April, the end.

Jinling City, Eastern Suburbs, Zhongshan.

Summer is coming, the trees are growing more and more luxuriant, this rolling mountains, a verdant piece, reflecting the glorious Jinling City, more and more majestic.

Jinling Academy.

This academy has been standing in Zhongshan for some years, and as the students who began to graduate went to the court, little by little the foundation began to gradually accumulate, and now it has become a major scenery in Zhongshan.

At the highest point of the academy, in an elegant sacrificial wine study, incense mats are spread on the ground, incense is thick, the atmosphere is fresh and comfortable, Zheng Xuan and Sun Quan, one old and one young, sit on the ground, there is a desk in the middle, and there is a chess game on the desk.

Sun Quan doesn't like kneeling very much, but people like the old man can't change it after using a lifetime of kneeling.

"Teacher, you have been teaching your students to learn to be good like water, but why are you so cruel to me?" Sun Quan looked at the messy chess game with a pair of amber crystal eyes, and smiled bitterly.

Old man Zheng is also too ruthless, just playing a game of chess, relax his mood, and chase and fight as soon as he uses it, as far as his old man's amazing chess skills are concerned, Sun Quan doesn't even have the strength to fight back.

In less than an hour, ten games of chess have been played, and the games are all big routs.

This game is over again!

Sun Quan must admit that his chess skills are indeed a little smelly, but how about Old Man Zheng give some face and let himself support him for a while?

You don't have to kill them all like this!

"Hehe, Zhongmou, chess is like life!"

Zheng Xuan has worked hard for Jinling Academy in recent years, although his mental outlook is good, but the whole person seems to be a little older. The beard is white, wearing a Confucian robe, and there is some fairy style and bones.

"Life doesn't have to be so lore!"

Sun Quan pouted.

"Life is like chess, retreat when you should retreat, and move forward bravely when you should advance!"

Zheng Xuan squinted his eyes. looked at Sun Quan's bitter gourd face, gently brushed the white hair of his chin with his right hand, and said indifferently: "Goodness is like water, that is the attitude of an outsider, but you are an insider, you can't escape, goodness is like water, it is a dead end, you can only move forward bravely." Fight your way through the blood! ”

Qiang Qiang's voice made Sun Quan feel a little emotional.

"Teacher, your words will make Jinling City blood-stained!" Sun Quan smiled slightly, his smile looked a little bitter.

One move, one kill.

He now has a heavy army in his hand, and every move, even an attitude, has made Jinling City, which has a population of nearly two million, turbulent and bloody.

"There's a little blood here in Jinling City. It's better than the entire Wu Kingdom collapsing! ”

Zheng Xuan is not an old-fashioned Confucian, he is a great Confucian. Although he did not become an official, he saw the government and the opposition more clearly than anyone else.

He has experienced the turmoil of the troubled times, the fall of the Han Dynasty, the struggle for hegemony of the princes, and the rise of the Wu State. The limitations of his vision of the problem have long been out of the box.

Those who achieve great things will inevitably abandon small righteousness.

In the years of Wu, he saw a hope, he did not want Wu to be divided because of this, nor did he want Wu to end here.

The student thinks. Playing chess with the teacher, some masochistic tendencies! ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his face remained unchanged, and there was a touch of indifferent helplessness in his expression, he stood up and bowed to Zheng Xuan: "Next time, students will definitely not play chess with the teacher!" ”

"If you don't want to, the old man is not happy?"

When Zheng Xuan heard this, he raised his eyebrows, glanced at him coldly, and hated that iron could not become steel: "Among so many students of the old man, your handwriting is the most ugly, you are the least skilled in reading, and you are the worst at chess. ”

Sun Quan is Zheng Xuan's beginner disciple, different from ordinary students, but this little disciple is a little unlearned, although he has some talent, but he is said to be literary and talented, he can't even interpret a step of the Analects.

Not to mention the others, none of them are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

"Okay!"

When Sun Quan heard this, his face smiled slightly wryly, and he felt that he had admitted his mistake in front of the old man: "The student is wrong, the student lives up to the high expectations of the teacher, and the student will retire, so as not to make the teacher angry!" ”

"Zhongmou!"

Zheng Xuan suddenly stopped Sun Quan: "Be careful, if you can't do it, the old man will leave a place for you here!" ”

He has confidence in Sun Quan, but in the situation in Jinling, Sun Quan has lost his first hand, even if the tens of thousands of heroes he is now leading, carrying unparalleled might, the class division returns to the court, and the soldiers are coming to the city, they dare not enter the city.

A Jinling city, representing the supreme authority of the state of Wu.

Even Sun Quan cannot offend this authority.

"Huh?"

Sun Quan walked to the door, suddenly heard the words, slightly stunned, looked back, looked at Zheng Xuan's face with a trace of worry, and a comfortable smile appeared on his handsome face: "Teacher, don't worry, the students don't want to die yet, although Jinling City is majestic, but it also looks at the right person, this is my home field!" ”

It has been several days since Sun Quan returned to the dynasty from Jingzhou, but now he has not entered the city, and now tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are entrenched in the eastern suburbs of Zhongshan, it is estimated that many people in the city now think he is afraid, right?

After all, it is Sun Yi who controls the situation in the city now, and Sun Yi's Xiying has firmly controlled the major gates of Jinling City, and as for the entrenched in the city, it is Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong.

Sun Ce has not moved, but he is entrenched in the city, he is a peerless male teacher, Sun Quan is not afraid of Sun Yi, but he has to be afraid of Sun Ce, Sun Ce has a Zhou Yu by his side, Zhou Yu's layout in the past few months is enough for Sun Ce to stabilize Jinling City.

And Sun Quan, he has lost a pioneer for Jinling City, and now his soldiers and horses are all entrenched outside the city, if he attacks the city directly, not to mention whether they can capture this strong and unparalleled fortress, just to say the meaning, he will also be spurned by Wu State.

Jinling City, the capital of the State of Wu.

No matter what, if Sun Quan has a great honor to move troops here, even if he is now recognized by the Wu State, even if he single-handedly defeats the Chu State, even if it is ......

He will also be beaten with a stick to become a rebel of the state of Wu.

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The night was bright. Zhongshan is secluded.

In a valley, the tens of thousands of troops who returned from the western expedition, together with the tens of thousands of troops of Xiaoyaojin, and some troops transferred back from the East China Sea by Li Ne during this time, add up to about 100,000 soldiers and horses, entrenched here.

The tents on top of the tents stretched on several peaks, and the camps were strict. It exuded a chilling aura, making the scouts in the city seem to dare not take a step closer to Zhong Shan.

"Toot toot!"

In the camp of the Chinese army, in the spacious tent, the lights are bright, Cai Yan's elegant delicate body sits next to him, Sun Quan sits in the middle and holds his little son, his hands are close to his pink little face, and he keeps laughing.

Zhen Mi gave birth to a son to him.

For Sun Quan, who has always wanted an intimate little padded jacket, he is really a little disappointed. However, this younger son is much cuter than the eldest son, as soon as the eldest speaks, he tosses very much, but the younger one is quiet.

"Right!" Cai Yan's beautiful eyes sparkled, looking at Sun Quan's side face.

"Are you worried about me?" Sun Quan turned his head and smiled slightly, his smile made Cai Yan feel a lot more at ease.

"What did you do to get into town?" Cai Yan gritted his teeth and asked softly.

"It's coming!"

Sun Quan looked up. There was a trace of vicissitudes in his eyes, and he said, "Even if I am willing to wait." They probably won't be able to wait! ”

"Prince!"

At this time, outside the camp gate, a hoarse and low voice sounded.

"Come in!"

Sun Quan raised his head and glanced at the voice outside the door, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, the words hadn't fallen yet. It seems that Li Nie is really impatient to wait.

"Husband, give me the child, I'll go see Xiao Mi!"

Cai Yan glanced at Li Nie who walked in, and then took the child from Sun Quan's hand very meekly, and lifted the cyan palace skirt with one hand. Holding the child in one hand, he walked out.

She is an atmospheric woman, she is full of poetry and books, and she understands the situation in Wu State now, this time should be the most nervous time for Sun Quan, what she has to do is not let him have a trace of worries.

"How's it going?"

Sun Quan stood up, loosened the bones on his body, looked at Li Nie, and asked.

Sun Yi thought that he was in control of the Western Army, but unfortunately, he didn't know that he had already fallen into Sun Quan's trap, and the Western Army was just a matter of withdrawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and tens of thousands of troops would get out of control.

"Almost!" Li Nie bowed down and said: "He is a person who understands the overall situation!" ”

"Can the third child be saved?"

Sun Quan nodded, put his hands behind his back, and suddenly asked.

"The law is intolerable, and the sin is unforgivable!" The corners of Li Nie's mouth outlined a touch of murderous intent.

"Don't talk to me!"

Sun Quan glared at him back, sneered, and said, "Lao Li, who are the two of us, don't Ben Hou still know you, I'll just ask you, do you give him a way to live?" ”

Father has already gone, and he doesn't want the grandfathers of the Sun family to be few.

"Then it's up to him to choose!"

Li Nie thought for a while, and said helplessly: "If he does it, he will definitely die, if he stays, we can leave him a way to live as appropriate!" ”

"You say it's the same as you don't say it!" Sun Quan's eyes were cold, and he said: "Now that the third child only thinks that he controls the general trend of Jinling, will he not do it?" ”

Sun Yi controls the situation in the city, and there are many family forces united by Wei Teng who are supporting him, with other people's heads and pig brains, if he doesn't move, it will be strange!

"Not necessarily!"

Li Nie said leisurely: "The eldest prince hasn't moved now, it's just him Sun Yi, can he still turn the sky upside down, maybe he will be scared by the eldest prince, and he can't say if he retreats!" ”

"If a man's ambition opens a door, then he will go mad!" Sun Quan shook his head and said, "In the past, Sun Ce could scare him, but now, no, Sun Yi can't stop it!" ”

"You know it yourself, so why ask me again!"

Li Nie said lightly, Sun Zhongmou is sometimes so naïve, knowing that he can't do it.

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Sun Quan shrugged his shoulders, raised his head, glanced at Li Nie's zombie face, and said, "It's my fault, it's my fault that I think things too beautifully, it's my fault, alas!" The things that can't be avoided should be solved as soon as possible, our brothers have a break after all, Li Nie, you go to the city now and spread the news to me! ”

"Going to do it?" Li Nie's eyes were slightly happy,

"You go and tell Sun Ce for me, three days later, I will enter the city alone, this westward expedition, a complete victory, in one fell swoop to eliminate the Chu State, open up the territory, Wu State should be celebrated by the whole world!"

Sun Quan's eyes had a cold light: "He should give me a reception banquet, and also give hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Western Expedition a beautiful banquet!" ”

"No!" Li Ne nodded: "Where is the location?" ”

"Wangcheng!"

Sun Quan's gaze was filled with this complicated light. (To be continued......)