Sun Ce did not break his promise, and the next day he made a statement to Sun Jian, sending Sun Fu to pick up Han Dang and Cheng Pu, and Zhou Yu took over his vacant position.

Sun Jian was a little surprised, but he had no objection at all. Needless to say, Zhou Yu's family background, after one day of contact, Zhou Yu showed his abilities that were not comparable to Sun Fu. He was much stronger than Sun Fu's counselor.

For Sun Ce, arranging Zhou Yu by Sun Jian can basically ensure that Sun Jian will not be alone, and Zhou Yu can also take the opportunity to become a general who is independent as a military person as soon as possible. No matter how smart a person is, he must have the opportunity to learn and practice. Generals cannot be refined by reading two military books. Zhuge Liang is an outstanding military strategist in the Three Kingdoms, but he shines in the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms, and in the last few years of his life. If Liu Bei could have him commanded his troops to fight earlier, the Three Kingdoms might be another situation.

He quietly replaced the people around Sun Jian. Sun Ce volunteered to accompany Sun Fu to pick up Han Dang and Cheng Pu. Sun Fu had limited abilities and was difficult to stand alone. He did not have any problems in doing specific things, and it was just right for him. What's more important is that the location he chose was Yuliangzhou. On Yuliangzhou, there was a famous hermit Pang Degong in Xiangyang. To deal with such a famous scholar, he was the only one who was suitable for him.

Sun Jian was very satisfied and chose a hundred Yicong to Zu Mao, who was responsible for Sun Ce's safety. These Yicong were all Huai Si Rangers and Wu Yue Swordsmen. They were the most elite infantry under Sun Jian's command and the strength he had accumulated over the years. Zu Mao was not simple. He was the person who was killed by Hua Xiong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to protect Sun Jian's escape. However, in real history, he not only did not die, but also lived well. He was one of Sun Jian's confidants, who led Sun Jian's Yicong with Han Dang.

Zu Mao’s loyalty is undoubtedly able to replace death with his own life. With such a warrior protection, Sun Ce’s safety will be basically guaranteed. Even if he encounters danger, he will have a chance to escape.

Sun Ce, with Sun Fu and two thousand soldiers, bid farewell to Sun Jian and Zhou Yu and left the camp.

Going south along the Qingshui River, less than five miles is Wankou where Qingshui is injected into Mianshui. There are three small sandbanks at Wankou. The small sandbanks face south, the river channel becomes flat and the water flow becomes slower. Years of sediment have formed a large sandbank, which is Yuliangzhou. The north of Yuliangzhou is round and the south is sharp and thin, like a fish back, so it is named Yuliangzhou. It is more than ten miles north and south, five or six miles east and west, and facing Xiangyang City to the west. However, Xiangyang City is still ten miles away from the west bank of Mianshui. Liu Biao's protection center is in Xiangyang City and Fancheng north of Mianshui. The east defense line is only on the west bank of Mianshui, and no troops are deployed on Yuliangzhou.

Although the Mian River was not as shallow as it could be wading, Sun Ce did not encounter any trouble. Sun Fu arranged for people to build more than a dozen wooden rafts and easily transported more than 2,000 people to Yuliangzhou. They did not hide their intentions. Once they entered the continent, Sun Fu led his people to camp in the west of the continent, so the Xiangyang army on the west bank of the Mian River quickly noticed their appearance and immediately reported it to Liu Biao.

Sun Ce didn't care what Liu Biao would react. After going to the continent, he went directly to Pang De's house.

Pang De Gong’s family is not big, it is just an ordinary small house with two in front and three in the left and right, and there are mulberry trees around it. It is late autumn and early winter, and the leaves of the mulberry trees have fallen off, leaving only bare branches. When Sun Ce came to the door, the door was open, but no one was there. Sun Ce knocked on the door for a long time and went out to greet Pang De Gong’s son Pang Shanmin.

Pang Shanmin was about his early twenties and looked weak, but his arrogance was not weak at all. He looked up and down at Sun Ce, then looked at Yi Cong led by Zu Mao behind Sun Ce, and frowned inadvertently.

"General is..."

"Sun Ce from Jiangdong." Sun Ce smiled slightly. "My father is the general who runs the despotic captives and leads the governor of Yuzhou Sun Jian and Sun Wentai. Pang Jun should have heard of it."

Pang Shanmin snorted: "Kill the General Sun of the Governor of Jingzhou, Wang Rui, and the General Sun of Nanyang Prefect Zhang Zi?"

"Random!" Zu Mao was furious and shouted loudly, drawing out half of the long sword in a flash.

Pang Shanmin was indifferent, like a mud-wound puppet. Sun Ce waved his hand and signaled Zu Mao to withdraw his knife. He had long estimated this situation. The things Sun Jian did seemed to be happy, but the impact was very bad. It would be boring to seize the soldiers and kill people by tracing them. Celebrities from aristocratic families asked each other and liked to express their opinions, which easily formed bad public opinion. Whether the truth was the truth was not important, what was important was the attitude, and what was important was the camp.

"That's right, my father not only killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, but also killed Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang. What Pang Jun heard was not a lie, but was just incomplete."

"Is that true? I wonder what heroic deeds of General Sun have?"

"Do you know that my father defeated the Xiliang army of the rebel Dong Zhuo and regained Luoyang?"

Pang Shanmin raised his eyebrows and said speechless.

"Do you know that my father cleaned up the tombs of Mount Mang and buried the excavated bones of the emperors?"

Pang Shanmin showed some embarrassment and didn't know how to answer.

"Do you know if my father swept away the Great Han Dynasty ancestral temple and worshipped the Ethereal Prison?"

Pang Shanmin was angry by Sun Ce's repeated remarks and retorted: "Sun Jun said that he was famous for Lingzun, but the village man in the mountain village had limited knowledge and did not know the authenticity of what Sun Jun said, and he was not interested in discussing Lingzun's great achievements with Sun Jun. Please go back." As he said that, he retreated to the threshold and reached out to close the door.

Sun Ce was prepared, so he took the lead and reached out to hold the door. His strength was not comparable to that of Pang Shanmin. He held it easily with one hand. Pang Shanmin couldn't close the door with his strength. He was so angry that his face turned blue and shouted loudly: "Mr. Sun, are you a visitor's way?"

Sun Ce smiled. "You heard that you are disrespectful to my father. I will defend you. If you are poor, you will have to leave the door to thank the guests. Is this a way to treat guests? Besides, I am not here to visit you. Why are you anxious? As the saying goes, insulting parents is an enemy. You say my father is not. Even if I kill you now, no one can say anything about me, right?"

Pang Shanmin's face changed drastically, and he stared at Sun Ce and looked again and again. "Sun Jun's military officers are brave and have great martial arts skills. If you want to kill, you can kill them. Why do you have to find so many reasons?"

"My father killed someone, he only asked right and wrong, and did not make verbal disputes. I am a little different. If I kill someone, I like to be convinced." Sun Ce slowly pulled out the long knife from his waist, stretched out a finger, picked out the long knife from Zu Mao's waist with the tip of the knife, and handed it to Pang Shanmin. "You are disrespectful to your father, and I want to duel with you. Do you dare to fight?"

Pang Shanmin was stunned and stared at Sun Ce, stammering several times. He clearly wanted to curse people, but he didn't know what to curse.

Duel? If you want to kill someone, kill them. What excuses do you make? Pretend to be a gentleman?

Zu Mao, behind Sun Ce, secretly picked a thumbs up. Just talking about this, the major general is better than the general, and he kills people with justification and nothing to say. Revenge for his father, the Spring and Autumn Period is righteous, let alone the challenge of being upright. Not to mention this stupid scholar, even if the great scholar Zheng Xuan came, he could only say the word "convinced".

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