After Sun Ben abandoned the high-ranking official Houlu promised by Yuan Shu and returned to Jiangdong, Sun Ce did not neglect his eldest brother, and still let him serve as the lieutenant of Danyang, and together with Wu Jing, he guarded Danyang and guarded against Yuan Shu.

Regarding Sun Ce's arrangement, Sun Ben naturally had no objection.

After all, staying under Yuan Shu is a part-time job, but with Sun Ce, that is starting a business.

Part-time jobs and entrepreneurship are naturally different.

In the past few months, Sun Ben and Wu Jing have been guarding Danyang County, although they have separated from Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu does not seem to have sent soldiers and horses to attack.

This made both Sun Ben and Wu Jing breathe a sigh of relief.

However, they have not let their guard down, and have been sending troops and horses to patrol various places in recent days. Defend against Yuan Shu's attack.

Recently, Yuan Shu has been restrained by the war in Huaibei.

The generals and Sun Ben were not so cautious about Yuan Shu's precautions, but it was precisely like this that when Zheng Bao took people and killed them in Jiangcheng County, Sun Ben and Wu Jing did not receive the news.

When Zheng Bao led people all the way south from Jiangcheng County to Wanling County, Sun Ben and Wu Jing's people received the news that a large army was attacking from the north.

It was too late, and the other party's soldiers and horses were already less than fifty miles away from Wanling County.

Originally, according to Sun Ben's personality, after learning that it was only a group of bandits who attacked Danyang County, he was not worried at all, and he should have led his soldiers and horses to go over and destroy these people directly.

Sun Ben thought that he might still be a little afraid of dealing with Yuan Shu's men and horses, but in the face of some mountain bandits and rogues, it was completely like killing chickens with a knife.

Just when Sun Ben wanted to lead the army to attack and eliminate Zheng Bao and his party in one fell swoop, news came from Jing County that there was a mountain thief Zong Shuai Zulang who led his army to Jing County, and broke several county towns in two days.

The news came to Wanling, which made Wu Jing's face change greatly.

Wu Jing followed Sun Jian and fought in the south and north for many years, and this common sense is still there.

At this time, Wu Jing immediately stopped Sun Ben's sortie, judging from the offensive route of Zheng Bao and others, Zheng Bao and others were obviously prepared.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben didn't know much about them at all, and it was very unfavorable for them to attack rashly.

Instead of taking the initiative to attack, it is better to see how the situation is in Wanling County first.

At the same time, he sent men and horses to Wu County, told Sun Ce the news, and asked Sun Ce to send men over for reinforcements.

And Sun Ce received the news that it would take time to send soldiers and horses to Danyang, so Sun Ben and Wu Jing needed to hold on to Danyang for at least half a month.

However, there are 5,000 elite soldiers in the city, and it should not be difficult to hold on for half a month.

After all, the enemy army is just a rabble, not only does it not have powerful siege equipment, but even its manpower is just a few mountain bandits, not to mention a regular army.

So at this point, Wu Jing and Sun Ben were not afraid.

"The situation is not good, I thought that there was only one group of bandits, thousands of soldiers and horses, but the bandits on both sides of the north and south attacked our Wanling at the same time, and now they have formed a situation of encirclement, surrounding my Wanling County."

Sun Ben also sent a lot of spies in the past two days to inquire about the news nearby, and he already knew that Zheng Bao and Zulang's soldiers and horses came all the way.

Although there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses on both sides, they can be added together, which is more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, even if Wanling is not attacked, the people in the city will have great pressure, bringing haze to the defenders.

"Fortunately, it's just some bandits, it should be the remnants of Chen Yu's instigation last time, and now Chen Yu has been defeated and fled, these bandits are really beyond their means."

Wu Jing thought about it a little, and didn't guess that Yuan Yao was making trouble behind this, he just thought that these thieves were the remnants left behind when Chen Yu backstabbed Sun Ce last time.

After all, when Chen Yu backstabbed Sun Ce at that time, he contacted more than 20 forces in the Jiangdong area, including Zu Lang, Yan Baihu and others.

It's just that this conspiracy was discovered by Sun Ce in advance, which caught Sun Ce off guard, thinking that Chen Yu's defeat would make these thieves a little jealous, but they didn't expect that these people were still whimsical.

"Taishou rest assured, as long as they dare to attack the city, the last general will let them come and go."

"Okay, with your words, I'm relieved, starting tonight, I will also patrol at night, and I must wait until Ce'er's reinforcements arrive."

Wu Jing nodded, he was still very relieved about Sun Ben's words.

Sun Ben's ability, Wu Jing also knows, although it is not as good as his brother-in-law Sun Jian, but he is also a little brave, he can be regarded as a good general, with Sun Ben staring at the city tower, there should be nothing in this city.

Wanling County is defending nervously, and Zheng Bao and Yuan Yao on the other side are not idle.

For several days in a row, they were just besieging the city, and they were not in a hurry to attack Wanling, on the one hand, they did not have enough troops to force an attack, and on the other hand, they also wanted to take advantage of the darkness to dig tunnels.

The moat in Wanling County is not wide, and a tunnel can be dug in a few days without stopping.

It wasn't until the fourth day that the tunnel was finally excavated and the grease for the fire attack was ready.

Zheng Bao held a torch and led some elite soldiers to the gate of Wanling County.

"Childe, everything is ready, as long as you give an order, tonight is a good opportunity to seize this city!"

"Then what are you waiting for, let Zulang's people prepare, he will attack the south and attract the attention of the people in the city, and when the time comes, we will concentrate our firepower and attack the north, even if we can't break this Wanling County, we can also add some pressure to the defenders in the city."

Yuan Yao didn't want to wait any longer, although Zheng Bao and others had told him that they would arrange people to make trouble in Wu County to attract Sun Ce's attention, but who could say this kind of thing.

In case Zheng Bao's people did not succeed, or Sun Ce was not fooled at all, but directly led the troops and horses to aid Danyang.

At that time, instead of taking Wanling County, Yuan Yao's side will face Sun Ce's headquarters in a bright and bright manner, and the outcome will really be a little uncertain.

Once Wanling was not captured, Yuan Yao had little chance of winning against Sun Ce's army, so he was in a hurry to let Zheng Bao and Zu Lang attack Wanling.

As long as Wanling is defeated, they are in danger to defend, and even if Sun Ce is powerful, he will not be able to fight back for a while.

What's more, once there is a city, Yuan Yao can also send troops and horses over to assist in the defense, even if Sun Ce wants to attack Danyang, he has to see if he has this ability.

Just when Yuan Yao was waiting, Zheng Bao couldn't wait, and now he had won half of Danyang County, only the seat of this county was missing, as long as he captured Wanling, his Taishou dream would be successful.