Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 294 288. End of the Road
"Hurry up and block the city gate! Go back outside the city!"

Inside the city, Sun Quan also shouted his orders. Although Sun Quan's record in the battles he personally fought was not very glorious, he had led troops properly before. When he realized that something was wrong, he immediately ordered his soldiers to block the slowly closing city gate, and then meet up with the large army outside the city before the drawbridge was raised.

"put!"

However, the rebels in Wu County seemed to have been prepared for Sun Quan's idea. With a loud shout from the city wall, countless piles of hay and firewood and other flammable objects were thrown down from the city wall, along with a lot of flammable liquids such as kerosene, and countless torches.

"Whoosh!"

With the sound of rising flames, a wall of fire rose between the city gate and the drawbridge, blocking the way for the Wu army soldiers in the city to leave.

"Who are you? Why did you betray our Great Wu? No matter how many benefits the Han army promised you, they will never come true!"

When Sun Quan realized that his way out was cut off, he simply opened his voice without caring about his imperial dignity, and instead began to hope to persuade the "rebels" in the city to defect.

However, no one responded to Sun Quan's shouting. Everyone looked at him as if he was a fool. Sun Quan had time to carefully look at the soldiers who had just served as a ceremonial team and were now surrounding him with weapons in hand. Although they were wearing the standard green lining and leather armor of the Wu army, they actually wore a bamboo hat on their heads and had a piece of white cloth tied around their arms.

"Who are you? Who is the chief officer?"

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Sun Quan became a little annoyed and shouted a few more questions.

"Emperor Wu, please stop yelling like a shrew. Now that you have entered this city, there is no way I can let you escape."

As if somewhat impatient with Sun Quan's shouting, a general on horseback rode out from behind the soldiers, holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand. It was none other than the black-faced man who had been in the city just now.

"You... who are you? Where is Xie Cheng?"

Sun Quan pointed at the big man, but found that he did not know him and looked very unfamiliar. He could only ask about the whereabouts of Xie Cheng, who was in charge of the city defense of the Wu army.

"Why, can't Emperor Wu see it? I'm not from Jiangdong. I've never seen the Xie Cheng you mentioned. Maybe he was killed before."

The dark-faced man smiled jokingly, but he really didn't know the whereabouts of Xie Cheng, the Inspector that Sun Quan was thinking about so much.

"All soldiers, listen up, follow me and defeat these rebels. We will fight our way out of the city and join the General of the Cavalry!"

Sun Quan saw that the other party was unwilling to talk to him properly, and also realized that although the other party looked intimidating, there were actually only two or three hundred people on the street, far fewer than his own number. So he simply wanted to turn against them and force his way out of the city gate.

"Haha, snap."

The dark-faced man clapped his hands, and after two snaps, countless soldiers rushed out from the houses on the roadside. Some soldiers were even on the roofs, holding strange-shaped crossbows and arrows at the Wu army in the city gate.

Behind the black-faced man, there were several rows of soldiers in white robes and leather armor, holding strange crossbows in their hands, ready to shoot at the Wu army in front of them at any time.

Not only Sun Quan, but also the ordinary soldiers began to retreat. The enemy had more people than them, and there were countless powerful bows and crossbows pointed at them. In addition, they were in the city gate, with very little space to dodge. Under the dense rain of arrows from the enemy, it was estimated that few of them could stand and breathe.

"Who are you? Wei army? Han army?" Sun Quan was so angry when he saw the other side's posture, but at this moment, he was being pointed at by hundreds of crossbows, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Even if he was the emperor, what would he do? It was impossible for him to be invulnerable to swords and knives with just a shake of his imperial aura, right?

"Haha, we are of course the Han army. Emperor Wu, how is today's matter? If you surrender, we can still spare your life for a few more days. If you resist stubbornly, don't blame us for being merciless."

The big black man on the horse answered his question.

"Impossible, aren't the Han troops all in Jianye City? Who are you waiting for?"

Sun Quan is still confused. Feng Xi's 30,000 troops were definitely not moved, so where did this group of people who claimed to be Han army come from? Why could they control the Wu army without anyone noticing?
"Let me explain this to Emperor Wu."

A voice sounded above Sun Quan's head. Sun Quan looked up and found that it was Sun Lang who was tied up and gagged. He was not mistaken. It was indeed Sun Lang on the wall, but it was obvious that he was captured by the enemy.

The person who was speaking was a man next to Sun Lang. He had half-white hair, wore a cloth robe, had a sword hanging from his waist, and looked like a scholar. At this moment, he was holding Sun Lang down.

"Who are you? Why did Good Morning fall into your hands?"

Sun Quan saw the despair in Sun Lang's eyes and unconsciously shouted at the middle-aged man, but his words already revealed his cowardice.

"I am Xu Shu, the military advisor general under the command of the Grand Commander. That one is General Bao Yi."

Xu Shu on the city wall smiled slightly and answered Sun Quan's doubts.

"You are Xu Shu?! I heard that you returned to Jingzhou, why are you in Wujun?!"

Sun Quan's face was blank. Sun Quan knew about Xu Shu's return to Han, but they thought that if someone had been muddled in Cao Wei for more than ten years, what would happen even if he returned to Han? So they just learned about it superficially and didn't care about it anymore.

Now the retribution has come. This military strategist general who "did nothing but occupy his position" has found himself trapped at the city gate like a turtle in a jar.

"We have fought our way here. Neither Qiantang nor Wujun seem to be prepared. Although the governor Sun Lang sent an envoy back to Jianye to deliver a message, unfortunately the commander-in-chief's troops surrounded Jianye, and the envoy was probably stopped before he even got close to Jianye."

Xu Shu smiled and then looked at Sun Quan again.

"Then may I ask Emperor Wu, what choice will you make now? Will you lead these hundreds of innocent soldiers to resist stubbornly, or surrender? My Han army never kills prisoners indiscriminately. Although I cannot guarantee your life, Emperor Wu, we will never kill these soldiers indiscriminately."

Xu Shu also learned a lot of details about Sun Quan through interrogating Sun Lang these days, from his insistence on becoming emperor to his many unreasonable things in order to "check and balance" that others thought were unreasonable. Now that Sun Quan is at the end of his rope, it is normal that Sun Quan will definitely surrender to save everyone's lives.

But he is Sun Quan after all, so nothing he does is surprising.

"…All forces attack! Fight your way out of the encirclement. Don't believe the Han army's misleading words!"

Sure enough, Sun Quan's face twisted a few times, he pulled out the ancient ingot knife and pointed it into the air. Although the Wu soldiers did not want to die, they had to obey orders at this moment and could only charge towards the Han army.

(End of this chapter)