Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 463
Sun Ce led the generals and soldiers back to the south gate in a blaze, and fled out of the city in a hurry. Looking back, the entire Tucheng had been engulfed in flames, and the outline of the mountains in the distance was clearly illuminated.

Under the fire, looking from the city gate, the soldiers in the city trampled on each other and fled in all directions. Sun Ce could see clearly, but he was helpless and trembling with anger.

"If Zhuge Liang came up with this plan, this person is really scary!" Lu Fan recalled the previous intelligence at this time, everyone ignored the teenager, but now he has been defeated by him several times.

"If I don't take revenge, I swear I won't be a human being!" Sun Ce roared up to the sky, Huang Zu obviously didn't have such abilities, if he was defeated by a young man, it would be a great shame.

Lu Fanyan said: "The enemy army is burning the city. I'm afraid there will be other tricks. Let's go back to the camp quickly. We can't make any more mistakes. We will gather our troops after dawn."

"It has to be like this!" Sun Ce took a deep breath, the rebel army could not gather in the dark night, and led the troops to the camp.

As he was walking, suddenly a group of people rushed up ahead. It was Lu Dai who was ordered to guard the camp. He greeted him and said, "My lords, there is a fire in the city. We are here to rescue you."

Sun Ce sighed and said, "The fire is hard to put out, let him go, why don't you guard the camp well?"

Lu Dai asked suspiciously, "Didn't the lord send someone to dispatch troops to put out the fire?"

"What did you say?" Sun Ce was taken aback, then his face changed slightly: "Not good!"

Lu Fan was also shocked and said: "The general fell into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so return to the camp immediately!"

At this moment, there was a sound of killing and shouting in the distance. I saw the torches on the Xiling City, the soldiers shouted, the drums shook the sky, and the Wu army's camp also ignited a fire. The flames were as high as the city wall.

Sun Ce was furious: "What a Zhuge Liang, I want to kill you, follow me!"

Lu Fan hastily stopped him and persuaded him: "My lord, Jiang Xia's army has already prepared at this time, the camp is already on fire, it's useless to go any further, it's better to withdraw the troops."

Lu Dai and others also tried to persuade them, and after a while Huang Gai also led the remnant soldiers back, saying that the defenders in the city rushed out, burned the tents and luggage, and then retreated.

"Despicable and shameless!" Sun Ce was furious, but the other party did not engage in direct combat with him, and repeatedly attacked him in the east and west.

Lu Fan said urgently: "My lord, if we don't retreat any longer, we will be powerless to fight again after dawn when the Jiang Xia army will be surrounded on all sides, and the soldiers will be hungry. Please think again, my lord!"

Sun Ce raised his head to the sky and sighed, watching the rising flames, the thick smoke filled the sky of Xiling, just like the anger he was full of at the moment.

Hearing the screams of killing and screaming everywhere, Sun Ce turned his head and asked helplessly, "Let's retreat, return to Zhu County."

Lu Fanyan said: "Based on Zhuge Liang's ability, I think they set up an ambush on the way here. Liushugou can't go any further. We go north along the Chiting River, retreat from the mountains, and then detour to Zhu County. There is still a glimmer of life."

"Okay!" Sun Ce agreed sullenly.

This surprise attack on Xiakou was successful. I thought it was hopeful to take Jiangxia, but unexpectedly, I was defeated in Xiling and lost a lot of troops. Liu He is about to take over Jingzhou. I am afraid that he will never have the opportunity to go north again.

Hastily assembled two or three thousand remnants, and Sun Ce led the people to retreat down the mountain in embarrassment. If Jiang Xia's army chased them down at dawn, everyone would be exhausted, without food and drink, and could only be slaughtered.

Wu Bing stopped and walked, and the number of soldiers following behind became less and less. After the fifth watch, the sky was about to light up, and finally saw a big river winding eastward like a jade belt, coming to the edge of Chiting water.

The water was glistening, and the river was not too deep. Wu Jun, who was smoky, came here and ran to the river to wash up. The cool water made everyone relax temporarily.

There was no ambush along the way, and Lu Fan thought he had escaped the enemy's ambush, so he and Sun Ce also went upstream, washed their faces by the river, took a rest, and discussed the next step.

Sun Ce calmed down a lot in the icy river. The boredom and thinking along the way forced him to recognize the fact that Jiangbei was definitely not something he could get his hands on. The next thing to do was how to deal with Liu He.

Sun Ce sat on a rock and said helplessly, "We failed to take Xiling, and Gongjin will return in vain to take Xiakou. Send a message as soon as possible to let him return to Chaisang!"

Lu Fan shook his head slightly, and was thinking about how to comfort Sun Ce, when he suddenly heard the muffled sound of thunder upstream, he was startled, thinking that a cavalry was chasing him, so he quickly stood up.

When he saw the situation upstream, he couldn't help but his face changed drastically, and he exclaimed: "My lord, something is wrong, hurry up!"

Sun Ce also heard the sound at this time, turned his head and saw the torrential turbid waves rolling in, the flood was like thunder, and it was approaching in a blink of an eye.

"Retreat, run, the flood is coming!"

Sun Ce's face changed drastically, and he roared loudly, but his voice was covered by the noise of the waves and soldiers, and no one heard him at all.

Only a few nearby soldiers heard the shout, turned their heads and saw the flood approaching, and rushed ashore one after another. Sun Ce, Lu Fan and others hurriedly retreated into the woods on the bank.

Rumbling--

The torrent poured in, and by the time the Wu soldiers in the river reacted, it was too late, and most of them were submerged in the water. Although most of the Wu soldiers knew how to swim, it was difficult to survive under such a torrent.

Sun Ce and the others came to the shore in a hurry, and when they looked for Huang Gai and the others, they had all been washed away, and they didn't know where they had gone, so the two had no choice but to flee for their lives and fled to the high hillside.

As soon as he entered the forest, he saw shouts from the mountain, and a group of soldiers rushed out. It was Hao Zhao who had been lying in wait for a long time.

Sun Ce was shocked. At this time, there were only a dozen followers around him, and all of them took off their armor. Some of them didn't even wear weapons, so they couldn't fight, so they could only flee deep into the forest.

Before he could go far, a wave of bows and crossbows shot in front of him. Several soldiers walking in front screamed and fell to the ground. Sun Ce was furious. He waved the ancient ingot knife to block the arrows and continued to go deep into the mountain.

"My lord, let's go first, I'll take care of the rear!" Seeing that Hao Zhao was in a hurry, Lu Fan left a few people behind to guard the intersection.

"Ziheng—" Sun Ce turned his head and roared angrily, and was about to come back, but was forcibly dragged away by his own soldiers Sun He.

Hao Zhaozong immediately stepped forward, and killed the broken Wu army with a few swords. Lu Fan, who was flustered and at a loss, was swept away by his long sword, and the soldiers behind rushed up and captured Lu Fan alive.

Sun Ce's face was scorched and his hair was disheveled. He fled forward along the ravine with only four followers. The sound of shouting and killing and the sound of waves gradually faded away, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they entered a canyon.

I saw a quiet valley in front of me, a clear and green lake, and a small wooden house by the lake, emitting green smoke. Sun Ce was puzzled. It was so quiet outside.

Everyone was watching carefully, but they saw a young man walking out of the thatched hut, with a refined demeanor, a green shirt and a scarf, facing the lake water, tall and tall, aloof from the world.

Looking at this elegant young man, Sun Ce returned to the time when he first met Zhou Yu in a daze. This man's demeanor was less of Zhou Yu's heroic spirit, and more of his elegance and composure.

At some point behind him, a group of men and horses blocked the way. Sun Ce held the ancient ingot knife across his chest, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this Zhuge Kongming the one who came?"

(End of this chapter)