Chapter Seventy-Eight, The Three Tigers of Lujiang
The current Sun Ce definitely doesn't know what Yuan Shao thinks, and even if he does, he won't care.
He was on the shore of Chaohu Lake at this time, and beside him happened to be his two sworn brothers, Qu A and Tai Shici, the three brothers stood in a triangular shape, and they were horns with each other, but their tacit understanding was invisibly revealed.
Compared with a few months ago, the eldest brother Qu A has not changed much, he has been standing for a long time, he is already calm, and he is wearing armor, and he has a silver cloak on his back, which has a very Confucian temperament, but his face is a little more dusty than before, and the wind and moon by the lake are endless, but the texture is two or three marks, he is the oldest among the three brothers, and he is also the calmest one, but he is standing a little behind Sun Ce, obviously he is a very rational person, and he will not be pampered and proud because of each other's feelings, and he pays attention to the etiquette of the master-slave identity; The second wife, Shi Ci, seems to have grown a lot, especially obviously influenced by Qu Apo, and now he looks calm, his eyes are bright, his silver helmet and silver armor and silver cloak, his waist is hung with a double halberd, he holds a steel spear, and he is also carrying an iron tire bow, he is simply proficient in all eighteen weapons.
As for Sun Ce, who is the eldest but at the same time is the father of the two, he is probably the most changed, people often have to go through certain things to really grow up, and in the past few months, for Sun Ce, who is only fifteen years old, he has definitely experienced more things than he has experienced in the past fourteen years combined, and the shock and stimulation brought to him are also self-evident, and the most direct is to show Xiàn in his temperament, originally Sun Ce was a very outgoing and flamboyant person, but now he is also very able to calm down, But being able to calm down does not mean that he has lost his momentum, and he has lost his original domineering that is almost natural.
The reason why he is called the "little overlord", Sun Ce's domineering appearance is a very important reason, this point is that the two brothers behind him are incomparable, from the aura, he is indeed very powerful, a pair of tiger eyes are full of essence, but also with a kind of mature wisdom, the whole person stands straight, better like a sharp sword out of the sheath - from this point it can also be seen that his height seems to have increased a little in recent times, and unlike the two brothers behind him who are quite a bit of Confucian temperament, Sun Ce is wearing the ground, It was a black helmet and black armor that matched his temperament, and there were even some blood stains on it that had not been completely wiped off, so that although his whole person was bathed in the gentle breeze blowing by the lake, the whole person was like a god of war who had just come out of the bloody battlefield.
He wears a three-foot long sword on his waist, his wide left hand is held on the hilt, his five fingers are forced, and the green tendons are slightly exposed, but his whole person is burly and powerful, obviously psychological maturity is also accompanied by physical growth, and he also has great potential, his talent is not bad, coupled with the stimulation of experience, he must also appear to be more diligent and hardworking, so he must also have a lot of room for growth.
"Big brother, are Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin credible this time?" As soon as Sun Ce spoke, his voice was still the same voice, but his tone changed slightly, and there was a strange feeling in the ears of Qu A and the others, after all, they were watching Sun Ce change like this, but in general, it was a good thing to become independent, and what Sun Ce's shoulders pressed would also become a better motivation for him.
Zhou Tai, the word Youping, Jiujiang Xia Cai (now Fengtai, Anhui), Jiang Qin, the word Gongyi, Jiujiang Shouchun (now Anhui Shou County), two Jiujiang people, but the identity is not ordinary, they are the most famous water thieves in Yingshui and Huai River, of course, this fame is not necessarily a good name, but now it is Tai Shi Ci, who was originally jealous and hateful, and was quite disdainful of these water thieves, also has a more mature understanding of this group through his recent personal experience.
If you distinguish according to the origin and cause, of course, there are several types of water thieves, some are born (this one is more painful), some are acquired, some are voluntary, some are forced, and some may be forced first and then voluntary. …,
For these two famous Jiujiang thieves, Sun Ce and the three have also heard of it, they themselves are from ordinary backgrounds, of course, they were not born in the den of water thieves, but in the common people's homes, but the experience of the two is quite similar, they were both famous men near the place of residence, both of them are in very good physical condition, and they have both joined the army, and later joined the army under the current Yangzhou Thorn Shi Yuan Shu to fight for it.
However, because he was very dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's oppression of the people and the same oppression of these soldiers who joined after arriving in Huainan, he was finally defeated during a campaign against Jiujiang Chen Wen, because of Yuan Shu's old general Han Hao's wrong decision-making, because he was worried that he might be killed by Yuan Shu's order when he went back - he had never done this kind of thing before in the war with the former Yangzhou Mu Chen Wen, so the two of them together led the remnants of the army to flee, and then began to do a lot of water thieves in the Yingshui and Huaihe areas.
Of course, they must not have such a good intention to rob the rich and help the poor, after all, they also want to make a living, and a large number of brothers under their hands must be considered, but after all, the cause is persecution, and it is not too much, at least there is no such notoriety as Chaohu water thieves in the mouths of the surrounding people, the most important thing is that they have clashed with Yuan Shu's water army, although it is a misunderstanding, but it is definitely not tolerated by the good-faced Yuan Shu; What's more, they won't go back, at this time, it is definitely a good time for Sun Ce to subdue these two people, both of them have good abilities, and their water war capabilities are stronger, which is the talent that Sun Ce needs most at present, this depends on their overturning of the river and the sea in the Jiujiang area, as well as the dealings with Yuan Shu's subordinate naval army some time ago, and the things that can hit Yuan Shu and make him feel annoyed, Sun Ce will not refuse to do it now.
This matter Sun Ce is handed over to Qu A to run the land, if you want to talk about strategy and diplomacy, now there is no one under Sun Ce's hands who is more suitable than him, although Qu A is not a scholarly family, but his cultural level is very high, although he usually does not often speak, but it is just not to talk nonsense, but to sit up as a lobbyist - look at this will not pull Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin over, of course, it is only successful to get the two to agree to meet with Sun Ce, in the end it is difficult to say, but Sun Ce is confident that he can bring them under his command.
However, although they appeared here and invited Zhou Tai and the others to come, their current base camp is not here, but is located in Poyang Lake, which has just been settled, and the veterans Cheng Pu and Huang Gai undoubtedly stayed in the town this time, but in order to avoid misunderstanding between Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, they were set up here, and although they also brought a team of people, they were all some distance away from here in order to win the trust of others.
These are also Sun Ce's own decisions, and they are another example of Sun Ce's recent growth, being able to fuse courage, domineering and wisdom together, which also proves his current maturity.
And after hearing Sun Ce's question, Qu A was about to speak, but was interrupted by Tai Shici: "It's here!" ”
Suddenly, the three of them looked over, and they saw a team of people and horses faintly moving forward in the distance, and the target was towards them, and that side seemed to see this, and a bold voice came from a distance: "I have long heard of the three tigers of Lujiang, and today I saw it really extraordinary, Zhou Tai ......"
Jiang Qin...... "It was obvious that this was another person, and his voice was much lower.
"The two thieves of Jiujiang are back and forth! Haha......"