Chapter 224

Didn't even see the other side open their Gang-Qi.

Before Sun Sun Jian could speak, Cheng Pu on the side shook his head: "Yigong, you are wrong! The other side really held back on purpose, otherwise, we might have already died this time."

"Exactly!"

Sun Sun Jian nodded affirmatively: "I wasn't joking before, if Huang Zhong and Old Dian Wei really wanted to kill us this time, let alone such a sneak attack, we wouldn't have been able to pass a single move in a head-on fight."

"It seems that Su Xuan has other plans and is not prepared to truly go to war with Lord Yuan Shu!"

"This is exactly the same as Lord Yuan Shu's idea!"

"Clearly, they both want to promote peace through war, and afterward, the crusade against Dong is the key."

The more this was the case, the more Sun Sun Jian felt Su Xuan's power.

This person is not only powerful in military formation, but his strategy and scheming are also not bad!

Unfortunately, he knew clearly that his own strategy and scheming were actually his shortcomings.

This point is related to his background, education, and personality.

But if he wants to make up for this shortcoming, he can only find a way to recruit a powerful strategist.

Relying on himself, he had no confidence at all.

He was not born to eat this bowl of rice.

God gave him enough bravery and the ability to lead troops to fight, but obviously ignored his brain.

Cheng Pu frowned upon hearing this: "This person is really powerful! He can actually endure this!"

"It seems he has a bigger plan!"

"Not good!"

Suddenly, Cheng Pu realized something, turned to look at Sun Sun Jian: "My Lord! We acted as the vanguard to go to war with Su Xuan this time, clearly wanting to be against him;"

"He has now become the Governor of Jingzhou, then wouldn't our Changsha and even Jiangxia be lost?"

Sun Sun Jian also reacted violently at this time, his face changed drastically: "Not good!"

He really forgot about this!

If Su Xuan was still just the Prefect of Nanjun, he might not have dared to move his Changsha.

But now Su Xuan is already the Governor of Jingzhou, and Changsha itself belongs to Jingzhou.

If he hadn't fought Su Xuan and become an enemy, then with their friendly relationship on the surface, Sun Sun Jian believed that Su Xuan really wouldn't have been able to swallow his Changsha.

But now, he had equivalent to taking the initiative to hand the handle to the other side, and Changsha had absolutely no possibility of survival.

Sun Sun Jian couldn't help but worry about his family left in Changsha.

"No way? Su Xuan dares to send troops to Changsha? He is still at war with us, does he have this military strength?"

Zu Mao couldn't help but speak.

"Absolutely!"

Sun Sun Jian said with an iron-blue face: "The ones in Xinye are only the 6, 00 Xuanwu Battalion and 6, 00 Black Armor Army under Su Xuan;"

"Altogether only 12, 00, he still has the Brave Cavalry Battalion, Nanjun county soldiers, and Jiangling water navy;"

"These add up to at least more than 10, 00 people."

"Moreover, in the past few months, I don't believe Su Xuan hasn't expanded his troops;"

"His real military strength probably far exceeds this number;"

"This time, I really miscalculated! I shouldn't have gotten involved, sigh!"

Cheng Pu and the others looked at each other, their faces very ugly.

This time, Sun Ce, who had been holding back and not speaking, couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Father! Mother and Second Brother won't be okay, right?"

Before Sun Sun Jian could speak, Han Dang and the others had already changed color.

Because their families were all in Changsha!

"No!"

Sun Sun Jian shook his head firmly: "Su Xuan is not that kind of person, even if he takes Changsha, he won't make things difficult for our families!"

"After all, didn't Huang Zhong and the others hold back on us before?"

"Obviously they don't want to become mortal enemies with us;"

"Moving our families doesn't fit this point."

Han Dang and the others' expressions eased by more than half.

Indeed.

Sun Sun Jian then comforted: "Of course, later when Su Xuan and Lord Yuan Shu have peace talks, I will also participate and ask Su Xuan to return our families to us;"

"As a price, Changsha will be given to him directly! I won't fight for it."

Anyway, he didn't think he could take back Changsha, so just treat it as waste utilization.

This time he was tricked miserably by Lord Yuan Shu, Sun Sun Jian secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to get it back from Lord Yuan Shu later.

He doesn't do loss-making business.

"My Lord!"

Han Dang and the others were moved.

The Lord still cares about them!

Even the foundation land can be given up, just to exchange for their families.

Of course, the Lord's own family was also in the ranks of the exchange.

But Han Dang and the others automatically ignored it.

Because they felt that, given Sun Sun Jian's past friendship with Su Xuan, no matter what, Su Xuan wouldn't move Sun Sun Jian's family.

On the contrary, they were different.

"No need for this!"

Sun Sun Jian saw them like this, squeezed out an ugly smile and waved his hand: "This was my mistake to begin with! Now it's just giving up some things that are destined to be lost to make up for my mistakes!"

"Since you followed me, I naturally have to be responsible for you and your families;"

"This is the obligation I should fulfill as a Lord."

This is both his sincere words and to win over people's hearts.

Ji Ling's side,

After returning to his central army from Sun Sun Jian's side with a belly of anger, he immediately ordered his troops to start attacking the city.

"Kill!!!"

Soon, the sound of slaughter under Xinye City sounded again.

On the city wall, Old Dian Wei and Huang Zhong calmly commanded the defenders to respond.

Like a rock, they easily defended the city wall, and ten minutes passed, without letting a single enemy soldier successfully climb the city wall.

Lord Yuan Shu's army suffered heavy casualties, but the losses of Su Xuan's army on the city wall were minimal.

Even, there were no people who died in battle.

At most, a few unlucky guys who were not careful suffered minor injuries.

If they didn't bandage quickly, with their physique, the wounds would probably heal.

"Impossible! Impossible! How can the gap be so big?"

Ji Ling noticed this scene and muttered in disbelief.

He couldn't accept this kind of battle loss ratio at all.

He had always heard that Su Xuan's army was very powerful, very powerful.

In the past few months, they had occasionally had small frictions with the Su Xuan army in Xinye.

At that time, some people said that Su Xuan's army was very powerful.

But Ji Ling didn't take it to heart at the time, nor did he fully believe it.

He felt that this was just an excuse for those generals below to find for their own failure.

However, now facing the bloody reality, he had to believe it.

At the same time, he finally understood why Sun Sun Jian failed so quickly before, and why he would rather turn against them than continue to attack the city afterward.

Obviously, he didn't want to continue to lose.

But with the current situation, it is impossible to satisfy the Lord.

— Author's Notes —

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