Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 204 Where else can you run?
"Gong Jin..."

Sun Ce was deeply moved. It was rare to have a true friend in life who was willing to work hard for his, Sun Bofu's, future.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.

Sun Ce was filled with emotion and said seriously: "I have always been favored by Gongjin and we are so close. I will definitely make the final decision on today's matter."

He ordered many soldiers to follow his voice and shouted to Qiao Rui's army, "Mr. Yuan is biased and does not distinguish between loyalty and righteousness, good and evil. He has done the opposite and favored the treacherous and evil, so that the snobbish villains have slandered and harmed the virtuous. He is also trying to deceive and kill the soldiers and comrades in public. The three armies follow me to capture and kill Qiao Rui!"

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he immediately ordered the soldiers to beat the drums.

Using flags and banners as a signal, the soldiers were ordered to take their positions quickly.

After the first round of drum beats, the entire army had already formed up. After the second round of drum beats, the military officers led the soldiers to form a battle formation.

When the third round of drums sounded, the march began, with the soldiers holding swords and shields advancing, followed by those holding spears. The soldiers would go left when they were waved to the left, and right when they were waved to the right. Those who disobeyed orders could be killed in public.

"Bofu, don't be confused! It's still not too late for you to withdraw your troops."

When Qiao Rui saw that Sun Ce acted as soon as he said so, he was so frightened that his face changed. He hurriedly stood on a high point in the military formation and shouted loudly.

I saw that the enemy's military flag was also advancing with the central army. No one heard it on the battlefield and they were still advancing steadily.

Qiao Rui panicked instantly and shouted to his soldiers, "Hurry up and tell Sun Bofu what I just said. I can write a letter to intercede for him in front of Lord Yuan, as long as he stops his troops now."

He quickly ordered his general Chen Lan to go to the front army to stop Sun Ce, Chang Nu to lead his troops to guard the left side, and Liu Xiang to lead his troops to guard the right side, while he himself guarded the center army.

"Bofu, Bofu, you have to think twice before you act. Think about Sun Xiang and Sun Ben who are still under Lord Yuan's command. Where are you going to put them?! Stop now. It's not too late."

After Lian Fang's call, Sun Ce's army remained unmoved. They set up their bows and crossbows and shot at the Huainan Yuan army led by Qiao Rui. The battlefield was suddenly filled with arrows.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A large number of arrowheads fell among the dense crowd, and screams rang out one after another.

Seeing that there was no way out, Qiao Rui could only angrily curse: "Sun Ce is really your mother's servant!"

He turned around and ordered his soldiers to prepare to fight the enemy. At this point the only option was to kill. Whether they could defeat the enemy would only be known after the battle.

The colors reflected on the spears, the light swayed the swords and halberds, and the murderous aura was everywhere.

Thousands of people from both sides fought together, and the cries of long horns resounded through the sky.

People kept falling down, but no one cared. The two sides fought fiercely and the plain was covered with blood.

Since the relationship had fallen out, Sun Jian's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others, who had harbored years of resentment towards Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce, rushed forward in person, ignoring the arrows. Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai protected Sun Ce on both sides, fearing that he would encounter an accident.

"kill!"

"Kill! Kill!"

He shouted in rage, shaking the sky.

Sun Ce found the location of the central army's flag and rushed over quickly to capture Qiao Rui. As long as he killed the main general, the matter would be settled.

Qiao Rui on the opposite side saw that the two sides of his army were about to be broken, and the formation of the front army was also crumbling, and it seemed that it would be broken through by the enemy at any moment.

The idea of ​​escaping immediately came to his mind. Now Zhang Xun and his troops were captured by Sun Ce and their lives were unknown.

He and Ji Ling were the only generals under Lord Yuan that he could trust. Ji Ling was far away in Lujiang County and could not arrive in time.

If Qiao Rui died here, who would be there to defend Xia Cai for Lord Yuan, and who would be there to build achievements for the Yuan family of Runan in the future?

Carrying such an important trust from Mr. Yuan, how could I rashly die here?

Qiao Rui counseled himself and felt much better. He looked again and saw the front army, which was about to collapse, suddenly fled to the southwest with his personal guards.

"Fortunately, we did not cross the Qiao River before, otherwise we would have been captured by Sun Ce."

Qiao Rui secretly rejoiced. At this moment, the army in the rear was in chaos. His act of abandoning the army and fleeing became the last straw that broke the morale of Yuan's army in Huainan.

Six thousand soldiers scattered like birds and beasts, suffered a crushing defeat, and fled for their lives in all directions.

Sun Ce wanted to continue the pursuit, but Cheng Pu, who came over, persuaded him: "Captain Sun, don't pursue the desperate enemy. Let's quickly gather the defeated soldiers and make plans for the next step."

"Now that we have completely torn our relations with Yuan Gonglu, and most of the soldiers' families are in Jiujiang County, if we don't appease them in time, I'm afraid their morale will collapse and they will flee back home, and then we will really have no soldiers to use."

Sun Ce then stopped and looked angrily at the more than one hundred riders who were fleeing without a trace, and gave the order to stop.

……

"Hurry, don't let Sun Bofu catch up."

After running seven or eight miles in one breath and even the horse began to pant, Qiao Rui still whipped the horse, just wanting to escape from there faster.

However, the horses under their crotches could no longer bear the fatigue, and no matter how he whipped them, their speed continued to slow down, and they neighed in pain.

Huainan was rich in resources, but also lacked good horses.

The sale of horses by northern merchants was almost monopolized by Liu Bei, and the horses they sold had little endurance and could only be used to carry people on trips.

Earlier, Lu Bu had sent people to Huainan to find Yuan Shu to sell horses, but the matter was later dropped, which made Yuan Shu happy for nothing. He scolded Lu Bu in front of his staff, saying that Lu Bu was indeed fickle and unfaithful, and it was a pity that he did not take him in in the first place.

In fact, at that time, Liu Bei learned that Lu Bu was going to sell the war horses seized from Wen Chou to Yuan Shu in Huainan, so he directly sent his subordinates to stop him. Anyone who privately sold war horses to soldiers would be dealt with according to Han law, no matter who it was.

Lu Bu was inspecting the military camp, so he met his subordinates in the military tent. After listening to the other party's purpose, he glanced at the map of Ji, Qing and Yan provinces hanging on the wall, was silent for a while, and then nodded in understanding.

He had no choice but to agree. Yuan Shao had suffered such a great loss that he wished to crush him and the Bingzhou soldiers into pieces. If he continued to be enemies with Xuande, he would really have no way out.

Lu Bu nodded politely and said with a smile: "I will certainly abide by the laws and orders set by the envoy. Please ask the officials to inform Lord Xuande."

After the state official had gone far away, Lu Bu returned to his tent and sat down. He touched his thigh, which was about to grow flesh, and sighed quietly. He picked up the wine jar and drank it all in one gulp.

I actually felt a little regretful for coming to Luoyang...

Huainan was ignorant of the affairs of the Central Plains and wrongly blamed Lu Bu. Also, because the horse trading business suddenly failed, the Yangzhou merchants who had agreed on the price and paid part of the money all scolded Lu Fengxian for breaking his promise.

"The stamina of these horses bought from Qingzhou is too poor. Bring me some water. I need some water."

Qiao Rui couldn't help but complain.

The horse was so exhausted that it had to stop to rest for a while before setting off again.

Although he was most afraid of Sun Ce catching up with him, Sun Bofu didn't have many horses under his command, so he shouldn't be able to catch up with him in a short time.

Thinking of this, Qiao Rui felt relieved.

We were leaving soon anyway, so there was no need to send scouts to guard far away. Besides, the horses were too weak to move forward.

Qiao Rui's thighs were sore from being rubbed that he could only walk slowly to a rock and sit down to rest with the help of his confidants.

Unexpectedly, just as he sat down, the ground suddenly shook violently. He looked up at the distant road and saw thousands of horses galloping towards him, raising a cloud of dust.

The water bag that Qiao Rui was holding fell to the ground with a plop. His fingers trembled and he felt a chill in his heart.

The leading knight was seen holding high a flag with the word "Liu" fluttering in the wind.

(End of this chapter)