Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1056 Lure the snake out of its hole
"If I don't avenge this blood feud, I, Sun Ce, will not be a human being!"

Sun Ce raised his spear and directly broke a tree as thick as a bowl beside him.

At this moment, he exuded a tyrannical aura, which made even veterans like Ding Feng afraid to step forward for a moment.

Zhou Tai knelt on the rocky ground in front of Sun Ce, touching his head to the ground. The generals around him all showed sadness, anger, regret and other emotions on their faces, and no one had the intention of stepping forward to help him up.

"Pass my orders..." Sun Ce shouted suddenly, and everyone became alert instantly.

"We are waiting for your orders at any time!" Cheng Pu and others looked at Sun Ce with red eyes.

"Young General, wait a minute." Lu Su walked over quickly, but caused Sun Ce to turn his head and glare at him.

"Zi Jing is trying to persuade me to keep things quiet again, right?"

Seeing his expression, Lu Su knew that his persuasion had little chance of success, but he still said stubbornly, "Young General, our army has just been defeated, our lord has also been killed, and the enemy has recaptured Hangu Pass again, and there is a wise man like Zhuge Liang in charge. For now, our army should quickly withdraw to Jiangdong, firstly to take care of our lord's funeral, and secondly to recruit new troops in order to..."

"Bullshit!" Sun Ce interrupted him without waiting for him to finish his words.

"Today, let alone Zhuge Liang, even if Liu He himself comes, I will avenge him. Anyone who dares to persuade me again, don't blame me, Sun Ce, for being ruthless with my sword!"

"Major General, you..."

Lu Su wanted to persuade him again, but was pulled back by Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu shook his head at him. Lu Su's expression relaxed and he thought, "Could it be that Gongjin has some good ideas? Hmm... When it comes to military strategy, I am far inferior to him. It won't be too late to listen to his plan."

When Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu coming, he suppressed his anger and stared into Zhou Yu's eyes with a murderous look on his face.

"Gongjin is also going to stop me?"

However, Zhou Yu grabbed his hand holding the Overlord Spear and looked at Sun Ce with a firm gaze.

"Bofu and I are as close as brothers. We are not brothers, but we are better than brothers. Your parents are my parents. Moreover, the lord sacrificed himself to allow us to escape. How can I not avenge him? Today, you and I, brothers, will join hands and attack Hangu Pass again. One day, we will capture Luoyang and avenge our previous humiliation."

After hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes suddenly became unusually bright and he became extremely excited.

"Well, you are worthy of being my Sun Ce's good brother!"

Lu Su panicked: "Gongjin, why are you..."

Zhou Yu smiled slightly, looking confident.

"Zi Jing, don't worry. I have predicted that our army will win the battle at Hangu Pass, and the enemy will not have any more ambushes."

Lu Su was full of hesitation: "Why?"

Zhou Yu pointed in the direction of Hangu Pass and said, "Don't you find it strange? After Zhuge Liang schemed to kill the lord, if we were in his place, how would you behave?"

Veteran General Cheng Pu said without hesitation: "Of course we should pursue the victory. We have won such a great victory, and the morale of the army is high. How can we miss such a good opportunity?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something: "Gongjin means... the enemy is short of manpower and has been bluffing?"

"The old general is indeed very knowledgeable, that's exactly it."

Zhou Yu said with certainty: "Zhuge Liang and Wu Qin did not pursue us, but let our defeated soldiers gather together and flee here. It must be because there are not enough troops in Hangu Pass, so they dared to use tricks and set traps instead of fighting head-on. Although our army was defeated, the loss was only about 30,000 soldiers and horses. Now we still have 120,000 troops. If they rashly come to pursue us with 50,000 or 60,000 troops, even if they are lucky enough to win, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

"Besides, there are still 300,000 or 400,000 troops of Cao Cao and Liu Bei outside Hulao Pass, watching covetously, and a war may have even broken out again. Therefore, I dare to conclude that after this battle, Zhuge Liang believes that our army will flee back to Jiangdong and dare not attack again. Therefore, he is probably leading his soldiers to support Hulao Pass at this moment."

"Well said." Sun Ce was greatly encouraged. He raised the Overlord Spear, climbed onto a huge rock nearby, and looked down at the generals and the army.

"As the ancients said: If the lord is humiliated, the minister dies. Now the commander of the great army has been killed by the enemy's treacherous scheme. If we flee, wouldn't we be disloyal, incompetent and shameless? Why not take advantage of the enemy's slackness and exhaustion to fight back? This way, we can be worthy of the heaven and earth, and have a chance to make achievements. Isn't it the best of both worlds? Anyone who is willing to follow me to fight, please stand up!"

"The general will go where he wishes!"

Zhou Yu was the first to step forward. Then, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Ding Feng, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other generals shouted in unison: "Go back to Hangu Pass and avenge our lord!"

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were also infected by this and were filled with indignation.

Lu Su bowed his head and said to Zhou Yu: "Young General is truly a natural born general. We don't have to worry about him anymore."

Zhou Yu was full of pride at this: "Of course, how could I, Zhou Yu, become sworn brothers with an ordinary person?"

"System prompt: Although Zhuge Liang killed Sun Jian in this battle between Yu and Liang, after Zhuge Liang returned to support Hulao Pass, Zhou Yu devised a plan and successfully occupied Hangu Pass and killed the defending general Wu Qin. Therefore, the winner has not yet been determined, and the battle between Yu and Liang has not yet ended."

When Liu He received the notification, he did not feel any ripples in his heart. This was something he had expected. Although Sun Ce was brave, even if he occupied Hangu Pass, it would not be worth mentioning because he had bigger plans.

"Your Majesty..." Xun You walked in from outside the door.

Normally, when in the court, government affairs were handled by Xun Yu and Qian Li, and all memorials were submitted to Liu He by the two of them.

Now that they are in the army, Xun You, as the military strategist, naturally takes over the job of the two temporarily.

Liu He asked casually without even raising his head, "Did Cao's army move?"

Xun You said: "Cao's army is stationed forty miles southeast of Hulao Pass, and has not moved a single soldier in the past two days."

Liu He's pen suddenly stopped as he was writing. "Hmm? What is the old thief planning?"

Xun You thought for a moment and said, "Cao is cunning and cautious by nature, and he is also suspicious. I think our army deliberately set the fire that night to pretend that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were attacking, but it didn't fool the old thief."

Xu Shu said, "Your Majesty, we must force Cao's army to attack the city gate as soon as possible, so that we can capture them in one fell swoop. If we fight in the wild, there will inevitably be a lot of casualties. It will be bad if the fisherman benefits from the conflict between the snipe and the clam."

Liu He looked at him: "What's Yuanzhi's plan?"

Xu Shu thought for a moment and said, "Cao's army has come from a long way, and the journey is long. If we can cut off their food supply, Cao's army will definitely fight as soon as possible."

"I have a plan." Cui Jun stood up.

Liu He smiled and said, "Zhou Ping, please tell me quickly."

Cui Jun said, "What Cao Jun is thinking is just to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Sun Jian has already taken action, and although he was defeated and died, Cao Cao did not know about it, and Liu Bei's army did not move out. If Cao Cao knew that the Jiangdong troops had won a great victory, captured Hangu Pass, and headed straight for Luoyang, causing the Hulao Pass army to repeatedly send out to support, and Liu Bei took the lead in sending out troops, how do you think this old villain can still endure it?"

"Hahahaha... Good idea, it really is a good idea."

Liu He was overjoyed.

Chen Gong frowned and said, "It's not difficult to fake a battle report from Hangu Pass, but Liu Bei is a cunning man. How could he attack alone?"

Without waiting for Cui Jun to reply, Liu He spoke up himself: "This matter is the easiest."

He looked at Xun You and asked, "The Qingxu troops are divided into three camps, and the three Liu Bei brothers are respectively guarding them?"

"Your Majesty, it is true. It is said that this was Jiang Huan's idea. Zhang Fei is in charge of the first camp, facing Hulao Pass. Jiang Huan is in charge of the second camp, facing the Cao army camp dozens of miles away. Liu Bei is in charge of the first camp in the rear, ready to support the two at any time."

Guan Yu sneered: "Humph, Liu Bei and Cao thief, although they are allies, they are also secretly on guard. How can such a shameless villain accomplish anything?"

Liu He slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, let's start with Zhang Fei."

Just then, there was a quarrel at the door.

"What's going on?" Liu He was a little annoyed.

Gong Saner walked in with his head lowered: "Your Majesty, it is the beast tamer Zhao Chang who has come here in a hurry and wants to see Your Majesty."

"Zhao Chang?" When Liu He heard the name, he immediately stood up: "Something happened to the Black King!"

(End of this chapter)