Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 129 123. Second Anger at Sun Quan
"My... My King, something terrible has happened..."

Chaisang, the temporary palace of King Wu of Wei, the bad news flew to the place where King Wu of Wei was like wings.

The messenger ran into the palace in a hurry. He had just returned from the front line where General Sun Shao was, and the news he brought was not good news.

"Where's the news from?"

Sun Quan stood up quickly, very worried that he would hear bad news again.

"Your Majesty, it is...it is news from Dongting Lake."

The messenger looked grim and whispered the situation on the front line. It was no secret that the Han army had assembled at Dongting Lake before, so Sun Quan knew that Xu Sheng and his men were heading towards Dongting Lake.

In Sun Quan's opinion, the previous Battle of Yiling was a land battle, while the battle in Dongting Lake was mainly a naval battle. The Eastern Wu navy was the best in the world. Even if the Han army was large in numbers and powerful, there should be no problem in defending Dongting Lake, right?

Just like Cao Cao tried to invade the south several times, but was blocked by the Eastern Wu and could not move forward.

Of course, Lujiang County and what Cao Wei now calls Huainan County, which is the former Jiujiang County of the Eastern Han Dynasty, were naturally under the rule of Cao Cao. After all, it was still a bit difficult for Dongwu to defend the land north of the Yangtze River.

"How is Dongting Lake? Any news?"

Sun Quan looked terrified, like a poor student who knew he was not well prepared but went to take the exam anyway, and then waited for the results to come out.

"Yes... yes, when I set out from Jiangxia, I already knew that the Han navy had already gone down the river and captured Zhouling. General Sun Shao found out that a few days ago, General Xu Sheng and his men had a great battle with the Shu army in Dongting Lake, and our army... our army... our army was completely wiped out, with only a thousand people escaping back to Zhouling, Shaxian and other places."

"Pfft! Xu Wenxiang misled me! Xu Wenxiang misled me!"

When Sun Quan heard the news from the messenger, he couldn't help but get angry and spit out a mouthful of blood. A thin blood mist flew onto the floor tiles of the palace.

"Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of yourself. We are united as one in Jiangdong, and Cao Wei is watching us covetously. I don't think the Shu army will be able to cross our line even a step."

Bu Zhi, who was standing by, saw that his king was so angry that he vomited blood, so he hurried out to comfort him.

Sun Quan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at the messenger with burning eyes, and shouted sternly:

"Do you know the details of the battle at Dongting?! My Dongwu naval force of 30,000 will meet the Shu army of 50,000 at Dongting. Even if we are defeated in a land battle, can the Shu army still defeat our invincible Jiangdong navy in a naval battle?!"

Sun Quan thought that if his Lu camp was lost, it was lost. After all, he and his 100,000 men were captured by Zhang Liao. It would not be surprising if Xu Sheng lost the land battle.

But the 20,000 Dongwu naval forces, Zhou Yu's 70,000 troops defeated Cao Cao's million-man army at Red Cliff, even if Xu Sheng was worse than Zhou Yu, it shouldn't be a problem for 20,000 troops to defeat the enemy's 50,000 troops? At worst, you could fight the enemy evenly and hold them back, right? How could the whole army be wiped out so easily?

"This... According to the people around Dongting Lake and some of the surrendered soldiers who escaped, General Xu Sheng followed the plan of Commander Zhou Cang and planned to have Commander Zhou Cang pretend to surrender and use fire attack to break through the enemy formation, and then the generals led the navy to attack and defeat the enemy.

But the Shu army saw through Captain Zhou Cang's plan, so the fire attack plan did not work, and... and it is said that..."

The messenger didn't know what to say here and stuttered, which made Sun Quan more and more annoyed.

"Tell me! What happened to the Shu army!" "Yes... Your Majesty, it is said that the Shu army used... used magic and sorcery..."

The messenger stammered and repeated what he had heard from the deserters and the people around Dongting Lake.

"Magic?! Demonic magic?!"

Not to mention Sun Quan, even the officials of Eastern Wu who had been silent could no longer hold their temper. You said the Han army was so powerful that it could defeat ten enemies alone, but what about magic and sorcery?

"What kind of magic or sorcery! Stop talking nonsense here! Tell the truth about what happened!"

Bu Zhi shouted loudly, bringing the originally panicked crowd's attention back to reality. As a capable official of Jiangdong who was both civil and military, Bu Zhi knew that such superstitions were the easiest to move people's hearts, especially in the disadvantaged situation of Dongwu. These superstitious beliefs might be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Master Bu, I am not making this up. According to the surrendered soldiers, the five large ships of our Eastern Wu were all destroyed by the Shu army in an unknown way! Moreover, the Shu army in this battle are all heavenly soldiers sent down to earth, and everyone can create fire out of thin air and thunder with their palms!
The medium and small boats of our Dongwu were easily set on fire by the small boats of the Shu army. Countless people were killed and ships were sunk by the palm thunder. The Shu army also cast spells in the water, and the water of Dongting Lake became extremely hot. Our Dongwu aquatic warriors were almost boiled when they went into the water, so we could only fight against the Shu army on the boats.

It is also said that the Shu army also created those ships and destroyed them with thunderbolts! Many of the soldiers who escaped back even went crazy because of this. When the name of the Shu army was mentioned, they couldn't help but kowtow and cry, begging God to spare their lives. "

When the messenger saw that Bu Zhi suspected him, he angrily told Bu Zhi all the news he had heard like a flood, leaving Bu Zhi stunned.

Palm thunder, rage from a distance... Is this real? Even the plot of boiling the river and boiling the sea has come, just like a fairy tale.

"Moreover, most of the more than a thousand people who escaped were from the Lu camp. Only a few dozen people from the navy escaped. The Shu army's Lu camp also triggered thunderbolts, which directly destroyed the walls and gates of General Ding Feng's camp. Therefore, General Ding Feng and his men were left behind by the Shu army before they could escape."

The messenger was still not satisfied and continued.

"Don't talk about these nonsense gods and ghosts. Let me ask you, where are General Zhou Tai and General Xu Sheng? Didn't any of these veterans escape?"

Bu Zhi frowned. Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Zhu Huan, Zhu Yi, Luo Tong, Quan Cong... This lineup was already quite luxurious, no less than the lineup of generals in the Battle of Yiling. It couldn't be that none of them escaped, right?

"Uh... Lord Bu, it is said that except for General Zhou Tai, all other generals were captured alive by the Shu army..."

"Where is General Zhou Tai? Did he escape by jumping into the water like he did last time? Where is he now?"

Sun Quan was overjoyed. Zhou Youping was his trusted and beloved general, so it would be best if he could escape the disaster.

"This... Your Majesty, it is said that General Zhou jumped into the water, and the Shu army used magic to heat up Dongting Lake, and he was boiled to death in the lake..."

A drop of sweat dripped unconsciously on the messenger's forehead.

"That's enough! I don't want to hear these nonsense! What's the situation in Jiangxia now?"

Sun Quan was silent for a while, and suddenly exploded. He didn't want to hear about his own disastrous defeat at Wu. He just wanted to know what to do next.

"This... General Sun Shao only has more than 2,000 county soldiers under his command, and the Shu navy is going down the river. General Sun Shao hopes that the king can dispatch some people, otherwise... I am afraid that General Sun Shao can only die to show his determination."

(End of this chapter)