Wu Guotai said a word, leaving Sun Quan speechless.

After Sun Ce passed away, he usurped the position of Marquis Wu from Sun Zhao, and he also made things difficult for Da Qiao's mother and son.

Now that the imperial army is pressing, in order to maintain his power, Sun Quan decided to launch the Jiangdong army to resist the southbound imperial court soldiers and horses.

However, the Jiangdong Army and the Han Army clashed, and the two sides fought several times, and the Jiangdong Army was almost defeated in consecutive battles, and there was no chance of turning the tables at all.

Zhuge Jin led an army of 50,000 to intercept the Han army from the west, Sun Quan did not expect them to be able to stop the Han army for too long, but to his surprise, in just over 20 days, the Han army completely annihilated Zhuge Jin's troops and advanced all the way towards Jianye.

What Sun Quan expected was the Jiangdong Navy under Lu Xun's department.

The Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army have fought countless times in the past many years, and each time the Jiangdong Army relied on the advantages of the water army to suppress the Jingzhou Army, and the infantry army could successfully land on the shore, which made Jingzhou Liu Biao suffer a lot.

Sun Quan originally thought that this time with the confrontation between the imperial court, the Jiangdong naval army could still suppress the Han army's naval division as before, thus delaying the time, so that hundreds of thousands of Han troops gathered on the north bank, but it was impossible to make any achievements.

However, his plan fell through.

The Jingzhou Navy Army, which had never been looked upon by him and the Jiangdong Water Army, was absorbed by the imperial court, as if it had changed into a team, and its combat power on the river was no longer the same as in the past.

The Yangtze River was lost, and the last barrier of the Jiangdong Army was completely in the hands of the Han army.

The 800,000 Han army, divided into two routes, advanced towards Jianye.

In the past few days, none of the news Sun Quan has received is what he is willing to hear, but the bad news has come one after another, constantly suppressing his confidence in confronting the imperial court.

was reprimanded by Wu Guotai, and Sun Quan was entangled in his heart.

What touched him the most was not only that the Han army was approaching Jianye all the way, but what made him even more entangled was that once he died, if he really had a spirit in the sky and saw Sun Jian and Sun Ce, he really didn't know how to defend himself.

Looking at Wu Guotai, Sun Quan looked sad, and said with sadness in his words: "Mother, the naval army has been broken by the enemy, the Yangtze River has been lost, and Jiangdong is difficult to protect!" ”

"It's hard to protect Jiangdong, can't you save your life?" With a gloomy face, Wu Guotai's voice became deeper, and he said to Sun Quan: "At present, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, if you gather in one place and defend Jianye, even if the imperial court is capable, it will take a few months to break through." I have heard for a long time that His Majesty loves soldiers like sons, and every time he attacks a city, he will definitely find a flaw in the enemy's army, and he will let the soldiers come forward. If my son sacrifices Jiangdong at this time, although the wealth is difficult to guarantee, his life will definitely be kept! ”

"What does Mother mean?" Looking at Wu Guotai, Sun Quan said with a stunned face: "Do you want the child to sacrifice Jiangdong?" ”

"Compared with my son's life, Jiangdong is just a trivial matter!" Sighing softly, Wu Guotai said: "30,000 soldiers and horses against the 800,000 imperial army, even if my son has the ability to reach the sky, if he loses the Yangtze River, there is no possibility of success!" ”

Before planning to kill himself, Sun Quan had already thought of surrendering to the imperial court, but he was worried that Liu Wei would not surrender, so he had to think of the idea of suicide.

Now there is still a glimmer of life, thinking that what Wu Guotai said is not unreasonable, he instantly hesitated again!

Jiangdong will definitely not be able to hold it, the imperial army is approaching Jianye, not to mention that the Jiangdong army only has 30,000 people, even if there are 300,000 people, I am afraid it will have no effect on the entire war situation.

Suicide is a point of no return, but serving the imperial court has a glimmer of life.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan hurriedly ordered the soldiers standing in the hall: "Go and invite Zhang Zhao to come quickly!" ”

Hearing Sun Quan shout such a sentence, Wu Guotai suddenly understood that he no longer had the idea of committing suicide, but thought of making a last fight in order to survive.

With a relieved smile on his face, Wu Guotai nodded, didn't say anything, turned around and left the front hall with a group of maids.

When Wu Guotai left, Sun Quan stood up, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed to her back.

Mothers think about their children, which is a common problem shared by women who are mothers in the world.

As Sun Jian's wife, although Wu Guotai has an honorable status, he is not exempt from vulgarity!

Her words not only made Sun Quan give up the idea of suicide, but even ignited a strong desire to live more.

Soon after Wu Guotai left, Zhang Zhao, who was greeted by Sun Quan, trotted all the way to the council hall under the guidance of a guard.

Zhang Zhao is also a veteran of Jiangdong, and he also followed Sun Jian back then.

The Jiangdong army has gone, Jiangdong will fall into the hands of the imperial court sooner or later, and Zhang Zhao has not been able to come up with any way to reverse the situation.

The only thing he thought of was that once Jianye was lost, he could only thank the Jiangdong Sun clan for his kindness to him with death.

After making a plan in his heart, Zhang Zhao returned to the mansion and immediately instructed the servants in the mansion to tidy up the family property, intending to dedicate these properties to the people of Jianye who were besieged with the Sun clan in Jiangdong when the Han army was approaching Jianye.

While he was doing these things, a guard in the palace suddenly came to him and said that Sun Quan had invited him to discuss the matter.

Although there was no hope of defeating the imperial army, when he learned that Sun Quan had called him, Zhang Zhao hurriedly followed the guards to the Wuhou Mansion.

Hurried to the front hall, and when he arrived at the door, he found that Sun Quan had not left, and bowed to Sun Quan in the hall with his fists and said: "I heard that Wu Hou was summoned, and the subordinates did not dare to slack off and hurriedly came, but there is really a way, come late, Wu Hou is not strange!" ”

Raising his hand towards Zhang Zhaoxu, Sun Quan's gaze fell on him, and said to him: "Jiangdong is in danger, and the Sun family is in danger." Inviting Zhang Gong to come is to discuss with the public the only way to protect the Sun family! ”

Zhang Zhao is also an old minister in Jiangdong, Sun Quan said that he wanted to discuss with him the method of holding the Sun family, Zhang Zhao maintained the posture of holding his fists and bowing, but his waist was lower than before.

Looking at Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan sighed softly and said: "The battle report ahead, Zhuge Jin led the army to stop Zhuge Jun, but it was a setback, and now the 50,000 army has no way to retreat, and it has surrendered to the imperial court." Lu Xun's naval army was originally the key to blocking the imperial army, but now the entire army has been wiped out, most of the soldiers have died in battle, and the rest are to follow Lu Xun and surrender to the imperial court! ”

What Sun Quan said, Zhang Zhao is clear.

But he didn't respond, just maintained a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, waiting for Sun Quan to continue.

His eyes fell on Zhang Zhao's body, Sun Quan frowned, and said with an entangled expression: "Fang Cai's mother said a few words to a certain person, which made a certain mouth suddenly!" ”

When Sun Quan said that he was suddenly open, Zhang Zhao still did not respond.

From Sun Quan's words, he seemed to hear something unusual.

He once persuaded Sun Quan that the Han army was going south, and it was difficult for the Jiangdong army to resist the enemy, but at that time, Sun Quan was bent on protecting Jiangdong and the foundation of the Sun family, and refused to submit to the Han court, at least he refused to hand over the real power in his hands to the current emperor.

However, the current emperor is different from the second emperor Huan Ling, who has passed away.

Only know pleasure, the two emperors of Huan Ling, who will be devastated by the disaster of the Han Dynasty, in the end, all he can do is to put the power in his hands to the princes of all walks of life, and the country has been stabilized.

Their approach did have a certain effect at that time, but over time, the power in the hands of the heroes was too great, and the court gradually lost its prestige in the eyes of the heroes.

Today's emperor, following the Qin system, divides all localities into the Department of Assassination and appoints the Assassin History to govern.

In addition to the assassin history, the emperor even installed some officials who were not very high, but had a lot of real power to be stationed in various places to supervise the assassination of the history.

From these measures, Zhang Zhao can also see that today's emperor wants to concentrate imperial power in his hands.

Although Sun Quan recognized the Han court, he planned to privately sit in Jiangdong, hold his own soldiers and horses, and retain the power to compete for the world, which was completely contrary to the emperor's idea of great unification.

It is also reasonable that Jiangdong was attacked by the imperial army.

He persuaded Sun Quan earlier, but he didn't listen to it at the time, and now Zhang Zhao doesn't want to mention these things.

Sun Quan revealed the idea of serving the imperial court, and all Zhang Zhao had to do was to make a plan to see how to save the bargaining chips with the imperial court in the case of defeat.

"Zhang Gong persuaded so-and-so earlier!" His eyes never took off Zhang Zhao's body, Sun Quan sighed softly, and said with a look of annoyance: "A certain hate didn't listen to Zhang Gong that day!" ”

Sun Quan took the initiative to admit his mistake, which was indeed beyond Zhang Zhao's expectations.

looked at Sun Quan with a stunned face, Zhang Zhao's mouth was slightly open, but he still didn't speak.

The words have already reached this point, and it is superfluous for him to say anything, which only makes Sun Quan more confused and irritable in his heart.

Zhang Zhao didn't say anything, and Sun Quan really continued: "I have the intention to serve the court, but I don't know if His Majesty will give him another chance to surrender." After thinking about it again and again, among all the people in Jiangdong, only Zhang Gong thought about Zhou Xiang, and hoped that Zhang Gong would go and present a certain intention of surrender to His Majesty! ”

Sun Quan's request made Zhang Zhao feel very embarrassed.

Frowning, Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment before replying: "Wu Hou had no intention of surrendering to the imperial court that day, and now my Jiangdong naval army has broken through for the imperial court, and Jiangdong soldiers and horses are only 30,000. With 30,000 people, I want to do it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for His Majesty to respond today! ”

"Zhang Gong!" also knew why Zhang Zhao was so confused, Sun Quan said to him: "Although there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, if 30,000 soldiers and horses are gathered in Jianye to build the grain and grass in the city, it is not difficult to build the city for a year!" Now His Majesty is anxious to dominate the world, and the surrender of a certain leading army is only good for him, but not the slightest harm. If Zhang Gong has doubts, he will find someone else! ”

Although Sun Quan was talking about looking for others, when he looked at Zhang Zhao, his eyes were full of expectation.

Being stared at by Sun Quan like this, Zhang Zhao was entangled in his heart, and he thought for a moment with his brows on his brows, and then sighed and said: "Since Marquis Wu has the intention of serving the imperial court, his subordinates will go for a while." If things don't work out, the subordinates will be one step ahead of Wu Hou! ”