I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 274
The black cloud overwhelms the city and wants to destroy it.

In Xuzhou City, the atmosphere was extremely depressing. The news of Li Shimin's heavy troops suppressed the territory spread like wildfire. The people in the city were panicked.

At this moment, Liu Bei was also at a loss. Facing the current crisis-like situation, he asked with some seriousness: "Zi Zhong (Mi Zhu character), Mr. Yuan Long (Chen Deng character), has there been any news?"

"My lord, Mr. Yuanlong has been away for more than a month. I think he should have arrived in Jiangdong recently. After seeing Sun Ce, good news will come soon. Please wait patiently for a few days, my lord."

In the battle against Liu Biao last year, Sun Jian was unfortunately shot in the back by the general of Huang Zu's army and died. Sun Ce took over his father's behest and became the actual ruler of Jiangdong.

Mi Zhu saw Liu Bei's uneasiness, and continued to comfort him: "My lord, Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, inherited his father's courage and resourcefulness, and he will never stand idly by. He must know the truth of cold lips and teeth, so he will definitely send troops Come to help, no matter how bad it is, it will restrain Lu Bu's army on the front line of Guangling and Danyang, so that he will not dare to act rashly, so that General Gongsun can lead the army to rescue. We can recruit people in Xuzhou City to help defend the city, and if we stick to it for a long time, there will definitely be a turning point."

"Oh, that's all. It's very disturbing for the people of Xuzhou to suffer from this sword for nothing because of me." After speaking, Liu Bei actually covered his face and wept in pain.

Everyone was also very moved, and they all praised: "Uncle Liu Huang is really a man of benevolence and righteousness, the people of the world are saved."

Liu Bei practiced a lot of benevolent government in Xuzhou, lightly paid taxes, and made people's lives peaceful and happy. He was loved by the local people. Therefore, under Liu Bei's call and deliberate guidance, more than 2 people gathered soon and joined Pengcheng With the addition of the original [-] soldiers, there will be [-] troops in one fell swoop.

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Chen Deng went through untold hardships, and finally arrived at Jianye after many twists and turns. After all, he had to pass through the area controlled by Li Shimin, so it was not easy. Fortunately, he escaped, which made Chen Deng feel as if a god had helped him.

In fact, the truth is that as soon as Chen Deng left Xuzhou, he was targeted by Baiqisi's people, and he was able to reach Jiangdong smoothly because of Baiqisi's deliberate arrangements. It can be said that his every move has long been controlled by Li Shimin.

After meeting Sun Ce, Chen Deng spoke impassionedly, which soon caused an uproar within Soochow.

Soon after, a main combat faction headed by Zhou Yu was formed, and it was suggested that the army should go north immediately to rescue Liu Bei, otherwise if Xuzhou was lost, Jiangdong would be in danger.

The conservatives headed by Zhang Zhao proposed to stick to the foundation of Jiangdong, take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to develop and strengthen their forces, so as to guard the Yangtze River and protect themselves, and they were unwilling to confront Li Shimin, who was in the limelight.

For a while, the two sides quarreled furiously.

In the end, Sun Ce overcame all opinions and chose to go for this muddy water.

After discussing with Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others, they finally decided on a strategy. The most important purpose of this expedition is to take advantage of the fire to loot.Sun Ce has already targeted Guangling, Jiujiang, Huainan, Lujiang and other places. With the counties in Jiangbei, Jiangdong will have a strategic buffer and its power will be greatly enhanced.

Chen Deng is not stupid. He naturally knows that Sun Ce is also a person who has nothing to gain. As long as Sun Ce sends troops to solve Liu Bei's crisis, everything else is not very important. This is what he painted for Sun Ce and others early. Flatbread.

After receiving Sun Ce's personal promise, the two sides secretly agreed on a military strategy, and Chen Deng returned satisfied.Immediately let people pass the news to Liu Bei in Pengcheng and Gongsun Ce in Huaiyin first, so that they can prepare early.

Sun Ce also made a cruel heart this time, and gathered nearly 15 elite soldiers, [-] sailors, [-] infantry, and [-] warships, starting from Jianye and heading up the river to attack Guangling.

According to reports from Jiangbei spies, Lu Bu led an army of about [-] troops to Huaiyin. At this time, he was storming Xuzhou and occupied Xinhua, Taizhou and other places. Failed to break through.

"My lord, according to reports from the spies, there are only [-] tiger and ben troops stationed in Guangling, and the troops are empty. Now is the perfect time for a surprise attack. If we take down Jiangdu, our army will have a foothold, and great things can be accomplished." Zhou Yu is full of ambitions. said.

"This is God helping me. Send an order to launch a surprise attack at Maoshi tomorrow to attack Jiangdu, and we must fight it down." Sun Ce ordered decisively.

The next day, the sky was just dawning, and the fog on the river had not yet dissipated. Waves echoed on the river. In the depths of the fog, terrifying giant ships with teeth and claws were quietly dormant on the river, like a giant python with its scarlet fangs.

"Boom boom boom..." The compact and intensive drum sound suddenly exploded, and the huge energy seemed to blow away the thick fog.

The drums for the attack had been sounded, the horns were loud and clear, and all the warships were launched immediately, rushing towards the Jiangdu Water Village.

The loud sound also woke up the five thousand defenders stationed in the water village. The alert sergeant immediately blew the battle horn, and the shrill sound echoed in the water village.Only then did most of the defenders wake up from their sleep, and hurried out of the camp and rushed to the gate of the camp.

"Shhhhhhh..." The first thing to kill was the dense rain of arrows, followed by the tiger-headed warships rushing out of the thick fog and rushing towards the water village.

The [-] tiger and cardinal troops who stayed behind obviously didn't expect the enemy to launch a surprise attack. They fought back hastily, with little effect, and were overwhelmed by the enemy's arrow rain.

Seeing that the situation was in decline and it was about to be irreversible, Shuizhai General Cai Yang led [-] elite soldiers to arrive in time, and immediately reorganized his troops and began to counterattack.

The large crossbow was also pulled out, roaring and roaring, piercing the void with a majestic impact force, and smashing into the enemy ship with a "thump, boom, boom...".

Thousands of crossbowmen lit their rockets and fought back at the faintly visible enemy ships. The sky, like meteors falling, streaked with rays of light.

Both sides come and go, arrows rain all over the sky, shouting to kill and shaking the sky.

The defenders fought back vigorously, causing considerable damage to the Soochow army. The huge inertia of the large crossbow, with the momentum of thunder, dug out big holes one after another in the warships in the front row, and the rushing river flooded into the hull.

Sun Ce and the others, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation, were also very surprised. They did not expect that the enemy's combat power was so strong that they did not take advantage of the sneak attack.Although the Bingzhou Army experienced a brief panic, they played a very good defensive counterattack.

"My lord, it seems that the enemy army is indeed unprepared. Although the counterattack is fierce and fast, the chaos and disorder at the beginning cannot be wronged. However, the enemy's combat power is not bad. In the opinion of the last general, it needs to be strengthened immediately. Take down the water stronghold in one fell swoop." Zhou Yu analyzed calmly.

(End of this chapter)