do with Liu Yuan for a long time, how could this not make him entangled? !

It can be said that he and Liu Yuan are rivals in love!

How can this be?

Although the general trend of the world is almost decided. He also knows that under the general trend, everything will be crushed and turned into ashes. But it is indeed too difficult for him to conform to the general trend and serve Liu Yuan.

He is a child of the family, and he has long known Liu Yuan's attitude towards the family. If Liu Yuan treats the family well, he can let go of those grudges and be willing to serve Liu Yuan. But Liu Yuan has a suppressive attitude towards the family!

Do you have to go against Liu Yuan?

It's a pity that there is no one in the world who is Liu Yuan's opponent!

Not to mention that Liu Yuan now has a huge power, with millions of troops, a jurisdiction of thousands of miles, and an uncountable population. Just talking about the current war situation, it is also extremely beneficial to Youzhou!

Hebei has been completely wiped out, and even Qingzhou, the springboard for the south, has been defeated!

What's more, in the Central Plains Jiangnan, there are Liu Yuan's eyeliner minions everywhere, as well as the Yangtze River Water Division, the Yellow River Water Division

And so on and so forth, which prince could resist it?

In the carriage, several people were entangled.

Zheng Kong changed the medicine for Sun Jian again, bandaged it completely, and finally got out of the carriage.

Sun Shangxiang sat beside Sun Jian, and only then did he have the heart to carefully look at the demeanor of the people in the car.

Flutter

Sun Shangxiang smiled.

Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

"Father, eldest brother, brother of the Zhou family, what are you thinking, your face is so ugly?" Sun Shangxiang said lightly: "Now that we are all prisoners, we should think about how to get out." If you can't think of it, you can think about what will happen to Youzhou and how to deal with it. But after all, we don't know about Youzhou, we don't know about Yuyang King, since we don't understand, don't think about it, and talk about it then. Why bother yourself? ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were clear in their hearts, and they suddenly felt that Sun Shangxiang was the real wise man, and a few of them seemed to have become clowns!

Only then did Zhou Yu take a closer look at Sun Shangxiang, and at the same time overturned the evaluation of Sun Shangxiang just now. Secretly, this woman is really smart and insightful!

Not to mention the whimsical thinking of a few people in the car, let's talk about the outside of the car.

The army of 50,000 traveled all the way, and where it passed, people and animals were easy to change, and soon arrived at Yangquan.

Yangquan County, on the bank of the Huai River, is a port county town with a similar geographical location to Gaotang.

The 50,000-strong army stayed in Yangquan for half an hour, rested for a while, and then prepared to cross the river. When I came to the ferry, I saw nearly 200 huge iron boats, anchored in the harbor!

"It's an iron ship! The iron ship of Youzhou! ”

The soldiers exclaimed.

The Youzhou Sailor owns an iron ship, and now it is a well-known thing. However, although I knew it in my heart, it was still terrifying to see this iron ship fleet with my own eyes. Although the giant crossbow and catapult have not appeared, they still give people a huge shock.

Seeing the arrival of the army, Jiang Qin was still dressed like that and jumped off the ship.

"Haha, General Han, let's meet again!"

Jiang Qin laughed.

Han Hao glanced at the iron boat that could not be seen, his expression was very restrained, and he clasped his fists and said, "General Jiang, this is?" ”

"Hehe, General Ben led the fleet here, just to give the two masters a ride." Jiang Qin glanced at the hundreds of wooden boats that had been driven to the side, and the meaning of his words was self-evident. Obviously, I just can't look down on your Yuan Shujun's ship, and I'm afraid that an accident will affect the master's mother, so I just use my own knife.

Han Hao laughed dryly, understood what Jiang Qin meant, and said, "Even if this is the case, you have to trouble General Jiang!" ”

After that, the 50,000 army gave way to open the road, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and others drove three carriages to get on the ship first, and then, 50,000 horses also lined up and boarded the iron ships one after another.

After Huang Zhong and the others got on the boat, Er Qiao, the mother and daughter of the Huang family also got out of the carriage. Even Sun Jian and several others were also thrown out of the carriage. The group was on the bow deck, facing the river breeze, closing their eyes and reveling.

"This is the Iron Ship?" Xiao Qiao touched the steel railing and said to Jiang Qin, "Won't it sink?" ”

Jiang Qin laughed dryly and said, "No, how could it be." ”

"Then why?" Little Joe blinked and asked again.

"Uh" Jiang Qin was speechless. He can fight in the water and sail ships, but he doesn't know how iron ships are unsinkable.

"This ship was developed by the master of the Mo family, and I don't know why it doesn't sink." Jiang Qin said truthfully.

"The Mo family?" Xiao Qiao came to be interested: "That's it, Mozi's Mo family"

Faced with Xiao Qiao's seemingly endless problems, Jiang Qin wisely took advantage of his busy military affairs and fled.

Seeing this, Xiao Qiao smiled.

"You!" Da Qiao stretched out his slender jade finger and slapped her forehead fiercely: "It will play tricks on people!" ”

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan looked at the densely packed and formation-formed fleet on the river, looking at the soldiers with their heads held high and their faces rigorous, in fact, the shock in their hearts was really difficult to describe.

"Old brother," Wei Yan said: "With such military might and such a magical iron ship, who in this Jiangnan can stop the King of Yuyang?" ”

Wei Yan was very glad in his heart for his temporary choice. Feel, follow Yuyang Wang, there is a way out!

Huang Zhong nodded approvingly and said, "That's true. ”

Han Hao and his soldiers were also amazed. Some paced vigorously to see if the ship was sturdy. Some carefully touched the iron railing, as if they were stroking their lover, and the list went on

Yuyang.

On this day, Liu Yuan spent two hours to finish handling the official business accumulated in the previous day, walked out of the study, and was about to go out of the house to relax. But there was a report of frustration.

"Hey, Gonghe, why are you here?"

Liu Yuan knew that with his frustrated surname, if there was no major incident, he would not come to him. But they are all old courtiers, old subordinates, and the relationship is very close, and sometimes they joke and say something else, which can also relax and get closer to each other, right?

"My lord."

He bowed and said with a smile, "I have something to report to you." ”

"Come in and say."

Liu Yuan pulled the frustrated professor into the study, and the two sat down face to face, Liu Yuan looked like he was listening.

"Lord, just now, the Jizhou army escorted two captives to Yuyang, and at the same time, the envoy from Xuzhou also arrived. When do you see them? ”

He smiled and said, "Among these captives, there is also the old knowledge of the lord. Otherwise, the subordinates would not mention this matter in front of the lord, as for the envoy of Xuzhou"

Liu Yuan nodded and said, "It's just okay today, so let's bring someone over, and it's good to see you." But what do you say, who is it? ”

"Mi Zhu Mi Zi Zhong."

"Is that him?" Liu Yuan smiled: "How did he get captured?" ”

"The subordinates don't know, and the lord has to ask himself, hehe."

After Fu Zhu left, after a while, the two captives were first brought into Liu Yuan's study.

Liu Yuan looked up and saw that one was indeed Mi Zhu, and the other had some gray hair, and he must have passed forty or fifty years old.

Neither of them was restrained, and their clothes were neat, so they must not have been subjected to any slight. Thinking about it, Mi Zhu is a big businessman after all, and he has some reputation in Youzhou, and Lu Yi has also heard of it, so he naturally won't be too embarrassed. Incidentally, these half-hundred-year-old people did not receive difficulties.

"Brother Zizhong, and this old gentleman, please take a seat."

Liu Yuan was not arrogant, smiled and asked the two to sit down, and asked his subordinates to serve tea. It wasn't like seeing a captive at all, but a friend chatting.

"Brother Zizhong, what's the matter with you? There is also this old gentleman, who can declare his name. ”

Although Liu Yuan was gentle, his words were unquestionable.

Mi Zhu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I don't want to get involved in this either." It's a pity that my Mi family is rooted in Xuzhou after all, and I can't resist, so after Mi Zhu was captured, I didn't worry. Based on his relationship with Liu Yuan in the past ten years, and he himself was also persecuted, he was not worried about what Liu Yuan would do to him.

Liu Yuan nodded, his gaze shifted, and he looked at the half-hundred-year-old man.

"King Yuyang is well. Wang Lang in Xuzhou, meet here. Wang Lang bowed his hand and gave a courtesy.

After all, Liu Yuan is famous, and Wang Lang is a prisoner. No matter what aspect it is, Wang Lang did not dare to face Liu Yuan with the arrogance of a scholar. What's more, Liu Yuan didn't embarrass him, and he was grateful.

"It turned out to be Mr. Wang Lang." Liu Yuan had a sudden look on his face.

In his memory, he only has a slight impression of Wang Lang, and it seems that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is such a play in which Kong Ming scolded Wang Lang to death.

Although it can be seen from this that Wang Lang is not as good as Kong Ming, he can face Kong Ming, and his talent is beyond doubt. After all, he is the only one in the world who is as demonic as Kong Ming.

(To be continued)