Sun Ce, who lost his war horse, did not lose his fighting spirit, but his fighting spirit was even stronger, and without waiting for Han Lie to get close, he stabbed Han Lie on horseback with his backhand, and the shadow of the spear under the dance was like the wind, pervasive, like a bone, straight through Han Lie's chest.

"Sex is like fire, swallowing mountains and rivers, and it has the wind of an overlord." Han Lie praised loudly, and the slashing knife in his hand volleyed into the air, and the sword fled like a flame, as fast as a comet hitting the moon, slashing at Sun Ce's iron spear, colliding with bursts of sparks.

"General Han's knife skills are exquisite, like an antelope hanging horns, there is no trace to be found, it is indeed powerful, but for a certain person, the stronger the enemy, the stronger my fighting spirit." In the face of Han Lie's praise, Sun Ce stepped out, if the gun chased the wind, the person followed the gun, stabbed at the beginning, and with a fierce killing intent, it slashed through Han Lie's left arm.

Although Han Lie put away his knife and cut Sun Ce's spear, the sharp blade had already left a shallow wound on his arm, and the wound brought Han Lie not pain or shame, but a raging battle intent.

"You'll stab me too." Han Lie, who snorted coldly, turned the blade of the horse slashing knife in his hand, and the last move in the Nine Palaces Illusion Diagram, the dragon rode the sky wind and clouds to evolve along the way, this sword move was still used for the first time in the battle array since it was comprehended and evolved by him before the end of the year, to be honest, Han Lie himself didn't know how powerful it was.

The sword descended from the sky, as if a fiery red fire dragon soared into the air, showing a hideous atmosphere, the temperature within ten steps seemed to rise rapidly, Sun Ce, who was shrouded in the sword, breathed for a while, and his face also changed.

"Bang!"

The knife fell, the gun in Sun Ce's hand broke in response, and Sun Ce in the battle circle stumbled under his feet and rolled out with the momentum, which was able to avoid the falling knife, but he was shocked by the force of the knife, and when he got up, a mouthful of blood couldn't help but spurt out of his mouth.

At the same time, his right hand had already held the ancient ingot knife hanging from his waist in his hand, and he looked at Han Lie from afar and said with a miserable smile: "In this battle, I lost, but if General Han violates his promise, he will only fight to the death, and he will definitely not surrender." ”

Facing Sun Ce, who was defeated, but not weak, Han Lie, who put away his sword and drank the war horse, stared at Sun Ce, and said: "In the past, I inherited the kindness of General Wentai in Luoyang, but now he died young, and he can no longer repay it. You go, give you three days, after three days, our army will be annihilated by all enemies in Danyang. ”

"Today's kindness, I will repay later." Sun Ce glanced at Han Lie with a resolute gaze, then turned around and returned to his own formation.

"The general is mighty, the general is mighty!" At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Red Flame Army did not know that it was their own commander who had won, and the shouts on the battlefield shook the sky for a while, and their morale was uplifted.

On Sun Ce's side, morale was much lower, and Sun Ce, who was taken back to the military formation by Sun Ben, vomited a mouthful of blood again, and said with a pale face: "Brother, I'm sorry, I'm defeated, but please believe me, sooner or later, one day, I will win it back." ”

"Well, my own brother, I naturally believe you." Sun Ben nodded, stretched out his palm and clasped it with Sun Ce.

"Brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are golden." With the support of his cousin, Sun Ce couldn't help but regain some confidence, and said: "Pass my general's order, the whole army retreats, and goes to Lingyang to meet Zigang (Zhang Hong)." ”

When Han Lie led the army back to the city, he was criticized by Guo Jia, who meant to judge Han Lie for not being brave and aggressive and forgetting his identity.

"What the military advisor criticized was that he wrote it down, and asked the military advisor to bear with me." In the face of Guo Jia's criticism, Han Lie had no choice but to accept it with an open mind, and repeatedly expressed his intention to accept it with an open mind.

"The lord must not be perfunctory, this matter is not only about the safety of the lord alone, but the life and death of my tens of thousands of troops, if there is another time, Jia can only ask the lord for instructions and set rules to restrain the lord's behavior." In the face of Han Lie's compensatory smile, Guo Jia was unmoved, and said with a solemn expression.

"Good, good, what the military advisor said, Lie will definitely take it to heart and never do it again." Seeing that Guo Jia was scorching and his expression was serious, Han Lie had to promise again and again.

"I will tell my mother about this matter, and I hope that my lord will not do it again in the future." Guo Jia refused to budge.

"Lord, Sun Ce's department outside the city is packing up, it seems that they are preparing to retreat, whether they really let them leave safely." Just when Han Lie was being forced by Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, who rushed over, finally let Han Lie take a breath.

"Zilong came just in time, I was about to discuss this matter with you, please take a seat." Han Lie hurriedly changed the topic and pulled Zhao Yun with an expression of wanting to discuss military affairs.

"Hmph, the lord has to get through the trick." Guo Jia had a cold face, glared at Zhao Yun, and said, "General Zilong, as a retainer, you should do your duty as a retainer, and the lord goes into battle to fight, why don't you stop it?" ”

"Uh, the military advisor, you have wronged me, Yun not only stopped me, but also prepared to send someone to tell the military advisor, but the lord not only didn't listen, but also stopped the herald, you also know that Yun is a retainer, how dare you go against the lord, right?" Seeing Guo Jia's unhappy expression, Zhao Yun couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, ignoring Han Lie's eyes, and opened his mouth to sell Han Lie.

Because Zhao Yun knew very well that he had offended Han Lie in this matter, at most he would be complained about afterwards, but if he offended Guo Jia, then in the next period of time, he would not only suffer cold eyes, but also be put in small shoes, which were not much punishment and burial, but when formulating the battle arrangement, Guo Jia, as a military advisor, would often deliberately snub you, making you stare at the sidelines and watch other generals make meritorious contributions.

"Hey, Zilong, you're not authentic, when did you send a herald, Fengxiao, this matter is purely framed by Zilong, you have to know everything." When Han Lie heard this, Zhao Yun, who was a good guy, not only did not help, but also put himself to death, and he quickly defended himself with a look of indignation.

Faced with the mutual accusations between Han Lie and Zhao Yun, Guo Jia had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Okay, don't take it as an example, that's it." ”

"The military advisor is wise." Han Lie and Zhao Yun saw that they had passed the test in confusion, glanced at each other, and then complimented.

"Get down to business." Guo Jia didn't know that these two people sang and harmonized, and said with a bad face: "The lord really shouldn't agree to let Sun Ce leave, this person is a fierce tiger, if he is allowed to develop, sooner or later he will become a confidant, and today, with our strength, we are seventy percent sure that they will be wiped out in Danyang." ”

"Although the words of the military advisor are reasonable, but you also said that you are only seventy percent sure, that is to say, Sun Ce still has a thirty percent chance of escaping, and the result of such a vicious battle is very likely to cause more than half of the casualties of our army, and this price is not cost-effective for us at the moment." Han Lie actually calculated the gains and losses in his heart, and let Sun Ce leave, although there is the possibility of letting the tiger return to the mountain, but the result of the same battle between the two tigers is also likely to be a lose-lose situation.

For the current Han Lie, this time to cross the south of Jiangdong, it took only two months, but one after another to take most of Wu County, as well as the entire territory of Danyang into his hands, the two counties are vast, the population is large, the land is fertile, fish, rice, mulberry and hemp everywhere, as long as a little management, he is enough to support 50,000 to 70,000 male soldiers, but across the Jianghuai, the strength is enough to compete with Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, and Yuan Shu, who occupies the land of Huainan, and become the third largest force in the southern land.

"What the lord is worried about is exactly what Jia thinks, otherwise he will definitely not agree to let the lord let Sun Ce lead the army to leave Danyang, but the tiger is a tiger after all, and it is not a good thing to let it go, the lord now has a seal in his hand, and he can show the officials below six hundred stones, since the lord intends to get along with Sun Ce, why not show his official position and let him inherit the lord's feelings?" Guo Jia actually took into account the loss of the battle with Sun Ce's side, as he said, if it weren't for this reason, he would definitely not agree to let Sun Ce lead his troops out of Danyang County.

"Well, the words of the military advisor are not unreasonable, Sun Bofu's ambition is not small, but for him, his father's hatred can be described as like a fish in his throat, since he wants to send a personal favor, then simply send a big one, Sun Wentai's proudest thing in front of him is that he was personally named the general of the feudal fortress, the marquis of Wucheng, and the leader of the post of Sha Taishou by the imperial edict, although I can't recommend Sun Ce to be the marquis today, but there is no problem in admitting to inherit the position of general of the broken captive."

"I think I will officially appoint Sun Ce as the commander of Chaisang County, recommend him as the post of general of the Broken Prisoner, Sun Ben as the commander of Boyang County, and Wu Jing as the commander of Pengze County, so that Sun Ce can justifiably enter Yuzhang County, and Yuzhang is adjacent to Jingzhou, to the south can enter Changsha, to the west can enter Jiangling, to the north can enter Jiangxia, I expect that if Sun Ce wants to figure out this joint, he will be happy to go, so that I have one less strong enemy, two to make an ally, three can also free up space and time, and start to include Huiji County in the territory, I wonder what the military advisor thinks? ”

With Sun Bofu's current strength, if he gets a name, it is easy to put the governance of these three counties in the palm of his hand, which is far more generous than Yuan Highway appointing Wu Jing as the Taishou of Danyang and Sun Ben as the Captain of Danyang, but it is much more generous if he does not pull out a soldier." Guo Jia couldn't help but applaud Han Lie's plan, such a bait, he was not afraid that Sun Ce would not bite.

You must know that Yuzhang County is not like Danyang, Yuzhang is located on the edge of the east of the Yangtze River, the clan is full of strong and powerful clans, even if the general Taishou takes office, he can't control it at all, but with Sun Ce's ability and strength, based on Chaisang, Boyang, and Peng Ze, it is enough to encroach on and control the whole county of Yuzhang.

"Lord, in this case, what are we going to do next?" Zhao Yun was obviously not interested in the conspiracy and secret battle that Han Lie had planned just now, but the meeting that Han Lie mentioned had caught his attention.

At present, the six counties of Yangzhou, Wu County and Danyang fell into the hands of Han Lie, Yuan Shu occupied most of Jiujiang County, and extended his tentacles to Lujiang County, and Yuzhang County obviously wanted to give up to Sun Ce, so the next Huiji, which was surrounded by Danyang and Wu County, was naturally Han Lie's first target.

"What does the advisor think?" Han Lie smiled but didn't answer, and turned to look at Guo Jiadao.

"Huiji for us, is just the fat on the side of the mouth, you can eat at any time, and we are not in a hurry, now we take Wu County Danyang two counties, Xuzhou will inevitably shake, Shouchun Yuan Shu will also covet the heart, so next our energy, we have to put in the north, to deal with Tao Gongzu still have to repair, keep a low profile, for Yuan Shu, there is no need to be polite, can fight will fight, because this person is purely wolf, the more you respect him, the more he bullies you, only if he is afraid of him, he will be afraid to stay away." Guo Jia's thinking questions are obviously looking at the whole picture, at the moment, for Han Lie, the biggest enemy is obviously Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian of Xuzhou should not be taken lightly, at least he must not become an enemy, otherwise Han Lie will fall into a situation of being attacked on both sides.

"Feng Xiao's words are reasonable, in order to appease Tao Gongzu, Zhou Xin continues to stay in office, it is obviously necessary, Gu Yuansian is also suitable to serve as the county guard of Wu County, as for our army, take a little rest and fully return to Guangling, in this way, we can also say that Tao Gongzu was invited to quell the chaos, rather than encroaching on other counties and counties." Han Lie thought about it, nodded and said: "The recruitment order must be conveyed to all counties immediately, and a new appointment will be sent to Chen Jibi, and from now on, he will be appointed as the right middle general of the government, and the governor of Wu County and Danyang County, responsible for inspecting hundreds of officials and inspecting the achievements of county magistrates." ”

"In addition, he was transferred to Haiyan to order Lu Dai to be the lieutenant of Danyang County, responsible for Danyang military affairs, recruiting 7,000 elite soldiers, and dividing Moling, Jiangning, Hushu and Jinlingyi into a domain, building Jianye New Town, setting up Jianye Diannong Governor's Mansion, and appointing Guoyuan as the post of Jianye Diannong Lieutenant, who can recruit 5,000 soldiers and collect displaced people to build a city."

When Guo Jia on the side heard Han Lie's password, he immediately took up the pen and recorded it on the silk silk, and then handed it to Han Lie to stamp the seal, and then handed it over to the fast horse messenger in the army to send it out.

Before Lu Dai arrived, Han Lie had already led the army to Moling, met with Xu Huang, and met with the county commanders and county magistrates of Moling, Jiangning, and Hushu, but the results of the meeting were quite disappointing to Han Lie.

However, these people are all children of the local wealthy gentlemen, and Han Lie still needs the assistance of these local snakes if he wants to build a new city now, so while Han Lie removed the three of them from their official positions, he also arranged new positions for them in the new Diannong Governor's Mansion, and promoted each of them to a level, although the positions were promoted, in fact, their burden was much lighter, which in Han Lie's opinion, was a position that was more in line with their abilities.

When Guoyuan arrived, Han Lie left him 500 elite soldiers, as well as 30 million money in the Danyang Mansion's treasury, and handed over all the tax revenue of Jianye New Town for the next three years to Guoyuan to be responsible for, without reporting and paying to Zhonglang General's Mansion.

Leaving Lu Dai to command the soldiers and horses of Danyang County, plus the 5,000 soldiers and horses to be recruited by the Jianye Diannong Governor's Mansion, Danyang's standing army reached 12,000 people, which was obviously enough to support Danyang's defense military affairs for the time being.

The reason why Han Lie chose to take Moling City as the center and build Ye New City is naturally because Moling is the location of Jinlingyi, a famous ancient town in the Spring and Autumn Period and Chu Kingdom, and it is also the address of Sun Quan's capital Stone City in later history, and it is also the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in later generations, Jinling City, that is, Nanjing City in later generations.

Of course, Han Lie has deeper considerations for building Jianye New Town, that is, in his strategic planning, the future Jiangdong political and military center will inevitably be centered on Jianye, which has developed water conservancy and transportation, and the Jianye City after the successful construction can enter Xuzhou and Yuzhou in the north, Jingzhou in the south, East China Sea in the east, and Jiaozhou in the east.

The reason why Jinling City was prosperous in history is naturally inseparable from its superior geographical factors.

On the other side, when Sun Ce led the army to leave Danyang, he unexpectedly received the appointment document sent by Han Lie, and when he praised his succession as the general of the Broken Prisoner, although he vaguely felt that there was a conspiracy in it, but the thought of being able to inherit his father's legacy still made him cry with joy.

"Han Ziyang is still kind." These are Sun Ben's words.

"Bo Fu, this Han Ziyang treats us like this, there won't be a conspiracy in it, right?" Wu Jing, who was old and sophisticated, questioned quite uneasily.

"Even if this is a trap, I can only jump down, Yuan Highway obviously won't help us now, now Uncle Gongfu (Huang Gai), Uncle Yigong (Han Dang), Uncle Demou (Cheng Pu), Uncle Junli (Zhu Zhi) are still in his hands with military orders, if I don't get the territory as soon as possible, when will the four uncles return?" Sun Ce remembered several powerful generals under his father's account, but now he was forced to work for Yuan Shu, and his heart was both helpless and full of indignation.

After calming down, Sun Ce continued: "Now Yuzhang, it is also good for us, before I came to Danyang this time, Yuan Highway appointed the uncle of my righteous brother Gong Jin to serve as the post of Yuzhang County Cheng, if I go to Yuzhang and meet with Gong Jin, if I get Gong Jin to give advice and counsel to the military affairs, why worry about my father's revenge and revenge?" ”

As Sun Ce said, when he led the army back to Lingyang and joined Zhang Hong, the idea of going south to Yuzhang was also recognized by Zhang Hong, and the army immediately rose up and drove directly to Chaisang, and in the past few years, the prestige of the little overlord spread all over Jingyang and even all over the Central Plains. (To be continued.) )