The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 108 Righteousness

This is fantastic! Yuan Shu's declaration of himself as emperor will surely provoke all the warlords to rise up against him, which is a righteous cause. Yuan Shao can take this opportunity to seize the relatively rich Yu Province.

In Jiangdong, the Sun clan, led by Sun Jian, was facing a problem: their development was being stifled. The reason for this was simple: the cohesion of the Jiangdong clan alliance was not strong enough. The frequent attacks by the Yue people had also exhausted the Sun clan's army. The Sun clan, whose army was already small, was very dissatisfied with the inaction of other clans in Jiangdong. For a time, the once peaceful Jiangdong region seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder again.

This is a critical period, and Sun Jian does not want to provoke trouble at this time.

“Father,” Sun Ce said to his son as he entered Sun Jian’s room, “the Yue people have come again.”

"Here we go again. How many times has this happened this month?"

"Four times already," Sun Ce replied. In fact, the situation of the Sun clan was indeed not good. For some reason, the Yue people in the mountains had been frequently coming down to harass them recently. The Sun clan's army was exhausted and many soldiers had not had an effective rest for more than a month.

"Father."

"What's wrong?" "The Yue people have come with ten thousand men this time!" Sun Ce said.

"What!" Sun Jian slammed his fist on the table and stood up. Ten thousand men? Where did the Yue people gather ten thousand men? Sun Ce said to Sun Jian, "Father, I think someone is definitely behind this." "Hmm." Sun Jian sat back down and said to Sun Ce, "I know that. I can tell from the Yue people's movements this year that someone is definitely manipulating them. These ten thousand men are the work of that mastermind."

Sun Ce said helplessly to Sun Jian, "Father, what should we do? There are less than five thousand troops left in the city. The rest of the troops have already gone to other counties to help other clans defend against the attacks of the Shanyue people." "I know that," Sun Jian said to Sun Ce. "Immediately send people to move all the people outside the city into the city to temporarily avoid the harassment of the Shanyue people. Also, immediately conscript laborers to help defend the city." "Tonight, I will lead the army to launch a night attack on the Shanyue people's camp. I don't believe these Shanyue barbarians will still be able to set up camp."

"A night raid?" Hearing Sun Jian's words, Sun Ce felt a strange unease. However, there was nothing wrong with what Sun Jian said. The Yue people never set up camp. The Sun family had been fighting the Yue people in the Jiangdong region for many years and knew their fighting habits very well. The Yue people never had the habit of setting up camp. Even if they did, they would just find an open space and set up a tent. Sun Ce couldn't find a reason to refute his father's words. He could only suppress his unease and say to his father, "Your son wishes you a triumphant return."

"Hmm." Sun Jian nodded. Seeing that his father was a little tired, Sun Ce took his leave and summoned several captains, instructing them to immediately conscript able-bodied men from the city to participate in the defense of the city. He also ordered people to leave the city immediately and evacuate the people into the city while the Yue people were still far away from the city, so as to avoid being slaughtered by the Yue people.

That night, Sun Jian led three thousand elite troops from the city. These were the cream of the Sun family's army, equipped with the latest flintlock muskets, which made them even more advantageous for a night raid. This was the source of Sun Jian's confidence.

"My lord." Vanguard Cheng Pu returned to Sun Jian's side.

Sun Jian asked, "What's the situation?"

Cheng Pu said to Sun Jian, "The Yue people are still setting up tents and camping as usual. There are few soldiers patrolling around, and not many fires in the camp, which is very advantageous for our night raid."

"Although I don't know who is behind the Yue people, tonight I, Sun Jian, will use irrefutable facts to show them that no matter how many Yue people there are, they are just a bunch of scattered soldiers!"

Sun Jian gritted his teeth and said that, in fact, the entire Sun family army had not paid much attention to the Yue people. Although the Yue people were skilled in mountain warfare, had mastered certain metallurgical techniques, and were quite skilled with bows and arrows, and were generally strong and robust due to their year-round hunting in the mountains and forests, with almost every man being an excellent soldier, the overall military strength of the Yue people was not strong. This was because the Yue people fought mainly based on instinct, and there were frequent conflicts between the various tribes within the Yue people. For some unknown reason, the Yue people had actually gathered an army of 10,000 to attack the Sun family. Sun Jian was determined to show the Sun family's power in this battle and let these Yue people know that the Sun family's prestige was not something they could violate at will.

"Prepare to attack," Sun Jian ordered. Cheng Pu nodded to show he understood. As the vanguard, he would clear the way for the army and eliminate the sentries and patrols.

At the forefront of the army, Cheng Pu continuously lowered his opinion of the Yue people. After eliminating more than a dozen sentries, the Yue people still did not react. Cheng Pu led his twenty or thirty men to the edge of the Yue camp. The Yue camp had no defensive measures such as fences. Perhaps in the eyes of the Yue leader, Sun Jian, who only had four or five thousand men, would not be able to come out of the camp to attack them. Their camp was absolutely safe.

"Charge!" Seeing that Cheng Pu had cleared out all the sentries at the edge of the camp, Sun Jian ordered a charge! Three thousand flintlock musketeers raised their flintlock muskets and rushed to a point fifty meters from the Yue people's camp. They raised their flintlock muskets and pulled the triggers hard at the Yue people's camp.

Sun's musketeers still used the original three-stage firing tactic. This tactic was much better than firing without command, and the flintlock musket was easier to fire again than the matchlock musket. So far, the three-stage firing tactic seemed to be working well.

Bang! Bang! A continuous barrage of gunfire rang out. It seemed that the flintlock musketeers were indeed much more powerful, and they would not expose the army prematurely by lighting the fuse at night. But why didn't Sun Jian hear the expected screams of the Yue people?

Moreover, there didn't seem to be many people in the camp?

"Haha! Sun Jian! You've been tricked!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out in the darkness, followed by a hail of arrows raining down on the heads of Sun Jian's musketeers, accompanied by screams of agony. Huang Gai, standing beside Sun Jian, exclaimed, "My lord, we've been tricked! Retreat!"

"Counterattack! Counterattack!" In the darkness, Sun Jian roared for his men to counterattack. The three thousand elite troops immediately split into two teams, launching counterattacks from the north and south respectively. However, in the darkness, it was difficult for the musketeers to pinpoint their targets. As soon as they fired, the muzzle flash would reveal their positions, attracting more arrows from the Yue archers. For a moment, Sun Jian's three thousand elite troops were somewhat hesitant. Fortunately, blind firing based on the direction of the incoming arrows still hit a large number of Yue people. The miserable screams that echoed through the darkness gave the musketeers some courage.