funbook-pk Chapter 109 Fire
Chapter 109 Fire
Suddenly, in the darkness, some scattered lights appeared on the north and south sides of Sun Jian's army, and alarm bells rang in Sun Jian's heart.
"Bang bang bang..."
Before Sun Jian could warn his soldiers, a brighter flash of light appeared, and a large number of musket shots rang out from both the north and south sides.
Judging from the gunshots and flashes of light, the Yue people were advancing steadily, and Sun Jian was already considering retreating, as he could not afford to waste his main force here meaninglessly.
Ah! A muffled groan escaped Sun Jian's lips. He had been shot, and in the chest no less. Huang Gai, standing nearby, quickly noticed Sun Jian's abnormality. "My lord, you've been shot!"
"General Huang, give the order..." Sun Jian hadn't finished speaking when he fainted, his wound still bleeding profusely. Huang Gai quickly ordered Sun Jian's guards to remove his armor and bandage his wound to stop the bleeding. Huang Gai then ordered a retreat, a swift withdrawal. As a veteran general who had followed Sun Jian for many years, with his lord seriously injured and unconscious, Huang Gai was right to be the supreme commander.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!"
"Break out immediately."
Cheng Pu, who was at the forefront, also withdrew and took on the important task of command together with Huang Gai. Their most important task at present was to escort Sun Jian to break through the encirclement.
There were simply too many enemies. It wasn't until more than an hour later, when they were still seven or eight miles away from Sun's main city, that Huang Gai and his men finally managed to shake off the pursuit of the Yue tribes. By then, they had less than a thousand soldiers left with them.
"What's going on?" Sun Ce, who had been waiting for Sun Jian's return on the city wall, knew something was wrong when he heard the gunshots from the west. If Sun Jian's night raid had succeeded, the enemy should be in chaos and unable to pursue him. However, the gunshots were so close to the city, which could only mean that Sun Jian's night raid had failed. But there were no troops left to be withdrawn from the city, and Sun Ce dared not open the city gates to go out and meet his father.
Sun Ce didn't see Sun Jian at the front of the column, so he quickly asked Cheng Pu and Huang Gai. The two men lowered their heads. Only then did Sun Ce notice his father on the stretcher at the back. Sun Ce rushed over and called out, "Father, Father!"
However, Sun Jian did not respond, so Sun Ce shouted loudly, "The doctor! Where is the doctor!"
Sun Jian was taken in by the arriving physician and carried into a room for emergency treatment. Sun Ce asked Huang Gai what had happened between the two.
Huang Gai said to Sun Ce, "Young Master, we have been ambushed."
"What! We've been ambushed?" Sun Ce was shocked. How could they have been ambushed? Did the Yue people also know how to use tactics now?
Then Huang Gai recounted the entire battle to Sun Ce, leaving no detail out. After listening, Sun Ce sighed and said, "There are truly skilled warriors among the Yue people." "Young Master, the Yue people possess matchlock guns," Huang Gai said to Sun Ce.
"A matchlock musket!" Sun Ce was now alarmed. Where did the Yue people get matchlock muskets? He'd sensed something was wrong when he saw Sun Jian's wound; the Yue people really did have matchlock muskets, and judging from Huang Gai's tone, they seemed to have quite a few musketeers. What was going on?
"Young Master, I suspect that some warlord forces are pulling strings behind the scenes," Huang Gai said to Sun Ce. "Judging from the behavior of the Yue people tonight, there is definitely a strategist advising them. The fact that the Yue people also have a large number of matchlock guns shows that there must be a Han Chinese force allied with them." "Who is it! Who is it! Who is the enemy of the Sun family!" Sun Ce roared.
However, no one answered him.
At this moment, one of Sun Jian's personal guards came over and said to Sun Ce, "Young Master, the Lord has woken up and wants to see you."
Upon hearing the guard's words, Sun Ce rushed into the room and knelt beside Sun Jian's bed: "Father."
"Bo Fu, Father underestimated the enemy." Sun Jian said, patting Sun Ce's head. "Ahem!"
"I'm afraid my wounds are beyond saving," Sun Jian said to Sun Ce. "From now on, the prosperity of the Sun clan will be in your hands. You must promise me that you will restore the glory of the Sun clan. Do you understand?"
"Father, you'll be alright, you'll be alright." Sun Ce cried. As the Little Conqueror, he had never known what tears were, but when his father, the pillar of the family, gave his last instructions, Sun Ce cried. It was as if the protection above his head had suddenly disappeared, and the pillar in his heart had suddenly vanished.
"Doctor!" Sun Ce shouted outside. Sun Jian had just dismissed everyone, and Sun Ce thought his father was going to tell him about the upcoming battle, but he didn't expect his father to be giving him instructions for his death.
"Bo Fu, there's no need to call the doctor anymore, it's no use. I know my body very well. The musket shot me in the chest, the bullet is deformed and can't be removed. After I'm gone, you must support the family. Don't think about avenging your father. Remember, only when you are strong can you better protect your family and revitalize the clan, understand?" It seemed like a final burst of energy, Sun Jian's voice was becoming clearer and clearer, but the blood constantly seeping from the gauze in his chest told Sun Ce that his father seemed to be beyond saving.
The lead bullet pierced through the armor and deformed before embedding itself in Sun Jian's chest, creating a very large wound. Given the medical conditions at the time, there was no way to treat such a gunshot wound, and Sun Jian was truly beyond saving.
On October 7th, 2189 AD (the year of the Yellow Emperor), news spread from Jiangdong that Sun Jian, a warlord of Jiangdong, had died from his injuries, shocking the world. The former hero who fought against Dong Zhuo had died so cheaply.
With Sun Jian's death, the entire Jiangdong region became even more turbulent. Before the Little Conqueror Sun Ce could completely stabilize the situation in Jiangdong, Jiangdong would pose no threat to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu laughed in his mansion. Indeed, he was the one who supported the Shanyue people, he provided them with firearms, and he also provided the strategists, all for the purpose of eliminating Sun Jian, the great threat to Jiangdong.
When Chen Er learned that Sun Jian had died from his injuries in the battle against the Shanyue, he was playing a game with Li Ang. Upon learning of Sun Jian's death, Chen Er sighed, "Fate is always so similar." He then instructed Xun You to send an envoy to Jiangdong to offer his condolences on behalf of Chen Er, and to give the envoy the intelligence gathered by Li Zhong's intelligence department to take to Jiangdong and deliver to Sun Ce.
Chen Er believed that Sun Ce would make the right choice after seeing the intelligence.
“Jiangdong is becoming increasingly complicated,” Xun You said at the routine meeting held every three days.
"This was bound to happen sooner or later. Wentai was too forceful. Although I had little contact with Wentai, I considered him a close friend. Now that Wentai has died like this, it is absolutely impossible that there is nothing fishy going on behind the scenes," Chen Er said to the crowd.
"My lord, what do you mean?" Xun You asked Chen Er.