After half a month, Yuan Shu came to Wancheng again, but the situation was very different. It was so miserable.

Being defeated by Cao Cao outside Xinye City completely collapsed the confidence of Nanyang's powerful men in him. In the past, they just ignored Yuan Shu and refused to pay for money and now they simply refused to let Yuan Shu enter the city. Not only that, they also gathered their troops to help Cao Cao defend the city and fight Yuan Shu to the end.

This is what it means to tear the face and break completely. It is like a loud slap in the face, slapping hard on Yuan Shu's face.

This made Yuan Shu furious and wished he could kill into the city, cut off the heads of those people, and hang them one by one on the top of the city to show his public. But he himself knew that with more than 10,000 people, let alone siege the city, whether he could set up a formation was a question. As soon as the war drum sounded, no one could guarantee that the sword in their hands would be aimed at anyone. Yuan Shu didn't even dare to force himself to the city, and only dared to gather in the south of Wancheng, more than 20 miles south of Wancheng, and looked at Wancheng across Meixi.

The only hope to support Yuan Shu to persevere is that Sun Ce will break through the manors of various families as soon as possible, plunder their money, grain and hostages, and force the people in the city to submit. Sun Ce made an appointment before leaving for ten days, but just on the third day, Yuan Shu couldn't help but send someone to Hejia Manor to check the situation.

Thirty miles back and forth, the knight could arrive in one hour, and the knight sent the news back that night.

Sun Ce was reorganizing the army, and 4,000 people were reorganized into 2,500 people.

Yuan Shu jumped up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he suspected that something was wrong with his ears. What he was most worried about now was the lack of troops and wished he could drop tens of thousands of soldiers from the world. Sun Ce actually had the intention to reduce his troops, so don't give it to me.

Yuan Shu regretted it a little. The boy was a teenager. Sun Ce was too young, he had no hair on his lips and was not doing things well. He wanted to send someone to replace Sun Ce immediately, but when he thought that he had praised Sun Ce before, he was almost out of the blue. If he had made a comeback now, it would be impossible to say that, and with Sun Ce's violent temper, he would suddenly seize his troops, which would be angered by his bad temper.

Fortunately, it was only ten days. Yuan Shu bit his teeth a few times and stamped his feet for a long time, and decided to wait. If Sun Ce could not complete the task within ten days, he would definitely replace him.

Although he decided to wait for Sun Ce for a few days, Yuan Shu couldn't feel completely relieved and sent knights to care about Sun Ce every day to check the progress.

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Sun Ce sat on the horse's back and looked at the busy Huang family father and daughter, feeling full of accomplishment.

A famous scholar was guided to become an engineer by him, and this sense of accomplishment was indescribable. Even though this famous scholar was not a famous scholar in the traditional sense and had always been more interested in the work of craftsmen like machinery than ordinary people, Sun Ce felt that he had not worked in vain in the past few months.

Not to mention that Huang Chengyan brought a group of apprentices when building the giant stone thrower, and his team of engineers has begun to take shape.

"Let it go!" The flag bearer gave the order, and a big man swung the hammer in his hand and hit the mechanism. The mechanism fell, and the heavy counterweight fell, and the long hanger threw more than 100 kilograms of stones into the sky. The stone flew out more than 400 steps, landing with a bang, causing the earth to tremble, with amazing momentum. Although it was still seventeen or eighteen steps away from the target, the accuracy was enough to satisfy Sun Ce.

As soon as the stone landed, a group of people took action. Some carried the stone onto the ox cart and pulled it back to the position of the stone thrower. Some pulled the rope to measure the distance from the landing point to the target and reported the numbers loudly. Some held wooden boards and ink, responded loudly while recording.

"Shi Yuan, remember what you saw today." Sun Ce pointed at the busy crowd with a horse whip. "A note will be left in history books in the future."

Pang Tong held the reins of the horse and smiled politely, but didn't say anything. Sun Ce was a little dissatisfied with this naughty child. He was not old and his thoughts were so stubborn.

"Don't you believe it?"

Pang Tong scratched his head, and although he was a little nervous, he still insisted on his opinion. "General, I don't know if the history books in the future will record such things, but the history books I have read have not recorded such things."

"That's because the previous history books were not comprehensive and the things were too simple to remember."

"The saints value subtle words and great meanings, but not art."

Sun Ce turned his head and stared at Pang Tong. "Is the saint you are talking about Confucius?"

"nature."

"The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, can there be Lu?"

"The State of Lu died early because Duke Lu did not use the words of the saints."

"You..." Sun Ce was speechless for a moment, and was so angry that he was angry. His eyes rolled and he turned angry and smiled. "By the way, has Achu bullied you recently?"

"No." Pang Tong put away his smile and his skin was tense.

"Don't pretend, I know you have any objections to her. This way, you fight. If you win her, she will not dare to bully you in the future. If you lose, stay away from her in the future and don't make things boring."

"I am a dignified man and can't fight with women."

"Is it impossible to fight?"

Pang Tong blushed. "General, I am a man, she is a woman. I am thirteen and she is eleven. In terms of size, I am still one head taller than her. How could I not beat her? Don't joke, General."

Sun Ce laughed and said, "You are older than her and taller than her, but don't forget that she has golden silk armor on her body and sharp blades on her hands. What are you going to use to fight her? A roll of spring and autumn, or a tongue that is not bad?"

Pang Tong raised his head in surprise. "General, you... isn't this too unfair?"

"What's wrong with it? The golden silk and brocade armor was designed by her own, and the sharp blade was created by the Cai family, and it has nothing to do with your Pang family. Since the two families are competing, I can't ask her to give you these, right? But you don't have to be afraid. She has skills, but you have Tao, right? The saint values ​​subtle words and great meanings, and it's Tao, not art."

Sun Ce said, shouting, "Achu, Achu..."

Huang Yueying, who was recording data in the distance, heard this and turned around and looked. Sun Ce waved hard, and Huang Yueying handed the things in her hand to someone else and walked over quickly. Sun Ce said loudly: "Shi Yuan said..."

Before he finished speaking, Pang Tong's face changed drastically, and he turned around and ran away. "General, I remembered that I still haven't finished my studies, so I'll go back first." As he said that, he took a big step and ran away wildly.

Huang Yueying walked up to Sun Ce and looked at Pang Tong's agile figure as if he was taking off a rabbit, for no reason. "General, what's wrong with him?"

"He is anxious." Sun Ce laughed. "I have recorded so much data, have you found anything?"

Huang Yueying raised her eyebrows lightly and her little face turned slightly red. "What, the general has also discovered it, discuss it? What are you going to bet this time?"

"Okay, no matter what you want to bet, I will accompany you." Sun Ce blinked. "I don't believe that I will lose all the time. God always wants me to win once, right? As long as I win once, I can win back all the things I lost to you before, and by the way, a smart and beautiful companion read."

Huang Yueying twisted her body, wrinkled her nose, and snorted softly: "I'm afraid you don't have that ability."

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