The east wind blows the south bank of the green river. The ten-mile company camp outside Shucheng didn't seem to be swept by the spring breeze, and it was still full of slaughter and desolation.

In the Chinese military tent, Da Qiao Yurong shed tears, like a pear tree with rain. Sun Ce felt guilty and sad, raised his hand to wipe away Da Qiao's tears, but he couldn't say a word of relief.

Da Qiao looked at Sun Ce with teary eyes, with a sad expression: "Sun Lang, what can we do?" ”

Sun Ce lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Da Qiao, and said stubbornly: "Ying'er, in the land under Yuan Shu's jurisdiction, there is no place for my Sun Bofu's cone. For the sake of the future, I plan to report to Yuan Shu and ask him to agree that I will set off to attack Jiangdong in the next day......"

Da Qiao heard a little overtone from these words, she immediately got up from Sun Ce's arms, wiped her tears and asked softly, "Then, will you come back?" ”

Sun Ce, like Da Qiao, was in love for each other, and he did not hesitate to reserve it. Now that the crisis is emerging, he has to force himself to be calm and rational, and think about the pros and cons out of his emotions. If he was strong enough, he would definitely keep Da Qiao by his side, and he would not let her out of sight for a moment. But now, he is a mud bodhisattva who crosses the river and is difficult to protect himself, where can he implicate and drag her down for the rest of her life? Sun Ce settled down and replied with difficulty: "The situation in Jiangdong is complicated, the Quartet is divided, and wars are frequent. And I only have more than 2,000 soldiers under my command, and it is really unpredictable to win or lose. ”

Da Qiao's body trembled slightly, his tone was understated, but his expression was very bitter: "Sun Lang, you ...... You're not going to just leave me alone, are you? ”

Sun Ce was stunned, raised his eyes to Da Qiao's tearful eyes, and his heart chuckled. From last night's tears to today, Da Qiao's clear eyes are red and swollen like a rabbit, but she can't care about self-pity, and looks at Sun Ce stupidly, both scared and hopeful.

How could Sun Ce not understand Da Qiao's thoughts, in the past, he only felt that the word "heart is like a knife" was too exaggerated, but now he understands that he is in the middle of it, and the pain in his heart is too much! He slowly picked up Da Qiao's little face and looked at it carefully, as if he wanted to engrave her appearance on his heart one by one: "Ying'er, you should understand that with Yuan Shu in one day, I can't marry you, otherwise it will definitely hinder your father." Jiangdong is my ancestral hometown, and it is also the place where my father started to rise back then, and now my uncle is named my Wu County Taishou, and I led my troops to the past, which is justified. But I ...... But I don't know if I'll succeed, and I don't know if I should make you wait for me. Ying'er, if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have known that there would be such a beautiful woman in this world. I really want to marry you in my dreams, and if it weren't for your father and your sister, I would have taken you away...... Ying'er, the road ahead is too hard, I just have to stay up by myself, how can I be willing to let you suffer with me? ”

Da Qiao shook his head again and again, tears poured out, falling like a meteor: "It seems that you have already thought about it, and you have already thought about leaving this place and leaving me behind." But you don't have to worry, although I have affection for you, I won't rely on you to drag you down, you just have to go......"

Seeing that Da Qiao wanted to leave, Sun Ce hurriedly surrounded her from behind. Da Qiao's cold tears couldn't stop falling on the back of Sun Ce's hand, and he couldn't say it: "Ying'er, if I am negative, let me thunder in the sky!" No one in this world cares more about you than I do, but the more I care about you, the more I can't let you put yourself in danger, Ying'er! ”

Just as the two were pulling, the voice of the soldier outside the tent said: "Major General, several generals ask to see!" ”

At the beginning of the war, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others asked to see him, which must be for the future. After all, Liu Xun has succeeded Lujiang Taishou, and it is really inappropriate for them to be outside the city. But Qiao Rui had already led the troops to leave, and Da Qiao's eyes were swollen like spring peaches, so that these people could see it, and they didn't know what they would think. After weighing, Sun Ce took Da Qiao to the inner room and instructed, "Ying'er, you wait for me here first, and it will be fine for a while...... I really like you, it's not negative, you must not be cranky. ”

Da Qiao didn't want to listen to Sun Ce's military secrets, but if she went out now and met those veterans, it would only add to the embarrassment, so she had to bow her head and agree, holding back her sobs and staying in the inner room.

Sun Ce then ordered someone to bring the four veterans into the account, Huang Gai got straight to the point, and said to Sun Ce: "Major General, the city defense has been handed over to Liu Xun's department according to the order, if you stay here any longer, I'm afraid Liu Xun will be suspicious." ”

Han Dang also helped: "Yes, Young General, besides, when the guard was just changed, many brothers were not convinced, saying that 'Lujiang was laid down by the Major General, why should it be handed over to them?'" If you don't pull it out, if you really fight, how will it end? ”

The siege of the city for more than half a year, endured all kinds of hardships, and the victory in hand was taken away by the horizontal swords of others, and the soldiers were resentful and reasonable. Although Sun Ce himself was aggrieved, he was even more ashamed of the soldiers: "The generals next to him won the siege, there was wine, meat and silver money to share the reward, they followed me for a whole year, and there was nothing, I was really wronged." In the next few days, I will raise some money, no more or less, and give it to my brothers. In addition, I have important matters to discuss with you, and even if a few of you don't come today, I plan to send someone to invite them. ”

Guessing that the matter that Sun Ce was going to discuss was related to his future plans, the four of them bowed their hands in unison and said, "But listen to the orders of the young general!" ”

"Several generals know that my father is a native of Fuchun, Wu County, and my mother is a native of Gusu, Wu County. Last year, my uncle was named the Taishou of Wu County, but before this seat was hot, he was expelled by the treacherous Liu Xuan. I want to use this as an excuse to express Yuan Shu and promise to open up the territory for him, recruit soldiers and horses, and send troops to Jiangdong, I don't know what you think? ”

The four of them exchanged looks, and finally the oldest veteran Cheng Pu stepped forward and said: "Young General, now there is chaos in Jiangdong, there are disputes over gate valves, Liu Miao occupies Qu'a, and Wang Lang occupies Huiji, so few people are willing to go to this troubled water." ”

Sun Ce was impatient when he heard Cheng Pu say this, but before he could refute, he listened to Zhu Zhi answer: "Yuan Shu himself is not politically virtuous, Liu Miao and Wang Lang are not good masters, and the people of Jiangdong have been in dire straits for a long time, plundered, and have a hard time. The young general is different, the old general in the past still has more grace in the people of Jiangdong, and in the first battle of Lujiang, the young general gained the name of benevolence and righteousness by virtue of his leniency towards the Lu family. At this moment, we are waiting for the troops to send troops to Jiangzuo, and the people of Jiangdong will yearn for it even if they are not welcome by the rice pot pulp! ”

Zhu Zhi said, Cheng Huang, Han and Zhu looked at Sun Ce with a smile. Sun Ce couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled: "You four old foxes, you have discussed it a long time ago, why don't you come to me to sing and make a show?" ”

Han Dang replied: "The young general laughed, how can we have such foresight? It's all just from what Gongjin said."

It turned out that Zhou Yu had been planning for himself for a long time, and Sun Ce's cold expression finally had a little warmth: "If it weren't for Gong Jin's presence, I really wouldn't be sure to send troops." With him, the matter is half the battle. ”

Cheng Pu sighed: "Our veterans are good at attacking cities and conquering places, and in the future, we should also share the worries of the young general in strategy." It's just that although we know that Yuan Shu is shameless, we don't know that he can say it without believing it to this point! There are even rumors in the army that General Qiao was instructed by Yuan Shu to deliberately use Miss Qiao as bait to coax the young general to die for him. ”

Cheng Pu said this, originally wanting to highlight his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu, but he didn't know that Da Qiao was in the inner room. Sure enough, when Sun Ce heard this, he was displeased: "If General Qiao really wants to use his daughter to cling to the powerful, why should he deal with me, a nameless and pointless boy?" In the future, this kind of thing is not allowed to be said again, let alone passed on again. ”

Just now, Zhou Yu saw several generals walking towards the Chinese military tent together, and hurriedly took Xiao Qiao around the tent and left, but did not fall into their eyes.

Xiao Qiao was pulled all the way into Zhou Yu's tent, puzzled: "What's wrong?" Why can't we let those old men see us? ”

"Bo Fu definitely doesn't want them to know that Miss Da Qiao is in the tent, if they see you, won't they confess themselves?"

Xiao Qiao let out an "oh", raised his eyes to look at Zhou Yu, and his little face turned red. Zhou Yu realized that he had been holding Xiao Qiao's wrist, he hurriedly let go, and bowed his hand and said, "It's not intentionally abrupt, please forgive Miss Xiao Qiao......

Both of them were full of surprise, looking at the faint flush on Zhou Yu's cheeks, Xiao Qiao's heartbeat skipped a beat, she raised her little hand to scratch her cheeks, and stumbled: "Zhou, Zhou Lang, you said earlier that my sister Bing Xue is smart, and she will definitely think of a perfect strategy, what is that perfect strategy?" ”

"This matter is a matter of Sister Ling's life, it still depends on what the two of them plan, and our rash ideas will only add to the chaos. What's more, my perfect method is not some tricky scheme, if Sister Ling has a heart, she will definitely think of it. ”

Xiao Qiao has thought about Da Qiao's marriage in the past two days, and now seeing that Zhou Yu refuses to say it clearly, she sat down and leaned on the case, muttering: "Father has returned to Shouchun, and the marriage between my sister and Sun Bofu is gone, but it's still my birthday, and I can't eat a mouthful of hot rice, what kind of Tai Sui am I committed......"

After speaking, there was a slight buzzing sound from Xiao Qiao's thin little body, and Zhou Yu saw her flat mouth, Chu Chu was pitiful, and couldn't help but soften her eyebrows: "I'll make you a bowl of soup cakes." ”

Before Xiao Qiao could react, he saw Zhou Yu get up and walk out of the tent, and after about a cup of tea, he turned back and returned, holding a bowl of hot soup cakes in his hand, which was full of fragrance.

Xiao Qiao couldn't care less about being reserved, thanked him, and devoured it. Zhou Yu sat beside Xiao Qiao, and said while pouring water for her: "I'm really sorry, the marching meal is simple, I rummaged through it, and I didn't find anything delicious, so I really wronged you for your birthday." ”

Xiao Qiao choked when he heard this, choked twice, and shed a few tears. Zhou Yu thought that Xiao Qiao remembered her mother who died in childbirth, so she burst into tears, and couldn't help but regret her abruptness: "I don't know how Xiao Qiao spends her birthday on weekdays, if she commits a taboo, please don't be sad and forgive Zhou for her unintentional mistake." ”

Xiao Qiao shook his head, his long eyelashes trembling slightly: "There is nothing taboo...... Actually, I don't have any impression of my mother, although I still miss her a lot of the time. When I was a child, my father was away from home for many years, and there were only my sister and a few old servants at home, and the children of the neighborhood often bullied us. Whenever that happens, I feel secretly sad, thinking that if I had a mother, probably others would not dare to do this. As I grew up, I slowly understood that although our mother-son relationship was too shallow, she still did everything she could for me. Zhou Lang, you know what? I was born at noon, and my mother said that I was in an improper fetal position, and my mother was heartbroken and bleeding when she gave birth to me, so I fell into a coma after giving birth. Even so, she dragged on until midnight, probably because she didn't want my birthday to be the same as her death date, and made me guilty for the rest of my life......"

It is precisely because of this miserable life experience that Xiao Qiao has a strong nature, and he has never said these words to anyone, but today he told Zhou Yu without reservation. Xiao Qiao saw Zhou Yu frowning for a long time and was silent, regretting his words, after all, Zhou Yu's parents died early, and he suddenly mentioned this sad matter, just afraid that it would evoke his sad memories.

Just when Xiao Qiao didn't know what she had done wrong, Zhou Yu raised her hand and patted her little head gently, as if relieved and swearing: "From now on, no one will bully you again." ”

This understatement made Xiao Qiao's tears burst the embankment, and she sobbed for a while before wiping away her tears and laughing: "I will be fourteen today, and next year will be the year of the general." ”

"yes, I'm going to grow into a big girl."

Xiao Qiao was happy with Zhou Yu, and she only felt that every word and sentence of his fell in her ears, like elixir cheese, moistening her heart. Thinking that Zhou Yu would return to the nest in the near future, Xiao Qiao wanted to take advantage of this time to reveal her careful thoughts, she stumbled and said, "Zhou, Zhou Gongjin...... I ......"

Zhou Yu leaned over and saw that the generals walked out of the tent and went back to the ministry to give orders.

It seemed to be an unrelated matter, but it made Zhou Yu's expression change, and he frowned and said to Xiao Qiao: "Miss Xiao Qiao, what is the marriage between Sister Ling and Bo Fu, I'm afraid it will be revealed in a few days." ”

From yesterday to today, Da Qiao has been paralyzing himself, and he has always refused to face the consequences of Sun Ce's failure to defend Lujiang. After listening to Sun Ce's conversation with several generals, she gradually realized that Sun Ce was really going to leave here and go to Jiangdong.

And the two of them cherished it in every way, and cared for the feelings of Fengruo Treasure in every way, but they were easily stifled in this way, leaving them no room for maneuver, thinking of this, Da Qiao was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and it was difficult to hold himself.

After seeing off several generals, Sun Ce couldn't wait to return to the inner room. Seeing Da Qiao fall to his knees, hiding his face and crying, Sun Ce was heartbroken, bent over and hugged her tightly, and called: "Ying'er......"

Da Qiao sobbed in Sun Ce's arms: "Sun Lang, why is it so difficult for us to be together?" ”

Sun Ce couldn't help but feel sour at the tip of his nose, and gently wiped away the tears on Da Qiao's cheeks, and gently dropped his thin lips between her sideburns, cheeks, and finally on her cherry lips. From cherishing and graceful to lips and teeth, both of them are devoted, as if the sky has been barren and the sea is dry, only each other's breath and heartbeat are real in this world, and the two of them are floating and sinking here, not disturbed by the world.

I don't know how long it took, Sun Ce reluctantly let go of Da Qiao, he didn't know whether the salty tears were his own or Da Qiao's, he couldn't help but hang his head in a panic, and tried his best to suppress his emotions and said: "Ying'er, in two days, I will send someone to send your sisters back to Wancheng." The world is too chaotic, and if there is no one to send it off, I really don't feel at ease. ”

Crystal teardrops hung on the long eyelashes, and Da Qiao's white jade face was dry with tears, which was an indescribable charm and charm. She laughed so sadly that two tears fell suddenly: "Send me back to Wancheng, and then what?" I have reached the age of marriage, Liu Xun is Yuan Shu's old age, with him, it is indispensable to protect the media for me, and my father is under Yuan Shu's account, it is difficult to refuse. On the day when I am worthy of my beloved, will the major general come back to drink the joyful wine? ”

Da Qiao's soft-spoken words, but like a sharp blade, pierced straight into Sun Ce's heart, he suddenly felt a pain, and Da Qiao's appearance in a wedding dress appeared in his mind, his face was pale, and his star-like eyes were as dim as death, but he couldn't say anything, he only felt that the blood all over his body was stagnant, and in an instant, it turned into a sharp blade, killing every inch of his body and mind.

As Zhou Yu said, there may be a perfect way to do this, but the so-called perfect law still can't help but bring hardship and sorrow to Da Qiao, how can he be like this?

Seeing Sun Ce's hesitant face, Da Qiao burst into tears. From the first day of her heart to Sun Ce, Da Qiao understood that her sweetheart was a first-class hero in the world. She loved him and respected him, but now, in this dilemma, he no longer planned for her, he just wanted to send her away. If he hadn't made up his mind, how could he be so ruthless?

In that case, why did she let him know how much pain she was and win some sympathy from him for a fleeting moment? Thinking of this, Da Qiao forcibly took away his sadness, untied the Luo Ying around his waist, returned it with both hands, and smiled with a little self-deprecation: "Since you are determined to send me away, this thing must be returned, and please send it back to the young general when he finds a good mate in the future." ”

After speaking, Da Qiao ran out of the Zhongjun tent in tears, and Sun Ce sat stiffly and did not move, nor did he get up to chase after him. The thin Luo Ying in his hand still has the temperature of Da Qiao, but that beautiful person has been withdrawn from his life. It was heart-wrenching, but in this way, Sun Ce held Luo Ying tightly, and unconsciously made a few deep blood marks in the palm of his hand.

Even if the love is so deep that he is not afraid of life and death, he can't escape from the cocoon of the mortal dust, and in the end, he will be infatuated and empty, and both sides will lose.