"What did you say?!"
Sun Quan had been resting in his chair when he suddenly heard the news of the defeat at the front lines. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"This Prince sent a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers to join with the thirty thousand soldiers under Ling Tong's command."
"One hundred and eighty thousand soldiers!"
"That's one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers. If each of them threw a pebble, wouldn't that Shanyue shake three times?"
"Now that we've lost ten thousand soldiers, we still haven't met those Shanyue soldiers?"
When he heard the news brought by the scout, Sun Quan immediately felt his vision darken.
Anger attacked his heart!
Sun Quan had been forcefully suppressing his anger over the past few days, trying to correct his recent mental state.
And the result?
He had been given such a great gift the moment he arrived!
"Is this Shanyue really that difficult to fight?"
Sun Quan took a deep breath and coldly said.
At this time, Lu Su, who was beside Sun Quan, quickly waved his hand, indicating for the scout to leave the battle report and leave quickly.
The scout didn't dare to disobey. He hurriedly obeyed, afraid that Wu Hou would suddenly vent his anger on him.
The scout had clearly been reporting to his master, but he had never imagined that he would end up in someone else's camp, where he could be executed at any moment.
Lu Su hastily cupped his hands and said,
"Master, please calm your anger."
"There must be something fishy about this!
"Ling Tong, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu. Which of these four soldiers isn't a cornerstone of our Jiangdong army?
"Moreover, they have the most elite main force of Jiangdong with them.
"Now that they've lost, and the four of them have jointly submitted a memorial, there must be something else going on!
"At the very least, Old General Huang and Old General Cheng wouldn't deceive Master over something like this!"
Only after hearing Lu Su's words did Sun Quan's anger slowly subside.
Lu Su's words were not without reason.
It was impossible for such a powerful army to lose so miserably.
Sun Quan forced himself to calm down and continued to listen to Lu Su's report.
Lu Su quickly relayed the contents of the report to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan's expression was extremely gloomy.
"An army of one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers. Even if we lose ten thousand, we still have one hundred and seventy thousand!
"You want these one hundred and seventy thousand soldiers to do nothing but waste their time in front of the Shanyue army?
"What use do I have for these soldiers?"
Lu Su hastily explain.
"My Lord, according to the battle report, the Yue people have used extremely fast crossbows, and the arrows can reach up to 300 paces."
"If that's the case, the Shanyue army army soldiers, then the Shanyue army's army........
"If we want to win now, it will be as difficult as ascending to the heavens!"
Sun Quan sneered.
"Zijing, let me ask you something. Do you believe these words?
"Those barbarians of the Shanyue army, how could they possibly know how to make ballistae?
"And arrows that can shoot at three hundred paces? Do they think that I don't know archery?!"
Sun Quan's tone clearly carried a hint of anger.
Sun Quan clearly believed that Ling Tong and the others had made up an excuse to fool him after their failure.
Because this was truly too ridiculous!
A range of three hundred paces, and even higher?
Let alone never seeing such a thing before, it was simply unheard of!
If someone who practiced archery heard this, they would definitely laugh their heads off.
But Sun Quan did not feel like laughing at all.
This matter was written in the report he had received from the generals he trusted the most!
When Lu Su heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said,
"Master, in this subject's opinion, this matter might not be as simple as it seems.
"There might be more to this matter than meets the eye. Master, please think twice before you act.
"These four generals are all pillars of Jiangdong. They definitely wouldn't use such clumsy words to fool you.
"Perhaps those Shanyue really did it!"
Sun Quan said coldly.
"Oh? Are you saying that I have wronged them?! "
"These 180,000 soldiers are all good-for-nothings?!"
Lu Su did not know how to explain this to Sun Quan.
Although he firmly believed that this matter had happened, even Lu Su himself found it hard to believe that Shanyue had such strength.
However, after a period of calmness, Sun Quan's emotions seemed to have calmed down. He narrowed his eyes and said:
He narrowed his eyes and said, "I will trust them one last time.
"Let them stand guard for three months. After three months, no matter what the Shanyue does, I will definitely take them down!"
With that, Sun Quan left with a flick of his sleeves.
Lu Su had nothing to say and could only accept the order.
However, at this moment, a scout hurriedly rushed over. His face was covered in sweat as he anxiously said:
"Viceroy, Master!"
"Something bad has happened!"
Hearing this, Sun Quan could not help but freeze in place and look at the newcomer.
Could it be that Shanyue is up to something again?
However, this scout clearly wasn't from the expeditionary army that was going to attack Shanyue.
These clothes …
They were Jingzhou soldiers!
Sun Quan's expression immediately tensed.
"What happened in Jingzhou?!"
How could the scout dare to be negligent? He swallowed his saliva and said,
He swallowed his saliva and said, "Master, reports have come from the frontlines of Jingzhou. Cao Cao has already brought over five hundred thousand soldiers and said that he is going south to take Jingzhou!"
When these words came out, Sun Quan felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Although he had made sufficient preparations, he still did not expect Cao Cao's army to arrive so suddenly!
Moreover, he had sent over five hundred thousand soldiers!
"Has Cao Cao gone mad?!"
Lu Su was shocked.
"Five hundred thousand soldiers!"
"That Cao Cao only has six hundred to seven hundred thousand soldiers under his command. This time, he sent five hundred thousand south. Isn't he afraid that the foreign tribes from the north will attack Xuchang?"
Lu Su still vaguely remembered that when Cao Cao attacked Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang had joined forces with Xiliang to besiege Xuchang.
At that time, Cao Cao had been as pathetic as he could be. If not for Bai Feng's interference, Xuchang would have been lost.
But why did he dare to use the same trick now?
Even if Ma Teng and Han Sui of Xiliang had died and submitted to Cao Cao, there were still other foreign tribes!
If these foreign tribes took the opportunity to invade the Central Plains, the two hundred thousand soldiers would not be able to stop them!
Sun Quan held his forehead and said coldly,
"Zijing, quick!"
"Send an urgent report. Tell Huang Gai, Ling Tong, and the others not to stay and to leave Shanyue as soon as possible!"
"Leave Shanyue to Tai Shici for now. All soldiers are to head to Jingzhou!"
"Jingzhou cannot be lost!"
Lu Su knew the severity of this matter. It was far more ferocious than the bandits in Shanyue.
Thus, Lu Su quickly summoned the scout who had rushed over to inform him of this matter.
Lead the soldiers directly to Jingzhou!
If Jingzhou was lost, Jiangdong would be in dire straits!
Cao Cao's army of five hundred thousand was no joke!
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