Lu Dynasty

Chapter 320: Liu Yao
Sun Ce invited Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao, two great talents, and called all the people under his command to discuss future moves.Zhang Zhao said: "My lord, you are the son of Sun Polu, and you have inherited your father's legacy. Of course you will guard Jiangdong! Our next step is to attack Liu Yao!"

Sun Ce said: "I also want to guard Jiangdong, but I offended Yuan Shu. If he disturbs my Jiangdong, what should I do?"

Zhang Hong laughed and said, "Yuan Shu? It's just a dead bone in a tomb! Although he has enough soldiers and food, it's a pity that he is a stupid lord, and he will be taken advantage of by others sooner or later. The lord is a rare hero in the world, so why be afraid of Yuan Shu? Soldiers come to block the water and cover it with earth!"

Hearing Zhang Hong's words, Sun Ce was filled with pride, and he said loudly, "That's right, who am I, Sun Ce, afraid of? Gong Jin, give me all the best soldiers under his command to conquer Liu Yao!" Sun Ce didn't even think about it, how could there be any elite soldiers under his command !His troops plus Zhou Yu's domestic slaves numbered less than 3000, and the rest were recruits.If this is considered an elite soldier, it would be too pitiful!Zhou Yu listened to Sun Ce's order, and handed over all the soldiers and horses under his command to him.Moreover, Zhou Yu was worried that Sun Ce would be reckless, so he followed in the army, leaving only Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong to guard Liyang.

Liu Yao is not Liu Bei, he is an authentic Han family clan, not only has a clan disc, but is also recorded in the royal genealogy.He is the nephew of Taiwei Liu Chong and the elder brother of Liu Dai, the former governor of Yanzhou.Originally he was supposed to be in Shouchun, but Yuan Shu drove him to Qu'a.When Liu Yao heard that Sun Ce was coming to attack, he summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures.Don't look at Liu Yao as a bad guy, but there are some capable people under his command.For example, Xu Shao is Xu Zijiang who gave Cao the comment of "a capable minister in the world, a traitor in troubled times", and Xu Shao's younger brother, Xu Jing, who can be as famous as Xun Shuang.However, Liu Yao's subordinates are basically scribes, and there is only one Zhang Ying among the generals, which is enough to see. Unfortunately, Zhang Ying and Sun Ce are too far apart. Even Cheng Pu and Huang Gai are slightly stronger than him. Duo has a fight with Han Dang.

Zhang Ying saw that Liu Yao was very troubled by Sun Ce's attack, so he stood up and said, "My lord, don't worry! I will lead my troops to garrison Niuzhu. Even if Sun Ce has a million soldiers, he will not be able to pass through!" Liu Yao was worried that he could not resist Sun Ce. , he was overjoyed after hearing Zhang Ying's words, so he asked Zhang Ying to go to Niuzhu to fortify.

Sun Ce's luck was really good. He sent troops from Liyang, and two people came to join him on the way.These two people are Jiang Qin, Jiang Gongyi, from Jiujiang Shouchun, and Zhou Tai, Zhou Youping, from Xiacai, Jiujiang.The two of them were originally heroes on the river, but in fact they were thieves who robbed the river.Live by robbing passers-by and merchants.Because there is a way to steal, so there is no great evil.Otherwise, Sun Ce would not be able to take them in.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were originally thieves on the river, but thieves cannot last a lifetime, so they both wanted to find a wise master to take refuge in.Originally they wanted to seek refuge with Liu Biao, but because of Gan Ning's lessons learned from the past, the two of them did not go.He also wanted to seek refuge with Liu Yao, but how could the children of these aristocratic families think highly of them, so they really didn't know who to seek refuge with.

Sun Jian's name is well known in Jiangdong, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have long admired him.And Sun Ce galloped in Jiangdong several times, and even expelled Liu Yao for Yuan Shu, Zhou Tai and the others also knew.This time Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai heard that Sun Ce had returned to Jiangdong, and hurriedly brought all the water thieves from the village to seek refuge.I hope that I can win a wife and shade son, and I will not waste the life of a man.Sun Ce heard that someone came to vote, and brought nearly 500 people with him, very happy.He was worried about the shortage of troops, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai could be said to be helping each other in a timely manner.So Sun Ce appointed them as the former captains of the army, and they drove to Niuzhu together.

When Sun Ce came to Niuzhu, he found that Niuzhu was indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack.Sun Ce had only [-] soldiers under his command, and if he died, so would Sun Ce.Zhou Yu checked the terrain carefully and said to Sun Ce, "Brother, I have a strategy that may break through Niuzhu."

"Gong Jin just say what he has to say!" What Sun Ce disliked about Zhou Yu the most was that he liked to talk about slang, and he always played sour ways of literati.Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, you and I are brothers, even if you say something wrong, I won't blame you! Just say what you want, why bother with such a sour thing!"

Zhou Yu laughed and said: "Brother is still so impatient! Actually, I observed the terrain carefully. We led a team to attack Zhang Ying from the front to attract his attention. Then we sent another team to Zhang Ying's back village. At that time, Zhang Ying will be in chaos, we will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and we will be able to capture Niuzhu!"

"Just do what Gong Jin said!" Sun Ce asked: "I am the one who will attract the troops, who are you going to send to the rear? You are a scribe, so you can't go into battle yourself!"

Zhou Yu said: "Aren't there two generals, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin? When they first came to our army, they naturally wanted to make meritorious service. Moreover, there are all waterways from here to Zhangying's Houzhai, so the two generals must be there." Jiang Qin When Zhou Tai heard what Zhou Yu said, he knelt down and asked for a fight.Sun Ce agreed with a wave of his hand.This is what Zhou Yu said because he wanted to help Sun Ce buy people's hearts. Otherwise, with Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin who are both civil and military, it would not be a piece of cake to attack a water village. On Niuzhu Beach.Sun Ce rode out and said, "General Zhang, my grandson's family is originally in Qu'a, but Liu Yao always bullies my family in every possible way. Now the general is still helping him. Isn't it helping the evildoers?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Ying scolded angrily, "Even if you, Sun Ce, can talk about all the birds in the sky, I, Zhang Ying, will not surrender. What's the use of talking so much nonsense?"

Seeing that Zhang Ying was rude, Huang Gai drew the iron whip on his saddle and fought Zhang Ying.After a few rounds of fighting, Zhang Ying's army suddenly became chaotic, and it was reported that someone set fire to the village.Zhang Ying hurried back to the army.Sun Ce led his troops forward and took advantage of the momentum to cover up the attack.Zhang Ying abandoned Niuzhu and fled looking into the mountains.After Sun Ce received food, weapons and more than [-] soldiers from Niuzhu Mansion, he marched into Shenting.Zhang Ying fled back and met Liu Yao. Knowing that he had lost Niu Zhu, Liu Yao was so angry that he wanted to kill him. Thanks to Ruo Rong and Xue Li's persuasion, Liu Yao spared Zhang Ying's life.In fact, Liu Yao in history was not so unlucky, at least he had Tai Shici to help him.But now Tai Shici was abducted by me because he had an appointment with me first, so Liu Yao didn't even have any generals who could stand up to Sun Ce.

In desperation, Liu Yao had no choice but to confront Sun Ce at Shentingling.Perhaps when people are unlucky, drinking cold water will clog their teeth, but Liu Yao deeply understands this feeling.Just when he and Sun Ce were at each other's throats, he received a report saying that Qu'a had fallen!After careful inquiry, Liu Yao found out that it was Zhou Yu who led the army to attack Qu'e, and Chen Wu, a native of Songzi from Lujiang River, escorted Zhou Yu into the city.Liu Yao lost Qu'a and knew that Shentingling could not stay for a long time, so he hurried to Moling to join Xue Li and Ze Rong's army horses.

(End of this chapter)