(Three updates every day is really not easy for a newcomer like Captain. As for Brother Dabao, I won’t be able to get the 12,000 update tickets for a while, so I’ll just save up my manuscripts.)
Han Dangme, a Jiangdong elder who followed Sun Jian in his army and a retainer of the Sun family for three generations, is now a well-known figure in the world.
Yan Liang stood with his hands behind his hands and looked at the veteran with interest.
But when Han Dang was pushed up, his face was full of anger, and when Yan Liang saw him, he was gnashing his teeth in hatred.
"Why don't you kneel down when you see my lord!" Gan Ning shouted angrily.
Han Dang glared at him angrily and said proudly: "I am a minister of the Sun family. How can I be an unfaithful and unjust traitor? If you want to kill me, you can cut me into pieces. But if you want to humiliate me, you must not do it."
Gan Ning was furious and raised his foot as if to kick him down.
Yan Liang waved his hand slightly to indicate that he must not be rude.
Han Dang is different from the likes of Yuan Tan and Liu Cong. He has followed the Sun family for three generations, is loyal, and has some military skills. He is a military commander worthy of respect.
"Han Dang, you are famous in Jiangdong, but now you have become a prisoner under my rank, Yan Liang. What else can you say?" Yan Liang said coldly.
Han Dang glared at Yan Liang angrily and cursed: "Thief, don't be so arrogant. You invaded my territory and killed my soldiers. You have done such atrocious things. When my lord comes with his army, you will be repaid tenfold."
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"Invade your territory and kill your soldiers, hehe."
Yan Liang sneered, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, "Back then, I had no grudges against you Jiangdong, but you sent troops to surround Xiakou for three months. I would like to ask you something about the behavior of you Wu people.
Doesn’t that count as violence?”
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Han Dang was choked and couldn't respond.
Yan Liang looked down at the stagnant veteran and said disdainfully: "When you rob other people's things, you act confidently, but when someone robs them, you get angry and aggrieved. You Wu people have a really weird sense of right and wrong. In other words, you are really shameless."
Yan Liang was not soft-spoken, he just wanted to ridicule what the Wu people did in a public way.
"Thief, don't be quick to talk. In short, if you take my Chaisang, you will never end well. Just wash your neck and wait for my lord to come and take your head!"
Han Dangli was at a loss for words and could only threaten Yan Liang fiercely.
But he obviously didn't know that Yan Liang had never been the kind of person to be threatened.
His face darkened, and murderous intent emerged in his eyes, "You still dare to threaten me, very good, Xing Ba——"
Han Dang didn't know how to praise him and ignored Yan Liang's respect for him. Yan Liang didn't even bother to look good on him anymore.
There is no reason to argue with such a tyrannical and domineering person.
When Yan Liang shouted, Gan Ning understood. He swung his legs and kicked Han Dang so hard that he gasped for breath.
Han Dang was caught off guard, his legs softened, and he knelt down in front of Yan Liang with a thud.
Being humiliated by this, Han Dang was furious and struggled to stand up.
How could Gan Ning allow him to get up? The tiger's palm pressed firmly against his shoulder, pressing it down with a thousand pounds of force. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get up.
"Yan Liang, you thief, you dare to insult me. Even if I am a ghost, I will never let you go -" Han Dang gritted his teeth with hatred and cursed at the top of his lungs.
Looking down at the captives kneeling in front of him, Yan Liang said coldly: "Han Dang, considering that you are also a human being, I will give you a chance. If you are willing to surrender, I will spare your life."
Hearing that Yan Liang had surrendered, Han Dang felt as if he had been greatly humiliated, and was so angry that his face turned red.
"If you want me to punish you, a shameless thug, you are daydreaming, you dog-"
Pa~~
Before Yan Liang could say anything bad, he stretched out his arm and slapped him across the face.
This slap was extremely powerful, it only slapped Han Dang to pieces, and he didn't have time to react.
Yan Liang snorted coldly, "I will surrender if I surrender. If I don't surrender, I won't surrender. Who allowed you to talk so much nonsense?"
Han Dang dared to be arrogant, but Yan Liang was even more arrogant than him.
In the previous period, the Wu people besieged Xiakou, causing the Xiakou defenders to suffer a lot and even killed many of their comrades. Now, many of these soldiers have experienced that difficult battle.
These soldiers naturally hated the Wu people to the core. Seeing Yan Liang slap the arrogant Wu general, they felt relieved and couldn't help but burst into cheers.
Han Dang shook his head and then came back to his senses. He thought about his prominent position in Jiangdong. Everyone respected him for his seniority, but now he was slapped by Yan Liang. Such humiliation was almost killing him.
He still felt uncomfortable.
It is tolerable, but what is intolerable!
In anger, Han Dang opened his mouth and cursed loudly.
The soldiers on the left and right were all angry when they heard this. Seeing that the old guy dared to scold his husband, Ma Yunlu was so angry that he said, "General, this old guy is so arrogant, I might as well kill him with one knife."
Han Dang is different from Lu Meng. He is a third-generation veteran of the Sun family. He is loyal to the Sun family and will never surrender under any circumstances.
Yan Liang naturally knew this very well, and his attempt to persuade him to surrender just now was just a gesture.
Now after hearing Ma Yunlu's advice, Yan Liang had murderous intentions in his mind. Just when he was about to give the order to behead him, another thought suddenly occurred to him.
"You can still use this old guy for future use. Let's drag him down and give him thirty military sticks as punishment, and then lock him up."
Yan Liang waved his hand and gave the order. Several tiger and bear soldiers rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward. They pushed Han Dang to the ground several times and picked up their military sticks to give him a good beating.
Thirty strokes of sticks were beaten until he was half dead and could no longer curse a word.
When the soldiers on the left and right saw this arrogant old man being beaten violently, everyone was happy and exhaled loudly.
After taking care of Han Dang, Yan Liang quickly put his energy into the next step of his plan.
It is gratifying to capture Chaisang, but there are some elements of surprise in it. If there is a head-on confrontation, Yan Liang thinks that he may not be the opponent of the Soochow Navy.
Now that the important town in the west is lost, Sun Quan will be furious when he hears about it. I believe that within a few days, the overwhelming troops of Soochow will come to kill him.
At that time, what Yan Liang has to face will not be Han Dang's mere 10,000 troops, but tens of thousands of Soochow's elite navy troops. Countless good generals who are proficient in water warfare.
In order to deal with the powerful enemy that was about to be killed, Yan Liang made two preparations.
First of all, he naturally took the time to strengthen the city defense of Chaisang and rushed to build forts and other defensive fortifications east of Chaisang, hoping to force the Wu army to retreat by holding on.
At the same time, Yan Liang also made another preparation, which was to eventually lose to the fierce attack of the Wu navy and conduct a strategic retreat.
Therefore, on the day he captured Chaisang, he ordered all the tens of thousands of people from Chaisang City and nearby counties to be moved to Jingzhou. As for grain, grass and other supplies, he took away all that he could and those that could not.
Just burn it with fire, leaving not a grain of rice for the people of Wu.
Once Dingkou and Liangcao are gone, even if Yan Liang withdraws his troops, the Chaisang line will become a no man's land.
At this time, Sun Quan lost the support of the local people, could not recruit grain, grass, or men, and had countless elite soldiers. Even if he took Chaisang back, he would only seize an empty city, and it would be difficult to achieve anything.
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Five hundred miles away, Hulin Port.
In the water camp, there are many silhouettes of people. On the river, the shadows of ships are like shuttles.
The Lord of Jiangdong, with blue eyes and purple beard and golden armor, stood high on the horse and looked at his Jiangdong athletes proudly.
"Lord, at this rate, it will take less than two days to assemble an army of 50,000. I think this number is enough to level Jingzhou and wipe out Yan Liang's husband." Kan Ze said with a smile.
Sun Quan caressed his purple beard and smiled without saying a word.
A few days ago, Kan Ze hurried back to Moling and reported Yan Liang's strategy proposed by Lu Su to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan weighed the pros and cons and immediately decided to gather troops and march into Jingzhou immediately to prevent Yan Liang from taking the opportunity to wipe out Liu Qi and occupy Jingxiang.
Now the counter-rebellion battle in Shanyue is coming to an end. Except for some generals who were left behind to counter the rebellion, the rest of the generals were ordered by Sun Quan to lead all the troops to Hulin to assemble.
Fifty thousand naval troops, Taishi Ci, Huang Gai, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Ling Cao and other Jiangdong generals have all gathered.
The troop lineup this time can be said to be even stronger than the previous siege of Xiakou.
The only fly in the ointment was that Zhou Yu was still recovering from illness and could not command the entire army. In this battle, Sun Quan had to personally lead the expedition.
Looking at the soldiers gathered in the camp from all sides, Sun Quan's face was filled with unprecedented confidence.
"Since I took over Jiangdong, I have been commanding the army under Zhou Yu. This time I just took the opportunity to personally control the army and pacify Jingzhou. I have already gained a great reputation during the introduction. Let me see who dares to be dissatisfied..."
Sun Quan was thinking secretly in his heart, and a smile quietly flashed across the corner of his purple-bearded mouth.
At this moment, a boat came flying from upstream and entered the water camp in a fierce wind.
Immediately afterwards, the soldiers on the boat jumped onto the trestle, stumbled all the way, and rushed straight to Sun Quan's horse in a panic.
"Qi...Qi lord, something big...is going to go badly..."
The man was in a panic and his words were incoherent.
Sun Quan frowned slightly and said displeasedly: "How can you be so flustered? The sky has not fallen, so why are you so flustered?"
The soldier took a few breaths and stuttered out the bad news that made everyone present freeze instantly:
Chai——mulberry——lost——keep!
For an instant, the air seemed to freeze and time seemed to have stopped. Everyone's expressions, including Sun Quan's, were frozen in a moment of shock.
Chaisang, that's Chaisang, the most important town in the west of Soochow, garrisoned by 10,000 elite navy troops, as well as battle-hardened veterans like Han Dang.
How could such an indestructible city fall?
The deathly silence was interrupted by uproar and shock. The generals on the left were all in an uproar, as if it was difficult to believe such a fact.
Sun Quan was even more shocked and suspicious, and shouted sternly: "Chaisang City is indestructible, how could it be lost? Do you know that lying about military information is a capital crime?"
The soldier was startled, and quickly led Yan Liangru to pretend to be a frontal attack with a large army, luring Han Dang to send out his entire army to fight. How could he take the Lukou Trail and break through the empty city of Chaisang? He came tremblingly and truthfully.
After hearing this explanation, Sun Quan had no choice but to accept the cruel fact. He was even more shocked that Yan Liang was so cunning and courageous. He dared to risk an all-out war with him and openly
Sneak attack on Chaisang.
"Kan Derun, aren't you saying that Yan Liang is showing weakness because he just wants to attack Liu Qi? Why did he sneak attack on me, Chai Sang?"
Sun Quan glared at Kan Ze and asked angrily.
"This... I didn't expect that this thief Yan Liang would be so bold. My subordinate..."
Kan Ze looked panicked and embarrassed, unable to believe that Yan Liang would do such an amazing move.
The originally high-spirited people in Soochow suddenly fell into shock and hesitation. This work is recommended by registered members of Piaotian Literature
