The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Ruxukou.

Zhu Ran arranged everything.

A large amount of gunpowder was buried at the land gate and the water gate.

There is no way out for myself!
As long as the Han army enters, they will be able to cause heavy casualties to the Han army!
And Zhu Ran also vowed to live and die with Ruxukou, the last bastion in Jiangdong!

"General, Marquis Wu has issued an order..."

"Read!"

"Marquis Wu said that if the general has no choice, he can give up Ruxukou..."

"Shut up!"

Zhu Ran let out a loud laugh!
"Give up Ruxukou? And then rely on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to defend it?"

"Gu Yuantan doesn't understand military affairs, and Wu Hou doesn't understand military affairs either?"

"Defend Moling? Defend the Yangtze River?"

"Do you really think the emperor is a vegetarian? Do you really think the emperor can do nothing about the Yangtze River? Pah!"

Zhu Ran gritted his teeth and said, "The most important thing is...if I abandon Ruxukou like this, I will never have the chance to kill Han Zong again!"

"Han Zong, I will kill him!"

"..."

The soldiers who came to deliver the message did not dare to disobey Zhu Ran and honestly conveyed Zhu Ran's words to Moling.

When Sun Quan learned about this, he was hesitant to say anything, but eventually gave up trying to persuade Zhu Ran and let him go.

But bad news soon followed -

"Marquis Wu! Gan Ning! Gan Ning has led the navy to approach the long dike!"

"Wu Hou! Guan Yu led his troops to the south of Stone City and began to build catapults on a large scale!"

"Marquis Wu! Zhang Liao led his troops to appear on the other side of Ruxukou! They are only separated from Ruxukou by a river!"

"Lord Wu! It's bad! Zhenjiang has reported that a ship was spotted entering the Yangtze River waterway from the sea and is heading towards Moling!!"

"..."

If we say that the Han Dynasty's offensive was like a test due to the emperor's hesitation, it made the people of Jiangdong unpredictable.

Since the Battle of Shiting, the emperor seemed to have completely let go and started beating Jiangdong with his fists!

Rules? What is that?
The big man today is like an adult sharpening a knife on a baby in swaddling clothes. Where is the order?

There are enemies everywhere!

The Jingzhou Corps in the west.

Zhang Liao in the north still has the main force of the imperial court.

And now, the east side that makes Sun Quan most frustrated...

"Sun Ce and Zhou Yu actually came from the sea?"

"Exactly!"

Sun Quan raised his head and looked towards the east.

"Brother, are you here to kill me this time?"

"But if it weren't for me, you would have been dead by now!"

Sun Quan took off his gorgeous clothes and put on armor that he only wore rarely.

Picking up his bow and arrow, Sun Quan climbed up the wall of Moling City, ate and slept with the soldiers, and began to boost their morale.

"Once the imperial court crosses the river, they will divide up your land and take away your gold and silver!"

"The so-called equal distribution of land means that all your land and money and grain should be distributed to others!"

Sun Quan stood in a conspicuous place holding a bow.

He wants to let the emperor know.

He wanted to let Sun Ce know.

The path you chose...that's right!
Back then, Sun Ce was too ruthless in suppressing the aristocratic families. If it weren't for me, the Sun family would have been slaughtered by the Jiangdong aristocratic families!
Likewise, he wanted to let the emperor know... reviving Zhou rituals, establishing feudal states, and the various schools of thought were all wrong!

The connection between heaven and man, and the divine right of kings, this is the right way!
The evil ways of the emperor and the court may make them powerful for a while, but they will never last long!
Jiangdong... is the orthodoxy! It is the destiny!
The surrounding Jiangdong soldiers were also infected by Sun Quan——

"Defend Jiangdong to the death! Be loyal to Lord Wu to the death!"

……

Outside Moling City.

"What are they shouting?"

"I don't know. It's too far away to hear clearly."

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were on a warship.

Seeing the familiar Jiangdong, even a person like Sun Ce felt a little sentimental.

"Jiangdong is finally back!" Zhou Yu was wearing a silver armor robe and holding the hilt of his sword.

"It's time to settle some accounts!"

"Jiangdong is now absolutely unable to resist the artillery fire on the ship! It's impossible!"

Sun Ce glanced behind him.

On the deck, there are large and heavy cannons fixed.

It's powerful, but also bulky.

If this kind of weapon appeared on land, Sun Ce would rather choose cavalry than something that looks good but is useless.

But when it was installed on a warship... it completely changed the mode of warfare!

"Bo Fu, is the range of this thing two hundred steps?"

"Ah."

"Pity……"

Sun Ce narrowed his eyes and glanced at Moling not far away.

"If we can get farther away, we can fire a few rounds at Moling City first."

"Ha! Sooner or later!"

"But the first thing is to capture Ruxukou!"

Zhou Yu once again told Sun Ce:

"According to intelligence, there is a large amount of gunpowder in Ruxu's mouth."

"If we attack by force, we will suffer heavy losses!"

"So, we must do it in one go and not give Zhu Ran a chance to react!"

Zhu Ran...

A look of nostalgia appeared in Sun Ce's eyes again.

"When Zhu Zhi wanted to adopt Zhu Ran, I was the one who held the ceremony and made it happen."

"I never thought that we would meet on the battlefield now..."

"Gongjin."

Sun Ce's voice was hesitant.

"If possible, spare Zhu Ran's life!"

Zhou Yu frowned slightly.

"Bofu, I'm afraid it's not Zhu Ran's life you want to save, but Sun Quan's life, right?"

"Are you trying to test the emperor's attitude towards Sun Quan by deciding whether to spare Zhu Zhi's life?"

Seeing that Zhou Yu had revealed his true intentions, Sun Ce cursed: "How come I am like a transparent person in front of you smart people? Can my thoughts be easily exposed?"

"It's good to know."

Zhou Yu placed his hand on Sun Ce's shoulder: "Bofu, the emperor is indeed kind, but he also has a bottom line."

"If you capture Zhu Ran and Sun Quan intact, send them to the emperor, and ask for his forgiveness, there is still some hope."

"But if you ignore the war and sacrifice the lives of your own soldiers, even the emperor will not tolerate you!"

"Don't forget that Jia Zhongshu also came with the emperor this time... I have heard some of Jia Zhongshu's stories before. In order to protect the emperor, he has done a lot of cruel things! If he finds out, not to mention Sun Quan, even you will be in danger of your life!"

Zhou Yu saw it clearly.

"The emperor doesn't care about trivial matters, so if you really want to protect Sun Quan, you must capture him and make him powerless to cause chaos, so that Sun Quan's life and death will become a trivial matter!"

"If you are careless and partial to others in important matters, then..."

"understood!"

Sun Ce's tone was a little impatient, but he knew that what Zhou Yu was talking about was true.

Winning this battle first is more important than anything else!

"Zhu Ran and I are old friends. I will send an envoy to try to persuade him to surrender!"

Sun Ce ordered his soldiers to take a small boat to Ruxukou, and Zhu Ran had only one response:

"Hand over Han Zong! Then we can talk about other things!"

……

After hearing this, Zhou Yu also sighed.

"It seems that Zhu Ran hates Han Zong."

"Bofu, contact Zhuge Liang, let's get started!"

Seeing Zhu Ran’s stubbornness, Sun Ce sighed slightly.

"Okay!" (End of this chapter)