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Chapter 1215: Defend

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    "No!"

    The deputy general clasped his fists and accepted the order. He immediately took advantage of the darkness and quietly slipped out of Chaisang City, got on a small boat and sailed towards Jianye.

    Xu Sheng looked at the deputy general's leaving figure and said to himself, "You must come back soon, otherwise, I don't know how long Chai Sang can guard."

    In the early morning of the next day, before the dawn in the east had risen, the rumbling war drums woke up the defenders on top of Chaisang City. They all looked down at the city with sleepy eyes. In an instant, their sleepiness disappeared.

    I saw that Sun Ce began to command Jingzhou to launch a siege war again. The ladder was put up on the top of the city, and the chariot crashed into the city gate. The brutal siege war started again.

    After Xu Sheng heard that Sun Ce was attacking the city again, he hurriedly climbed to the top of the city and commanded the defenders, struggling to resist the outnumbered Jingzhou Army.

    "I've guarded them all, and we must not let a single Jingzhou soldier ascend to the top of the city!" Xu Sheng shouted loudly, numbly slashing at the Jingzhou soldiers one by one with the long sword in his hand.

    "Boom!"

    Suddenly, a huge crash made Xu Sheng's ears ring. After he woke up, he hurriedly went to see what happened, only to see an impact car hitting the precarious Chaisang City Gate.

    "Damn it!" Xu Sheng took a basin of kerosene and poured it directly on the ram. He then took a pair of bows and arrows, lit the arrows on fire, and shot them on the ram.

    Suddenly, the cart burst into flames, and the Jingzhou sergeants on both sides responsible for pushing the cart were also screamed and perished in the flames!

    "Your Majesty, Xu Sheng is a talented general. With him stationed at Chaisang, it is not easy to capture the city."

    Zhou Yu below the city witnessed what Xu Sheng did and said to Sun Ce.

    Sun Ce nodded and said, "Gu knows, but it's a pity that this person is unwilling to be used by Gu."

    "Your Majesty, Yu has a plan, maybe we can capture Chaisang as soon as possible." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

    "Oh?" Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu who was smiling and asked, "Gong Jin, don't be so pretentious and tell me quickly."

    Immediately, Zhou Yu came close to Sun Ce's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, Chaisang is close to the water of the Yangtze River. Your Majesty can order people to go to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to block the flow of the river. When the river is full, release it all at once and flood the Chaisang directly."  mulberry!"

    After hearing this, Sun Ce smiled with satisfaction and said, "Haha, Gong Jin deserves to be Gong Jin. This plan is very clever! I will send someone to implement it now."

    Immediately, Sun Ce found Huang Gai and asked him to take a group of people to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to block the water source.

    Huang Gai took the order and left.

    Xu Sheng, who was at the top of Chaisang City, saw Huang Gai suddenly leaving with a group of people, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of suspicion in his heart. Then he suddenly thought of something and said in horror.

    "Oh no, Chaisang is close to the river. Sun Ce probably wants people to go to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to block the source, and then flood Chaisang with water!"

    Thinking of this, Xu Sheng frowned. His own life was a trivial matter, but there were still countless people living in Chaisang City. If Sun Ce was allowed to flood the city with water, I don't know how many innocent people's lives would be lost.

    Xu Sheng's thoughts were clearly understood by Zhou Yu. He drove his horse forward and said to Xu Sheng, "General Xu, surrender. You won't be able to hold on for long, and if you don't think about yourself,  We must also consider the people of Chaisang."

    Xu Sheng rolled his eyes. He was still not sure whether Sun Ce really wanted to flood the city, but since Zhou Yu came to persuade him to surrender again, he might as well test it out.

    "Zhou Yu, stop talking, I won't surrender. What's more, if the two armies are fighting, what does it matter to the people?"

    "General Xu, you are asking knowingly." Zhou Yu said with a knowing expression, "The general has lived in Chaisang for a long time, doesn't he know the geographical conditions of Chaisang? Don't forget, the river is rising now!"

    Zhou Yu had no intention of hiding his plan to flood the city. Instead, he wanted to take advantage of this to make Xu Sheng surrender obediently because he couldn't bear the death of his people.  This is his plan.

    The Art of War says that the top priority is to attack the heart, and the bottom priority is to attack the city.

    Xu Sheng was worried that the people would die because of this.  Just listen to his angry voice: "Zhou Yu, if you really let the water flood the city, aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"

    Hearing this, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said, "General Xu Sheng, you and I are both members of the military. I don't know how much blood is stained on our hands. How can we ever be afraid of the so-called divine punishment?"

    "You!" Xu Sheng was speechless for a moment.

    Zhou Yu said again: "General Xu Sheng, my lord the King of Xiangyang can give you three days to consider. After three days, if you still don't surrender, don't blame our lord for being unjust."

    ? ?After that, Zhou Yu reined up his horse and returned to the Jingzhou Army camp.

    Xu Sheng was left standing on the top of the city, and for a while, thousands of thoughts came to his mind.

    Now, it doesn¡¯t matter whether he surrenders or not.  If you surrender, you will be sorry for the king of Chu Liu Ke. If you don't surrender, you will be sorry for the people in the city.

    In desperation, he suddenly had an idea: If he couldn't be the master of the people, he might as well let the people in the city make the decision themselves.  If they don't want to suffer the flood, then they will lead their troops to evacuate Chaisang. No matter how Liu Ke punishes them in the future, he will admit it.

    He did whatever came to his mind. After Xu Sheng asked people to gather the people in Chaisang City together, he stood up and spoke word by word.

    "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. Now, outside the city, Sun Ce's army is attacking the city, and they are ready to let the water of the Yangtze River flow back and drown Chaisang."

    As soon as they heard the news, all the people were in a panic, everyone was in danger and seemed very nervous.

    Seeing this, Xu Sheng had no choice but to continue: "Sun Ce gave me a choice. If I open the gate of Chaisang City, I will let all the people in the city go. Otherwise, in three days, he will let the water of the Yangtze River flow back."

    "I tell you this news for only one purpose. I want to ask, are you willing to tide over the difficulties with me? If anyone is unwilling, I will lead the army to leave Chaisang and ask Sun Ce to let you go."

    After saying that, Xu Sheng closed his eyes slightly. He thought that when the people heard the news, they would choose to escape.

    But things were always unexpected. None of the people chose to escape. They all stared at Xu Sheng firmly.

    One of them, an old man with a bright head and gray beard, came out tremblingly and said, "General Xu, none of our people in Chaisang are greedy for life and afraid of death. Each of us will remember the kindness King Chu has shown to our people."

    "Yes, in this troubled world, there are a few people who can treat us people like their children like the King of Chu. We all obey the King of Chu and only recognize the King of Chu!" A middle-aged man also stood up and said.

    "That's right, if Sun Ce wants to pour water into the Yangtze River, let him do it. We will fight to the death with Chai Sang and with the general. Even if we die, it doesn't matter!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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