It is said that Sun Ben saw that the flag in front of him was very anxious, and it seemed that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly collected his troops and returned to Pengze, unable to take into account the pursuit of Ganning's army behind.

"Let the thief Gan Ning chase and kill this time, our army has injured more than a thousand troops, plus the previous losses, I have nearly 3,000 casualties this time, it is really hateful, it seems that now I can only rely on the favorable terrain of Peng Ze, stick to and wait for help, but I believe that even so, our army can still hold on to Bo Fu to lead the army back to help."

Although Sun Ben felt very unwilling for today's losses, he was still very confident in the city defense, believing that this time he would be able to stop Liu Qi's army under Pengze City, and even defeat Liu Qi to vent his hatred.

Sun Ben led the army to the city of Pengze, and immediately ordered the door to be opened, but suddenly was shot by a burst of arrows, which caused his own side to lose hundreds of soldiers.

Then Sun Ben was surprised to see an unfamiliar face appear on the city, only to see that the man shouted: "Could it be the Yamen general Sun Ben Sun Boyang, and the partial general Sun Fu Sun Guoyi?" Haojiao Ru and others learned that now Pengze County has changed its surname to Liu Yin, and I am a soldier under the command of Yangzhou Assassin Shi Cao Zhi, and Yamen General Wei Yan Wei Wenchang is also. ”

After Sun Bending looked at it, he found that the banner of the city had really changed, and then he knew that the other party had taken advantage of the emptiness of the city's strength and had taken the city down, and he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately led people to attack the city, but he didn't even have siege equipment in his hands now, and it was difficult to capture the city, and he was shot back by a rain of arrows from the other side, and had no choice but to lead the army to retreat.

But after Sun Ben's army had been walking for nearly half an hour, it could no longer walk. Because it has been nearly three hours since he went out of the city in the morning to confront Gan Ning in Pengze Huzhong, the army has not entered the grain of rice, and it is already tired, Sun Ben has no choice but to discuss with Sun Fu, so he ordered the army to stop and rest, and at the same time bury the pot to make rice, and then march after a full meal.

"Fortunately, our army had captured some of the grain and grass in Liu Xun's army before, otherwise I am afraid that we would have to plunder the people along the way." Sun Ben couldn't help but be glad, sat on the ground and gasped for breath, thinking silently.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a drum sound, and then I saw a large army coming from the front, and then I saw that there was also a soldier and horse on the left and right wings to kill it, and launched a charge against Sun Ben's army who was caught off guard.

"Sun Ben, you can't escape, quickly dismount and surrender. Wu Meng is engaged in, and the general is forbidden to be here. ”

"Sun Boyang, don't drive, Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi, the general of the Right Army Division, are here, quickly dismount and surrender, or you can avoid death."

The left and right flanks surged up like a tidal wave, quickly dividing the unsuspecting army and besieging it.

What is even more frightening is that the young general of the Chinese army riding a white horse, holding a spear and a sword at his waist, led a team of five or six thousand god-killing soldiers behind, like a group of tigers descending the mountain, slaughtered Sun Ben's soldiers.

This time it can be said that it was a one-sided massacre, because Liu Qi's army chose to launch an attack when Sun Ben's army was the most defenseless, and the army hurriedly met the battle in a hurry, some of them were not even fully armored, and the formation was even scattered, so although the Danyang soldiers were brave, this time it was an unprecedented rout.

"Don't panic, gather quickly, and then fight to break through." Sun Fu raised Sun Ben's general flag in the midst of the chaos and shouted loudly.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, a horse rushed forward quickly and stabbed him to death with a shot.

"Ah......" The soldiers around him were terrified, and they all fled.

But he saw that the man said that he raised the flag of Sun Ben and shouted: "Sun Ben is dead, those who surrender will not be killed, quickly put down their weapons and surrender." ”

How did the sergeant in the distance know what the truth was? As soon as they saw that the flag was captured by the other party, they hesitated for a moment and then threw down their weapons and surrendered.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Sun Ben sighed, and had no choice but to lead two or three thousand defeated troops to flee to She County.

Liu Qi did not rush him, ordered the army to collect troops and return to the camp, and after a little rectification, he ordered Huanjie to guard Chaisang, Wei Yan to guard Pengze, and ordered the Ganning Navy to prepare, and led the troops to cross the river overnight and go to Anhui County.

And said that that night, Liu Qi led 20,000 troops to Pengze Port, and saw that Gan Ning had already gathered the large and small ships there to standby, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, took Gan Ning's hand, and said with a smile: "Xingba has worked hard for several days, you have to level Zhang Hu, attack Chaisang, go down Pengze, and cross the river to pacify the Lujiang River, the credit is really not small, but unfortunately I have no higher official position here to reward you, so I have to reward ten thousand dollars, ten thousand grains, ten thousand jewelry, and talk about the heart." ”

Gan Ning hurriedly thanked him.

At this moment, Liu Qi suddenly pointed to a young general next to Gan Ning and asked, "Who is this young general?" How did I never see one? Could it be the newly promoted sergeant of Xingba? ”

But I heard Gan Ning smile and said: "The last general is about to report to the adults, this person is the last general captured when Chaisang captured an enemy army Sima, surnamed Lu, the name Meng, the word is clear, the last general saw that although this person was young during the siege of the city, he behaved moderately, he knew how to use soldiers, and he couldn't bear to kill him, so he persuaded him to surrender, after the last general's advice, this person finally agreed to surrender, and the reason why the last general brought him this time was mainly to recommend his last general's former army Sima. ”

"What?" Liu Qi couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked movingly, "Who do you say this person is?" Lu Meng Lu Ziming? ”

"Exactly, I wonder what the adults command?" Gan Ning was stunned for a moment and said suspiciously.

"Hehe, Xingba, then you have really made a great contribution this time, recommended an excellent talent for the official, the official has heard that Lu Ziming is a generation of talents, and he emerged at a young age, when he was only fifteen years old, he followed his brother-in-law Deng Dang to crusade against Shanyue, and he was brave so far, he was really a generation of tiger generals, and he also saw the opportunity to know the soldiers, and there was a way to command the army, he should be a famous general in the world, such a talent, he was really wronged by the military Sima, even if he was appointed as a general, it was not an exaggeration, but because Ziming had just returned to obedience, If the reward is too thick, I am afraid that everyone will be jealous, so the official decided to appoint him as a former military cadet first, and then reward him after he has made meritorious contributions. ”

After Liu Qi finished speaking, he looked at Lu Meng with a smile on his face.

Lu Meng couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, he originally thought that with his identity as a general, he could be named a military Sima even if he had the knowledge of the master, but he didn't expect that the other party just heard his name, and immediately appointed himself as a captain without hesitation, and what shocked him even more was that he was such a little-known little military Sima, there were not a thousand but eight hundred in the Han Dynasty, but the other party was so familiar with him, and he even knew about following his brother-in-law to conquer Shanyue, Even what talents you have are clear to the other party, just like your own confidant.

Lu Meng bowed to Liu Qi under the emotion and said: "Meng didn't expect to be so appreciated by adults, even so, Meng is willing to break his bones and serve the adults for the work of dogs and horses." It's just that Jiangdong Sun Bofu has the grace of knowing the last general, and the last general really doesn't want to be a head-on enemy with him, and he also asks the adults to forgive the difficulties of the last general. ”

Ziming's words show that affection is important, and if this is the case, how can this official not agree? In this way, I will first order you to garrison Chaisang, allocate 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city to you, and order you to be responsible for the conquest of Haiduan and the thieves, this matter can not be completed overnight, Ziming must calm down, and you can ask Huan Shucao for more advice if you have something. ”

Liu Qi patted Lu Meng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "In addition, this official heard that Ziming is still a ranger and doesn't like to read, this matter is really not good, although the official is now busy with military and political affairs, he always finds time to read, whether it is the soldier's Liutao Sanluo or Shang Junshu, Lü's Spring and Autumn and other books, and even Confucian classics are also taken to read, this is not because the official wants to be a pedant, but because there is infinite wisdom in the book, there is a good saying: the book is used when the hatred is less, and the matter is not difficult to know." As long as you read it, you can slowly appreciate the wonders of the book. ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he couldn't help but shed tears of emotion, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, my lordship, the last general will follow your instructions, study hard, and at the same time do not forget his own duty, lead the army to conquer the sea and the thieves, and hurt the land passage between Chaisang and Nanchang City, and create a rich land for the adults to fill the country." ”

Liu Qi saw that as soon as the other party heard his words, he understood the meaning of his words, nodded with satisfaction, and hurriedly wrote a letter of appointment, and wrote a letter to Huanjie, ordering him to allocate 5,000 troops to Lu Meng, and the corresponding ordnance, grain and grass, and handed over the matter of conquest of Haidusk and Shangyu thieves to Lu Ming to be responsible, and ordered Wei Yan to escort Lu Ming to Chaisang, and then led the army to board the ship, cross the river, and prepare to recover the Lujiang River in one fell swoop.

Liu Xun followed Liu Qi with a flattering face, and he was also very excited in his heart. Although his 10,000 army has lost seventy or eighty percent today, but now he can kill back to Lujiang, but it is enough to compensate for this qiē depression, after all, Lujiang is his own lair, and there are twenty or thirty thousand troops under his command, although he is currently going to bow down to Liu Qi and be a vassal, but once Liu Qi leaves, Lujiang is still his own? At that time, he will still be the princes of the dominant side, not to mention that in the future, Liu Qi and Sun Ce will swear that they will not stand together, and the two tigers will fight, and there will be an injury, as long as they seize the opportunity, it is not impossible to occupy the entire Yangzhou.

Liu Xun had now seen that the official position of Yangzhou Assassin was beckoning to him, and he could hardly help but laugh proudly in his heart.

Although Liu Xun is hiding it relatively deeply now, how can he escape the eyes of wise people like Xu Shu and Pang Tong? Even Wang Cang saw that the other party had bad intentions, and hurriedly reminded Liu Qi quietly.

Liu Qi smiled faintly and said: "It's okay, when the time comes, I will have my own way to treat him, hehe, this person is ambitious and talented, it is useless, and he can only get into trouble in the end." In fact, if he wasn't ambitious, this person might still be able to spend his old age in peace, but it's a pity that he didn't know that there was a saying among the people, which said that if you don't die, you won't die. ”