Sun Jian looked at Zu Mao in front of him with a sad expression and tattered on his body.

He hurriedly helped him up.

"Why is Daiei here? Hurry up, please get up, what happened in Xiangxiang County on this trip, tell me quickly! ”

Sun Jian was nervous at this time.

He actually did not object to the matter of grabbing grain in his heart.

But if he really said that he would go and grab food by himself, he would not be able to go for anything.

It's not that he didn't dare to risk his own life.

This kind of suspicion is not necessary, and the brave Sun Jian must not be this kind of person.

Really speaking of which.

The reason why Sun Jian didn't dare to risk himself was Huang Zhong.

If it was a battlefield with real swords and guns, the two armies would set up a formation and let him fight with that Huang Zhong.

Sun Jian's brows didn't wrinkle at all.

Even if he was to lead his troops to attack the city, Sun Jian would not show his timidity.

But now his identity is Changsha Taishou after all, and the adjacent Xiangxiang County does not have any intention of rebellion.

He rashly sent troops, and in the end, he would be labeled as a rebel and even implicated in the clan.

Don't look at Liu Hong's addiction to wine all day long, but he is actually very capable of suppressing the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

When the warlords really started to fight, it was all after Liu Hong's death.

After Dong Zhuo's death, it was his subordinates who kidnapped Liu Xie, and completely degraded the imperial authority of the Han Dynasty from high to mortal.

So that when the court of the Han Dynasty no longer had any majesty at all, there was a warlord war afterwards.

Now let Sun Jian go directly to attack Xiangxiang County, he doesn't dare.

If you can't go on the surface, you can only pretend to be a thief.

In this way, both armaments and logistics.

Sun Jian will fall into an absolute disadvantage when facing Huang Zhong head-on.

He knows it well.

If you fall into the disadvantages of these two aspects, then there will be no need to fight the war in the future.

As long as he fights, he will be defeated.

And he also knows that Huang Zhong guards Xiangxiang City, and the target he is most concerned about must be himself.

As long as he remained in Changsha County, he did not make the slightest intention of invading Xiangxiang County.

Huang Zhong will be truly vigilant.

So when Sun Ce volunteered to go to Xiangxiang City, Sun Jian responded.

In his opinion.

He only needs to act as a cover on the bright side to attract Huang Zhong's attention.

Behind the scenes, Sun Ce led his troops to rush for food in only one day and one night.

Thinking about it, Huang Zhong couldn't react at all, and he would be succeeded by Sun Ce.

Before acting.

All kinds of arrangements were carefully discussed by Sun Jian and Sun Ce, along with a group of strategists under him.

When Sun Ce mobilized the five thousand elites to go to Xiangxiang City at night, he also made enough camouflage in the camp.

If outsiders want to find out, they must wait until the next morning.

And at that time, even if Huang Zhong knew the news, it would have been too late.

No matter how you look at this action, in Sun Jian's eyes, it can almost be regarded as foolproof.

The only thing he was worried about was that Huang Zhong saw the grain under his rule being robbed.

For a while, he was angry and wanted to take Sun Ce at all costs.

If that happens.

That would be a huge challenge for Sun Ce.

If Sun Ce can return safely from this battle.

In that future, his achievements will reach a level that Sun Jian did not dare to imagine.

Perhaps, in their old Sun family, there will also be a general who may be at the level of the Third Duke General in the future.

Now Zu Mao is running over with such a sad face, which really makes Sun Jian a little puzzled.

What Zu Mao did was originally to transport grain.

This is already a very backward, very non-dangerous thing.

That's why Sun Jian only allocated some new soldiers to Zu Mao, as long as they could transport the grain back.

Not even fully equipped with weapons and equipment.

Now Zu Mao's reaction is obviously something terrible.

I am afraid that only if Sun Ce on the front line is defeated, will Huang Zhong's army directly threaten Zu Mao's safety.

If you think about it like this.

Sun Ce was defeated, didn't he say......

Thinking of this, Sun Jian only felt that his heart was beating wildly.

It's just that although Sun Jian is nervous now, he still doesn't show any sound on the surface.

After Zu Mao was helped up by Sun Jian, he told everything that happened to them before from front to back.

Sun Jian had only heard the beginning, and his brows were already furrowed.

"It can't be!"

"Huang Zhong, how could he have known your movements in advance, and he could even lead the army to kill you from the flank."

"It's just, it's just!"

Sun Jian didn't know how to say it for a while.

"That means you still don't know what is going on with him now?"

Zu Mao responded: "That's right, but it is expected that Bo Fu will lead an army of five thousand, so no matter how strong Huang Zhong is, he should be a little jealous." ”

"The defenders of Xiangxiang County don't see much training in it, even if they have these golden wheat, it is expected that their strength should only be between the elite under the command of Bo Fu, and this battle should lose some manpower, but Bo Fu will not have anything to do."

Sun Jian listened to Zu Mao's words of comfort to him.

An emotion that made him feel very strange came from his heart.

"No, this is not right!"

Sun Jian twisted the beard on his chin and paced back and forth in the handsome tent.

Seeing this, Zu Mao didn't dare to disturb Sun Jian's train of thought, so he could only stand aside quietly.

"This Huang Zhong, this Qin Yu, I'm afraid they are not at all like what I imagined before!"

"I'm afraid I underestimated them before!"

Sun Jian suddenly had a thought in his heart that made him very afraid.

He had several relationships with Qin Yu before.

And those few encounters, without exception, were all resolved by Lu Bu and Huang Zhong and others under Qin Yu.

Qin Yu looked more like a harmless person.

His own strength is not strong.

So far, even the True Qi realm has not broken through.

Moreover, Sun Jian did not feel the same temperament as those scribes from Qin Yu's body.

He should be following the path of a martial artist.

However, combined with the supernatural things he possessed, perhaps he also cultivated some miscellaneous secret arts and other methods.

The original Sun Jian didn't think much of Shang Qin Yu.

He was too young.

And the great fame that broke out was because of the divine water in his hands and the paper he made.

It is normal for such a person not to be taken seriously by Sun Jian.

Even later on the battlefield of Changshe, Qin Yu is said to have shown extraordinary strength.

Even those thunderbolts have been remodeled.

But after this kind of thing spread to Luoyang, it only surprised everyone for a while.

Over time.

They gradually put this kind of thing behind them.

It's just because the rumors that circulated from the five schools of the Northern Army were really a bit too exaggerated.

What Qin Yu just caressed in front of the thunderbolt car, and the thunderbolt car was transformed from a weight that could only throw a dozen catties into a terrifying instrument that could throw hundreds of catties in an instant.

And that's not even the most outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is that Qin Yu single-handedly smashed the gate of Changshe, which had been holding the official army for several months.

Then he killed Zhang Jiao, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled in a battle.

Listen to it.

Does this sound like the words of a normal person?

Do these things alone.

Who does he think he is?

Is he an immortal?

Not to mention that Qin Yu is now just a martial artist who has not even broken through the realm of true qi.

Even if it is a breakthrough in the realm of true qi.

Even Sun Jian himself, a super powerhouse who is only one step away from being able to reach the strongest realm of martial artists.

He didn't dare to say that he could break through the gate of Changshe City, which was heavily guarded by soldiers, with the strength of one person.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows it.

Under the heavy guard, the heaviest place in the city is above the city wall.

And above the city wall, the heaviest place of the clouds is the city gate.

Unless he's using some powerful siege equipment.

Otherwise, with only manpower, there would be no thought of smashing the gates open.

Sun Jian could even feel it.

Even if his strength is improved by another level.

Reach the pinnacle of what a warrior can achieve.

There's no way he's going to do that.

Sun Jian, who was still in Luoyang City at that time, just laughed when he heard the news.

This kind of news is not taken seriously in the slightest.

I only thought that this was Qin Yu building momentum for himself.

With his ability to take out the magic water, isn't it easy to fool those ordinary soldiers?

All of this is just Qin Yu pretending to be a ghost.

In addition, Qin Yu also had Lu Bu and Huang Zhong by his side, two peerless powerhouses who helped to abuse him.

It doesn't seem to be too difficult to explain.

With this prejudice.

Until just now.

Sun Jian had never really put Qin Yu in his eyes.

Just waited until Zu Mao told him these things.

Sun Ce's worries forced him to think in another direction.

If.

What if this rumor about Qin Yu has a 1 in 10,000 chance that it is true?

What if Liu Hong, the emperor of the dynasty, was not confused by Qin Yu's confusing methods, but because Qin Yu really had a great ability, he was able to resist public opinion and believe in and support him so firmly in the court?

If the divine water that Qin Yu possessed was really his own ability, it was not a divine object that he discovered by trickery.

What if the reason why peerless powerhouses like Huang Zhong and Lu Bu followed Qin Yu was not because they were greedy for a little profit, but because they really saw a future from Qin Yu that was enough to make them excited?

If all the rumors are true.

Then Sun Jian would have to raise Qin Yu to a whole new height.

If you look at it from this point of view, there is a very reasonable explanation for all the things he is experiencing now.

Qin Yu is not a straw bale.

Huang Zhonghui's appointment as the county magistrate of Xiangxiang County is not a coincidence at all.

From the very beginning, Qin Yu was guarding against Changsha County!

Although this kind of thinking is still a bit exaggerated in Sun Jian's opinion.

If Qin Yu had this ability of unpredictable prophets, it would be too terrifying.

I was able to know more than a year in advance that I would become the Taishou of this Changsha County in the future.

However, now that Sun Ce is in a predicament, it is not unacceptable to exaggerate Qin Yu for the time being.

If you think about it according to such a thing.

That is to say.

Huang Zhong must have been instructed by Qin Yu.

He's bound to stare himself to death.

Other words.

At this time when they were about to collect grain, they suddenly marched out in the name of suppressing bandits, and the meaning of this was already very obvious.

If you think about it along these lines.

Huang Zhong had prepared in advance, and it didn't seem to be a big deal.

But if that's the case.

Then this Qin Yu is inevitably a little too terrifying, right?

He is on the opposite side of such a person, and I really don't know if it's a good thing.

But for Sun Jian.

Now there is no turning back from the bow.

Since he had already made a bad deal with Qin Yu, there was basically no room for him to turn around.

Fortunately, now both of them are county guards.

Everyone is at the same level.

are all begging for a living under the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

Even if I have a bad relationship with you Qin Yu, so what?

Can you, Qin Yu, still lead his troops to Changsha County and kill me?

It's nothing more than old age and death.

As long as he doesn't provoke Qin Yu in the future, he is not afraid that Qin Yu will lead his troops to attack him.

There can't be a day when the world can still mess up one county, and the county guard will have the ability to kill the other county guard.

It's unthinkable.

Since he had a bad relationship with Qin Yu, there would be no danger.

Now the only worry in Sun Jian's heart is only Sun Ce's body.

As long as Sun Ce can return safely from Lingling County this time.

He didn't have any worries anymore.

At this time, Sun Jian had already made up his mind in his heart that if he didn't have the necessary situation in the future, he would definitely not provoke that Qin Yu again.

He was on the side of the scholars and used to contain Qin Yu.

It's not cannon fodder who rushed directly to fight with Qin Yu.

Sun Jian anxiously waited for news from the front.

Zu Mao volunteered to go back to Xiangxiang County, wanting to find out about the situation.

When it was dusk.

Just when Sun Jian was waiting extremely anxiously.

Zu Mao hurried back to Sun Jian's camp with a team of men.

"Lord, the eldest prince is back!"

Sun Jian was overjoyed when he heard this: "Where is Bo Fu, let him come to see me quickly!" ”

Zu Mao's face was embarrassed, and he said: "It's not that the eldest prince doesn't want to come to visit, it's really that he is seriously injured, and his subordinates are brave, so they have already asked Lang Zhong to go and treat his injuries first." ”

"What! Take me there! ”

Sun Jian was shocked.

He was afraid that Sun Ce's serious injury was the same as the serious injury he thought.

If he was really seriously injured by Huang Zhong, I am afraid that Sun Ce's future is likely to stop there.

He rushed out in a hurry, but after seeing Sun Ce, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Lang Zhong also prescribed some medicinal herbs to replenish qi and calm the nerves.

However, for this kind of thing, Sun Jian is more useful than ordinary Lang Zhonglai.

This is obviously the sequelae left over from Sun Ce's overdraft of his overlord marksmanship.

Although I don't know how far he used this overlord marksmanship.

But as long as people are alive, there is hope.

After Sun Jian spared no expense, he continuously infused the true qi in his body into Sun Ce's body to replenish the deficit.

Sun Ce soon woke up slowly.

When he opened his eyes, he saw his father Sun Jian.

For such a result, Sun Ce was not surprised.

Although he woke up, his body was weaker than ever.

Even if he wanted to speak, he felt that his mouth was like two heavy mountains, and he could hardly speak.

After resting for a long time, Sun Ce finally regained some strength, and he said, "Father, you're worried. ”

"The children returned from a big defeat in this battle, and the five thousand elites don't know how many people can come back, so please punish my father."

Sun Jian patted the back of Sun Ce's hand, shook his head and said, "The defeat in this battle is mine, you don't have to pay attention to these things, but you met that Huang Hansheng?" ”

Sun Ce nodded weakly, with a shallow despair in his eyes, and said, "Exactly." ”

"The child originally wanted to suppress that Huang Hansheng with the overlord marksmanship, but he didn't expect that Huang Hansheng's strength had already reached the realm of supernatural powers."

"Even though the kid has raised the overlord's marksmanship to the limit, there is still no way to hurt him in the slightest."

"In the end, he was easily broken, and he just didn't want the child to kill himself."

Sun Jian sighed with emotion and said: "You don't have to think about this matter anymore, then Huang Hansheng should have taken the last step, and now he has achieved the strongest realm of martial arts, refining the truth and transforming Gang." ”

"It's not easy for you to hold on to him for so long."

"With your current age and realm, coupled with the experience of fighting against him, if you hone more in the future, you may not be able to catch up with his footsteps, and you will also achieve the realm of refining the true and transforming the gang."

"There is no need to be discouraged, that Huang Hansheng is really a hero in the world."

"You can rest first."

After Sun Jian said that, Sun Ce was relieved and immediately fell asleep.

Subsequently, Sun Jian ordered the troops to retreat.

Everyone retreated to the city of Changsha.

After this battle.

In the past three or four days, there have been those soldiers who had been displaced in Xiangxiang County one after another to return to Changsha County.

Just without exception.

Each of them spent three or four days in great misery.

Before, they were just dressed in the clothes of the Yamakoshi thieves.

Nowadays, they are not mountain thieves, but better than mountain thieves.

to the final statistical results.

Only one battle.

The 5,000 elites under Sun Ce's command only came back, and less than 1,300 people.

The 2,000 recruits that Zu Mao brought over escaped a lot, and finally returned more than 1,500.

They paid such a heavy price.

What was left for Xiangxiang County was a full 30,000 mu of wheat that had been harvested and no more than 100 casualties at most.

Such a disparity in the comparison of records made those who really knew the inside story all of them surprised and couldn't close their mouths.

There is certainly no way to hide this kind of news.

Sun Jian didn't want to hide it.

Soon, all the powerful families who chose to support him behind Sun Jian knew the price Sun Jian paid in this battle.

And if they really want to talk about it, they are not dissatisfied with Sun Jian's choice and decision.

It is expected that if they want to change to their own past, I am afraid that it is not much different from Sun Jian.

It can only be said that Sun Jian's defeat was due to Huang Zhong's being too strong.

The defeat in Qin Yu was too powerful.

If you want to target Qin Yu in the future, you may need to design carefully......