Chapter 496 (1/2)
Chapter 496
“This Qin Feng is not bad!” Liu Mang laughed He would not like having a dishonest tea a hole for him but if it happened to his enemies, he would feel happy
“We can overnor However, it cannot be at Linhuai” Liu Mang said as he had Jia Xu write a reply to Yangzhou Qin Feng had contributed greatly by helping to defeat Sun Quan’s Ar continued to rule over Linhuai It was no longer possible for Qin Feng to return to Jiangdong’s side but that does not ive Linhuai to other factions
Besides that, Linhuai was a strategic point for Liu Mang He wanted to use it as an entryway to the ocean That hy he could not leave Linhuai to Qin Feng
“Anfeng still does not have a governor Let us place Qin Feng there” Liu Mang re Xiu attacked so it still did not have a governor Anfeng was also no longer as important Most of the people, especially the talented ones havea province, it was zhou They would not need to fear any possible tricks by Qin Feng
“Milord We have also captured the ene and second lord, Sun Quan Sun Zhong looked at the list of prisoner names and noticed that these tere the most important captives The othersCao?” Liu Mang suddenly re Liao However, these tere not on the list Liu Mang frowned and wondered if they died Ling Cao was not as big a proble’s fate
“Lu Meng and Ling Cao? They should probably still be alive” Jia Xu was unfaeneral atwas so cautious about these two However, Liu Mang knew about Lu Meng’s true worth It was Lu Meng that fory that resulted in Guan Yu’s death It can also be said that he was the one that ultimately caused the death of the three brothers
“Theyto the escaped soldiers that had been in charge of guarding the city He guessed correctly Lu Meng and Ling Cao had indeed been ordered to guard Linhuai Sun Quan intended to disregard theot crushed and the two intelligent generals knew that defending the city was i the city would be pointless
“Milord What should we do about Lu Su and Sun Quan?”
“Lu Su Lu Zijing?” Liu Mang laughed Lu Su was an acquaintance Lu Su had aldong Navy, they would have lost Wancheng and later, Lujiang
Lu Su who had been captured were exchanged for at least a thousand gold Now, Lu Su was captured again
“Let us keep Lu Su!” Liu Mang did not want Lu Su to return Liu Mang allowed Lu Su to return last time mostly because he needed craftsmen to er neededIt was unlikely for the over more craftsmen That hy it was better for the talented Lu Su to be left here
“Persuade him to surrender If he doesn’t, just keep hi did not want to kill Lu Su This was not just because of his talent If it had been so would have him executed in a heartbeat However, Lu Su was an honest person so Liu Mang wanted to keep him
“As for Sun Quan…”
“Does Milord have a plan?” Jia Xu gave a suessed his intentions
“I am sure Wenhe has an idea as well There is no need to hide it!” Liu Mang did not like Jia Xu looking at hiaze It was like an unrelated individual watching everyone’s idiotic play
Jia Xu also stopped talking nonsense when he noticed Liu Mang’s unhappiness “Let hio when he has blue eyes like the Conqueror of Western Chu?” Liu Mang purposely asked even though he had the saenetic difference but in ancient tin This can be used to gather the citizen’s support
“Having blue eyes is good for him Unfortunately there is another conqueror above hi then purposefully asked a few more questions and made Jia Xu answer them
In the end, the summary is that Sun Quan was a talented and arace Unlike Sun Ce who had military talent, Sun Quan was able to obtain the nobles favor If Sun Quan were to be executed, these nobles would only be able to support Sun Ce and Jiangdong would beco Sun Quan would allow the nobles to continue supporting Sun Quan to chase away Sun Ce Sun Ce would then have two choices The first one was to abdicate while the other was to kill his brother
So Liu Mang chose to spare Sun Quan while extorting ten thousand gold froold? Would they fork out the money?” Jia Xu asked
“I can’t make it cheaper than last tiold so Sun Quan her I don’t believe Sun Ce has noreplied mercilessly All he needed to do was to announce the price Sun Ce would have no choice but to fork out the money If he does not, he would be pressured not just by the nobles and citizens but also his mother He would also obtain the reputation of someone who abandons his own little brother
Unable to control his anger and strength, Sun Ce once again s by Sun Ce’s side was his advisor, Zhou Yu He was the only one that could advise Sun Ce in this situation
“Report! General Lu Meng and General Ling Cao has returned They are requesting an audience!” The ave his report when he saw the destruction inside theNavy
“Haha! They still dare to return? Why did they not just die on the battlefield? Tell theet lost!” Sun Ce shouted as he smashed another newly replaced furniture into two The wood shavings scattered and struck the er did not even dare to wipe the blood froiven permission to leave and treat his injuries by Zhou Yu
“Bofu Do not be so angry Victory and defeat are common in military operations Didn’t we also lose disastrously at Sanjiangkou?” Zhou Yu tried to console Sun Ce after the soldier left
Unfortunately, Zhou Yu’s efforts did not bear fruit “Lose? These pigs did not just lose! An arot wiped out by an ars could win!” Sun Ce shouted angrily It was not the defeat itself that enraged hi to praise our eneht However, you must res in land battles The Wolf Cavalry and the Forotten the battle at Wancheng?”
“Wancheng?” This was another sore point for Sun Ce He sent out an army of one hundred thousand but was only left with five thousand survivors Sun Ce himself did not want to remember this incident If it had been anyone else aside from Zhou Yu that reminded him of this, Sun Ce would have personally killed hi Sun Ce’s reaction, Zhou Yu continued “Bofu You have ood as the Wolf Cavalry but they were also one of the best!” Sun Ce had encountered the Xiliang Cavalry when it was still under Dong Zhuo’s command At that time, they had defeated Sun Jian and caused the death of Zu Mao
“There is also the Black Flag Ar Army had been the Zhou Family’s personal soldiers The Zhou Fa the Black Flag Ar He never expected they would end up turning against hi In fact, one of the reasons they failed to attack Wancheng was because of the Black Flag Army
“These soldiers are definitely not inferior to your own troops” Zhou Yu evaluated the Wenyuan” Zhang Liao had been Lu Bu’s deputy general but when Zhang Liao commanded the troops personally, there is such a beautiful result Zhou Yu could not help but frown as there was another huge threat
“Lu Bu’s subordinate that can follow hieneral Second Lord’s defeat was reasonable!” Zhou Yu added He did not speak well for Sun Quan because he had a favorable impression of Sun Quan On the contrary, Zhou Yu feared Sun Quan because the man was talented and had the support of the nobles Such a person was also Sun Ce’s little brother It would be strange if Zhou Yu was not vigilant Yet, Zhou Yu still had no choice but to speak for Sun Quan at this point in tihed bitterly Twenty thousand soldiers within the ar lost five thousand while Sun Quan lost the rejin Is Lu Bu truly our nemesis?” Sun Ce was at a loss He, the elder brother threw a hundred thousand men at his opponent and lost ninety five thousand His little brother threw seventy thousand men at his opponent and lost all of theot himself captured In total, they had already lost almost a hundred and seventy thousand th
“Milord I already said that victory and defeat is common in war If Lu Bu alins, he would not have been chased out of Yanzhou and Xuzhou by Cao Cao He was like a stray dog then and would have continued as such without our assistance!” Zhou Yu said this toSun Ce feel worse This is because Sun Ce remembered that all of these wouldn’t have happened had he not try to scheainst Lu Bu especially since they initially had a cordial relationshi+p It was too late for regrets
Sun Ce sighed and finally granted Lu Meng and Ling Cao an audience Although he was not coer as irritable as before
Despite Sun Ce finally granting an audience, Lu Meng and Ling Cao never entered the tent Zhou Yu had to go out and see as going on He then returned and asked Sun Ce to go out and take a look