Chapter 106 - Plundering of Jiangxia by Sun Ce (1/2)
Chapter 106 – Plundering of Jiangxia by Sun Ce
Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto
Sponsored by Tommy I of Western Australia & Suood K of UAE
Inside Sanjiangkou naval units’ main camp, Sun Ce is currently reading all the doc.u.ments and Intel. He was truly lost in thought.
“Bofu, anything happen?!” Zhou Yu puts down his battle helmet. A moment ago, he is inspecting the main camp. The reason why they can be ready at any time is because Zhou Yu led the inspection personally and because of that, it sped up integration between soldiers and their generals. That merit is truly attributed to Zhou Yu alone.
With Sanjiangkou being occupied, those generals of Jing Province in Wuchang commandery will also surrender in a few days. With Wuchang commandery surrendered, Xiakou town will immediately surrender too. With that said, the entirety of Jiangxia was already acquired by Sun Ce.
Xiakou towns’ current state is in total distress. This feat was only possible because of Marquis of Wen, Lu Bu. So we must say thanks to him. Huang Zu's senior generals Su Fei, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning are those who can withstand Jiangdong's naval units, but currently they had all transferred to Huangzhou city by Huang Zu. With Huangzhou city defeated, Jiangxia’s troops morale dropped to the bottom.
Sanjiangkou initially had 10,000 naval units, but 5,000 were transferred to Huangzhou city and currently being a.s.similated by Lu Bu’s army, becoming Lu Bu’s navy. The remaining 5,000 naval units were not led by a competent commander.
And as a result, Zhou Yu won this battle easily.
“You calling Marquis of Wen, uncle, did not end in vain right Bofu? I am right as always, right?!” Zhou Yu teased “After your Honorable Uncle forms an alliance with us. Those 5,000 Bing Province Heavy Cavalry will be your sharp blade!!!”
“HAHAHAHA, form an alliance? Gongjin, we had an accident!” Sun Ce smiled bitterly. He wanted to obtain that 5,000 Bing Province Heavy Cavalry, Formation Breaker and the Urban Army. Those divisions made Sun Ce drool. But thinking about getting it is a completely different matter than obtaining it.
“Here, you can see for yourself!” When Zhou Yu had doubts, Sun Ce quickly pa.s.sed over his bamboo slips to him. When he opened the letter, Zhou Yu brow wrinkled and suddenly got angry.
“Lu Bu killed Chen Duan? He truly killed Chen Duan!!!” Zhou Yu did not want to believe this news. “Does this Lu Fengxian seriously not care for his life?!”
He had offended Huang Zu. Then Sun Ce under the pretext that Lu Bu and he formed an alliance, quickly attacked and occupied Sanjiangkou to intimidate Xiakou town.
For Sun Ce’s army to have big harvest today, half of it was Lu Bu’s army’s merit. So it can be said that Huang Zu hates Lu Bu to the bone.
So Sun Ce sent out Chen Duan to contact Lu Bu in order to force him to ally with Sun Ce. If Lu Bu's side is slightly “smart” or truly smart, they will definitely form an alliance with Sun Ce, even if it is uncomfortable. With Lu Bu and Sun Ce allied together, Jiangxia will definitely be a no problem and after Jiangxia had been conquered, Sun Ce will give Lu Bu two options to leave or to stay.
But, who would have thought that Lu Bu killed Chen Duan. It's the same as clawing Sun Ce's army's face!
What profit is there to be gain with Lu Bu’s army offending Huang Zu and Sun Ce’s army?
Sanjiangkou is in Sun Ce's hands. Lu Bu’s army is king in land warfare but in naval battle, they are zero. Once Sun Ce blocks Sanjiangkou, Lu Bu’s army does not have an escape route.
“We sent Chen Duan to force this Marquis of Wen Lu Bu, but it is just to threat this tiger a little. But this Chen Duan actually bared his fangs!!!” The bamboo slips on Sun Ce table wrote about the event clearly.
When Chen Duan arrived in Lu Bu army, he put out four conditions.
First, is to hand over Huang She; Second, is to form alliance; Third, is to marry Lu Bu's daughter as a sister wife; Fourth, to hand over the Imperial Seal to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce remembers that he ordered Chen Duan to pressure Lu Bu with the first two. The first is handing over Huang She. If they handed over Huang She, Lu Bu’s army will have to cancel their destination to Xinye, because they will make Huang Zu their mortal enemy and subsequently a mortal enemy to the Jing Province.
The second is to form an alliance. Besides Jiangxia, the entire Jing Province is not to be underestimated. Although Liu Biao is a person who only wanted to maintain his inheritance, his performance actually had made Jing Province the wealthiest place in all of the 9 Provinces of China, and in this times of chaos, they are still able to maintain stability.
Because of chaos caused by war, all of the common people, famous scholars and talented person sought out asylum in Jing Province.
If there is no Liu Biao and his family making every effort so that Jing Province maintain their wealth, perhaps those people who sought asylum, will live in uncertainty to this day.
With Jiangxia occupied, Jing Province will definitely make every preparation to counter attack. So Sun Ce wanted his and Lu Bu’s army allied at this critical point.
The third is marriage, Sun Ce can only shake his head and smile bitterly. He lamented that he should never ever have sent Chen Duan to negotiate. Chen Duan is an excellent negotiator, but his personality is not a good one. He had been made angry by Liu Mang to the point of almost vomiting blood and also he has become a laughing stock in every corner of Jiangdong.
So the third point obviously was added by Chen Duan himself for revenge against Liu Mang.
Let Lu Bu's daughter become Sun Ce's sister wife? A concubine? Chen Duan really is crazy. He spat on the fact that Lu Bu's daughter has been engaged to the Prince of Shu, Liu Mang. If Lu Bu's agrees, then how would the entire nation see Lu Bu? A person who threw away everything for riches, right?