Zhou Tai was carried out immediately, severely injured.
Zhou Tai, clutching his bleeding stomach, reported to Sun Ce, "Lord Wu, there is an ambush in the woods. They are dressed the same as us and speak the Lujiang dialect."
Sun Ce turned around and ordered Jiang Qin to tie up Li Shu.
Seeing that the truth had been revealed and that Sun Ce still had 5,000 men by his side, Li Shu showed no fear whatsoever.
Li Shu had already brandished his weapon, fighting against Jiang Qin while rallying those around him.
“Sun Ce, without His Majesty’s summons, led his troops into Xuchang without authorization. This is an act of treason, and everyone should intercept and execute him!”
Li Shu even made the slogans of rebellion sound quite lofty and noble.
As soon as Li Shu said this, the people around him stepped forward, and many unfamiliar faces suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.
Upon seeing this, Sun Ce swung his Overlord Spear, ready to fight.
At that moment, Sun Ce suddenly felt a pain in his chest, which slowed his movements by a fraction of an inch.
In that half-point, three unfamiliar faces emerged like ghosts, wielding cold arrows, and fired at Sun Ce from within the crowd.
Jiang Qin and Li Shu were locked in fierce combat, and the people around Sun Ce paid no attention. They were all fierce warriors who had followed Sun Ce through countless battles. They never expected that Sun Ce, with his bravery, would be hit by a stray arrow.
Sun Ce was shot in the cheek with an arrow, but he pulled it out with one hand.
Swinging his Overlord Spear, Sun Ce endured the pain and swiftly cut down the man who had fired the arrow.
At that time, Jiang Qin had already subdued Li Shu.
Li Shu's men were all arrested.
When Han Dang, Jiang Qin, and the others looked at Sun Ce again, his face was covered in blood.
Everyone should help Sun Ce return to Lujiang City immediately to heal his wounds.
Sun Ce grabbed him, saying, "Don't go back to Lujiang City! Go back to Wu Commandery. Be quick!"
At that time, Sun Ce felt a pain in his chest that was more painful than the wound on his cheek.
His face turned ashen.
The army physicians have arrived to treat Sun Ce and Zhou Tai's injuries.
Han Dang angrily said to Jiang Qin, "I will immediately ask Lord Wu for permission to lead troops back to Lujiang City and capture all the rebels in the city."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qin also wanted to do the same immediately.
When the two knelt before Sun Ce and begged him to clean up Lujiang for them.
Sun Ce's cheeks were just wrapped in thick gauze, which was still slowly seeping blood.
Sun Ce leaned against the carriage.
His chest ached terribly, making him breathe slightly heavily.
Sun Ce's face remained deathly pale.
"With this incident occurring around Lujiang City, Li Shu has already been captured, and Cao Cao and Cao Pi are inextricably linked to him. Since Li Shu dared to make a move at this time, it means he had already betrayed us. Last night, when you and I patrolled Lujiang City, you could see that although Lujiang City has a small population and its troops are not strong, it has done a good job in handling details."
I am already seriously injured. If you rashly lead your troops to attack, you may not have a chance of winning.
If morale falters further, the losses will be devastating.
Sun Ce has already suffered losses, so he will not act rashly again, but will try his best to minimize the losses.
"Li Shu betrayed us, ambushing us halfway. His crimes are undeniable. Execute him on the battlefield!"
Sun Ce warned Han Dang and Jiang Qin not to act rashly, and to publicly announce that Wu Hou was inspecting Lujiang City with his troops in order to expose Li Shu's rebellion plot.
We must not let the fact that Sun Ce is injured leak out.
And we must return to Wu County as soon as possible.
This is Sun Ce's military strategy, and also his open strategy.
Li Shu was killed.
Sun Ce left Han Dang with two thousand men to garrison outside the Phoenix Terrace Gate of Lujiang City, monitoring every move inside the city.
Jiang Qin quickly escorted Sun Ce and Zhou Tai back to Wu Commandery.
Sun Ce did a good job of keeping it a secret this time.
All that was heard throughout Jiangdong was that Sun Ce had suddenly beheaded Li Shu, left Han Dang to guard outside Lujiang City, and returned to Wu Commandery himself.
Qiao Jingjing still couldn't figure it out.
Why did Li Shu die early? Wasn't he captured by Sun Quan later because he rebelled against him?
Qiao Jing also prayed that Sun Ce's journey would be smooth. Although he failed to intercept Cao Pi and Zhang Liao, he dealt with Li Shu in Lujiang City and arranged for Han Dang to garrison it, which could be considered as clearing away potential threats in advance.
On his way back, Sun Ce had already sent a letter to Zhou Yu in Baqiu.
In his letter, Sun Ce made no mention of his injury, only instructing Zhou Yu to return to Wu Commandery to discuss the marriage of his younger sister, Sun Shangxiang.
Zhou Yu read Sun Ce's letter but still couldn't figure out why.
Even if Sun Shangxiang's marriage was of great importance, there was no need for Sun Ce to go to great lengths to invite him back to Wu County to discuss it.
Zhou Yu privately speculated that something big must have happened to Sun Ce.
After arranging the defense of Baqiu, Zhou Yu also made sure that Xiao Qiao and her two children were escorted. He then rode a fast horse back to Wu County.
Sun Ce also sent a letter to his third brother, Sun Yi.
On the way back to Wu Commandery, Sun Ce's health deteriorated day by day.
Everyone assumed that it was caused by an arrow wound to Sun Ce's cheek.
Only Sun Ce himself knew that what almost made him unable to continue this time was the old wound in his heart.
To stabilize morale, Sun Ce instructed Jiang Qin and others to conduct thorough inspections and to ensure that no information was leaked.
Until they returned to Wu County.
Sun Ce deliberately returned to the city under the cover of night.
But there were always those observant people who noticed something different about Sun Ce's return from campaigns; he always returned on horseback.
This time he returned, but instead of riding a horse, Sun Ce left in a carriage.
Some astute people are speculating that the arrogant little tyrant Sun Ce has finally been wounded.
Of course, this is just speculation.
Everyone remained remarkably calm amidst the speculation.
Upon returning to the city and his residence, Sun Ce, surrounded and shielded by soldiers, moved into his study and immediately summoned Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan, and Sun Yi.
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