Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhuge Liang soon arrived in Jingzhou.
This visit to Sun Quan was clearly different from the last time.
Jingbei was now in an extremely normal state. Other than the fact that there were more soldiers, nothing else seemed to have changed.
The common people were still going about their daily lives, peddling their wares as if they had no idea that a war was about to break out.
"Kongming, you're finally here."
"Wu Hou has been waiting for you for a long time."
At this moment, Lu Su rushed over with a few guards and said with a smile.
Zhuge Liang cupped his hands.
"Zijing, I trust you've been well since we last met."
"Zijing, please take me to see Wu Hou."
"What I'm here to discuss this time is a very serious matter."
Lu Su nodded with a solemn expression.
Lu Su only knew that Zhuge Liang was coming to visit and did not know his true purpose.
But there was one thing that Lu Su was clear about.
During such a great war, if there were no special matters, the prudent Zhuge Liang would never rush over so rashly.
Sun Quan's face was grim as he looked at the map on the table.
Lu Meng and Lu Xun stood on either side of him.
"Ziming, Boyan, how long do you think it will take for the Cao Army to reach Jingbei?"
Sun Quan asked in a low voice.
Lu Xun slowly stood up and cupped his hands.
"My lord, according to our scouts, they will arrive in Jingbei in about three days."
"Our army is fully prepared. Cao Cao has sent about two hundred thousand soldiers to Jingbei."
"As long as they appear, our Jiangdong soldiers will be the first to defeat them."
Hearing Lu Xun's words, Sun Quan immediately nodded heavily.
"Don't be careless."
"We just received a report that Fan City has fallen."
Hearing this, Lu Meng and Lu Xun were startled.
"Isn't Guan Yunzhang defending Fan City?"
"And Fan City has more than a hundred thousand soldiers. They should be able to hold out for a while."
"It's only been a few days. How could it have fallen?"
Lu Meng couldn't help but wonder.
In fact, it wasn't just Lu Meng who was confused.
They were well aware of Guan Yu's martial prowess and strategy.
Although there was a difference in numbers, it wasn't that great a difference, not to mention that Guan Yu's army was defending the city.
Everyone knew that Fan City was the first city that was of the eye. Once Cao's eye eye, it's eye's eye's eye eye.
But how many days had passed?
Fan City had actually fallen?
"Today, Zhuge Liang is coming to find me to discuss this matter."
"I," Sun of the Eye. "
"The Cao army must have used some strange method. Otherwise, Guan Yu wouldn't have been unable to hold on for half a month."
Even though they knew that Fan City would fall sooner or later, they still planned to hold on for at least a month.
In the end, he didn't even last a week, let alone half a month.
This was indeed too inconceivable.
Moreover, when they heard that Zhuge Liang was coming, everyone immediately understood that this matter was definitely not that simple.
There had to be some secret behind this.
Soon, Lu Su led Zhuge Liang to the main hall.
"This subject pays his respects to Wu Hou."
Zhuge Liang bowed respectfully.
Sun Quan waved his hand.
"Rise, Kongming. Tell me about the situation in Fan City."
"Why didn't Fan City last a week?"
Sun Quan wasn't blaming Zhuge Liang. He just wanted to know the details.
After all, even if he was the one defending Fan City, he might not be able to do a better job than Guan Yu.
Moreover, Liu Bei Army wouldn't play around with their own city.
This could only mean one thing.
Cao Cao's army must have used some strange method to deal with Fan City.
The enemy would arrive in three days. Sun Quan desperately wanted to know what Cao Cao's trump card was.
Zhuge Liang also knew this, so he simply cut to the chase.
"Reporting to Wu Hou, this subject was going to talk about this.
"Originally, with the strength of Fan City's defenses, we should have been able to hold on for two months.
"However, Cao Cao used a strange object.
"This object is very small, similar to a small stone. After being launched by a catapult, it can hit the city walls.
"This object is very strange. It can cause a violent explosion, and even the city walls can't withstand more than a few of them.
"Just five of them are enough to make the city walls tremble."
"It is precisely because of this that our army suffered so many casualties that we had to give up on Fan City after holding on for several days."
Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, a puzzled expression appeared on everyone's face.
It wasn't that they didn't believe it.
It was that this was simply too inconceivable, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a fantasy.
"This … Kongming, are you really not joking?"
After a long while, Sun Quan recovered from his shock and looked at Zhuge Liang in shock.
This description didn't sound normal at all!
No matter how powerful Cao Cao was, he couldn't possibly have something like this, right?
What kind of stone could cause the city walls to tremble with just five of them?
If he really had something like this, then why didn't Cao Cao attack earlier?
What Sun-Liu Alliance? How could they resist Cao Cao?
Zhuge Liang sighed faintly.
"Wu Hou, I really hope that this is false.
"However, it is true, and General Guan saw it with his own eyes.
"General Guan.
Originally, we had a large number of archers lying in ambush at the top of the city walls, waiting for the arrival of the Cao Army.
"However, the Cao Army used something like this.
Otherwise, our army wouldn't have suffered so many casualties. "
At this point, Zhuge Liang's tone was filled with anger.
However, this anger wasn't directed at Sun Quan, but at Cao Cao.
Why did Cao Cao have something so heaven-defying?
In a siege, the most important thing was to break through the city walls.
In the past, they relied on people to slowly take control of the city walls.
However, Cao Cao didn't make any sense!
He directly blew up the city walls!
Sun Quan couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"This … I already know what Kongming said.
"However, how should we deal with this?
"If every one of Cao Cao's troops had a divine artifact like this, then wouldn't we have no choice but to retreat?"
Sun Quan's meaning was very simple.
If they knew that they couldn't win, then what could they do?
If they couldn't, then was Zhuge Liang here to persuade them to surrender?
Zhuge Liang frowned and said.
"Wu Hou, there is no way to neutralize this artifact.
"That exploding divine artifact only needs to come into contact with something and it will explode. There is no way to stop it at all."
Hearing this, Sun Quan's face turned green.
If that was the case, was Zhuge Liang really here to persuade them to give up on Jingzhou?
That would be useless.
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