The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was very fast. Although they were delayed by Liu Kai, they still arrived at Wancheng city in half a day. The walls of Wancheng city still had traces of the battle between Sun Cejun and the Lvbu's Army a few days ago. There were even traces of Sun Cejun's flag on the walls. However, the walls were very quiet. Although it was just dawn, Sun Cejun would not relax his vigilance. At the very least, someone should be patrolling the city.
"Zhang Fan, go and shout!" Lü Bu frowned. What kind of trick is Sun Ce playing? And what is Hanyang talking about?
"Yes!" Zhang Fan cupped his fist and rode his horse to Wancheng city's moat. This distance was the safest. Generally, arrows would not be able to fly over. There was no need to worry about hidden arrows. Even if there was an arrow at this distance, Zhang Fan could still shoot it down.
Zhang Fan took a deep breath and roared "Sun Ce's Army on the city wall, listen up! You used a treacherous scheme to cheat us out of the city wall! You are a disgrace to us martial artists! Now that my master is here, quickly send Sun Ce to his death!"
Zhang Fan was very familiar with shouting. Zhang Liao was on Lü Bu's body. It was Zhang Liao's turn to fight. Zhang Liao was no longer Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan's voice was very loud. It was so loud that the people on the walls could hear it. His voice echoed in the air. It was especially loud in the early morning when everything was recovering.
"Huh?!" Zhang Fan saw that there was no movement so he shouted again. However, there was still movement. Zhang Fan's eyebrows twitched. When he was about to shout a third time, a sound suddenly appeared in Zhang Fan's ear. It was an arrow, and its target was Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan did not move at all, because he found that the arrow did not have any strength at all. It stopped before it reached Zhang Fan, and Zhang Fan just happened to catch it!
"Arrow?!" Lü Bu also saw the arrow and saw a figure hiding in the battlements. It seems like Sun Cejun is still in the city! Hanyang's words fell through as Lü Bu shook his head. Half of the reason he came here was because of Liu Mang's words, and the other half was because he wanted to have a conversation with Sun Ce. To be honest, Lü Bu admired Sun Ce very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attended Sun Ce's wedding and wouldn't have called him uncle and nephew. Furthermore, Lü Bu even boasted that Sun Ce's deceased father, Sun Ce, was a fallen star.
If it wasn't for Sun Ce who wanted to kill with a borrowed knife, and if it wasn't for Chen Rui who was aggressive towards Lü Bu, perhaps today's situation would not be like this.
Perhaps now, Lü Bu would leave Xinye and appear in Hanzhong to compete with Lü Bu. This was the strategy of Lü Bu's chief strategist, Chen Gong, and Liu Mang. At that time, Sun Ce and Lü Bu could even form an alliance because of the policy of befriending those far away and attacking those near.
But now, everything was messed up. Lü Bu not only captured Jiang Xia, but also captured the eldest son of Huang Zu, Huang She. Because of Chen Rui, he directly went to Lujiang and seized half of Lujiang County, including Wan Cheng. This was the reason why Lü Bu and Sun Ce went to war.
Zhang Fan raised the arrow in his hand. "What's wrong? Is there no one in Sun Cejun? They actually sent someone to shoot an arrow. What a joke! Sun Ce, you are still young. Quickly go down the city and surrender. Otherwise, the day the city falls will be the day you perish! " Speaking empty words to scare people was what these veterans were best at. Although Zhang Fan's martial arts were not as good as Zhang Liao, he had fought many battles and naturally became good at it.
Lü Bu's purpose of coming here was because of Liu Mang's words. Originally, he only wanted Zhang Fan to probe the situation. However, Zhang Fan forcibly said that he was going to attack the city in order to scare Sun Cejun. In any case, Lü Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry did not suffer any losses. In simple words, he was just bragging. If he could brag, he would brag. It was also good to brag to the enemy! Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry had high mobility and was not afraid of Sun Ce's tricks.
However, Zhang Fan was doomed to be futile. Before, he could shout and get an arrow. But now, it seemed like no one cared about him!
"It's too quiet!" This was Lü Bu's first sentence. The city was too quiet. Generally, when a war broke out, the city would be ready. Even an ordinary city would not be so quiet. Now, Lü Bu felt that Wan Cheng was a dead city. There were only two possibilities for this silence. The first was that there was no one in the city. The second was that there was a trap.
Lü Bu was hesitant. He really did not know what the result would be. Fortunately, at this time, Liu Kai opened his mouth. "Lord, Kai has an idea!" Liu Kai looked at Lü Bu and said. The one who was most familiar with Wan Cheng was none other than Liu Kai! Liu Kai had lived in this city for most of his life. He even had a share in the construction of Wan Cheng. Therefore, he told Liu Kai that there was a small hillside outside Wan Cheng. From this hillside, one could see Wan Cheng's defense.
"There is such a place?!" Lü Bu did not expect that Liu Kai, who was a flatterer in Lü Bu's eyes, would be able to provide such a place. "Quickly take me there!" Lü Bu directly pulled Liu Kai and asked Liu Kai to lead the way.
The two led a group of cavalry all the way to the hillside that Liu Kai mentioned. Standing on the hillside, Lü Bu discovered that, except for Wan Cheng's inner city, the other city walls could be seen at a glance. In Lü Bu's field of vision, Wan Cheng's walls were covered with Sun Cejun's banners. However, there were only a few soldiers among the banners. The outer city of Wan Cheng was completely abandoned. Now, Wan Cheng was like a naked beauty in front of Lü Bu. There was nothing to hide. It was as if she was tempting Lü Bu to go in. The Lvbu's Army could enter the city without any effort.
"Is there an ambush?!" Lü Bu suddenly thought of this, but then he shook his head. "Ambush? How could it be? If Sun Ce had an ambush, he would not have lost the outer city of Wan Cheng! When Sun Ce attacked Wan Cheng, Liu Mang would rather die in the outer city than enter the inner city. This was because the inner city walls were not as high as the outer city walls. If they entered the inner city, they would not be defending against the enemy. Instead, they would be locking themselves in a cage and waiting for the enemy to slaughter them.
"Could it be …" Lü Bu's mind suddenly remembered the words that Liu Mang said before he fainted. "Wan Cheng is not lost! Wan Cheng is still in our hands! "
Sun Ce really withdrew his troops? Lü Bu still could not understand. Since there were no troops stationed in Wan Cheng, then they should not blame Lü Bu. Lü Bu and Liu Kai arrived at the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry camp and issued an order that made Zhang Fan stunned. "Attack the city! “
"Attack the city?!" Zhang Fan did not know what happened to his Lord. How could he go out and become like this? After Zhang Fan shouted, he did not get any response from Sun Cejun. Zhang Fan thought that Sun Cejun would not make a sound. He was ready to report to Lü Bu. Who knew that Lü Bu and Liu Kai had already left. So Zhang Fan could only wait for Lü Bu to come back. Cavalry attack the city? Are you kidding me? The Bing Province Wolf Cavalry were not ordinary soldiers. If the soldiers who besieged the city died, then so be it. If they died, then they can be summoned again. But the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry were all elites. One of them could fight against ten elites. Asking them to besiege the city now was the same as asking them to die.
"When you reach Wan Cheng, you will know why I issued this order!" Lü Bu did not explain to Zhang Fan. He was afraid that Zhang Fan would not believe him.
"Yes!" Although Zhang Fan was puzzled, he still went to prepare. Sieging a city only required the preparation of scaling ladders. Zhang Fan did not know how to make scaling ladders, nor was he able to make them. However, these scaling ladders needed to be prepared for thousands of people. Lu Bu could not wait any longer.
"Zhang Fan, what are you doing!" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Fan commanding the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry to dismount and enter the forest. One must know that Wan Cheng had already gone through a war. Liu Mang was afraid that Sun Ce would use the trees around Wan Cheng to build siege weapons and cut down the trees around Wan Cheng. Sun Ce could only go to the nearest forest and cut it down. Now, Zhang Fan had to go even further.
"There is no need to be so troublesome!" Lü Bu shook his head. "Go and make ladders with the wooden pillars of the big tent! “
"Wooden pillars of the big tent? Those are used to build the camp. How much wood can they make? How many ladders can they make? Five or ten? What is the use?
"If I tell you to go, then go!" Lu Bu used these scaling ladders as a precaution. If there was really an ambush, then the loss would be minimized, right?! If most of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry went up the city wall, then even if there was an ambush, Sun Ce would not be able to control the outcome.
The Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's fighting strength on land was not bad! Just like the Formation Breaker, the infantry was the king while the cavalry was the elite.
A total of eight ladders were made. Lü Bu wanted to go up the city wall first, but Zhang Fan did not want to. In the end, Lü Bu let Zhang Fan go up the city wall first.
Everything went smoothly. Zhang Fan quickly climbed up the city wall. When he reached the city wall, he found enemies. There were a total of four enemies! Two with broken legs, one with a broken arm, and one who looked to be in his teens. These were the enemies of Wan Cheng.
"What's the situation?" Zhang Fan was also suspicious. He waved his hand and ordered his men to tie up the 4 soldiers of Sun Ce's Army. Without much resistance, the 4 soldiers were captured.
When Zhang Fan heard the news from the four of them, he was really surprised. This was because they told him that Sun Ce had left with his army. Last night, he took his troops and left through the west gate of Wancheng city. After leaving, he did not come back, leaving behind the four of them who were crippled and unable to run.
Sun Ce did not want Wan Cheng? Zhang Fan's first thought was that there was a trap. Perhaps Sun Ce wanted to turn back and block the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in Wan Cheng!
"If he wants to block the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in Wan Cheng, then we will have to see if Sun Ce has the ability!" Indeed, the power of the cavalry inside the city was greatly reduced. But don't forget that Sun Ce only had 5,000 soldiers. Even if they were elites, how could the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry be afraid of them? Besides, there was also Lü Bu, the number one general in the world.
"Lord!" Zhang Fan saw that Lü Bu also climbed up. He quickly ordered people to open the gate and lower the drawbridge to let the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry enter Wan Cheng.
If Sun Ce did not want to trick them, then why did he not want Wan Cheng? Wan Cheng was the most important city in Lujiang. Winning Wan Cheng was equivalent to winning half of Lujiang. Moreover, there were hundreds of thousands of provisions for the Lvbu Army. If Sun Ce seized them, then the Lvbu Army would starve.
"I can't explain this problem to you. You should ask Hanyang!" Lü Bu was also confused. The only person who was the happiest was Liu Kai. He did not care about the strategy. For him, returning to Wan Cheng and his family's wealth was the most important thing.
Half a day later, Liu Mang also entered Wan Cheng. The reason why he was so fast was because after Lü Bu left, Liu Mang ordered Chengyu to lead the army to Wan Cheng. Liu Mang was very worried that his father-in-law would give up such an opportunity. Therefore, after Lü Bu took Wan Cheng, Liu Mang arrived in half a day.
Although the Administration Mansion was destroyed, some buildings could still be used. After cleaning up a courtyard for Liu Mang, Lü Bu sat beside Liu Mang. He looked at Liu Mang and saw that Zhang Fan was also following him. It looked like if Liu Mang did not give him an explanation, then Liu Mang would not be able to rest! This was because everything was too magical! Sun Ce used a stratagem and lost tens of thousands of soldiers to capture Wancheng city. For this purpose, he also used a lot of money to train the Yu Province Cavalry. But in the end, he directly abandoned the city and left with his troops. He did not even take away the city's jewels and provisions. What kind of plan is this!???????????? This made Lü Bu confused! Could it be that Sun Ce really had a conscience and wanted to leave Wan Cheng to his uncle? Or could it be that Liu Mang had the ability to predict the future? Liu Mang brought too many surprises to Lü Bu. Perhaps he really had the ability to predict the future!
Liu Mang looked at the two burly men who were looking at him with affectionate eyes and could not help but shiver. "Father-in-law, this Wan Cheng can be recovered. It is not Mang's credit, nor is it Mang's ability to predict the future. It is all thanks to one person!" Liu Mang said.
"There is another person?!" Lü Bu felt strange. Who had the ability to make Sun Ce retreat? Could it be her? Lü Bu could only think of a woman named He Yu. But this He Yu had been following the Lvbu's Army. Moreover, Sun Ce did not look like a person who would be easily moved by a woman.
"This person is Father-in-law's general! Father-in-law, not only do you want to reward him, you also want to bury his elder brother, Su Fei! At the very least, you must give him a posthumous title! This will appease this person's heart! "
"Su Fei's brother?!" Lü Bu was not stupid. When he heard Liu Mang's words, he began to understand. "Hanyang, you are saying!"
Only Zhang Fan didn't know what the two of them were talking about and was confused.
"Yes, it is Gan Ning, Gan Xingba!" Liu Mang nodded and said the name of this general. "Xingba and I agreed that five days after the day of the battle, which is the day when the city is broken, he will lead our navy to attack Wan Cheng's navy!"
"Attack Wan Cheng's navy! Is he crazy?! " Before Lü Bu could speak, Zhang Fan spoke. Zhang Fan did not know the current situation of Wan Cheng's navy. The strongest thing in the Jiangdong Army was the navy. The Jiangdong Navy was the overlord of the Yangtze River. Even the other overlord, the Jingzhou Navy, had to retreat. This time, Sun Ce had brought more than 10,000 of the Jiangdong Navy's main force to attack Wan Cheng. In addition, there were also tens of thousands of people. Lü Bu's navy was less than 10,000 people. It was good that they were not destroyed, but he still dared to take the initiative to attack. He used his own destruction to divert Sun Ce's attention!
"General Zhang Fan, don't be excited. Xingba won!" Liu Mang shook his head and said.
"He won?!" Zhang Fan was unable to close his mouth. Not only was Zhang Fan unable to close his mouth, even Lu Bu did not know what to say! Although he did not know much about the navy, he knew the position of the Jiangdong Navy. The Jiangdong Navy was like the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry on the plains. They were both kings. One was a dragon in the water, while the other was a tiger on the land.
But now, Liu Mang told him that the flood dragon was killed by someone at his doorstep, at the Wan Cheng Navy's camp. And the person who killed the flood dragon was
How could Lü Bu not be shocked? It was as if someone had told Lü Bu that an unknown cavalry unit with less than half of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's strength had completely wiped out the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!
"He really won!" If he did not win, Sun Ce would not have left. It was precisely because the Jiangdong Navy was defeated that Sun Ce was in a mess. His navy was destroyed, and his retreat was blocked. If the Lvbu's Army attacked again, they would only be able to rely on the dilapidated city. If the 5,000 soldiers were blocked here, Sun Ce would be in a tragedy. Therefore, Sun Ce left that night.
"Trash, trash, a bunch of trash!" In the wilderness, a large group of soldiers was running. They were not rushing but running. They were Sun Ce and his 5,000 soldiers. It was not easy for Sun Ce to take down Wan Cheng! 100,000 soldiers were blocked by 10,000 Lvbu's Army at Wan Cheng. They lost tens of thousands of soldiers and even 10,000 Danyang soldiers. Just as they were about to take down Wan Cheng, Lü Bu interrupted them. The arrival of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry forced Sun Ce to swallow his anger and prepare to leave! Lu Su's move was to cut off all means of retreat. He was prepared to make a final gamble to keep Sun Ce!
This gamble was almost successful. Sun Ce obtained Wancheng city and achieved his initial goal. However, the price he paid was too big. 5,000 Yuzhou Iron Cavalry. This was the accumulation of Sun Ce's Jiangdong treasury for decades. But now, all of them were wiped out and Zhang Kai was killed in the process. Sun Ce had no choice but to pay a huge price. Even if Zhang Kai did not die, Sun Ce was prepared to kill him.
With great difficulty, Sun Ce finally got his hands on Wancheng city. Sun Ce was preparing to send a letter to Jiangdong to send an army. He wanted Sun Ce to kill Lü Bu. But the bad news came. His Jiangdong Navy was unexpectedly wiped out! More than ten thousand elite navies! They were Sun Ce's subordinates! Sun Ce relied on them to suppress Jiangxia's navy. There were also 20,000 ordinary navy, a total of 30,000 people. Under the leadership of Jiang Qin and Lu Su, they fought against Gan Ning who escaped from the net. In the end, Gan Ning told Jiang Qin that Sun Ce's army of 30,000 was completely annihilated. More than 10,000 died and more than 10,000 were captured. Only a few hundred remnants escaped. Even Lu Su and Jiang Qin were captured.
What the f * ck are they fighting for? Are these people all trash? Jiang Qin, Lu Su, Zhang Kai, and Sun Ce could not get angry. If they were all trash, then what about the others? Aren't they the trash of the trash?
Jiang Qin was personally promoted by Sun Ce. He was a refined general. Together with Zhou Tai, they could make the pirates of Jingzhou tremble in fear. Although he had lost an arm, his talent as a commander was still there! As for Lu Su, he was someone that even Zhou Yu praised. He was also the one who gave Sun Ce the plan to cut off all means of retreat. He almost succeeded. He even designed a well under Wan Cheng. Other than being honest, he did not have any shortcomings. Although Zhang Kai's martial arts were not good, he was still a cavalry commander. Although he was a deputy in the Yuzhou Cavalry, it was because when the Yuzhou Cavalry was established, there were only two or three main generals. One was Sun Ce. Yuan Shu was afraid of Sun Ce. Then there was Huang Qi. This person was Yuan Shu's son-in-law. Other than his mouth, he was useless. Therefore, Zhang Kai was in charge of the Yuzhou Cavalry. Even Taishi Ci was inferior to him.
If these people were all trash, then the Jiangdong Army would not be able to find any capable people.
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