All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 378: The Two Qiaos Are Locked Up in Tongque Spring

"This is your Jiangdong's request for surrender."

Chen Ran opened his eyes and stared at Sun Shangxiang with a playful look. "I thought it was a sincere gift, but it turned out to be an assassin."

Sun Shangxiang was obviously shocked. She didn't expect that this person had been so tired for a long time and yet hadn't fallen asleep.

She didn't think much about it and just gritted her teeth and took action.

‘Hmm~~~’

A huge force hit her, and Sun Shangxiang suddenly became powerless and collapsed.

Chen Ran grabbed the short blade and stood under the couch, whipping Sun Shangxiang with all his strength, whispering in her ear, "The real beauty trap is not about the beauty but the strategy. Jiangdong Jerry doesn't know anything."

Sun Shangxiang, with a red face, tried desperately to resist.

She gritted her teeth and tried to concentrate on gathering her strength, but her energy consumption was too great and her core was being attacked even more severely.

He tried hard several times, but failed under Chen Ran's constant urging.

When Chen Ran made a complete comeback, she had no chance at all, as if a mountain was falling on her.

The next morning, the Sun family soldiers, who had been cooking at three o'clock in the morning and setting out to fight at four o'clock, saw that Chen Ran's camp was in chaos, with even white banners and lanterns hung up. They were overjoyed.

Ignoring the advice of Sima Yi, Cao Cao and others to investigate first, he could not wait to send troops to attack immediately.

As for the result, it is naturally self-evident.

Chen Ran launched a swift counterattack, killing most of the Sun soldiers who had taken the initiative to leave the fortified camp and attack.

His generals Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Han Dang and others were defeated on the battlefield.

In this battle, the Sun family of Jiangdong even lost the main force of the land army.

Sun Jian and his companions, who fled back to the camp in a panic, were trembling with anger. Just as they were about to vent their anger on Sima Yi, who came up with the idea, they heard shouting from outside the camp.

It turned out that Chen Ran selected hundreds of soldiers with loud voices and shouted in unison outside Sun's camp.

"The rats of Jiangdong betrayed their promise and lost not only their wives but also their soldiers~~~"

Sun Jian was furious. He trembled all over and suddenly vomited blood, then fainted.

I wanted to fight to the death, but I ended up getting stuck and suffering heavy losses.

Having lost most of their troops, the three allied forces were no longer able to hold on to the camps around Chaisang and could only retreat as quickly as possible to the Jiankang area.

There are food and military supplies over there, and a lot of troops can be recruited by just sweeping the ground and becoming soldiers.

Even though I will definitely not be able to hold on in the end, I can at least resist a little.

Things have come to this point, and they have no other way out except to resist to the end.

The retreat at this time was undoubtedly a rout.

The troops retreated due to low morale, or the soldiers and civilians fled together.

The fact that the entire army did not collapse already showed that Sun Jian's prestige was high enough. If he still wanted order, that was wishful thinking.

Sun Jian was vomiting blood and was weak, so he left first under the protection of Sun Quan.

As the successor, Sun Ce was responsible for the rearguard role.

Although he also thought about throwing Cao Cao and Liu Bei out as guards to die, those two guys were shrewd men and only had this little capital in their hands. How could they possibly take the blame for the Sun family? They ran away early.

There was no other choice, Sun Ce could only go and cover the retreat himself.

The official road to Jiankang was filled with people and cars, and it was very crowded and chaotic.

The navy had been lost, and they dared not take the water route, so they could only crowd on the official road.

Those who took the initiative to escape were local powerful families and other families. They knew very well that they would not have a good ending if they fell into Chen Ran's hands.

The larger number of people were the common people who escaped passively.

Jiangdong is short of people, and these people are good human resources. They are needed whether for conscription or for work, so naturally they all have to be taken away.

In this way, the speed is naturally slow.

Sun Ce was anxious, so he rode his horse to find his wife and check on his family.

After searching around, he didn't see his concubine Da Qiao.

He immediately asked where the person had gone?
"I went to look for the widow of the late Grand Commander."

Therefore, the Grand Commander was Zhou Yu, and his widow was Xiao Qiao, who was a sister of Da Qiao.

With this kind of status, one would naturally be treated very favorably in peacetime, but in the current chaos, no one would care, and he naturally fell behind.

Da Qiao was worried about her sister, so she ran to look for her and wanted to bring her ahead.

"It's just causing trouble!"

Sun Ce, who had a hot temper, was very angry. The situation was already chaotic enough, and the woman was running around everywhere without any care. Going to find her would surely lead to another chaos.

His wife took the opportunity to flatter Da Qiao and said some sarcastic words, which made Sun Ce even more angry.

Just as he was about to go look for someone, he saw the team behind him was in a panic, fleeing in all directions like a swarm of frightened locusts.

"The enemy army is coming~~~"

Upon learning that Sun had escaped, Chen Ran would certainly not let him go.

First, they used heavy armored soldiers to break through the key points and the camps that lacked defensive forces. Then they sent out cavalry to attack and pursue the fleeing army, just like they had pursued Liu Bei who had fled from Runan.

Compared to Liu Bei, Sun Ce was much more cruel.

He directly placed the people of Chaisang on the rear road.

In this way, even if Chen Ran comes to chase him, these common people can act as cannon fodder to block him.

There are tens of thousands of civilians, even if all of them were killed, it would take a lot of time.

In fact, Chen Ran did not kill the common people. He also provided them with food and drink and distributed land and houses.

Sun Ce's arrangement had a very good effect.

In order to gather the people and send them back to Chaisang, Chen Ran had to stop and get busy, and the effectiveness of the pursuit was greatly reduced.

This is mainly due to topographical factors.

In the south of the Yangtze River, most areas have never been developed and are still in their original state.

Just like the road from Chaisang to Jiankang, one side is adjacent to the river, and the other side is dense jungle, as well as ubiquitous lakes, swamps, mudflats, etc. Not far from the official road, near the riverside and lakeside, there are even groups of crocodiles basking in the sun.

Even during the flood season every year, even the official roads would be submerged.

Compared with the terrain that was governed two thousand years later, it was completely two different worlds.

Because of this, the main means of transportation in the Jiangnan area is still water transportation.

This is also the reason why they had no chance after the Eastern Wu navy was defeated.

Without the navy, even mobilization would be very difficult, so how could we fight a war?

It was naturally impossible for the cavalry under Chen Ran to pursue the enemy across the mudflats, lakes and swamps filled with crocodiles, poisonous snakes and mosquitoes.

They couldn't kill all the common people who were abandoned as cannon fodder, so the so-called pursuit would naturally be ineffective.

Fortunately, Chen Ran had an unexpected gain.

"Lord."

Zhang He rode over with a look of joy, "We have captured Sun Ce's concubine and the widow of Zhou Yu's son."

"Ok?"

Chen Ran, who was thinking about how to advance into Jiankang, was unable to react for a moment.

"I heard they are a pair of sisters." Zhang He continued chattering, "It is said that they are well-known beauties in Jiangdong."

Chen Ran finally came back to his senses. "Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao?"

"Yes, that's what they all said."

When talking about Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, the poem "Red Cliff" that people talk about the most is naturally Du Mu's poem "Red Cliff".

'The broken halberd has sunk into the sand, but the iron has not yet been destroyed.'

'I will polish and recognize the previous dynasty.'

'The east wind is not favorable to Zhou Lang,'

'The two Qiao sisters are locked up in Tongque in the deep spring.'

The meaning of this poem is very simple. It means that if Zhou Yu had not had the help of the east wind during the Battle of Chibi, Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao would have been sent to the Bronze Sparrow Tower as trophies.

And now, Chen Ran has done what Prime Minister Cao had not done in the novel or in history, and he has successfully defeated Zhou Yu. So naturally, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao should also be included.

"very good."

Chen Ran nodded with satisfaction and said, "You can take half of the seized goods as a reward."

Zhang He was overjoyed and quickly bowed to express his gratitude. He also took the initiative to escort the panicked sisters to Chen Ran's tent.

Chen Ran strictly forbade robbing the people. If caught for the first time, the person would be fined to the point of bankruptcy, and the second time would be beheaded directly.

Only the powerful families can plunder, and they can only get 20% of the total amount, which is shared by everyone.

Zhang He was naturally enthusiastic and happy because he got the benefit.

He personally escorted Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao and watched them enter the lord's rear tent.

The two sisters were nervous, and were stunned when they entered the back tent because they saw an acquaintance.

Sun Shangxiang stood up in surprise and asked, "Why are you here?"

It was impossible for Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao to tell them about arranging Sun Shangxiang as a beauty trap. They thought that Sun Shangxiang was also captured on the way to escape.

When the three girls were reminiscing about the past, a charming woman came in and greeted them warmly, "It's time for dinner, let's eat first."

Sun Shangxiang introduced in a low voice, "This is the widowed sister-in-law of the former Guiyang County Magistrate."

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao looked at each other in bewilderment. Why did this thief Chen not even let the widow go?

This is really unfair to Chen Ran.

In fact, in ancient times, especially in times of chaos, widows were usually forced to marry in order to restore the population as much as possible.

In ancient times, widows were highly encouraged to find their own way out.

It was after the rise of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism that human nature was truly suppressed and remarriage was prohibited.

The period from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty was the time when women were most severely oppressed.

The Qing Dynasty, in particular, gathered together all the dregs of five thousand years and used them. Later, the remnants were taken to an island and developed further. They were so arrogant that they really thought they were something good.

Coming back to the topic, the worried Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao spent several anxious days with Sun Shangxiang and Fan.

Fortunately, the treatment is still good, at least the food, clothing and other expenses are of high standard.

A few days later, they set out with the entire camp and entered Chaisang City.

And he still lived in the former Sun family mansion.

However, there are no people from the Sun family here now. Sun Shangxiang and Da Qiao have returned home. Xiao Qiao has also come here many times with Zhou Yu to attend banquets and is very familiar with this place.

The girls felt a little emotional. They came back after many twists and turns, but everything and everyone had changed.

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao felt uneasy about the environment and chose to live with Sun Shangxiang.

One night, the two sisters living in the west room were awakened by the sound of quarreling.

In the dark, he sat up and listened, but he heard Sun Shangxiang shouting from the east room, "Where are my maids? Did you kill them?"

"I don't kill women." A strong male voice responded, "They were all arranged to marry young officers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. They each found a good family."

"You" Sun Shangxiang was furious "I don't care, give all my maids back to me~~~"

"Hey~~~"

Chen Ran chuckled, and then Sun Shangxiang's voice seemed to be blocked, leaving only a humming sound.

After a while, it became "hmm" and "ahhh" again.

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are both experienced people, so they naturally understand what it means.

The two girls looked at each other, but no one spoke. In the end, they had to lie down again and pretend that they heard nothing.

They knew very well that they had to start a new life from now on.

(End of this chapter)