Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 49. Wu Jun Deploys Defense
Sun Quan was like an ant on a hot pot, waiting anxiously, and finally received the news from Cao Wei. Upon learning that Sun Quan was named the King of Wu of Wei and was going to meet the "Angel of the Court", many important officials were furious.

Gu Yong was the first to make a report.

"My Lord, you should call yourself the Supreme General and the Earl of Nine Provinces, and not accept the title bestowed by the Emperor of Wei. If you submit to being inferior to others, you will be ridiculed by the world."

"In the past, Emperor Gaozu accepted the title from Xiang Yu because of the times. Why did you reject it? Now I am just following Emperor Gaozu's example!"

Sun Quan was a little proud, comparing himself to Liu Bang. He thought that just by accepting the title of King of Wei and Wu, he could get Cao Wei to send troops, which was a great deal. He felt a sense of joy that he had manipulated the world's situation without realizing it.

Of course, they still had to meet him, and Sun Quan led all the officials to welcome Xing Zhen, but it was Xing Zhen's turn to be in a bad mood again. Xing Zhen thought he was an envoy of the Celestial Empire, and was arrogant and unwilling to get off the car, deliberately trying to intimidate Jiangdong.

Zhang Zhao was furious, and he stood up to stop the carriage and loudly scolded Xing Zhen:

"Everything is respectful and every law is strict, yet you dare to be so arrogant. Are you trying to deceive me that my Jiangdong sword is not strong enough?!"

Xing Zhen realized that he was on someone else's territory and should be careful, otherwise he would really die. He quickly got out of the car to meet Sun Quan, and the two drove into the city together.

Xu Sheng felt deeply humiliated when he saw this scene, and actually burst into tears in the back of the car.

"We cannot risk our lives to help our Lord annex Wei and Shu, and let him be conferred a title by others. Isn't that a disgrace?"

These words made Xing Zhen sigh. Jiangdong had such military generals, but because of these civil officials, it still ended up like this, didn't it?
Here, Sun Quan was also busy being conferred a title in Jiangdong and was unable to spare time; the generals in Jingzhou were also equally nervous.

Old General Han Dang was one of the Three Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao back then. Now his two old friends have passed away, and he is the only one left.

Relying on his seniority, experience and high prestige, Han Dang naturally took over the position of Grand Commander temporarily, commanding the soldiers of Jingzhou to prepare to resist Liu Bei's powerful army.

"Generals, the Han Emperor has mobilized the troops in Shu, intending to attack Jingzhou from two directions. The Han Emperor is personally in charge of the central army, intending to leave Sichuan from Badong, go to Yidu, go down the river, and directly take Jiangling.

His younger brother Zhang Fei led an auxiliary army to Fuling, and he seemed to want to take a small road to Wuling. What do you think?

Han Dang laid out the current situation of Liu Bei's attack and asked the generals in the hall. All the generals were silent. Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and others were brave generals, and making plans was not their forte, so they could only wait for arrangements.

"Then let me tell you what I think. Zhang Fei is a brave man, and ordinary people cannot defeat him. Xingba, are you willing to lead the army to stop Zhang Fei and prevent him from invading Wuling safely?"

Seeing the silence of the group of rugged generals in the hall, Han Dang had no choice but to continue his stand-up comedy and started talking about Gan Ning.

At this time, if we were to discuss who among the generals in Jingzhou could rival the Five Tiger Generals, it would probably be only Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai would be slightly inferior.

"Ahem, I will obey your orders."

Gan Ning coughed twice, stood up and clasped his fists to accept the order.

"Xingba, your body...?"

Han Dang also noticed that Gan Ning did not seem to be in good health and was a little worried.

"Cough cough... It's okay, just a cold... cough cough, it will be cured in a few days."

Gan Ning patted his chest to indicate that he was fine.

Seeing that Gan Ning had given his guarantee, Han Dang had no choice but to nod and let Gan Ning lead an army of more than 10,000 to stop Zhang Fei and prevent him from getting in unrestrained territory in southern Jing.

"As for Liu Bei's army, it is still in central Sichuan. But his vanguard Feng Xi has already led his troops to Badong. I intend to fight with him in Zigui and Yichang. I wonder who is willing to be the vanguard?" Han Dang continued to make arrangements. Facing Feng Xi's vanguard army, it would be best for him to send out a vanguard to fight with him for a while, giving his rear enough time to set up camps to prepare for Liu Bei's army.

The generals below looked at each other, as if they were trying to decide who should go.

"Who else but me can be the vanguard?!"

Suddenly, when everyone was still in tacit silence, a voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the eye contact among the generals.

Upon hearing that a young man had no moral principles and had rashly stepped forward to vie for the position of vanguard general, all the generals glared at the person who had spoken. It turned out to be the young general Sun Huan, a member of the royal family recognized by the Marquis of Wu.

Although Sun Huan was not originally a member of the Sun clan, his family name was Yu, but his father Sun He was favored by Sun Ce and was given the surname Sun, so he was also considered a member of the Wu royal family.

Sun Huan was extremely smart since he was a child, had extensive knowledge and a good memory, and was able to debate with others. Sun Quan also praised Sun Huan as "Yan Yuan of the royal family."

Sun Huan was also a general who followed Lu Meng into Jingzhou and participated in the battle to attack Guan Yu. Relying on Guan Yu's remnants and weapons, he quickly had his own 5,000 troops.

Hearing that Liu Bei intended to go down the river and invade Jingzhou, Sun Huan could not hold back and stood up to compete for the title of vanguard.

"Oh? Shuwu is indeed a young man who can be feared. But Liu Bei is also a veteran of the battlefield, and his subordinates are also experienced soldiers. What are you capable of? Do you think you can defeat Liu Bei?"

Seeing that Sun Huan was such a young man, and a member of the Wu King's clan, the generals were reluctant to get angry. Han Dang was even more interested and wanted to hear how this young man would fight the enemy.

"We don't need to defeat Liu Bei. We only need to win a few small battles against Liu Bei to dampen his spirit. His army has come from a long distance and must be extremely tired. By then, General Han can just wait for them to tire themselves out and defeat them in one blow!"

Sun Huan spoke eloquently, but what he said made some sense, which made Han Dang nod his head continuously.

"How can Shuwu protect himself? You must know that even if Zhang Fei has Xingba to stop him, he still has many brave generals and counselors under his command. If Shuwu makes any mistakes, I will not be able to explain to the Marquis of Wu."

Han Dang looked at Sun Huan. Although Sun Huan came from a family of generals, his martial arts skills were only mediocre. He was more like a Confucian general like Zhou Yu, rather than a brave and resourceful general.

If Sun Huan was caught by Liu Bei's generals on the battlefield, he might not be able to escape. Then Han Dang would have difficulty reporting back to Sun Quan.

"Don't worry, old general! I have two generals under my command, one is Li Yi and the other is Xie Jing. Both of them are brave enough to fight against ten thousand men! If they meet Liu Bei, they can be easily captured alive! Even if they are defeated, it will be easy to escape safely!"

Hearing Sun Huan's confidence, Han Dang felt relieved and ordered Sun Huan to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses upstream to Zigui to block the vanguard of Liu Bei's army. He himself reorganized the army in Jiangling and went to Yichang to prepare to defend against Liu Bei outside Jingzhou.

Feng Xi, Wu Ban, Zhang Nan, and Fu Rong also marched together from Badong County, down the Yangtze River, and headed straight for Zigui.

There were still fifty miles to Zigui when the scouts who had gone ahead to gather information had already returned.

"Report to the general, Wu soldiers have set up camp in Zigui ahead. Their flag is named 'Sun'. I don't know who they are."

"Sun? I'm afraid it's a relative of Sun Quan, but I don't know who he is."

Fu Zhuo touched his chin and made a judgment, but he didn't get the point. However, they didn't know that Feng Xi knew who was blocking their way after just a little guess.

Although Sun Huan and Sun Shuwu were defeated at the beginning of the Battle of Yiling, they almost captured Liu Bei alive during Lu Xun's fire.

　The first volume ends here, and the next volume is the fierce battle of Yiling. In addition, I can actually divide the volume into 50 chapters, but I just want to make it difficult for those who have integer obsession (

　　
　
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