Chapter 452

Tai Shici retreated with half of the army and horses, Chen Heng died with five thousand troops and only a hundred or so remnants managed to escape back to the camp.

Liu Yao originally wanted to yell at Tai Shici for a while, but when he saw that Chen Heng lost his head, he didn't feel like saying it.

But Tai Shici complained in his heart that Liu Yao didn't dare to put all his eggs in one basket: If someone led the whole army to assault the enemy's main tent, he would have defeated the enemy long ago.

After this battle, Liu Yao's army was terrified by Sun Ce. Liu Yao strictly ordered him not to fight. Even though Tai Shici took the initiative to ask for battle several times, Liu Yao still refused to allow it, but stuck to it wholeheartedly. Fortunately, after this battle, Liu Yao's army lost Nearly ten thousand people were gathered, but a lot of food and grass were saved.

However, Sun Ce has not been idle these days, but led his troops to attack Xue Li who was stationed in Moling City, and led his troops to defeat Ze Rong. Sun Ce received Jiang Qin and Zhou Tailai's votes, and his army strength increased again, so he assigned various generals to attack the cities near Moling, and Qu'a became an isolated city for a while.

Liu Yao had no choice but to choose a decisive battle with Sun Ce. Tai Shici asked to be the vanguard. Liu Yao's army fought bravely under Tai Shici's bravery, but their morale was low due to lack of food and grass, while Sun Ce's army was victorious in successive battles, their morale was high, and there were countless brave generals in the army. Therefore, the strength of the two armies was very strong. It will be revealed soon.

In the Battle of Qu'a, Liu Yao was defeated and fled to Yuzhang, but Tai Shici was separated from Liu Yao during the fierce battle, and Liu Yao could not be found. In desperation, Tai Shici had no choice but to flee to nearby Jing County. Among Liu Yao's defeated army, more than a thousand people admired Tai Shici's bravery, so they followed Tai Shici and went to Jing County together.

After Sun Ce defeated Liu Yao in the first battle, his reputation in Yangzhou can be said to be in full swing. Under Zhou Yu's suggestion, Sun Ce issued a decree: Liu Yao, Ruo Rong, and Xue Li's soldiers came to surrender and all were pardoned; those who were willing to join Sun Ce's army as soldiers would be exempted from paying taxes for their families for three years, and those who were unwilling No need to force.

As soon as this decree came out, the hearts of the people of Yangzhou were allied, and tens of thousands of people from all directions rushed to join Sun Ce's army.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, never forgot about Tai Shici, so Qingqi went to Jing County to recruit Tai Shici. Sun Ce and Tai Shici cherished each other, and Tai Shici asked to recruit Liu Yao's soldiers from other counties for Sun Ce, and Sun Ce agreed.

Someone advised Sun Ce, thinking that Tai Shici would definitely leave here and never return, but Sun Ce affirmed: "I treat Tai Shici with faith, and Ziyi will never fail me."

Sure enough, Tai Shici successively persuaded more than 2,000 soldiers from the three counties around Jing County to submit to Sun Ce. Overjoyed, Sun Ce planned to give Tai Shici the command of more than 2,000 people who were about to be persuaded by Tai Shici, and appointed Tai Shici as the school captain.

Sun Ce dispatched veteran Zhu Zhi to attack Wu Jun. After hearing of Liu Yao's defeat, Wu Jun's defenders were demoralized. Xu Gong was defeated by Zhu Zhi, and Wu Jun also fell into Sun Ce's hands.

At this time, there were still two enemies in front of Sun Ce. One was Yan Baihu, a thief from Wu County who was known as the king of Eastern Wu and had tens of thousands of soldiers, and his brother Yan Xing was domineering in Wu County; Wang Lang, who was entrenched in Kuaiji County, had been entrenched in Jiangdong for a long time, and both had tens of thousands of soldiers under him, forming an alliance with each other to counter Sun Ce.

"Bo Fu, our army has been fighting for years. Although we have won great victories, the soldiers are feeling exhausted. How about resting for a few days before making plans?" Veteran Han Dang suggested.

Zhou Yu shook his head slightly at Sun Ce, while Sun Ce looked at Tai Shici with interest: "Ziyi, what do you say?"

Tai Shici knew that Han Dang was a veteran who had followed Sun Jian, but he had always had a bold personality, saying one thing and another, so he said bluntly: "No! My lord's army has won many battles and victories, and now they are full of vigor. Sheng, we should put down Jiangdong in one go, otherwise we don't know what will happen in the future."

Sun Ce nodded with a smile: "Okay, Tai Shi Ci listens to the order!"

"The end will be here."

"I order you to be the vanguard, lead the army across Wujun, go straight to Kuaiji, and defeat Wang Lang first!" Sun Ce said boldly.

According to the sequence, Sun Ce should defeat Yan Baihu first, and then attack Wang Lang. Hearing Sun Ce's words, Tai Shici was overjoyed. What he likes most is adventure, which is exciting enough.

"The final general will definitely capture Wang Lang alive and offer it to the lord!"

Sun Ce and Tai Shici were two rulers and ministers, and Tai Shici led his troops to attack quickly, passing through Wu County to Kuaiji County without anyone knowing, and led his army directly to the county seat.

Wang Lang was taken aback, he didn't expect Tai Shici to appear in the city, he hastily led his army to resist, but where is Tai Shici's opponent?

Unexpectedly, Tai Shici directly charged into the city, with a spear and a halberd in his hand, and stabbed anyone he saw. Dozens of people in Wang Lang's army died under Tai Shici's spear and halberd. Dare to fight with one.

Chang Shi Yufan took Wang Lang to escape in a boat, and Tai Shici steered the boat alone, and the boat was as fast as a horse under Tai Shici's hands. Tai Shici jumped directly onto the boat where Wang Lang and Yu Fan were, and single-handedly killed the water army on the boat and captured Wang Lang and Yu Fan alive.

Sun Ce respected the knowledge of Wang Lang and Yu Fan, so he sent Zhang Zhao, the chief clerk, to persuade them.

But Sun Ce personally visited Yu Fan's mansion, and Yu Fan was moved and decided to join Sun Ce, so he was appointed as the meritorious officer of Kuaiji, and Kuaiji was temporarily suppressed by Sun Ce.

Yan Baihu was shocked when he heard that Tai Shici had quickly settled in Kuaiji, and was at a loss what to do. His younger brother Yan Xing suggested that Yan Baihu send troops immediately, destroy Kuaiji first, and then fight Sun Ce.

Just at this time, Zu Lang, a powerful man in Danyang County, was also dissatisfied with Sun Ce's occupation of Jiangdong, so he opposed Sun Ce together with Yan Baihu, and wanted to win over Shanyue to send troops together.

After Sun Ce learned about it, he ordered Zhou Yu to sit in Moling, and he personally led an army of over ten thousand to Wujun to fight Yan Baihu.

Sun Ce personally led his troops to defeat Zu Lang and treated him with courtesy. Zu Lang was moved to join Sun Ce and cut off Yan Baihu's arm.

Seeing that his allies were getting fewer and fewer, Yan Baihu decided to fight Sun Ce with all his strength. The two armies were fighting with their fists. The bandit army fell apart immediately, most of those who were killed and surrendered on the spot, only half escaped.

However, Yuan Shu recruited Zhou Yu as a general, but Zhou Yu refused. He insisted on sharing troubles with Sun Ce, and recommended the sage Lu Su to Sun Ce. For a while, Sun Ce was powerful in Jiangdong, with his civil and military assistants, and became a hero sitting in Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu was naturally also happy. After all, Sun Ce was still a general under his command in name, but Sun Ce's mind had changed.