Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 176 The Battle of Wan City (1)

Li Song and others returned to Bingzhou without any danger, met Yu Wencheng who had come to meet him, and stopped Li Yuanba who had already set foot on the land of Wei County at the border.

At this time, after pacifying Danyang, Sun Ce, who had solved his worries, once again set his sights on Liu Xun, who had made him lose face, and planned to send troops to take Lujiang County.

After Liu Xun obtained Yuan Shu's "inheritance", his strength has greatly increased, and he is not what it used to be!The sailors under Liu Xun are not even vegetarians. If they want to eliminate Liu Xun and seize the entire Lujiang County, they must not attack by force, but by outsmarting them!
So, Sun Ce ordered his cousin Sun Ben to take the treasure to Wancheng to meet Liu Xun, and begged Liu Xun to attack Shangliao City on his behalf with humble words, and sent him a box of gold, silver and jewelry.

Liu Xun was overjoyed, the treasure sent by his subordinate Sun Ce agreed to Sun Ce's request to send troops to Liaocheng, and asked Sun Ben to go back and tell Sun Ce.

After Sun Ben left, people came to congratulate Liu Xun on getting the jewels. All kinds of compliments gushed out like running water for free. A banquet is held in the mansion to celebrate!For three days in a row.

At the banquet, everyone pushed glasses to change glasses!So unhappy!But Liu Ye was the only one who was unhappy!Liu Xun was puzzled, and really didn't understand that Liu Ye was not happy at all when it was so festive.

After the banquet dissipated, when Liu Ye got up and was about to leave, the servants of Liu Xun's mansion hurried all the way to Liu Ye, bowed and said, "Sir! My lord is here! If you have something to ask, sir, please move to the front of the house." Step to the study!"

"Okay! Lead the way!" After Liu Ye finished speaking, the servant turned around and walked in front, leading the way for Liu Ye who was following behind. After a while, the two arrived at Liu Xun's study.

"My lord! Sir, bring it here!" The servant knocked on the door outside the study and saluted inside.

"Let sir come in! You retreat first!" Liu Xun's voice came from the study, the servant saluted and then retreated, while Liu Ye stepped over the threshold and walked in.

Liu Ye entered, and bowed to Liu Xun who was sitting behind the desk with fine wine in his hand, and said, "Liu Ye! I've seen the prefect!"

"Sir! I don't know something! I'm calling you here to inquire! I hope you can clarify my doubts!" ​​Liu Xun took a sip of the wine in his hand, said, and motioned Liu Ye to sit down.

"Thank you, Lord Prefect!" Liu Ye thanked him, then knelt on the mat beside him, and asked, "I don't know what kind of confusion is bothering Lord Prefect?"

"In the past three days! Everyone is happy that I got the treasure, everyone is drinking, why are you alone depressed!" Liu Xun asked.

Liu Ye thought for a while, stood up and saluted, and said, "The reason why I'm so unhappy is because of the fact that the prefect sent troops to Liaocheng."

"Oh!" Liu Xun asked puzzled, "Why? Is there anything wrong with me sending troops to Shangliao City? Sun Ce bowed down and gave him treasures, begging me to send troops to help him capture Shangliao City, and was willing to give half of the money. Give me the land, and when the time comes, my strength will increase greatly, even if I want to fight for world hegemony, it is not impossible!"

In this era of raging wars, every prince with self-respect and separatist rule has an ambition to fight for world hegemony in his heart. Liu Xun is no exception, but he has never had a chance. Now the opportunity is in front of him. Liu Xun The fire of ambition that Xun had originally extinguished, at this moment, burned fiercely again in his heart.

"Master Taishou!" Liu Ye shouted: "Although Shangliao is only a small city, Shangliao City is extremely strong, but its moat is wide and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

"If our army can't conquer Shangliao City in a short period of time, the soldiers who go out to fight will be very exhausted, and the city of Wan will be extremely empty!"

"At that time, if Sun Ce takes advantage of the emptiness of Wancheng and leads his troops to attack, Wancheng will definitely not be able to defend it! At that time, after Wancheng falls, they will not be able to take down Shangliao City, and Sun Ce will cut off their retreat."

"If the prefect sends troops to Liaocheng, it will bring disaster to Wancheng! Please think again, prefect! Don't act rashly!"

"Okay! I have my own opinion on this matter! You don't have to worry too much! Sun Ce has an appointment with me! I believe that Sun Ce is a man of credibility. What's more, there are tens of thousands of Yuan Shu's old troops led by Yuan Yin and others in the city. The next general commanded [-] soldiers and horses dispatched from various places to defend the city together!"

"Even if he, Sun Ce, dares to come, and there are [-] troops defending the city, he will definitely let Sun Ce come and go! At that time, I will lead the main force to counterattack Sun Ce, and bring his territory under control in one fell swoop!"

"Sir, you don't need to be unfounded! I will send troops to Haihun Shangliao City tomorrow, break through Shangliao City in one fell swoop, and seize Haihun County." Liu Xun said indifferently.

"Hey!" Liu Ye wanted to persuade Liu Xun again, but Liu Xun impatiently waved him back. Liu Ye sighed, saluted Liu Xun and left.

The next day, Liu Xun led the main force and marched towards the sea and the city. After Liu Xun sent troops, the spies sent the news back to their respective forces.

"Haha! God helped me too!" After receiving the news of Liu Xun's dispatch of troops, Sun Ce laughed loudly, and immediately called counselors and generals to discuss the matter of marching into Wancheng.

"Now, Liu Xun has fallen for my plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain! Sending troops to the city of Liaoyang, now is a good time for our army to send troops to Wancheng!" Sun Ce said, looking at the retainers kneeling on the seats on the left and right.

"Bo Fu is right! Shangliao City is strong and deep, and it cannot be breached in just a few days. If Liu Xun's main force is exhausted, Wan City will definitely be empty! As the saying goes, soldiers are precious and fast! Our army should quickly send troops to break through Wan City. "

"Let Liu Xun and Shangliaocheng suffer losses for both sides. No matter how bad it is, the strength of Shangliaocheng can be weakened. At that time, we can reap the benefits again! Wouldn't it be great!" Zhou Yu agreed.

"My lord! I heard that Liu Xun sent tens of thousands of Yuan Shu's old troops led by Yuan Yin, together with [-] soldiers mobilized by Liu Xun from the Lujiang counties, together with [-] troops to defend the city together! I'm afraid..." Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing stood up Come out and say.

"Haha!" Zhou Yu laughed loudly after hearing this: "General Wu, don't worry too much! Yuan Yin will definitely not defend the city for Liu Xun. As for the soldiers and horses drawn from the counties, due to the reason of the journey, there will be no seven or eight days. It is impossible to reach Wancheng."

"Our army will go down the river and attack Huanglong directly! The front of the soldiers will be directed at Wancheng. At that time, we only need to launch a fierce attack on Wancheng. Within a day, Wancheng will change its banner!"

"Sun Ben, Sun Fu! The two of you led eight thousand troops to garrison Pengze in order to respond!" Sun Ce ordered.

"Promise!" Sun Ben and Sun Fu immediately stood up and came out, saluting to Sun Ce who was kneeling at the head.

"The rest of the troops stand still! Gong Jin and I will lead [-] soldiers and horses, go down the river, raid Wancheng, annihilate the defenders of Wancheng in one fell swoop, and capture Wancheng." Sun Ce continued to order!
"No!" Everyone hurriedly got up and went out, saluted, bowed and retreated, and followed Sun Ce's arrangement.

(End of this chapter)