"Bo Fu, I heard that you have recently been happy with your son, congratulations!"

"Ahh What do you want to do, do you want my son to be a hostage? Don't! At first hearing Li Li's words, Sun Ce rose to the ground with a "poof", his left hand clenched into a fist, his right hand held the sword, and glared at Li Li with an iron face. At this moment, his whole body was tense, like a sharp arrow with a bow wound, as if he was ready to rush forward and fight Li Li at any time.

Seeing Sun Ce glaring at him angrily, Li Li smiled indifferently, waved his hand lightly and said, "Bo Fu, don't be anxious, don't be impatient." I heard that my virtuous nephew is now just half a year old, and he is still a child waiting to be fed, what do I want him to do?

Although Li did not dare to call himself a righteous gentleman, he was not so bad. Such a thing of holding a half-year-old child hostage as a proton will never happen to me Li Li. There is no doubt about this, Li hates it and disdains it! ”

Sun Ce suddenly let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and his tense body relaxed slightly, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance, and still stared at Li Li directly.

He knew very well that Li Li's words were not finished, and there were still follow-ups, and the next words were the most critical. Whether he, Sun Ce and the more than 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers under his tent, can escape this catastrophe is in the following.

But Li Li's next words made Sun Ce miscalculate again, or he didn't hear what he expected, but he was disturbed by Li Li's sudden question.

"I wonder if Bo Fu still remembers the covenant under Dongyuan City four years ago, and now should he fulfill his promise?"

"Huh? The covenant of Dongyuan Castle 、、、 four years ago? Sun Ce was stunned, frowning and thinking as he groaned. It seems to be recalling whether there was an agreement with Li Li in the past, and why he didn't have a little impression.

Did Sun Ce really forget the covenant of Dongyuan City?

No, even if Li Li forgot. He Sun Ce will not forget jì. But he really wanted to forget about it, and forced himself to forget that alliance under the city countless times, and it was best not to mention it again for the rest of his life. Helplessly, he still remembers the scene vividly, because that scene has often come to his mind over the years, and it will not be dispersed and lingered, like a shadow. It's always on my mind.

In the winter of four years ago, under the East Wall Castle:

“?????? I implore the general to fulfill and entitle me as Yuzhang Taishou. and inherited the title of Marquis of Wucheng, his father! ”

“?????? I can promise you an edict as you wish. However, Li Mou said first, if you still can't step out of Jiangdong and expand your territory in Jiangbei within ten years. When our army reaches the Yangtze River. I hope you can lead the people to surrender to me, and don't resist needlessly, lest the lives be ruined and the blood stains the Yangtze River! ”

"Okay, according to the general's words. From today onwards, you and I will take a high-five and swear for a maximum of ten years. If you can hit the Yangtze River within the time limit, my Sun Ce is willing to bow down and be a minister; If not. The oath is void. The next day, you and I met on the battlefield. Fight it out! ”

"High five!"

"Smack, smack, smack!"

The past is like smoke. Sun Ce thought that these memories had turned into dust, and they had disappeared in the vicissitudes of the world, but he didn't think that they would appear in front of him again after four years.

In the battle of Dongyuan City, Sun Ce was severely injured by Ma Chao and almost died on the spot. When life and death were at stake, it was Ma Chao's subordinates who showed mercy, and then Li Li rode out of the city, not only did not embarrass him, but agreed to his request, gave the edict of the Son of Heaven, and made a ten-year covenant with him. This is the "high-five oath" that has spread all over the world in recent years, also known as the "covenant of Dongyuan City".

Afterwards, Sun Ce learned that it turned out that Zhou Yu secretly helped him. When Zhou Yu joined Li Li's command, he had an agreement with Li Li that he would not be an enemy of Sun Ce in his lifetime, and if Sun Ce fell into Li Li's hands one day, he hoped that Li Li would open the net and not kill him completely; Li Li agreed.

Because of this, in the battle of Dongyuan City, Li Li had the opportunity to kill Sun Ce, but he was forced to make an agreement with Zhou Yu and his own reputation, and finally showed mercy to his subordinates. Otherwise, maybe Sun Ce has been dead for a long time, how can he achieve today?

However, it was the gentleman's covenant between Zhou Yu and Li Li that invisibly achieved Li Li's reputation as a man of his word and a promise. As a result, the family of the world's sergeant clan gradually transformed from resolutely resisting the Xiliang Army from the beginning to relying on Li Li, as long as Li Li could give them a promise, they would spend a lot of money without frowning, and were willing to donate generously. Luoyang City was rebuilt in this way, and Li Li never contributed a five-baht coin from beginning to end, and built a huge city. Even, for example, there is a saying today: A hundred-year-old emperor is not worthy of Wuhou Yinuo. It can be seen that Li Li is now truly Chrysostom and Yuyan, his words must be done, and his deeds must be fruitful, and the name of honesty has become a household name.

However, the high-fives and swears of Li Li under the Dongyuan City were too heavy for Sun Ce.

The ten-year covenant in the past has only been four years now, but Li Li has led the army to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and he, Sun Ce, is once again under siege by the Xiliang army at this moment, and has become a piece of meat on Li Li's chopping block.

The past is still in front of us, and it will happen again today, how can Sun Ce be embarrassed, and how should he reply?

In addition, Sun Ce clearly knew that in the past, Li Li might be able to take into account the agreement with Zhou Yu and show mercy to Sun Ce's subordinates; But today, after four years, Li Li may not still remember the old agreement and open up again. This is the so-called present is not the same as before, and the other time and time are not the same.

When Zhou Yu was under Li Li's command, Li Li's prefectures and counties were limited to the two prefectures of Xiliang, and they were still in the early stage of development. But now, Li Li's command is full of talents, generals are like clouds, and talents are like rain, with more than 500,000 troops, accounting for half of the Han; Its territory extends from Liaodong in the east, to the snowfield in the west, to Mobei in the north, and to the Yangtze River in the south.

Is Li Li still taking into account the previous agreement with Zhou Yu at this time? If he still remembers it in his heart, not only is it not a virtue, but he will be ridiculed by others for his stupidity, because he is not an ordinary person, but a man in troubled times who is powerful in the world. What's more, he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, and he represents no longer himself, but hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of millions of dawn people who follow him. If he still cares about his own covenant at this time, and ignores the army under his command and the people under his rule, wouldn't it be chilling and cold?

Thinking of these, Sun Ce had mixed feelings in his heart.

The reason why he swore with Li Li was because Li Li was under siege and crusade by the allied forces of the Central Plains princes, and the situation was critical and precarious. He didn't expect that the result of the battle of Sili was that Li Li won a complete victory, and the princes and allies were defeated, and they fled for their lives in a hurry. For this reason, Sun Ce felt deeply remorseful afterwards, regarded the alliance of Dongyuan City as the greatest shame in his life, never mentioned the covenant, and deliberately left it behind, put it on the shelf, and did not want to mention it again for the rest of his life.

But now this matter has once again been said in public, and it comes from the mouth of Li Li, the party who made the covenant, which is tantamount to collecting debts in person!

The matter has come to this point, Sun Ce has no way to retreat, even if he denies it outright, it is in vain, how can he deny what the world knows?

"In the past, the covenant naturally counted, but at this time, Sun may not have the strength to fight? It is too early to say that it is to fulfill the covenant, if it is really time to fulfill the promise, my grandson Ce is an eight-foot man who can not be trusted! In front of everyone's eyes, Sun Ce stiffened his neck and said in a stiff urn voice.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the Jiangdong generals present under the tent suddenly changed, and they lowered their heads one by one, looking ashamed and ashamed to see people, but they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. It is true that although Sun Ce kept saying that he would never regret it, in fact, he denied it in public, but what Sun Ce said was a reply that the Jiangdong generals were eager to hear. Otherwise, once Sun Ce relented a little, how would the generals under his account deal with themselves, and where should they go?

Although Sun Ce prevaricated, he and all the generals under his account knew that the so-called power of the first battle was actually just a dying struggle, and it could not defeat the Xiliang army under Li Li's command at all. At present, Sun Ce still has more than 27,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, of which 5,000 soldiers and horses are building ships by the river, 3,000 soldiers and horses are temporarily stationed in the county seat of Anhui County, and the defenders of Lujiang counties have a total of 9,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses are in the Qianshan camp. Relying on this bit of soldiers and horses to start a war with the Xiliang army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, a dead end.

"Is that so?" Just as Sun Ce slowly sat down, Li Li groaned in an unkind tone, and said with a solemn expression: "Since this is the case, it is useless to talk more, see you on ??????the battlefield." Speaking of this, Li Li suddenly spoke, raised his head and glanced at Sun Ce and Jiangdong generals who looked flustered, and then his words changed sharply, and he said in a gentle tone: "It is said that Bo Fu still has several younger brothers, and the second brother Sun Quan is now sixteen years old, has grown up, and has been smart since childhood, diligent and studious. My Chang'an Taixue is the first school in the Han Dynasty, and it is a good place for my younger brother Sun Quan to go to study, let him come to see me within five days, and then follow me to Chang'an, and return to Jiangdong on the day of completion! ”

"This ??????" Sun Ce raised his head when he heard this, looked at Li Li with surprise on his face, and weakly refused: "The alliance leader just said that he disdains the matter of protons, so why should he be strong now??????

Without waiting for Sun Ce to finish speaking, Li Li stood up and said undoubtedly: "I have made up my mind, and this matter is decided." Within five days, bring Sun Quan to me, or you will all be buried here!" Scattered! With a wave of his sleeves, Li Li turned around and left the tent, leaving a group of Jiangdong generals with different expressions looking at each other, while the Xiliang generals left the tent one after another with doubts.

"Alas!" With a long sigh, Sun Ce looked at the door of the inner room behind the handsome tent with resentment on his face, and struggled to get up with great difficulty, his steps were extremely heavy, and slowly walked out of the big tent??????

―――――― To be Continued ――――――――――――― (To be continued......

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