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Chapter 514: Hongmen Banquet, Lu Xun's Speculation
Zhang Fei, who was holding Sun Ce, sneezed twice for no apparent reason.

Gu Rubing looked at Zhang Fei strangely. What was going on? Could a legendary general catch a cold in this weather?
"Third brother, have you caught a cold?"

Zhang Fei rubbed his nose in confusion and said.

"No, I'm hot all over. How could I catch a cold from this little wind? I just don't know why I keep sneezing."

As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, he hit two more.

At this time, Gu Rubing couldn't help but think of a modern saying: One thought, two scoldings, and three colds. It means that if you sneeze once, someone is thinking about you, two sneezes mean someone is scolding you, and three sneezes mean you have a cold.

Then Gu Rubing took another look at Sun Ce who was held in Zhang Fei's hand, and suddenly it became clear in his mind. Although there was no way to be sure, this was the only possible situation. Gu Rubing was a little helpless, and then he didn't care.

Go ahead and hit me, it's just two sneezes, nothing else.

Then, all the way from the northern part of Nanyang County to Jiangxia County, Zhang Fei kept refreshing Sun Ce's coma time and kept sneezing.

With the help of Zhang Fei's speed, they soon arrived at Jiangxia County City. It gets dark early in winter, the sun has begun to set in the west, and the temperature has become a little lower.

Zhang Fei kept sneezing along the way.

Standing on the hillside west of Jiangxia County, looking from afar, one can see that the entire Jiangxia County is in ruins, and there are bonfires burning under the city walls. The fuel for those bonfires is the endless corpses nearby, and the fat that has not yet completely decayed.

The crackling sound of the grease burning in the fire made the battlefield, which was already littered with corpses, look even more desolate.

They did not rush into the city rashly. Gu Rubing clearly remembered the female army under Shi Xie that used poison as a weapon. On the way to Jiangxia, Gu Rubing figured out that the reason why Sun Jian was able to conquer Jiangxia and kill Huang Zu must be because of these poison girls.

The entire Jiangxia County City was silent, like a dead city, and no activity could be seen in the city.

"Brother, I'll go and see if Brother Zilong and the others are still in the city."

As Zhang Fei said this, he was about to ride his horse forward, but was immediately stopped by Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing just shook his head firmly.

"Third brother, no, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. Acting rashly will only make us more passive. Even if Sun Jian wins a great victory, it is impossible for him to devour an army of more than 200,000 in one day."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei no longer wanted to go forward alone, and followed Gu Rubing obediently.

Just as Gu Rubing was deep in thought, he suddenly heard a loud roar from a distance.

"who?!"

Following the sound, I saw several Bai Li soldiers coming towards me with a man tied up. The man was holding a flag tightly in his hand, with two big words written in blood on it: Envoy.

"Let him come over."

Gu Rubing waved to the people in the distance, indicating that they should bring him over. After the man was brought in front of Gu Rubing by the Bai Li soldiers, the first words he said were.

"When two countries are at war, envoys are not killed. I am here to deliver an invitation to His Royal Highness King Lie. General Huang Zhong is currently visiting our military camp. My lord asked me to deliver an invitation to you, inviting you to come and have a chat."

Gu Rubing did not move. A discerning Bai Li soldier snatched the invitation from the messenger and handed it to Gu Rubing, who then took it.

After opening it and roughly browsing it, Gu Rubing couldn't help but frowned slightly. He just heard the messenger say that only Huang Zhong was with them, so Gu Rubing was a little surprised. What about Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Wei Yan and others? Where did they go?
Just as Gu Rubing expected, Sun Jian only mentioned Huang Zhong in the invitation.

Since he was not captured by Sun Jian, that was the best outcome. Gu Rubing didn't consider anything else and threw the invitation back to the envoy.

"Go back and tell your lord that I will be there on time at 12:00 p.m."

After getting Gu Rubing's promise, the messenger saluted Gu Rubing and turned away, as if staying here for one more second might cost him his life.

After the messenger left, Gu Rubing said to the deputy general of the Bai Li soldiers behind him.

"Set up camp and settle down here. We will go meet Sun Jian at night."

Zhang Fei raised his hand and knocked Sun Ce, who had just shown signs of waking up, unconscious again with a knife, and then he sneezed twice.

"Brother, I'll go with you tonight. That old man Sun Jian has obviously sent someone to wait for you here. I'm afraid things won't end well tonight."

"Okay, I can feel at ease with you here."

Gu Rubing nodded slightly.

Tonight is destined to be a Hongmen Banquet. Apart from Zhang Fei, no one else may be able to protect himself. But with Zhang Fei here, Gu Rubing has nothing else to worry about. Sun Ce is in his hands, and Dian Wei has gone to Nanjun. Now in this world, with Zhang Fei by his side, he can be kept safe.

As the sky grew darker, Sun Quan, who had rushed back to Yangzhou from Jingzhou early, finally met Lu Xun's troops who had come to greet him.

The visitor was a deputy general under Lu Xun. He had followed Lu Xun for many years and was now a first-rate general. After meeting Sun Quan, the general told Sun Quan about the situation in Wujun in detail. After that, he came all the way to Wujun.

At this moment, the battlefield of Wujun was still in fierce fighting. Although Zhang Liao had only 5,000 cavalry, he was still fighting back and forth with 30,000 cavalry on the battlefield. Lu Xun went to the battlefield several times to stop Zhang Liao who was swimming on the battlefield, but was defeated by Zhang Liao in the end. Once, he even almost hit Lu Xun's neck with a knife and almost killed Lu Xun.

After all, Lu Xun is a Confucian general, and his combat power is far inferior to that of veteran generals like Zhang Liao. In addition, Zhang Liao's trip to the Xianbei has greatly improved his combat power, so it is not difficult to deal with Lu Xun now.

The fighting power of the 5,000 cavalry was even more astonishing. 5,000 cavalry against 30,000 cavalry, they were able to kill the 30,000 cavalry and make them flee in panic. The 30,000 cavalry could not even withstand the two waves of charge of the opponent. When the second wave of cavalry collided, the 5,000 people broke through it, forcing Lu Xun to withdraw his troops and rely on the high and thick walls of Wujun County to resist the attack of Zhang Liao and his cavalry.

Zhang Liao was even more straightforward. He bypassed the county town and headed south. In the end, it took 10,000 sailors to blow up the bridge and stop them across the river.

Seeing that he could not cross the river, Zhang Liao turned around and headed for a military town west of Wu County, ignoring the sailors in the south and the cavalry in Wu County.

But Lu Xun and his men had no choice but to let Zhang Liao and his 5,000 cavalry gallop around their old nest. It was at such an embarrassing time that Sun Quan came to Wujun.

After being brought all the way to Wu County by Lieutenant General Lu Xun, Sun Quan went to see Lu Xun without any delay. Sun Quan, who played the role of a son beside Sun Jian, finally showed the aura of the young master of Yangzhou at this time.

"Uncle, what's the situation now?"

After meeting Lu Xun, Sun Quan went straight to the point without any hesitation.

Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan in surprise. He felt that this young master seemed different. "Zhongmou, Zhang Liao is currently leading thousands of cavalry to garrison in a military town 20 miles west of Wu County. That military town is where we store food and grass. Zhang Liao's goal is to occupy it, so he must have accurate information."

"So? You lead 40,000 people. Even if you can't defeat Zhang Liao, you can still lose the important grain and grass areas?"

Sun Quan's sudden words made Lu Xun even more confused. What happened to this young master today? The two of them were playmates who grew up together. They each had their own focus. One was protected by Sun Jian when he was young and trained as a young master. The other relied on his family to go to the battlefield early. Sun Ce had led him to win many battles. This was why he was about the same age as Sun Quan, but he could become a famous general in one fell swoop.

After becoming a famous general, Lu Xun overestimated himself somewhat, so he didn't pay much attention to Sun Quan. Now it seems that Sun Quan came here just to seduce him.

"That's what the young master said."

Lu Xun bowed slightly towards Sun Quan and answered with a fist.

From this moment on, all the affection between them disappeared.

"Is Zhang Liao still in the military town?"

"exist."

"Lead all the cavalry and besiege the city! Pull all the catapults in the city here. Even if we have to smash the whole city to pieces, we must force Zhang Liao out and then kill him in one fell swoop!"

Sun Quan slammed the table with a sharp look in his eyes. This young man who had never shown any sharpness in front of Sun Jian and Zhou Yu finally took off the mask that had been covering his face and showed his true sharpness.

"Young Master, what about the people in the military town? What should we do?"

"Civilians? Where are the civilians in a military town? Aren't all the people in the military town soldiers? They paid the price of their lives to help us annihilate the enemy. In order to avenge them, we have no choice but to break into the city and then annihilate all the invading enemies!"

When Sun Quan said this, the smile on his face was a smile that Lu Xun had never seen in all the years he had known Sun Quan. It would not be appropriate to describe it as ferocious or crazy. It was more like a release after being suppressed for a long time.

Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan in surprise. He didn't expect that Sun Quan would say such a thing. When he was about to explain, Sun Quan turned his head and glanced at Lu Xun.

"Aren't all the people in that military town refugees from Yuzhang County? The useful refugees have been recruited into the army, and the rest are just refugees who will only waste food. So what if they die? It's not a pity."

Lu Xun didn't say anything else, just nodded.

Soon, the four major clans in Wu County began to mobilize, and more than a dozen catapults were transported from various places to the military town in the west of Wu County for food and fodder, preparing to capture the military town in one fell swoop.

However, before all the catapults arrived here, Zhang Liao led the remaining 4,800 cavalrymen and rushed out of the military town and charged towards Wu County. Zhang Liao's move was completely unexpected by Sun Quan and Lu Xun. They originally thought that Zhang Liao would stay in the military town, but they did not expect that Zhang Liao would take the initiative to charge out.

However, there was no regret on Sun Quan's face, only a smile.

"Since they are out, there is no need to wait any longer. I don't believe that our nearly 30,000 elite troops can't defeat their 5,000 cavalry!"

Sun Quan clenched his fists.

"General Boyan, I'll leave it to you from now on."

Lu Xun nodded slightly, with a hint of determination in his eyes. He understood that Sun Quan at this moment was no longer the Sun Quan who used to call him brother, but the young master of Jiangdong who had gradually begun to take over the military and political affairs.

"As ordered."

Lu Xun responded in a deep voice, then turned and walked out of the hall. The generals beside him hurriedly followed Lu Xun's footsteps.

"Gather 10,000 cavalry and march out of the city to fight Zhang Liao."

A deputy general behind him was very confused.

"General, our 30,000 cavalrymen are no match for Zhang Liao. If we only bring half of them, won't it be..."

The deputy general did not continue speaking. On the battlefield, it is most taboo to say something that contains prophecies, Lu Xun said in a deep voice.

"Last time, 30,000 men fought against Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao and his cavalry were extremely fierce, but our 10,000 sailors were able to stop Zhang Liao. Which is stronger, 10,000 sailors or 30,000 cavalry? Even if these 10,000 sailors can rely on the power of the water to stop them, they will definitely not be able to stop Zhang Liao."

Lu Xun did not continue speaking because his idea was too bold. He believed that the reason why Zhang Liao was able to kill their 30,000 men with only 5,000 men was because of the huge gap in troop strength, so Lu Xun took this action.

Zhang Liao's cavalry rushed out of the military town like a whirlwind and headed straight for Wu County. Their movements were swift and decisive, and they charged straight towards Wu County. Outside Wu County, there were already 10,000 cavalry waiting there.

Zhang Liao frowned slightly. He did not expect that the other side would only have 10,000 people defending the city. Five thousand people against ten thousand enemies could not trigger his characteristics at all. However, Zhang Liao did not care too much. Forty thousand eight hundred people against ten thousand people also had the advantage on his side.

The two armies engaged in a fierce battle on the plain outside Wu County. Zhang Liao's cavalry was like a sharp blade, constantly tearing apart Lu Xun's formation. Although Yang Zhou's troops had the advantage in numbers, they began to become chaotic under Zhang Liao's fierce attack.

Seeing this, Lu Xun immediately ordered his troops to make adjustments in an attempt to stabilize the situation.

Once the cavalry formation collapsed, the consequences would be disastrous. Lu Xun's command ability was fully demonstrated at this moment. He calmly analyzed the battlefield situation and continuously mobilized troops to deal with Zhang Liao's attack.

However, Zhang Liao's cavalry continued to attack Lu Xun's defense line like a violent storm. Sun Quan watched the battle from behind, feeling extremely anxious.

"Why only bring 10,000 men? Zhang Liao is clearly already exhausted, and only 10,000 men are enough to force him to this point. Why don't you take all the men out? Convey my order, all cavalrymen leave the city to join the battle!"

Sun Quan slammed into the city wall and shouted loudly to the people behind him.

The deputy general behind him dared not disobey Sun Quan's order, but also did not dare to disobey Lu Xun's order. He stayed where he was, feeling a little at a loss.

"Why aren't you going?"

Sun Quan shouted angrily, and the deputy general knelt down immediately.

"Young Master, General Lu has ordered..."

"Is he the young master or am I the young master?!"

Sun Quan roared angrily and kicked the deputy general to the ground.

"Pass my order, the whole army goes to battle!"

(End of this chapter)