Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 74: Two Fights Sun Bo Fu
As the sun sets, Sun Ce's troops outside Shucheng are collecting the bodies of their soldiers, but the defenders on the city turn a blind eye to this.
Before this, Sun Ce had been alone in front of the battle line, and had announced the time to collect the bodies. Whether it was a sneak attack under the pretext of collecting the bodies, or attacking the enemy troops who were collecting the bodies, such a tasteless thing was something that even the Yellow Turbans and Dong Zhuo might not do.
Usually no one would refuse a request to collect a corpse...
After all, even if we don't mention the ethical issues, allowing corpses to rot in the wild can easily cause plague. Although the corpses of Ji Zao soldiers do not have the problem of rotting, the harmful substances they emit will affect other Ji Zao soldiers!
Therefore, it is still necessary to collect the bodies after the war. Even if your side is defeated, the enemy will "collect" them for you. However, if the enemy comes to collect the bodies, they will definitely pile them together and burn them. Don't expect to be able to tell which pile is which.
In addition, Sun Ce's army only brought back one of the rams and ladders they had built before. All the rams were destroyed, four of the ladders fell, and three of them could no longer be pushed...
This is exactly the depreciation rate of makeshift siege equipment, which are basically made as they are used!
On the fourth day, seeing ladders and carts being built in the military camp outside the city, Taishi Ci went down to the city to challenge them after getting Bai Tu's approval.
Sun Ce was not to be outdone and responded immediately. Both of them were full of confidence and fought each other under the city again!
As soon as they fought, Taishi Ci felt the difference in Sun Ce...
Before, when Sun Ce made his move, his strength was gradually increasing, and the armor on his body also needed a period of "warming up". When his own spirit and the performance of the armor were raised to a certain level, he would be able to burst out with tremendous power.
However, Sun Ce's moves now no longer gradually increase in strength, but instead form a small cycle of three moves. Within the three moves, each move is stronger than the previous one, and at the same time, the last three moves are stronger than the first three moves overall...
Not only are the moves more offensive, but the routines are also more varied. Instead of simply increasing and accumulating, they feel more like waves.
It seems that after the battle with Taishi Ci a few days ago, Sun Ce also reflected on and improved himself!
However, Taishi Ci was still able to hold on, just like when they first fought a few days ago - that is to say, as Sun Ce improved, Taishi Ci was also improving.
"Very good! You are worthy of being the one I have chosen! But... you can't block my next move like this!" Sun Ce said energetically while fighting.
Taishi Ci didn't say anything, and his eyes flashed white.
After more than thirty rounds, Sun Ce had already improved to the level of the previous Hundred Folds... It seems that this small three-fold wave can make Sun Ce accumulate momentum faster!
With three times the efficiency as before, the effect of the armor glowing orange and the nodes lighting up one by one has been achieved.
"I hope you won't fall here. Take this! This is what I created after fighting with you... Long Sail Breaking the Waves!" After thirty-three folds, Sun Ce suddenly burst out.
Bai Tu's palms were sweating as he stood on the city wall.
At this moment, Taishi Ci's eyes were already white-hot. Under his gaze, the orange-red nodes on Sun Ce's armor were connected to each other, and a few of them were stained with a hint of white...
As Sun Ce's entire body armor was connected to the giant anchor, a circle of laser blades appeared faintly at the edge when it was swung - just like the full moon laser blade that appeared on Lu Bu's Fang Tian Huaji outside Qu'a City.
But at this moment, several white connecting wires entangled with each other went out one by one. At the same time, not only did the laser blade that was about to expand on the giant anchor disappear, but Sun Ce also became unable to exert force smoothly...
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taishi Ci also stabbed Sun Ce in the open chest, and Sun Ce's huge anchor had already struck across !
At this moment, both sides knew that if they continued, there was a 50% chance that both sides would perish, 30% that Sun Ce would win miserably, and 20% that Taishi Ci would win narrowly.
Fortunately, at this critical moment, Taishi Ci thought of his duty - if he died here together with Sun Ce, not only would he be unable to protect his lord in the future, but... once Sun Ce died here, Zhou Yu would definitely ignore all attacks, which would only bring danger to Bai Tu.
As soon as he thought of this, the white light in Taishi Ci's eyes disappeared slightly, and at the same time, he turned the tip of his spear and did not collide with Sun Ce head-on. Instead, he used the force to deflect Sun Ce's attack. At the same time, both of them were repelled by each other's force and retreated a distance.
"What is this move called?" Sun Ce asked.
After a moment's hesitation, Taishi Ci replied, "Strike the Void."
Taishi Ci's original martial arts philosophy was to "avoid the strong and attack the weak". He would find out the opponent's strengths and weaknesses through fighting and observation, and then launch targeted attacks.
After the previous battle with Sun Ce, Taishi Ci gained a new understanding of martial arts. It was no longer just about observing the reality and illusion, but also about creating "illusions" for the opponent. Therefore, there was no more "avoid the reality" and it was just named "attack the illusion"!
"Hahaha...Okay! Ziyi, if you surrender to me, I will treat you as a national hero. I also promise not to harm the life of Bai Tu, who you are guarding!" Sun Ce said excitedly.
He did not even consider the possibility of creating discord and directly told Taishi Ci to surrender.
"Hmph, has your brain been beaten to a pulp?" Taishi Ci said disdainfully.
At this time, Bai Tu on the tower also spoke up: "Sun Bofu, if you abandon Yuan and come to me, I will definitely entrust you with the important task of leading an army. Within five years, I will use all the power of Yangzhou to help you avenge your father's blood. If you don't betray me, I will never doubt you. If you break this oath, God will hate you!"
Lu Kang, who was standing by, felt somewhat embarrassed by Bai Tu's blatant declaration that he would use public resources for personal gain and to avenge Huang Zu, who was also an official appointed by the imperial court.
If it were someone else, at any other time, even if it was his superior, Lu Kang would definitely have scolded him, but this time... Lu Kang decided to pretend he didn't hear it.
"Oh, you are so arrogant. I will surrender to you?" Sun Ce said with disdain, then turned around and went back to the military camp, knowing that Taishi Ci would not fight again.
Sun Ce was still thinking about using the force to destroy Bai Tu and occupy Jiangdong, so he naturally had no feelings about joining Bai Tu.
He had no choice but to surrender to Yuan Shikai before. After all, Sun Jian had just passed away, and Sun Ce was still young. He had no soldiers or food, and there was Huang Zu, a stumbling block in his base camp in Changsha County, so he could not go back at all.
He had no choice but to continue to stay under Yuan Shu's command. If Sun Jian and Yuan Shu were more of a cooperation and alliance, with Yuan Shu being the "leader", then when Sun Ce stayed under Yuan Shu's command, he would have been completely strangled by Yuan Shu.
As long as Yuan Shu doesn't agree, Sun Ce will only have a few thousand veteran soldiers, and even his food and grass supplies will have to rely on Yuan Shu...
At the same time, Yuan Shu was also afraid of the potential of Sun Ce's troops, and had only used them throughout. From being the prefect of Jiujiang to the prefect of Lujiang, he never fulfilled his promise, for fear that Sun Ce would become too powerful.
On the fifth day, after repelling another attack by Sun Ce in Shucheng, there was finally news that the central army led by Zhou Yu was approaching!
