Chapter 455 Chen Deng: Archers, release your arrows!
"Mr. Chen, open the city gate quickly. We are the troops of the governor of Yangzhou!"

Outside the city of Guangling, a Danyang soldier beside Sun Ce put a wooden trumpet to his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs towards the city.

I have to say, this wooden horn is really useful.

As for the source
Sun Ce had heard of it. It seemed that it spread after Liu Xuande rushed to Yangcheng to provide assistance. Since there was no skill required, any carpenter could imitate it and make a wooden trumpet that was pretty good after some time.

However, he found it a little strange why there were so many pieces of cloth covering the city wall?

Is there something hidden?

The next moment, Zhou Yu's expression suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Not good, get out of the way!"

"Ok?"

avoid?

Sun Ce was confused. He hadn't received any response yet, so why should he avoid it?

Out of trust, even if Sun Ce couldn't think it through, he still did as he was told.

In just a blink of an eye, Sun Ce discovered that the cloth on the city wall had been lifted.

The moment he saw clearly what was hidden under the cloth, Sun Ce's pupils suddenly shrank and a great sense of crisis spread throughout his body.

The Danyang soldiers beside him shouted in fear: "Crossbows! They are crossbows! Lots of crossbows!!!"

However, Sun Ce could no longer hear the shouts of the people around him, because the people of Guangling on the city wall pulled the trigger of the crossbow. Dozens of crossbows were pulled, and it seemed that there was only one sound left in the world, that was the roar of the crossbows!

On the city wall of Guangling City, Chen Deng curled up the corner of his mouth into a cold smile, "Well, well, he's finally here. The little overlord of Jiangdong made me wait for a long time!"

"Master! Telescope!"

The guard on the side handed the telescope that had been prepared for a long time to Chen Deng.

Chen Deng said thank you, took the telescope, put it in front of his eyes, and looked for Sun Ce in the front army through the telescope.

As for the people outside the city knocking on the door, he chose to ignore them for the time being.

The guards did not understand Chen Deng's actions, but they still faithfully carried out Chen Deng's previous orders.

They had no good feelings towards Yuan Shu's troops outside the city. Regardless of Chen Deng's orders, just look at the composition of those people. There were countless robbers and bandits, and even the ruffians and bullies were considered the good ones among them!
Not to mention that there were rumors in Xuzhou before, saying that the heaven had mercy on him and a god told him in a dream that there were two villains in the world, one with the surname Cao and the other with the surname Yuan.

Cao is in the north and Yuan is in the south.

Cao will massacre people in Xuzhou, and Yuan will bring disaster to Xuzhou.

As word of mouth spread, even three-year-old children had heard of this prophecy and even sang it as a nursery rhyme.

The people of the Han Dynasty have always been keen on ghosts and gods, especially for this kind of prophecy that happened to them, who could pretend nothing happened? Therefore, whenever the people of Xuzhou met people with the surnames Cao and Yuan, they would be extremely alert, show vigilant eyes, and even speed up their steps, fearing that they could not avoid them.

It is said that Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, removed Cao Bao from his official position because of this incident.

This made the people of Xuzhou applaud. His surname is Cao, and he holds military power?
Who else could the Cao in the prophecy be other than Cao Bao?

Just when the people of Xuzhou breathed a sigh of relief, the people of Guangling County suddenly learned that Yuan Shu was coming to Xuzhou!

This news was like a bolt from the blue to the people of Guangling, and it made his brain buzz. At that moment, countless people had the same thought in their hearts.

It's bad! The Yuan in the south, could it be Yuan Shu?
Just when the people of Xuzhou were in panic, Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, finally took action. With lightning speed, he relocated the people from the villages adjacent to Yangzhou, thus putting an end to Yuan Shu's looting.

When talking about this, the guards were all relieved, saying, "If the Lord hadn't anticipated the enemy, my house would have been looted by Yuan Shu!"

Although they did not witness Yuan Shu's soldiers looting the village with their own eyes, the scouts who were out saw it clearly through the telescope.

As the scouts brought back what they had seen and heard back to the city, the people of Guangling County became more and more certain that the Yuan in the south mentioned in the prophecy was undoubtedly Yuan Shu!

Faced with Yuan Shu's invasion, the people of Guangling were united.

They believed that Chen Fujun, who had governed Guangling in an orderly manner, was capable of repelling Yuan Shu!

So even the lazy men on weekdays were full of energy. Some men were cutting wood, some were carrying materials, and they were constantly transporting them to Chen Deng’s new workshop.

The craftsmen opened the bellows and used full power, and their heavy hammers clanged non-stop.

The women could also lend a hand. Under Chen Deng's arrangement, they did lighter work, which was to put some parts together.

Thus, one after another powerful weapons were manufactured in Guangling City through different divisions of labor in various units.

And all these preparations are to deal with Sun Ce and Yuan Shu!

Do not!
Chen Deng, holding a telescope, was delighted. He found a man who looked similar to Sun Jian in the front army. Next to this man was a handsome young man, who was most likely Sun Ce's right-hand man Zhou Yu!

If Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were killed here, even if Sun Shiwan's ability to check and balance the power in the future far surpassed that of the saints of all ages, it would still be like a skilled cook cannot cook without rice!
Without the legacy of his father and brother, what could Sun Shiwan achieve? !

Today, I will help my lord to get rid of the thief Wu!
Chen Deng's hands were shaking with excitement. He had planned a lot for today, such as infiltrating Yuan Shu's army, fooling his confidant Yang Hong, and letting Sun Ce be the vanguard. For example, while stabilizing the people, he deliberately left some property behind to make Yuan Shu's troops relax.
Of course, he knew that this action would definitely boost the morale of Yuan Shu's soldiers, but what he wanted was to give the opponent a head-on blow when their morale was at its highest, thereby weakening Yuan Shu's strength!

In fact, if he didn't care about the safety of the people, Chen Deng really wouldn't mind imitating Zhou Yu in the future and letting Zhou Yu personally experience what fire attack is.

In short, Sun Bofu will be killed today!
All his thoughts flashed through his mind in just a moment. When he found the people who looked like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Chen Deng no longer hid anything. He stretched out his hand and pointed in a direction.

"Everyone, shoot hard in that direction!"

"promise!"

The guards acted quickly. Long before Yuan Shu arrived, they had installed crossbows on the city walls and the crossbow arrows were also installed early.

They were just waiting for Chen Deng's order to lift the cloth covering the crossbows and pour out their anger on Yuan Shu's troops.

Yuan from the South, right?

Today I will turn you into a southern ape!
As the crossbow clicked, the huge crossbow arrow, wrapped in terrifying momentum, smashed towards Yuan Shu's front army!

Yuan Shu's front army suddenly felt their scalps tingling. Their high morale was completely destroyed by the sudden crossbow arrows. Someone screamed, "Quick, quick, avoid the arrows!" However, it was too late. The crossbow arrows were unstoppable. With a few loud bangs, the huge crossbow arrows nailed the knights and their horses to the ground!

Fortunately, Sun Ce reacted in time. When Zhou Yu spoke, he was prepared and narrowly avoided the crossbow arrow.

It was a pity that the warhorse was frightened, and even Sun Ce was helpless. He was thrown to the ground by the warhorse and gritted his teeth in pain.

Chen Deng felt a little sorry when he saw this scene, but he was not discouraged. He shouted: "Archer, shoot!!!"

(End of this chapter)