Sun Ce arrived with his men and horses, Zhang Ying took the initiative to attack, and the two armies met on the shoal. Sun Ce walked out of the formation, after Zhang Ying saw it, he pointed at Sun Ce and scolded, Huang Gai came out of the formation, only took Zhang Ying, the two fought for a few rounds, and suddenly found that Zhang Ying was in flames behind him.

Zhang Ying basically withdrew, understood the situation, and learned that someone had set fire to the camp, so he had to retreat with his troops.

Although Sun Ce didn't know the situation, he also knew that this was a great opportunity, so he took advantage of the situation to cover up. When Zhang Ying arrived in Niuzhu, he found that everything had been burned and could only flee in the direction of the deep mountains.

When Sun Ce arrived at Niuzhu, he found that there were two generals in the firelight, and asked for their names and experiences, and it turned out that one person was from Jiujiang Shouchun, surnamed Jiang, named Qin, and known as Gongyi; One person is a Cai person under Jiujiang, surnamed Zhou, named Tai, and the word Youping. Both of them wanted to do some great things in the troubled times, so they gathered people in the river to make a living, and made a living by looting, and heard that Sun Ce was a hero in Jiangdong, and he was recruiting talents, so he specially took everyone to defect, Sun Ce was very happy, and was appointed as a former lieutenant in the army.

The first battle was effortless, Sun Ce integrated the food, weapons, and more than 4,000 soldiers of Niuzhu Mansion Pavilion and continued to march to the front.

After Zhang Ying's army was defeated, he went back to see Liu Xuan, who was very angry and ordered to push out left and right to kill him. The strategists Zhenrong and Xue Li dissuaded him, so he was spared, so he was sent to temporarily garrison Lingling City to resist the enemy, Liu Miao personally led the soldiers to the south of the Shenting Ling, and Sun Ce to the north.

The two armies began to formally hold each other, and in the morning Sun Ce found the soldiers in the army and asked, "Is there a temple of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty on this mountain?" ”

The scholar replied, "As far as I know, there is indeed such a temple, which is right on the top of the mountain. ”

Sun Ce suddenly realized and sighed: "That's right, I had a dream yesterday, it was Guangwu who summoned me, but I don't remember what he did to me, I should go and pray." ”

Others thought it was okay, but Changshi Zhang Zhao came out and strongly objected, saying: "No, that temple is on the Lingnan side, and there is Liu Xuan's camp, if there are ambushes over there, what should I do?" ”

Sun Ce said with a smile: "Guangwutuo dreamed of me, proving that I would do something good, and with the gods to bless me, what else should I be afraid of?" ”

So regardless of the dissuasion, put on a war robe, rode a war horse, and took Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, etc., a total of thirteen horses, out of the village and on the mountain, came to the vicinity of the Guangwu Temple, dismounted to pay homage, and burned incense to pray for blessings.

Sun Ce knelt in front of the temple and prayed: "If Sun Ce can gain a foothold in Jiangdong and start his own foundation, I will definitely build my father's grave, and then rebuild this temple so that more people can come to worship." After finishing it, he came out of the temple, looked around at the generals after getting on his horse, and said: "I want to pass through this valley and personally go to see the situation of Liu Xuan's camp, which is also convenient for us to use troops later." ”

After hearing this, everyone felt that it was too risky and dissuaded them, but Sun Ce didn't listen at all, so he could only go with Sun Ce to watch the situation in the woods in the south.

The intersection here is complicated, most of Liu Xuan's subordinates are locals, and Sun Ce's thirteen cavalry movements are very large, so a secret sentry quickly reported the situation to Liu Xuan, and said with a smile: "You are wrong, how can a master lead only three people into our camp, this must be the other party's plan to lure the enemy, and we must not chase it." ”

Tai Shici was a little unhappy because of what happened before, but now that the opportunity has come again, he enthusiastically signed up, and said, "If you don't capture Sun Ce alive at this time, when will you wait?" ”

However, Liu Miao still disagreed, and persuaded Tai Shi Ci not to be young and vigorous, this time Tai Shi Ci didn't care so much, he actually put on his battle robe, rode a war horse, walked out of the camp with a weapon, and shouted: "Those who have courage, come with me!" ”

None of the generals came out, only one of them was in front, and said, "Tai Shi Ci is really a fierce general, I should go and help him!" So they patted the horses together, and everyone else thought it was funny, thinking that these two people were too stupid to find trouble.

Sun Ce looked at the place for a long time, basically obtained the layout of the camp and the situation of the soldiers and horses, and was about to return to the horse to leave, and was passing through the mountains, when suddenly there was a sound from above, saying: "Sun Ce, where are you going!" ”

Sun Ce turned his head to look and found that there were two horses on the mountain quickly approaching him, so he lined up the thirteen horses, and Sun Ce stood in the middle, not leaving, waiting in place.

Tai Shi Ci shouted loudly: "Which of you is Sun Ce?" ”

Sun Ce said: "I am Sun Ce, who are you?" ”

replied: "I am Donglai Taishi Ciye, and I am here to catch Sun Ce!" ”

Sun Ce laughed and said: "The person you want to arrest is me, I will wait for you here, you two will go up together, if I take half a step back, I will not be surnamed Sun!" ”

Tai Shici was not to be outdone, and said: "The fourteen of you are going together, and I am not afraid!" "When you finish, pick up your arms and take Sun Ce directly.

Sun Ce immediately came up, and the two fought for fifty rounds, but they didn't distinguish the winner or loser, and Cheng Pu and others on the side secretly praised themselves, the other party had excellent martial arts, and he was old and had a bright future.

Tai Shi Ci saw that Sun Ce's martial arts were on par with his own, and there was no flaw in his marksmanship, so he pretended that he couldn't beat him, retreated backwards, and led Sun Ce to chase after him. He deliberately didn't go back from the original direction, but actually walked in the direction of the back of the mountain, Sun Ce chased and shouted behind him, "What kind of hero are you who run away like this?" ”

Tai Shi Ci had his own plans, and thought to himself: "There are twelve people in this guy, and I only have one companion, even if I try my best to capture him alive, he will definitely be snatched away by his companions, and I must lure him away again, so that he has no way to escape, so I can do it." ”

Tai Shi Ci fought and left, Sun Ce fought and rose, where was he willing to let the other party go, and chased from the mountains to the terrain of the plain, Tai Shi Ci turned the horse's head and fought again with Sun Ce, and the two fought for fifty rounds.

Sun Ce shot over, Tai Shi Ci dodged, clamped the gun under his armpit, Tai Shi Ci also shot over, the other party also dodged, and then also caught the gun, the two held each other like this for a while, and suddenly at the same time, they both rolled off the horse, the horse was frightened, and I didn't know where to run.

So he didn't care where the horse ran to, and he didn't want a gun, so he started to fight with his bare hands, the robe was torn to pieces, Sun Ce's hand was very fast, and he snatched the short halberd on Tai Shi Ci's back, and Tai Shi Ci also took the hood on Sun Ce's head, Sun Ce used the halberd to stab, and Tai Shi Ci used the hood to parry, and suddenly Liu Miao came over with people and horses, about a thousand, Sun Ce arrived in a wrong situation, and felt a little flustered, at this time Cheng Pu and other thirteen horsemen also arrived.

Seeing this, Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci let go of each other together, and Tai Shi Ci asked for a horse from the army, took his own gun, and prepared to attack Sun Ce.

The horse that Sun Ce escaped was recovered by Cheng Pu, who also took a gun and mounted the horse, and decided to continue fighting.