Sun Ce turned his gaze out the window. Above the mountains surrounded by mountains, a goshawk was hovering around. Sun Ce knew that the place where the goshawk was staring at was Stone Seal Mountain. He no longer had to ask about the results brought by the carrier pigeon, because an excited blush was floating on Zhou Yu's clear face.

"Time will change a person. If Zulang was still the same person as before, our plan would be impossible." Zhou Yu put down the secret letter and sighed.

Sun Ce withdrew his eyes from the distance and said, "Gong Jin, do you think Taishici is still the Taishici on Shenting Ridge?"

Zhou Yu thoughtfully said: "Some people will never change in their lives, such as Taishi Ci and Gao Chong!"

"Gong Jin, in fact, you and me are not like this! With such an opponent, your and my life will not be dim." Sun Ce let out a hearty laugh.

Sun Ce's open mind and husband's heroic spirit were unprecedented in Zhou Yu. Faced with a powerful enemy like Gao Chong, Sun Ce showed only joy but no resentment at this moment.

A thought suddenly flashed in Zhou Yu's heart, Gao Chong and Sun Ce were actually the same kind of people.

They are all heroes.

And in this chaotic era, the personality of heroes determines their destiny. They are rivals, but they also appreciate each other.

"Third brother, set off!" Sun Ce stepped out and said loudly.

"Abide by the order!" Sun Ling, who had been waiting for a long time, was full of energy and responded loudly. Behind Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and Xu Kun followed him out one after another!

Just as Sun Ce was preparing his momentum to attack, Taishi Ci was still immersed in the joy of attacking Jingxian, without knowing that there might be a risk of a break in the back.

The battle to attack Jingxian went smoothly, and Zulang's intelligence seemed to be correct. The Sun Ce guards who were left in the city had less than 100 people, and they had no ability to resist Gao Chong's army. For Taishi Ci, Jingxian was just a fulcrum on the way forward. The real battle was still in the future. Since the enemy retreated, we must bravely occupy it.

As a brave and good general, Taishici never doubted his own choice.

Gao Chong is now fighting in Jiangbei. As long as I can take Moling here, I can open a passage for Gao Chong to the south to Jiangdong. At that time, the army crosses the river from Danglikou and can take Qu'a, Wujun, and even Kuaiji along the way.

"General, will you camp in Jingxian tonight?" asked the personal soldiers.

Taishici nodded. Although the city walls of Jingxian were not solid, they were at least considered a place to station troops. From Jingxian to Moling, it was a difficult and complex road. Although there were no dangerous passes, there were dense forests on the way, so there were no enemies coming out.

But none of this is anything.

At night, Taishi Ci sat in front of the tent, silently staring at the bonfire in front of her. Somehow, her thoughts were so chaotic tonight that she could not fall asleep. Could it be that the comfort of the past two years has really worn away his will? No, no.

In his messy thoughts, Taishici sprinkled the wine in his hand into the bonfire, and the smoke that stirred up blocked the slightly vicissitudes of face, and his eyes were hazy.

More than thirty years have wasted their efforts, and the young Gao Chong still has a lot of opportunities to fight for. If he missed this time again, he would have to die of old age and sigh in vain.

Suddenly, a shout came from my ears: "The campfire in front is urgent!"

"The campfire broke out later."

Taishici suddenly stood up, and looked around and saw fires flashing among the armies in front and behind.

The dilapidated and collapsed Jingxian walls could not stop Sun Cejun's footsteps, and the scouts who were patrolling outside the city were unable to give warnings in advance. They probably were killed by the enemy who had been waiting for the ambush.

In the chaos, Huang Chu rushed over and shouted: "General Taishi, the camp is in full swing, we are attacked!"

Taishici suddenly stood up and shouted: "Tell all battalions to gather with the central army!"

At this time, there was a shout of killing in the distance, "Don't let Taishi Ci run away!"

Taishici sneered in the corner of his mouth, thinking to himself that the head of a certain family would not be so easy to hold.

The enemy soldiers rushed into the city gathered more and more. In addition to the west gate, the city gates on the east, south and north had been broken through. In addition to Chen Wu's army, which was the main attacker in the east city, there was Cheng Pu on the south and Lu Fan on the north. They each led a large army to surround Taishi Ci's two thousand troops. Sun Ce, who received the secret report from Zulang, dispatched the elite main force.

In the city of Jingxian, the shouts of killing were even louder, and the hot blood boiled in the chests of the soldiers.

There were personal soldiers beside him preparing war horses. Taishi Ci took the halberd and got on the horse, cheered up, shouting, "Come on!" Fortunately, after a temporary panic, the soldiers who heard the order gathered together.

"Yes!" More than a thousand soldiers gathered under the Central Army responded loudly, holding high weapons and battle flags to kill in the direction of the enemy's influx!

Looking at the beacons all over the sky, Taishici felt an inexplicable nervousness. This was a long-lost feeling, a trembling excitement when the war came.

Arrows flew past his side frequently. Taishi Ci was on the galloping war horse, staring at Chen Wu's flag in the fire. The golden banner was stained with blood in his eyes, which was the blood of countless fallen soldiers.

The horse's hooves soared, and the halberd in Taishici's hand danced up and down, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Huang Chu urged the horse to run beside Taishici, looking at the pair of eyes burning with raging fire on Taishici's thin face, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and murmured to himself: "This is Taishici who fights side by side with the coach on Shenting Ridge. This is the general who is willing to sacrifice his life for him to bleed!"

At this moment, Huang Chu remembered the words of his brother Huang Yue when he was leaving: "Taoshi General and don't let the enemy's cold arrow hurt him!"

Brother, don’t worry! Huang Chu shouted inwardly.

Chen Wu's mood has never been as good as it is today. Although Taishi Ci in front of him is brave, he is already a trapped beast in a cage and cannot cause much storm. The anger that has been in his heart for more than a year can finally come out.

Chen Wu looked at Taishi Ci who was rushing towards him coldly, and shouted with a knife: "Taishi Ci, you have no way out, why not get off your horse early, so as not to die in vain?"

Taishi Ci stabbed an enemy soldier who was blocking the way with a halberd, and laughed and said, "Junior Chen Wu, come on with your life!"

Chen Wu sneered: "Since you never repent, then you can look at that direction---Your Stone Seal Mountain has been taken down by my lord!"

After saying that, Chen Wu pointed at the towering mountains in the distance, and there was even thicker smoke rising between the mountains.

"Chen Wu, you can go to a three-year-old child like this, but you can't deceive me. The stone seal pass is as solid as a god. Even if you have tens of thousands of troops, you can't capture it!" Taishici said proudly. Although the thick smoke in the sky of the stone seal mountain scared him, it could not shake his confidence.

Chen Wu laughed to the sky and said, "I'm sorry, Taishi Ci's hero for the rest of my life. I didn't know that Zulang had already secretly formed my master. Now he has already surrendered!"

Lu Fan, who was riding his horse and killing the general, raised his spear and shouted: "Taishici, you have lost the pass and have no way out. Why not surrender to our Lord early!"

Taishi Ci laughed and said, "Success or failure depends on heaven! Let you see who I, Taishi Ci, are!" After that, the people turned into a stunning rainbow and rushed towards Chen Wu.

A look of pity appeared on the corner of Chen Wu's mouth, and he quickly grabbed the knife and opened the halberd. There was only a "clang-!" sound. In Taishici's somewhat surprised gaze, Chen Wu's sword was still in his hand. The halberd that Taishici used all his strength just now. If it were the past, Chen Wu's tiger mouth might have been shaken. Now, although Chen Wu's arms were a little numb, the big sword did not fly out of his hand.

Lu Fan rushed over and fought brave generals like Taishi Ci. It was the most unwisest way to fight one-on-one. Lu Fan, who is known as a Confucian general in Sun Ce's army, certainly understood this truth.

"Break through the siege west!" Under the attack of Chen Wu, Lu Fan's army, Taishi Ci knew that it was almost impossible to win. If he delayed it, when Cheng Pu in the south surrounded him and killed him, his two thousand troops would be destroyed in the city.

Amid Taishi Ci's silence, the two thousand soldiers shouted "kill". In their eyes, as long as Taishi Ci was still fighting, no matter how many enemies there were, they could not destroy their confidence in their hearts. Huang Chu felt the shouting like a thunderous sound, and there seemed to be a ball of fire burning in his chest. He urged his mount to follow Taishi Ci tightly.

Taishici almost numbly chopped and slashed the enemy who rushed to the front. The halberd danced like a whirlwind, waving a burst of cold light, and rushed out of the west gate without realizing it.

"Ziheng, what should we do?" Chen Wudao.

Lu Fan smiled and said, "We don't need to force us over, just follow closely. Taishici's goal is to break through the west to return to Shiyin Mountain, so let him see who the pass falls into."

"Ziheng means that when Taishici arrives at the foot of Shiyin Mountain, he will see the pass lost and his fighting spirit is exhausted, and he will exert his strength and will completely wipe out it out!" Cheng Puxiongjian's voice came from behind Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded and smiled, "How can Fan hide this little trick from the old general!"

"General, there is Stone Seal Mountain in front of you!" Huang Chu shouted excitedly.

Hearing Huang Chu's shouts, along the way, the soldiers who were closely oppressed by the chasing enemy shouted with joy. Only less than 1,300 soldiers who broke out from Jingxian were left. More than 700 others were either killed in battle or captured by Sun Ce's army who was chased.

Taishici's expression was a little tired. Although the force Chen Wu showed just now was surprising, it was nothing. What made Taishici most sad was this crushing defeat.

The closer to the stone seal mountain, what Taishici felt was not the attachment to return home, but another unspeakable worry. Are the words Chen Wu said true or false?

If Zulang had not betrayed, why was the enemy so clear about his own movements?

If Zulang betrayed himself, why would he do this?

Could it be that I really saw the wrong person?

Zulang is no longer the generous and righteous Yinling Sect leader in the Yaozhaozong.

Just as he was nervous, the war horse had crossed the last mountain. Taishici raised his head again. In the gray fog, the steep mountain road of Stone Seal Mountain was looming, like a ladder leading to the heavenly court.

Not far ahead, we arrived at the foot of the stone seal mountain.

Taishi Ci sighed.

Suddenly, a pillar of smoke soared into the sky rose from the pass. The thick smoke dispelled the mist around it, and the strong smell of anxiety blew along the mountain wind toward the place where Taishici was.

"General——, that's the platform placed by the thunder chariot!" Huang Chu pointed at the place where the fireworks rose and exclaimed.

Taishici's face suddenly changed. The platform where the Pili Car was located was made of stones, and the trees around had been cut down. There was no combustible thing within a radius of dozens of feet. Now the thick smoke in the sky could explain only one result, that is, the Pili Car was ignited.

Only a thunderbolt car made of hardwood can rise such a pillar of smoke.

The production of the Pili Car was quite difficult. Under Gao Chong's supervision, the craftsmen in Yuzhang took several months to build twenty chariots. Without their own orders on the Stone Seal Mountain, no one could move the Pili Car.

Now that the Thunderbolt car is ignited and burned, is it because someone is using this method to warn us?

Huang Chu's face was pale and said, "In the past, when my elder brother and I accepted the heavy responsibility of protection, we had an oath. People were in the car, and people were dead. Now, the thunder car is burned, my elder brother—."

A smile appeared on Taishici's face. At this moment, there was no fantasy in his heart. He knew that the key pass of Shiyin Mountain no longer existed. At the moment he decided to leave, the once solid pass had already given up.

Now, there are enemy soldiers in front and behind, and they are in the trap and have no way to live.

"General Taishi--!" In that smile, Huang Chu saw the despair in Taishici's eyes.

Behind him, the sound of horse hooves sounded rapidly, and it was Chen Wu, Lu Fan and Cheng Pu who caught up.

Taishi Ci pulled his horse's head and looked back at the back formation. He saw that Sun Ce's army, with neat military appearance, was approaching step by step like an insurmountable moving city wall. Behind the cold iron armor were countless arrows pointing towards the formation.

In the enemy formation, Chen Wu raised the big sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow!"

The time for the massacre finally came, and Chen Wu did not hesitate anymore. Since the persuaded surrender just now was fruitless, there was no need to show mercy. As a general, Chen Wu knew clearly that a woman's kindness was absolutely unacceptable.

"Bang——, boom!" The bow sounded, and the arrow covered the sky like rain.

Chen Wu raised his hand again, and the first wave of bows and arrows had not yet landed, and the second bow and arrow flew all over the sky again, like locusts covering the sun.

The soldiers around Huang Chu fell down one after another. Amid the screams, a Tunchang who was rushing into his head fell into an arrow on his thigh. He was shot without any cover and was shot in an instant and returned to the underworld.

Huang Chu was furious, he clearly remembered that in Jingxian City, this brave garrison leader killed five enemy soldiers in one fell swoop.

Huang Chu cried out sadly: "General! We're trying!"

Taishici's eyes swept over the soldiers beside him, and the young faces all looked firm!
Chapter completed!