After Zhou Tai reported the matter of Kuai Yuelai's lobbying to Chengdu, he originally planned to let Zhou Tai deter Jingzhou until Liu Biao and Yuan Shu fought to a stalemate, but Guo Jia suddenly asked Zhou Tai to withdraw his troops directly.

Since Kuai Yue proposed to express his sincerity by giving away grain and grass, Guo Jia simply showed sincerity and continued to let Zhou Tai deter Liu Biao in Jianping County, there is always a suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob, as for whether Liu Biao will obediently send grain and grass, Guo Jia is not very concerned, Kuai Yue can persuade Liu Biao to send grain and grass, Guo Jiabai earns military supplies, Kuai Yue can't convince Liu Biao, the evil is Liu Biao's prestige, and in the future to attack Jingzhou, Guo Jia can also use today's incident as a handle.

After returning to Xiangyang, Kuai Yue was highly praised by Liu Biao, saying that he was as clever as a spring, and one person was comparable to 100,000 male soldiers.

But Kuai Yue saw Zhou Tai's sudden withdrawal of troops, and found out that from beginning to end, Guo Jia did not plan to attack Jingzhou, this speculation was confirmed after Zhou Tai's lightning retreat, but Kuai Yue was not surprised, as for persuading Liu Biao to give Guo Jia grain and grass after repelling Yuan, Kuai Yue never thought of breaking his promise, Jingzhou could not take risks, and could not pin his hopes on Guo Jia, these grains and grasses as a price were not wronged.

Besides, Gu Xiaoli is also the remnant of Dali. Jingzhou must be a place coveted by all kinds of heroes, and it cannot be given to people, even if it is only verbal.

Zhou Tai retreated, but Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses had already begun to move south, heading straight to Xiangyang.

With the experience of defeating Guo Jia last year, the strategists in Jingzhou planned to repeat their old tricks, arrogant tactics, and lure the enemy, which can be described as a hundred tried.

Sun Jian, who commanded an army of 70,000, was like a tiger descending the mountain, all the way like a bamboo, unstoppable, Liu Biao sent to the front line to resist Sun Jian's general Huang Zu, defeated and retreated, without the power to fight back, seeing that Sun Jian was about to come to Xiangyang City.

From leading the army to the time he was about to attack Xiangyang City, Sun Jian only took less than ten days, Yuan Shu was overjoyed, and even began to prepare to move the governance office to Xiangyang City.

According to Sun Jian's marching speed, he will definitely be able to reach the city of Xiangyang when it falls tomorrow, camp in the field for a short rest, and plan to take Xiangyang in one go the next day after a night's rest.

Sun Jian, who had finished arranging military affairs in the barracks, remembered Sun Ce's listless appearance for a few days, so he walked towards Sun Ce's tent.

Although Sun Ce is only seventeen years old this year, he has already been in charge of his father's southern and northern wars, and he is also deeply loved by Yuan Shu.

Walking into the big tent where Sun Ce was resting, Sun Jian couldn't help frowning, because he smelled a strong smell of wine outside the tent, and when he came in, sure enough, Sun Ce was lying on the table, holding the wine jar and drinking directly, looking depressed, obviously borrowing wine to kill his sorrows.

"Bo Fu! You dare to disobey military orders! In the barracks, as a general, how can he take the lead in drinking regardless of military discipline? Sun Jian rushed to the table, his eyes widened angrily, and he stared at Sun Ce.

But Sun Ce, who was already drunk, only raised his head after being pulled by Sun Jian's collar, and realized his father Sun Jian in a hazy way, squeezed out a frivolous smile, and said in a tone of indifference:

"Father? Hehe, hehe, the child is guilty, and he will not drink alcohol in the future, but, hehe, father, the child can change his mistakes, but can the father change a path for the child to go? ”

Sun Jian's expression was stunned, and he asked, "How do you say this?" Do you think that being a father has led you astray? ”

Sun Ce, who was loosened of his collar, fell to the seat, hugged the wine jar and poured another sip, wiped the wine from his mouth, and said softly in a dejected voice: "Father's talent, why bother to live under Yuan Shu's account?" The Sun family's sons are martial, they have the right to write, and countless descendants are all handsome in the world, but my Sun family can only expand the territory for Yuan Shu and help him achieve hegemony, hehe, Yuan Shu can't accommodate his brother Yuan Benchu, how can he tolerate my peerless Sun family? ”

These words made Sun Jian's expression change greatly, and he raised his arm to give Sun Ce a slap to wake him up, but the raised hand just couldn't wave it, and Sun Jian, who had an unbearable look on his face, let out a long sigh and sat down across the low table with Sun Ce.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Sun Jian knew that Sun Ce was dissatisfied with the fence, but Sun Jian couldn't help himself.

"Bo Fu, my father knows that you are arrogant, but the Sun family's family background is meager, and it is not as good as those princes, if my father can lay a foundation in Jingzhou, he may also be able to achieve a hegemony, but ...... Now serving under Yuan Highway's account, he is unwilling to be a father, but only in this way can he lead the Sun family to a high position, you can rest assured, as long as his father helps Yuan Highway to achieve hegemony, the Sun family's prominence will not be inferior to the Yuan family today. ”

After Sun Jian experienced the painful lesson of Jingzhou, he deeply realized that he was not a hero, and as a military general, he was the stage for him to play his strengths, he could fight well, but he didn't know how to strategize, in terms of force, ten Yuan Shu tied together couldn't beat him, but some people supported Yuan Shu and looked down on him, is it just because of his family background? Not necessarily, I'm afraid

So Sun Jian also broke off the idea of self-reliance.

But the young Sun Ce did not agree with his father, he suddenly raised his neck when he was drunk, and even looked at his father with red eyes with an irreverent look.

"Why? Even Guo Jia, a weak scholar, can occupy Yizhou and stand on his own, isn't his father even as good as him? Guo Jia defeated Jingzhou and returned, and now the soldiers led by his father, who can stop him? Can the Sun family only be Yuan Highway's pawns? I, Sun Ce, are not convinced! Never convinced! The princes of Kwantung were all afraid of Dong Zhuo, but only my father was not afraid, and after entering Luoyang alone, he got the jade seal of the country, which is the instruction of God to my Sun family! Isn't that enough to explain providence? If my father really wanted to do his best for Yuan Highway, why didn't he dedicate the jade seal to Yuan Highway? ”

Facing Sun Ce, who roared like a beast, Sun Jian's face was sluggish.

"I see, you still remember that slap. Bo Fu, you are still young, many things, you will understand later. ”

Sun Jian got up and smiled bitterly a little lonely.

Sun Ce lay on his back, a teardrop slowly slid down his closed eyes, and his clenched fists never let go of his drunken dream.

Walking out of the camp tent and looking up at the waning moon, Sun Jian was restless, very bitter and extremely complicated.

The jade seal of the country was indeed obtained by him in Luoyang, which is also the reason why he was reluctant to lead the army back to Nanyang, he wanted to rescue the Son of Heaven, and then sent the jade seal, just this credit is enough to make the Sun family prosperous.

Unwilling to dedicate to Yuan Shu, the time has not yet come, although the Han family's qi is declining, but it is far from the end, once the Han family is not dead, he can't easily give the jade seal to Yuan Shu, otherwise he will be a sinner.

Sun Ce spit out the truth after drinking, and passed the long-suppressed words into Sun Jian's ears, Sun Jian's heart was like a knife, he also wanted to give Sun Ce a stage, but there were not many choices in front of him.

If the Han family can get through this difficulty, Sun Jian can exchange the jade seal for glory, if the Han family dies, Sun Jian has no room for self-reliance, he can only live under the tent of the princes, Yuan Shu treats him well, where else can he go? In Yuan Shu, everyone in the army admires the tiger general, if he goes to the accounts of other princes, can he still get such treatment? Looking at the world at this time, those who can match Yuan Shu's forces are none other than Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others, can Sun Jian change his court? What's the difference?

After a sleepless night, Sun Jian's eyelids jumped slightly when he walked out of the big tent in the morning, and his heart was restless, Sun Ce's words always lingered in his mind for a long time, making him lose his mind several times.

"The young general hasn't gotten up yet, this ......" Huang Gai was cautious when he came to report the news to Sun Jian, because he was worried that Sun Jian would be angry.

Sun Jian sighed lightly, so that Huang Gai did not have to disturb Sun Ce's rest, thinking of his son's bitterness in his heart, Sun Jian is beloved son and empathizes, even more uncomfortable than Sun Ce's heart.

Ordered someone to stay and take care of Sun Ce, and Sun Jian led the army to Xiangyang, intending to join Sun Ce after he woke up.

Xiangyang City is close at hand, and it will definitely be reached within half a day, but not far from Xiangyang City, it has once again encountered the resistance of Huang Zu's army, and this time, it will be the last line of defense of Xiangyang City.

Sun Jianwei's reputation is unstoppable, and he is deeply loved by the soldiers, and the most fundamental reason is that he took the lead, and the most fierce place to attack the city must be the troops he leads.

In the face of Huang Zu's resistance, Sun Jian took the lead and led the army to kill the enemy.

The battle was one-sided, and Huang Zu was defeated and led his troops to retreat into the Da Xian Mountains.

Sun Jian was absent-minded, killing the enemy had become a habit, and when he saw Huang Zu retreating into the mountains and forests, he rode a horse to chase and kill without thinking.

"Lord, don't chase it, be careful of deception." Huang Gai and the others were shocked, but Sun Jian rushed to kill in front, there was still a long distance from them, and the reminder did not make Sun Jian change his mind, seeing that Sun Jian rushed into Da Xian Mountain with the vanguard to chase Huang Zu.

After entering the mountain, the enemy is hard to find, in the forest, there is silence, the birds have never heard the chirping, Sun Jian stopped the horse, and woke up, just about to turn the horse's head and retreat, countless crossbowmen appeared in the mountains and forests to surround him.

The arrows were fired in unison, the arrows were like locusts, and the arrows that came with a cold and cold light made Sun Jian unavoidable.

Sun Jian, who was full of arrows in his body, fell from his horse and was covered with arrows along with his horse.

Looking at the fiery red Lie Yue through the lush mountains and forests, blood overflowed from Sun Jian's mouth, and Sun Jian, who was numb to the pain, said inaudibly at the last moment of his life: "Bo Fu, the Sun family, leave it to you." ”

Sun Jian was shot! Yuan Shu's whole army was shaken!

Seeing that the attack on Xiangyang was imminent, the coach was killed! Yuan Shu's army, which had no one to preside over the overall situation, fell into chaos, and Huang Zu took advantage of the victory to pursue and win a big victory, but he still wanted to kill them all and chase them all the way, but he didn't expect to be captured by Sun Cesheng, who missed the battle.

As the sun set, on the head of Xiangyang City, the brightly dressed Liu Biao looked down at the scene outside the city with a solemn expression.

Facing the afterglow, Sun Ce came alone with the captive Huang Zu, without wearing armor, pushing the bound Huang Zu forward, and then kneeling down towards Xiangyang City with a resolute face without a trace of emotion.

After Huang Zu entered the city, Yi Yuan walked up to the city and came to Liu Biao's side, and said in a low voice: "Sun Ce just wants to get back Sun Jian's body. ”

Liu Biao closed his eyes and sighed and nodded.

Wrapping Sun Jian's body with a straw mat, Sun Ce picked up his father's body, turned around and led the horse away.

Under the afterglow, the picture of a horse, a man and a corpse is full of desolation and pathos......

(To be continued)