"I should have seen it long ago that he, the King of the Great Wei, could he be so stingy that he wanted to start a war because he was just a dozen pounds of gold. That was obviously just his excuse. Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Jin, you are simply too naive..."

Zhuge Jin cursed himself in his heart, and suddenly realized that he could not help but squeeze out a bitter smile on his face in horror.

Seeing the Wei army boarding the boat one after another, Zhuge Jin asked with a bitter face: "King of Wei, it turns out that I was played with by you from the beginning to the end. I, Zhuge Jin, have been convinced of your wisdom. It seems that you had already made up your mind to use it as a cover when I came to seek peace, but secretly prepared to attack my Wankou Camp."

The Tao Shang stopped acting, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth and said coldly: "Do you think I don't know what Sun Ce is thinking? He just wants to learn from Goujian, slept with firewood and taste gall, and pretended to ask for peace from me to exchange for time to breathe. I will not learn from Fuchai, so I will naturally have to eliminate the roots!"

The pottery directly exposed Sun Ce's intention.

Zhuge Jin's face was ashes, his body was shocked violently, and his face showed a look of shame. He felt like a clown, being teased by Tao Shang.

After being embarrassed for a while, Zhuge Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Your insight is considered to be a witness. Since you have seen through our intentions, what are you going to deal with me?"

Zhuge Jin thought that the Tao merchant was cruel and that his conspiracy was exposed and he would definitely die.

The Tao merchant only smiled faintly and said, "I still understand the principle of fighting between the two countries and not killing the envoys. I will save you a lifetime."

After saying that, the Tao merchant ordered Zhuge Jin to take him down and take good care of him and not to be too lazy.

Zhuge Jin had no room for resistance, so he could only sigh and leave.

Sending Zhuge Jin away, Tao Shang's eyes shot towards the east of the Yangtze River, and murderous intent ignited in the eyes of the eagle.

In my sight, I saw warships sailing out of the water camp, and the fleet that stretched for several miles was rushing downstream.

"Sun Ce, I, the Taoist merchant, said that I would destroy you, and I would definitely destroy you. Just wash your neck and wait to choose that knife!"

...

Wukou, Wankou Shuiying.

This is the mouth of the Anhui River from north to south and flowing into the Yangtze River. It goes north of the Anhui River without a hundred miles, and it is Wan County, the capital of Lujiang County.

Once the Ankou is lost, Wan County will be trapped under the Wei army's land and land attack. Once the city is lost, the entire Lushan County will be lost. Hefei is backed by Lujiang County, and the rear side of Jieshi will inevitably be exposed to the Wei army's troops. And along the Ankou is the east, it is Ruxukou.

Ruxukou is the only entrance to the Wu army's naval army. It is the most important fortress connecting Hefei and Jiangdong. Its strategic location is extremely important.

And this Ankou Fortress is the last barrier to guard the upstream of the Ruxu Fortress.

Since Pengze's defeated troops, Sun Ce retreated all the way to Wankou, gathered the defeated troops, and attempted to use Wankou Fortress as his new national defense line.

It was almost dusk, and the setting sun was setting, and there was a silence in Wuying, Wankou.

On the shore, Sun Ce immediately looked around, his eyes kept moving from Peng Ze's direction, and a helpless look flowing on his handsome face.

"My little overlord in Jiangdong is actually about to be at the point of giving money to the pottery thieves and seeking peace in a humble way. It's so sad, it's so sad..." Sun Ce gritted his teeth and sighed helplessly.

Since he was forced to ask Tao Shang for peace, Sun Ce's heart was always shrouded in the strong sense of humiliation, and he was filled with hatred all day long.

Just last night, he personally sent Zhuge Jin and more than a dozen transport ships. The ships were loaded with two thousand kilograms of gold and 40 million yuan. This money was taken care of by him in exchange for the pottery's soldiers.

It would be fine to ask for peace, but he also offered huge compensation. Sun Ce really couldn't think of what humiliation he had suffered in his life that was heavier than this.

In order to take into account the overall situation, Sun Ce had to cut off his teeth and swallow blood into his mouth.

"Your Majesty should not be too sad and angry. As the saying goes, a real hero can be a true hero. If today's humiliation can be exchanged for precious breathing time, the king will make a comeback in the future, take back Chaisang, swallow Jingzhou, and repay the thief ten times the time it will be."

Standing behind him, Pang Tong knew that Sun Ce's face was damaged, so he looked relaxed and used the bright future to comfort Sun Ce's wounded heart.

"The reason for the words of Shi Yuan, I, Sun Ce, have recorded the shame today. One day, I will ask the Tao merchant to pay it twice as much!" Sun Ce was slightly excited and clenched his fists to swear.

Seeing that Sun Ce was cheered up, Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and bowed and exclaimed: "The king can bend and stretch, and it is really worse than that Goujian. It is my luck in Dawu."

Sun Ce snorted coldly, raised a hint of pride at the corner of his mouth, and his eyebrows gradually became proud again.

At this moment, a whistleboat was coming upstream of the river.

After a moment, the scout boarded the boat and rushed to Sun Ce, screaming in a trembling voice: "King, I'm urgently reporting to the west, hundreds of warships in Wei Kingdom upstream are approaching the camp."

A thunder thunder fell in front of the head.

Sun Ce's expression changed drastically, and he was shocked. In an instant, he thought he had heard the wrong ear.

Pang Tong was also startled and asked, "Can you see clearly that it is indeed the Wei army? How many ships are there?"

"The young men can see clearly that it is indeed the Wei army. There are at least 700 enemy ships, and it is estimated that the enemy will have at least 30,000 people."

Seven hundred enemy ships and 30,000 navy troops!

Sun Ce used to not take such military strength seriously at all, but at this moment, Sun Ce was frightened when he heard it.

Suddenly, Sun Ce looked at each other and suddenly realized.

It turned out that they were once again played with by Tao merchants.

The pottery had no intention of accepting his peace request at all, but just took this to relax their vigilance and took the opportunity to extort a lot of money. However, while he was relaxing his guard, he suddenly all the navy troops came to attack Wankou.

"Tao Thief, you actually... you traitor--" Sun Ce, who suddenly realized his understanding, was so frightened that he was gritting his teeth, and was so shocked that he was at a loss.

At this time, Pang Tong was so embarrassed that his face was flushed. You know, he had done his best to seek peace, but he did not expect that he would not fool the pottery merchant, but instead he was fooled by the pottery merchant.

Just when his master and his ministers were frightened, the second crewman rushed back from the west, saying that the number of Wei naval troops was not only more than 30,000, but also a powerful fleet of vehicles and ships.

The king and ministers of Wu were all shocked by it, and in an instant, they all fell into a panic situation.

Pang Tong had forced himself to calm down and bowed, "King, the Wei army is coming too fast. Our army has not yet completed the assembly. There are only more than 10,000 troops in the camp and cannot fight at all. This Wankou will definitely not be able to defend it. You should quickly abandon the camp and retreat to the Ruxukou Fortress downstream."

Sun Ce's expression changed suddenly, and he gritted his teeth and said sternly: "Even if our army is not in a uniform force, Ankou is in key points, how can we abandon it like this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another scout rushed over.

"Report to the king, tens of thousands of Wei troops came from land and were rushing towards our land camp."

The Wei army appeared on the water, and another Wei army came on the land. Sun Ce's face changed drastically, and the remaining persistent desire to persevere was gone.

If Tao Shangshang only attacked from the water, 30,000 naval troops would be strong enough to defend one, but if the Wei infantry army on the land was also attacked, he would be unable to bear it.

Sun Ce now understood that Tao Shang was tying up all the troops that had swayed the country, and he had to destroy him in one breath.

Sun Ce's remaining confidence was instantly shattered by this amazing intelligence.

Immediately afterwards, the whistleboats rushed back one after another, and the scouts on the land came one after another, constantly bringing back the news of the approaching army of Taoshang and land, which stimulated Sun Ce's nerves.

Pang Tong was so anxious that he was sweating between his forehead and said in a deep voice: "King, the Wei army is attacking from land and water, and it is unstoppable. If we hesitate any longer, when the Wei army arrives and blocks the retreat on the river, we can't walk even if we want to."

Sun Ce was so scared that his whole body trembled. He knew that Pang Tong was definitely not a terrifying voice.

In desperation, Sun Ce sighed and said angrily: "Send the order and order the entire army to rise up immediately and retreat from the water to Ruxukou."

Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and immediately passed down Sun Ce's order.

In the flood and drought camp of Ankou, the Wu soldiers immediately became busy. They were so panicked that they were eager to get on the ship, for fear that they would be killed by the Wei army and would not be able to escape.

At this time, Sun Ce suddenly remembered something and said with a serious look: "If I abandoned the Wankou Shui Camp, the army of the Taoist thieves would go north along the Wan River and encircle Wan County, but what should General Han do?"

At this time, Han Dang had already led 7,000 troops to enter Wancheng under the order of Sun Ce to protect the flanks of Hefei, preventing the Wei army from jumping over Wankou and directly attacking Wan County from land.

Pang Tong thought for a moment, but pretended to be calm: "General Han is good at commanding troops. Although the seven thousand soldiers and horses under his command are all elite soldiers and Lu Su assisted them, if there is any mistake in Ankou, he will definitely not be able to defend An County. For the current plan, he should send people to An County and order General Han to withdraw the seven thousand elite soldiers to Shu County to garrison."

Sun Ce thought about it and had no choice but to do so, so he had to do it with Pang Tong's plan.

When Pang Tong retreated, Sun Ce called his confidant Chen Wu and ordered: "You can quickly lead a team of troops to Wan County. There is a powerful Qiao family in the city, including two daughters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. You must pick up Qiao Xiao."

When Chen Wu heard the name of Qiao Xiao and Xiao, he immediately understood Sun Ce's intention and hurriedly took the order and left.

Qiao Nai is a famous beauty in Wan County. When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu talked about it, they wanted to refuse to have it for themselves, but in recent years, they have been busy with military affairs and have forgotten it now.

Now that Wan County is in danger, Sun Cecai suddenly thought of the sisters Qiao, so he didn't want to put such two first beauties in the hands of Tao Shang, so he asked Chen Wu to pick them up in advance.

Everything was arranged. Before the evening, Sun Ce led 10,000 Wu troops and hundreds of warships, and hurriedly fled the Ankou Fortress before the Tao Shang naval army arrived, and retreated to Ruxukou, which was more than a hundred miles downstream.

Because he escaped too quickly, many grains and grass in the camp were too late to take them away. Of course, Sun Ce was unwilling to give them to the pottery merchant, so he could only give the order with a heartache to burn all the grains and grass and water camps with fire.
Chapter completed!