After Dian Wei returned home to visit his relatives, Sun Ce led his army to sweep through the surrounding cities. He was now strong and powerful, and his reputation was fierce. No one dared to recruit him, so he easily pacified the Chenliu area.
According to the agreement, after the four armies had cleared the bandits, they would regroup at the guild.
Sun Ce rested here for half a month, training his soldiers every day. Finally, the other three armies returned.
Cao Cao had sent out 10,000 cavalrymen, but only 8,000 were left. 2,000 of his precious cavalrymen were gone just like that. This made his face gloomy.
Huangfu Song looked at his defeated soldiers and could not help but sigh."Sigh, I originally thought that it would be a whirlwind, but I didn't expect that there would be many casualties.”
Zhu Rong smiled bitterly." Brother Huangfu, I've been pulling nails everywhere in Runan. I've lost hundreds of people in every city. Now, I've lost more than 8,000 people. I'm much worse off than you."”
As a result, Cao Cao gradually felt more comfortable.
The three of them looked at Sun Ce. Seeing Sun Ce's calm expression, Cao Cao couldn't help but ask,"General Sun, how is the battle?"
Sun Ce looked relaxed." There's nothing much to say. The Yellow Turban Army fled at the sight of the wind along the way. I almost didn't see anyone. The counties along the way were easily recovered!”
"What?!" Cao Cao cried out, his hands almost digging two holes in his armor," This, how is this possible? Wasn't that place very close to Zhang Jiao? Why was there no one? I don't believe it. Your army has probably been wiped out, right?”
Although Huangfu Song and Zhu Rong weren't as mad as Cao Cao, they were still in disbelief.
"Then you'll know when you go and take a look.”Sun Ce spread out his hands, looking innocent.
Thus, Cao Cao immediately went to the drill ground and looked down from a high place. He saw a forest of flags and a crowd. As expected, there were no signs of any casualties!
"Damn it!" Cao Cao cursed in his heart. Seeing that Huangfu Song and Zhu Rong had also come over, he suppressed the madness on his face.
He rolled his eyes and went up to the two of them. He suggested,"Right now, our three armies have lost a lot of soldiers. Why don't we rest for a few more days and recruit some soldiers before waiting for an opportunity to move out?”
Huangfu Song and Zhu Rong immediately nodded in agreement.
However, two days later, an urgent report came from Wan City.
"General Huangfu! Wancheng City is in danger! Nanyang Prefecture Governor Chu Gong had lost the battle outside the city and was now surrounded by Zhang Mancheng's army in Wan City. He was in danger!”
Wan City was the place where Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu had raised his army, and it was also one of the most important cities in the Darkhan Dynasty. Once it was lost, it would severely dampen the morale of the various rebel armies.
Huangfu Song immediately gathered his generals and prepared to send troops to Wan City.
However, before the army could move out, there was an urgent report from Yingchuan, saying that the Yingchuan bandits, He Yi, He Man, and the others, led 50,000 troops and were in urgent need of rescue!
Hence, Huangfu Song furrowed his brows and was full of misgivings.
"Zhang Mancheng's army is besieging the city, and there are probably no less than 100,000 soldiers. We need to gather all our troops together to break through them easily. But if the entire army goes to Wan City, what about Yingchuan?”Zhu Rong frowned, feeling that this matter was very difficult.
Cao Cao's cavalry of more than 10,000 people had been swept up previously and were now stretched thin. When they heard that the Yellow Turban army was strong, they immediately shut their mouths.
Thus, Huangfu Song looked at Sun Ce with anticipation.""The Nanyang bandits have a large force, and it's difficult to break through them in a short period of time. If we head directly to Nanyang, we might be surrounded by the Yingchuan and Nanyang Yellow Turban bandits! For now, they could only split up into two groups. One group would go to Wan City to stall Zhang Mancheng so that he could not break through the city. The other group would go to Yingchuan so that they could quickly eliminate the Yellow Turban bandits there and then counterattack the Nanyang bandits together!”
It was obvious that Huangfu Song wanted Sun Ce to lead the army to Yingchuan alone to quell the rebellion.
However, Sun Ce thought of something else.
Yingchuan had many talents. If he could obtain the loyalty of Yingchuan's talents, it would be of great help to his future growth!
However, most students liked to look at family background when choosing a master, and Sun Ce's family background was really a shortcoming.
However, Sun Ce also knew that Xu Shu's mother was still at home!
Obtaining Xu Shu's mother meant that there was a high chance of obtaining Xu Shu's loyalty!
Starting from Emperor Wu, the emperors of the past dynasties had only respected Confucianism. Confucianism was now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Filial piety was not only the first prerequisite for the court to consider when appointing talents, but filial piety was also an important basis for measuring whether a person was worth befriending.
As for Xu Shu, he followed the example of filial piety. He could abandon Liu Bei in order to fulfill his filial piety.
It could be seen how much Xu Shu cared about his mother.
Now, once he brought Xu Shu's mother by his side and cared for her, wouldn't it be easy to obtain Xu Shu's loyalty?
If he could go to Yingchuan Academy and obtain Xu Shu's loyalty, then this trip to Yingchuan would be a huge profit!
After thinking for a while, Sun Ce had an idea.
"In that case, let me suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan. Everyone, wait for me in Wan City for a few days. I'll be there soon!”
With Sun Ce's assurance, Huangfu Song and the other two were overjoyed. They went to Wan City to support Chu Gong.
Sun Ce stayed in Changshe for another day and secretly sent someone to Xu Shu's hometown to find his mother as soon as possible. He would wait for the rebel army in Yingchuan to be defeated before he went to Yingchuan Academy to get Xu Shu.
Xu Shu's mother had long heard of Sun Ce's name. Seeing that Sun Ce had specially sent someone to bring her into the army to protect her, she was very touched.
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