Back at Wuhou Mansion, Sun Quan did not delay at all, and entered the back garden with Zhang Zhao.

There is also a small hall in the back garden, in the past, Sun Quan rarely discussed with people in this small hall, because Zhang Zhao was ordered to go to meet Liu Wei, and brought back the news that Sun Quan wanted the most, in order to avoid anyone from obstructing it, he chose to discuss with Zhang Zhao in the small hall of the back garden, and there was no grandiose in the main hall in the front yard.

Following Sun Quan into the backyard, Zhang Zhao already understood his intentions, so he didn't speak, just followed briskly behind.

Entering the small hall, Sun Quan first sat down in the first seat, and then gestured to Zhang Zhaobi and said, "Old general, please take a seat!" ”

The reason why Zhang Zhao is called an old general is only because his current position in Eastern Wu is General Suiyuan.

However, he does not have a lot of soldiers and horses under his command like a military general, but he just bears the name of a general, and he does not have much real power in his hands.

Sitting opposite Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao clasped his fists and said: "Since Your Majesty promised Wu Hou to sacrifice Jiangdong, he will not do harm, Wu Hou has a bad complexion, could it be that he still has hesitation in his heart?" ”

Sighing lightly, Sun Quan nodded and said to Zhang Zhao: "Earlier, Shang Xiang wrote back a letter asking for a certain sacrifice to Jiangdong. It's just that he thinks that there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, and there are many soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, even if the imperial army goes south, he can't help it, so he intends to fight. As for betraying the imperial court, a certain person never thought about it! ”

Sun Quan's words made Zhang Zhao very disapproving.

The Sun clan of Jiangdong has been entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and the reason why he refuses to give up Jiangdong is that Sun Quan is nothing more than reluctant to give up the power in his hands.

Although he would not make the same mistake as Yuan Shu and rashly claim the emperor, in order to protect the power of the Sun family and compete with the imperial court, in the eyes of the imperial court, Sun Quan has long been the same as a rebel.

Saying that he didn't dare to betray the imperial court, Zhang Zhao just felt that he couldn't find a better word to respond, so he could only remain silent.

As if he could see something on Zhang Zhao's face, Sun Quan's eyelids lowered slightly, and then he asked him: "Your Majesty came to Jianye, and a certain person went out of the city to greet him, if he ordered to capture a certain person left and right, what should such and such do?" ”

"The king of one dynasty is different from the hero!" Shaking his head, Zhang Zhao showed a faint smile on his face, and said to Sun Quan: "Your Majesty did not promise Marquis Wu to sacrifice Jiangdong at first, the army of 800,000 is already approaching Jianye, even if Marquis Wu does not sacrifice Jiangdong, this place will definitely fall into the hands of the imperial court!" ”

What Zhang Zhao said, Sun Quan understood everything.

If there is a little way, he will not choose to sacrifice Jiangdong to the imperial court.

When Sun Jian fought with the Jingzhou army for Jiangdong, he was shot by Huang Zu's general with a cold arrow, although Sun Ce said that he recaptured Jiangdong, and since the rise of the Sun clan in Jiangdong again, Jingzhou has been suppressed by them, but Sun Ce did not live for a few years, and was assassinated and let go.

Having taken over Jiangdong from Sun Ce, Sun Quan certainly didn't want to lose it in his hands.

Although it was dedicated to the imperial court, decades later, he did not know how to explain it to future generations.

Of the 50,000 Jiangdong troops in the city, 20,000 were only recruited from all over the city.

These people can only be regarded as a number of people at most, and if they really fight, I am afraid that the Han army has not yet climbed the city wall, and they are already soft!

There is no chance of victory, in order to protect the Jiangdong Sun family, and also to save his own life, the imperial army has crossed the Yangtze River, he has no other choice, the only choice is to sacrifice Jiangdong in exchange for his life!