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The sound of horse hooves drifted into the city, and then a group of soldiers appeared on the official road three miles outside the city gate, with soldiers and flags flying straight to the city gate.

With the sound of the "gaga" suspension bridge falling, the gate of Wan County opened wide, and a scholar in brocade robe led more than a hundred defenders out of the city to greet him.

"Welcome the lord into the city!"

Before the high-level general who led his army to turn over and dismount, the brocade scribe and robed the sects quickly walked up to him with a group of armored soldiers, leaned over and bowed down to worship.

The magnificent general led the army flew off the horse, reached out to help the scholar up, and said with a kind look: "Yuan Tan, why should you be too polite? Please get up quickly."

Indeed, this mighty general led the army was Sun Ce and Sun Bofu, who was locating in Jiangdong. The scholars who led a group of subordinates out of the city to welcome him were Gu Yong and Gu Yuantan, a famous scholar in Wu County who was highly valued by Sun Ce.

After a little greeting, Sun Ce looked up at the city in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

Wancheng was not unfamiliar to him. At that time, he led his old subordinates to be expelled from Xuzhou Tao Qian. He was desperate and fled to Yuan Shu's tent, and then ordered to lead troops to attack Lujiang.

At that time, Lu Kang, who was the prefect of Lujiang at the time, was furious for refusing to pay the 30,000 stones of food that Yuan Shu asked for, and was besieged by Yuan Shu's army. Unexpectedly, Lu Kang was very impressive. Although he was a scholar, he was both civil and military. In his early years, he was awarded the title of General Zhongyi by Emperor Ling, and was named General Zhongyi by Emperor Ling. Therefore, Yuan Shu sent generals under the tent to attack Wan County repeatedly, but he could not capture it for more than a year. Until Sun Ce led his troops to join Yuan Shu's command, he was sent to Wan County to continue to attack the city.

Sun Ce has always been known as brave and good at fighting, and he always leads his troops. Therefore, the troops he led are often very strong in combat. After he took over the besiege of Wan County, he led his troops to attack the city, which greatly increased the pressure on Lu Kang, who defended the city. After several months of persistence, he was captured by Sun Ce. Later, Lu Kang was captured and died of illness soon in prison and implicated by him. Most of the Lu family's children died in war. Only the youngest son Lu Jihe, was sent to Sun Lu Xun by Lu Kang to his hometown Wu County for refuge, and escaped by luck.

After Sun Ce led his army to capture Lujiang, Yuan Shu sent Yuan Yin as the prefect of Lujiang. When Yuan Shu became emperor, Yuan Yin rose and ranked in the nine ministers. Then Liu Xun took over as the prefect of Lujiang.

Now, Yuan Shu was defeated and fled, and Liu Xun led the remnants of the Qianshan bandits Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others to participate in Li Li's command. Sun Ce took advantage of the opportunity to lead his army to pursue Yuan Shu and sent Gu Yong and Zhou Tai to lead a team of troops to capture Wan County, thus realizing the strategic intention of occupying the entire Lujiang County.

In addition, the reason why he sent Gu Yong to lead troops was not just for a mere county town, but for another purpose.

To the southwest of Wan County is Qianshan, and there is a mountain village with a dangerous terrain on the mountain. It was a camp where Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others occupied the mountain as king, but now it has changed hands. That is the purpose of Sun Ce's personal army.

After the army entered the city, Sun Ce did not have time to rest. He immediately summoned all his generals to discuss matters in the lobby.

When the master sat down, Sun Ce asked Gu Yong without any politeness and said, "Yuan Tan has led his army to besiege Yuan Shu for more than half a month, just a mere bandit camp. Why can't he conquer it repeatedly?"

Gu Yong was obviously prepared, so he immediately said without thinking: "My lord, please calm down and report the truth. Twenty days ago, Yuan Shu fled to Qianshan in panic and wanted to take refuge in the camp of Chen Lan and Lei Bo. Unexpectedly, the two of them refused to take in, which made Yuan Shu angry and ordered Ji Ling to lead his army to capture the camp, drive Chen Lan, Lei Bo and other thieves away, and occupy the camp of Qianshan.

The lord knew that the terrain of the Qianshan Mountain was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was quite a sign that one man could not escape the pass. Although Yuan Shu was a loser, he still had more than ten generals including Ji Ling, and there were still more than 2,000 remaining soldiers. In addition, there were nearly a thousand thieves left by Chen Lan and Lei Bo, with a total of no less than three thousand soldiers. With these defeated soldiers, he occupied the dangerous terrain and was on high and waiting for his leisure. What's more, the mountain village stored a large amount of food and supplies plundered by Chen Lan and Lei Bo, with sufficient arrows, high walls, and extremely favorable defense. Therefore, it was difficult to conquer within ten days." Before Gu Yong finished speaking, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other generals nodded and agreed, confirming that Gu Yong's words were true and every sentence was true.

After hearing this, Sun Ce looked silent, and he knew very well that what Gu Yong said was the truth.

In fact, the reason why he led his army to leave Shouchun without Li Li's promise was because he received the news in advance that Chen Lan and Lei Bo, who were taken away by Yuan Shu, were rushing to Shouchun with more than a hundred remaining soldiers, and were escorted along the way with more than a thousand Xiliang cavalry. After learning the news, Sun Ce was shocked. Once Chen Lan and Lei Bo entered the city to see Li Li, Yuan Shu's whereabouts would be exposed. From this, Li Li immediately knew that Sun Ce deliberately concealed military information and had ulterior motives. Then he took the opportunity to send troops to Lujiang, and even directly attacked him and his Jiangdong army.

Therefore, Sun Ce did not dare to delay for a moment, so he immediately led his army to evacuate Shouchun. After the army entered Lujiang, the troops were divided into two groups; one group of escorted the baggage to the village along the river, while the other group was led by him to go straight to Wan County.

It was not until Sun Ce led his army to leave Shouchun that he knew why Li Li occupied the counties around Yuzhou and Jiujiang so quickly. It turned out that as early as the Allied forces attacked Shouchun City, Li Li secretly ordered Lu Su to lead a cavalry into Lujiang, persuaded Lujiang prefect Liu Xun to lead his troops to surrender, and secretly contacted Dongcheng, Juchao and other counties, and took the initiative to surrender under Li Li.

At the same time, Lu Su personally went to Qianshan to persuade Chen Lan and Lei Bo to surrender. Lei Bo and Lei Bo met Lu Su in his early years and had a strong personal relationship, so the two sides hit it off. Unexpectedly, Lu Su set out early to go down the mountain. Chen Lan and Lei Bo then led the crowd down the mountain, but unexpectedly met Yuan Shu who had fled here. Then both sides did not speak out and fought. Lei Bo and others were defeated by Ji Ling, and fled in panic. All the money, food and supplies were taken away by Yuan Shu.

Coincidentally, Chen Lan and Lei Bo and the two of them led the remnants to escape and encountered the Jiangdong army under Sun Ce's tent, and were defeated by the Jiangdong army again, and in the end only more than a hundred people left were left to escape. However, it was this encounter that made Chen Lan and Lei Bo and the two of them accidentally learn about the whereabouts of the Jiangdong army and knew that this Jiangdong army was following the defeated army to kill Yuan Shu.

Things were so simple, but Sun Ce was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. Without waiting for Li Li to agree, he hurriedly led his army to Shouchun and then led the light cavalry to Wan County on a night trip.

In the lobby, after Gu Yong finished speaking, he bent down for a long time, but he was reluctant to show his opinion, which made him feel fearful and uneasy. Then he looked up at the upper stairs, but saw Sun Ce in a daze, his brows were tight, his eyes were filled with melancholy, his mind was absent-minded and absent-minded.

Seeing this, Gu Yong felt something in his heart, so he turned his head to look at Zhang Hong beside him and asked him to come forward to plead for him.

After seeing Gu Yong's eyes asking for help, Zhang Hong nodded understandingly, immediately stood up and left, saying respectfully: "Report to the lord, it is the day when we leave Shouchun, Chen Lan and Lei Bo and the other two entered the city. I think we have just left, and Li Li then knew that Yuan Shu was besieged by our army on Qianshan. Things have come to this point, and it is useless to think too much. Please make a decision quickly, if it is late, it will change." Obviously, rather than saying that Zhang Hong came forward to plead for Gu Yong, it is better to say that he is reminding Sun Ce that the situation is critical and urgent and decide to make a choice as soon as possible. The crux of the reason for the choice is that the imperial seal in Yuan Shu's hand.

The so-called jade seal is a seal passed down from generation to generation by emperors of all generations. It was engraved on the order of Qin Shihuang. It is four inches in a circle, with five dragons on the top of the front. It is engraved with Li Si's letter "After being ordered by heaven, you will live forever."

The original intention of the First Emperor engraving this seal was to hope that his country would be passed down from generation to generation, but unexpectedly, the Qin Empire was passed down to the second generation. However, this seal was regarded as a symbol of supreme imperial power by the world. The Han Dynasty has been using this seal for four hundred years, as a national jade seal. Until Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an and burned Luoyang, the national jade seal was lost and then fell into the hands of Sun Jian.

It was precisely in order to compete for this imperial seal that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers used secret tricks one after another, so that Sun Jian was ambushed and shot by Liu Biao. After Sun Jian died, Sun Ce inherited his father's ambition, but unexpectedly, he was in bad luck and had to rely on others to compromise. In the end, Sun Ce used this seal as a material and borrowed troops from Yuan Shu, thus conquering the foundation of Jiangdong.

Therefore, the jade seal of the kingdom is of great significance to Sun Jian and Sun Ce, father and son. Sun Jian died because of the seal, while Sun Ce accomplished his career and became the overlord in Jiangdong.

In fact, this so-called imperial seal, to put it bluntly, is a piece of beautiful jade that is rare in the world. That's all.

However, it is this piece of beautiful jade that has a huge influence beyond imagination, or an unparalleled appeal. Especially at present, the Han Dynasty, which had been passed down for four hundred years, has been defeated, and the Liu imperial throne has been completely overthrown, and the world has no master.

At this critical moment, strength is undoubtedly the most important, and the strong are the king. However, having strength alone may not be enough.

As the saying goes: If the name is not upright, the words will not be smooth. When Emperor Liu Xie of Han was reigned, he did not pass on the imperial seal, but he was still the emperor. This is because he inherited the remaining shade accumulated by his ancestors for hundreds of years, and was born with an emperor. The imperial power of the Liu family has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. But now there is no master in the world, and no matter who wants to conquer the princes of each country, if they want to convince the people of the world, the jade seal is particularly important. Therefore, driven by the current special situation, this stone's value has skyrocketed and has become an indispensable key token.

Therefore, the imperial seal is now a country's important weapon, and its preciousness is far more than priceless. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a supreme artifact.

It was precisely because Zhang Hong and Gu Yong and everyone present in the lobby were frightened and worried, and couldn't stand tranquil. If Sun Ce insisted on refusing to give up the imperial seal, then Li Li and his Xiliang army would inevitably be attracted, because Li Li refused to withdraw his troops after occupying Shouchun City, which was obviously determined to win the imperial seal. In this way, a confrontation between the two armies fighting for the imperial seal was unavoidable, and a war was about to begin.

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