Chapter 716-Attacking Chaisang
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
"What's the other path mister is referring to?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"Attack Chaisang." Jia Xu went straight to the point, "Chaisang current has no troops. If we plan it well, we can definitely break in. The moment Chaisang falls, the danger at Yizhou will be resolved."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and nodded, "Mister that was exactly what I was thinking. Send the order, swiftly clear the battlefield. Rest for a day in Red Cliff; then, we will strike Chaisang!"
"Yes Monarch!" Zheng He went to execute the orders.
Ouyang Shuo summoned the messenger, asking him to send a letter to Feng Qiuhuang, "Defend for ten days and the situation will change."
Xunyang Prefecture, Chaisang.
Changjiang River flowed to the foot of Lushan and was connected to Poyang Lake before reaching Chaisang.
Chaisang was called Jiu Jiang now, guarding the throat of Changjiang and was a place that militants would always fight for.
Before Red Cliff, Chaisang was the governing area of the Jiangdong Organization. It looked over Jiangxia; the goal was to take down Huang Zu. Zhou Yu trained the Jiangdong Navy in Poyang Lake to keep up with the times.
After the death of Huang Zu, Chaisang was still a place where attention was focused on.
After five days of travel, the voyage squadron finally reached outside Chaisang City. The squadron suddenly appeared from the mist. Ouyang Shuo held his sword and had his cape on; overall, he looked decidedly majestic.
"Send someone to tell Sun Quan to come out and surrender. As long as he uses Zhou Yu to exchange, I will not massacre them. If he does not, let the Chaisang people die with him!" Ouyang Shuo proclaimed emotionlessly.
"Understood!" Jia Xu received the order.
Jia Xu believed that the Monarch would follow his words, but he hoped that Sun Quan would be more defiant.
Chaisang City was built up in the water and was surrounded by water on all four sides. To an army, Chaisang was definitely something that was hard to attack. But to the voyage squadron, it was the easiest to take down.
The squadron just needed to get close and the cannons would be able to destroy the city wall. As they had cannon platforms on the warships, the cannons could shoot over the city wall and shoot inside the city.
That killing strength was something that Chaisang could not block no matter what.
Hence, when the golden dragon flag fluttered outside Chaisang City, the people in the city were shocked.
"They have nefarious intentions!"
"What warship is that? I have never seen it before!"
"I'm guessing they are the ones who destroyed the Lu Su and Huang Gai Armies."
"Then aren't we dead?!"
The people panicked.
After a short while, the Shanhai City envoy sent over the letter telling Sun Quan to surrender.
When Sun Quan saw the letter, he immediately tore it into half, "They dare bully us Jiangdong despite having no one?"
...
City Lord's Manor, meeting hall.
The young Sun Quan sat with a solemn expression, "An enemy has arrived. Do any of you have any good ideas?" Sun Quan was angry, but he truly did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
However, wanting him to walk out and surrender was impossible. A king naturally had the dignity of a king.
Facing the question, the civil servants and generals all looked at one another. The true great generals in Jiangdong had already left, and only the lesser ones were left. Hence, how could they come up with any good tactics?
The only important minister, Zhang Zhao, even supported surrender.
Sun Quan truly was at an unlucky time.
The central pillar of the Wu Country was Lu Xun; however, he was not currently valued by Sun Quan. He was thousands of miles away, slowly gaining experience and had not shown himself.
Jiangdong was obviously not unfamiliar with the Shanhai Squadron. The Lu Su Army and Huang Gai Army had both fallen at their hands. Most recently, some news even reported that the Liu Bei Army had also fallen to them.
No matter how they saw it, they had no chance of winning.
"Why, did the enemy terrify all of you?" Sun Quan was furious, his aura overbearing.
The young ruler still could not control his aura.
They panicked and muttered, not daring to speak up, "Lord, do not be angry!"
"Hen!" Sun Quan was extremely unhappy.
Just at this moment, a young man stepped out, "I can give it a try!"
The young man became the focus of everyone all of a sudden.
It was actually the only player Lord in Chaisang - Xunlong Dianxue.
"Oh, you have a plan?" Sun Quan's expression became gentler.
"I have a past with Qiyue Wuyi, so I can try to convince him to retreat." Xunlong Dianxue smacked his chest and said. However, he turned to look at Zhang Zhao.
During this battle, Xunlong Dianxue truly did not go all out and mix with Xiong Ba and the others. He led his troops to Chaisang to try to recruit Zhang Zhao.
Although Zhang Zhao supported surrendering during the Battle of Red Cliff, his reason did make sense. When Sun Quan had started out, he was already an official under his camp and was truly all rounded.
Zhang Zhao was truly a talented person. Such a talented person was all the more suitable to raising the administrative and military level of Xunlong City.
On this point, Xunlong Dianxue had planned it all out.
During this period of time, Xunlong Dianxue had used his talents at quests to get close to Zhang Zhao; he had obtained good progress. Helplessly, Zhang Zhao had not given him a definite answer, making him feel anxious.
The Jiangdong problem in front of him was a chance for Xunlong Dianxue.
Xunlong Dianxue believed that to help him recruit Zhang Zhao, Ouyang Shuo would give him face. The two of them could use this chance to get rid of their personal problems, killing two birds with one stone.
As expected, Zhang Zhao turned around to look at Xunlong Dianxue and nodded.
When he saw this reaction, his heart calmed down.
"Then go give it a try!"
After Sun Quan heard Xunlong Dianxue's idea, he still remained unfazed. Sun Quan did not have any high hopes to his plan. The enemy had traveled thousands of miles to reach here, so why would they retreat? If it was Sun Quan in the enemy's place, he would not agree. Secondly, Sun Quan felt annoyed by such a plan.
Sun Quan was a ferocious tiger.
"Yes!"
Xunlong Dianxue did not care about Sun Quan; he only wanted Zhang Zhao.
...
Outside Chaisang City, Dragon Head.
"Monarch, Chaisang said that there's someone who's coming to visit," the Personal Guard reported.
"Someone?" Ouyang Shuo did not understand, what was Sun Quan doing? "Let him in."
"Yes!"
After a short while, a mysterious person dressed in a black robe and Ouyang Shuo's Personal Guard walked into the reading room.
Cough!
Ouyang Shuo could not be bothered with such acts.
The Personal Guard backed down, and the mysterious man removed his hood; naturally, it was Xunlong Dianxue.
"Xunlong it's you!"
This had exceeded Ouyang Shuo's expectations.
"It's me." Xunlong smiled.
He did not want to be recognized by the Shanhai City soldiers, which was why he entered wearing a black robe.
No matter what, such a matter was not a glorious and dignified one.
Seeing him, Ouyang Shuo's heart relaxed. He was extremely worried that Xunlong Dianxue had dealings with Di Chen and the others. If that was the case, it would be hard to resolve the matter.
"Why did Sun Quan ask you to come?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Xunlong Dianxue immediately cupped his fists and bowed and sincerely said, "Brother, please help me!"
"How?"
Ouyang Shuo's expression was exceedingly calm; however, his heart grew wary.
"It's like this...."
Xunlong Dianxue started to explain in detail everything that had happened.
After Ouyang Shuo heard this explanation, the smile on his face totally disappeared.
People, would always change in the end.
Ouyang Shuo kept his emotions and patiently said, "Jiangling has fallen and Yiling is in trouble. Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang might collapse at any moment, so I have to make Sun Quan recall Zhou Yu. Do you understand, Xunlong?"
"That's easy, ask Sun Quan to make an order," Xunlong Dianxue replied.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "With Zhou Yu's intelligence, how would he not understand the rule that a general outside does not listen to the Lord's summon? He would take down Yiling before returning."
"Only if I capture Sun Quan will he rush back."
Xunlong Dianxue was speechless.
After a short while, Xunlong Dianxue was a little dejected and unhappily said, "Brother, can't you just help me for once? I've already promised Zhang Zhao. If I lose his trust, it's all over."
"It is not that I'm not helping you, but I really cannot. When Sun Quan surrenders, I can capture Zhang Zhao and let you deal with him, how about that?"
"If that happens, how would he be loyal?" Xunlong Dianxue was unhappy.
"What do you want me to do? Retreat? And watch as Bai Hua and the others are defeated by Di Chen?" Ouyang Shuo was a little angry.
"You're just biased! You protect them so much; have you thought about my feelings?"
"I've followed you for so long and you won't even help me. You said that Shanhai City would not interfere in alliance matters when you were away, yet you left a legion in Stone City but did not care about my life or death."
"Is my position in your heart not even comparable to Wufu?" As he continued, Xunlong Dianxue started shouting, letting out all the unhappiness in his heart.
Ouyang Shuo's expression remained unchanged, but his face shook a little. "Good, it's good that you said it out. In the end, you just cannot understand it, right?"
"That's right!" Xunlong Dianxue was going all out.
"Let me ask, is Shanhai City obliged to help you?"
Hen! Xunlong Dianxue was not even listening at this point.
"To take other's help for granted. If one does not help, it's them being bad to you, even making you angry. Xunlong, you truly are a good brother!" Ouyang Shuo's tone turned cold.
"Do not say it like you're so noble." Xunlong Dianxue's eyes were filled with the fires of fury, "You helping us is just so that we can act as your shield against the Yanhuang Alliance. We're just using one another."
Ouyang Shuo shook his head; he did not want to say anything else.
Since he put it like that, they could not be brothers anymore.
"Since that's what you think, I have nothing more to say." Ouyang Shuo paused before saying, "All the best!"
"I do not need your worry, bye!"
A trace of regret flashed across Xunlong Dianxue's heart, but his face remained defiant. He did not even put his hood back on and left in a fury.
"Monarch!" Jia Xu walked over.
"Tell them to destroy Chaisang!" Ouyang Shuo ordered coldly.
"Yes!"
Jia Xu nodded before turning and leaving.