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Chapter 2724 North Carolina's Recruitment!

Cao Pi also harbored similar ambitions, much like Sima Zhao. He had long intended to become emperor, so Xuchang began to stir with turmoil, and a struggle for the throne, reminiscent of Guan Yu's abdication, began.

Time flies, and six months have passed.

Summer was approaching, and with the increased rainfall, Sun Quan felt that Jiangdong's expertise in naval warfare could be put to use. At this time, he wrote a letter to Liu Bei, stating his intention to seize Hefei and requesting Liu Bei to order Guan Yu to assist him.

Wang Yue has already harvested another batch of grain, and the second batch has just been planted, so he has plenty of food.

Guan Yinping's bandit-suppressing troops continued their training with great enthusiasm, and in the past six months, they had expanded their army by another 10,000. Although the bandit-suppressing troops were essentially agricultural settlers, they made Wen Ping in the north very wary of Jiangxia.

Logically speaking, this is not the time to attack, but because Sun Quan is going to seize Hefei, there is a sliver of an opportunity.

Upon learning of Liu Bei's orders from Guan Yu, Wang Yue immediately commanded Wei Chi to lead two thousand men to harass Suizhou, making it appear as if a large force was about to attack Suixian.

Upon hearing this news, Wen Ping, the governor of Jiangxia in the State of Wei, immediately led three thousand men from Shiyang (Anlu) to provide assistance.

Actually, there was no other way. Now that Xiangfan had already fallen, if Suixian were to fall as well, they would be trapped like fish in a barrel. Therefore, no matter what, Suixian was absolutely essential to avoid losing.

As it turned out, on Wenping's way to Suixian, a cavalry force of more than 2000 men suddenly charged out from the mountain road. The leader, a man on a white horse with a silver spear, was none other than Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong.

Although Wen Ping was also a fierce general, and could even fight Wei Yan to a standstill, he was unlucky and encountered Zhao Yun.

When Zhao Yun is enraged, no one can defeat him. Even when he is not angry, Wen Ping is no match for him. Moreover, Wen Ping's three thousand infantry and cavalry consist of only a few hundred cavalry. Faced with Zhao Yun's cavalry, they were easily routed with a single charge.

Under these circumstances, Wen Ping could no longer care about his own troops and fled quickly towards Anlu with only a few dozen riders.

With no pursuers along the way, Wen Ping breathed a sigh of relief. He planned that after returning to Anlu, he would lead the defense to send someone to Nanyang for reinforcements, and he would never leave the city again.

To Wen Ping's surprise, the moment he opened the city gates and entered the city, a large net descended from the sky and ensnared him.

Seeing that the man had been captured, Guan Yinping laughed heartily and said, "Wenping! You've fallen for my strategist's trick! Anlu has already been taken by this general!"

After Wen Ping was arrested, everything went black. Before he fainted from anger, he was thinking that none of these strategists were good people!

In fact, Anlu City was not so easy to take. The problem was that Wang Yue knew that a direct attack might result in heavy losses, so he directly ordered Guan Yinping to lead 30,000 troops from the Bandit Suppression Command to besiege the small city.

The city had only two thousand soldiers left, and the garrison commander was not even there. When they saw the garrison soldiers of the bandit-suppressing command standing at attention in neat formation, they were so frightened that they surrendered without even fighting.

After completely eliminating Anlu, a major threat, Wang Yue and Guan Yinping completely ignored Yunshe near Jingshan, leaving Wang Nian with 5000 of the newest recruits to guard Anlu, while leading the remaining army straight to Suixian.

Because Wei Chi cut off the transportation, Xiahou Shang of Sui County still doesn't know what happened.

When he saw Wen Ping leading a troop of infantry and cavalry outside the city, he immediately came to investigate in person.
"General Wen, what brings you here?" Wen Ping frowned and said, "I received news that bandits were harassing Sui County, so I came to check. But it seems like nothing's wrong in the city."

Xiahou Shang looked at Wen Ping, who was no different in tone or appearance, and immediately felt relieved. He smiled and said, "With Prefect Wen's army in Anlu, they shouldn't bother us."

"But since the general is here, let's go into the city for a cup of tea, and then head back tonight."

Wenpin feigned surprise and said anxiously, "Since you're alright here, I'd better head back first. It would be bad if I fell for a diversionary tactic."

After hearing Wen Ping's words, Xiahou Shang realized the seriousness of the situation. He quickly said, "It seems something terrible has happened. I'm safe here, so why don't I send someone to inform Nanyang, and then I'll take troops with you to check it out. If the general's men are ambushed, then Jiangxia will be in danger."

Wenpin hesitated for a moment before saying, "In that case, you take your two families and join forces with me, select elite soldiers to return to Anlu, and the rest will be responsible for guarding the city."

Xiahou Shang was completely relieved after hearing Wen Ping's instructions to be so cautious. He immediately mustered two thousand elite infantry and cavalry, opened the city gates, and left the city.

Just as Wen Ping was sending some of the elderly and weak into the city, they suddenly heard a loud noise in the distance. They quickly looked over and found that a large number of warhorses were charging towards them.

Upon seeing the approaching cavalry, Xiahou Shang dared not confront them from the sidelines and quickly said to Wen Ping, "General Wen, let's enter the city!"

Wenpin said no more and could only follow along into the city.

Just as the two armies entered the city, Xiahou Shang was about to order the city gates closed when Wen Ping suddenly placed a sword against Xiahou Shang's neck.

Xiahou Shang, who was about to speak, suddenly shut his mouth and asked instead, "General Wen, what do you mean by this?"

Wenpin solemnly said, "General Xiahou, Anlu has already fallen, and I have also surrendered to Liu Bei. I would like to ask General Xiahou to surrender the city with me. What do you think?"

Xiahou Shang cursed inwardly, "You've already got your sword to my neck, and you're asking me what I think? Are you giving me the right to choose?"
However, Xiahou Shang had no choice but to accept his fate in order to save his life.

At this moment, Guan Hu led more than 2000 cavalrymen into the city and, together with Wen Ping, disarmed all the soldiers in the city.

Wenpin temporarily looked after Xiahou Shang, and then, together with the other soldiers, gathered up the Xiang soldiers.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Guan Yinping's 25,000 soldiers slowly arrived, along with the real Wen Ping whom he had captured.

After officially taking over the entire city, Guan Yinping brought Wen Ping to the county government office and asked with a smile, "Strategist, your plan really worked! Sui County has really been taken over. We Jiangxia are no longer afraid of being attacked by Cao Wei."

Wen Ping was initially confused, but when he saw the person sitting at the head of the table in the government office who looked exactly like him, he asked in astonishment, "You, are you a human or a ghost?"

(End of this chapter)