Ji Ling led the 50,000 strong army towards Wu County.
Wu County was the smallest of the four counties in River East. It could be said to be a tiny place, but it had the largest population. Moreover, the aristocratic families were basically all from Wu County.
For example, the four famous surnames of Wu County, Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang.
The only reason why these four families were famous was that they had successfully survived Sun Ce's butcher knife.
There were many aristocratic families in Wu County, but many of them were directly wiped out by Sun Ce. In the end, only these four families were left.
Sun Ce was young and impetuous, and he believed that there was nothing that a butcher's knife could not conquer. In the end, he was assassinated, and Sun Ce finally came to his senses. Before he died, he said his famous political last words to Sun Quan,
You are not as good as me when you lead the troops of Jiangdong to fight with the world between the two armies. I'm not as good as you.
The general idea was that Sun Ce was more awesome in war, and Sun Quan was more awesome in maintaining stability.
The hidden meaning was for Sun Quan to accept the Jiangdong aristocratic families,'appoint the capable, and do their best' to promote some of the aristocratic families, and to stop the massacre. Otherwise, it would be a situation where both sides would suffer.
After Sun Quan ascended the throne, he did the same thing. Then, he quickly used the local aristocratic families and Huai and Si to gain power and balance each other, allowing Sun Quan to sit firmly in his position.
If there were internal conflicts, they naturally needed to shift it to the outside world. War was the best choice.
When Sun Quan was in power, he won the Battle of Red Cliff and established his authority.
Sun Shiwan had initially grasped power, and with civil governance, he naturally wanted to establish martial arts and establish absolute prestige in Jiangdong.
Unfortunately, Sun Quan's combat standards were too low, and he was sent to the military temple by Zhang Liao.
After failing to take down Hefei and Lianghuai several times, Sun Quan knew that he was at war. He no longer had the heart to go north and settle down in a corner. From then on, he became a ruthless political machine, constantly playing the art of balancing between the factions to maintain his rule.
The topography of Wu County was like a pocket-sized Roman Empire, and Taihu Lake was equivalent to the Mediterranean Sea.
Wu County was not big to begin with, and with the advantage of the water system of Taihu Lake, the speed of the logistics reinforcements was very fast.
Ji Ling led an army of 50,000 soldiers and quickly engaged in battle with Han Dang Zu Mao.
Han Dang Zumao relied on his home ground advantage to successfully block Ji Ling.
"It seems that Han Dang and Zu Mao can hold Wu County. This way, I won't have to worry about anything.”
Sun Ce observed the battle for a while and then felt relieved.
Sun Ce, along with Taishi Ci and the remaining 3,000 troops, hid to the side to watch the battle.
If Han Dangzu Mao couldn't block the enemy's attack, Sun Ce would lead his men to attack Ji Ling's rear.
Sun Ce was originally a general under Yuan Shu's command, so he was extremely familiar with Ji Ling. Taishi Ci was more than enough to deal with Ji Ling, and with Sun Ce's reputation in Yuan Shu's army, Ji Ling was definitely no match for him.
But now, he had changed his mind. Sun Ce was no longer satisfied with taking down Ji Ling.
"The scouts have reported that Pill Sun has about forty thousand soldiers.”
Sun Ce said to Taishi Ci.
"So what?"
Taishi Ci asked in confusion.
"Hehe, Yuan Shu is as timid as a mouse. Shouchun has a hundred thousand troops stationed there all year round, so he won't send them out to fight.
But now, there were 90,000 Yuan Shu troops in River East alone, which meant that they must have transferred Shouchun's troops.
The only person who could make Yuan Shu make such a concession was his only son.”
Sun Ce knew Yuan Shu's situation too well and easily deduced that Yuan Yao was in Dan Yang.
"I heard that Yuan Yao led his troops to pursue Liu Bei, but I didn't see that he had such courage.”
Sun Ce had seen Yuan Yao before, but he didn't expect him to have changed so much in just a few years.
"Cut the crap. What should we do?”
Taishi Ci asked straightforwardly.
"Attack Pill Sun and capture Yuan Yao alive!"
Sun Ce was skilled and bold. Back then, he had used thousands of people to pacify River East. Now, he was just doing it again.
"Understood!"
Finally, there was a war to be fought. Taishi Ci was very excited.
Sun Ce led 3,000 troops straight into Pill Sun County.
Pill Sun County had more than ten counties under its jurisdiction. The 40,000 troops were divided into three thousand soldiers in each county.
In Qian County.
Yu Qian was a county town close to Wu County. Qiao Rui had specially arranged for 5,000 soldiers to guard the area to prevent Sun Ce's army from ambushing.
The soldiers were patrolling the tower in case the enemy attacked.
There were few wars in the south. Basically, other than the county administration, the city walls of the county were very low. They could only guard against wild beasts and could not stop people at all.
This was also why Sun Ce dared to execute the beheading operation. If the city walls were as tall as Shouchun, Sun Ce would never have come.
The soldiers on the watchtower saw a group of people rushing toward the county town and immediately sounded the alarm.
"Dang dang dang"
The soldiers in the city quickly gathered and prepared for battle.
However, with Sun Ce and Taishi Ci, the battle was basically one-sided.
In fact, it was also because the soldiers under Yuan Shu had not experienced war for too long.
Sun Ce's soldiers had been fighting in the River East for many years, so there was a gap in their individual quality.
"Where is Yuan Yao?"
Sun Ce looked at the captive and asked.
"Kill him."
Sun Ce saw the other party's hesitation and did not give him a chance to speak.
"Where is Yuan Yao?"
Sun Ce looked at another captive and asked.
"Wuhu."
The captive said without hesitation.
He would rather die than die. This small fry had never met Yuan Yao before, so he naturally wouldn't sacrifice his life for someone he had never met.
"Very good, the heavens are on my side!"
Sun Ce was very satisfied. Wuhu wasn't under Dan Yang's jurisdiction, and the city walls were negligible. This greatly reduced the difficulty of attacking.
"My lord, what should we do with the captives?"
"Hehe, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, of course we have to kill them all!”
Sun Ce ordered without hesitation.
However, there were still some lucky soldiers who managed to escape. After all, Sun Ce could defeat 5,000 soldiers, but he could not wipe them all out.
Many of the defeated soldiers fled to the surrounding counties. Sun Ce knew Yuan Yao's location, so he did not waste time attacking other counties. Instead, he headed straight for Wuhu.
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Wuhu.
Yuan Yao frowned as he read the battle report that Ji Ling had sent back from the front lines.
Danyang and Wu County bordered each other, so the transmission of information was still very fast. It only took half a day to arrive.
"50,000 people can't take down the 20,000 guards of Wu County? Was there such a huge gap between the soldiers? It seemed that he had to speed up the recruitment process in Dan Yang.”
Yuan Yao couldn't help but sigh at Old Yuan's audacity. He only had a bunch of trash under him, yet he dared to declare himself emperor?!
"Yan Xiang."
"Your humble subject is here."
"Bring a group of people and sneak into Wu County to contact the local aristocratic families.
These people have a death grudge with Sun Ce, so they will definitely side with us.”
Since Dan Yang had been taken down, Yuan Yao summoned Yan Xiang to familiarize himself with the government affairs.
Yuan Yao planned to break through from the inside. As long as the rear was unstable, the 20,000-strong garrison would definitely be in trouble.
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