Chapter 168: De-escalation

Without Sun Jian's questioning, Sun Ce was speechless and his face turned red, Sun Ce obviously realized his mistake, and could only bow his head again and remain silent.

Sun Ce is such a character, easy to be impulsive, obsessed with the present, compared to strategic vision, compared to the layout of the front, sitting in the Chinese army, commanding multiple troops, Sun Ce is more suitable for one-on-one brave fighting. To put it simply, the current Sun Ce is a general who likes to charge into battle, rather than a general who coordinates the layout. It's not that Sun Ce is wrong like this, but Sun Jian obviously has high hopes for Sun Ce, hoping to cultivate Sun Ce into the latter.

Regarding the performance of the two brothers this time, although Sun Quan was too risky, to be honest, Sun Jian was still quite satisfied with Sun Quan. The reason why he taught Sun Quan so angrily was completely subjective, because Sun Quan was too important to take risks, and if he was someone else and did the same thing as Sun Quan, he would definitely be praised by Sun Jian in public and promoted to the knighthood.

But Sun Ce, after the wolf smoke, only thought that his own side would come to support, but did not think about the possibility of leading the enemy over, this is a mistake of principle and will inevitably be severely criticized!

This time the enemy didn't come to reinforce the army, was Sun Ce lucky? No, it can't be called luck anymore. Under normal circumstances, the rear of the enemy army saw the wolf smoke, if it was released by Lu Bu, then they should immediately support, even if it was not released by Lu Bu but by Sun Jianjun, after the wolf smoke appeared, it means that Sun Jian's troops will soon send reinforcements out, so theoretically speaking, Dong Zhuojun should also come over to support.

Looking at it this way, there is at least a ninety percent probability that the enemy army will send reinforcements over, so Sun Ce should not fight with others at all. Or, choose to retreat decisively, even if you are really reluctant to win this victory, you should fight and retreat, and try to lead the enemy to your side, so as to at least ensure that your own reinforcements arrive before the enemy's reinforcements!

In short, Sun Ce's victory this time was completely a fluke, and it was very undesirable to expect the enemy to make a mistake.

After this battle,

Don't look at it as a victory on the surface, but the result is that Sun Ce has been downgraded by three levels, as for Sun Quan, although the level has not been reduced, of course, it is impossible to descend, but under Sun Ce, it is also low. The brothers can now only command a dozen soldiers, and they are completely disqualified from leaving the camp, so they can only stay in the base camp every day to train.

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Leaving the main tent,

Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce, his face was full of helplessness, what did you say he was counting on with Sun Ce at the beginning? I don't expect to be able to encourage this big brother to do something "out of line" at a critical moment. Don't look at the soldiers under Sun Ce, there are not many soldiers, but they are all elites, and as a strange soldier with strong mobility, it is no better.

As a result, it is good now, there is only one team of soldiers under his command, and this amount of troops, even if it is successfully ambushed and caught off guard, will not play any role at all. Even if you go to burn some grain and grass, it is estimated that it will not be enough to see.

What to do? Do you really want to do it yourself? But he is a little kid, no matter how many miraculous feats he makes, it is impossible for him to rise to a high position in a short period of time. In contrast, Sun Ce already had a lot of prestige, and this kind of thing could not be built up in a day or two.

"Haha, second brother, don't worry, isn't it just a relegation!" Sun Ce patted Sun Quan on the shoulder and said with a smile, Sun Ce himself was very open to this direct downgrade of three levels.

"Big brother, you can't say that, can you? I think my father was really angry. Sun Quan sighed.

"No, no, no." Sun Ce shook his head, "Second brother, you don't understand, the more angry my father is, the more he attaches importance to us." In the barracks, never be afraid of not being able to get ahead, what you really need to worry about is that there is no chance! If my father kicked us out of the barracks, it would be really desperate, indicating that my father decided that we were not the material. But now it's different, my father left us behind, which means that this is just a spur to us, and he will give us another chance to behave! ”

As he spoke, Sun Ce approached Sun Quan and smiled lowly,

"Hehe, no way, who is the son of his own son. You say that if we keep messing around at the bottom of the army, no one will believe us, right? ”

"Uh。。。。。 Big brother, where do you think this opportunity comes from? Sun Quan couldn't help but say, "Lu Bu has arrived with Dong Zhuo's reinforcements, this war is no longer a small fight, I guess the reason why my father will reduce our military power is also for the sake of our safety, and he doesn't want us to intervene in this war and leave the opportunity for the future, right?" ”

"Well, second brother, what you said makes sense. But you also underestimate our father too much, yes, this war is indeed not something you and I can intervene in, but it is precisely because of the grandeur of the scene that it is a rare opportunity for people to grow. I believe that my father will never hide us completely, and he will definitely give us tasks, and not yet completely inconsequential tasks! Sun Ce said.

After hearing this, Sun Quan's eyes rolled,

"Then based on the experience of the eldest brother for many years, what kind of tasks will my father assign to us in the end?"

Sun Ce's eyes narrowed slightly, approached Sun Quan, and said in a low voice,

"If nothing else, it's going to be 。。。。。。。"

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On this side,

Lu Bu took a small number of vanguard troops, and at first he only planned to test it, but he didn't expect that only Lu Bu came back in the end. The annihilation of the whole army may not be counted, but the remaining remnants of the army have also fled in all directions, and in a short time, it is estimated that they will not want to regroup and return.

"Why didn't you send troops to help?!"

As soon as Lu Bu came back, he angrily approached Hua Xiong and questioned him. Lu Bu was very proud and had a strong sense of self-esteem, but the more this happened, the more unwilling he was to admit his mistakes, so Lu Bu attributed all the reasons for his failure to Hua Xiong, who did not send troops to support him.

"Huh? Could it be that the wolf smoke was put by General Lu? Hua Xiong put on an unbelievable look, as if to say, Lu Bu, who is the number one in the world, will also take the initiative to send a signal for help?

Hua Xiong's appearance directly blocked most of Lu Bu's words,

"That wolf smoke was naturally released by the enemy." Lu Bu replied weakly, and then said fiercely, "However, since the enemy army has already asked for help, why don't you send troops to block their reinforcements?!" ”

"General Lu, this is a bad word." Hua Xiong shook his head, "As we all know, Sun Jian, as a descendant of Sun Tzu, uses soldiers like a god. Since it was the wolf smoke released by Sun Jianjun, how dare I act rashly before I find out the truth? What if this is Sun Jian's ploy to deliberately lure me out, attack rashly, and step into the enemy's trap? Or maybe it is the tiger leaving the mountain, what should I do if the base camp is directly copied? ”

After listening to Hua Xiong's explanation, Lu Bu's face turned angry, he didn't know that Hua Xiong was deliberately manipulating him.

"Since you don't want to fight, then hand over the military power to me!" Lu Bu slammed the table.

Hua Xiong seemed unhurried, it was Lu Bu who failed this time, and he Hua Xiong was very confident.

"General Lu, it's not that I don't want to hand over the military power, but this kind of thing, I can't be the master. Or, I will report your intentions to Dong Xiangguo, General Lu, and let Dong Xiangguo hand over my military power to you? Huaxiong said.

"No!"

Lu Bu hurriedly stopped, others are not stupid, once Huaxiong really reported to Dong Zhuo, it would be strange if it did not arouse Dong Zhuo's suspicion. What do you Lu Bu want to do? Do you want to rebel because you have self-respect for your troops!