Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 304 Taishi Ci

No one was able to react, not even Taishi Xiang himself. They didn't know why they suddenly lost.

But Taishi Ci understood that Sun Quan's martial arts were all about defense from beginning to end, and everyone thought that he was a person who was good at defense but not good at attack.

Therefore, Taishi Xiang found out through repeated tests that Sun Quan would not launch an attack at all, and he fell into such a misunderstanding.

Therefore, Taishi Xiang had been attacking, trying to break through Sun Quan's defense, and even used his strongest killing move to break through Sun Quan's defense.

Sun Quan also understood that Taishi Xiang had taken the bait, so he deliberately gave him a flaw, causing him to attack with all his might and thus neglect his own defense.

This is probably what it means to attack someone unexpectedly.

Even the experienced soldiers did not fully understand, "It turns out that you are not only good at defense, but also good at attack!"

Sun Quan was on the defensive the whole time, observing the battle situation carefully, waiting for the opponent to reveal a flaw, and then striking with one strike.

Taishi Ci finally laughed, "He is not good at defending, nor is he good at attacking, but he is good at hiding."

Those who are good at hiding things cannot be found by others.

Taishi Xiang's eyes were full of disbelief until Sun Quan took the double halberds and handed them to You Yu. Taishi Xiang's face turned pale, then red, and then blue. There was grievance and anger, as well as unwillingness and shame in his eyes. His face changed several times, as if he had opened a dyeing factory.

Taishi Ci walked forward, patted his shoulder, and protected him behind him, "Yuan Fu, I admit defeat! Your Excellency is indeed more skilled, and I am in awe of you."

Sun Quan said, "The young general is young and brave, and I was lucky to win. Today's fierce battle was very refreshing, which reminded me of the fierce battle between my brother and the general at Shenting in the second year of Xingping. At that time, I was still a child, standing behind my brother, and it was the first time I saw the general's bravery. I thought that my brother's martial arts were unmatched, but I didn't expect that there was still a general in the world who could fight with him.

In the years that followed, my brother often lamented that, apart from the general, there was no one else he could compete with so heartily, and no one else could be as close a friend to him as the general. "

Taishi Ci just smiled faintly, with no fluctuations in his eyes. If Sun Ce had come to him personally to say this, he would have believed it. But if it was Sun Quan who came to him to say this, his intention to win him over was stronger.

"I will never forget this kindness until I die."

After a battle in the second year of Xingping, Liu Yao was defeated by Sun Ce, and he had to follow Liu Yao to retreat to Yuzhang. However, because of the fierce battle at Shenting, Liu Yao became suspicious of him and suspected that there was something wrong between him and Sun Ce. He found an excuse to let him stay behind to cover their retreat, abandoned him and his subordinates, and announced to the outside world that he had defected.

After that, there was no progress forward and no way to retreat, so he had to flee to Wuhu and hide in the mountains, where he lived out his days for the time being.

In the second year of Jian'an, when Sun Ce conquered the seven counties of Danyang, the two met again. At that time, Taishi Ci and Zu Lang were the largest Shanyue forces in Danyang County. Sun Ce entered the camp alone and said only one sentence to him, "Others cannot tolerate you, but I, Bo Fu, know you."

From then on, he was willing to be used by Sun Ce, and surrendered to the Sun family with a large number of Shanyue soldiers including Zu Lang. Sun Ce also gave him six counties including Haihun to govern alone. Many generals and scholars impeached him in front of Sun Ce, and even told Sun Ce that if he got the six counties of Haihun, he would become disloyal and rebel against Sun Ce.

Even he himself had to admit that he had thought about it and had such a plan.

He still remembered Sun Ce's answer, "Although Taishi Ziyi is brave and courageous, he is not a man of strategy. He has the heart of a scholar, is committed to the classics and righteousness, values ​​his promises, and will not betray his confidant even if he dies." For the first time, he understood the saying, "A gentleman will die for his confidant."

But Sun Quan is not Sun Ce, and he may not have as broad a mind as Sun Ce to accommodate a general who guards the border.

Sun Quan took the towel handed over by Youye, wiped the sweat off his body, put on his clothes, and walked into the commander's tent with a group of people. "You have the general guarding the southern border for my Sun family. I trust my brother and the general. Over the years, the six counties of Haihun have been peaceful, and the Shanyue have never dared to invade. It is the general's credit.

It is for this reason that I have come here this time, bringing with me several generals and captains, to ask you for advice on how to govern the Shanyue people. I hope you will be generous in giving me advice.”

Taishi Ci and the generals under his command looked at each other, secretly guessing what Sun Quan meant.

Cao Cao had just appointed Taishi Ci as the governor of Yangzhou in the name of the emperor. Less than half a month later, Sun Quan appeared in Haihun. No one would believe that Sun Quan came simply to seek advice on the affairs of the Shanyue.

This was a test that both parties were aware of. Taishi Ci knew it, and Sun Quan also knew that Taishi Ci knew it.

Taishi Xiang was about to speak out, but Taishi Ci's look dissuaded him from speaking, so he had to hold his words back.

Sun Quan brought Lu Su, Zhuge Jin, Lu Xun and Huang Gai with him on this trip, and of course You Sheng who was about to be sent away.

Huang Gai was the oldest among all the generals. In terms of seniority, he was higher than Taishi Ci and was considered to be very prestigious among all the generals of the Sun family. Seeing that no one else dared to speak, he simply became the first to ask.

"Now I am transferred to Shicheng County. The Shanyue in Shicheng County are mainly the remnants of Zhou Yi. It is unknown where Zhou Yi is hiding. His whereabouts have been repeatedly transferred between counties, and the intelligence reports have errors and omissions. I would like to ask General Taishi, is there any way to find Zhou Yi's whereabouts?"

The reason why Huang Gai asked Taishi Ci about this matter was because when Taishi Ci was a bandit in Danyang and Wuhu, he had a lot of interactions with Zhou Yi and his father. He even heard that when Zhou Yi was young, Zhou Yi's father often handed Zhou Yi over to Taishi Ci for care.

There are rumors that many of Zhou Yi's skills were learned from Taishi Ci.

Sure enough, when Taishi Ci heard Zhou Yi's name, his eyes were slightly touched.

After a while, Taishi Ci asked, "May I ask General Huang, among the historians of Shicheng County, are there two named Liu Chang and Wen Wei?"

"Yes." Huang Gai answered. These two officials were very well-known in Shicheng County for their abilities and personalities. After Huang Gai took over as the mayor of Shicheng County, he valued these two people very much. Especially when other officials were difficult to control, he also appointed these two people to be in charge of the main affairs of various departments.

"These two are the spies that Zhou Yi left in the county government. If they are not eliminated, the general will never be able to find Zhou Yi's whereabouts." Taishi Ci said, "The Shanyue are roaming around. It has something to do with the terrain of the mountains, and it is also related to the different information and policies among the counties.

In fact, the Shanyue village has spies hidden in the county, including merchants and civilians, who are well aware of the movements of officials in the county government. Just from a bowl of breakfast, they can know all the decisions made in the county government, and inform the village in a planned way so that they can make preparations early.

Moreover, the various villages would often communicate with each other. If the county lieutenant led troops to encircle and suppress the village, if the county lieutenant did not cooperate, the villages would cover for each other and move between the mountains.

The reason why the six counties of Haihun were able to be peaceful was because the county government needed to build its own backyard fence, and even the six counties had a unified political system, so that the Shanyue could be suppressed and dared not invade. "

In other words, Taishi Ci himself was once the leader of the Shanyue. All the tricks and secret codes used among the Shanyue could be concealed from others, but not from Taishi Ci and his subordinates. Letting Taishi Ci govern the Shanyue, wouldn't he be able to catch them all?