I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 911 Sun Ce's Exile
Faced with Su Yao's aggressive pressure, Yuan Shao bowed his head.

On the day after the execution, Yuan Shao brought Feng Ji and Chen Lin to Su Yao in person, handed over the tiger talisman and official seal to Su Yao, and expressed his willingness to serve as an official in the court.

Although Feng Ji Chen Lin felt sorry about his decision, he had to admit that he still breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, they really could no longer come up with a countermeasure to compete with Su Yao.

Too strong, this general is really too strong.

You say that you are invincible, that's fine, but every time you attack a city or break through a formation, you are so swift, often taking the city within a day, leaving people no time to react. This is really unfair.

While they were still struggling desperately for a base for dominance, Su Yao had already swept across the world like a storm, and almost all the rich and powerful places were in his hands.

It seemed that in front of this great general, any strong city or iron wall was as fragile as paper. In the face of this absolute gap in strength, no matter how ambitious Yuan Shao was, he did not dare to play with fire with his life and property.

Since the general has offered him a pretty good condition this time, he should just accept it.

After all, as an "old friend" who had been working together with Su Yao since he conquered the Xiongnu, Yuan Shao knew very well that the conditions offered by Su Yao were always the best the first time, and the more he resisted and struggled, the less he would get.
"Haha, Lord Yuan is very understanding and righteous. I am very relieved!"

Su Yao laughed and stood up, personally helping Yuan Shao to his seat:
"With Lord Yuan's help, why worry about the world being in turmoil?"

Yuan Shao forced a smile and said, "General, you are too kind. I am not very talented and well-educated, so I am afraid I cannot handle this important task."

"Hey, Mr. Yuan is too modest."

Su Yao patted Yuan Shao on the shoulder:

"The Yuan family has three officials in four generations, and their students and former officials are all over the country. With Yuan Gong in charge of the court, the implementation of the new policy will be twice as effective with half the effort."

Then he turned to the attendant beside him and said, "Pass the order down, and immediately submit a petition to the court to promote Yuan Gong to the position of Pingzhang Zhengshi, the same rank as the Three Dukes, and grant him a mansion in Luoyang, a thousand taels of gold, and a hundred rolls of silk."

Yuan Shao felt mixed emotions when he heard this. These rewards seemed generous, but in fact they were just sugar-coated bullets to get him to leave his base. But now that things have come to this, he could only bow his head and thank the general: "Thank you for your kindness, General."

"We are all family, so why be polite?"

Su Yao glanced at Yuan Shao meaningfully:

"By the way, Xiaoyu misses her parents very much in Luoyang. I have ordered people to prepare carriages and horses. Mr. Yuan may as well send someone to send the lady and the son there first so that the family can be reunited."

Yuan Shao's heart trembled. They were going to take his wife and daughter as hostages! But he had to pretend to be grateful: "General, you are considerate. I am very grateful."

In this seemingly harmonious atmosphere, the political situation in Huainan quietly changed.

With Yuan Shao's surrender, those local tyrants who were still on the sidelines all bowed their heads and quickened their pace to cooperate with the new policy. The three matters of measuring land, releasing slaves and disarming weapons progressed at a rapid pace.

They took the initiative to report the hidden land truthfully, dismissed a large number of slaves, signed new employment contracts under the witness of the government, and handed over the privately stored weapons and armor.

For a time, inside and outside Shouchun City, one could see slaves and servants everywhere, ecstatic after regaining their freedom, and the backs of wealthy families, dejectedly counting their property.

As a result, in just half a month, the registered population reported in various parts of Huainan increased by more than 30%, and the number of newly reclaimed fields was countless.

While Su Yao was implementing his new policies in Huainan and everything was going smoothly, Sun Ce in Jiangdong had unknowingly fallen into danger.

He never expected that the fleet he had been waiting for was not the expected assistance, but a team of elite soldiers who wanted to arrest him!

"Something seems wrong. I see that the ship has a shallow draft and does not look like it was fully loaded with cargo as before."

The person who spoke was not Zhou Yu, but Sun Quan, a little boy beside him.

There was no other way. Although Sun Ce wanted to take his good friend Zhou Yu with him on his escape, the Zhou family had a home and business in Shu County, and the government had explicitly hunted down Sun Ce, the remnant of the thief. With the current development of the situation, although Zhou Yu wanted to help his old friend, he really couldn't abandon his family and could only watch Sun Ce leave with tears.

Therefore, the only one accompanying the sixteen-year-old Sun Ce at this time was his younger brother.

He went into exile several years earlier than in history, and his biggest problem was that he did not have the support of his father's former subordinates.

Therefore, at this time, Sun Ce did not dare to think about any grand ambitions. He just hoped to settle down in Jiangdong with the help of everyone, accumulate some reliable teams, and then take refuge under the rule of the prefect of Danyang.

The current governor of Danyang is an old subordinate of Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu’s demise, he immediately submitted a memorial to Su Yao, drawing a clear line between himself and Yuan Shu and expressing his intention to surrender.

However, he not only acquiesced to Sun Ce's surrender, he even sent a guard of dozens of people to protect him along the way.

All this was naturally due to Sun Ce's ability. He showed his talent at a young age and was appreciated by many civil and military officials under Yuan Shu. The Danyang prefect wanted to use Sun Ce to develop his own power and use him to fight against the surrounding bandits and the former prefect's former subordinates who refused to submit to his rule.

If everything goes well, Sun Ce will probably stand out and make great achievements here.

But obviously, as mentioned before, since Sun Ce did not submit to him, Su Yao did not intend to give them any chance to develop. He simply followed the plan and took advantage of the situation. He sent Taishi Ci to lead a team of elite soldiers on the Chen family merchant ship to capture people.

Su Yao naturally knew that in history, Taishi Ci had also hunted down Sun Ce and fought with him for more than a hundred rounds at Shenting Ridge in Lingling County, but there was no clear winner, and Sun Ce eventually escaped.

However, at that time, Taishi Ci had only a young general named Qu A by his side, while Sun Ce was protected by twelve generals, and the two were able to fight for more than a hundred rounds.

This time, Su Yao directly sent three hundred elite soldiers to Taishi Ci. Wouldn't it be an easy task to capture Sun Ce, who didn't even have reliable generals and only had some servants to follow him?
"Ah? Sun Ce ran away again?" Su Yao was surprised.

Taishi Ci knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I am incompetent, please punish me, General!"

"What's going on? Tell me in detail. Is Sun Ce really that powerful?"

Taishi Ci gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Ce may have some abilities, but if no one else gets in the way, I will not fail in my mission!"

"Someone is trying to stop us?" Su Yao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That's right, General."

Taishi Ci raised his head unwillingly and said:

"That day, I led 300 elite soldiers on a boat to the agreed dock, thinking that we could capture Sun Ce and his men in one fell swoop. But that guy was quite alert and somehow noticed something was wrong. Just as our army was preparing to land, Sun Ce used the fast horses he had prepared to flee towards the Danyang Mountains."

"That would be fine, but since we are here to hunt him down, we naturally brought dozens of war horses with us for the pursuit."

"But who knew that we were stopped by a group of unidentified masked men not long after we started chasing them."

"These people are not very strong in martial arts, but they are clearly well prepared. They attacked suddenly and ambushed us with powerful bows and crossbows. In one round of arrow rain, we lost more than a dozen brothers."

"However," Taishi Ci changed the subject and continued, "even so, our army fought hard and broke through their blockade. But Sun Ce rode his horse at full speed and was familiar with the terrain of the mountains and forests. He led everyone into the dense woods. Our army searched in the forest for two whole days, but did not even see their shadow again."

Guo Jia frowned and asked, "Can you see the flags or features of those people? Could it be that the governor of Danyang secretly sent people to help us?"

Taishi Ci shook his head and said, "Those people were all masked, and there was no identification on their bodies. But I guess this matter must be related to the Danyang governor. If he hadn't tipped off Sun Ce in advance, how could he be so alert? And how could someone just happen to meet him halfway?"

Taishi Ci gnashed his teeth and said, "I only regret that we were in such a hurry to pursue them that we didn't catch them and lacked evidence to accuse them. Later, the governor of Danyang also evaded responsibility when questioning us, pretending to obey but secretly disobeying our orders and failing to provide any clues."

"I have no choice but to return and report. I hope the general will punish me!" Taishi Ci kowtowed.

(End of this chapter)