The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

The Wu army was mainly stationed at the city gates and inside the county government office. The guards of the county government office were all Zhou's private soldiers, and they surrendered without hesitation when they saw Zhou Xun captured.

Guan Xing ordered Gan Xun to stay behind to guard the county government office and watch over Zhou Xun and the prisoners, while he personally led the rest of his troops to support Ji Jie and Meng Jun.

Ji Jie didn't have to do much; Wu Jun, who was fast asleep, was disarmed by the Han army before he could even get out of bed and had no choice but to surrender.

Meng Jun was in charge of the East Gate, but because it was a bit far away, Wu Jun discovered him on the way, so he had to change from a sneak attack to a full-scale assault.

Fortunately, the Han army was well prepared, while the Wu army was caught off guard and, due to darkness and lack of unified command, fell into chaos before the battle even began.

Upon seeing this, Meng Jun immediately made arrangements, ordering a group of soldiers to rush up the city wall and guard the city gate to prevent the Wu army from escaping. Then, he personally led his troops into the Wu army's ranks, shouting as he fought: "Zhou Xun has been captured! Those who surrender will not be killed! Zhou Xun has been captured..."

Wu Jun was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly attacked, which made him mentally confused. Hearing the news that Zhou Xun had been captured, he panicked instantly, which made the situation even more chaotic.

Seeing this, Meng Jun came up with another plan. He pinched his nose and shouted, "Don't kill me! I surrender! I have an elderly mother of sixty and a six-year-old child. Please, don't kill me!"

His bizarre behavior of holding his nose and staging his own drama was somewhat comical, but the panicked Wu Jun had lost his ability to think and immediately chose to follow when someone surrendered.

This triggered a chain reaction, with Wu soldiers successively laying down their weapons and kneeling on the ground. Those who had not yet knelt and were still resisting stubbornly naturally suffered heavy blows from the Han army.

When Guan Xing arrived, the battle was already drawing to a close. The resisting Wu army, seeing that the Han army still had reinforcements, completely collapsed and chose to give up.

The rest was simple: all the Han prisoners of war had their weapons and armor confiscated and were taken to the county government for centralized detention, while the officers of the rank of battalion commander and above were separated and handed over to Meng Jun for safekeeping.

Its daybreak.

The people who went out to work were all stunned to see the Han flag flying again on the city wall.

The Han army has actually returned! General Guan didn't lie to us; they really have come back to fight their way back. That's wonderful!

After a moment of stunned silence, the people erupted in thunderous cheers. Although the Wu army had not caused them any trouble recently, they still felt more at ease with the Han army in charge of the city.

They were terrified of Zhu Honghuo and had a natural distrust of Wu Jun.

Inside the county government office, in the magistrate's bedroom.

Still bound, Zhou Xun finally woke up, feeling the pain in his cheek. He looked at Guan Xing, who was sitting by the bed staring at him, and asked, "Are you Guan Anguo?"

Guan Xing grinned foolishly and said, "It's me, Brother Zhou. It's really unexpected that we two brothers would meet in this way."

Guan Xing was genuinely happy, after all, he had captured the eldest son of Zhou Yu, the first Grand Commander of Eastern Wu, and the son-in-law of Sun Quan. If he returned to Shu Han, he could boast about this to Liu Shan and Zhang Bao for half a year.

Zhou Xun, however, had a completely different feeling. He said, on the verge of tears, "No wonder my right eyelid has been twitching these past few days. It seems a plague has come knocking."

Guan Xing asked with a smile, "So, are we still jumping now?"

Zhou Xun: "..."

Is this even the point?

Shouldn't you explain why you didn't go to Shexian and instead came here?

He didn't want to talk to Guan Xing anymore, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Guan Xing laughed and said, "I know Brother Zhou is lonely, so I found you a companion and brought him in."

Soon, the jarring sound of the door being pushed open rang out again. Zhou Xun looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zhuge Ke being led in, bound hand and foot. He widened his eyes in disbelief and exclaimed, "How did you get captured too?"

Zhuge Ke looked up at the sky, wanting to cry but unable to shed a tear.

He and Zhou Xun together had about five thousand soldiers. Not only were all five thousand men captured by Guan Xing, whose forces were only half their size, but Guan Xing's casualties were also negligible. Who the hell could they complain to?

With their current state of behavior, I really don't know how they're going to face the people of Jiangdong.

Guan Xing stood up, clapped his hands, and laughed gleefully, "You two must have a lot to say after not seeing each other for so long. I won't disturb you any longer. Farewell."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Zhou Xun and Zhuge Ke staring at each other, speechless.

After a long silence, Zhou Xun asked hesitantly, "Yuan Xun, do you think General Zhang Cheng will come back to save us?"

Zhuge Ke smiled wryly and said, "It's hard to say. Although General Zhang's troops are all elite Wu soldiers, they were tricked by Guan Xing into going to Shexian and then back, a round trip of eight or nine hundred li. They're exhausted, so how can they fight?"

"More importantly, General Zhang is out of food. Even if we try to raise some in Shexian, how much can we get? I estimate it won't be long before he has to come and join us."

Zhou Xun quickly said, "Pah, pah, pah, can you say something nice? If even General Zhang is captured, we shouldn't go back to Jianye. We might as well find a block of tofu and kill ourselves. We really can't afford to lose face like that."

It was truly humiliating that tens of thousands of soldiers were captured by Guan Xing's two or three thousand Han soldiers.

If Guan Xing had led the elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they would have accepted it, but unfortunately, they didn't.

Far from being an elite force, they were actually a motley crew of civilians and bandits hastily assembled—a typical rabble.

The idea that tens of thousands of Wu soldiers were completely annihilated by a rabble with only a quarter of their strength is utterly absurd.

"Ah..."

Guan Xing, who had already left the house, suddenly sneezed and muttered, "Who's cursing me?"

"Aren't there enough people cursing you already?" Meng Jun rolled his eyes and laughed. "Captain, the three thousand prisoners have been gathered at the drill ground. What should we do next?"

Dealing with prisoners is a skill, especially when there are more prisoners than soldiers.

The Wu army now has more prisoners than the Han army; if this isn't handled properly, things could get very bad.

Guan Xing laughed and said, "Of course, we should start with ideological reform. Let's go and take a look."

Following Meng Jun to the training ground, they saw that all the Wu army prisoners were standing in neat squares, their faces filled with bewilderment and fear about the future.

This is a normal phenomenon; anyone who becomes a prisoner will become like this. Therefore, Guan Xing did not rush to speak. Instead, he stood still and looked at each prisoner one by one, carefully observing their micro-expressions and body movements, preparing to find someone with a weak psychological defense as a breakthrough point.

Soon a teenager came into his view. Guan Xing pointed at the boy and said with a smile, "Brother, come out and have a chat."

The boy who was pointed at did not come out; instead, he shrank back in fear.

Calling him out by name at this time is definitely not a good thing; they might be trying to kill him to establish their authority. Nobody would leave like that.

Guan Xing knew what he was worried about, and said gently, "I swear in the name of the King of Hanzhong that I will not make things difficult for you. We just want to have a chat. Come out."

Seeing this, the boy finally stopped being so wary. He also noticed that his comrades were intentionally or unintentionally avoiding him and no one was helping him. So, he nervously walked out of the line and came to Guan Xing.

Guan Xing sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his hand and pressed down, saying, "Don't be nervous, sit down and let's talk."

After the boy sat down, she continued, "What's your name? Are you often bullied?"

The boy's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Guan Xing with a hint of shock.

Before he could ask, Guan Xing answered, "I noticed that every time you look at your comrades, your eyes dart away and look away immediately. It seems that they terrify you more than I do. So I guess you've been bullied in the military. Bullying means constantly harassing, insulting, and suppressing you. Am I right?"

Before the boy could even speak, several people in the group panicked.

Guan Xing glared at the group of people, then said softly to the boy, "It's alright. Don't be shy in front of me. Tell me all the grievances you've been holding in, and I'll stand up for you."

His tone was gentler than ever before, like that of a kind and understanding older brother, which made the boy's nose tingle and he burst into tears.