Chapter 518 Attacking the Heart
"Misfortune, misfortune!"

In the Jianye Palace in Wudu, the eunuch was screaming in fear and stumbling towards the harem. The reason he was running to the harem at this time was because the person in charge of the Wu State was in the harem.

Inside the palace, Wu Guotai, accompanied by her daughter Sun Shangxiang, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, was enjoying the performance of musicians and dancers in the palace. The mother and daughter were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very joyful.

It was not until the eunuch's terrified cry broke this leisurely and beautiful moment that Wu Guotai frowned. It was obvious that the woman was very dissatisfied with the eunuch for disturbing her leisure time.

But she was not confused. She knew that now that Sun Quan was not around, she still had to take care of the country's affairs, so she did not get angry.

When the eunuch rushed in, Wu Guotai waved her hand, and the musicians and dancers stopped and stepped aside.

"What trouble or no trouble, it's just bad luck. There is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome. If you dare to rush around and shout like this again, I will make you pay!" Mrs. Wu is the mother of the country. With just a few words, she showed her noble aura.

If it were in the past, the eunuch would have begged for mercy after hearing the lesson, but today the eunuch was in no mood to do so. He just yelled at the top of his lungs: "Report to the Queen Mother, the Yellow Turbans are coming to our Jianye!"

"what!"

Wu Guotai, who had just looked calm and composed, shook the cup in her hand and it flew far away when she heard this. Then she stood up abruptly, with the expression on her face switching between shock and suspicion.

The Yellow Turbans have reached Jianye?
Is there such a thing?

Suddenly, Wu Guotai felt the absurdity of a petty thief climbing over the wall into the palace to steal things from her. It was so absurd that after the initial shock, she immediately began to suspect that the eunuch was talking nonsense.

"What nonsense are you talking about? The Yellow Turban Army has already headed west to Xiangyang. How can they reach Jianye? You are talking nonsense and causing chaos in the palace. Are you tired of living?" Wu Guotai immediately shouted angrily. She didn't believe it, nor did she dare to believe it.

Sun Shangxiang, who was standing by, was completely dumbfounded and didn't know how to react.

The eunuch immediately cried out for injustice, but no matter what he said, Wu Guotai couldn't believe it. Fortunately, a group of generals who came later proved the eunuch's innocence.

But the person who came was an old general, Cheng Pu, the veteran of the Wu State who had followed Sun Jian in the uprising in his early years. Before Cheng Pu could say anything, Wu Guotai immediately understood what was going on when she saw Cheng Pu rushing in with such a serious expression.

It seems that the eunuch was not lying, the Yellow Turbans are really coming!
When Sun Quan and Zhou Yu led a large army to go to war, they had to leave behind a trusted minister to take charge of the situation. Now, Wu had Wu Guotai in charge, Zhang Zhao was in charge of the government, and the military affairs were under the supervision of veteran general Cheng Pu. This was enough to ensure that there would be no worries in the rear.

There is certainly nothing wrong with this arrangement, but they never expected that they would have to face the main force of the Yellow Turbans in the rear!

"Queen Mother, the Yellow Turbans are leading their army to attack, Jianye is no longer safe. I think the palace should be prepared to flee!" Cheng Pu's face was as gloomy as water, and while he spoke, his hand tightly gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he was ready for battle.

At this time, Cheng Pu didn't care about the rule that one cannot go to court without a sword or shoes. After settling everything here, he had to go and deal with the Yellow Turbans.

Wu Guotai had never seen such a situation before. In her eyes, the Yellow Turbans were extremely vicious and cruel. Now that they had reached the gate of Jianye, could she still escape?
In panic, she fell down, but fortunately Sun Shangxiang supported her.

"Don't panic, mother. Even if the Yellow Turbans really come, I will lead the troops to defeat them!" Although Sun Shangxiang is not very old, there is a heroic temperament between her eyebrows and eyes, and she is not afraid of the current situation at all.

Wu Guotai usually liked Sun Shangxiang's heroic spirit, but she didn't take it seriously this time: "Oh, those Yellow Turbans are so cruel and vicious, how can a little girl like you kill them all? Let General Cheng Pu handle it, and we two mothers won't cause any trouble."

As they were talking, Zhang Zhao also hurried over, and several people in Wu who could make important decisions gathered together. Under their arrangement, the entire palace soon began to operate, and the palace maids and eunuchs were counting supplies and packing things, while the soldiers and guards were under full martial law in the imperial city and the palace.

How to respond next will depend on the exact situation of the Yellow Turbans.

Cheng Pu led his personal soldiers to the top of Jianye City. At that time, Jianye City was already in a state of panic. Under the reprimands of the generals, the soldiers acted quickly and arranged strict defenses on every section of the city wall.

The people in the city were also not idle. Officials in the city were leading teams of clerks to go from street to street to recruit soldiers.

As far as the eye can see, Jianye City is in chaos. Whether it is the officials above or the ordinary people below, everyone is in a panic at this time.

The name of the Yellow Turbans has become more and more terrifying over the past decade or so, and has finally come from legend to reality. This is not the early Yellow Turbans of the Taiping Dao who were weak in battle, but the Yellow Turbans of the Natural Dao who terrified the entire south.

They are all Yellow Turbans, but everyone knows that this is not the same thing. The Yellow Turbans that come before them now are really deadly!
As soon as Cheng Pu climbed to the top of the city wall, Zhang Zhao followed closely. Now it was a matter of life and death for the imperial capital. No matter whether they were civil officials or military generals, they had to climb the city wall to confirm the situation.

If Zhang Zhao hadn't persuaded and stopped her, even Wu Guotai would have wanted to go along and take a look.

The two men walked up to the top of the city wall and looked into the distance, and immediately took a breath of cold air. Although it seemed that the Yellow Turbans only had 20,000 soldiers, their fierce and murderous momentum far exceeded the psychological pressure brought by the troops.

A huge Naturalism flag was suddenly erected, and a knight holding the flag quickly rushed out from the Yellow Turban position. Moving at high speed, the yellow flag spread out and fluttered in the wind.

The top of Jianye City fell silent in an instant, and the attention of all the Wu soldiers was drawn to the Yellow Turban rider.

The cavalry marched about a hundred meters away from the city before they controlled their horses to slow down slowly and paced back and forth at this distance without getting any closer.

Cheng Pu frowned, then waved his hand, and the archers behind him stopped.

At a distance of a hundred meters or so, bows and arrows have basically lost their accuracy, not to mention a moving target on horseback. As for ordering a volley of arrows, it seemed like an overreaction and weakened the momentum.

The Yellow Turban cavalryman wandered around for a while, and seeing that there was no response from the top of the city wall, he smiled slightly, then raised his throat and let out a roar like thunder.

"Brothers in the city, listen up. We the Yellow Turbans are not here to oppress you. The rulers and ministers of the Wu Kingdom are the ones oppressing you. Stop working for them.

As long as you follow us Yellow Turbans, we can all get a share of the land, and there will be no more taxes or corvée labor, and no nobles will ride on our heads!"

If the voice was not loud enough, this cavalryman would not have been sent specifically to shout. Although they were now over a hundred meters away, the sound could still be heard clearly by the Wu soldiers.

Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao's faces changed. They thought that the Yellow Turbans came to challenge them, but they didn't expect that they were here to attack their hearts.

At this time, Cheng Pu could no longer care about anything else, and hurriedly said to the row of archers who were preparing for battle not far away: "Shoot him to death!"

At the command, the archers dared not disobey, and all of them raised their bows at once, and a rain of arrows fell towards the Yellow Turban cavalry.

(End of this chapter)