Chapter 2155: Resentment
“Aren’t our lives important? How can they treat us like we’re playing a child’s game?!”
“…”
The soldiers were strongly dissatisfied, cursing angrily and complaining.
The main issue was that this situation was too unreasonable, too childish, and did not treat them as human beings! It made everyone feel like they had been toyed with by their superiors.
Initially, everyone thought they could win a significant battle this time. After all, they had the numbers, the weapons, and the morale. But in the end…
When they were marching, they clearly saw catapults and siege ladders in the army. Yet, when it was time to attack the city, neither of these essential weapons was brought out!
Even a small number would have been something, but there wasn’t a single one!
If this wasn’t a case of being toyed with, what was?
The soldiers who retreated to the campsite were filled with anger and complaints. The more they discussed, the angrier they became!
Some couldn’t help but ask their superiors, who were also furious!
They didn’t know anything either.
Those with bad tempers complained openly. Some shrewd individuals sensed something was amiss and, with dark expressions, ordered others not to ask questions.
This only increased everyone’s resentment.
Some angry mid-ranking officers confronted Sun Pu, only to be scolded by him.
Sun Pu offered no explanation, only demanding that everyone follow his orders with unwavering authority.
All the catapults and ladders had been destroyed overnight. How could he admit to such a thing?
Even if he blamed it on Shao Yunduan’s scheme, it still made him look incompetent!
He had called Shao Yunduan an idiot, but he wasn’t about to admit his own failure.
Not all the generals in the camp were his loyalists. Many resented him and believed he had gained his position through his father’s influence.
There was no way he would let them know the truth!
The battle in the province was won unexpectedly. When Zheng Sangge reported it to Shao Yunduan, Shao Yunduan was silent for a long time.
“What exactly is Sun Pu—what does he mean?”
If he wasn’t certain that Sun Pu wouldn’t go easy on them, he might have thought Sun Pu was doing just that!
Even though he had already laughed heartily with the soldiers on the city wall, Zheng Sangge couldn’t help but chuckle again. “I don’t know either, but this is a good thing for us! Sun Pu isn’t a smart person and can’t devise complicated plans. I guess there must be a problem with those ladders and catapults that made them unusable.”
Otherwise, no one would attack a city in such a ridiculous manner!
Zheng Sangge was confident that when word of this battle spread, so would Sun Pu’s reputation as a laughingstock. Even the entire Sun family would be mocked.
Sun Pu would never joke about the Sun family’s reputation unless he had no choice.
Zheng Sangge suggested a team attack on Sun Pu’s camp, and Shao Yunduan agreed.
That night, Zheng Sangge led his men in a surprise attack from the front. Wu Guan and Qi Qianjun each led a team to flank Sun Pu’s camp from both sides. When a commotion started in the front camp, they also charged in. They splashed kerosene they had brought and set fires, then drove thirty strong bulls into the intermediate camp and led their men in an ambush…
Sun Pu was defeated once again!
The soldiers, still nursing grievances from the events of the day, were in no mood to listen. After being attacked, their spirits shattered. They lacked the will to fight and were solely focused on escaping.
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