Sun Ce calmly accepted this group of roughly six or seven hundred cavalrymen, equipped with their own weapons and food supplies, appearing fairly formidable, much like when he took in river bandits at the Yangtze River; Sun Ce was used to having troops come to pledge allegiance.
Ma Chao looked at this scene expressionlessly; to be honest, all these years, he hadn't encountered anyone bringing troops to join him. Though six or seven hundred cavalrymen are not much in the North, the feeling of having troops pledged to you is truly exhilarating.
[Why are the people of my generation all such monstrous characters?] In Ma Chao's mind, images of Fa Zheng, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce appeared, and upon reflecting on himself, he had always thought himself dashing and fierce. Now thinking about it, indeed, sometimes you just lack the comparison.
