Trip to the East China Sea Chapter 36: Jiangnan Overlord
Not far from Chen Zhi, he opened the small note given by Chu Zhao, and saw the words "Jiangnan waiting for me" written on it, and he couldn't help but worry: Jiangnan is so big, how can we see it? But he didn't have the heart to think about it, anyway, he was about to go to the Jiangnan area, so he continued to go south.
At this time, it was already a new year, Chen Zhi sighed: "It's been two years since my Chen family was wiped out, when can I find the leader and go back to Zheng Zhe to take revenge?" Thinking of this, he thought of the grievances between himself and Zheng Yan, Zheng Yu, Zheng Yi and Zheng Nian, and couldn't help but pat his head and say: "Alas, how can they be a family?"
After a few more days, Chen Zhi had already gone deep into the hinterland of Yangzhou, very close to the Niuzhu area, Chen Zhi said in his heart: "I heard that Sun Ce and Liu Xiang have been confronting each other here recently, I had better not provoke them." He beat his horse to the Yangtze River, and saw that there were countless camps densely stationed on the opposite side, and he was about to beat his horse away from it, when he suddenly saw a girl with her back to him, and was chanting loudly:
He is a thriving person, a hair of five pigs, and he is so angry!
He is a peng, a hair and five pigs, and he is so happy!
Chen Zhi was taken aback, because the voice was extremely familiar to him, and he hurriedly patted his horse and rushed over, and when he saw it, it was indeed Chu Zhao, Chen Zhi hurriedly dismounted, and said happily: "Xiao Zhao, why are you here?"
When Chu Zhao saw Chen Dao, he also smiled slightly, and said, "How am I singing?" Chen Zhi didn't understand this, just scratched his head and said, "Well, singing...... True...... It's so nice. Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Do you really think it sounds good?" Although Chen Zhi didn't understand the meaning, he still nodded seriously, and Chu Zhao said again: "Then let's do another song." And she sang:
Kankan is sandal, the river is dry, and the river is clear and rippling.
If you don't have crops, you won't be able to harvest 300 grains?
Don't hunt or hunt, Hu Zhanerting has a county?
He is a gentleman, not a vegetarian!
Kankan is widespread, placed on the side of the river, and the river water is clear and straight.
If you don't have crops, you won't be able to harvest 30 billion yuan?
Don't hunt or hunt, Hu Zhanerting has a county specialty?
He is a gentleman, not a vegetarian!
Kankan is a wheel, and the river is clear.
If you don't have crops, you can't take 300 crops?
If you don't hunt or hunt, does Hu Zhanerting have a county quail?
He is a gentleman, not a vegetarian!
Chen understood it now, and blurted out: "Isn't this the "Cutting Tan" of the "Book of Songs" of the Zhou Dynasty?" Chu Zhao heard it and said with a smile: "Uncle to brother, it turns out that you have heard it all." Chen Zhi nodded and said, "I used to read a lot of books, but I was stupid and remembered almost nothing." Dad also beat me several times because of this, but because of this one, I was beaten very badly, so I remember this song "Van Tan" very clearly. Chu Zhao said: "Then do you understand what it means?" Chen Zhi sighed and said, "Of course I understand." The poem is apt even now, where the lower classes express their displeasure by ridiculing the upper classes for eating white food. Isn't it the same in this world?"
Chu Zhao sighed: "Yes, the previous one is the "Su Yu" in the "Book of Songs", which is just the opposite of the meaning of this "Cutting Tan", it is praising the officials, and at the same time, it is also praising the benevolent government implemented by the rulers, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Chen Zhi suddenly realized and said: "It turned out to be it, I have seen it before, but I don't remember it." Alas, my brain. Chu Zhao comforted him and said, "Don't worry, uncle to brother." You're not stupid at all, think about it, Jiangnan is so big, you can just meet me, aren't you very smart? Ah, by the way, did you meet Miss Zhang and them?" Chen Zhi nodded, and told him everything before.
Chu Zhao was shocked: "Gang Master Zhao...... Did he go?" Chen Zhi nodded tearfully and said, "Yes...... yes, so I ...... I'm going to carry on his legacy now. Chu Zhao held his hand and said, "Uncle Zhi, I will definitely help you succeed as the leader of the Divine Hammer Gang, and then lead them to avenge the Zhao Gang Leader!"
Chen Zhi gently hugged Chu Zhao into his arms and said, "We will definitely succeed." The two were about to say a few more words of love, when suddenly a rough voice sounded: "Hey, what are you doing?
Chen Zhi vigilantly stopped Chu Zhao behind him, and when he saw that it was two strong men with steel knives in their hands, he said, "Who are you? What do you want to do with the knife?" One of them stepped forward and said, "Who are we? You haven't even heard of us, no wonder you dare to stay here for so long." Let me tell you, grandpa, my name is Jiang Qin, this is our place, if you want to leave safe and sound, you have to leave something!"
When Chen Zhi heard this, he said in his heart: "It turned out to be a robbery." Then he said, "This big brother, we don't know these rules, can we be accommodating?" "Accommodating? We don't have that word here!" Another big man stepped forward with a steel knife.
Chu Zhao was very annoyed that they interrupted his chat with Chen Zhi, and came out and said, "Who are you?" Do you know who we are?" The man sighed "ouch" and said, "The chick looks good." But do you know the name of Grandpa Zhou Tai, dare you talk to me like that?" Chen Zhi saw that he was unreasonable to Chu Zhao, his face changed, he protected Chu Zhao behind him, and said, "I'm sorry, we really haven't heard of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai. ”
Jiang Qin smiled and said, "I haven't heard of it, it doesn't matter, anyway, since you are here, then you have to abide by the rules." If you don't have the money, you can keep your horse, and it should be worth a lot of money. ”
Chen Zhiqiang held back his anger and said, "This horse can't do it." Jiang Qin was also a little impatient at this time: "This is not good and that is not good, then you can leave your tricks!" Saying that, he was about to make a move, Chu Zhao came out again at this time, and said: "You dare to do it to us? We are the leader of the Divine Hammer Gang, you try it!"
The main altar of the Divine Hammer Gang is located in this Yangtze River area, which is not only famous in the Central Plains martial arts, but also has a prominent position in the south of the Yangtze River. Even the princes such as Sun Ce and Liu Miao had to respect him for three points, so as not to let him attack him, not to mention Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who made a living by plundering? When the two of them heard this, their faces changed, and after glancing at each other, Jiang Qinqiang smiled and said, "God...... The ...... of the Hammers Helper, you are really ...... It's really God...... The leader of the Divine Hammer Gang?" Zhou Tai said in disbelief: "The Divine Hammer Gang is powerful in the world, and the gang leader will be you two little dolls?" Jiang Qin also said: "The masters of the Divine Hammer Gang are gathered, so the martial arts of the gang leader must also be a super-first-class master. Saying that, he waved the steel knife and rushed towards Chen Zhi, they thought that Chu Zhao must be just some little lover of this "gang leader", so they directly moved towards Chen Zhi.
Chu Zhao didn't wait for Chen to act, he took the lead in picking up a stone and bounced it towards Jiang Qin, Jiang Qin was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his knife to bounce the stone away, and then slashed towards Chu Zhao, and said angrily: "The little girl also has some ability!" Chu Zhao took out a nine-section golden whip and greeted him with a "dance style".
Jiang Qin made a few ruthless moves, but he still couldn't break Chu Zhao's seemingly weak whip method, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, and suddenly strode forward sideways, sweeping towards Chu Zhao. Chu Zhao took a step back, and suddenly shook the soft whip to turn it into a straight whip, and a whip was whipped on Jiang Qin's calf, Jiang Qin screamed in pain, and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Zhou Tai's face changed, and he said, "This chick still knows some skills." "Just come forward and help. Chen Zhiyi waved his white sword to block him and said, "It's unfair to use two to one." Saying a move, "Spirit Snake Out of the Hole" swept towards Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai hurriedly swung his sword, this knife and sword burst out of violent sparks, Zhou Tai's body retreated, and said: "Your sword is not bad, it's okay to stay for us." Chen Zhi sneered and said, "Idiot dreams!"
Zhou Tai felt his arm tremble, and he almost couldn't hold the steel knife, so he took two steps back and said, "Boy, your strength is not small." At this time, Chen Zhi had already collected a lot of strength, but the strength of the "Lion Mangong" was too strong, and he almost injured Zhou Tai directly. Chen Zhi said: "We all said, we are really from the Hammer Gang, you just don't believe it." Zhou Tai said: "If you can be regarded as the leader of the Divine Hammer Gang just by virtue of your strength, then Lu Bu, Dian Wei and the like are not bad at all!" He shouted at Jiang Qin: "Gong Yi!" Jiang Qin comprehended, and suddenly slashed straight at Chu Zhao's head, Chu Zhao hurriedly dodged, Jiang Qin took the opportunity to pounce towards Chen Zhi, and Zhou Tai was pincer against Chen Zhi.
Seeing this, Chen Zhi was not too panicked, waiting for the two to approach, and suddenly raised a sword and swept towards Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai was not afraid at all, and he clenched the handle of the knife with both hands and slashed it fiercely. The swords intersected again, and Zhou Tai could resist at the first time, but when Chen reached the strength of the "Lion Barbarian Gong", he could no longer resist it, and his hands cracked at the same time and retreated.
Jiang Qin was taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Zhou Tai and said, "It's okay." Zhou Tai shook his head and said, "This kid has a lot of strength. The two glanced at each other, and at the same time rushed forward with a sword, and Chen Zhi raised his white sword and greeted the two of them at the same time.
Unexpectedly, the sword skills of the two of them when they were separated could only be regarded as second-rate, but once the two got together, the sword skills they used together made Chen Zhi a little difficult to parry. Chen Zhi first made a move "Tiger Roaring Dragon Yin" to slash at Jiang Qin horizontally, Zhou Tai stabbed at Chen Zhi's left rib at this time, no matter how fast Chen Zhi was, he had to turn back to defend, at this time Jiang Qin had another move "Eagle Wings" to attack from the other side, Chen Zhi was very uncomfortable, and when they approached again, they suddenly swept out a move towards the front "Stone Breaker", Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai did not expect him to play such a move, they were caught off guard, and were forced to retreat a few steps by a blow.
The two looked at each other again, and rushed forward with a shout, Chen Zhi was concentrating on recalling the moves of the two just now, when suddenly Zhou Tai screamed and fell to the ground, Jiang Qin was taken aback, only to hear Chu Zhao shout from afar: "Hey, don't you be ashamed to be ashamed of two enemies and one?" It turned out that she hit Zhou Tai's knee with a "snap of a finger" from a distance.
Chen Zhi saw that the two of them were not well prepared, and swept towards Jiang Qin with a move "Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day", but Jiang Qin was unprepared and was swept to the ground by this move. Chu Zhao didn't give the two of them a chance to relax at all, and had already prepared countless stones and took turns towards the two. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin didn't have time to get up at all, so they had to swing their knives hard to open the stones. Chen Zhi slowly stepped forward and said, "How is it? Do you believe it?" Although the two of them were defeated, they held on to themselves and did not answer Chen Dao's words. Chen Zhi said: "Xiao Zhao, these two are also the number one person, stop it." ”
Chu Zhaonian muttered: "Let you interrupt us, let you interrupt us." "The hands still don't stop, and the stones keep flying out one after another. Finally, another one hit Jiang Qin's leg, Jiang Qin was in pain, and although he tried his best to endure it without making a sound, he was still knocked to the ground. Seeing this, Chu Zhao couldn't help but laugh, and then stopped.
Zhou Tai looked depressed, and said miserably: "Today, our brothers are folded in your hands, what do you want?" Jiang Qin also said: "Yes, don't sell it, give it a good time." ”
Chen Zhi shook his head and said, "We don't want to do anything, we just want to ask you about a place." Zhou Tai looked incredulous and said, "What do you inquire?" Chen Zhi said, "Where is the main altar of the Divine Hammer Gang?"
Jiang Qin smiled and said, "Before, you said that you were the leader of the Divine Hammer Gang, why don't you even know where your lair is? Chu Zhao stepped forward and pointed the whip at him, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, otherwise you will eat me with a whip." Jiang Qin turned his head away and did not answer. Chen Zhi said: "Xiao Zhao, don't do it. Chu Zhao grimaced at Jiang Qin and withdrew the straight whip.
Zhou Taidao: "We are all fishermen, and we don't know much about these martial arts things, so we really can't answer your questions." Chen Zhi sighed and said, "That's it, then I still have a doubt, the two of you have a strong martial arts combined, but why are you committed here and only be a robber?"
Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai glanced at each other, Jiang Qin said: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that you have anyone who can recommend you?" Zhou Tai said: "Of course we also want to defect to a Ming master to make contributions, but now the situation in Jiangdong is very chaotic, and Sun Ce over there is under the banner of seeking talent, but we don't know his details, so we haven't gone to him." ”
When Chen Zhi heard this, he said, "Okay, then we will inquire for you." Jiang Qin's eyes widened, and he said, "Aren't you going to kill us?" Chu Zhao snorted and said, "Who wants to kill you, do you often kill people?" Both of them shook their heads: "Although we make a living from looting, we rarely kill people. Only those rich men with bad tempers and bad attitudes occasionally take their senses. ”
Chen Zhi smiled and said: "In this troubled world, who hasn't killed a few people?" said and stretched out his hand to the two of them, and said: "In Xia Chen to Chen Shuzhi, I have offended a lot before, please forgive me." ”
Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai glanced at each other, and Jiang Qin said first: "Jiang Qin, Jiang Gongyi." Zhou Tai continued: "Zhou Tai, Zhou Youping." The three men reached out their fists and touched each other. Chen Zhi put his hands together and pulled the two of them up at the same time.
Zhou Tai was puzzled: "Uncle Zhi, are you really the leader of the Divine Hammer Gang?" Chen Zhi did not hide it, nodded and said, "Yes, I just took over not long ago." But I don't belong to the Hammer Gang, so I'm still inquiring about the whereabouts of their main altar. Chu Zhao said at this time: "Since you don't know, then we have to think about it and find that Sun Ce to ask." He is a prince of one side, so he must still know some about these martial arts matters. ”
Jiang Qin smiled: "This girl, I was offended just now, I hope you don't care." You and Uncle are ...... Let's have a relationship. When Chu Zhao heard this, he also laughed and said, "Hey, even if it's it." My name is Chu Zhao, don't want the scream of a chick or a chick, it's weird and ugly. The two of them arched their hands again and said, "What Miss Chu said is that we were still too rude before. ”
Chen Zhi said: "Gongyi, Youping, you are right, you still don't know too much about Sun Ce's details and personality. So Xiao Zhao and I went to Sun Ce to inquire first, if he is really a master, we won't come back to you, you can go directly to him. If he is not a master, we will come back and inform you. We're in a hurry to get to the Hammer Gang, so we won't stay long, please understand. Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai said: "Uncle, you can go at ease, if we can see you again in the future, we will definitely repay you for your help." ”
So the two of them said goodbye to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, and then got on their horses again and went straight to the nearby Sun Ce camp. I saw a young general with many subordinates looking at the enemy camp from a high distance, Chen Zhi said: "I heard that this Sun Ce is the son of Sun Jian, who is younger than me, but he can lead these generals who are much older than him, he must be very capable." Chu Zhao didn't answer, just looked at it and said, "That's Sun Ce?" Chen Zhi nodded and said, "Presumably so, let's try him." With that, the two dismounted, Chen Zhi was in front, and Chu Zhao led Tai Wuyun and walked forward slowly.
The young general in front of him was Sun Ce, he had long found Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao looking at him not far away, and the guard beside him said: "Lord, those two people are unknown, should we arrest them for interrogation?" Sun Ce saw them walking in his direction, so he said, "Yo, I also took the initiative to come over, I don't know what it means, let's go meet them." The guard came out again and said, "My lord, it's better not to take risks, this is not our camp after all." Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "Hey, you are too suspicious, so no one will be loyal to you." As he spoke, he strode over.
Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao saw that he actually walked towards them, and Chu Zhao said, "Brother Shu Zhi, you pretended not to know who he was, so you said that you asked to see Sun Ce." Chen Zhi nodded and said, "I understand." When the two sides walked in, Chen Zhi took the lead and said: "Hello general, Chen Zhi is here, I want to see General Sun Ce." ”
The guards behind Sun Ce heard this, and said unhappily: "You guy, do you know ......" Sun Ce waved his hand and said: "Well, you also want to see General Sun?" Okay, then you can come with me." Then he turned and left. Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao glanced at each other and followed. The guard wanted to say more, but Sun Ce glared at him, and then he closed his mouth tightly.
When they walked into the barracks, they saw that everything was extremely strictly planned and the soldiers everywhere were well-trained, Chen Zhi couldn't help but praise in his heart: "With such a leader, why worry about not being able to win the battle?" Even Chu Zhao said in his heart: "Everything here is much stronger than in the Youzhou Juyi camp." ”
When they arrived at the Chinese military camp, Sun Ce waved his hand to signal the two of them to sit down, and then waved his hand to withdraw all his subordinates, so he said: "It's Sun Ce below, I don't know what the two of you have to think about this arrival?" Chen Zhi had already guessed, but Mu Mu said: "Ah, Sun ......" Chu Zhao hurriedly pushed him, pretending to be surprised: "Ah, it turns out that you are General Sun, we really don't know Taishan." ”
Sun Ce looked at her and smiled: "Girl, are you doing this to avoid being a little too exaggerated?" Chu Zhao blushed, embarrassed to speak again, Sun Ce arched his hand again: "By the way, I haven't asked the girl's name yet." Chu Zhao also arched his hand and said, "My name is Chu Zhao." Sun Ce said: "Brother Chen, Miss Chu, it's really a blessing." I guess you must have some high opinion when you came to me like this, can you tell me about it?"
Chen Zhizheng didn't know what to say, so Chu Zhao said: "General Sun still looks up to us country farmers too much, we heard that General Sun has the name of the overlord, and we have admired it for a long time, this time I just want to come to see it." When I saw it today, I really admired it. Sun Ce said in his heart: "Your outfit is not a country peasant, what do you mean by that?" and said with a smile: "Miss Chu smiled, Sun Ce looked mediocre, but with his blood and strength, he had the title of 'overlord', in fact, I can't afford it." Brother Chen Zhi, are you really just coming to see me?" He saw that Chu Zhao liked to talk about things, which was not in line with his bold character, so he asked Chen Zhi directly.
Chen Zhi scratched his head and said, "Then I'll just say it." We would like to ask General Sun about the location of the Divine Hammer Gang's main altar. ”
When Sun Ce heard this, he said in his heart: "Inquire about the Divine Hammer Gang, it seems that you don't want to help me." It's a pity that I still have such expectations. But his expression did not show any disappointment, but said: "This is easy, the Divine Hammer Gang is a big gang in the south of the Yangtze River, and its main altar only needs to go up the Yangtze River, and it will be possible to reach its main altar in a few days." When Chu Zhao heard this, he didn't wait for Chen to speak, so he got up and said: "Thank you General Sun for telling me the truth, we have to rush there because we have something urgent, so we will go first, and if there is a chance in the future, we will definitely come to help." As he spoke, he pulled Chen Zhi up.
Chen Zhi thought that Sun Ce would be dissatisfied, and he was embarrassed to give it up. Unexpectedly, Sun Ce's face was still the same, and he said: "Okay, Sun Mou was not well entertained, please atone for your sins." Well, I'll arrange for a boat to take you there. You must remember to be careful, this Yangtze River area is not my territory, don't be caught by others. ”
Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao glanced at each other again, both of them were very puzzled, and when they got out of the camp, Chu Zhao said: "It seems that this Sun Ce is indeed thirsty for talent." We weren't his men, but he did his best to help us, and he didn't express any displeasure with us. Chen Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, right now he is attacking Niu Zhu, we still have time, why don't we help him?" When the boat that Sun Ce gave them arrived, Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, let's tie the boat first, let's go and help him." ”
So the two took advantage of the night to return to Sun Ce's camp, and with the superb light skills of the two, they were not discovered by the guards, and they came to Sun Ce's big tent very easily.
Chu Zhao couldn't help but say, "It seems that this military camp is not a big deal, we came in so easily." If Li Jiulun and Wu Ze wanted to come and kill the boss here, wouldn't it be easy?"
Chen Zhi said: "I can't say that, martial arts people rarely have anything to do with the battlefield, last time I went to assassinate Cao Cao, if it wasn't for the presence of my senior brother, then Cao Cao wouldn't have escaped my attack." Originally, they suffered from the martial arts people, which cannot be directly compared. ”
The two were talking, only to hear a prime-aged general say to Sun Ce: "Lord, it's not that I said you, it's just that although you are now under the banner of seeking talent, the effect is really poor." Not counting the two teenagers today, there are more than a dozen people who have come, but none of them really came to us, most of them are here for fun. Lord, it's not okay to go on like this. ”
I only heard Sun Ce laugh and say: "Uncle Yigong, don't worry, our power is not big enough now." If we don't have enough strength, how can we attract the Magi to defect? When we defeat Liu Xuan, more people will naturally come. Chen Zhi listened and whispered to Chu Zhao: "It seems that this prime-aged general is Han Dang, Sun Jian's subordinate general." ”
I only heard Han Dang shake his head and said, "Lord, then let's do it quickly, the brothers are also impatient to wait." Tomorrow we will go and take Niu Zhu over, and then attack Qu A?" Sun Ce nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Yi, we will do it tomorrow." Han Dang said happily: "Okay, I'm ready to go, so I turned around and left." ”
Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao were still watching in the dark, only to see that Sun Ce was not in a hurry to fall asleep, but continued to study the art of war on the table. Chen Zhi didn't know anything about this, so he said to Chu Zhao: "Xiao Zhao, let's sneak to the other side, and wait for them to start a war tomorrow." Chu Zhao also felt that it was boring to stay here, so he said, "Okay, go to the other side and see what's fun." The two of them left Sun Ce's military camp and went straight to the camp opposite.
After some understanding, the two knew that the general on the other side was called Zhang Ying, and there was a huge gap in strength compared to Sun Ce, Chu Zhao was also a little sleepy at this time, and yawned and said: "Alas, in fact, even without our help, it is very easy for Sun Ce to win." Chen Zhi said: "Having said that, it is a little bit that can help him reduce some casualties." Xiao Zhao, if you are sleepy, go to sleep first, I will study the "National Salvation Policy" to see if there is any good way. Chu Zhao nodded, then leaned on Chen Zhi's shoulder and fell asleep.
Chen Zhi still didn't understand some of the tactics in the "National Salvation Policy", and pondered all night before saying, "Let's burn grain and grass." Chu Zhao also woke up in a daze at this time, and when he heard Chen Zhi say this, he said: "It's right to set fire, but you don't have to burn grain and grass, what a waste." Chen Zhi was also stunned when he heard this, and said: "It's a waste to burn the enemy's grain and grass?" Chu Zhao was just about to speak, when suddenly war drums sounded outside, Chu Zhao exclaimed: "Start fighting so early?" Chen Zhi said: "It seems that they don't want to make each other feel better, let's act quickly." He pulled Chu Zhao to get up.
When the battle outside became more and more intense, Chen Zhi suddenly stepped out of the woods where he was hiding, and knocked those grain and grass guards to the ground with a "shocking move". Chu Zhao also quietly ran in, picked up those torches and threw them towards the camp, and those camps were instantly lit.
At this time, smoke also rose from the grain and grass on the other side, and Chu Zhao couldn't help but wonder when he saw it: "What's going on? Do we still have reinforcements?" Chen Zhi took a closer look, it turned out that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were setting fire everywhere with their men, and couldn't help but rejoice: "It seems that they are determined to follow Sun Ce." Chu Zhao also said: "The fire here is already unstoppable, there is nothing to do with us, right?" Chen Zhi nodded, grabbed Chu Zhao and cast the "Breaking the Sky Floating Cloud" and immediately left the battlefield.
In the end, Zhang Ying was defeated and fled, Sun Ce easily captured Niuzhu, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai also defected to Sun Ce as they wished. Sun Ce was not satisfied with a Niu Zhu, and continued to march to Qu'a, who was approaching Liu Xuan. Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao felt the need to help Sun Ce again, so they followed again.
When the two armies confronted each other at Shenting Ridge, Sun Ce took his men to personally inspect Liu Xuan's military camp. Chu Zhao saw that he only brought a total of thirteen people, and said: "No matter how powerful Sun Ce is, he can't just take such a few people to other people's territory to show off, right, he is not afraid of being captured by others?" Chen Zhi said: "Maybe it's because the artist is bold, let's go with him, so as not to really get him in danger." ”
After a long time, they suddenly heard a sound from the slope down, and saw a young general holding a spear towards Sun Ce and them. Chu Zhao said: "Well, someone is here." Chen Zhi took a closer look, and saw that there were only two people on the other side, and said suspiciously: "Impossible, could it be that they want to arrest Sun Ce by relying on two people, it's unrealistic." ”
I saw that Sun Ce was not panicking, but ordered the thirteen cavalry to line up, waiting for the two to approach with their horses. The young general who took the lead carried two short halberds behind his back, held his gun and shouted: "Which of you is Sun Ce?" Sun Ce patted his horse forward slightly, and said, "Who are you? What are you looking for Sun Ce?" The young general said: "I am Tai Shi Ci, I am here to arrest Sun Ce!" When Sun Ce heard this, he smiled and said: "I am Sun Ce, you come to arrest me." Tai Shici didn't answer, and waved his gun to fight with Sun Ce.
The two have played against each other for dozens of rounds, but they still can't tell the difference. Chen Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "This Sun Ce deserves the name of 'Overlord', I didn't expect his skills to be so strong." Even if the senior brother is here, it will not be easy to win against him. This Tai Shi Ci is also capable enough, and he can fight with Sun Ce for so long without falling behind. Chu Zhao was already stunned, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid that the marksmanship of the two of them is not under Zilong, and if General Zhang He is here, I'm afraid it won't be even better." ”
The two fought for a long time, and Tai Shici suddenly turned the horse's head and ran. How could Sun Ce let it go? He chased after the horse, and when he reached a flat ground, Tai Shici turned the horse's head and fought with Sun Ce. Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao also followed, and when they saw this, Chen Zhi said again: "It seems that he doesn't like to fight in the mountains, so he has to find a flat place to fight." Chu Zhao smiled: "This can't compare to us, whether we are in the mountains or on the island, aren't we all taking pictures?"
At this time, the fierce battle between the two was even more intense, Sun Ce shot towards Tai Shi Ci's heart, Tai Shi Ci dodged sideways, stretched out his arm and clamped Sun Ce's spear under his ribs, and at the same time stabbed his own spear out, Sun Ce also stretched out his arm to hold his spear with his eyes. The two of them immediately began to exert their strength against each other, trying to snatch the spear in their hands.
Chu Zhao saw that the two were still indistinguishable, so he picked up a stone and said, "Uncle to brother, why don't you let me help Sun Ce." Saying that he was about to shoot the stone out, Chen Zhi hurriedly stopped her and said, "No, no, this is a duel between heroes, we can't interfere." If outsiders are allowed to control the situation of the battle, do you think they can agree?" Chu Zhao had no choice but to put down the stone and said, "Then when are they going to fight?" ”
As he spoke, the two of them exerted too much force at the same time, and as a result, they both fell off their horses. At this time, the two simply didn't even want a spear, and directly twisted each other to fight. Chu Zhao stuck out his tongue and said, "There is still this kind of fighting?" Chen Zhi was also surprised when he saw it, and said, "This ...... This could be a hit...... It's too exciting. ”
However, although Sun Ce and Tai Shici fought a little roughly, they were also very clever in their boxing methods. Sun Ce saw that his fist still couldn't beat Tai Shi Ci, and when he looked at the two painting halberds on his back, he simply took advantage of his unpreparedness to suddenly reach out and pull out a painting halberd, and stabbed at Tai Shi Ci.
Tai Shici's reaction was also fast, and he hurriedly lowered his head to dodge the blow, grabbed Sun Ce's head, and with a force of his right hand, he also ripped off Sun Ce's helmet and hit Sun Ce. The two of them didn't even use their fists and kicks at this time, and they were beating each other with the snatched "blades". Chu Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he saw it and said, "Uncle Zhi, do you think they are still fighting now?"
Chen Zhi looked helpless and said, "This ...... It's really like a hooligan ruffian. ”
The two were still fighting fiercely, and suddenly shouted loudly, it turned out that Liu Xuan's reinforcements had arrived. Chen Zhi was taken aback and said, "There are really ambushes." Hurriedly jumped out of the grass where he was hiding to come to the rescue. Chu Zhao also followed.
At this time, the twelve people who followed Sun Ce also rushed over, and Sun Ce left Tai Shici to pick up the spear and fight with Liu Xuan's army.
Chen Zhi saw that Sun Ce and the others were few, and they were about to be surrounded, so he hurriedly swept towards the cavalry in front of him with a "stone breakthrough". This blow knocked several horsemen off their horses. The other cavalry were startled, and hurriedly reined in their horses and did not dare to step forward, and were almost knocked down by the cavalry behind.
Tai Shici also stepped back on the war horse at this time, and shouted loudly: "Sun Ce has been defeated, there are few of them, they can't leave! Everyone will capture Sun Ce alive with me!" and rushed over again. Sun Ce also shouted: "Tai Shi Ci Xiao'er, if you hadn't run fast, you would have died a long time ago!" Seeing that the cavalry on the opposite side rushed over again, Chen Zhi appeared and said: "General Sun, without further ado, you have to rush out quickly." ”
Sun Ce was very surprised to see Chen Dao suddenly, but he was not too afraid of the army on the other side, and said, "Thank you Brother Chen for your help." Then he turned his horse's head and withdrew. Tai Shi Ci picked up Sun Ce's helmet with a spear at this time and said, "Sun Ce, your head is here!
Those guards were worried that Sun Ce's blood was strong, and they really wanted to go over and rob it, Sun Ce just sneered when he saw this: "This kid has some brains, but I won't be fooled." Then he turned his horse and left. When Tai Shici saw it, he was about to lead someone to chase after him, but then Liu Miao personally arrived and stopped him and said, "Ziyi, retreat quickly." Tai Shi Ci was puzzled and said: "Lord, Sun Ce is in front, if you don't arrest him now, when will you wait?" Liu Xuan reprimanded: "What do you know? Sun Ce is taking such a risk this time, isn't he just trying to lure us into the bait? Are you really stupid enough to chase him? Why don't you retreat quickly?"
Tai Shi Ci didn't believe that Sun Ce would have ambushes at all, and defended: "My lord, Sun Ce has taken action personally, what ambush can they have? Liu Miao ignored him and said, "You are young, don't fall for the tricks of the other side." With that, he ordered the withdrawal of the troops. Tai Shici looked back at Sun Ce, who had left safely, and angrily smashed the stone next to him with a spear, but it was still to no avail, so he had to return angrily.
When Sun Ce returned to the barracks safely, he thanked Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao again: "Thanks to the two of you for your help this time, I can return safely." Chen Zhi said: "Where and where, General Sun's martial arts are so superb, he really deserves the title of 'overlord'." ”
Sun Ce sighed and said: "Although the 'overlord' is an 'overlord', he is just a 'little overlord' after all, and he always suffers when he is young. This time, Zhang Zhao persuaded me not to take risks alone, but this time I almost fell into an ambush, so I'm ashamed. ”
Chu Zhao said: "If it weren't for the Tai Shi Ci on the other side, who would be able to arrest you." Besides, as long as you can get rid of that Tai Shi Ci, I believe that it will definitely not be difficult to defeat Liu Xuan. ”
Sun Ce nodded and said, "Yes, Tai Shici's martial arts are not under me, and I hope to subdue him more than kill him." But how could he surrender to me?" Chu Zhao suddenly said: "General Sun, now we are going to the Divine Hammer Gang, this time we will try this Tai Shi Ci and persuade him to surrender to you." When Sun Ce heard this, he said happily: "Thank you two for that." Chen Zhi didn't know what Chu Zhao could do, but he still agreed to Sun Ce according to Chu Zhao's wishes.
That night, Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao set off again and arrived in Liu Xuan's village. Chu Zhao lightly and skillfully knocked down the two soldiers, and then the two sneaked to Tai Shici's village.
Tai Shi Ci was sitting in the camp tent sulking, Chen Zhi whispered to Chu Zhao: "Xiao Zhao, what way do you convince him?" Chu Zhao said: "Convince him? Who can be sure of this? Uncle to brother, we have to rely on you to win him first, so that we can have hope." Chen Zhi was stunned and said: "Win him? That's not that easy, if we alarm others, we won't be able to escape." Chu Zhao smiled: "Don't worry, you just have to do as I say, I'll wait for you outside the camp." Chen Zhi nodded, and after Chu Zhao left, he walked straight into Tai Shici's tent.
Tai Shi Ci was throwing the bamboo slips on the ground, when he suddenly saw someone coming in, and said unhappily: "Who are you? Do you have any orders?" Chen Zhi was worried that his true intentions would be discovered, so he had no choice but to say coldly: "I am General Sun Ce's subordinate, and I came to order you to go to him today." ”
When Tai Shi Ci heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Sun Ce asked me to go to him? Why did he beat me?" Chen Zhi said: "Because there is no division today, General Sun hopes to ask you to fight again tonight." Tai Shici sighed and said, "Where is the battle again?" Chen Zhi said: "In the woods outside your barracks, General Sun went alone, and I hope you will only come alone." Tai Shi Ci looked around, and said with a smile: "Why should I believe you? If you bring more people to arrest me, won't I be at a loss?"
Chen Zhi saw that he still didn't go, and he couldn't think of any way to provoke him, so he had to make a very sincere appearance and said: "General Sun is a bright and upright person, and I believe that you are too, so he will arrange this showdown." If you don't want to, then don't hurt General Sun, and I'll take my leave. He turned around and left. Tai Shi Ci said: "Slow! Just based on your words, I will let Sun Ce go? He snatched my halberd today, how can I spare him? You show me the way and see how I clean him up." As he spoke, he picked up his spear.
Chen Zhi was secretly happy in his heart, and without waiting for Tai Shici to speak again, he ran away. Tai Shi Ci hurriedly followed, because all the soldiers in the camp knew Tai Shi Ci, so no one stopped him, Chen Zhi didn't dare to go to the main gate, and waited until the side of the camp suddenly cast a "Breaking the Sky Floating Cloud" and jumped out.
Tai Shi Ci couldn't follow him out with light skills, but he didn't want to beg Chen Zhi to come back and take him out, so he smashed the fence hard and opened a small path, and he got out.
Chen Zhi brought Tai Shi Ci all the way to Chu Zhao. Tai Shi Ci saw that there was only one delicate little girl here, and couldn't help but doubt: "Boy, you said that Sun Ce is here, but what about others?"
Chu Zhao curled his hair and said, "Sun Ce is not here, but there are people more powerful than him waiting for you." Tai Shi Ciqi said: "Who?" Chu Zhao pointed at Chen Zhi and said, "It's him, don't you recognize it?" Tai Shi Ci snorted coldly and said, "Don't be kidding, where is Sun Ce, call him out." Let's divide the two again. ”
Chu Zhao shook his head and said, "You think too much, General Sun is not here, but he sincerely hopes that you can submit to him." Tai Shi Ci listened, and said with a smile: "Guishun? Why do you want me to surrender to the death that we just fought today?" Chu Zhao said: "A person with great ambitions, will he care about some trivial things? You also look down on General Sun too much." ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "You said that Sun Ce sincerely hopes that I will submit to him, but what about others? Are you sincere that you two nobodies were sent to work hard? I think it's better to forget it." He turned around and was about to leave. Chu Zhao hurriedly glanced at Chen Zhilian, and Chen Zhi suddenly took out the white golden gun and jumped in front of Tai Shici.
Tai Shi Ci also looked a little sleepy, and yawned and said, "What are you doing here?" Chu Zhao was worried that Chen Zhi would say the wrong thing again, and said, "I said it all, he is better than you, if you can win him, then General Sun will surrender to you, how about it?"
When Tai Shi Ci heard this, he immediately became interested, and said, "Are you saying that he was chosen by Sun Ce to challenge me, and if he loses, Sun Ce will surrender to us?"
Chen Zhi exclaimed: "This is not good, we have no ......" Chu Zhao hurriedly interrupted: "Yes, yes, that's it." Tai Shi Ci immediately shook off the spear and said, "Okay, boy, let's make a move." Chen Zhi was a little flustered and said, "This ...... That's not going to work. Tai Shi Ci talked so much nonsense with him, and a move "White Dragon Spit Letter" stabbed towards Chen Zhi's chest.
Chen Zhi hurriedly swept away Tai Shici's shot with a "Sky Dragon", and then stabbed him in the left leg. Tai Shi Ci was extremely fast, blocked Chen Zhi's move with one shot, and then swept towards Chen Zhi's right foot.
Chen Zhi didn't expect to feel like this in actual combat with a top master, and said in his heart: "This Tai Shi Ci and Senior Brother are not the same type at all, this is difficult to do." He hurriedly withdrew his spear and blocked Tai Shici's blow.
Tai Shi Ci's feet were in the air, the gun fell like a knife, and shouted, "You are too slow!" Chen Zhi blocked the blow by holding the gun sideways, and then the "Lion Brute Gong" suddenly burst out, shaking Tai Shi Ci so much that he retreated more than ten steps back before stabilizing his body.
Tai Shi Ci himself was also taken aback, and said, "Why is your brute force so great?" Chen Zhi said: "This is not brute force!" A move "Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance" swept towards Tai Shi Ci. Tai Shici struggled to force a shot, and was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground. Chen Zhi said: "How?" Tai Shi gritted his teeth angrily, propped his left hand on the ground, and swept forward towards Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi did not use the white golden gun to resist, and directly used the "Breaking the Sky Floating Cloud" to kick to a high place, Tai Shici's body jumped up and chased after Chen Zhizhi, and swept off the branch where Chen Zhi was before with one shot. Chen Zhi stepped on the surrounding pine trees with his legs, dodging one after another as if he were stepping on a wooden raft. Tai Shi Ci chased after him, picking off dozens of branches one after another, but he still couldn't catch up with Chen Dao. Chen Zhi took a few more steps, and suddenly turned around and hit Tai Shi Ci with a "stone breaking shock", Tai Shi Ci hurriedly stopped, bent down to dodge the blow, and said angrily: "What kind of tricks are you?"
Chen Zhi said: "This is the 'Molten Sky Fist'!" and another move towards him "Thunderbolt on a Sunny Day", Tai Shici said angrily: "Do you think I don't dare to fight?" A shot was fired towards the fist wind sent by Chen Zhi, but he was still hit by this blow and flew out and hit the trunk of the tree behind him. Although Tai Shici was defeated, he still quickly bounced his body up, and made a defensive posture, and Chen Zhi was even more impressed by the speed.
Chu Zhao shouted on the side: "How about it? You admit defeat, General Sun doesn't want to win you, he just wants to fight side by side with you." Tai Shi Ci snorted and said, "He hasn't won me yet!" and stabbed Chen Zhi again.
Chen Zhixin said: "It is difficult to defeat him with marksmanship alone, and he is not convinced with internal strength, so it seems that he has to try the 'Divine Hammer Whip Method'." Thinking of this, he stuck the white golden spear on the ground, untied the hammer whip from his waist, and greeted Tai Shici's spear with the "original style" whip method. No matter how Tai Shi Ci attacked, Chen Zhi stood firmly in place, and Tai Shi Ci had no chance to advance at all.
Originally, if the internal force was increased, Chen Zhi could win quickly, but Chen Zhi was worried that Tai Shi Ci would not be convinced, so he did not dare to use internal force, plus this "Divine Hammer Whip Method" is a top martial art, and Chen is not very skilled until now, so he can't say that Tai Shi Ci won it for a while.
Chu Zhao watched from the sidelines, worried that Chi Ze would change, and said in his heart: "It seems that I have to help my uncle and brother, so as not to delay it for a long time and be in danger." So she quietly picked up a stone and hit it towards Tai Shi Ci, Tai Shi Ci only felt that his right wrist was suddenly numb, and he couldn't lift the spear this time, Chen Zhi just swept towards his jaw with a whip, Tai Shi Ci couldn't resist, so he had to reach out to block his chin. Chen Zhi suddenly stopped, and a whip just touched Tai Shici's hand, but he didn't use any more force.
Tai Shi Ci looked at Chen Zhi with some surprise, and said, "What do you mean? Why don't you do it again?" Chen Zhi slowly withdrew the steel whip and said: "We are not enemies, why fight to the death?" It's just that General Sun really wants to be a comrade-in-arms with you, so we will come here. I just hope that you can vote for a master, instead of wasting your talent under Liu Xuan. ”
Tai Shici listened, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said: "At the beginning of Sun Ce's southward journey, everyone was afraid to avoid it, and even those who were officials were so frightened that they abandoned their officials. Later, it was discovered that Sun Ce's men were disciplined and would not rob the people in the slightest. Therefore, Sun Ce is a good leader, and Liu Xuan has no ambitions, and he has no enterprising spirit at all, if he had some courage, Sun Ce would have been captured by us today. In life, there must be some pursuits, and the husband should carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements. Instead of cowering and staying in the nest to eat and wait for death. It is clear who can have a better future with you. ”
Chen Zhi heard what he said, and said happily: "Taishi Ziyi, since you have this intention, why don't you go to General Sun?"
Tai Shi Ci smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and I will follow whoever is not powerful." You go and tell Sun Ce that as long as he can capture my Tai Shi Ci alive, and regardless of his past suspicions, I am willing to serve him as a dog and horse. As he spoke, he smiled at Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao, turned around and left.
Chen Zhi said to Chu Zhao: "It seems that he already has a heart, and our task is completed." Chu Zhao smiled and said: "Uncle Zhi, you still say that you are stupid, now it seems that you can also say it, no, even Tai Shici was moved by you." Chen Zhi scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Actually, it's his own meaning, and it has nothing to do with me." ”
So the two returned to Sun Ce's military camp that night and informed Sun Ce of the news. Sun Ce wanted to keep the two, but Chen Zhi refused. Sun Ce saw that the two of them had made up their minds, so he said, "Can you stay one more night, I want you to see my victory." Chen Zhi was puzzled and said, "General Sun, do you want to attack it overnight? Such losses will be very large, right?" Sun Ce pretended to be mysterious and said, "Don't worry, I have my own plans in my heart." When the two saw his good intentions, they did not object, so they stayed.
The next day, news came from the front that it turned out that Sun Ce's comrade-in-arms Zhou Yu led his troops to attack Liu Xuan's rear road, and Liu Xuan was scattered and defeated that night. It's just a pity that I couldn't catch Tai Shici. Sun Ce smiled: "He already has the intention of surrendering, and we can accept him sooner or later." The top priority is to stabilize people's minds. ”
"What is the method of stabilizing people's hearts?" Sun Ce said: "I have already sent someone to issue a proclamation, and as long as Liu Xuan's subordinates and villagers come to surrender, they will not ask." Those who are willing to join the army can do so, and the whole family is exempt from paying taxes. Those who do not want to join the army will not be reluctant. In this way, Liu Xuan's remnants will naturally not come to make trouble, even if they want to, no one will listen to them. The people have experienced war and will never want to fight again. Although we are all generals who were born in war, we can also recuperate when we can. ”
Chen Zhi praised: "General Sun, your actions like this are really heroic." Sometimes fighting a war not only costs the people and money, but also fails to achieve the desired goal, you can avoid so many disasters without spending a single soldier this time, reducing casualties, and it is really the 'Jiangnan Overlord' yes. Chu Zhao also said: "Yes, 'Overlord' can only fight, but General Sun, you are not only able to fight, you also have your own wisdom, and you deserve the title of 'Overlord'." ”
Sun Ce smiled: "The two of you have won the award, if you still want to leave today, then I won't stop you again." I will send Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to escort you to the Divine Hammer Gang. I wish you all a smooth journey, and may we see you again in the future. ”
In the end, Chen Dao, Chu Zhao, Sun Ce and others said goodbye, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai rowed a big boat to escort the two to the Yangtze River waterway, all the way upstream. However, what the two didn't expect was that although Sun Ce, a generation of 'overlords', successfully unified Jiangdong, he failed to see the day when Jiangdong flourished. Chen Zhi and Chu Zhao were also not fortunate enough to meet him again, and when they returned to Jiangdong again, they were no longer faced with just pleasure and enmity, but also with the combined influence of the political situation and the war situation.