Chapter 404
Chapter 404
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Sun Ce returned to Jianye, the very center of Jiangdong while the war continued to rage on at Jiangxia . His army continued to suffer heavy casualties from the war . Normally, he should have been at the front lines but this time, he had no choice but to return .
This is because his mother Lady Wu had requested his return . The moment he returned the received a tongue-lashing . The cause for this is that his sister had gone missing . This woman has been a source of headache for Sun Ce . A woman, especially those from a prominent should learn feminine arts such as needlework or better yet, learn nothing, as it is a woman’s virtue to have no talent . Instead, she learned the art of war . Part of this was Sun Ce’s fault . His father left them early, and the mother needed to raise three children on her own . In the end, he, the elder brother ended up replacing the father .
However, when Sun Ce worked for Yuan Shu, he was continuously on edge as he had to think of a way to separate himself from Yuan Shu . All of that ended up making him neglecting to educate his younger sister properly . Meanwhile, his mother paid more attention to Sun Quan . As Sun Ce needed to also take care of her, he did not bother to keep her away from the discussions between himself and the other old generals . In the end, his sister ended up being influenced and interested in such things .
By the time Sun Ce wanted to educate her properly, it was already too late . The girl had already gone mad . The moment she looks at war books, she would immediately turn silent . She also learned how to fight from somebody and ended up as strong as a second grade warrior . Sun Ce wanted to marry her off but nobody dared to be wed to such a powerful woman .
Sun Ce was helpless and had to continue raising his treasured sister . If he could make a magnificent Jiangdong, he could definitely support his sister . That was why he was very generous when giving his sister money for her expenses . However, his sister did not buy clothes or cosmetic . She bought weapons and even taught her servants how to fight, turning them into a female squad . Sun Ce did not know whether to laugh or cry .
Sun Ce managed to endure all that has happened so far . However this time, he could not accept it . It was not the first time his sister had ran away from home . The last time she did that, she went to Liu Bei to see what war was like . Fortunately, she had disguised herself and went together with the envoy . That was why Liu Bei found out about her identity and dispatched people to escort her back to Jiangdong .
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This time, she once again went to Yangzhou, wanting to join the army . However, the army in question was Liu Mang’s Army . Liu Mang and Sun Ce were mortal enemies and yet Sun Ce’s sister wants to join Liu Mang’s Army . What is going on? Most importantly, how was a woman supposed to join the army?
Now Sun Ce’s mother was raging . She demanded that Sun Ce bring back his sister within several months or she would no longer think of him as her son .
“Milord! Shouchun really does have a female barracks!” Zhang Zhao softly told Sun Ce .
“Do you think I need you to tell me that?” Sun Ce roared back in anger . Sun Ce was already annoyed so Zhang Zhao was simply asking for trouble by saying that . After all, Zhang Zhao was the one tricked by Yang Hong and caused them to lose Sanjiangkou . Sun Ce was already very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhao, only forgiving Zhang Zhao for that mistake because Zhang Zhao was good at internal politics . This time, Sun Ce was already annoyed and Zhang Zhao only reminded Sun Ce about his own failure .
Fortunately, Sun Ce was still able to restrain himself . To him, the female barracks at Shouchun was just a joke to be mocked at . Matters regarding war and the army should just be left to men . Women can just go raise children!
Sun Ce initially thought that Liu Mang’s two thousand female troops were prostitutes . He never expected them to actually be real female troops . The dispatched spies had found out that these troops also trained as hard as men and the male soldiers are not allowed to approach the female barracks . Those that violate this rule would be beheaded . As two thousand soldiers was also quite a huge sum, Sun Ce’s sister decided to leave behind a letter and disappear .
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Sun Ce felt his head ache . He is not able to talk back to his mother so he would have no choice but to bring his sister back . Unfortunately, he would need to go to the barracks in Liu Mang’s territory . The only thing he felt fortunate about was that he knew where his sister was . It would be even worse if he did not even know where to begin looking for her .
“Lu Meng! Dispatch the Roaring Tigers1 to Shouchun and bring my sister back!” Sun Ce instructed . These Roaring Tigers were the ones led by Zhou Tai .
“Understood!” Lu Meng replied and turned to leave . He then thought of something and turned back to ask . “Milord . What if refuses to return?”
“Tie her up and drag her back to me!” Sun Ce angrily gave Lu Meng a permission seal allowing him to drag Sun Ce’s sister back home by force if needed .
“This subordinate accepts the order!” Lu Meng accepted the seal and left . With this, there would be less things for him to worry about .
Once Lu Meng has left, the matter regarding his sister could be considered settled for the moment . Sun Ce then turned his attention to his other headache inducing problems . “What is the situation at Linhuai?”
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“It is not good!” Zhang Zhao cupped his fist and reported . “We have already lost Linhuai . All that is left is Tuzhong . Qin Feng have already sent several letters requesting for help . ” Qin Feng may be a useless person but fortunately, he was one that was afraid of death . Although Linhuai is lost, Tuzhong was still standing firm .
“Zibu . Do you think Linhuai can still be saved?” Sun Ce asked . At the end of the day, Zhang Zhao was still one of the top quality strategists . His strategies would not be inferior to others .
“We can . We may have lost Linhuai but we still have Tuzhong . Tuzhong is easily guarded and hard to attack . On top of that, Qin Feng had stationed most of his troops at Tuzhong which was why he lost Linhuai . In fact, he did not suffer that many losses . The only things in Linhuai are jewelry .
Sun Ce nodded . “But if we send troops to Linhuai, we would be fighting on two fronts! This would be a big mistake in war!” Sun Ce hesitated . If he were to send reinforcements to Qin Feng, he would be fighting for Liu Mang and Liu Biao . Would Jiangdong be able to do it?
“Milord . We would be fighting on two fronts but so would Liu Mang!” Zhang Zhao replied . “Our scouts report that Liu Mang had also dispatched his troops to Xinye . ”
“Xinye? Does he want to start a war against Liu Biao?” Sun Ce asked in interest . If Liu Mang and Liu Biao were to fight each other, he would welcome it greatly especially since both of them were his enemies .
“It is not Liu Biao but Liu Bei . Liu Mang had sent his envoys to Jingzhou but the envoys were killed by Liu Bei’s envoy, Pang Tong . ” Zhang Zhao corrected his Lord .
Liu Bei and Liu Mang were enemies and they both needed provisions . That was why Liu Mang would not go after Liu Biao
“Liu Bei?”
“Regardless of who Liu Mang ends up fighting, he would also be fighting on two fronts . That is why Milord must send troops to retake Linhuai and also to gain the support of the people!”
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1 . I forgot the name of Zhou Tai’s troops and the Pegasus already stopped farting so I couldn’t check .