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Regardless of whether it was Cheng Pu's army heading south from Spring Valley or Gan Ning's army taking a detour, the road to Wanling could not bypass the Lujiang River. This Lujiang River was not Lujiang County on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but a large river that traversed the north and south in Danyang.

Therefore, Xuancheng County, located on the east bank of the Lujiang River, is particularly important at this time.

Cheng Pu occupied Xuancheng first, not only using it as a rear base to attack Wanling, but also blocking the connection between the Jingzhou army and the Wanling rebels, thus completely isolating the Wanling rebels.

If Gan Ning occupies Xuancheng first, then he and Wanling will be able to fight each other. At that time, he can attack when he advances, and he can defend when he retreats. He will be invincible.

Cheng Pu's army went down the Lujiang River, and undoubtedly reached Xuancheng faster than the Gan Ning army who took the mountain path. Fortunately, Gui Lan and Dai Yuan also knew the importance of Xuancheng and sent troops to station in advance.

Huang Gai from the front of Cheng Pu led the troops to travel day and night, traveling nearly [-] li, and was the first to kill Xuancheng.

Looking at the other side from a distance, he saw that the gate of Xuancheng was closed tightly, and the walls were lined with armored soldiers. Huang Gai knew that Xuancheng had fallen into the hands of thieves, so he couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Huang Gai did not stay where he was waiting for Cheng Pu's army. He personally led the soldiers and ventured across the river. There was a commotion in Xuancheng, but he did not go out to intercept.

Seeing this, Huang Gai sighed again, although his troops were elite, there were only over a thousand of them. He was absolutely sure of defeating the rebels in a wild battle, but he was not strong enough to attack the city.

Reluctantly, the rebels could not defend themselves, Huang Gai had no choice but to drive directly to the city, understanding it with reason and emotion, and tried to persuade the rebels in the city to turn around.

Since Huang Gai accompanied Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong, he spent most of his time in Danyang County. During this period, he successively served in various counties.However, most of the defending troops in Xuancheng were from Guilan's trilogy, and even if Huang Gai spoke out, it would be difficult to persuade the defenders to surrender.

A few hours later, Cheng Pu arrived with his army. After meeting Huang Gai, he bypassed Xuancheng and headed for Wanling without stopping at all.

The reason why Cheng Pu left in such a hurry was because Huang Gai's scouts discovered the traces of the Jingzhou Army dozens of miles west of Xuancheng. If he did not leave at this time, he would wait for the Jingzhou Army to arrive and join forces with the Xuancheng rebels, and the situation would be over. Passive.Moreover, Cheng Pu's first task was to recapture Wanling and set foot under the walls of Xuancheng. Wouldn't this mean that he was abandoning his roots and chasing the weak?

Not long after Cheng Pu left, the vanguard of the Jingzhou Army appeared on the west bank of the Lujiang River. The leader was Wei Yan who was the vanguard of the army, and Gui Lan's younger brother Gui Zheng was also among them as a guide.

Gui Zheng was the third most powerful figure in Gui Lan's faction after Gui Lan and Dai Yuan. As soon as he appeared, the Xuancheng garrison had no doubts anymore and immediately opened the city gates and went out to meet the Jingzhou army.

Gan Ning's army arrived in Xuancheng before sunset. Both Gan Ning and Wei Yan were strong-willed people. After discussing with each other, they agreed that Xuancheng must be fully controlled by their own side, so nearly a thousand defenders of Xuancheng were incorporated into the army. Take it to Wanling.Gan Ning left [-] elite soldiers to guard Xuancheng, and set up another battalion on the west bank of the Lujiang River to defend the rear.

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Wu Jun, Wu County, attacked the general's mansion.

"This is Sun Quan who is going to die!" Sun Quan sighed in despair after receiving the sad news that his third brother Sun Yi was assassinated and Danyang rebelled.

"Uncle Bi, I have warned you a long time ago, I have warned you a long time ago... Gui Lan and Dai Yuan have different ambitions, and they seem to be good and evil. You should execute them instead of staying by your side. Why are you so angry?" Do not listen?!"

As Sun Quan spoke, tears welled up in his eyes, and he fell into deep regret.

This tragedy could have been avoided.After Sun Quan executed Sheng Xian, he had learned from his elder brother Sun Ce's mistakes and deliberately killed all his associates and close associates to avoid future troubles.

If Sun Yi hadn't insisted on pleading for mercy, Gui Lan and Dai Yuan would definitely have escaped death.

Sun Quan regretted that he was not decisive enough at the time and did not insist on his own opinion, which caused the third brother to suffer a disaster. At the same time, he also lamented that the frivolous and aggressive third brother should not have been appointed as the prefect of Danyang.

Sun Quan actually knew very well that his brother Xu Kun was the best candidate for Danyang Prefect. Xu Kun not only had outstanding achievements, but also served as Danyang Prefect.But Sun Ce was inevitably wary of Xu Kun, and Sun Quan was no exception, so he abandoned Xu Kun and used Sun Yi.

Looking at it now, this is undoubtedly a wrong step. If Xu Kun guarded the county, the situation in Danyang would never have deteriorated to this point.Sun Quan can only mend the situation now, appointing Xu Kun to take over as the prefect of Danyang, and ordering him to lead his troops west to discuss Wanling's rebellion.

Xu Kun had no resistance at all, and accepted the order calmly. Regarding Sun Quan, he didn't want to use him to clean up the mess until Danyang was in chaos.It's just that he and Sun Quan are cousins, and both sides are destined to prosper and lose together. Now Jiangdong is in trouble, and Xu Kun can't stay out of it. He can only temporarily put aside his personal gains and losses, and do his best to protect Jiangdong.

The situation in Danyang was critical and there was no need to delay. Xu Kun marched westward overnight, and after Sun Quan sent Xu Kun away, he recruited Zhang Hong for secret discussions without stopping.

When Zhang Hong heard that Sun Quan was recruiting alone, he immediately understood what he meant and couldn't help letting out a long sigh.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Hong entered the back room, Sun Quan immediately backed away, closed the door, and said truthfully: "The Chu thieves in the east are powerful and cannot be defeated by Jiangdong alone. I want to lure Duke Cao as a foreign aid. I am willing to help you again in the east." Envoy, will you be allowed to serve as a tribute? At that time, Ji Zuo will accompany you to the east."

Although Sun Quan was young, he had great ambitions and was unwilling to submit to others. When he first attacked Jiangxia, he was defeated and returned. There were many rebels in Jiangdong. Cao Cao took the opportunity to send envoys across the river and made him a hostage. , Losing two counties in a row, the foundation was shaken, Cao Cao sent envoys again to meet the pressure, but Sun Quan still did not give in.

But this time the Jingzhou army attacked in large numbers, Danyang rebelled, and Jiangdong was in danger of overturning at any time. Sun Quan finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to take hostage as a sign of surrender in exchange for Cao Cao's help.

Ji Zuo is the cousin of Sun Quan's fourth younger brother, Sun Kuang. Zhang Hong couldn't hide his astonishment when he heard the words. He expected that Sun Quan had the intention of taking Xu Chang as hostage, but he only thought that Sun Quan would send his younger brother Sun Lang. Brother Sun Kuang.

Sun Quan said with a bitter look on his face: "My elder brother and third brother passed away one after another, and I only have the fourth brother left. If I had a choice, I would not be willing to send my fourth brother away. However, Alang is neither his legitimate son nor heard of, even if Sending it to Xuchang is not enough to show sincerity, only the fourth younger brother can move Duke Cao, and I hope Dongfang can understand Gu's painstaking efforts."

"General's heart, Hong knows all about it, and is willing to escort Marquis Wucheng to Xu Zhigong." Zhang Hong fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, as if saying goodbye, because he knew that after he left, he might never have the chance to return to Jiangdong.

The next day, Zhang Hong and Sun Kuang set off to the north, accompanied by more than a hundred people. However, when they arrived at Dantu, they could only look at the river and stop. Suddenly appearing on the river in Wu County, this scene made everyone's faces change drastically, as if falling into an ice cave.