Chapter 343

Zhu Huan cupped his hands,

"Lord, should our army attack the city tomorrow?"

Sun Quan shook his head,

"No need. The defenses of Wancheng are not poor. Since Liu Bei is coming, we will besiege the city to lure the reinforcements!"

Zhou Tai snorted,

"Liu Bei is so arrogant, bringing less than thirty thousand men. Does he think it's the last time he fought a defensive battle in Hedong?"

Chen Wu frowned, but he didn't think so in his heart. He had experienced Liu Bei's valor,

"Lord, Liu Bei's generals are valiant, and this force must be elite. Do not underestimate them."

Sun Quan also frowned. Ever since Chen Wu was released by Liu Bei, he had privately told many people about Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.

He waved his hand,

"No matter, with Le Jin's twenty thousand troops, we have a total of eighty thousand elite soldiers. Why fear his twenty-plus thousand men?"

Zhang Zhao cupped his hands,

"Lord, Liu Bei is extremely cunning. Our army should still be extra careful."

Sun Quan nodded,

"Deploy scouts widely to prevent Liu Bei from launching a surprise attack, and order spies to pay close attention to Yuzhang and Jiangxia to prevent Liu Bei from increasing his troops!"

Chen Wu, however, had a feeling that Liu Bei would not increase his troops,

"Is Lord Liu Xuande afraid that if he has too many troops, the Lord will run away?"

Chen Wu was suddenly frightened by his own thought and wished he could slap himself,

"Am I afraid of Liu Bei to this extent?!"

After Zhou Yu received the news, he advised Sun Quan to withdraw his troops.

Sun Quan naturally was unwilling. This was his first battle after becoming the Lord, eighty thousand against twenty-five thousand, and he should just run away without a fight?

How embarrassing would it be to go back?

How would the Jiangdong scholar-gentry and commoners see him?

How could he lead the team in the future?

"Liu Bei has twenty-plus thousand troops and dares to be so arrogant, bullying me? I will make him suffer a great loss!"

Zhou Yu had no choice but to tell the Lord to be cautious and more cautious!

Jiangbei, west of Lujiang Commandery, near Xunyang City,

Bu Zhi cupped his hands,

"Lord, is our army a bit too small?"

Liu Bei laughed,

"Zishan, do not worry. This time I have brought a hundred-battle elite force. Even if Sun Quan has three times my number, it is nothing to worry about."

Bu Zhi nodded,

"The Lord has won a hundred battles and is valiant in combat. I was naturally worrying too much."

Liu Bei patted him on the shoulder,

"Zishan is very right. Although Sun Quan is no good at fighting, we cannot underestimate him like this. Pass the order to deploy scouts widely to guard against a surprise attack by Sun Quan."

"Zishan, this time you learn more experience. I will need you to lead troops to fight in the future."

Bu Zhi was stunned. He thought the Lord was training him as a strategist, but it turned out to be a commander?

His heart was agitated,

"I will definitely study marching and formations seriously to serve the Lord."

The live broadcast room's barrage also increased,

"Is my Brother Bei being a bit too arrogant?"

"Indeed, don't capsize in the gutter. Although Sun Quan is not great, he has quite a few valiant generals under his command."

"Zhou Tai, Zhen Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, and Ling Chao are not bad."

"If Sun Quan wins, Jiangdong will be stabilized in one fell swoop!"

"He doesn't even need to win. As long as it's a draw, Sun Quan's prestige will be very high."

"I still feel Brother Bei has a trump card."

Xing Daorong let out a roar,

"Lord, I will surely take Sun Quan's head in three moves!"

Bu Zhi??

Inside Wancheng, in a bungalow south of the city,

Bu Bu Lianshi frowned slightly,

"Mother, Sun Quan has sent someone secretly to take me as a concubine."

Bu's mother laughed,

"This is a good thing. Sun Quan is the newest master of Jiangdong."

Bu Bu Lianshi shook her head,

"Mother, my cousin Bu Zhi wrote to me before, saying he was going to defect to Lord Liu Xuande. At this time, he must already be serving under Lord Liu Xuande."

"My cousin has great talent, and Lord Liu Xuande employs the talented. He is a great hero of the world. My cousin must be shining under his command. If I become Sun Quan's concubine, how would that make him feel?"

Bu's mother frowned,

"Could it be that Sun Quan is taking you as a concubine for the sake of Bu Zhi? That might be one aspect. Before, Zhuge Jin had someone paint a portrait of you..."

"Bu Lianshi, we women can only drift with the tide in these chaotic times."

Bu Bu Lianshi's eyes were firm,

"Mother, I want to head to Yuzhang or Jingzhou to defect to my cousin after the city is relieved."

Bu's mother nodded,

"Good, you have had your own opinions since you were young. I'll listen to you, but I don't know how this battle will turn out."

Bu Bu Lianshi also had her own little thoughts,

"Lord Liu Xuande, I hope you win this time."

She had lived in Wancheng for several years and had grown up listening to the love stories of the two Qiaos meeting Lord Liu Xuande in the refugee camp. Naturally, she hoped in her heart that she could also be a heroine once...

When Liu Bei just arrived at Songzi County in the middle of Lujiang Commandery, which was Chen Wu's hometown,

Lu Xun sent the latest intelligence,

Liu Bei was also a bit surprised,

"Sun Yi is dead, killed by his subordinates, the Commandant Gui Lan and the Commandery Assistant Dai Ding Yuan?"

Speaking of which, Sun Yi was unlucky. Gui Lan and Dai Ding Yuan were talents he had specifically recruited.

These two had a grudge against Sun Quan, as Sun Quan had killed the famous scholar Sheng Han Xian, who had recommended the two. They were afraid and defected to Sun Yi.

The two were heavily used by Sun Yi, but instead of repaying him, they bought people's hearts and let Sun Yi's trusted aide, Bian Hong, hack his own master from behind.

Guo Jia sighed,

"Lord, this Sun Yi is truly bad at using people. The people he used heavily ended up taking his life. Saying he is like Sun Ce—besides the impulsive personality, he is far inferior in strategy and valor..."

Pang Tong, however, said,

"No one knows if Sun Quan had a hand in this."

"This Sun Yi is also pitiful; he seems to have just gotten engaged and was planning to get married recently."

Liu Bei took out a letter,

"These two traitors actually dare to write to me, asking me to be their external support?"

He snorted,

"Such treacherous people dare to ask for help? Let me write a letter to scold them."

Liu Bei wrote furiously, writing a letter scolding the two, and also saying that after defeating Sun Quan this time, he would go to attack them and kill them all.

Bu Zhi was exceptionally impressed,

"The Lord is indeed benevolent and righteous; such villains truly deserve to die!"

Liu Bei was partly disgusted by the character of Gui Lan and Dai Ding Yuan,