Pang Tong was right. Something had indeed happened at Jiangdong. Initially, they should have been keeping watch of Lu Bu, preventing Lu Bu from setting out. However, they no longer had the leeway to do that. This is because Liu Biao had attacked them.

The reason for that was because Sun Ce attacked first. Liu Biao mobilized his entire army against Sun Ce. If Sun Ce did nothing, he would lose Jiangxia and may even lose Jiangdong. He had no choice but to remove the troops keeping Lu Bu in check to fight back against Liu Biao.

A huge battle went on at Sanjiangkou. Both sides suffered heavy losses in the past few days. The river was dyed red with blood. The victor had not been decided but Sun Ce still had the advantage as he controlled Sanjiangkou. As it was the largest port at Jiangxia, the Jingzhou Navy would have a hard time going down the river to attack Jiangdong. Sanjiangkou was a strategic point. Sun Ce felt regret when Zhou Yu lost it but now, he was not happy even though he got Sanjiangkou back. That is because the price of taking back Sanjiangkou had been too costly.

Sun Ce sat inside the Sanjiangkou main camp, reading the incoming reports. The more he read, the angrier he became. The other generals around him dared not make a sound. In his anger, Sun Ce crumpled the reports and threw them onto the ground.1 Only one handsome man walked up to pick up and clean the reports. He did not need to look at the reports to know what it was about. “Milord. Did Lu Bu already dispatch his troops?”

“Yes!” Sun Ce nodded. “It is not just Lu Bu. Aside from Chen Deng and the Guangling Army, the others such as the Formation Breaker and the Wolf Cavalry had also been dispatched.” Sun Ce would not have been so angry had Lu Bu only dispatch a small group of his forces. However, Lu Bu only left behind a small group and dispatched everyone else. This showed that Lu Bu was looking down on Sun Ce. The Guangling Army only had ten thousand men but they were charged with defending the whole of Lujiang. If