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The huge trencher replaced the stones with tinder oil. Eighty kilograms of tinder oil were thrown to the top of the city one after another. Rivals began to ignite on the top of the city. Red flames flew and thick smoke. The soldiers of Cao's army could not bear the smoke and fire, and fled down the city one after another. Some soldiers even took off their armor and ran directly into the city, hiding into the houses. The trencher on the city was burned by the fire and was swallowed up in the flames and smoke.

At this time, several guards brought the personal soldiers sent by Xu Huang to Liu Jing, and the guards saluted: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, the chief general of Cao's army has sent people here."

Liu Jing glanced at the soldiers who were delivering the letter and asked coldly: "What did Xu Huang ask you to do?"

The soldiers hurried forward and bowed: "General Xu is willing to evacuate Chen Cang, please ask the governor of Liuzhou to release the East City."

Liu Jing sneered, "Why didn't he evacuate long ago? Now that I want to seize the city, he is considering evacuating. It's impossible."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Send the order and attack the whole line."

The order was issued, and the Han sermon drums around the city were loudly sounding, and the rumbling drums of war were earth-shaking. Forty thousand troops began to attack Chen Cang at the same time. The overwhelming soldiers ran in the wilderness outside the city, rushing towards the city wall like a tide. Countless soldiers put wooden boards on the moat, and arrows were like rain, shooting densely towards the city head. One by one, the siege ladders reached the city head. The soldiers bit their swords, held their shields, and climbed upwards.

At this time, in order to avoid the fire, the soldiers on the city were reduced in large numbers. Only more than 6,000 soldiers defended the city. The troops were disparity, and they could not resist the 40,000 people and attacked the city at the same time. The gap was the first to open in the west city. Six huge nest cars approached the west city wall. When the baffles of the six nest cars were placed on the city wall, four heavily armored infantry inside the nest car took the lead in killing the city and fought fiercely with more than a thousand Cao soldiers.

The sharp killing of heavy-armored infantry made the Cao army soldiers retreat step by step. The defense at the front of the Cao army was broken. Thousands of soldiers rushed to the west city along the nest chariots. The Cao army in the west city collapsed and turned around to flee. The Xicheng was finally lost on the entire line. Thousands of Han soldiers quickly occupied the Xicheng and shouted to kill the surrounding city.

At this time, the chief general of Cao's army, Xu Huang, was in a hurry, and news came one by one. When he heard that Xicheng had fallen, he knew that Chen Cang was over. At this time, only by striving to kill a piece of blood can there be a glimmer of hope.

He pondered for a moment and said to a soldier: "Go to Dongcheng and tell General Wu quickly, give up resistance and evacuate the city immediately."

Xu Huang arranged a retreat plan, and he immediately led a thousand soldiers to run to the east city.

After a moment, he rushed to the gate of Dongcheng. At this time, more than a thousand soldiers on Dongcheng had given up the city and rushed down the city, while thousands of Han soldiers killed on the city. At this time, Cao's general Wu Zheng came forward to report: "Report to General, we have given up the East City. Nearly 5,000 Han soldiers have already killed on the city."

As soon as the words were finished, the Han army on the top of the city discovered thousands of Cao troops in the city gate and fired arrows at the Cao army. In an instant, people were caught in arrows and fell down. Cao soldiers raised their shields to resist. Someone shouted: "General, it will be too late if they don't leave."

Xu Huang was extremely calm. He was still waiting for an opportunity. Only when most of the Han army outside the city killed the city, then the number of Han army outside the city was not enough to intercept him to break through. After waiting for a while, Xu Huang estimated that 70% of the Han army had already climbed to the city. He immediately shouted: "Kaicheng"

The soldiers opened the city gate, and the suspension bridge outside the city had already been put down. Xu Huang saw that there were only a few thousand enemy troops outside, and most of the enemy troops had climbed to the top of the city. This was his only chance to escape. He shouted loudly and rushed forward with a big axe. Thousands of Cao soldiers followed him and ran desperately.

Xu Huang acted in one go, leading more than 2,000 soldiers to kill him and escaped in a panic and fled towards Chang'an. Xu Huang's escape meant that Chen Cang was completely occupied by the Han army, and Chen Cang's occupation meant that the western gate of Guanzhong was opened.

The open flames on the top of the city have been put out, Han soldiers are cleaning the top of the city, and teams of Cao's prisoners of war have been escorted down the city. Liu Jing slowly walked to the east city wall and looked into the direction of Chang'an from afar. It was his dream to capture Chang'an. However, Chen Cang was captured, Chen Cang Dao and Sanguan were occupied by the Han army, and Guanzhong was no longer dangerous to defend, and it was just around the corner to advance to Chang'an.

"Don't the provincial governor feel that after taking Longxi, the situation will begin to change completely?" Jia Xu walked to Liu Jing and smiled.

Liu Jing nodded, "After taking down Longxi, the Han army was unstoppable and advanced eastward. Now, I think about it, although it took years to seize Longxi, it was still worth it."

Liu Jing turned around and smiled, "The military advisor thinks it is appropriate to send who to Jiangdong to send?"

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "In the battle of Hefei, Sun Quan turned the blame for the defeat on the Jingzhou Navy. There was a rift in the relationship between Sun and Liu. If the crack was not made up for it first, Jiangdong might not agree even if there were many benefits. It would be no big problem for whom to be the envoy. The key is that the provincial governor personally needs to make up for the crack."

"It's not a big problem for me to go to Jiangdong in person, but I'm a little worried about Guanzhong and Longxi."

"Don't worry, Cao Cao was defeated in Longxi and his vitality was severely damaged. He can only protect himself now and cannot counterattack again. If the governor of the state is not at ease, I am willing to guard Longxi."

With Jia Xu guarding Longxi, Liu Jing let go of his heart. He smiled happily and said, "Since there is a military advisor in Longxi, then my son-in-law can go and visit my mother-in-law with confidence."

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Since the defeat of Hefei, Sun Quan's mood has been really low for a while. Sun Quan is also a person with lofty ambitions, but the failure of the Western Expedition caused heavy losses to Jiangdong and his vitality was severely damaged. Sun Quan's authority was seriously challenged. He watched Liu Jing open up the territory and expand his territory, and his reputation continued to improve, and even became the hope for the revival of the Han Dynasty.

However, Jiangdong became increasingly marginalized, and Sun Quan was gradually forgotten, which made Sun Quan feel suppressed. It was driven by this mentality that he finally agreed to cooperate with the Jingzhou naval army to attack Hefei, which was also his attempt to enter the Central Plains.

Unfortunately, Zhang Liao defeated his army in the battle of Xiaojin and lost General Shi Ci, which caused Sun Quan's plan to fight north to suffer another heavy blow. The continuous blows made Sun Quan feel depressed and he was addicted to alcohol and sex all day long. He could not hear the hard persuasion of Zhang Zhao, Lu Su and others.

But this morning, Sun Quan unexpectedly came to his official room early and began to deal with government affairs seriously. The ministers in Jiangdong asked for it for no reason. The last guard revealed the reason. Just last night, Sun Quan received a report from the Western Front. Liu Jing successfully conquered Longxi in the north and captured Longxian and Chen Cang in Guanzhong. Sun Quan was deeply stimulated.

Everyone suddenly realized, but at the same time they were worried about Sun Quan. Could it be that Wu Hou was stimulated again and had plans to go to war?

Just after noon, Sun Quan sat in the room and was sleeping for a while. At this time, footsteps came from outside the door, followed by Lu Su's voice, "Please report to Mr. Wu, I have something to ask for a meeting."

"Governor Lu, Marquis Wu is resting, so it is inconvenient to disturb him."

At this time, Sun Quan had woken up and sat upright and said, "Let the Governor Lu come in."

Soon, Lu Su walked in quickly and bowed, "I met the Queen of Wu."

"What's wrong with Jing?" Sun Quan asked with a smile.

"You have reported to the Marquis of Wu, just now Liu Min found Weichen and said that there are important matters in Chengdu and we should discuss with Jiangdong."

Liu Min was appointed as the General of the Cavalry Office. Liu Jing sent him to Jiangdong for a long time. Sun Quan was also very familiar with him. Since Liu Min wanted to meet him, there must be something big. Sun Quan smiled and said, "Have he said anything?"

"It seems that Liu Jing wants to accompany Princess Shangxiang to visit Jiangdong."

Sun Quan stood up and asked nervously: "Is Liu Jing coming?"

He immediately realized that he had lost his composure, and slowly sat down, calmed down and asked, "Where is Liu Min now?"

"Just wait outside the palace."

Sun Quan immediately ordered the guards to "go outside the palace to invite Liu Envoy"

The guards quickly left. At this time, Sun Quan pondered for a moment and asked Lu Su again: "Jing thought why Liu Jing came."

Lu Su smiled and said, "Wei Chen has also considered that we believe that Liu Jing has two purposes for coming to Jiangdong. One is to accompany Princess Shangxiang back to her parents' home to visit her relatives, but in fact, it is to make up for the rifts in the relationship between the two sides in the last battle in Hefei."

Sun Quan nodded, and he agreed with this inference. In the last battle of Hefei, the reinforcements in Jingzhou came one step late, resulting in the Jiangdong army being defeated. The two sides parted in disagreement, and the relationship was rifted. As an alliance, Liu Jing would definitely make up for the relationship between them.

"Secondly," Sun Quan asked again.

"The second purpose is that I consider whether it will be related to Liu Jing's battle in the north. After all, he has not captured Guanzhong yet and the war has not ended. He suddenly came to Jiangdong. Do he hope that Jiangdong will cooperate with his strategy in the east?"

Sun Quan remained silent, and Lu Su's second thought also touched his heart. Why did Liu Jing form an alliance with him? After all, he hoped that the Sun and Liu families would fight against Cao Cao together, one in the east and the other in the west, which made it difficult for Cao Cao to take care of. Liu Jing came to Jiangdong at this time, probably because he hoped that he would take action from the east, but this was something that Sun Quan would not consider for the time being.

Just as he was thinking, the guard led Liu Min into the room, "Lord, Liu Envoy is here."

Liu Min quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "See Wu Hou."

Sun Quan asked him to sit down and smiled slightly, "How is the envoy living in Jiangdong? Someone is making things difficult for you."

Liu Min hurriedly bowed and said, "Report to the Marquis of Wu, Liu Min is very used to living and is respected everywhere."

"Then I'll feel relieved."

The two of them exchanged a few greetings, and the topic turned to the main business. Sun Quan glanced at Lu Su, then smiled at Liu Min and said, "I heard that Liu Zhoumu is planning to visit Jiangdong. Is that true?"

"That's true. When my lord heard that the old lady was weak and Princess Shangxiang was anxious about her mother, he decided to accompany the princess to visit her and visit her at the same time. This is also human relationship, so I hope Jiangdong can agree to my lord coming to Jiangdong."

"Oh, of course I welcome it, very welcome."

Sun Quan had a kind smile and a sincere tone, saying, "Your lord is my sister-in-law and my family. The Sun and Liu families are both neighbors and in-laws. They should always be together. Please tell the general's mansion that I, Sun Quan, are willing to guarantee the safety of Liuzhoumu in writing. He can lead troops to Jiangdong like last time, and everything is easy to discuss."

Liu Min was overjoyed, "If so, my lord is going to arrive in Jiangdong in early August. Wu Hou thinks whether the time is feasible"

It was early May, and there were still months before early August. Jiangdong would definitely send envoys to greet him. As soon as he went there, the months were almost the same. Sun Quan nodded, "I agree completely."
Chapter completed!