The rivers overflowed!
Sun Ben and Sun Ce led Sun Jian's generals, including Huang Gai and Han Dang, to pay their respects. With these fierce generals brought into the fold, Jiangdong's tiger generals could contend with any force in All Under Heaven.
A gleam flashed in Lu Su's eyes. Now that Jiangdong had elite soldiers and valiant generals, they could begin considering plans to contest Huai-Si and seize Jingzhou.
When Kuai Yue and Huang Zhong led their navy downstream the next day, what greeted them was the Jiangdong army holding the cities and defending the river!
Kuai Yue had never imagined this.
The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
He had exhausted himself destroying Sun Jian's army and utterly routing Yuan Shu's forces, only for Jiangdong to pluck the peach that was Jiangxia Commandery.
Kuai Yue sent Huang Zhong forward to challenge them, demanding indignantly, "Does Young Master Chu's action mean Jiangdong intends to fight us in Jingzhou?"
The sight of Kuai Yue and Huang Zhong instantly brought hatred surging into Sun Ce's heart, and he was about to step forward and hurl abuse.
Lu Su whispered into Zhou Yu's ear, "Gongjin, you must keep Sun Ce in hand from now on. If you cannot, I will reunite father and son."
Zhou Yu started at these words. Lu Su was a kind, honest man, but only toward friends. He was a wise man whose equal was hard to find in All Under Heaven. Toying a brute like Sun Ce to death could hardly have been easier for him.
In Lu Su's eyes, Sun Ce was a serviceable sharp blade. When they advanced against Jingzhou in the future, Sun Ce would make a good chess piece.
Zhou Yu caught Sun Ce and whispered through gritted teeth, "Bofu,