The weather in early winter is cold and windy.

In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, near Moling County, Danyang County, a hidden water village is built on the Yangtze River branch, relying on a very small island, there are more than a dozen wooden boats parked on the river, the place here is hidden, the surrounding rivers have nine turns and eighteen bends, and the water flows too fast, and it is difficult for others to reach.

In the water village, a wooden house above the river, a small brazier is burning, the house is not very cold, Sun Quan is wrapped in a brocade robe, long hair is in a bun, and he wears a jade belt around his waist, sitting safely in front of a young man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

Although he was in the den of thieves, his expression was extremely calm, not at all frightened, and he could not see the fear on his face.

"Lao Zhou, you don't have anything to do with the few people around me!" Xiao Sun Quan raised his head, looked at the young man with amber eyes, stretched his waist casually, and asked lazily: "That most beautiful little lady is my future wife, don't be impulsive, come to some kind of pressure lady, otherwise I will nail you for the rest of my life." ”

"Gongzi Quan, you still have to worry about yourself, if within three days, your brother doesn't dare to bring money and come alone, I will definitely throw you down the Yangtze River to feed the fish." When Zhou Tai heard this, a string of black lines crossed his forehead, and his face was a little cold, and he said.

This trip didn't rob much, the little ancestor did rob one, in Sun Quan's identity, he understood, this little guy can't fight or kill, after all, Sun Jian's tens of thousands of troops are not easy to mess with.

However, he let Sun Quan go like this, and it was too damaging to his reputation as a nine **, and he was not very willing, so he came up with the attention of kidnapping the ticket, not to kill him, and to use him to extort a fortune from Sun Jian.

So after he inquired about Sun Ce's soldiers, he asked Sun Quan to send a letter to Sun Ce.

"Lao Zhou, you won't kill me!" Sun Quan smiled.

"Gongzi Quan, you seem to be very confident?" Zhou Tai stared at him, his expression was a little vicious, and he said coldly: "Although I don't dare to provoke Sun Poyu, but aren't you afraid that Lao Tzu will be angry and lose his reason, and really kill you?" After all, Lao Tzu is a thief. ”

"Of course I'm confident, it's you who aren't confident now."

Sun Quan smiled faintly, raised his head, and looked at this young man, dressed in a simple cloth robe, eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a little dark skin, and said: "It's already ugly to be a thief, but you don't have the confidence to be a thief, what else is it called nine **, dominating the Yangtze River, Lao Zhou, you let me down a little." ”

"Hmph, it's nonsense, what's wrong with me Zhou Tai?" Zhou Tai's eyes widened, looking at Sun Quan, his eyes burst out with a fierce aura, and he said coldly.

"I'm afraid of losing!" Sun Quan squinted his small eyes and looked at this future famous Jiangdong Huchen.

Zhou Tai, the word Youping, Jiujiang Xia Cai people, because of the offended officials, fled in the early years, the water is very good, the force is outstanding, and later he has been eating in the Yangtze River, and he also united his friend Jiang Qin in the same county to establish a group of water thieves.

This gang of water thieves on the Yangtze River, specializing in robbing officials and businessmen, prominent for a while, Jiujiang County and Danyang County have sent troops to kill, but every time it is unsuccessful, gradually this group of water thieves by the merchants on both sides of the Yangtze River officers and soldiers called nine **.

In Sun Quan's memory, Zhou Tai should have three or four years before he surrendered with Jiang Qin and Sun Ce, but now that he has met him in advance, he will not be polite, and he will take it under his command first.

This is a tiger general on the battlefield, and he is especially familiar with water warfare, just to establish a naval army for Jiangdong.

In Runan, Sun Quan and Xu Shao Xizhi only cooked wine and green plums for a night and talked about the world, and they didn't see the two again the next day, so they left directly, and then entered Jiujiang County, intending to cross the river from a ferry in Jiujiang County, enter Danyang, and then return to Wu County, but the boat was on the surface of the Yangtze River and was brought to this guy by force. This guy's martial arts are indeed powerful, and he has definitely been promoted to the top of the first-class rank, even Zhu Zhi, a veteran of the battlefield, is not his opponent, he was stabbed a few times, his blood was churning, and he is still recuperating from his injuries.

"Hmph, will I, Zhou Tai, be afraid of losing?" Zhou Tai sneered self-deprecatingly, and his arrogance was revealed in his words.

"Lao Zhou, why don't we gamble, if you lose, give it to me...... Lead the horse, right? Sun Quan said with a smile.

"You want me to lead you on a horse? What a big breath, what to bet on? Zhou Tai squinted his eyes and looked at Sun Quan's small body, he couldn't see through this little Zhengtai, there were few people he saw who could be more calm than this little Zhengtai in the den of thieves.

"Your most powerful thing is not this martial art, then bet you can't beat my brother." Sun Quan was very confident in Sun Ce's martial arts.

"What if you lose!" Zhou Taiyi became interested when he heard it, he was also very confident in his martial arts, maybe he was not the opponent of the Jiangdong Tigers, but Sun Ce was just a teenager, he was still young, no matter how brave he was, how strong could he be.

"I lost, that's up to you!" Sun Quan shrugged his shoulders and said without the slightest concern.

"Don't you want to talk about Sun Ce's martial arts, what if Sun Ce doesn't dare to come?"

Zhou Tai asked suddenly.

"What if my brother does come?" Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he asked instead.

"Hmph, let's talk about it later!" When Zhou Tai heard this, his eyes flashed with a hint of hope. Sun Jian He hasn't seen it, but he has the courage of Sun Ergongzi, and he has a good idea, now let's take a look at the ability of Sun Dagongzi, who has the name of young courage in Jiangdong.

"Lao Zhou, you are still up and down in your heart now, is my Jiangdong Sun family not worthy of your refuge?" Sun Quan looked at Zhou Tai, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing an optimistic smile, and asked, "Or do you want to be a thief for the rest of your life?" ”

"I don't want to be a thief for the rest of my life, but I can't trust you." Zhou Tai was silent for a moment and said.

Rich, no one likes to be poor, if you can wash the body of a thief and be an upright person, there are few people who want to be a thief for the rest of their lives.

Last year, there was a powerful water thief in the Yangtze River waterway under the persuasion of an official, who agreed to submit to Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Ang, but was deceived to the shore, and was beheaded in three or two to show the public, with the law of the righteous Han Dynasty.

Therefore, he Zhou Tai did not dare to surrender casually. However, after a few days of getting along, under Sun Quan's incorruptible lobbying, he did have the idea of returning to the Jiangdong Army.

Sun Jian is famous for his bravery in Jiangdong, intimidating the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, since he led his troops to defeat Dong Zhuo, his reputation is flourishing, and now he leads his troops back to Jiangdong, many people are optimistic that he can achieve Jiangdong hegemony.

"Brother Zhou, here's news!"

At this time, a young man in blue walked in quickly, his eyes were a little excited, he looked at Zhou Tai, and said: "Yesterday we sent the letter to Sun Ce, who was stationed in Qu'a, Sun Ce seemed to be very nervous This younger brother set off without saying a word, and he should be able to get to our water village at noon today." ”

"How many soldiers did he bring?" Zhou Tai stood up, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"I didn't bring any soldiers and horses, I came alone!"

"Alone?" Zhou Tai looked at the young man in blue, his eyes widened, and he asked cautiously, "Gongyi, have your spies seen clearly?" ”

This young man in blue is Jiang Qin, the word Gongyi. In history, he and Zhou Tai were both the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Eastern Wu, and the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Eastern Wu were not only talking about martial arts, but also the ability to lead troops.

Jiang Qin may be worse than Zhou Tai in martial arts, but he is familiar with military books and is still above Zhou Tai in terms of marching and fighting.

In recent years, he and Zhou Tai have joined forces to dominate the Yangtze River, leading hundreds of water thieves, and thousands of soldiers and horses have come to encircle and suppress them, and they have all been defeated, both of them were born in Jiujiang, so they are famous in the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River.

"See clearly, it's just one person!"

The young man in blue nodded affirmatively: "He just returned to Jiangdong, his men are all cavalry, there is no boat, he went to the ferry in Jiangcheng County, it was my subordinates who drove the boat to take him to the Yangtze River first, and also circled around the Yangtze River a few times, there is absolutely no one behind him, one person and one gun, and his courage is extraordinary." ”

When Xiao Sun Quan heard this, he was moved in his heart. Sun Ce was willing to go into the den of thieves alone, and it was a great risk to come to rescue him.

"Good! Good! A good Sun Ce, the tiger father has no dogs, and he has the domineering spirit of a father, since he dares to come alone, I think I will meet him for a while. A hint of brilliance flashed in Zhou Tai's expression, and a great battle intent emerged.

Water thieves like Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who are accustomed to being free and wild on the Yangtze River, cannot be recovered without a little peerless force deterrence.

People born in the green forest all advocate force, and without the deterrence of force, Sun Quan may not be able to let them surrender even if he says that he will break the sky.

Since Sun Ce is here, Sun Quan has a plan in his heart to recover the two.