When the battle in Xuzhou was in full swing, Zhang Chao led the army of the first, sixth, and seventh regiments all the way through Dingling, Shangcai, and came straight to Runan.

The news of the two battles and two victories of the Celestial Empire army was transmitted to the Eastern Wu, which caused the entire land of Eastern Wu to change in the sky, and Sun Jian, the king of Wu, immediately convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures.

Originally, I thought that they could gain the initiative in the war by attacking suddenly, waiting for work at ease, and with mental calculation or unintentionality. As long as they occupy most of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, at that time they will have the capital to negotiate terms with Zhang Chao.

At that time, Sun Jian didn't think that one person would monopolize two states, and it would be a big deal to give up one state in the Celestial Empire, so that he would have face, and everything would be happy, and at that time, Soochow would have one more state, and his strength would be improved a lot.

But I never thought that Zhang Chao didn't care about that at all, and directly sent troops to kill him, and even under the two battles, they lost two games in a row, and it was not difficult to lose more than 500,000 soldiers, and even the veterans Huang Gai and Ding Feng were killed, and Xu Sheng was also captured.

This result was something Sun Jianwan didn't expect, and now he began to regret provoking Zhang Chao in his heart. If you don't do it, at least everyone still has a trace of family affection because of Sun Shangxiang, but if you do it, everything will be gone.

"Let's talk about what's next." Sun Jian sat high in His Royal Highness, looking at the civil and military ministers standing below, with a look of hope in his eyes.

It was because of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu that he decided to send troops to Xu and Henan, but now it seems that this strategy has failed. He just wants someone to come up with a new strategy to save the day.

Compared with a few months ago, the situation in Eastern Wu was scrambled to speak, this time the hall was indeed much quieter, it seemed that everyone knew that the situation was not good now, and King Wu was not in a good mood, and no one wanted to touch this mold.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak for a while, Sun Jian had no choice but to prepare for the roll call, he first set his eyes on Zhang Zhao's body, in his eyes, this is a scheming person, presumably he should have some way to deal with the current situation.

It's just that before Sun Jian could speak, one person in the audience had already stood up, with blue eyes and purple hair, like Sun Quan, who was like a yellow dragon descending from earth, was the first to stand up at this moment and was ready to express his attitude.

Because of Zhang Chao, Sun Jian and Sun Ce are alive, so Sun Quan has not become the king of Eastern Wu since he is not as old as in history, but although he is not very old, he is indeed very smart, and he is very sophisticated, although he is the second son, but his influence is not weak, and now he is the first to stand up, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing the second son stand up, Sun Jian put down the idea of asking Zhang Zhao, and changed his words: "Quan'er, do you have anything to say?" ”

"Yes, Father, my son has something to say." Sun Quan knelt on the ground and said very respectfully. "Father, in the current situation, it is obviously not so easy to negotiate peace with the Celestial Empire, even if the other party is willing to talk, I am afraid that the result will not be beneficial to us. It happened that the eldest brother was in Runan, and Erchen thought that we should still fight a battle, as long as we won the war, we had the right to negotiate with others, otherwise, there was nothing to talk about. ”

Sun Quan will be the first to stand up and express his position, precisely because he is worried that his father will have a sense of fear because of the two defeats, if this is the case, Dongwu Mo will say that he is dominant, or whether he can keep the current foundation is a problem.

Maybe Dongwu was really occupied by the Celestial Empire, which is not a bad thing for many ministers, but as a member of the Sun family, it is indeed only harmful. This is equivalent to him and his brother Sun Ce losing the opportunity to be promoted to King Wu.

Therefore, other people can surrender to the Celestial Empire, and as a member of the Sun family, he really can't do it.

Sun Quan expressed his position early, and his words immediately attracted a burst of discussion from everyone in the hall, and it could be heard from the voice that there did not seem to be many people who supported him.

Sun Quan didn't care too much about these, he only knew that Soochow belonged to the Sun family, not to the ministers. The so-called matters are not about themselves, they are just standing on their own interests, and they cannot be trusted.

Sun Quan's attitude was clear, which made Zhang Zhao, the head of the Wenchen, who was already about to speak, suddenly close his mouth.

As the head of the Wenchen of Eastern Wu, Zhang Zhao's influence is still very great, and even some of his protégés have gradually begun to serve as the heads of some important departments. It can be said that if he has any attitude towards one thing, even Wu Wang Sun Jian has to think about it.

Zhang Zhao didn't speak immediately just now, he was thinking about how to phrase it, but in fact, he already had a clear attitude. And all this is because of his nephew Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao got a messenger because of his own relationship. Although this is not a big official, if the thing is done, it is indeed a good opportunity for promotion, but he never expected that he would be cut off by Zhang Chao.

This is clearly Zhang Chao's ignorance of himself, so it can be imagined that if Dongwu surrenders, will Zhang Zhao have a good life?

Originally, Zhang Zhao, who did want to surrender once the Celestial Empire came, also changed his attitude because of this incident. Even if Zhang Chao looks down on himself, he has to fight this old bone, and he only tries it.

In history, Cao Cao once led an army of 800,000 to the south, but at that time he sent someone to make friends with Zhang Zhao privately, and promised many benefits, which made the Eastern Wu at that time, the civil ministers surrender, and the military ministers mainly battled.

But this time, Zhang Chao did not have a relationship with Zhang Zhao, but offended him, so it is conceivable that Zhang Zhao will never be in peace.

Now seeing that Sun Quan took the first step to express his attitude, and coincided with his own thoughts, Zhang Zhao also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the words of the Second Highness are really the words of my heart. Now that we are defeated on both sides, the first line of Yuzhou cannot be defeated, as His Royal Highness said, only by defeating the Celestial Empire can we have the capital to sit down and negotiate peace with it. In this way, the minister suggested that when sending a large army to Runan, at least in terms of troops, there should be no disadvantage. ”

Zhang Zhaofeidan supported Sun Quan's idea, and asked to continue to increase the number of troops, and when the other courtiers heard it, they were shocked at first, and then a smart person thought of Zhang Chao, and naturally understood what was going on.

Even if Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao both had the same idea, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the Great Highness of Runan, did not have the slightest intention of retreating, then the current situation had become clear, and there must be a battle against the Celestial Empire.

The situation became clear, and the ministers below began to express their positions one after another, all according to the intentions of Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao.

Sun Jian looked at everyone in a tone, he knew that the war would continue, he was born as a military general, he was not afraid of anyone in the world, how could he be afraid of a Zhang Chao now? "Okay, now that everyone is asking for a battle, then increase the troops in Runan and fight against the Celestial Empire. Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Lone ordered the two of you to each take 200,000 troops to Runan to cooperate with the First Battle. ”

Sun Jian expressed his position and put forward the theory of a decisive battle, and at that moment, everyone in the entire hall knelt on the ground and shouted the king's sage.

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New Choi County.

The army of the Celestial Empire arrived at this point, making a simple rest.

Along the way, the army of the Celestial Empire continued to attack the city and plunder the land, and all the counties and counties were surrendered, and now except for one Runan, it is not in the hands, and the entire Yuzhou is already in control of the overall situation.

After the army arrived at Xincai, it received the news that Eastern Wu had increased its troops to Runan.

"Hehe, this is the frame for a decisive battle with me." After Zhang Chao saw the news from Tianyan, he couldn't help but smile. The disdain in his eyes was very obvious, but if he looked closely, he could see a faint hint of anger mixed in.

For Eastern Wu, Zhang Chao really didn't think about using force to submit, he thought that once he defeated Cao Cao, Eastern Wu should be captured, at that time, because of the face of the sixth lady, he would give the Sun family a good status, and even the throne of the king of Eastern Wu could be retained, as long as they obeyed their orders to move their families to Jinyang City. It's not without precedent for things like this, for example, isn't Yuan Shao in Jinyang City, still inheriting the position of Ji Hou?

But he never thought that Dongwu would choose to do it to himself, or to strike first, which really made him unbearable, and his temper was that anyone wanted to provoke him, then I'm sorry, you have to be the result of being hit after the provocation.

"Is there any movement in Xishu?" Zhang Chao just glanced at the battle report, then put aside the matter of the increase in troops in Eastern Wu, and turned his attention to other things.

"No, there is news from Tianyan that Zhuge Liang is concentrating his forces to build a city. Oh, by the way, they have added 200,000 troops to Jingzhou, and it seems that they are afraid that our army will suddenly point at them and make a precaution. Li Ru, the commander of the Sixth Army Corps, replied.

"Prevention? I don't think so, they should take the opportunity to tell us that Xishu is still very powerful, and you want to attack whoever you want, but don't hit their idea. Zhang Chao shook his head after hearing this, and broke the other party's meaning with one word.

Seeing that Zhang Chao understood Xishu's thoughts at a glance, Li Ru also smiled. He knew that there were some things he just had to tell the truth, that is, their emperor was not stupid at all than others, but he was also very smart. Especially for some general trends, it is better to grasp it, that is, he sometimes has to think that he is inferior.

Knowing that Xishu would not threaten him for the time being, Zhang Chao focused on Dongwu again, "Isn't there any news from that Cao Apu now?" He rode with a full 30,000 tigers and leopards, so he wouldn't just disappear quietly. ”