"It's them again, it's them again!" Sun Ce was shocked and angry. He was shocked because the people of Wan Cheng dared to come up to the city wall. He was angry because the people of Wan Cheng were the people of Wan Cheng. Sun Ce fought the most aggrieved battle in his life against Lu Kang.
At that time, Sun Ce was still Yuan Shu's subordinate. Yuan Shu asked Sun Ce to ask for provisions from Lu Kang in Wan Cheng. Lu Kang not only did not give, but also made Sun Ce angry. In fact, it was not that Lu Kang did not give the provisions, but that Lu Kang gave the provisions that Yuan Shu requested. However, Sun Ce was young and frivolous. He opened his mouth and asked for five times more than what Yuan Shu requested.
How could Lu Kang agree to this? If he agreed, then it would be good if the provisions were to be harvested. But if there was a disaster, then the entire Wan Cheng would not be able to take out provisions to help the people. Lu Kang did not hesitate to refuse. He also sent a sentence to Sun Ce, saying that he only has the ambition of a youth but does not have the heart to govern the world. What does this mean? This was mocking Sun Ce's ambition, but it was just an armchair strategist. He was a giant in words but a dwarf in action. Moreover, he did not care about the life and death of the people.
Sun Ce was originally a proud person. When he was suddenly angered by Lu Kang, he immediately went back and told Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu was also a person who cared about his face. He saw that Sun Ce's subordinate did not give face to the Yu Province's Magistrate. He asked Sun Ce for provisions and dared not to give him. If Sun Ce did not treat Sun Ce well, then how would Sun Ce, Yuan Shu, be able to show his face in the Great Han Dynasty.
Sun Ce was very confident in capturing Wan Cheng. He wanted to tie up old man Lu Kang in front of him and humiliate him. But who would have thought that in the first battle, Sun Ce would be met with bad luck. Although Lu Kang was not as brave as Sun Ce, Lu Kang had experience. He knew that Sun Ce was young and full of vigor. In the first battle, Lu Kang deliberately retreated and left most of Wan Cheng's walls to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was overjoyed at that time. If things continued like this, he would be able to capture Wan Cheng in one battle. He wanted to see how old man Lu Kang would face him.
Before Sun Ce could finish being happy, Sun Ce found that something was wrong. His troops were on the walls of Wan Cheng and were locked in a fierce battle with Lu Kang's troops. However, his provisions were gone. Lu Kang was more familiar with Lujiang than Sun Ce. Under the watchful eyes of the people of Lujiang, Sun Ce's army could not hide from Lu Kang. Naturally, his provisions were also under the surveillance of Lu Kang. When Sun Ce was feeling complacent after capturing most of Lujiang's walls, Lu Kang sent a group of people to directly seize the provisions of Sun Ce's army and burned the provisions of Sun Ce's 5000 troops.
Without provisions, how could the soldiers fight? Although the outer walls of Wan Cheng were broken, the inner walls were still there. Sun Ce was not sure that he could capture the inner walls in one day. If he could not capture the inner walls in one day, how could the hungry Yuan Shu's army go to war?
Sun Ce had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Lu Kang also sent a messenger to inform Yuan Shu that they could provide the provisions, but only half of it. The half that Lu Kang asked for was more than double of what Yuan Shu asked for. Lu Kang also brought a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao could help him reconcile with Yuan Shu. After all, Lu Kang didn't want to fight. If it was a normal lord, or a duke with a bit of intelligence, like Cao Cao, he wouldn't attack Lu Kang. Instead, he would negotiate with Lu Kang. He might even try to recruit Lu Kang because Lu Kang didn't clearly belong to any lord.
However, Yuan Shu was different. He inherited the habit of the Yuan family, which was to not admit his mistakes even if he was beaten to death. He knew that Sun Ce might have deceived him, and he also knew that there was no benefit in beating Lu Kang. However, Yuan Shu's temper was really bad, especially when Lu Kang mentioned his elder brother, Yuan Shao. He asked his elder brother to mediate between Yuan Shu and Lu Kang. He was the eldest son of the fourth generation of the Yuan family. His elder brother, Yuan Shao, was the eldest son of a concubine. Originally, he was the eldest son of the Yuan family, but who told him to have a stronger elder brother? Yuan Shao was better than Yuan Shu in every aspect. Being suppressed for many years, naturally he was angry and refused to accept Yuan Shao. How could a servant's son be his elder brother? How could he criticize him? At this time, Yuan Shu was not much weaker than Yuan Shao. Even in Yangzhou, Yuzhou, where the foundation of the Yuan family was, Yuan Shu was stronger than Yuan Shao with the help of the Yuan family.
Sun Ce added oil to the fire. Yuan Shu, who was originally trying to put out the fire, not only gave Sun Ce new provisions, but also gave Sun Ce 10,000 soldiers and horses. Combined with the 15,000 soldiers, they went to attack Wan Cheng, which only had 4,000 soldiers.
At that time, Sun Ce was not as strong as he was now. The soldiers under his command were all Yuan Shu's soldiers. They were not his own subordinates, and he did not have any generals under him. His 15,000 soldiers were beaten by Lu Kang's 4,000 soldiers. Yuan Shu then added more soldiers to fight against Lu Kang. No matter how strong Lu Kang was, his 4,000 soldiers could not withstand Yuan Shu's continuous reinforcement tactics.
The only thing that could support Lu Kang was the people of Wan Cheng. Seeing that the city was about to be broken, a large number of people rushed to the top of the city. Although they were not trained, they had a large number of people. They were able to drive Yuan Shu's army out of the city.
With the help of the people of Wan Cheng, coupled with the fact that Wan Cheng already had sufficient provisions, the battle lasted for two years. In the end, Sun Ce pretended to withdraw his troops and sent people to attack Wan Cheng in the middle of the night. Only then was Wan Cheng captured. Otherwise, Sun Ce would really have a hard time. Even after capturing Wan Cheng, Sun Ce was unable to catch Lu Kang. Lu Kang took his family and sealed himself in the prison of Wan Cheng. With the protection of the Thousand Catty Drop, Sun Ce could not do anything to him. In the end, Lu Kang and half of his family starved to death.
After the news of Lu Kang's death spread out, the people of Wan Cheng looked at Sun Ce and felt that something was wrong. There were always bloodstains in the Administration Mansion, so the people were not willing to join Yuan Shu's recruitment.
Yuan Shu also took this opportunity to remove Sun Ce. The reason was that Sun Ce had provoked the people's resentment.
After two years of hard work, what would Sun Ce think if he was dismissed? Moreover, the people of Wan Cheng helped Lu Kang to defend the city. Therefore, Sun Ce did not have a good impression of the people of Wan Cheng.
Previously, Sun Ce thought that Wan Cheng was his own and slaughtering the people of Wan Cheng would only do him harm. He was not stupid, so he destroyed his own property and threw it away.
But now it was different. The people of Wan Cheng helped Liu Mang to defend the city. This once again aroused Sun Ce's anger and resentment towards the people of Wan Cheng. It was them again!
This time, Sun Ce's killing intent increased greatly. These foolish people, these lowly people, if he had known earlier, he would have directly slaughtered them. But now, they came to interfere with his attack on Wan Cheng. Sun Ce could not help but hate them.
The fire on top of the city wall has weakened, giving Danyang soldiers and Lu Bu army a chance to breathe. However, this respite did not last for more than an incense stick worth of time. Lu Su, who is under the city wall, immediately issued an order. All arrows are aimed at Wancheng city civilians "Shoot!"
Lu Su did not have that kind of kindness. He issued the order to shoot when his own people were still on the walls of Wan Cheng. Needless to say, now that he was facing the people of Wan Cheng, Sun Cejun would have to face the heavy cavalry of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Although Sun Cejun also found a way to deal with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, he did not want to use it. This was because Sun Ce and Lu Su did not have much confidence.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" The soldiers on the walls did not distinguish between the people and the enemy. They only cared about shooting arrows.
"What!" Liu Mang's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Sun Ce's Army, Sun Ce's Army, Sun Ce's Army actually shot arrows at the common people who helped to put out the fire.
These people did not have armor to defend themselves. They were all wearing cloth clothes. They did not have the agility of the soldiers to avoid the arrows. Most of them were old, weak, sick, and disabled. Their hands and feet were not nimble. Because they were concentrating on putting out the fire, they did not feel the danger. By the time they felt it, it was already too late.
"Swish! Swish! Swish! "The sound of arrows piercing through the air was heard. The soldiers on the walls did not have the slightest mercy. They directly shot the arrows in their hands. The arrows flew through the air and flew towards the city wall, forming a rain of arrows.
"Ahhhhhh!" The scene that Liu Mang did not want to see the most happened. The people could not avoid the arrows. They did not have a trace of defense on their bodies. In front of the arrows, they were simply live targets. Sun Cejun's soldiers used projectile arrows. Often, an arrow could penetrate two people.
"Old woman!" Under the rain of arrows, an old woman with an unknown amount of strength pounced on the body of an old woman beside her.
"Pfft!" He spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Old man, what happened to you? Don't scare me, don't scare me!" The old woman panicked. The old man's face instantly turned pale. The old woman's back was pierced by an arrow. The old woman wanted to help him wipe off the blood, but there was more and more blood on her hand.
"I can't take it anymore! Old woman! "
"No, no, don't scare me.
As the old man spoke, he stopped breathing.
"Old man, how can you leave me behind? How can you!" The old woman was about to stand up, but her body was suddenly pushed by a force, causing her to stagger. The old woman looked at her chest and suddenly laughed, "Old man, I'm coming to accompany you!" A long arrow pierced through her chest.
"Head of the family, head of the family!" A black village woman opened her eyes wide. She couldn't believe the scene in front of her. Her pillar, the pillar of her family, the man who held up the sky for her, fell down with arrows in his body. "Don't!"
The tragedy was still happening. Sun Cejun's soldiers on the wall shot arrows one by one into the bodies of the people of Wancheng city.
"Go down, go down the wall, go down the wall!" Liu Mang used all his strength to push Dong Xi away and roared at the common people who are putting out the fire. They are not soldiers, they are not soldiers, they are only common people. This is a war, it should be done by the soldiers and not the common people who are sacrificing themselves.
Liu Mang shouted, but no one paid attention to him. Although the people of Wancheng city were frightened by the first wave of arrows, so many people died, so many people were seriously injured. As ordinary people, how could they not be afraid?
But then they changed, because among the people who fell down, there may be their loved ones. When their loved ones fell, their deep fear turned into deep hatred.
"Put out the fire, put out the fire! Wancheng city can't be lost, can't be lost! " The people did not listen to Liu Mang's words. They braved the rain of arrows and poured water into the fire. When they were hit by arrows, they pulled out the arrows and let the blood flow out, hoping that it can extinguish the fire.
If they go down the wall, they can live, but they will face the destruction of their families. If they don't go down the wall, perhaps they will die. But as long as they can stop Sun Cejun, their loved ones in Wancheng city can survive.
For the sake of their loved ones, many of the people on the wall were the original residents of Wancheng city. This was their second confrontation with Sun Cejun.
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