Chapter 593

“General! They must have planned this from the start!” The deputy general took a deep breath. The way forward was blocked. If they tried to push through, the end result would be the destruction of their ships and their deaths.

“Haha.” Lu Xun laughed bitterly. He could tell that this iron chain was set up at least a few days ago. It can be said that he had already fallen into their trap a few days ago. Did he lose from the beginning?

Lu Xun looked at his enemies as he once again wondered who thought of this stratagem. He then once again shook his head realizing that it really wasn’t the time to be thinking of such things.

“Hahaha! Run! Why don’t you run?” Sun Ce laughed on his flagship. The Jiangdong Army had suffered a lot under the hands of Gan Ning and now Lu Xun. When they had lost the Yangzhou Navy earlier, both the Jiangdong and Jingzhou navies were starting to feel fear. Was Lu Xun really going to escape? If he had escaped to Shouchun’s naval camp, they would no longer be able to do anything.

Sun Ce would never know peace until the day the Yangzhou Navy was wiped out.

“Master Zhuge is truly talented.” Sun Ce could not help but praise. If the Yangzhou Navy wanted to run away, both Jingzhou and Jiangdong would not be able to chase them. However, thanks to the iron chains, Yangzhou had no way of escaping.

Zhou Yu laughed as he nodded. Zhou Yu admitted himself to be inferior to Zhuge Liang. He was not the envious type. As long as the person in question was willing to help his sworn brother Sun Ce, he did not care if they were more talented than him. If this was not the case, Lu Su and Zhang Zhaog would not be around. This was also why Zhou Yu wanted Zhuge Liang dead initially. He was afraid Zhuge Liang could not be controlled. Yet, Zhuge Liang had agreed to defect. Once this battle ends, they would wipe out Jingzhou and Yangzhou and also obtain Zhuge Liang.

“Has Master Zhuge not finished thinking?” Sun Ce could not help but ask.

“I am sure he would come to a decision with General Huang watching him.” With Huang Gai there, Zhuge Liang could not escape. Then once this battle ends, things would become clear. Zhuge Liang would be able to make an easy decision.

“That’s good! Men! Beat the drums! Capture Yangzhou’s ships!” Sun Ce shouted his order.

“Understood!”

As the Jiangdong Navy begun to move. Wen Pin also ordered his men to follow. The two navies advanced towards the Yangzhou Navy.

“Did you think this is enough to defeat me?” Lu Xun saw the Jingzhou and Jiangdong navies rushing towards him without fear. It is like they were treating the Yangzhou Navy like tasty dishes ready to be eaten.

“Pass down my orders! Open the ports! Turn the ship around!” Lu Xun shouted loudly.

“General? What are you…!” The deputy general looked at Lu Xun blankly. They should not be fighting. It was not the time to be led astray by emotions. The deputy general had proposed sacrificing a few ships to the iron chain so that they could open up a path.

“Haha. If our ships were like their towered ships then we can do this. However, this ship was painstakingly made by our Lord! He warned us that this ship must never fall into the enemy’s hands. We cannot allow the more experienced Jiangdong and Jingzhou to obtain the new ship!”

There was also the ballista. Losing the ballista would mean sacrificing the lives of plenty of their soldiers.

“The new ships.” The deputy general also became silent. The Yangzhou Navy was powerful because of their technology. If they lost their new ships and the ballista as well, they would no longer be able to surpass either one of the two enemy navies.

“Besides that! These people are our comrades. Who do you think I can sacrifice? Who is willing to be abandoned?” Lu Xun asked back. No one is willing to be abandoned. Even the ones bringing up the rear would only do it as a last resort.

“This general is willing to go through trials and tribulations for the General!” The deputy general suddenly knelt down and cupped his fists.

“Good! Then the first thing I want you to do is to spread my orders! We are breaking out of this enclosure!”

“Understood!” Yangzhou’s ships all turned around. Their ports were all open. All of their ballista arrows were loaded.

“The struggling of a trapped beast?” Sun Ce watched the Yangzhou Navy preparing to fight to the death.

“It is just their final struggle.” Zhou Yu said indifferently. “Milord. We should also use our ballista!” Zhou Yu added. The iron chain was Zhuge Liang’s stratagem so Zhou Yu needed to contribute a bit.

With two hundred ships, Jiangdong could carry a total of one thousand ballista. He did not need to worry about the range since both sides would only approach each other from now on. The Yangzhou Navy was already trapped.

“Come! Sun Ce! Let us a fight!”