Gu Hong's mansion, in an elegant wing room, the lights were bright, Gu Hong stood by the window, his cloudy eyes stared at the drizzle outside the window, and he couldn't help but feel a cold in his heart, and some vicissitudes of life looked old.

"Uncle, now that it's time for you to make a decision!" Gu Yong knelt behind him respectfully, and a deep voice sounded in the room.

"What decision?" Since the failure of the attack on Gu Zhou, Gu Hong, the head of the family, has felt the end of the Gu family, and the arrogance of the lost Gu family.

The Gu family does have a lot of influence in Jiangdong, and if they stomp their feet, the land of Jiangdong will be shocked, but they can't stop the tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses in the hands of Sun Jian, a fierce tiger.

"Resist, or surrender!" There was a trace of perseverance in Gu Yong's eyes.

"What about rebellion? How is Toucheng? Gu Hong's heart moved slightly, recovering a trace of the essence of the past, and his eyes stared at the most outstanding young man of the Gu family for decades.

"To resist is to give up Wu County, start immediately, gather all the strength of our Gu family now, kill Wu County, as long as you can kill it, you can live."

Gu Yong's expression was very calm, since something happened, he couldn't sit still, and now it has developed, although it is not what he thinks, but the Gu family only has these two paths, he said loudly: "At that time, we can still concentrate the scholars of Wu County, or take refuge in Danyang, or take refuge in Lujiang, and jointly rebel against the Sun family." ”

With the influence of the Gu family, any of the princes of Jiangdong would not refuse their refuge.

"We can't kill it!" Gu Hong calmed down at this time, smiled slightly, and said: "The Sun family has elite cavalry, even if we kill out of the county seat, we can't get out of the territory of Wu County, this plan doesn't work." ”

"All that's left is complete surrender!" Gu Yong also knew, and immediately sighed, and said: "Hand over every one of the Gu family's qiē without the slightest reservation, but in this case, I am afraid that we will be completely tied to the Sun family, and even go to the opposite side of these families in Jiangdong." ”

"If that's the case, are you sure you'll be able to protect your family?" Gu Hong asked suddenly.

Now, he just wants the Gu family to survive with thousands of people inside and outside, and what he is worried about is that even if the Gu family completely surrenders, it will let the Sun family settle the score, and then the Gu family will really have no resistance at all.

"Sun Jian is a man of great talent, he is a person who has achieved great things, and his two sons are not ordinary people, they are not ordinary people, they are not ordinary people, which is more important, they still have a number in their hearts, and their nephews are ninety percent sure that they can keep the Gu family." Gu Yong first entered the county guard mansion in the past few months, and then went with the army, which can be regarded as knowing a lot about the Sun family, and he still has this certainty.

"Then it's up to you to decide." Gu Hong squinted his eyes and sighed: "The old man is really old, the old eyes are dizzy, otherwise it would not be such a strategy in the panic, and it will cause trouble, although the Gu family has a big business, but now it is not available, and the only outstanding person is you, if you can let the Gu family survive this catastrophe, I will open the ancestral hall and pass the position of the head of the family into you!" ”

"Uncle!" Gu Yong was slightly startled and looked at Gu Hong with some surprise.

"Go, this is my token, all the strength of the Gu family is as you can mobilize, I will hand over the Gu family to you." Gu Hong pretended to be overdone, and took out a boxy token from his long sleeves, and there was an undoubted coercion in his words.

"No!" Gu Yong's expression was shocked, and he respectfully accepted this heavy token.

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In the early morning, the rain stopped, but a tense atmosphere was permeated in the fresh and refreshing air of Wu County.

Last night's bloody battle on Ximen Changjie and the attack near the county office, Xu Gong, Zhang Chu, and Gu Zhou of the Gu family united to assassinate Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, but instead let Sun Ce set up an ambush and capture him in one net.

This news has spread to everyone in the county overnight

Now everyone's eyes can feel a kind of calm after suppression, and they begin to stare at the county guard mansion one by one, waiting for the decision of the fierce tiger Sun Jian, or waiting for Sun Jian's butcher's knife.

"This Xu Gong is really beyond his strength, I'm afraid I'm going to die this time!" In the streets and alleys, some wine houses and teahouses, some scholars, in groups of three or five, there are many discussions.

In fact, Xu Gong didn't care very much, and the value of Xu Gong's use that he had lost now had become an object of Sun Jianliwei at most.

"I heard that there is also the head of the Zhang family, and Mr. Ziyang is also involved!"

But Zhang Chu is different, he is a relatively famous scholar in Wu County, and the Zhang family is a representative of the local gentry in Wu County, which makes them afraid that Sun Jian will make a big fuss about this and use Zhang Chu's affairs to kill the local gentry.

"I heard that even the Gu family's Gu Zhou was involved, and the general must be furious this time, and the Gu family will not be able to escape his responsibility!" In the middle of the wine room, a person whispered.

The most important thing is related to the Gu family, the giant of the Jiangdong Shi clan, Gu Zhou can also be regarded as a representative weight of the Gu family, and the official is the commander of Wu County, so many people regard this matter as instructed by the Gu family.

"The Gu family is not the Zhang family, I'm afraid that the general will have to weigh it carefully!" Someone sighed.

Now everyone is looking forward to the collision between Sun Jian and the Gu family.

The two major families of the Gu family and the Lu family are different from the Wu County family, they are the real giant family in Jiangdong, and they are the big families that are beyond Wu County and have influence covering Jiangdong.

A middle-aged Confucian student in his early thirty-five years, wearing a scarf and a simple cloth robe, was a little down-and-out, walking through the streets and alleys of Wu County, while walking, listening to a lot of remarks, and began to think silently in his heart.

In less than half an hour, this middle-aged Confucian had already walked in front of the Wu County Guard's Mansion, he raised his head and stared at the gate of the Commander's Mansion, he had a trace of struggle in his heart.

His name is Zhang Zhao, he wants to take refuge in Sun Jian, so he wants to recommend himself, although he is young and studious, and he has a lot of talent for asking himself, but he has been in prison and is a little unconfident.

Zhang Zhao is a native of Xuzhou, young and studious, famous in the township, a few years ago Xuzhou Pengcheng war, the rebellion was put down by the state pastor Xu Qian, and then Xu Qian heard his name, he wanted to recruit him, but he already felt the arrival of troubled times, Xu Qian was not the hero, he was not willing to take refuge, so he postponed, but offended Tao Qian, did not expect Tao Qian to put him in prison.

Last year, his friend Zhao Yu became the Guangling Taishou, so he pleaded with Tao Qian to rescue him from the prison, but he was afraid that Tao Qian would hold a grudge, so after he was released from prison, he took his family all the way south and came to Jiangdong to avoid trouble.

Zhang Zhao also stayed in Wu County for a few months, since Sun Jian entered Wu County, he began to pay attention, Sun Jian who had been observed for a while, as early as more than a month ago, he made up his mind to join Sun Jian, but he only had the arrogance of Zhang Zhao, so he had to find a suitable opportunity.

The events of last night gave him the opportunity to see, and he understood how Sun Jian was most worried.

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Above the lobby of the county guard's mansion, Sun Jian knelt in the center and his face was a little gloomy, Sun Quan and Sun Ce were there, and the faces of Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi, and Gao Dai on the left and right sides were very heavy.

"Let's talk about it, how should this Gu family be?" Sun Jian said in a deep voice.

They were discussing how to deal with the Gu family, and the problem of the Gu family became a big problem for everyone.

Sun Jian has tens of thousands of elite Jiangdong soldiers in his hands, and he has already controlled the counties of Wu County, and the soldiers are full of food, and the destruction of the Gu family is just a matter of turning over his hands, but Sun Jian may not be able to bear the consequences of the destruction of the Gu family.

It is easy to destroy the Gu family, but it is an unwise choice to offend the family family, the family family, not to say, in this era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the family family controlled most of the world, including public opinion, land, and population...... The influence is too great.

To put it mildly, if Sun Jian exterminated the Gu family, the Lu family, who had cold lips and teeth, would definitely take the lead and unite the entire Jiangdong to resist the rule of the Sun family.

Of course, with Sun Jian's current strength, he will not be afraid, at most he will kill a little heavier, and I am afraid that he will really have to kill at that time, if he does not kill hundreds of thousands of people, it will be difficult to calm down, and it will be really difficult to gain a foothold in Jiangdong at that time.

But since Gu Zhou showed his form and assassinated the people of the Sun family, it would be absolutely impossible not to deal with it, if there was no tough attitude, the Jiangdong family would only become more and more arrogant, and how to grasp this degree would become Sun Jian's headache.

Everyone also scratched their heads, one by one silent, unable to think of a reason, so the atmosphere above the lobby was a little gloomy.

"What's wrong with you, you're dumb, talk!" Sun Jian was helpless, his eyes widened, and he roared in a low voice: "Zhongmou, you come." ”

"Father, this matter is in a hurry, and the child is also thinking!" Sun Quan sat in a wheelchair, leaning on Sun Jian's side, smiling slightly bitterly, he couldn't grasp this degree when dealing with the Gu family's matter.

Sun Quan is only relying on knowledge that surpasses this era for 1,800 years, so he can see many things more thoroughly than ordinary people, but he is not as good as some top strategists.

Now there are countless generals under Sun Jian's command, but there is a lack of some top-level strategists, and Cheng Pu is at most a first-class strategist.

"Lord!" At this time, a county guard walked in, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "There is a person outside, named Zhang Zhao, who wants to take refuge in the lord, and he claims that he can relieve the lord's current worries. ”

"Zhang Zhao? Where does this person come from, he has such a big breath! ”

When everyone heard this, they were slightly angry, they discussed for most of the day, but there was no reason, but a stranger said that he could solve the matter, and he was suddenly a little angry.

"What did you say his name was?" When Sun Quan heard this, his little face was overjoyed, his eyes looked sharply at the guard, and he hurriedly asked, "Quickly answer me!" ”

"He said, his name is Zhang Zhao, and the word is Zibu." The guard was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said aloud.

"Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zibu? Hahaha...... Please, no, father, this person has Xiao He's talent, you should welcome him! Sun Quan laughed, he didn't expect that Zhang Zhao, who he had been looking for, would be automatically sent to the door.

Sun Jian settled in Wu County and opened the door of the mansion, although there were also some scattered people who came to take refuge, but at most they were some talents who sat on the lord of a county, and none of the top strategists were missing.