Chapter 299
Abandoned Child Sun Qian
Sun Qian relied on luck to make the top advisor Liu Ye protect his empty city . Now, it was not possible for Sun Qian to stop as Liiu Ye was worried about Liu Mang . Liu Ye decided to send out the Urban Army . If Liu Mang’s Army was surrounded, they would be able to win or at the very least escape with the Urban Army .
Liu Ye did not touch the Black Flag Army as their heavy armor was too heavy . They were not suitable to be chosen to travel long distance . Liu Ye also felt that something was wrong and left the Black Flag soldiers behind . He also dispatched soldiers to guard the other entrances of the city . These soldiers were to prevent Sun Qian from launching a surprise attack . However, this action placed Sun Qian in a predicament .
Sun Qian wanted to cry . Three days have passed . According to his orders, he was now allowed to withdraw . However, now, he was also unable to withdraw . He tried to dispatch a few veteran soldiers but they were gotten rid off by these scouts . Sun Qian was now like a trapped turtle .
Liu Mang listened to Liu Ye’s report in the camp with a strange expression . This was because Liu Ye’s example was just like an Empty Fort Strategy . On top of that, the protagonist of this strategy was different . Zhuge Liang was replaced by Sun Qian who was a second-rate advisor on the level of Yang Hong at most . He should not be able to think of a way to win against the catapult or Liu Mang .
Liu Mang was now thinking like Sun Qian . What move would Sun Qian do when the opponent is himself? He countered every move, scaring himself . In fact, this is just Liu Ye’s own confrontation .
Liu Mang wondered how Sun Qian managed to think of his strategems and unwittingly raised Sun Qian to his level .
If Pang Tong was still in Yuzhou, Liu Ye’s thoughts were correct . This is because Pang Tong and Liu Ye were top class advisors . Both of them have high IQ . However, this person was Sun Qian . If Sun Qian could do such things, Liu Bei would not have lost Xuzhou to Lu Bu or be defeated by Cao Cao . In other words, this strategy must have been done by Pang Tong . Liu Mang never expected Pang Tong to also know how to use this strategy .
“Ziyang . Get ready to attack!” Liu Mang waved his hand . He had miscalculated . He thought that letting Liu Ye command an army alone would help him capture Ruyin quickly but now they do not even know whether the Yuzhou Army was a sham or not . Liu Mang would also not blame Liu Ye . After all, the smarter people would usually think too much . This was a psychological battle . It was just like a set of multiple choice questions . If the answer was all A, a person with poor grades would not be too concerned but a person with good grades would hesitate . This is because it should be impossible for all the answers to be A . They would wonder whether the teachers would try and trick them . The battle would have already been over if he let Xu Sheng lead the army . On the other hand, Liu Ye is like Sima Yi who would put others at their level .
“Milord . There may be a trap inside the city!” Liu Ye was still fearful .
“Haha . Ziyang . Sun Qian is not so difficult to deal with like you think . On top of that, you were only worried about me . Now, I have already captured Yingshang and I was not ambushed . What is there for you to be afraid of?” Liu Mang replied .
“But!” Liu Ye still wanted to refute but he did not know why .
“Don’t worry Ziyang . I will certainly be careful!” Liu Mang waved his hand . “Call Wei Yan of the shield troops!” Wei Yan was currently a small soldier in the Urban Army . Naturally, he would not be in the camp . After some time, Wei Yan entered from outside .
“Wei Yan of the shield troops greets Your Highness!” Wei Yan walked in and cupped his fist . Wei Yan had been disciplining himself at the Urban Army . His former rebellious traits was no longer visible .
“Wei Yan . How is your treatment at the Urban Army?”
“Your Highness . It is very good!”
“Do you hate me for putting a general like you here unused? Are you cursing me in your heart?” Liu Mang laughed at Wei Yan . If it was himself, he would already cursed several times .
“This one does not dare!” Wei Yan lowered his head . This was a lie . After all, he came to be a general . Zhao Yun and Wang Wei have already been promoted while he is still just a common soldier . This was not something normal people could bear .
“So you do not dare . Doesn’t that mean you are still resentful? You only do not dare because I am the King and of higher position than you!” Liu Mang smiled at the beast in front of him . This beast was wild and difficult to tame . If Wei Yan was a wolf, Liu Mang would need to turn this wolf into a dog .
“This!” Wei Yan did not know what to say . Liu Mang’s words were suffocating .
“Do you still want to remain in the Urban Army?” Liu Mang looked at Wei Yan and asked with a smile .
“I do!” Wei Yan replied loudly . He stayed in the Urban Army and have killed a lot of people . According to reason, he should also be promoted . Liu Mang has a lot of generals . However, he ended up looking for Wei Yan . This means that Wei Yan was about to be promoted .
“In that case, go back and be a shield!” Liu Mang waved his hand, signalling for Wei Yang to leave .
“Yes . Huh?” Wei Yan immediately replied before the words registered . He was not promoted and would instead continue to be a shield soldier .
“What’s wrong? Do you have a complaint?” Liu Mang laughed again . However, his laugh hid a trace of killing intent .
“This subordinates receives the order!” Wei Yan felt lost in his heart but he did not dare to disobey the person in front of him . He could only lower his head . “This subordinate takes his leave!”
“Milord . This is?” The one that was most affected was Wang Wei . In terms of military might, Wei Yan was superior . Wang Wei also did not believe that Wei Yan was a person who knows nothing . Placing him as a shield soldier is a waste of talent . Now, Liu Mang had called Wei Yan in but there were no rewards . This is inconsistent with the reward and punishment system of the Urban Army .
“Tell Wei Yan that I will give him twenty soldiers from the Urban Army . Tell him to lead the soldiers into Ruyin . I want to know the situation in Ruyin within one hour, especially the position of the storehouse . ” Liu Mang did not call Wei Yan for no reason . He wanted a powerful person to lead the soldiers into the city and find out the actual situation . He hated fighting against Sun Qian . If Sun Qian had really placed an ambush in the city, Liu Mang could only burn the place down . What Liu Mang wanted was not the city . It was the provisions . Liu Mang had many generals . However, these generals need to lead their respective groups while Liu Mang wanted Huang Zhong for different matters . All that’s left is Wei Yan . He should give the hungry beast some meat to eat .
“Lead twenty soldiers into the city?” Wei Yan asked . Although Ruyin’s gates were open, nobody knew what was inside . What would they do if they were ambushed? Wei Yan was also worried and gritted his teeth . However, he was a warrior . He should be advancing in the battle . If he was afraid of everything, it would be better to return to being a farmer . Besides that, he had already been in the bottom long enough . Even though he said he was happy at the Urban Army, it was not what he wanted .
“I understand!” Wei Yan nodded and took a deep breath . With risk, comes wealth . Entering Ruyin may be Wei Yan’s chance for a promotion .
“Set up the catapults and get ready for a siege!” Liu Mang said .
“Milord . There are no enemies on the wall . ”
“Are you just going to the the catapults there to do nothing and then throw away the collected stones? Just use it!” Liu Mang replied . “Also, Han Sheng . We will be counting on you for this . Let us go and greet this Sun Gongyou!”
Under Liu Mang’s guidance, Liu Ye led the group to the walls of Ruyin .
When Liu Ye reached the bottom of the walls, someone notified Sun Qian . “Mister Ziyang . There are nobody within Ruyin . Come in and have a drink with me . ”
“Hmph! Sun Qian! Your…” Liu Ye wanted to curse Sun Qian and say that his schemes have already been seen through . However, he was stopped by Liu Mang .
“Sun Qian you despicable man! You used yourself as bait for us to divide our forces . Milord fell into an ambush and his army was disastrously defeated . Milord himself has gone missing . You truly are the most despicable person in the world for your evil schemes!”
Liu Mang stepped forward to curse Sun Qian . The other generals by his side were confused as Liu Mang had cursed himself to have gone missing1 .
“Who is this?” Sun Qian could not recognize Liu Mang . Liu Ye led the way and Liu Mang did not wear his iconic gold armor . As a result, Sun Qian believed that this was a general under Liu Ye .
“There was really an ambush?” Sun Qian was really shocked . He was only following Liu Ye’s line of thought . ‘Was I really bait and did Liu Mang really suffer an ambush? Nobody told me this!’ Sun Qian felt that this was suspicious . If troops were dispatched to ambush Liu Mang, it would mean that he, Sun Qian, was abandoned . Sun Qian was one of Liu Bei’s top advisor . It could be said that he was Liu Bei’s trusted subordinate . If he does not know about this, it would mean that he was avoided . Leaving him here for three days meant that he was abandoned . Sun Qian felt a trace of anger .
“General . Do not throw malicious slander . There can never be too much deception in war . How could strategems be considered evil schemes? Look at Ruyin . We are already ready to surrender . How could I still be a traitor?” Sun Qian tried to extract information from the one speaking .
“Hmph . Sun Qian . Aren’t you just sacrificing yourself like a faithful official? Aren’t you using your life to exchange for the victory of this campaign? We will help you accomplish your goal . After all, Milord is defeated . We now have nowhere to go . We might as well fight our way into Ruyin and kill you or die trying! This is to take revenge for our Lord!” Liu Mang yelled righteously .
“Wait . General!” Sun Qian panicked . Although he was not afraid of death, he did not want to have such an unclear death . If the youngster’s words were true, Liu Mang’s may have died at Yingshang . The group of soldiers would not let him off easy . Sun Qian would really become abandoned .
Liu Mang ignored Sun Qian and ordered, “Prepare the catapult! Attack the walls of Ruyin!” The catapults had already been readied and fired the moment Liu Mang’s voice was heard .
*Boom* Sun Qian immediately felt the ground shake .
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