In the sky, it was originally clear all the way, but suddenly a dark cloud floated from nowhere to cover the sunshine, and then a dripping shower floated again, densely packed, and it hit the face with a cool and a little pain.

Has Yu Zhang really changed? Gao Chong silently stared at Su Wei Gao Zhi's handsome flag. The dancing flag reflected a sincere and resolute face. It was Ziyi.

Just as I was thinking, the wind blowing the flag suddenly increased, and I heard a "click" sound, and the flag of the central army in front of the flag fell down!

Gan Ning changed his color and said, "Pampering the handsome guy, this wind is so strange, which is an unlucky sign!"

"Pengshuai, let me go!" The one-armed plum Gan had an empty sleeve on his left hand. He saluted with his only right hand. He was responsible for the heavy responsibility of scout reconnaissance and had already seen Gao Chong's concerns.

Gao Chong was silent and nodded, "As soon as there is news, I will repay you immediately!"

Even in early summer, the sun began to heat up, baking every inch of land on the mountain. Taishici's mood was as irritating as this weather.

Taishici walked out of the tent, climbed the high slope of the pass, looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and the mountains emerging in the distance were reflected in his eyes. The arrogant and unruly peak pillars standing by the clouds were so familiar in his eyes. What exactly was it? Taishici lowered his head and saw his long shadow reflected on the ground, which was a person's shadow.

That was him, and the peak looked like Gao Pet.

"Pampered handsome, Shao Chong, are you okay?" Taishici's heart seemed to have flew to the north, thousands of miles away, where the brothers of life and death fought side by side.

There were light footsteps behind him, and Taishici knew that it was the deputy general Zulang who came over.

""General Taishi, Chen Wu's army, who occupied Jingxian, retreated!" Zulang's voice was neither light nor heavy, and there was an indescribable comfort in his ears.

"Yes!" Taishici nodded slightly, indicating that he had heard it.

Zulang looked at Taishi Ci with his eyes constantly and advised: "After Chen Wu left, Jingxian was empty. It would be better for us to send troops to capture Jingxian. In this way, our army would have more room for maneuver!"

Zulang was full of awe for the person in front of him. He thought that Taishi Ci led his troops to attack Yinling that day and laid layers of ambush around the Tunbao, but they were easily broken by Taishi Ci. To this day, he still felt that a personal soldier next to him was standing on the Tunbao, and Taishi Ci led his bow under the Tunbao, with arrows piercing his hands.

Zulang had never seen such a brave man in his life. Even Sun Ce, who now dominates Jiangdong, ended up running away alone under his own hands.

But when he met Taishi Ci, Zulang knew that he had no choice but to surrender!

Taishici did not answer. He just stroked the bow bag on his waist, and his hands were trembling slightly at this time.

A hint of joy appeared in Zulang's eyes, and then disappeared in a flash. Taishici's subtle actions did not escape his eyes.

"General, give an order. This battle has also made us brothers who have been holding it back for a long time show their faces!" Zulang encouraged him.

Taishici's face twitched, and Zulang's words touched the most sensitive string in his heart.

Shaochong, brother, I haven’t called you that for a long time. Are you doing well now?

Did the war in the north burn your clothes?

No, no.

A person like Yuan Shu is not worthy of being an opponent for you.

I know that your real opponent is the little bully Sun Ce.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have let me guard the stone seal mountain for two years, for a total of 731 days.

I know, you want me to help you keep an eye on Sun Ce's every move, and you want me to help you watch the East Gate of Yuzhang.

I know all this.

But, brother, you don’t know, you don’t know what the loneliest thing about a hero is.

The loneliest thing about a hero is that there is no battlefield for fighting and no place for ambition to show off. I, Taishi Ci, met you, and I thought there would be a world that would lie across the world from now on. However, this Western Expedition to Jingnan was not me, and this Northern Expedition to Yuan Shu was not me.

"Ziyi, guarding Shiyin Mountain is a great contribution!" This is a sentence you told me before leaving.

I didn't forget.

In Shiyin Mountain, every grass and tree here is filled with my Taishi Ci's sweat. I once loved this green pass from the bottom of my heart, but now I am tired of it.

Brother, is it because of my good brother who fought side by side with me on Shenting Ridge that in your heart, I, Taishici, is it useless?

No, I am only in my early forties, and it is the year I am in my battle.

There is no reason.

Stone Seal Mountain, haha! If there is no such a barrier, maybe I can get rid of the constraints, fight with you, drink with a big bowl of wine, and eat meat in large pieces.

That kind of life is what I, Taishici, yearns for.

"Is your news reliable?" Taishici lowered his head, walked back and forth for a few steps, and asked as he stared at Zulang.

Under Taishici's stern eyes, Zulang tried his best to hide the panic in his heart and said, "It's true. This is the latest news brought back by the scouts I sent to Chen Wu's army, and it's not wrong."

Taishici put away his staring eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Okay then! Go to each battalion to pass my orders quickly, and the whole army gathers!"

"Abide by the order!" Zulang responded loudly, and as he turned around and left, at the moment of leaving, a sneering sneer appeared in his eyes.

Shortly after Gao Chong rushed to the north, twenty Pili chariots were transported from Yuzhang to Shiyin Mountain. This was a pre-set measure Gao Chong had to prevent the weak guards on the Eastern Front. Along with the Pili chariot, Lu Xun also sent a guarding force of 300 people to reinforce the Eastern Front. The team led the two young garrison leaders, Huang Yue and Huang Chu, who graduated from Tianwei Military Academy.

Huang Yue and Huang Chu are the twin brothers of the Huang family, the great hero of Haihun. They entered Tianwei Military Academy in the same period as Lu Xun, and participated in the war in Gu Yong's guarding Yu Zhang. They also went to Lingling under Lu Xun's command. Compared with Lu Xun, Huang Yue and Huang Chu knew that they did not have Lu Xun's luck and ability, but only diligence and hard work.

"Brother, it's so boring to stay in this ghost place!" Huang Chu said angrily while calming down his clothes.

Huang Chu was full of grievances about not being sent to the army of Yuan Shu like other people of the same period. Regarding the courage and ability to fight on the battlefield, Huang Chu asked himself that he was not inferior to anyone of his age. However, who asked that his luck was so bad. When he was promoted to the garrison chief, he thought that he had a place to work hard from now on, but he thought that he would be placed in the lifeless place of Stone Seal Mountain.

"Don't talk nonsense. This time General Taishi summoned us urgently. Maybe something big happened!" Compared to Huang Chu's youth and irritability, Huang Yue, who was two years older, seemed much more mature and steady.

Taishici, who was standing on the dot military field in Shiyin Mountain, had a strange look in his eyes. He was wearing military uniform and glanced at the three thousand athletes in the field, feeling excited. This time his expedition was of extraordinary significance.

"General Taishi, the soldiers of all battalions have been prepared." Zulang bowed from the scene and said.

"Okay -, the enemy leader is ahead, you are willing to follow me to fight!" Although Taishici's voice was not loud, it showed great confidence. When Taishici's eyes swept past, Huang Chu only felt a blazing fire burning in his eyes.

"It turns out that the general is the same as us!" Huang Chu felt excited.

"We are willing to follow General Taishi to the death!" The calls of the three thousand soldiers on the field resounded throughout the clouds.

Taishici nodded with satisfaction. These three thousand soldiers were teams built by themselves, and Taishici had never doubted their combat effectiveness.

"Zulang, you lead a thousand troops from our headquarters to guard the pass, and the rest of the people will follow me to fight!" Taishici said loudly.

"General, please allow those who go on the battle together!" Huang Chu got the courage from somewhere and rushed to the front of the team with a big step.

Taishici looked down at the young head of the village. The firmness revealed on Huang Chu's face was so familiar. Since Gao Chong left, he had not seen such a look for a long time.

"What's your name? What's your position?" Taishici smiled.

"Huang Chu, the head of Pili Camp." Huang Chu replied proudly.

Taishici looked at Huang Chu's eager eyes and said slowly: "Are you Lu Boyan's subordinate?"

"Yes!" Huang Chu said loudly.

Taishici nodded and said, "Okay, after you go back and settle the team, come to report to our army!"

"Abide by the order!" Huang Chu replied with all his strength.

On June 29, the third year of Jian'an, just as Gao Chong and Ji Ling fought desperately in Xiaoyaojin, a decision that decided the fate of three thousand soldiers was also made on the Shiyin Mountain far away on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Under the leadership of Taishi Ci, two thousand elite soldiers left their familiar key passes that had been guarding for many days and marched towards strange and unknown places. What awaited them was the severe test of life and death.

Taishi Ci held the war horse and looked back and looked at the numerous passes in the scene. This was an extremely strong pass. With his careful defense, even if Sun Ce's troops came, they could not defeat it.

"Let's go!" Taishi Ci turned around and shouted.

At this moment, his eyes only stared forward, but he never noticed that in a corner of the pass, a white dove was flapping its wings and flying into the sky in the distance.

Yinling.

Sun Ce's mood has never been as nervous as today. He paced back and forth, and from time to time, he called the guards to ask for information. On the side of him, Zhou Yu was wearing white clothes and was about to fly. His hair was still tidy.

"Gong Jin, do you think Zulang can do it--" Sun Ce stopped and turned his anxious eyes to Zhou Yu.

"Brother Bo Fu has always been brave and resourceful in marching and fighting. Why is he so restless today? He must be worried that he is overly concerned. It's okay. Zulang has no other way except to unite with us!" Zhou Yu's voice was calm and calm as usual.

Since Wancheng retreated, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, who were unwilling to fail, have been looking for a gap to break through the defense line of Gao Chong's army. However, due to the existence of the key pass of Shiyin Mountain, Sun Cekong had a large army but could only sigh in vain.

If you cannot quickly break through the key pass of Shiyin Mountain, Gao Chong will have enough time to adjust the defense force and form a powerful force to fight the enemy.

A head-on battle with Gao Chongjun would be a battle of losing both sides, which was not what Sun Ce expected.

Therefore, the only hope to defeat the enemy is whether we can successfully capture the stone seal mountain.

Since a strong attack is fruitless, you can only take it by wisdom.

However, the general of Gao Chong's army guarding Shiyin Mountain was the brave and good at fighting Taishi Ci. What Sun Ce could not forget about the battle on Shenting Ridge were two people, one was Gao Chong and the other was Taishi Ci.

Persuading surrender? If it is someone else, there may be a little possibility, but Taishi Ci is absolutely impossible.

With Taishici's temperament and loyalty, he would never betray Gao Chong who sacrificed his life to save his own life. Because of the legend on Shenting Ridge, there was a permanent connection between Taishici and Gao Chong.

Since the persuasion of surrender was not successful, we could only start with the people around Taishi Ci. Just as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were thinking hard to find a candidate, Zulang appeared.

Sun Ce did not feel much disgusted with this Shanyue Zongshuai who almost took his life. Zulang was not a useless guy who could manage the Yinling area for such a long time.

In April of the third year of Jian'an, Zulang was attacked by Taishi Ci and surrendered to Gao Chong. At this time, if Gao Chong was used more, Zulang would never have any unfair intentions. However, Gao Chong's military farming measures in May changed all this. As Yuzhang attracted refugees, the policy of reclaiming land could no longer be implemented, because the reclaimable wasteland was decreasing. At the same time, clan leaders like Zulang in various parts of Yuzhang still had a large amount of fertile land. They had land on hand, but no one had to cultivate it, so a large amount of fertile land had to be abandoned.

Under the advice of a large number of famous scholars from the southbound gentry, such as Cangci, Du Xi, and Fanqin, a movement to count the land began, and its implementation touched Zulang's interests. Zulang, who thought that he would get greater benefits after surrender, was certainly unwilling to lose his original land and wealth, so he chose to betray him.

"Zu Lang has a handle in our hands, but he can't escape! This is the evidence." Zhou Yu confidently took out a letter from his arms and said.

Sun Ce smiled and coughed lightly, "When it comes to this ability to plan and win a thousand miles, Gong Jin is really much better than me!"

Zhou Yu heard Sun Ce's praise and smiled and said, "These are just subtle tricks. Bo Fu can not avoid closeness and alienation, appoint talent, and attract famous scholars from all walks of life. This courage and charm are beyond Yu's comparison."

Sun Ce laughed and said, "Your and I are too humble. You and I will not say polite words!"

While joking, a pigeon flapped its wings and flew down to the window edge in front of Zhou Yu, and tied a small ring made of bamboo tube to its right foot.
Chapter completed!