Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The Lin-yi Kingdom's palace wasn't large, and under the cover of the heavy rain, Sun Ce directly led his troops to surround the entire palace.

While Sun Ce had his personal guards climb the palace walls nearby, he himself strolled to the tightly shut palace gate as if he were out for a walk in the rain.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Sun Ce vigorously pounded on the palace gate, shouting:

"Someone, come here!"

At that moment, the "Lin-yi Iron Wall" garrisoned inside the palace gate was somewhat bewildered, all attracted by the commotion.

"Who is it?!"

The commander guarding the palace gate was also filled with confusion.

The court meeting had already been going on for quite some time. Could it be that some noble minister was only arriving late now?

Moreover, why did the accent, which was somewhat indistinct in the heavy rain, sound so strange?

Sun Ce grinned and kicked the palace gate with force again, allowing his personal guards to take the opportunity to use a human wall to climb the not-so-high palace walls. He then answered loudly:

"Your Han grandpa has come to find his grandson to settle accounts."

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The Lin-yi Iron Wall garrisoned inside the palace gate couldn't react for a moment.

The next moment, a series of muffled thuds sounded.

Sun Ce, standing outside the palace gate with his arms crossed, then heard a series of sounds of blades entering flesh and mournful cries.

About twenty breaths later.

"Creak!"

The palace gate slowly opened, and Sun Ce strode in with a proud expression. Then, his gaze fell on the commander who had been captured by his personal guards, and he asked:

"Where is Qu Lian?"

The commander was already terrified out of his wits and subconsciously replied, "The… the king is discussing state affairs with many noble ministers."

"Oh, that saves trouble."

A hint of joy appeared in Sun Ce's eyes, feeling that the timing chosen by Gongjin was truly perfect.

After learning that the Lin-yi army had not chosen to hold their ground but had instead taken the initiative to attack, and had been almost completely annihilated by Xu Sheng, Zhou Yu decisively chose to launch a surprise attack on Zhan Cheng ahead of schedule.

"Kill him."

The next moment, the commander's head was chopped off and happily tied around the waist of the personal guard.

Nowadays, Yangzhou hadn't fully restored the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty, but in order to improve the status and treatment of soldiers, every head could be exchanged for rewards such as money, food, land, etc., and it was also the main basis for promotion in the army.

Immediately, Sun Ce left two thousand men to block the periphery of the palace and led three thousand men to enter the palace gate in single file.

Under normal circumstances, the palace would maintain a garrison of at least two thousand "Lin-yi Iron Wall" soldiers.

Unfortunately, after handing over most of the "Lin-yi Iron Wall" to Qu Ba, only about three hundred remained in Zhan Cheng to guard the palace.

With only three hundred men, it was impossible to stir up any waves, let alone a single splash, under the surprise attack covered by the heavy rain.

More importantly, no one could have imagined that the Han army, which should have been hundreds of miles away, would suddenly appear in Zhan Cheng, bypassing numerous defenses.

As a result, when Sun Ce led his army to the main hall where the meeting was being held, no one had yet realized that the palace had been captured by the Han army.

Even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu deliberately stood outside the hall with their arms crossed, listening to Qu Lian's arrangements for a while, which made Zhou Yu nod slightly.

Zhou Yu had never underestimated Qu Lian as the founding monarch, but he didn't expect Qu Lian to be even more capable than he had estimated.

If Qu Lian were really allowed to implement this, the Han army would inevitably encounter heavy resistance after entering the Lin-yi Kingdom, and would inevitably have to carry out a large-scale massacre.

In this way, Qu Lian could then manipulate things from behind, both arousing the rebellious spirit of the Lin-yi Kingdom and uniting the surrounding countries to jointly attack the Han army on the grounds of the Han army's brutality.

"…As long as everyone works together with this king, the defeat of the Han army is only a matter of time…"

Just as Qu Lian was using an increasingly hoarse voice to carry out the final consolidation of people's hearts.

"Clap, clap, clap!"

A burst of harsh applause suddenly sounded outside the hall, causing everyone inside to be stunned.

Who?

The bloodstains inside the hall hadn't dried yet. Who was so lacking in tact?

The next moment, the hall door was kicked open by Sun Ce, leading Zhou Yu and a group of murderous personal guards in.

Such a sudden change stunned everyone in the hall.

The armor style was different from that of the Lin-yi Iron Wall…

Han… Han people?

And Fan Shang, who was in the crowd, turned particularly pale and blurted out, "How could the Han army be here?"

For a moment, everyone's hearts sank completely.

After entering the main hall, Sun Ce's gaze was also attracted by the voice of Fan Shang as he scanned around.

Immediately, Sun Ce drew out the Ancient Ding Blade from his waist and strode towards Fan Shang.

Wherever he passed, a group of noble ministers avoided him like a flood or a ferocious beast. Only Fan Shang stood in place, his legs trembling, and he knelt down again with a thud.

But before Fan Shang could beg for mercy, Sun Ce directly chopped off Fan Shang's head with a single strike.

Then, he accurately kicked Fan Shang's head into the arms of Qu Lian, who was sitting on the throne, splashing the unavoidable Qu Lian with blood and making him look disheveled.

"I said that the head temporarily hanging on your neck will soon be taken by me personally…"

Sun Ce said coldly, then looked at Qu Lian on the throne and said:

"What about you? Qu Lian, Han envoy Gu Jun once said, 'Don't say you weren't warned.' Now, the time has come to fulfill it."

Qu Lian slumped back powerlessly on the throne, his face extremely pale. Even though he also didn't understand how the Han army had appeared here, he knew that the situation was over.

Most of the remaining noble ministers in the Lin-yi Kingdom were here.

The Han army had already caught them all in one fell swoop.

Qu Lian looked at Sun Ce, who was stepping up the steps towards him, looking down at him.

Noticing Sun Ce's youthful face, Qu Lian held onto the last glimmer of hope and said:

"What can the Great Han give you? At most, it's just being enfeoffed as a marquis and appointed as a general. It's impossible to be enfeoffed as a king…"

"Among my descendants, there are many women with captivating beauty, who you can choose at will. Moreover, I will kill all the males among my descendants."

"I am nearing death. Once I die, then you will be the sole heir to the Lin-yi Kingdom. You will be the King of Lin-yi, the only king of this land."

Sun Ce pursed his lips and walked around Qu Lian's throne, then kicked Qu Lian off the throne from behind, causing Qu Lian to roll several times, barely managing to catch his breath.

"Even being a mere military officer for the Great Han is far better than being a barbarian king like you."

Sun Ce said disdainfully.

Lying on the ground, unable to get up, Qu Lian undoubtedly didn't want to die.

The older he got, the more Qu Lian feared death and the more he feared losing power.

"Don't, don't kill this king. Let this king go, and this king will satisfy you with everything in Lin-yi," Qu Lian said.

Sun Ce smiled and replied:

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I still need you, this barbarian king, to personally send grain seeds back to my lord, to the Great Han."

(End of chapter)