"General Lu is a High General of the Imperial Court, but he was defeated after ambushing Cao Cao in Yanzhou. After that, he came to seek refuge with me, Yuan Shu.”
Yuan Shu's lazy words made Lu Bu's heart turn cold. He turned around to look at Chen Gong suspiciously.
It was different from what he had said before!
You said that Yuan Shu would definitely be willing to take us in if we came to his place. But now, not only do we have to live under someone else's roof, but we also have to be humiliated like this!
However, all Lu Bu received was Chen Gong's cold gaze.
Chen Gong and Lu Bu looked at each other, then turned to Yuan Shu and said,"On the Heavenly Ranking of Counselors, Cao Cao is ranked at the top and has the talent to rule the world. If he only has Yanzhou, it would be fine. Now that he has Xuzhou, Ming Gong, in your opinion, will he grow stronger?”
As he said this, a smile appeared on his face. As expected, Yuan Shu's expression was not good.
"And now, Duke Ming has a hundred battle generals under him. He also has a tiger general, the son of the Sun family of River East, General Sun Bofu, who carries on his father's will, as well as generals like Ji Ling and Yuan Ji.”
"I have a plan from a famous person in the world. Moreover, I have obtained my General Lu Bu and more than ten thousand tigers and wolves from Bing Province. If I miss this opportunity, won't I suffer a great loss?”
The generals and strategists under Yuan Shu were speechless.
It had to be said that this was the best opportunity.
Cao Cao had yet to gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou. If they didn't fight, it would be troublesome when Cao Cao gained a firm foothold.
However, Yuan Shu still wore a lazy expression. It was obvious that he didn't want to fight at all.
Over 300,000 soldiers were piled up in Yangzhou, and the accumulated soldiers would make the surrounding enemies flee. Cao Cao would definitely not dare to invade.
Since that was the case, they did not need to attack Cao Cao. They only needed to develop in the southeast and obtain a large piece of land in the southeast. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
Why would he take the risk to fight against an army like Cao Cao?
He cheerfully looked at the battlefield of the generals on the right. After sweeping his gaze over the older generals under Sun Jian, he looked at the youngest person.
The man had a slightly bushy beard and wore white armor. He wore an ancient ingot knife at his waist and the feathers on his helmet swayed slightly. His face was firm and filled with majesty and dominance. This was the son of Sun Jian.
Sun Ce.
After joining Yuan Shu's army, Zi Bofu had experienced several battles and was known as the Little Overlord.
If there was a Divine General Ranking, Sun Ce would definitely be on it. However, it had not appeared yet.
"Bo Fu, just now this Mister Gongtai praised you, so tell me, should you be enemies with Cao Cao?”
Yuan Shu's voice rang out, causing everyone's attention to be focused on Sun Ce. Lu Bu turned around to look at him and couldn't help but feel curious. This young man was Sun Jian's son.
Back when the 18th Alliance Army attacked Dong Zhuo, they attacked Dong Zhuo's army from below Yique Pass. At that time, they posed a huge threat and almost made Dong Zhuo unable to leave the capital.
This Sun Ce should have some of Sun Jian's might.
" I don't know." Sun Ce's face was expressionless, like a cold face, like an emotionless killer. He looked coldly at the ground and said," Whether you attack Cao Cao or Liu Yao, I will do my best to share your worries."”
"Good!" Yuan Shu suddenly sat up with a pleasantly surprised expression." Good, you're a kind person. You still remember the friendship between me and your father, so I won't treat you unfairly."”
"Sigh, if only Wentai was still here.”
Sun Jian had been under Yuan Shu's command before and after the alliance army. However, when Sun Jian returned to River East, he was ambushed by Liu Biao of Jing State and killed by a flurry of arrows.
As a result, the Sun family lost their backer and placed their troops under Yuan Shu's command, waiting for development.
"My father's last wish was for me to protect the foundation of River East and to develop my family steadily. Now, I can only rely on uncle to protect the foundation that my father has built.”
Marquis Wu Cheng wasn't an inheritance, and Sun Ce hadn't even obtained his title yet. If he couldn't recover in the future and could only be a nameless general, how would he face his late father after he died?
"Haha, you're still so boring. Since that's the case, where do you want to attack?”
Sun Ce glanced at Lu Bu and Chen Gong before cupping his fists at Yuan Shu. He said indifferently,"I believe that we can take it separately.”
"I need troops to capture Liu Yao and attack Lujiang.”
" I've built a foundation for my lord. However, my mother is currently unwell, so I should return to Jianye. I hope my lord will allow me to lead troops to attack the Lujiang area," Sun Ce said sincerely.
However, Chen Gong sensed something and secretly sized up Sun Ce.
He sensed that this young man's ambition was not simple.
However, he didn't say it out loud because Sun Ce's words didn't say it out loud either. His meaning was simple. He wanted Yuan Shubing to split into two groups, one attacking Cao Cao and the other attacking River East.
From Lujiang to Chaisang.
To the east was Xuzhou and Yanzhou.
Take them all down…
Chen Gong's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that everyone had their own ulterior motives?
If they were all defeated and Yuan Shu was still in Shouchun, wouldn't that make someone else successful?
"Do you want to go back to River East?"
"How many people do you need if we take them down?”
"Bofu, although I have to take care of him, you should know that I can't give you many soldiers." Yuan Shu asked with concern.”
At this moment, Yuan Shu felt uncomfortable. He felt that Sun Ce was trying to get him to say so many so-called words of concern, and then he wanted to use troops...
Was there a plan?
"Not much. I just want father's old subordinates to follow me back to my hometown.”
" Just, just the old subordinates?!"
Yuan Shu's expression froze, but he had to admit that Sun Ce's words made him feel at ease. It wasn't a lot, just a mere five thousand people.
"There are only five thousand people in this old troop.”
"That's enough," Sun Ce said with a fist salute.”
"If I take it down, I will definitely pay tribute to my lord at the first moment and then ask my lord to send officials to manage it.”
"If I fail, I will die on the battlefield.”
When Lu Bu heard his words, he couldn't help but laugh." 5,000 people to attack River East? Dream on!"
"Aiya, newborn calves are really not afraid of tigers.”
Sun Ce looked back at him and didn't say anything.
"Aiya, Sun Ce, oh Sun Ce, how can I be at ease with you like this…This, old generals, what do you say?”
He didn't expect things to turn out like this. He could only look at the four generals.
If Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and the others were willing to let Sun Ce mess around, there was nothing they could do.
At this moment, Sun Ce took a deep breath and knelt on one knee. He faced Yuan Shu and said,""My lord, I have a family heirloom that I'm willing to use as collateral. If you're willing to lend me father's old subordinates, I can place it with my lord.”
"Oh?"
Yuan Shu waved his hand, signaling Huang Gai, who was about to speak, to stop blabbering.
He looked at Sun Ce curiously." What is it that is worth five thousand soldiers?”
"The Imperial Jade Seal," Sun Ce said in a deep voice.”
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