Sun Ce was truly in high spirits along the way. He had taken the enormous Jiangxia Commandery with such ease that, truthfully, even he had never dared imagine it before sending out his troops.
After all, he had witnessed the Han Army's combat strength beneath Xiquyang.
Jiangxia Commandery was extremely prosperous. Its population alone numbered no fewer than four hundred thousand. The entire population Sun Ce controlled in Jiangdong was less than three million, and the portion he directly controlled was under one million.
Jiangxia was not Jiangdong. It had no Four Great Families. As for the former aristocratic clans, such as the Huang Family, they had either been killed by Wang Xuan or fled on their own.
The region was currently in a power vacuum. After Sun Ce occupied it this time, he would surely be able to firmly seize control of it soon. By then, his strength would advance greatly, and it would play an even more positive role in stabilizing his regime.
Of course, the Four Great Families had not been idle either. They would travel overland from Yichun into Changsha Commandery, but no matter what, the benefits they obtained could never compare to Sun Ce's.
Standing atop the flagship's tower and gazing at Yueyang City's walls, Sun Ce's eyes were filled with heroic ambition. He pointed toward Yueyang from afar and shouted, "After today, the southeastern half of the realm will all fall into my jar!"
As he spoke, he grabbed the Guding Saber standing beside him and made a chopping motion toward Yueyang's walls. With a roar that echoed across the entire river, he shouted, "Beat the drums! Attack the city!"
The moment his voice fell, the catapults atop the five enormous tower ships launched amid a chorus of roars. As boulders crashed down one