Episode 281. Floating or liver? (2)
“I was a little worried because there were only about 70,000 troops left in Yeju.”
“Didn’t you say that tens of thousands of troops were sent back for security in Xuzhou? If Bu had been ambitious, would he have sent troops to Xuzhou?”
“That’s true, but this makes it difficult to attract Ye Zhu’s troops.”
“It’s a pity for me too, but the tendency of wealth is such that it can’t be helped. In fact, even without Yeju’s soldiers, he could handle the challenges of the feudal lords.”
“I am only concerned that an easy fight has become difficult.”
“The real victory is when you win a difficult battle. I must go and have an audience with His Majesty, and prepare to move the capital to Hedo.”
When Cao Cao stood up, Guo Jia also stood up and bowed.
Cao Cao left, and after a while Shun Wook entered, smiling at Guo Jia with a victorious smile.
“How was it when I met the painter company? Aren’t I wrong?”
“The Hwabu company was a great help to the governor, but he was not a feudal lord in this chaotic world.”
“You don’t have to have great ambition just because you’re a prince in a troubled world. If the Duke of Zhou is a sharp sword to calm the turmoil, the fireman company is a righteous hand that heals the hearts of the people who have been hacked to pieces.”
“The Duke of Zhou is very blessed and has set a really good agenda.”
“There are rumors that Liu Bei’s brother-in-law’s friendship is really good, but it’s nothing compared to the friendship between the Duke of Zhou and his wife’s company.”
“Aren’t they mere carp playing in the fireman’s company’s well? I dare not compare it.”
“I was a little wary when they occupied Sopaeseong and crossed Xuzhou, but it was useless.”
“If the Hwabu Company did not lead Yeju to victory, it would not have ended as a simple misfortune. Liu Bei would have been able to lead Xu Zhou to victory.”
“But the bottom line is that the fire department company led Ye Zhu to victory and embraced Liu Bei.”
“The fireman company is a person who can be compared to the governor if he had ambition.”
When Guo Jia expressed concern, Xun Yu nodded.
“yes. If he had ambition, he is the person to be most wary of.”
“Isn’t the soldiers of Ye Zhu that I understood different from those that Duke Xun understood?”
“70,000 is no different.”
“He has no ambitions, but he is still a big man, so you must always be vigilant.”
“You mean this? Even if Gong Guo doesn’t say anything, I’m always closely examining the world for the sake of Duke Zhou’s great will.”
“Eh, by the way, lend me some money.”
When Guo Jia suddenly trembled, Xun Yu asked curiously.
“huh? Suddenly, what money?”
“Didn’t the governor and I make a bet over the false concessions of the fire department company? Since I lost, I have to buy alcohol and meat from the officials.”
“There are many ministers, but don’t you have that much money?”
“You know how much longevity eats, and you say that? I have to spend my monthly salary for several months.”
“Heh, I guess I will. I will lend you my money.”
* * *
Historically, after the death of his father, Sun Jian, Sun Ce could not find a place in Jiangdong and went under the command of Yuan Shu. It was possible to become a feudal lord with a large army.
Yuan Shu seized the Seal of the Seal and set up the country, taking Shu Chun Fortress and expelling Yu Yao.
Yuyo had his own soldiers as Yangju company, but when his older brother, Yeonjoo company, Judae was attacked by Cheongju soldiers and was in danger, he sent many troops as reinforcements, so only about 100,000 troops remained.
The troops sent to support became Cao Cao’s troops, and he suddenly lost his strength and eventually had to give up his youth without being able to fight properly against the large army of Yuan Shu.
Yuyao had 100,000 troops, so he couldn’t do a great distance against Yuan Shu, but he thought that Sun Ce, who was nesting in Gogu, was worth trying.
Sun Ce only has 50,000 troops.
He thought that if he had twice as many troops, he had a good chance of winning, and he had a winning streak in the early stages.
“Haha I was worried for a while when I heard that a guy named Juyu led the soldiers, but… it wasn’t a big deal.”
Seeing Sun Ce’s soldiers running away, Yuyao burst into laughter.
“The enemy’s ploy to double trap was novel. If it wasn’t for the foresight of the Duke of Zhou, it would have been a disaster.”
It was the bookkeeper Seol-rye who matched the rhythm with Yu-yo’s laughter.
“There are rumors that Jegalgeun and Zhou Yu are quite talented, but there is no reason for us to be pushed aside.”
“That’s right. Now that Gok-Aseong is within reach, if we keep pushing forward, we should be able to take the castle safely.”
“If we can occupy Goga Castle and absorb Sun Ce’s defeated soldiers, we will soon be able to avenge Yuan Shu’s humiliation.”
Yuyo turned her head and looked at the sky to the west, where the castle she had been taken away from was located.
Wonsul was also an enemy, and Jojo, who swallowed up his troops sent to the relief army, was also an enemy that could not be let go.
Although he had no power now, he believed that if he captured Goga and grew stronger in the Jiangdong region, he would be able to avenge his grudge.
“Ju-gong is now very close to the grain, so move slowly.”
“okay. let’s go.”
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..
Riding slowly along the road dug by generals and soldiers, Yuyo tilted her head as she saw the sky above Goka Castle covered in dark clouds.
“It wasn’t raining until this morning, but there are a lot of dark clouds over there.”
“Isn’t that dark cloud the future of Sun Ce? Heaven knows his darkness.”
“That’s a good sign for us.”
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Then, suddenly, fire broke out from behind, and screams and clashing weapons were heard.
The fire was coming from wagons loaded with hay and provisions.
“What is this?”
“It seems that the enemies took advantage of our carelessness and were aiming for hay and military rice.”
“What are you doing? Run right away and protect the hay and military rice.”
“yes.”
As soon as Yuyao’s command fell, the generals escorting him ran back with their soldiers.
As the generals and soldiers ran, the cavalrymen who had been shooting fire arrows at the hay and grain rice ran away with arrows.
Yuyo hurried to where the soldiers were putting out the fire.
Most of the hay and provisions were burning in an instant, as if someone had sprinkled oil on them before shooting the flaming arrows.
Despite the hasty evolution, the nature of hay did not put out the fire well, so the damage was severe.
“They say it’s rotten even if it’s rotten. There should be enough military rice left in Gok-Aseong! Capture Gok-a Castle before tonight is over.”
“yes.”
Yuyao gritted his teeth and sent all the generals to order an all-out attack.
Dududududu…..
However, Jangyoung, who had been chasing the fleeing enemies earlier, was hurriedly riding his horse back.
“Isn’t Jang-Young the returning general?”
“It seems so.”
“What is this?”
“That I don’t know either.”
The enemy soldiers who had been chasing Zhang Ying’s soldiers stopped pursuing them and turned back as Yu Yao’s base approached.
After a while, Zhang Ying came to Liu Yao with a dark look of defeat and lay down.
“Please kill the warden of the state governor Keuuk.”
“What kind of English is that?”
“I was passing through the valley of Uzer, and suddenly arrows rained down from left and right, and a rock rolled down and cut the soldier in half. Please kill the warden.”
“You idiot! My older sister told me to beware of the enemy’s traps.”
“I looked and looked and looked, but I didn’t know they had set a triple trap.”
“Even so, what is that guy who led 10,000 soldiers out?”
There were only about 3,000 troops who returned following Jang Young’s footsteps. 7,000 troops were lost in a short period of time.
* * *
“For an instant, burning the enemy’s hay and provisions and breaking the brunt…”
Sun Ce looked at the enemy camp with a disbelieving expression.
Zhuge Geun also had a similar expression to Sun Ce, but the fact that the war changed in an instant was not because of himself or Zhou Youu’s ploy, but because of the savior sent by the fireman.
The two men, Jang Heum and Ju Tae, who appeared with a huge amount of war supplies and 500 horsemen, were not the ones who started from Yeju.
They were merchants based on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Yangju, and they bought a large amount of weapons and military rice from the military, saying that they had been asked by the fireman to bring them.
I am so grateful for this kind of support, but no matter how many thousands of soldiers guarded the enemy’s hay and military rice, I led only 500 cavalry and burned it in an instant and returned.
All the 500 cavalrymen did was mount their horses and shoot fiery arrows from a distance.
Hay and military rice cannot be instantly engulfed in flames just by firing a flaming arrow.
The fire had spread so much because someone had already poured oil on the hay and military rice.
The 500 cavalrymen fired flaming arrows from a distance and fled without looking back as the hay and grain were engulfed in flames.
With only a few horses killed and a few wounded soldiers, the enemy’s heart was burned.
“I’m grateful even for the war material… It’s a mercenary technique that’s close to miraculous!”
As Sun Ce admired, Zhou Yu, who was next to him, nodded.
“It seems that Sejak has been planted among the soldiers who keep the military rice.”
“I guess so. Didn’t you say they were the ones who came at the request of the fireman’s boss?”
“Yes, they were doing business on the Yangtze River side of the original city, but the fireman’s company said that the governor was in an urgent situation, so he asked them to go and help them, and they said that they came with a group of people.”
“They must have been colossi.”
“It looks like a group of 500 Gasols, all riding horses and wielding spears and arrows.”
“I heard that the huge military statues helped the fire department commander during the war with the Western Zhou, but they must be them.”
“I think so.”
“The fireman’s housekeeper receives great favor every time.”
“The day will come when you will pay back.”
“Thank you to the main fire department company later, and now is the time to worry about the enemy. Even though the brunt has been broken, the army is still very strong, so there will be a general offensive soon.”
The subordinate spoke with a lot of worries, but Sun Ce was calm.
“Since the soldiers in the ambush have been given enough arrows, they should be able to inflict a lot of damage before the enemy reaches the castle.”
War was largely a battle between soldiers and supplies. Although the number of soldiers is small, if there are many supplies, they could win.
Wow,
as the prediction of the hand book, Yuyo’s large army shouted and started moving forward.
“Tell the generals to pour down all the arrows they were given and immediately retreat to the castle.”
“yes.”
* * *
“You sent Jang Heum and Ju Tae?”
Eulji and Myungil looked slightly surprised after hearing Lee Dangji’s words.
“yes.”
Seeing the reaction of the three, Zhuge Liang tilted his head slightly.
“What’s wrong with Brother Dangji sending those two to Sun Ce?”
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