At the same time, in Wu County.
"Trash, a bunch of trash!"
Sun Quan roared.
He threw all the memorials on the table to the ground and shouted angrily.
The soldiers below hurriedly shrunk their necks, not saying a word.
"Zijing, what news do you have?"
Sun Quan turned to Lu Su and asked.
However, Lu Su only shook his head and sighed.
Sun Quan was almost driven crazy during this period of time.
Sun Shangxiang seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. There was no trace of her at all.
The officials that Yu Ji had used illusions to confuse did not remember seeing Sun Shangxiang at all.
Therefore, Sun Shangxiang's whereabouts could be said to have been completely concealed.
In fact, Sun Quan did not care about Sun Shangxiang's whereabouts. Although he loved this little sister of his very much, she had willfully disobeyed him. This made Sun Quan very angry.
However, Wu Guotai's side gave Sun Quan a lot of pressure.
Wu Guotai's prestige in Jiangdong could be said to be unshakable.
No matter which official it was, they had to give Wu Guotai face and bow respectfully when they saw her.
Even Gan Ning, who was born a bandit and was always carefree, did not dare to act rashly when he saw Wu Guotai.
Let alone Sun Quan.
Sun Quan had an innate fear of his mother. Even though Sun Quan was now the ruler of Jiangdong, he was still very respectful to his mother.
After Sun Shangxiang disappeared, Wu Guotai cried bitterly and ordered Sun Quan to find Sun Shangxiang no matter what.
If anything happened to her, Sun Quan and Lu Su would have to apologize.
The two of them did not dare to say anything. They could only do their best to find her.
However, even with Lu Su's connections and power, he could not find any information about Sun Shangxiang.
During this period of time, Sun Quan specially invited a few Taoist masters to put up many talismans in Wu Hou's residence to prevent Yu Ji from coming again.
Although they weren't sure if it was Yu Ji who did it, since it was possible, they had to be on guard.
No one knew if Yu Ji had the ability to kill him directly.
"Search! Keep looking! "
"Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground of Jiangdong, we have to find the princess!"
Sun Quan shouted angrily and sent all the soldiers away. He sat down heavily on a chair and rubbed his temples.
During this time, Sun Quan seemed to be mentally and physically exhausted.
Sun Shangxiang's disappearance was only a small part. It could be said that it was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The biggest problem was Shanyue.
At this time, the people of Yuzhang and the prefectures that bordered Shanyue were extremely afraid.
They were afraid that the Shanyue people would continue to come and rob them.
They were not so afraid in the past because the soldiers could still fight the Shanyue bandits evenly.
When the bandits saw the Jiangdong soldiers, they very wisely chose to run away.
However, it was different now.
The soldiers came to suppress the bandits, but they were beaten to the point that they could not fight back. Almost half of them were injured and fled in panic.
This made the civilians and the low-ranking officials very disappointed in the soldiers of Jiangdong.
Without confidence, they would definitely be extremely afraid.
"Gongji …"
Sun Quan summoned Ling Tong and rubbed his forehead.
"I'll give you another 70,000 soldiers. Can you wipe out the Shanyue bandits?"
Ling Tong's expression was a little ugly.
"This … My lord, I dare not say for sure."
"To be precise, the chances of winning are very slim."
"There are at least two hundred thousand soldiers in Shanyue. I'm afraid that 70,000 soldiers will not be enough to wipe them out."
Sun Quan's face darkened when he heard Ling Tong's words.
"Then how many soldiers do you need?"
Sun Quan said coldly.
Ling Tong gritted his teeth and finally said,
"Forgive me for being blunt."
"The Shanyue's morale is high now. If we attack rashly, I'm afraid that we won't be able to gain any benefits."
"My lord, in my opinion, we should concentrate the city's defense forces in the south and guard the Shanyue's exit."
"We can't attack, but if we defend, I'm confident that they won't be able to break through the defense line and harm the people of Jiangdong."
Sun Quan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard Ling Tong's words.
After a long while, Sun Quan said, "Alright.
"Alright, then I'll still give you seventy thousand men and support you with rations. You must guard this place to the death and never let the Shanyue people leave the mountain."
"Moreover, the battle in Jiaozhou is fierce now. Many foreign tribes are running toward the Shanyue. The Shanyue will definitely send troops to resist."
"Therefore, the Shanyue may not have the energy to invade Jiangdong."
After saying that, Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said,
"If the southern expedition army is here, why would I do this?"
"It's only a matter of time before we destroy the Shanyue."
"You just need to defend well. When Lord Xingba and the others return, we'll attack and destroy the Shanyue in one fell swoop!"
Ling Tong was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly said,
"Yes!"
Ling Tong was originally afraid that Sun Quan would ask him to fight head-on.
If he fought head-on, there was no way he could fight against the Shanyue.
After fighting with the Shanyue, Ling Tong was very clear that the Shanyue's soldiers were very strong. Moreover, there were so many soldiers.
If they attacked now, let alone 70,000, even if they doubled their forces, they might not be able to break through the Shanyue's stronghold.
After all, the Shanyue's leaders were not to be trifled with.
Moreover, it was already very difficult for the current Jiangdong to bring out 70,000 soldiers.
When the time came, they would definitely transfer a portion of the city defense forces from the various cities.
If that was the case, Ling Tong didn't even need to think about the strength of these soldiers. They wouldn't be able to compare to the Shanyue's soldiers.
Disregarding everything else, just the expeditionary army that Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu brought over might not be able to fight evenly with the Shanyue's soldiers.
They were like natural competitors. Whether they were outnumbered or outnumbered, they were very difficult to deal with.
The only thing Ling Tong could do now was to arrange for all the soldiers to defend the stronghold.
If they were to defend the stronghold, it would be much easier to deal with the Shanyue.
After all, Jiangdong's Iron Wall was not called the Iron Wall for nothing.
Jiangdong's city walls were much better built than those in Cao Wei or Jingzhou. Their defensive capabilities were also significantly improved.
Therefore, it was impossible for the Shanyue's soldiers to defeat the Jiangdong Army's Shanyue soldiers with brute strength and horse-riding talent.
After Ling Tong left, Sun Quan sighed.
Since he had received Sun Quan's permission, he was ready to go all out.
Although the soldiers assigned to him were all weaklings of the city defense forces.
Even so, they were much better than the 50,000-strong Shanyue soldiers.
At the very least, these soldiers would be obedient. They wouldn't dare to act arrogantly in front of the commoners, which would eventually lead to their deaths.
With that in mind, Ling Tong led his soldiers toward Yuzhang.
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