Wandering the Heavens

The princes were frightened by the massive attack from Yizhou and Xuzhou, and battlefields were everywhere.

In the war to unify the world and annihilate the princes, the most fierce resistance was from Jiangdong Sun Shao, whose father Sun Ce was the enemy of the Jiangdong gentry, but the Jiangdong gentry did not seem to care about this. When the Xuzhou army approached Jianye, they still organized and built a Yangtze River defense line in an attempt to prevent the Xuzhou army from crossing the river.

After Lu Xun and Xu Shu discussed, they decided to divide their troops into two groups, one to launch a feint attack from the front and the other to bypass the Yangtze River defense line outside Jianye City, cross the river downstream to attack Qu'a, and then advance westward to attack Jianye. This would not only bypass the Yangtze River defense line in Jiangdong, but also divide the area ruled by Sun Shao into two.

They did what they said. Jiangdong had been fighting for so long, and the enemy either came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River or from the north. This was the first time they encountered an attack from the lower reaches, and the Yangtze River defense line became a decoration.

In less than a month, the duo of Lu Xun and Xu Shu dealt with Sun Shao. Because the defenses of Jianye City had not been upgraded at that time, Lu Xun was able to break into the city without much effort or cost.

Sun Shao was a coward, and was frightened to death in the meeting hall after receiving the news that the Xuzhou army had entered the city. After Sun Shao's death, a number of high-ranking officials either committed suicide or died in the chaos of battle, and the rest were all captured.

Lu Xun's revenge had not yet been completed. Some of the people who forced Lu's family to flee to Xuzhou were still in Chaisang. Now it was the turn of Sun Shao's good uncle Sun Quan to be in trouble.

Now that Jiangdong was gone, the Jiangdong Homecoming Group, led by Sun Quan, naturally became a rootless duckweed.

Looking at Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others who were so anxious that they were jumping up and down, Sun Quan felt that his experiences over the years were a joke.

At first, he was held hostage by his own brother to Yuan Shu. After escaping from death, he became a decoration and worked for several years.

After his brother died, Jiangdong said that he took charge and wanted to kill Zhou Yu to establish his authority. However, this bastard didn't know what was good for him and actually escaped without a trace. The whole family disappeared without a trace.

Then, because of Zhou Yu's fate, the veteran generals became disloyal and after his defeat in Xiangyang, they supported Sun Shao to openly oppose him.

I have been the lord of Jiangdong for so many years, but I have never kept my word. Now I have become a stray dog. It makes me feel depressed just thinking about it.

"I surrender."

"My lord, this is not possible!" Zhang Zhao was anxious.

Lu Xun came with great force, seeking revenge from the past. Coupled with the content of the manifesto, no one present could survive. Not only Sun Quan could not become the county magistrate, but these local tyrants could not become the county magistrate's wife either. However, they could still struggle a bit, what if they succeeded?

"The army has no will to fight, and the generals have no desire to fight. How can we resist the enemy?" Sun Quan looked at Zhang Zhao and asked.

The Jiangdong nobles had been bleeding in the confrontation between the two Suns, and now they were all dead. What could they use to fight against Lu Xun's army? Would they be invincible just by shouting the slogan of "returning to their hometown"?

Another point is that although civil and military affairs are inseparable now, there are almost no senior generals commanding troops under his command. Strategists like Zhang Zhao cannot fight in the battlefield, so what can they use to fight the enemy?

"My lord, although Lu Xun is very powerful, he can only rely on a letter of unknown origin. As long as we defeat Lu Xun and take back Jiangdong, we can still achieve our goal. I hope you will not give up easily!"

Zhang Zhao had no other choice but to use this to persuade Sun Quan not to give up. As long as he persisted, drove Lu Xun back to Xuzhou, and reestablished his rule in Jiangdong, then it would still be possible for him to become emperor.

Sun Quan felt that he was not stupid. After paying so much tuition to get in, he no longer had confidence in himself. He denied himself completely from military to political scheming.

"How long will it take Lu Xun to get to Chaisang?" asked Sun Quan.

"My lord, based on their speed of advance, it will take three days." Zhang Zhao reported quickly.

"According to you, how should we repel Lu Xun?" Sun Quan asked again.

"This……"

Zhang Zhao was speechless. Domestic affairs were his strong point, but he was a little lacking in military affairs, right?

The reality is that the landlord has no surplus food. The number of soldiers under his command is no more than 30,000 at most, and they are the remnants of the defeated army after the great defeat in Xiangyang. How can he possibly fight against the Xuzhou army?

Sun Quan said that since there were still three days left, he should gather all the troops he could and do something big.

There is no doubt about Lu Xun's ability to command troops. With the assistance of Xu Shu, who has experienced the dangers of society, Sun Quan would not dare to fight him head-on unless he was drunk with fake wine.

The two sides fought a fierce battle in Chaisang. The 20,000 troops that Zhang Zhao had assembled after working day and night were defeated without even a single blow. He and his trusted men also died in the chaos.

After dealing with the army outside the city, Lu Xun and Xu Shu entered Chaisang City and headed straight for Sun Quan's mansion.

“Second Young Master, Lawrence Lu is polite.”

"I know, but who is the other one?" Sun Quan forced a smile while sitting at the table.

"I am Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi." Xu Shu responded with a bow.

"You in Xuzhou have a strong army, why have you been hiding until now?" Sun Quan was unwilling to give up until he got the answer clearly.

"Xuzhou has always been loyal to the court. Xuzhou will do whatever Your Majesty says." Lu Xun replied seriously.

"Your Majesty? The Han Dynasty has run out of luck. I don't believe that you in Xuzhou will be willing to be loyal to the puppet emperor Liu Xie. He has been missing for many years. How can he give you his orders? Did he send you a dream?" Sun Quan asked loudly.

"Sun Quan, you have been separatist in Jiangdong and have refused to submit to the imperial court. This is an act of rebellion. Now that you have become a prisoner, you still dare to speak such outrageous words. Do you really think that the laws of the imperial court are not here? The majesty of the laws and regulations is no longer here?" Xu Shu scolded loudly.

"Haha, the laws of the court? You are qualified to ask me this question! I, Sun Quan, have been smart since I was young. I followed my father to participate in the campaign against Dong Zhuo among the princes. At the age of nine, I broke into Liu Biao's military camp alone. My life should not be like this. I should call myself "I" in the south." Sun Quan stood up from the table and spoke of his ideals with his hands and feet dancing.

"I was born to replace the Han Dynasty, create a new foundation and become the emperor. I dream of this!"

"But Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and those old generals who don't know the current situation, if they hadn't disobeyed me, I would still be in Jianye City, Jiangdong would still be a solid block, there would be no current situation."

"The crisis in Koto is not outside, but inside Koto, in the Koto shogunate."

"On those military officers who have ulterior motives!"

"They are the ones who dragged down my Sun Quan!"

"Sun Quan, before leaving, Gongjin asked me to question you. He is loyal to the Sun family, why do you want to kill him?" Xu Shu drew his sword and stopped Sun Quan from going crazy.

Sun Quan, who was still excited, had to stop when he heard the sound of a sword being unsheathed. He looked at the sword in Xu Shu's hand and swallowed his saliva.

"Why? He is the Grand Commander! He is second only to the emperor and above everyone else. If I don't get rid of him, how can I know whether the army is loyal to him as the Grand Commander or to me?" Sun Quan looked at Xu Shu as if he were a fool.

"You are judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart!"

Xu Shu didn't expect the answer to be this. He said at the time that what was written in the booklet was just a blind guess.

"The game of thrones requires any means necessary. He is loyal to the Sun family, but not necessarily to me, Sun Quan! As I thought, after Zhou Yu disappeared, those veteran generals relied on their seniority to submit their resignations one after another and shut themselves in, embarrassing me, the lord of Jiangdong!" Sun Quan cursed with red eyes.

"Even when I was defeated, he couldn't wait to make Sun Shao, the little thief, his leader to compete with me."