Chapter 496 (2/2)

Sun Ce angrily exited the tent with his sword and saw Lu Meng and Ling Cao kneeling on the ground It was an exe for punishment

“Haha! Do you think I would not kill you if you do this? If you think you deserve death,2 then why did you not just die at Linhuai?”

“Milord! We…” Lu Meng was ashaeneral should die on the battlefield but he fled Lu Meng himself did not have the face to look at Sun Ce

“Milord is correct We do not have the face to see you!” Lu Meng stood up and took out his sword

“Protect the Lord!” Sun Ce’s bodyguards also reacted

“Move aside” Sun Ce roared at theuards, he did not need them to protect him Anyone that could kill hiuards

“There is no need to live! It is better to die!” Lu Meng said and tried to slash his neck

“General Lu!” Zhou Yu shouted He did not expect Lu Meng to act this way

“You want to die? You still need my permission!” Sun Ce shouted and threw his sword His sword flew and struck Lu Meng’s sword, disar him

“Milord! If you want us to die, please settle with justCao knelt in front of Sun Ce

“Death is too light a punishment for you! I’ve told you before! Even if you lose, you uys returned alone!”

“Milord Don’t bla for this! It is all the Second Lord’s fault!”

“Ling Cao! Don’t say any immediately scolded

“General! If we don’t say it, you will definitely die!” Ling Cao ignored Lu Meng While he was usually obedient, he knew that Lu Meng would die if he did not say this

“H!” Sun Ce coldly replied

“Milord This is not our fault The Second Lord wanted to forcibly take military power Milord had told us to co’s elites However, the Second Lord placed his trusted aide there instead We lost a battle at Linhuai, suffering casualties of a several thousand men Yet, the Second Lord initially wanted to execute us without question In the following battle, the Second Lord did not bother consulting us He made us defend the city while he took the rest of the army out for a decisive battle The enetroops defending Linhuai were all old and weak soldiers How are we supposed to save hiain

“Is this true?” Sun Ce asked as he narrowed his eyes at Lu Meng

Lu Meng could only brace hi Cao’s words were true

Sun Ce felt his head ache andmilitary poas a serious crime Sun Ce knew that Sun Quan was ambitious but he tried to fool hiht despite Zhou Yu’s protests Unfortunately, Sun Quan was too terrible He could have chased Lu Meng and Ling Cao aith an excuse However, he should not have done it before winning the battle Now, Sun Quan hi?” Zhou Yu quickly went to support Sun Ce

“Nothing” Sun Ce replied as he struggled to stand

“Milord When I gathered the men and withdree ca said as he ordered a soldier to hand over the letter

Sun Ce read the letter and was i! You ht as well co’s orders to Yangzhou to exchange Sun Quan for ten thousand gold The others who heard this also hissed This amount was more than several years ofdid not have that much money

“Milord! We have to save the Second Lord!” Zhou Yu cupped his fist at Sun Ce

“How are we going to get the hed bitterly He also wanted to save Sun Quan Sun Quan was his little brother While Sun Ce was cruel to others, he treated his fajin Have the craftse all the warshi+ps under construction into merchant shi+ps!”

“Milord! We must not do this!” Zhou Yu was stunned These warshi+ps were all being xia Not only was it needed to advance their war efforts Without it, the soldiers can only hide and would not dare to fight This is because Jingzhou would still be able to bring outwould not have any new shi+ps

“What else can we do? Amou die?” Sun Ce was also helpless He was a Lord but also a brother In fact, after the death of his father, he had raised his two siblings up and gave theive In a sense, he was also their father

His little sister loved weapons instead of clothing So he invited violent women for his sister to play soldiers His little brother was a his little brother like what others would have done Even though this would endanger his position

On the other hand, Zhou Yu actually wanted Sun Quan to die He would be happy with Liu Mang killed Sun Quan That way, Jiangdong would be at peace He had tried re Sun Ce about Sun Quan’s threat many times but Sun Ce would always avoid this topic Sun Ce would not listen to Zhou Yu at all and even if he did, it was less likely for hih in action

Zhou Yu shook his head He did not want to save Sun Quan but he had no other choice especially if Sun Ce illing to abandon his cause to save his brother “Milord There are other ways to save hijin! I know you must have a plan!” Sun Ce said happily

Zhou Yu secretly hoped his actions is worth it “Milord We don’t have the jin Would they be willing?” Sun Ce was confused for a while but he was not an idiot He understood that Zhou Yu was referring to the nobles

“Haha It does notSince they have also contributed to that battle, we can bestow theiven Sun Quan twenty thousandfifty thousand men, thirty thousand was sent by the nobles If they are not willing to pay up, they could be held accountable for the heavy cri overup his cause by stopping the construction of warshi+ps was ht as well offend the nobles

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Liu Mang said five thousand, Jia Xu replied ten thousand Then it goes back to five thousand There is probably a typo error so for punishuilty one deserves to die ten thousand ti else in the story besides “Pick me”