Chapter 82: Wang Rui’s Death

Outside Jiangling City, Sun Jian’s camp.

The two subordinates of Cao Yin were Duan Hu, and Liu Xi cried and bowed to the ground, begging Sun Jian to avenge Cao Yin.

Sun Jian's face turned pale and his eyes flashed. He quickly helped the two of them up and said angrily: "Wang Rui has always been disagreeing with me, but I never expected that he would be vicious next time! If I hadn't acted at the sight of the situation, I would have been harmed by him. Don't worry, I will definitely avenge this revenge!"

Duan Hu and Liu Xi were moved, stopped sobbing, and said loudly: "If General Sun avenges my prefect, we both want to lead five thousand elite soldiers to drive them to the general."

Sun Jian comforted the two of them, and then ordered Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zu Mao and Han Dang to register and negotiate countermeasures.

Cheng Pu frowned and pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, Jiangling City was an important city of Chu in the past. The walls were tall and thick. There were 10,000 soldiers from Jingzhou in the city. Wu Yuan, the general under Wang Rui, had strong command ability and good shooting skills. We should not attack."

Sun Jian nodded and said, "Our main goal of raising troops is Dong Zhuo. You cannot stay here for a long time, and I am not willing to lose my troops. Do you have any good plans?"

Cheng Pu looked around and attached himself to Sun Jian's ear and whispered: "I have a plan to break Jiangling City. We must...so...so..."

After hearing this, Sun Jian stood up and laughed: "There is a good plan for virtue and plan. Just do what you said! There is hope for revenge for the prefect Cao Yin."

Duan Hu and Liu Xi fell to the ground again.

The next morning.

Jiangling City, Jingzhou Governor's Mansion.

Wang Rui was sitting on the couch and worried. Although Cao Yin died, Sun Jian ran away. He probably wouldn't give up. This was a fierce general. Once he raised troops to siege Jiangling, he would be in trouble.

Cao Yin is dead, what will his subordinates do? Will Sun Jian take the opportunity to annex Cao Yin's troops? Can Jiangling City be defended?

These problems were like a mess, causing Wang Rui to be restless and have a headache.

A cup of tea was served in his hands, and the heat swayed, covering his face hazy.

A personal soldier hurried in to report the letter: "Sir, I saw the people in Sun Jian's camp shouting horses and neighing, and shouting and killing. It seemed that Sun Jian's men and Cao Yin's men had merged!"

"Oh!" Wang Rui stood up suddenly. This was good news. It seemed that Sun Jian was really ambitious. It was not that easy to swallow Cao Yin's men in one breath.

Wang Rui said to the personal soldier: "Take me up to the city tower and take a look."

After saying that, he led dozens of personal soldiers out of the mansion and headed straight to the South Gate Tower.

Wang Rui climbed up to the city tower and put on a shed in his hand and looked into the distance. He saw that Sun Jian's camp was already in chaos, with dazzling sword lights, flags shaking, and bursts of shouts of killing came faintly.

Wang Rui was just watching it happily, and suddenly saw a group of men rushing out of Sun Jian’s camp. Leading were two generals, one holding a big mountain axe and the other holding an iron spear, was struggling to break out the small group of infantrymen that were blocking them. About a thousand infantrymen followed them and headed straight for Jiangling City.

When the troops rushed to the city, Wang Rui saw their helmets and armors slanted, with dust on their faces. The two leading generals dyed their blood in the battle robe and shouted loudly under the city: "We want to see the governor Wang, please open the city gate as soon as possible!"

Wang Rui hurriedly asked, "Who are you?"

One of the stout generals clasped his fists and replied: "Is it Mr. Wang on the city tower? I am Duan Hu, the general under Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, and the person beside me is Liu Xi. After Lord Cao died, we were about to return to Wuling, but Sun Jian refused and insisted that we go north with him. If we didn't listen, he sent troops to attack. We risked our lives to kill Sun's siege and came to surrender to the Lord!"

Wang Rui hesitated and said, "You... are you really here to vote?"

At this time, Sun Jian's soldiers were already chasing after him, and a strong murderous aura filled the city of Jiangling.

Duan Hu said anxiously: "Sir, Master! Do you think we have fakes? If you don't open the city gate, we will go to others!"

Wu Yuan whispered from the side: "Sir, be careful of fraud!"

Wang Rui refused to miss this good opportunity to expand his strength and replied: "What can I do if there are only a thousand defeated soldiers? I have seen Duan Hu and Liu Xi, both of whom are inappropriate bravery. If we take over as our subordinates, our army's strength will greatly increase."

Seeing Sun Jian's pursuit getting closer, Duan Hu raised his axe and shouted: "Governor Wang, open the city gate quickly!"

Wang Rui hurriedly said to the captain who was guarding the gate: "Quickly open the city gate and let them in!"

Wu Yuan hurriedly added: "Arrowers line up! Draw the bow and arrow, aim at Sun Jian's men and prepare to shoot!"

As the "creaking" sound came, the suspension bridge at the south gate of Jiangling City slowly fell down, and the soldiers guarding the city tried desperately to shake the wooden wheels, and the heavy city gate was slowly opening.

Duan Hu raised his mountain-opening axe and shouted sternly to the soldiers behind him: "Follow me into the city!"

After saying that, Duan Hu took the lead, stepped on the suspension bridge and rushed into the city. The soldiers guarding the gate had just shouted, "Come in quickly!", and their heads were chopped off by Duan Hu's heavy axe.

Behind Duan Hu, Liu Xi led more than a thousand soldiers to rush into the city gate with shouts.

"Sir! Sir! Oh no, these people are surrendering!" The city gate captain howled sharply, and a feather arrow flew over and shot him to the ground with a "puff".

Sun Jian's army followed Duan Hu's troops and rushed into the city.

The archers behind Wu Yuan began to shake. Even if Wu Yuan shouted out the order "Shoot the arrow!", only sparse arrows fell into the team of Sun Jian's soldiers, just like a few small stones falling into the turbulent river, splashing only a few smiling waves.

Wu Yuan swung his sword grid and drove a feather arrow shot at Wang Rui, and said anxiously: "Sir, I will protect you, we will break through the north gate!"

Before he finished speaking, Sun Jian's men had already surrounded the city tower. A powerful general wearing a red chef sat upright and asked loudly: "Can Lord Wang Rui be on the city tower?"

When Wang Rui saw this, he replied angrily: "Sun Jian, why do you want to attack me?"

"Hahahaha!" Sun Jian smiled at the sky and cursed: "Wang Rui's husband, you still call yourself a Confucian scholar. Why don't you ask yourself why you shot Cao Yin last night? If I hadn't avoided it quickly, I was afraid I would have become the ghost under your arrow!"

"This..." Wang Rui had a ghost in his heart and couldn't speak for a while.

"You narrow-minded villain!" Sun Jian raised the ancient ingot knife upwards, and the soldiers bravely moved forward, attacked the city tower, and tied Wang Rui and Wu Yuan to Sun Jian in front of him.

When Wang Rui saw Sun Jian, he was a little scared and lowered his head and refused to speak.

Sun Jian sighed and said, "After all, you are my boss, but you will be despised by the people of the world if you do such a despicable thing. I won't make things difficult for you, leave you a whole body."

Seeing that things were irreversible, Wang Rui asked to return to the governor's house for the sake of a scholar, and cried away from his family and committed suicide by swallowing money.

Seeing that Wu Yuan's face was not changing, Sun Jian secretly admired him as a man, so he asked, "You shot and killed Lord Cao Yin last night?"

Wu Yuan said suddenly: "I killed people. If you want to kill them, you can just cut them."

Duan Hu and Liu Xi rushed to Wu Yuan's side and cursed: "You thief! We avenge you today!" After that, he raised his knife and slashed. Sun Jian was shocked and was about to call for someone to keep him under the knife, but it was too late.

Duan Hu and Liu Xi cut Wu Yuan into several pieces with a few slaughters, and then they hugged their heads and cried bitterly.

Seeing that Wu Yuan was dead, Sun Jian had the intention of cherishing his talents, so he could only sigh and ordered: "I ordered the people of our country not to harass the people. After moving the supplies in Jiangling treasury, he would return to the camp immediately. Tomorrow morning, we... continue to set out north!"

Luoyang, Prime Minister's Office.

Dong Zhuo was furious, and his beard was slaughtering, shouting, "I'm so angry!" He grabbed a piece of mutton fat jade paperweight on the table and smashed it hard on the ground paved with bluestone. With a crisp "bang", the mutton fat jade paperweight fell into pieces.

Li Ru bent down and stood aside, his body trembled with the broken jade, and his heart was filled with pain. The mutton fat jade paperweight was a precious thing plundered from the palace. It is said that it was tributed by the Turkic Kingdom during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, and it was priceless.

After smashing things, Dong Zhuo calmed down and looked at the broken jade chips all over the ground, feeling quite regretful.

"Lord, your anger hurts your body. You are our backbone, but you must pay attention to your body." Li Ru advised carefully.

"Uh...haha..." Dong Zhuo realized his loss of composure and hurriedly laughed as a cover-up.

"Wenyou, I was a little impatient just now. However... this Yuan Shao's manifesto was really infuriating. He actually called me Dong's thief! How could my prime minister, who is a great man, become a thief!" Dong Zhuo said angrily.

Li Ru whispered to comfort him: "Yuan Shao is generous and elegant, and has a condition. He does not show his worries and joys. He is stubborn and self-righteous and short of doing good, and will inevitably suffer failure. The lord should not be overly worried."

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment and asked Li Rudao: "The Yuan Shao family's four generations and three masters have a great influence in the country. After becoming the so-called leader, his appeal is growing. It is believed that there are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses who responded to it. They are coming in full force. Can the virtuous son-in-law have a solution?"

Li Ru smiled slightly and said, "Lord, since ancient times, Taoist soldiers came to block water and soil. Although the Sour Zao Alliance Army is said to have more than 300,000 troops, most of them are mobs, and the fifteen county magistrates each have their own small plans, so they may not be so united. This is the reason why we don't need to be afraid."

"What do you mean... to attack him?" Dong Zhuo frowned and asked.

"That's right. We have 100,000 cavalry in Xiliang, and most of the Kwantung troops are infantry. This is a powerful weapon to deal with them. The Xiyuan, Yulin, and Huben armies are in our hands. The lord Mi is Xu Rong, who is the commander of talent, Lu Bu and Hua Xiong, are all inappropriate bravery. Guo Si, Li Jue, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Niu Fu are all loyal and brave. They can be said to have many soldiers and widespread generals, and are you still afraid that they will not succeed?"

"Well... the words of a virtuous son-in-law make sense. However, I have another worry." Dong Zhuo sat on the tiger-skin chair as if he had taken a reassurance and said, lying comfortably.
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