Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 101
After more than a month of rest, on April [-]th in the fifth year of Jian'an (naturally in the lunar calendar), after consultation with Lu Su and Pang Tong, Liu Bei left Jiang Wan and Li Tong to guard Wu County, Xu Sheng guarded Poyang, and personally Leading an army of [-], together with Zhao Feng, Huang Zhong, Chen Dao, Gao Lan, Wenpin and other generals, Pang Tong and Lu Su accompanied the army to participate in the meeting, sent troops to Kuaiji, and prepared to smash this Sun Quan's largest stronghold in Jiangdong.

It is said to be the largest, but Kuaiji County is only the largest in area.When it comes to population and wealth, it is far from comparable to Wu County.There are only more than 20 Han people in Kuaiji County, but there are almost 20 Shanyue people.In addition, the local clan is relatively powerful, so although the land is fertile, it is sparsely populated.

Now Sun Quan's strategy is obvious, which is to rely on Jiaozhou as the rear and stick to the two final strongholds of Kuaiji and Luling.With Jiangdong's strength, it is not easy to survive until now under the pincer attack of two powerful enemies.However, since his strategy was obvious, Liu Bei didn't make a fuss about it, and simply pushed forward with the army.

"Huaiji has just experienced Sheng Xian's rebellion, and people's hearts are still uncertain. As long as we attack vigorously, it should not be a problem." This is the result of discussions between Lu Su and Pang Tong.Zhao Feng remembered that all the counselors of Soochow in history wanted Sun Quan to surrender, why there is no movement now, and the immediate suggestion is to send someone to persuade him to surrender first.

However, neither Pang Tong nor Lu Su agreed with his suggestion. Pang Tong believed that Sun Quan could escape to Jiaozhou even if he was in trouble. It would be somewhat unrealistic to let him retreat and surrender. Zhao Feng knew what he said was reasonable, but In order to win Shouchun, I tricked Sun Ce into taking Jiaozhou. Now it seems that I was right or wrong?

The [-] troops sent to Kuaiji, such a big movement can't be concealed from others.Not long after, Sun Quan received the news. Although he had already been mentally prepared, when Liu Bei actually came to kill him, it would inevitably cause a panic in Kuaiji City.

"My lord, I have heard that Liu Bei has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness. My lord, why don't you send envoys to seek peace, so you can avoid swords and soldiers!" At this time, Bu Ying came out to speak.

"Buzishan wants me to surrender to Liu Bei. Could it be that your Excellency is in the same party as Zhou Yu?" Before Sun Quan could speak, Sun Yi on the side said coldly.Hearing this, Bu Zhi was dumbfounded. At this time, Sun Quan said slowly: "Although Wu County is lost now, Jiaozhou is still in my hands. With Shixie's talent, he can still occupy Jiaozhou for many years. I, Sun Zhongmou, will not return it even if I fail. It’s not as good as him, you can try your best to fight now. If you win, you can save the defeat, and if you lose, you can go to the south to be a free and unrestrained people, so why worry?” I have to say that Sun Quan’s words are quite decent, and to a certain extent Soothe those restless hearts.But at this moment, someone came to report: "My lord, He Jing, the captain of Polu, just led more than [-] of his subordinates to vote for Liu Bei!"

"What?" Sun Quan was also shocked when he heard the words, and all the civil and military officials were also in an uproar, with different expressions.At this time, in the Xuzhou army camp, which was more than 50 miles away from Kuaiji, the atmosphere was a bit lively. "Greetings to Uncle Liu Huang!" A strong man about 30 years old bowed to Liu Bei.

"General He invites you to rise up, the general abandons the darkness and turns to the light, congratulations!" Liu Bei also had a bright smile on his face.This He Jing is He Qi's clan brother, He Qi was captured by Zhao Feng in Lujiang that day, his clan brother was named Polu Captain by Sun Quan at that time, responsible for suppressing Kuaiji Shanyue.Soon after Liu Bei crossed the river, he persuaded He Qi to surrender.Now that He Qi saw that Sun Quan's power was gone, he hurriedly wrote to this younger brother, asking him not to be buried with Sun Ce.He Jing had always listened to this clan brother, and when he received his letter, he led his troops to join him almost without stopping.

"General He, do you know how the current situation in Kuaiji is?" After seeing He Jing and He Qi talk about their brotherhood, Liu Bei also cut to the point and asked the question.He Jing sighed, and briefly talked about the situation in Jiangji.Sun Quan's morale has been extremely low since the defeat of Wu Jun.Although there are nearly [-] defenders in Kuaiji, their combat effectiveness is not optimistic. Among them, there are nearly [-] soldiers from the county and the newly incorporated Shanyue Army.In addition, after Zhou Yu was imprisoned, Jiangdong's army was even more panicked, and the morale of the army was unstable.As for Luling, since the Jingzhou army was unable to invade for a while, Sun Quan sent Tai Shici to lead an army of [-] to guard there.

"That is to say, as long as Sun Quan loses another battle, Kuaiji will be owned by our army, and Jiangdong will have no room to turn around at all?" Liu Bei almost figured out something after hearing He Jing's words. "Exactly!" He Jing nodded.Hearing this, Liu Bei also had confidence in his mind, and immediately ordered to step up the march and march to Kuaiji as soon as possible.

Fifty miles is not very far away, and the Xuzhou army reached the city of Kuaiji that afternoon, and Liu Bei ordered to set up camp ten miles away from the city.Pang Tong suggested that under the guise of welcoming the wind for He Jing, he could order the musicians to play drums in the central army, pretending to have a carnival all night, and at the same time ambush elite soldiers on both sides, attracting the enemy to come to steal the camp and take advantage of the situation to kill them.Liu Bei followed his words and hosted a banquet for the He family brothers that night. At the same time, he also ordered the military musicians to play drums.

"Old Liu Bei is too deceitful!" Sun Kuang gritted his teeth angrily, watching the joyous singing and laughter in the Xuzhou army camp that was close at hand from the top of the city, and turned to Zhu Ran, who was accompanying him to patrol the camp, and said, "Yifeng, let's go down." How about fucking him secretly?"

"Fourth son, I have heard that Xuzhou's army has strict discipline. Why are you so lax in defense today? Be careful of fraud!" Zhu Ran tried to dissuade him after thinking about it.

"I think it's probably Liu Bei's old man who has the chance to win, so let's get carried away!" Sun Kuang thought for a while, seeing that Zhu Ran didn't refute for a while, Sun Kuang said while the iron was hot: "Our army has been defeated for several rounds and its morale is low. If we stick to it I'm afraid it won't work. If you can surprise the enemy, it can also boost morale!" These words are not completely unreasonable, and Zhu Ran was a little moved when he heard it.After pondering for a while, Zhu Ran also said: "Since that's the case, you can send troops after I report to the lord."

"Soldiers are expensive and fast, why should we be so fast? I'll just lead three thousand elite soldiers out of the city to make a surprise attack." Sun Kuang laughed, seeing that Zhu Ran was still hesitant, he simply patted his chest and said: "If something happens, I will be responsible; if it succeeds, Credit goes to you! How?"

"Fourth Young Master's words are serious!" Zhu Ran immediately agreed after hearing what he said.The two ordered 3000 troops under Zhu Ran's command, and at the second watch, they secretly opened the south city gate and went to the Xuzhou army camp ten miles away.

"Kill me!" Sun Kuang, who rushed into the Xuzhou army camp first, was shocked to find that the front army in the camp was almost empty, and the Chinese army only had dozens of musicians playing music there. "Not good!" Seeing this, Zhu Ran felt a chill in his heart, knowing that something was wrong.At this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the gate of the camp, and several troops came to kill them.

"It's been tricked, retreat quickly!" Sun Kuang knew what was going on no matter how stupid he was, and he and Zhu Ran hurriedly turned their horses to prepare to break through, but this was obviously wishful thinking.As soon as they walked out of the camp gate, Sun Kuang and Zhu Ran suddenly found that the way back to the city had been blocked by several troops.

"Rush back!" Sun Kuang roared angrily and rushed out first, but saw a veteran in the opposite army stepping forward to stop him.Seeing that the other party was old, Sun Kuang didn't take it seriously, and directly shot him to kill him.Unexpectedly, the veteran's martial arts were far superior to his own, so he knocked the long spear in his hand flying with a slam of the sword, and then felt that his body was hanging in the air, but he was directly dragged off the horse.

"Fourth son!" Seeing that Sun Kuang was captured alive by a veteran general as soon as he joined, Zhu Ran became anxious and rushed to rescue him.At this time, another general was killed in the oblique stab, it was Gao Lan, Zhu Ran was caught off guard and knocked him off his horse with a move across the barrel of the gun. When he was dizzy, he was already tightly bound by the swarming Xuzhou army.This time, the Jiangdong Army who attacked at night without a command suddenly became headless chickens. In the case of personal combat power not dominant, in the end, after less than an hour of fierce fighting, 3000 people were wiped out, more than 500 people were wiped out, and most of the rest were wiped out. Captured or surrendered, only dozens of people were lucky enough to escape back to Kuaiji City.

"What?" Sun Quan, who was woken up in the middle of the night, was furious and anxious when he heard that his brother had been captured by acting without authorization.Pan Zhang who came to report was accompanied by Xiaoxin, and he said after his complexion looked a little better, "My lord, what should we do now?"

"Ji Zuo is too reckless!" Sun Quan said angrily, and then sighed: "Liu Bei is known for his benevolence and righteousness, so he probably wouldn't use Ji Zuo to threaten us." , then I have no choice but to turn a blind eye.After a pause, Sun Quan said again: "The order must be passed on quietly. If mother finds out, she will be worried." Pan Zhang promised not to mention it repeatedly.

At this time, in the Xuzhou Army's tent, Sun Kuang and Zhu Ran, who were tied up, were escorted to Liu Bei. "Kneel down!" Several soldiers pressed the two of them to kneel down, but they refused to kneel proudly and resisted with all their strength.

"Forget it!" Liu Bei waved his hand and looked at the two of them. Liu Bei smiled and said, "You are the fourth son of Sun Wentai, Sun Kuang and Sun Jizuo? You can be regarded as a young hero!"

"Uncle Huang praised it absurdly. If he is really a young hero, how could he be captured with one move!" Sun Kuang glanced at Liu Bei, then at Huang Zhong who was beside him, and sighed.That battle just now really hit him too hard, but the battle that he thought he was sure of was completely defeated, which also made it difficult for him, who has always been quite confident, to relax for a while.

Liu Bei smiled slightly when he heard the words, and then ordered him to be untied and put under the supervision of Haosheng, but he did not persuade him to surrender.After Sun Kuang was escorted away, Liu Bei glanced at Zhu Ran again and said, "Your Excellency is Zhu Ran and Zhu Yifeng. Your lord is still in Wu County. I don't know if Your Excellency would like to surrender?"

The corner of Zhu Ran's mouth twitched when he heard the words, he hesitated for a long while and then knelt down and said calmly: "Zhu Ran is willing to surrender, please don't embarrass my father!" Liu Bei was overjoyed, stepped forward to untie the rope for him, and then ordered someone to give him wine to calm the shock.Zhu Ran was still a little shy at the beginning, but gradually he let go of Liu Bei's kindness and power, and He Jing, a "expert" who was also on the sidelines.

After drinking two cups of wine, Zhu Ran hesitated for a while before saying: "Thanks to the uncle's favor of not killing, Zhu Ran can't repay it. However, Sun Quan and I have known each other since we were young, and we are like brothers. Although I have surrendered to the uncle, I can't bear to go with him. Against the enemy, please forgive me, Uncle Emperor!"

Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then sighed: "Yi Fengzhen is a loyal man!" At that moment, an order was sent to send Zhu Ran back to his hometown in Wu County, not to participate in the battle of Kuaiji, and the latter thanked En and left without mentioning it.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the Xuzhou army had assembled, Tanma came to report to Liu Bei, and the Kuaiji defenders went out of the city to challenge.Liu Bei was also unexpected when he heard the words. "Why did the Jiangdong army dare to go out of the city to fight now?" Liu Bei was a little surprised.

"Except for those who died in battle, almost all Jiangdong generals are now in Kuaiji, so Sun Quan is not afraid of fighting generals. Moreover, Sun Quan also wants to use this to boost morale." Pang Tong speculated.Liu Bei understood immediately when he heard the words, nodded and led his generals to meet the enemy.

(End of this chapter)