Chapter 303: Shu City has been unable to be conquered for a long time
——In fact, it only took a few days to attack the city.
“Do you think those secret techniques that Ziyu used before can be easily developed?
Especially this kind of systematic naval secret technique, which is a military system. A crystallization of wisdom." Chen Xi shook his head.
"Naive, if it were really that easy to develop, Ziyu wouldn't often go to the Government Affairs Office to observe which guy is more leisurely." Chen Xi said something that Fazheng didn't know.
When Fazheng heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he said hesitantly: "Is he looking for help?"
Before Fazheng came to Qi and took office, he often saw Yang Ji Squatting in the Government Affairs Office, not doing any work, just staring at others.
At that time, Fazheng thought that Yang Ji went to the Government Affairs Office and squatted to catch fish or something. Now from Chen Xi’s mouth, he finally knew why Yang Ji squatted in the Government Affairs Office. He co-authored it to find someone. Help develop the secret technique.
"Otherwise, why do you think he only stood at the door of the Government Affairs Office for a short while and then left? Isn't it because there is no one idle in the Government Affairs Office except me." Chen Xi said with a smile. , with no thought of correction at all.
Fazheng was silent for a while and said: "It's rare that you still have the nerve to say that you are just an idler in the Government Affairs Office."
"Hmph, this is because you don't know me well enough. Ziyu, who knows me well, knows my situation, so of course he won't look for me." Chen Xi snorted.
"Could it be that Ziyu didn't want you to be helpful because he disliked you?" Fazheng curled his lips and said.
"What are you talking about? What do you mean I will only be a disservice?" Chen Xi glared at Fazheng and roared as if he wanted to teach Fazheng a lesson.
"It seems that the truth is this." Fazheng is not afraid of Chen Xi's intimidation. He doesn't even release his momentum. Is this bluffing a child?
"..." Fazheng finally realized what he was saying, was Chen Xi trying to scare a kid like him?
"I have awakened my spiritual talent and am no longer a child who needs to be taken care of." Fazheng said to Chen Xi seriously.
"Well, the reaction is quite fast." Chen Xi said with a smile, and then changed the subject: "But, you haven't got a family yet, what are you if you're not a child?"
Although I have given you a gift. Like Fazheng, many young senior executives have not yet started a family, but at this time, age has become an advantage.
After all, sometimes, some people can stand on the threshold of age and make critical comments on certain people on certain matters without worrying about being picked on by the parties involved.
"Humph, when my father comes from Fufeng, he will bring my fiancée with him." Fazheng said with a hint of pride.
Chen Xi looked up and down and said, "Your fiancée should have been engaged since childhood, right?"
"Um, how did you guess it?" Fazheng was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise. Dao, he has never said anything about this.
"Well, maybe it's because I've seen too many young geniuses recently, so I almost forgot that you, Fa Xiaozhi, is also a young genius." Chen Xi touched his chin.
"In this case, wouldn't it be true that you, Fa Xiaozhi, are in line with the routines of some genius novels?" Chen Xi thought of some of the novel writing skills he had learned from Yang Ji.
"The routine of genius novels?" Fazheng was confused. He didn't know what Chen Xi was talking about. Was he talking about him?
"Oh, you don't need to worry about this." Chen Xi waved his hand, indicating that Fa Zheng didn't need to worry about this genius novel routine.
"..." Fazheng looked at Chen Xi speechlessly, what was going on with this guy? His curiosity was aroused just now, but he pushed him back again.
【Xiao Nao should not encounter such a bloody scene, right? 】 Chen Xi thought of some ridiculous story about a prodigy whose engagement was broken off and whose family members disagreed.
[Impossible, absolutely impossible, no matter how closed the place is, it is impossible not to receive news from a group of young senior officials under Xuande Gong. 】Chen Xi thinks that the bloody plot in the novel should not appear in reality.
After all, the person standing behind Fazheng is Liu Bei. How could any aristocratic family risk offending Liu Bei and ruin their engagement with Fazheng?
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After a period of sailing, the Qingzhou fleet arrived at the mouth of the Huaihe River and split into two parts.
Part of them followed Gan Ning and Fazheng into the Huaihe River, and then went to Xiapi. After picking up Chen Dao's Baijie soldiers, they continued to march along the Huaihe River to threaten Shouchun.
The other part entered Chaohu from the Yangtze River, evacuated the Jiangdong Lu family's shipyard in Chaohu, and then headed to Shucheng to rescue the Lu family.
"Okay, Xingba, what are you going to do next?" Fazheng withdrew his gaze and asked Gan Ning next to him.
Gan Ning's eyes lit up when he heard Fazheng's inquiry, and he asked directly: "Do you have any ideas about Xiaozhi?" He was not an upright person, and Fazheng in front of him seemed to be very good at conspiracy.
"Zichuan, are you so confident that Xiaozhi and Xingba will partner up?" Liu Bei asked Chen Xi with some confusion.
In Liu Bei's impression, although Fazheng is smart, he has a very out-of-touch temperament. When he meets Gan Ning, who doesn't act according to common sense, there is no guarantee that he will cause something big.
“Isn’t this good?” Chen Xi said with a smile, and letting Fazheng and Gan Ning partner up might produce some unexpected results.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Liu Bei's eyes widened and he looked at Chen Xi in disbelief. He did not expect that Chen Xi would deliberately arrange for Gan Ning and Fazheng to be paired together.
Chen Xi just smiled and said nothing, because he didn't know what big job the two would do after they were combined. He only hoped that the two of them could do something big that would impress people.
Taishici on the side looked at Liu Bei and then at Chen Xi. He didn't understand what these two were talking about. Could it be that what would happen after Fazheng and Gan Ning got together?
Cao Cao on the other side does not care about the combination of Fazheng and Gan Ning. What he cares about is that the three legions under his command have finally mastered some water skills.
Although it can only flutter in the water without sinking, it is incomparable to the sailors of the Qingzhou Fleet.
However, it is enough as long as you can stand firm on the ship and be able to exert your due combat effectiveness after arriving on the battlefield.
Cao Cao didn't want to have to rest on the shore before embarking on the battlefield before his return.
On the other side, Shucheng, which had been fighting for several days, was still in raging flames. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had arrived, but they just couldn't capture Shucheng.
Even if Zhou Yu's ability is outstanding, Sun Ce and Zhou Tai's two inner-qi separated generals can't attack fiercely.
Lu Kang made it clear that he would not surrender. In addition to the four members of the Lu family, from the oldest to the youngest, none of them could save fuel. He just relied on Shu Cheng, a young general, to block Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's siege.
It was another local battle. The city was united and vowed not to surrender. Sun Ce even threatened to attack and massacre the city if he did not surrender. However, Lu Kang nailed his old bones to the city wall and cursed Yuan Shu and Sun Ce as traitors.
Lu Kang's words made Sun Ce so angry that he charged forward with his gun and tried to capture Lu Kang. As a result, hundreds of elite archers arranged by Lu Jun plus ballistas shot at Sun Ce head-on.
If Zhou Yu hadn’t been worried about Sun Ce being ambushed, and then Sun Ce had to impulsively capture Lu Kang and ordered Zhou Tai to follow Sun Ce no matter what, those hundreds of arrows would have And crossbow arrows, Sun Ce would have to take two or three at least.
After this time, Sun Ce rarely took the lead in charging into the city. Zhou Tai had already blocked several arrows for him the previous time.
If Sun Ce takes the lead in charging into battle again, the Lu family, which has begun to disobey the rules of war, doesn’t know what tricks they will use.
After all, the Lu family had previously coated arrows and crossbow bolts with poison in order to kill Sun Ce.
Although these highly poisonous poisons that can poison normal people are not a problem at all when the inner Qi leaves the body.
However, Sun Ce, who had been served by hundreds of archers and crossbows, no longer dared to rush into the battle rashly.
The infantry in Jiangdong, a poor place, may not be good, but just like a person in the northern frontier can ride a horse, Jiangdong archers can become elite archers with just a few months of training.
Ever since Lu Jun knew that poisoning arrows didn't work, he prepared hundreds of elite archers to keep an eye on Sun Ce and Zhou Tai.
Shucheng has no strong generals and cannot rely on personal force to stop Sun Ce and Zhou Tai, but hundreds of elite archers can still come together.
After all, other arms in Jiangdong may not be good, but Jiangdong archers can do it with just a few young men and training.
"Gong Jin, is there any way to capture Shu City? If we can't defeat it, we will lose the energy to continue attacking Jiangdong." Looking at Zhou Tai who was forced off the city wall by a large number of arrows, Sun Ce turned to Zhou Yu and asked.
This is the most difficult battle Sun Ce has faced since his debut. Even when he attacked Jingzhou before, he was never blocked like this.
Even when he was arguing with those aristocratic families who wanted to pull him down, he was not as angry as he is now, because it was not him who was arguing with the aristocratic family, but Zhou Yu.
"I'm afraid not." Zhou Yu shook his head, "Lu Kang and Lu Jun are both mature and prudent people. If they want to stick to the city, it will be difficult for us to lure them out of the city to fight in the field."
This is why Zhou Yu did it before The main reason why Sun Ce is not recommended to attack Shucheng.
The two adults of the Lu family, Lu Kang and Lu Jun, are both very capable. In addition, they are fighting locally. One can imagine how tough Shucheng's defense is.
However, now is the time to make a quick decision, for the same reason as Sun Ce said.
“Then what should we do? We can’t watch our soldiers being killed and injured every day, right?
If we continue, our morale will hit rock bottom, and it will be difficult to recover if we want to continue attacking Jiangdong. "Sun Ce said irritably.
In addition to the problems of soldier losses and morale, there is another reason that Sun Ce doesn't want to say.
That guy Lu Kang is actually on the city wall It’s okay to scold him and Sun Ce, but he also scolded his adoptive father Yuan Shu, which Sun Ce couldn’t accept.
Yuan Shu in this life did not do those shabby things to Sun Ce. On the contrary. He left his foundation to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to take care of.
Although a bunch of aristocratic families were left for them to deal with, this was a test that the two of them had to go through, otherwise Sun Ce would have to go through it. I don’t feel at ease with Yuan Shu’s foundation.
Besides, Sun Ce didn't think there was anything difficult to solve for those aristocratic families. With a large army in hand, he didn't think there was anything difficult to solve for the aristocratic families.
In the past, Liu Bei threatened the aristocratic family, forcing the aristocratic family to surrender and agree with Liu Bei's policy of popularizing education.
Later, Zhou Yu relied on wisdom to overcome the difficulties faced by many aristocratic families.
The high-spirited Sun Ce didn’t think there was anything to be afraid of from the aristocratic family. With Zhou Yu by his side, he didn’t think there was anything unsolvable in the world.
"Well, in that case, let me find a way to capture Shucheng. There is no point in delaying it any longer." Since Sun Ce wanted to win, he should help capture Shucheng quickly.
"But, Bo Fu, after you capture Shu City, don't really massacre the city. Once you open this door, we will be passive in the future." Zhou Yu advised Sun Ce.
"Massacre the city?" Sun Ce was startled by Zhou Yu's words, "I said those words out of anger, just to scare the defenders of Shucheng.
Even if it means killing, then Those four guys who killed the Lu family, especially the old guy Lu Kang, dared to curse so harshly, which really pissed me off." Sun Ce waved the spear in his hand several times angrily, as if he was Lu Kang in front of him.
“Don’t worry, their whole family will die soon.” Zhou Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. What he was most worried about was that Sun Ce’s temper would become violent due to being unable to attack for a long time, and he would vent his anger on Shu. the people of the city.
As for the four people from the Lu family, if Sun Ce wants to kill them, then just kill them. Anyway, when the time comes, he can just find a branch of the Lu family to straighten them up.
"Okay, now I'll leave it to you Gong Jin. I'll organize the siege troops first." Sun Ce laughed and patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder.
He knew that Zhou Yu must have a way. Before, he just wanted to see the siege capabilities of their troops.
After Sun Ce made excuses for Zhou Yu, he ran directly to Zhou Tai who was forced under the wall by arrows without waiting for Zhou Yu to speak. He believed that Zhou Yu would solve everything behind.
Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu were worried that Sun Ce would be attacked by Lu Jun's arrows again, so they followed him.
“Wait a moment, three generals.” Zhou Yu stopped Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, three veterans from the Sun Jian era, who were about to help.
"I wonder if Gong Jin has anything to say?" Cheng Pu turned around and saluted Zhou Yu and said.
Huang Gai and Han Dang, who were following Cheng Pu, also saluted Zhou Yu and showed great respect for Zhou Yu.
“That’s it, we can no longer let Shu Cheng hold us back from marching to Jiangdong.
Otherwise, as Bo Fu said just now, the morale of the army will drop.
Moreover, if we continue to waste time here in Shucheng, the other counties in Jiangdong will not give us any more time. ”
As a junior, Zhou Yu told the three veterans that after all, they had given Zhou Yu respect, and Zhou Yu could not disrespect them.
After the three of them looked at each other, Cheng Pu asked again: "I wonder if Gong Jin has a plan?"
Although Zhou Yu was talking about the morale of the army and the other counties in Jiangdong, They felt that the main reason for Zhou Yu's action was actually Sun Ce.
(End of this chapter)