Chapter 606

And on the other hand, he also knew that Sun Yi's fiancée, Lady Xu, was not only good at fortune-telling but also a ruthless woman who would not let herself be outdone by men. She would design a way to remove the two, so he didn't have the chance to kill them himself, so he would just vent his mouth.

Scouts came to report,

"Report~! My lord, Sun Quan is not attacking Wancheng, but has surrounded it."

Bu Zhi cupped his hands,

"My lord, I'm afraid this Sun Quan wants to besiege the point to strike the reinforcements. This time he led sixty thousand troops, plus Zhou Yu's thirty thousand naval forces, almost bringing out all of Jiangdong's combat-ready troops."

Liu Bei laughed,

"It seems this Sun Zhongmou has grand plans, wanting to crush me in one fell swoop, or kill me, so his prestige would be greatly enhanced!"

Ma Chao and Zhang Liao both snorted,

"My lord, this Sun Quan doesn't even know how to walk, yet he wants to run!"

Liu Bei looked around,

"Do you all have any good strategies to break the enemy? Fengxiao, you speak first."

Guo Jia bowed,

"My lord already has a strategy to break the enemy, yet you are testing us."

Everyone was a bit confused.

Guo Jia enlightened them,

"My lord brought only twenty-five thousand troops this time, but there are ten thousand cavalry, and there are fierce generals Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, and Wei Yan."

Xing Daorong coughed.

Guo Jia laughed,

"Of course, there is also Daorong. I observed that Sun Quan's defeats by Chen Deng and the Shanyue have one characteristic:"

"That is, being surprised by the enemy. Sun Quan, when caught off guard, has no martial ability and no martial heart, and is the first to flee. The soldiers lose command, and they soon follow him in a rout."

"Sun Quan has never commanded a large-scale battle; more people are not necessarily an advantage."

Once everyone heard this, they instantly knew how to fight this battle.

Liu Bei laughed,

"Fengxiao is truly wise. Analyzing from his personality, Sun Quan has strategy but no courage. On the battlefield, our army only needs to chase Sun Quan, and no matter how many troops Sun Quan has, they will be a pile of loose sand! Instead, it will only increase the chaos."

"Think about the scene of Sun Quan running away and his generals chasing after him to rescue him."

Everyone?? The lord's description is truly vivid!

"Yide, Mengqi, Wenyuan, when the time comes, you lead the elite cavalry with only one goal: chase Sun Quan!"

"Yes!"

"The other generals will follow me to resist Sun Quan's attack first."

"Yes!"

Bu Zhi sighed long, feeling he had learned a lot,

"My lord, hearing your words is better than reading for ten years. Only now do I understand what it means to win a decisive battle from a thousand miles away. This battle of Sun Quan was destined to fail before it even started."

Liu Bei laughed,

"Zishan has a strong ability to learn; I think highly of you."

Zhang Fei laughed,

"Fengxiao, do you want to come up with the Ten Reasons Why Sun Quan Must Fail?"

Guo Jia waved his hand,

"No challenge; I'm not interested in writing it..."

Bu Zhi learned!

Danyang Commandery Governor's mansion,

Gui Lan slammed the table in anger,

"Liu Bei is hateful, actually wanting to kill us so-called traitors!"

Dai Yuan frowned,

"Then what should we do? Liu Bei doesn't like us, and Sun Quan will surely want to avenge Sun Yi on the surface. Should we go north to Yuan Shao, or south to Jiaozhou?"

Gui Lan waved his hand,

"What's the rush? Liu Bei is taking twenty-five thousand troops to fight Cao and Sun's eighty thousand; we don't even know if he'll survive!"

He then revealed a lecherous smile,

"Sun Yi's fiancée, Lady Xu, is beautiful. It would be a waste to leave her in the post station without getting married, so I might as well take over."

Gui Lan entered the Governor's mansion and had already looted all of Sun Yi's concubines, and even coveted Lady Xu, wanting to forcibly take her as a concubine.

Lady Xu pretended to delay for time, tricked Gui Lan into relaxing his vigilance, and then secretly contacted Sun Yi's confidants. On the day they removed their mourning clothes, they killed Gui Lan and Dai Yuan.

Lady Xu was a strange woman who combined calmness, wisdom, intelligence, and beauty; she was truly respectable and admirable!

Lady Xu saw Liu Bei's reply to Gui Lan and the two, and felt a sense of respect in her heart,

"Lord Xuande is truly a great hero who is open and aboveboard."

"I'll first cast a marriage fortune for myself..."

Sun Quan in Wancheng, upon learning of Sun Yi's encounter, besides a trace of grief and indignation, felt more joy.

Although they were brothers, what did that count for in the face of power?

Sun Yi heavily used Gui Lan and Dai Yuan, who had a grudge against him. Are the enemies of enemies friends?

The purpose was self-evident.

Sun Quan also played a role in secret, through bribery and spreading news, making Gui Lan and Dai Yuan believe that Sun Yi and Sun Quan were going to deal with them together, so the two struck first.

Scouts came to report,

"Report~! My lord, Liu Bei has twenty-five thousand troops and will arrive near Wancheng around noon tomorrow."

"Are there any other reinforcements?"

"My subordinates have scouted carefully; there are absolutely no reinforcements. Lu Xun's naval forces are also being tied down by General Zhou, and he has no time to attend to this side."

Sun Quan sighed in his heart; double happiness!

He looked at Le Jin,

"General Le, tomorrow in the decisive battle, you lead the troops to attack Liu Bei's left flank, how about that?"

Le Jin cupped his hands,

"I will obey the orders of the General Who Pacifies the East!"

The military order he received was to fully cooperate with Sun Quan on the premise of preserving his own strength, so naturally, he had no objections.

Sun Quan added,

"Chen Wu, Dong Xi, you two lead twenty thousand troops to launch a surprise attack on Liu Bei's right flank."

"Yes!"

"The other generals will attack Liu Bei's center army!"

"Yes!"

Sun Quan stood up tall, full of spirit,

"Gentlemen, tomorrow our army will crush Liu Bei in one fell swoop and make him suffer a great loss. Pass the order down: whoever kills Liu Bei will be promoted five ranks and rewarded with ten thousand gold!"

"Yes!"

,..

The next day at noon,

Liu Bei's army arrived on time,

The sound of hooves was rhythmic, dust was flying,

The momentum of ten thousand horses galloping was like a rainbow, like a mountain.

Sun Quan's expression changed slightly,

Liu Bei's army was indeed very elite. Among the ten thousand cavalry galloping, the formation was neat, and the soldiers had solemn expressions, ignoring the large army on this side; they were clearly all elite soldiers who had been through a hundred battles!

Except for the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Hedong last time, the Jiangdong soldiers had almost never seen the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping, and their morale dropped unconsciously.

Liu Bei's army stopped a few hundred meters away.

Liu Bei observed Sun Quan's layout, which was almost exactly as he had expected.

He drove his horse out with Zhang Fei and Xing Daorong, and said loudly,

"Sun Quan, come out and talk."