Chapter 48: Lord of Jiangdong
A month later, at the foot of Kuaiji City.
20,000 soldiers of Sun Ce's army surrounded the general.
Sun Ce, wearing silver armor and red robes, rode a tall horse and took a few steps forward. He pointed his spear at the top of the city and roared.
"Listen, people on the city, I am Sun Ce and Sun Bofu. Tell Wang Lang to quickly open the city and surrender, and I will spare his life. After half an hour, there is still no reply, so I will start to attack the city. If I break it,
Kuaiji, then his head will not be saved."
Wang Lang's general Yu Fan was sitting on the city tower. As soon as he heard this, he hurriedly arranged for his troops to bring Sun Ce's words to Wang Lang.
He sighed and looked at the city wall again, where many soldiers were whispering.
"That's Sun Ce? 'Little Overlord' Sun Ce? Hey, he's so majestic. Brother, do you think we can hold on?" A new recruit looked around.
"Hey! When Sun Ce raised his army from Lujiang, do you know how many people there were?"
Seeing the nervousness, excitement and curiosity on the faces of the new recruits, the veteran smiled and hid himself under the wall, wiping his longbow with a cloth. When he saw the new recruit shaking his head, he continued.
"At that time, he only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, but he defeated Liu Yao's 30,000-strong army! Later he defeated Yan Baihu and the lord's 100,000-strong army, but now more and more people are fighting. Do you think you can defend it?"
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"Is it really that powerful?" The recruit was surprised and couldn't help but shrink down and sit next to the veteran.
"You only know the awe-inspiring name 'Little Overlord', but do you know where it came from?" the veteran asked again.
When the recruit heard this, he quickly shook his head.
"Do you know Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu? He is the hero who competes with Emperor Gaozu for the world. The only difference is that the world's surname is not Liu, but Xiang."
Just now, the recruit thought that what the veteran said was a bit exaggerated. Now when he heard the allusion to this title, he immediately took a breath and asked anxiously: "Then the lord still won't surrender?"
The veteran did not answer this unanswerable question, but sighed and said to himself: "My lord thinks he wants to wait for Zhu Zhi of Chaisang to sneak attack Sun Ce's rear and force him to retreat."
"Then what if Sun Ce doesn't retreat?" the recruit said tremblingly.
"...Then Kuaiji City cannot be defended."
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Prefect's Mansion.
"when"
Wang Lang slammed a vase on the ground. He seemed to have seen himself change from a local emperor to a prisoner. No one could understand his despair. He kept shouting and cursing hysterically.
"Zhu Zhi is such a weakling! He surrendered to Sun Ce's son without even using a sword or an arrow!"
"asshole!"
"asshole!"
Everyone in the hall was as silent as a cicada.
Xu Gong hesitated for a while, then stepped forward and said: "My lord, now that the situation is over, it is better to surrender to Sun Ce in exchange for peace."
"when"
A vase hit Xu Gong on the head, causing his head to bleed.
"shut up!"
Wang Lang had a ferocious look on his face and glared at Xu Gong: "I haven't settled the account with you for your negligence in supervising food and grass! You dare to talk nonsense here! Do you also think that I can't compare to Sun Ce? You started to think about how to succeed in the future.
Are you asking for credit and reward in front of Sun Ce?"
Xu Gong ignored the bleeding on his head and hurriedly bowed: "Xu Gong received such great favor from the lord, I would never dare to think so! Xu Gong is thinking about the lord wholeheartedly!"
Wang Lang was so angry that he couldn't hear: "Think about me? Haha, I see you are already thinking about how to beg for mercy in front of Sun Ce! Come on, take this rip-off guy to the prison and wait for me
Deal with Sun Ce after you defeat him."
After giving the order, two guards came forward, lifted Xu Gong up and dragged him out of the door.
Xu Gong was so anxious that he quickly called out: "My lord, my lord! It is not a pity for Xu Gong to die, but please consider it carefully. Since Zhu Zhi has surrendered, the situation is over. It is only a matter of time before Kuaiji city is destroyed! Xu Gong is just worried about his lord's safety."
!My lord! My lord!”
"Pull it down! Pull it down!"
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After three days of fighting, Kuaiji City finally ushered in another rare night.
"Pop!" The firewood in the brazier popped out sparks from time to time and made a gentle noise, bringing a bit of noise to the silent night and convincing everyone that they were still alive.
The soft firelight shone on the faces of the soldiers, dispelling the coldness of the night.
There is no moonlight, just a sky full of stars.
There are still many broken arrowheads stuck on the city wall, and no one has cleaned them.
After the day's battle, the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted.
No one knows what will happen to Kuaiji City tomorrow?
Who else will survive tomorrow?
Everyone just wanted to lick their wounds quietly in this dark silence.
Therefore, no one noticed that the North City Gate opened quietly.
An army came in the dark night. It was too dark to see how many men and horses there were.
However, both the soldiers and the horses were covered with thick cloth under their feet, and the horses also wore cloth masks on their mouths.
An army just entered the city quietly and quietly.
"Qiang" A long sword was unsheathed, and the cold light illuminated the night.
"Don't regret those who come late. Tonight is a feast of killing! Tonight is the day to pacify Jiangdong!" Sun Ce raised the long sword in his hand and took the lead.
"Follow the Lord and kill the enemy!"
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" thousands of soldiers shouted.
The roar echoed in the empty streets, getting louder and farther away.
"Kill!" At the same time, alarming shouts of killing came from outside the city.
The roar resounded throughout Kuaiji City, making the night a little scary.
In the dark night, the rolling black torrent poured into the wide-open north gate like water.
The soldiers of Wang Lang's army who were awakened were at a loss what to do.
The city of Kuaiji was swaying in the stormy waves.
Prefect's Mansion.
"What's going on outside?" Wang Lang walked out of the room in disheveled clothes and asked urgently.
The attendants looked at each other.
Suddenly, a sergeant rolled in and said with a mournful face, "Lord, it's not good! Yu Fan surrendered to the enemy and led his men to open the north city gate! Sun Ce, Sun Ce, he has entered the city!"
The stars in the night sky can no longer be seen. The sky in Wanglang is as dark as ink, and the sky seems to have collapsed.
Wang Lang collapsed on the ground, his eyes blank: "It's over."
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Shouchun.
"What? Sun Ce captured Kuaiji and Zhu Zhi surrendered?" Yuan Shu was shocked and couldn't believe his ears. He threw the teacup in his hand angrily.
"What's going on? It was reported a few days ago that Sun Ce conquered Wu County and then retreated back to Jianye. How come Sun Ce unified Jiangdong in an instant?"
Yang Hong's expression was extremely weird. He didn't believe the news when he heard it for the first time. It was simply ridiculous.
But the scout dared to use such news to deceive himself?
They definitely don't have the guts.
"What's going on?" Yuan Shu quickly calmed down and asked.
Yang Hong secretly looked at Yuan Shu's face and said carefully: "After Wang Lang retreated to Kuaiji, he originally wanted to contact Zhu Zhi to fight against Sun Ce."
"But Zhu Zhi didn't know which muscle was wrong. Once Wu Jun was defeated, he didn't even have the courage to fight, so he crossed the river to Jianye and surrendered to Sun Ce."
"What's even more unexpected is that just a few days after Sun Ce's army surrounded Kuaiji, Wang Lang's Yu Fan, seeing that the situation was over, actually opened the city at night and surrendered. Now there are even rumors among the people in Jiangdong, saying, uh, saying...
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Yuan Shu frowned and glared at Yang Hong: "Why are you hesitating? Tell me and listen."
Yang Hong shrank his head, with a complex expression on his face, and a hint of absurdity in his voice: "People in Jiangdong say that hundreds of years have passed since Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, the Han Dynasty collapsed, and Jiangdong may... maybe, it will go out again.
A king."
Yuan Shu sighed and couldn't help but think of Sun Jian, and couldn't explain how he felt.
He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and murmured: "Sun Jian, Sun Jian, when you were still here, I fought with you openly and secretly, but in the end, you died without knowing it before I even fought you."
"If you die, you should die. You have given birth to a good son to trouble me. Cao Cao once said, 'Having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou'. Alas, I think that if there is a son like Sun Bofu, he will rest in peace even if he is afraid of death.
You are probably smiling now."
Chapter completed!