Guangling.
Sun Ce relied on his military strength to take down Tangyi, Jiangdu, and Hailing. His soldiers were in a semi-encirclement, surrounding Guangling.
"Damned Sun Family brat, do you dare to fight me fair and square? I'll let the six of you attack together!"
Lu Bu stood on the city wall and cursed.
Ever since Sun Ce realized that six of them were no match for Lu Bu, he had gathered 300 archers.
As long as Lu Bu appeared in front of the formation, a rain of arrows would rain down on him. If not for the Red Hare's speed, Lu Bu would have been turned into a porcupine by now.
"Servant of the three surnames, no matter how strong your martial arts are, you can only watch us take Guangling bit by bit! Hahaha!"
Sun Ce laughed wildly.
Hearing this, Lu Bu was furious. He cursed Sun Ce's son, but in his heart, he cursed the Zhuo County Butcher.
If not for Zhang Fei's shout in front of Tiger Cage Pass, Lu Bu would not have become so famous.
"Attack the city!"
Sun Ce didn't waste any more time with Lu Bu and planned to take down the Guangling Administrative Office.
Lu Bu didn't take a single step back, defending Guangling City to the death.
Both sides knew that Guangling City was related to the direction of the battle. The location of Guangling City was the throat.
Once this place was taken down by Sun Ce, Sun Ce's navy would be able to enter Guangling from the Yangtze River.
Guangling prefecture was rich in water. Gaoyou Lake, White Horse Lake, Hongze Lake, and Golden Lake were all connected to each other. Once a small warship entered Guangling prefecture, its mobility would be off the charts. No matter how fierce Lu Bu was, he would be helpless.
Thus, Lu Bu was not backing down even if he was beaten to death, just to stop Sun Ce's water army.
"That damned Sun Ce brat and that Ji Ling!”
Lu Bu was filled with anger at the mention of Ji Ling. This fellow was not putting in any effort at all and was just slacking off at the side.
Currently, there were only Lu Bu's thirty thousand men in Guangling City. Ji Ling was not going in at all. What if she couldn't come out?
Ji Ling led ten thousand new soldiers to the edge of the battlefield, engaging in small-scale skirmishes with Sun Ce as training.
Sun Ce was very cooperative when he saw this. He immediately split up a small group of a few thousand people and began to put on a show with Ji Ling.
Just as Sun Ce was feeling smug, he was fantasizing about taking down Guangling in a while.
A messenger suddenly ran to his side and whispered a few words into his ear.
Sun Ce's expression changed drastically, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Sound the bell and withdraw!"
Sun Ce ordered.
Sun Ce's army was like a retreating tide, quickly returning to the camp.
In the central tent.
"My lord, hold on for a while more. Our men might be able to reach the top of the city wall.”
Taishi Ci asked in confusion. Sun Ce's timing was obviously not right.
"Ziyi, Yuan Shu has sent troops across the river and has already attacked Pill Sun County. There are now ten thousand navy troops coming towards our rear.”
Sun Ce didn't hide anything and directly told everyone what had happened.
Hearing this, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.
Their 40,000 men would instantly become turtles in a jar, unable to retreat to River East. Lu Bu and Yuan Shu had plenty of ways to deal with them.
"The other party is already very close to us. Our people and techniques are almost one in front and one behind. In at most an hour, the other party will arrive behind us.”
Sun Ce said another piece of bad news.
"Sigh, let's retreat!"
Cheng Pu sighed.
"Retreating is for sure, but Lu Bu is not a fool. Moreover, Yuan Shu still has 10,000 men here. He must have known that the navy would come to cut off their retreat.
As long as we retreat, the other party will instantly chase after us. In a hurry, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties.”
This was what Sun Ce was worried about.
Once the losses were too great, so what if he could escape back to River East?
What would happen if Lu Bu chased after Jiang in the future? Moreover, Danyang had already fallen, and Yuzhang would definitely not be able to protect it.
Under the siege of three parties, he, Sun Ce, would definitely die.
At this moment, everyone realized that they had unknowingly fallen into a dead end.
"What's going on? They were clearly about to win the battle! How did it suddenly become like this?!"
Taishi Ci was about to go crazy.
The atmosphere was gloomy and everyone was frowning.
Victory was right in front of them, but the situation suddenly took a sharp turn and they were all going to be wiped out.
"My lord, I have a plan that might be able to solve the urgent problem.”
A man dressed like a scholar stood up and spoke, breaking the silence in the tent.
"Duke Zhang, don't keep us in suspense at this time.”
Sun Ce hurriedly said. The person who spoke was Zhang Zhao.
"Yuan Shu has 10,000 troops nearby. We should change direction and attack Yuan Shu's troops with all our strength.”
Zhang Zhao said slowly.
"And then?"
"The other party doesn't have a camp, so they'll definitely avoid us and won't dare to fight us. We just need to pretend to chase them to the riverside, then board the ship and return to River East.”
"Duke Zhang, isn't your plan a little too much? Would Lu Bu just sit back and do nothing?"
Sun Ce was straightforward and direct. This was his natural personality.
"Hehe, on the surface, it looks like it's a given, but we should also take human nature and human hearts into consideration.”
"We are now besieging Lu Bu, but Yuan Shu's men are not working. What will Lu Bu think? There would definitely be resentment in his heart!
What if we turn around and attack Yuan Shu's people? Lu Bu would probably be very happy and even gloat.
Although Yuan Shu and Lu Bu are allies, they definitely won't be close. We have to use the cracks in the hearts of the people to find a chance of survival!”
Sun Ce and the others were delighted when they heard this. They felt that this plan was feasible.
Zhang Zhao continued," Moreover, if Lu Bu stands by and does nothing, Yuan Shu's army will only have 10,000 men. Where do you think they will run to?"”
"They must be fleeing towards Jiujiang!"
Sun Ce reacted quickly.
"That's right. Jiujiang is southwest of Guangling. As long as we slightly deviate from the pursuit route, we can instantly reach the north bank of the Yangtze River. We can directly cross the river by boat and reach the south bank, returning to Qu 'a.
At that time, even if Lu Bu reacted, it would be too late. After all, Lu Bu only had a horse and no boat!”
"Wonderful! Fantastic! Hahaha! I have Zhang Gong here, why worry about the great cause can not succeed!”
Sun Ce laughed.
"Generals, listen up!"
"I'm here!"
"Act according to Zhang Gong's plan immediately! Violators will be severely punished!"
"Here!"
The generals all agreed loudly. The feeling of escaping death was quite exciting.
At the head of Guangling City.
After Sun Ce's army retreated, Lu Bu immediately let his soldiers rest and recover their strength.
"What the hell is Sun Ce doing? Why did it suddenly ring gold? It's still early!"
Lu Bu also felt that something was amiss.
"Let's wait and see. As long as we don't lose Guanjun City, we won't lose anything.”
Chen Gong was still very calm.
Not long after, Sun Ce made his move.
"Eh? The other party isn't attacking the city? What was this? Retreat?"
Lu Bu watched as Sun Ce's army retreated.
"Could something have happened? Should we pursue?"
Zhang Liao asked.
"No hurry, perhaps they are retreating to advance and want to trick us out of the city. A field battle is much more energy-saving than a siege.”
Chen Gong chose to play it safe. They could not afford to lose. No matter what tricks the other party had, as long as Guangling was not lost, they would not suffer any losses even if the other party really retreated.
"What should we do? Just watch?"
Lu Bu couldn't think straight.
"What are you talking about? Can't we just send a few teams of scouts to take a look first?!”
Chen Gong was really worried about Lu Bu's intelligence.
"Uh... Zhang Liao, you go and arrange it."
Lu Bu felt extremely awkward.
"Here!"
After the time for an incense stick to burn, Zhang Liao returned.
"Reporting to my lord, sir, Sun Ce has gone to pursue Ji Ling's ten thousand men.”
"Hahaha! Good chase! Ji Ling looked honest on the outside, but he was actually extremely cunning!”
As expected, Lu Bu started to gloat.
"Should we send troops to help? After all, the other party is here to help us.”
Zhang Liao suggested.
"Humph! Sly and cunning! What did he help us with?”
Lu Bu cursed.
Zhang Liao couldn't help but look at Chen Gong.
"Of course we have to help, but we can go a little later! There was no harm in letting them suffer a small loss. As long as Ji Ling was not completely wiped out, it could be considered as giving Yuan Shu an explanation.”
Chen Gong muttered to himself, intending to trick Yuan Shu a little.
It was because they had been cheated quite badly after they entered Guangling. All the commoners had moved away, and then Sun Ce, this evil guest, had come to visit.
He did not get any benefits at all, but instead, he helped Yuan Shu avoid disaster. Chen Gong was filled with resentment.
This hesitation gave Sun Ce the perfect opportunity to retreat.
Although Ji Ling knew that the navy was coming to intercept them, the 10,000 new recruits would not be able to stop them no matter what. They could only watch helplessly as Sun Ce left.
Zhang Zhao successfully made use of the crack in the human heart, walking out of a desperate situation and finding a way out.
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