Chapter 214: The last battle to pacify Jiangdong! I'll kill you and leave you without any troops! That arrow that will wipe out your entire family!
East of Haiyan City, at the port ferry terminal.

Sun Quan was standing on the dock with his hands behind his back, supervising his soldiers to load carts of supplies onto the warships.

Haiyan was originally a seaport, and originally had more than ten large and small ships deployed for his use in going out to sea.

As for the carts of baggage, they were what he obtained after he fled to Haiyan City and looted the county treasury and the people in the city.

Anyway, they are about to escape from Jiangdong, and this Haiyan City and its people will soon belong to Liu Bei.

In Sun Quan's view, he was being extra merciful by looting all the supplies in the city and not massacring the city to vent his anger.

"My lord, in addition to these food and supplies, I have also recruited more than 400 young and strong men with a large sum of money. All of them are willing to follow us to the north."

"At most, we now have nearly a thousand soldiers available. With these men, you can be more confident than going alone to join Lu Bu."

Lu Meng pointed at the hundreds of young and strong men from Haiyan who were changing their clothes and armor and receiving weapons at the dock.

Sun Quan felt a little relieved, and a long-lost sense of ease finally appeared on his gloomy face.

"With so much baggage, it will take at least a day or two to move it all. Ziming, I'm just worried that there won't be enough time."

Sun Quan glanced in the direction of Wu County, with some concern in his words.

What he meant was, of course, that he was worried that Liu Bei's pursuers might catch up to Haiyan City at any time.

"Don't worry, my lord. Even that big-eared thief could not have expected that my lord would be willing to abandon Kuaiji and flee to Jiangdong."

"According to common sense, even if you want to abandon Jiangdong, you should retreat south to Jiaozhou instead of sailing north to Huainan."

"I expected Liu Bei to pursue us all the way south, and he never thought that we would change our route and head east to Haiyan."

Lu Meng saw that Sun Quan was worried, so he smiled and comforted him.

At this moment, his words and expression had regained his calm and confident look.

The worry on Sun Quan's face finally faded, and he patted Lu Meng on the shoulder and praised:
"Ziming, although your strategy in the battle of Wu County failed, in my eyes, Sun Quan, your wisdom is still better than Zhou Yu's."

"This time we are going to Huainan. How to deal with Lu Bu, how to use his protection to make a comeback, and even how to recover Jiangdong in the future, we still need your advice."

"Ziming, my Sun Quan's life and death, and the future and fate of my Sun family, all depend on you."

Seeing that Sun Quan entrusted him with his life and valued him to such an extent, Lu Meng was both moved and flattered.

So he hurriedly bowed and said seriously:

"My lord, I have been so kind to you. I have no way to repay you. How can I not die for you?"

"My lord, rest assured. Meng has already thought about what to do after we go to Huainan. I will definitely not let you down!"

Hearing Lu Meng's statement, Sun Quan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the gloom on his face disappeared, and he couldn't help but smile.

Naturally, at the moment, Lu Meng was praised and won over again.

Sun Ben, who was standing by, saw this and snorted coldly, feeling unhappy.

I am your brother, Sun Quan. We are blood relatives. You should regard me as your right-hand man.

How can you be so good? You don't trust your cousin, but instead trust a flattering military general from another family?
Heart-breaking...

The more Sun Ben thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but say sarcastically:
"Ziming is indeed a man of foresight, but you must think carefully. Don't make another stupid move like we did in the battle of Wu County, forcing us to give up Jiangdong and go to Huainan to face Lu Bu's mood."

Lu Meng felt embarrassed when his scars were exposed, but he couldn't refute it and could only swallow his bitterness.

There is no way, after all Sun Ben is telling the truth.

In the battle of Wu County, if his plan had not been discovered by Xiao Fang, resulting in the loss of all 5,000 soldiers and horses of Sun Quan, he would have had a chance to retreat to Kuaiji and rely on the Zhejiang River to block Liu Bei.

"Ahem, brother, there's no need to talk about the past."

"In the battle of Wu County, whether Ziming's plan was discovered by Xiao Fang or Liu Bei escaped by luck, it is still unknown."

"Brother, you should think more about how to deal with Lu Bu after we go to Huainan."

Sun Quan had to step forward and rescue Lu Meng.

Seeing him defending Lu Meng so much, Sun Ben felt even more unhappy, but he didn't dare to mock him anymore. He could only purse his lips and said nothing.

Lü Meng was touched by Sun Quan's partiality and bowed:

"My lord, you have a broad mind and extraordinary generosity. You are truly a heroic lord."

"I trust you. With your assistance, my lord will be able to..."

Before he could finish his flattery, a warning gong suddenly sounded from the direction of the camp gate.

Sun Quan suddenly became alert and looked towards the camp gate.

Outside the camp, there seemed to be a sky-covering dust storm sweeping in from the west.

"My lord, there are enemy cavalry attacking and approaching our port!"

The alert soldiers came running over, shouting in trembling voices.

Sun Quan was shocked, his expression changed drastically, and the calmness he had just regained was immediately replaced by fear.

The cavalry is attacking, whose cavalry could it be?

Of course it was Liu Bei’s Xiliang Cavalry!

But according to what Lu Meng said, shouldn't Liu Bei lead his army south to pursue the enemy in Kuaiji? Why did his cavalry come to Haiyan?
"Lü Ziming, you miscalculated again. Liu Bei's cavalry has reached Haiyan!"

Sun Ben became excited again and shouted at Lu Meng.

Lu Meng's forehead was covered with sweat, his eyes were filled with surprise, and he said in a trembling voice:

"We abandoned Kuaiji and evacuated Jiangdong by sea, which was not in accordance with common sense!"

"According to common sense, Liu Bei should have chased south to Kuaiji. Why did he chase to Haiyan?"

"This this……"

Lu Meng was so confused that he didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

Sun Ben snorted coldly and continued sarcastically:
"It must be that Xiao Fang is a mastermind who has seen through your plan. You think it is unreasonable, but in fact..."

"enough!"

Sun Quan interrupted Sun Ben's attempt to take advantage of the situation and said sternly:

"At this point, what's the point of saying all this? Get on board and evacuate Haiyan!"

"If you keep wasting your breath here, we'll all die here!"

Sun Ben was so frustrated that he had to shut up.

Only then did Lu Meng breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly surrounded Sun Quan and boarded a ship.

The nearly 1,000 soldiers on the dock did not even bother to carry the looted baggage, and rushed to board the ship. It was too late.

The Xiliang cavalry came too fast and in a blink of an eye they had broken through the camp wall and rushed into the port.

Zhang Xiu took the lead, waving the silver spear in his hand wildly, harvesting the heads of the Jiangdong soldiers who were fleeing like ants.

The iron cavalry rolled in, crushing and killing the Jiangdong soldiers along the way, causing the blood to flow like a river.

"Set sail, set sail quickly!"

Lu Meng on the flagship shouted loudly and swung his sword to cut the rope.

Sun Quan was anxious and shouted:
"We still have a lot of baggage to load onto the ship, and half of the soldiers are not on board. Now we need to start the ship—"

"Lord!"

Lü Meng interrupted Sun Quan and said sternly:
"The enemy cavalry is coming too fast. We must abandon those jars and pots. Otherwise, if the enemy cavalry rushes onto the boat, we will all die!"

Sun Quan was shocked, and his anxiety was instantly blocked by Lu Meng.

He could only sigh, feeling heartbroken, as he watched half of his soldiers being abandoned on the shore.

The thousand-plus soldiers that were assembled with great difficulty were gone just like that, along with so much food and military supplies.

In such a shabby state, almost alone, he fled to Huainan and met Lu Bu. I wonder how he would be looked down upon by the other party?

"Lord of Jiangdong, Lord of Jiangdong, hehe~~"

Sun Quan raised a self-deprecating smile and turned away silently, unable to bear to watch the rivers and mountains of Jiangdong drifting away from him.

"Lv Ziming, it's all your fault!"

"If you weren't so self-righteous, we would have already boarded the ship and set out to sea. Why would we delay until now for some food and military supplies, and be caught off guard by Liu Bei?"

"Lv Ziming, you..."

Sun Ben vented all his anger on Lu Meng and started complaining incessantly.

Lu Meng lowered his head and silently endured Sun Ben's accusations, but his fists were quietly clenched.

He and his ministers did not notice that the Xiliang cavalry had already reached the shore.

Zhang Xiu immediately held his spear in his hand and looked at the ships that had just left, his brows slightly furrowed.

"What the military advisor said is indeed true. Sun Quan really wants to escape by sea. Unfortunately, I am still a step too late!"

Zhang Xiu clenched the silver spear tightly in his hand, with a look of unwillingness on his face.

Although the task Liu Bei gave him was only to intercept Sun Quan as much as possible, he did not order him to kill Sun Quan.

Now we have severely damaged the remnants of Sun Quan, leaving only a few ships and no more than 200 soldiers and horses to escape, so we can say that our mission is accomplished.

But he still felt unwilling to let Sun Quan escape.

"Then I'll peel off another layer of your skin!"

Zhang Xiu's eyes turned, he picked up his bow and arrow, and shouted:
"Ma family cavalry, listen to my order. Shoot the enemy ships to death before they sail away!"

Upon receiving the order, more than a thousand Ma family cavalrymen immediately hung up their weapons, bent their bows and drew their arrows.

Zhang Xiu took the lead and shot an arrow, which flew into the air.

Almost at the same time, thousands of sharp arrows flew into the air and attacked the enemy ship not far away.

The Xiliang cavalry were skilled in riding and archery. Not only were they strong in horse combat, but each of them was also an excellent archer.

Thousands of sharp arrows accurately poured down on several enemy ships.

At this time, Sun Quan was facing away from the port and wanted to go back to the cabin to taste the bitterness of escaping from Jiangdong.

Without any warning, countless arrows rained down on his head.

"Lord, be careful!"

Lu Meng was the first to see the rain of arrows coming, and he hurriedly shouted a warning.

It's too late.

When Sun Quan heard the warning, he did not dodge, but turned his head slowly to look.

At the critical moment, a cold light flashed in Lu Meng's eyes, and he pushed Sun Ben, who was also caught off guard, hard.

Before Sun Ben could react, someone had already stood in front of Sun Quan.

Almost at the same time, a rain of arrows came whistling.

"Puff puff!"

Sun Ben was instantly hit by five or six sharp arrows and was nailed to the hedgehog.

One of the sharp arrows was released from a crossbow. It was so powerful that it pierced Sun Ben's body directly.

Most of the force of the blood-stained arrow was lost, but it was still heading towards Sun Quan.

Just at this moment, Sun Quan turned around.

When his eyes widened and he looked in horror at Sun Ben who was shot to death, the blood arrow that pierced through his body went straight to his face.

"puff!"

One arrow hit Sun Quan's left eye.

"Ah~~"

A heart-wrenching howl was heard.

Sun Quan covered his eyes that were blinded by arrows and staggered backwards.

Sun Ben, who was hit by an arrow in front, fell to his knees.

Without any cover, another arrow whizzed over and hit Sun Quan right between his legs.

Another extremely miserable howl was heard.

Sun Quan, covering the two arrow wounds, one above and one below, fell to the ground with his face up.

　Recommend a good book: Three Kingdoms: A certain descendant of Xiang Yu, please die in Han Dynasty
　　When he arrived, he saw beacons all over the Han Dynasty, everything in the world withered, and the people weeping.

　　On the ruins, Liu Xie, who was forced to become the leader of the revival, Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, as well as General Yuan Shao, General Zhendong Liu Bei, Marquis of Wen Lu Bu, and Marquis of Wucheng Sun Ce all looked solemn... facing the million-strong army to recover.

(End of this chapter)