Qiao Jingjing's horsemanship is not as good as Sun Ce's in a short time, but it is still acceptable.
Sun Ce gave her a fine dappled horse that could withstand hunger and thirst and had a good pace. It could travel 800 li in a day. Even when she was traveling with a group of men, she was not left far behind.
It's Zhang Zhao who can't stand Qiao Jingjing no matter what.
Every time Zhang Zhao glanced at Qiao Jingjing, the sword in his hand seemed to throb with desire, as he longed to take advantage of Sun Ce's inattention and slice off Qiao Jingjing's head.
But Qiao Jingjing had her two younger brothers and Lü Meng by her side, protecting her from all sides.
Zhang Zhao watched Sun Ce travel along the way.
In reality, Sun Ce was still the same Sun Ce, and his actions and commands were still very swift. However, because he had a woman by his side and spoiled her excessively, people lost faith in him for no reason.
These words had already spread far and wide, eventually reaching the ears of Huang Zu of Jiangxia.
Huang Zu was a brave and skilled warrior, a formidable general.
Huang Zu was able to defeat Sun Jian back then, and in recent years he has guarded Jingzhou for Liu Biao, keeping Jingzhou safe and sound, which is enough to demonstrate his ability.
A scout reported to Huang Zu that Sun Ce had launched a large-scale attack on Shaxian, with a large and imposing force including Zhou Yu, Lü Fan, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Lu Su, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Xu Kun, Han Dang, and many other troops from various regions.
However, Sun Ce's advisors, such as Zhang Zhao and other important ministers, all harbored resentment. This was because Sun Ce had brought his beloved concubine with him, and they were inseparable. He would often embrace the beauty in his arms along the way, which was annoying to watch.
Huang Zu chuckled upon hearing this information.
I disagree!
“Sun Ce is still just a greenhorn! When he first rose to power under Yuan Shu, he only had a few hundred men. Later, he grew to several thousand and besieged Lujiang City for two whole years before finally taking it down! Later, because Yuan Shu was fickle and didn’t keep his word, he transferred Sun Ce back to Shouchun and stripped him of his power.”
Sun Ce had no choice but to find another way out. Together with his uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben, he occupied Qu'a and Kuaiji, thus carving out his own territory.
This kid's downfall is that he's too young!
What kind of extraordinary creature is that Da Qiao?
Hmph, this general has seen many beauties. Has any of you ever seen this general ruin his career for a beauty? Even the cunning and shrewd Cao Mengde was brought down by Zhang Xiu of Wancheng because of a woman named Zou, resulting in the deaths of his eldest son Cao Ang and the general Dian Wei.
It's not that the woman is particularly beautiful; it's just that these young men and old folks, their blood boiling, can't resist the temptation of beauty.
Those who cannot resist beauty will never achieve great things.
Huang Zu was a veteran of countless battles, and remained steadfast and unyielding.
Huang Zu always looked down on Lü Bu in the north during those years. Although Lü Bu was already known as the most powerful general at the time, Huang Zu despised him because of his relationship with Diao Chan.
In Huang Zu's view, no matter how fierce Sun Ce was, he could not be as fierce as Lü Bu.
Back then, Lü Bu fought three opponents at once: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei. They attacked him one after another, and even the three of them couldn't gain the upper hand against him.
This Sun Ce was merely Sun Jian's son. Back then, when Sun Jian attacked Huang Zu, Huang Zu killed him instead.
Huang Zu was confident that Sun Ce would never return.
As for the beauty named Da Qiao beside Sun Ce.
They could easily tie her up and either send her to Liu Biao in Jingzhou or to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north.
It will be all right.
These men are powerful and love beautiful women.
Huang Zu is different. He is a military general who wins battles by strength. He will not be blinded by lust.
At that time, Liu Biao had already sent Liu Hu and his subordinate Han Xi, leading a spear team of 5,000 men to come and support Huang Zu.
Huang Zu also had tens of thousands of naval and infantry troops.
They waited in comfort at Shaxian for Sun Ce's main force to arrive so they could annihilate him in one fell swoop.
Along the way, Qiao Jingjing saw many mountains and rivers.
He accompanied Sun Ce through wind and rain, sleeping in the open.
Qiao Er and Qiao San were already complaining bitterly.
Qiao Jingjing, however, remained calm and composed.
If they encountered windy or rainy weather that prevented them from marching, Qiao Jingjing would take the opportunity to use the limited ingredients she had to cook delicious food for Sun Ce.
Sun Ce often gazed at Qiao Jingjing's face, feeling a deep, unwavering affection.
"Da Qiao, you are even more unafraid of hardship than I imagined."
Qiao Jingjing ladled out a bowl of fish soup and handed it to Sun Ce.
Then take the fish out and sprinkle it with chopped green onions, Sichuan peppercorns, coarse salt, and sesame oil.
"What's this talk about suffering? Now that I've married you, I naturally want the best for you."
I fear I don't have much time left.
"I have no way to repay your kindness, except for a bowl of soup and a fish."
Sun Ce sipped the delicious fish soup, glancing at Zhang Zhao in the distance, who was seething with hatred.
He made Qiao Jingjing take the blame in front of Zhang Zhao.
Qiao Jingjing laughed.
I like what I like, there's no reason needed.
If you don't like someone, you don't know how to make them like you.
"Zhang Zibu is a hypocrite. He's so self-righteous, let's just keep him in the dark."
Sun Ce reached out and gently pinched Qiao Jingjing's cheek.
Once Huang Zu is successfully captured, Zhang Zhao, being the most stubborn and slow to realize the situation, will surely have a very unpleasant expression on his face.
At his age, wouldn't he feel that his sincere heart was being played by Sun Ce?
"A man who wants to build a great career should not be stingy."
Qiao Jingjing's words were overheard by Sun Quan and Sun Yi.
Sun Yi recently watched Zhang Zhao get so angry that he tried to jump over the wall but couldn't get out; it was really entertaining.
"Sister-in-law, do you think our honey trap will fool Huang Zu?"
Qiao Jingjing just stared at Sun Laosan.
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