The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 464 Volume The Great Han Wu Hou
"Only those with the surname Liu can be crowned kings. This is the rule established by Emperor Gaozu."

"Your Majesty is not the kind of emperor who would allow Sun Quan to rule his own country."

"So, I won't agree to either of these two conditions!"

Lu Xun came to Gu Yong and directly rejected Sun Quan's proposal.

"Even if we can't take E County today and let Sun Ce escape back to Jiangdong... so what?"

"Do you think that you can stop the emperor? Do you think you can stop the Han Dynasty with just the Yangtze River?"

Lu Xun made a gesture to see the guest off, and Lu Meng also cooperated by making way and asking Gu Yong to leave!

Gu Yong frowned and said in a deep voice: "Think about it carefully!"

"Letting Sun Ce return to Jiangdong alive will not benefit anyone!"

"It's a win-win situation for both sides to divide the river and rule together! You..."

"Oh~~~"

Lu Meng on the side interrupted Gu Yong.

"It is better to use your remaining courage to pursue the poor bandits, not to use your reputation as an academic overlord!"

"This is a poem written by the emperor! When Kebineng invaded the Central Plains, the emperor chased him all the way to the foot of Langjuxu Mountain! Who wants to divide the river with you?"

Lu Meng's words made Gu Yong look very ugly, and Lu Xun also delivered a fatal blow at this moment -

"Gu Yuantan, you and Sun Quan made a mistake."

"We are not begging you to hand over E County now."

"Instead, you begged the imperial court to eliminate Sun Ce!"

"If we don't take E County, it will only take the court more time to prepare for the attack on Jiangdong in the future!"

"But if Sun Ce is not eliminated, who do you think will be executed first when Sun Ce returns to Jiangdong?"

Gu Yong finally showed a look of panic in his eyes!
The size of the imperial court does not allow Jiangdong to put forward any conditions.

If the imperial court simply ignored the matter and let Sun Ce return to Jiangdong, it would inevitably be another catastrophe for the Jiangdong aristocratic families!
At this moment, Lu Meng approached Gu Yong in an even more despicable manner.

"Anyway, we have already occupied Jiangxia!"

"In this way, Changsha and Guiyang counties can also return to the hands of the imperial court."

"The court's complete recovery of Jingzhou is already a great military achievement. So what if we let Sun Ce go?"

"It's not us who are asking for help now, but you!"

When Gu Yong heard Lü Meng mention Jiangxia, he was immediately furious: "If it weren't for our indulgence, how could the court easily take Jiangxia?"

"Ah."

Lu Meng said disdainfully: "Anyway, Jiangxia is in our hands now, so you can fight back if you have the guts!"

"Oh, I forgot to remind you. We presented 3,000 sets of armor at Wusheng Pass, not 2,000! Don't be fooled!"

Gu Yong clenched his fists.

But after a moment, Gu Yong forced himself to suppress his anger.

"So what kind of conditions can you accept?"

Seeing that Gu Yong had finally put his identity in perspective, Lu Xun then informed Gu Yong of the court's conditions.

"Sun Quan, forget about the throne of King Wu... Are you talking about Wu Rui, the King of Changsha in the early Han Dynasty? Wu Rui helped Emperor Gaozu to pacify the world. Why did Sun Quan want to be like Wu Rui?"

"So, Sun Quan can only be the Marquis of Wu!"

Lu Xun directly demoted the title of "King of Wu" to "Marquis of Wu".

"This is the court's bottom line... If it doesn't work, then forget it!"

Gu Yong asked: "Then the court must swear an oath not to attack Jiangdong!"

"Ah."

Lu Meng stood up again and mocked Gu Yong——

"We can't attack Jiangdong? What if Sun Quan rebels?"

oath?

Is Jiangdong worthy?

Lu Xun was not in a hurry to argue with Gu Yong on this point.

"This matter is of great importance. I will definitely report it to the emperor, and he will make the final decision!"

"But I have to promise you first, as long as you ask Zhu Huan to give up E County, we can discuss these in detail!"

Gu Yong sneered: "What if the court breaks the agreement?"

"The imperial court cannot possibly sacrifice its reputation for such a small matter!"

"Ordinary people are willing to keep their promises, let alone the imperial court?"

"And you guys, there is no room for bargaining at all!"

Lu Xun's attitude was extremely humble from beginning to end.

But the words were so strong that they were hard to understand!
Gu Yong felt uneasy, but when he thought that the most important thing at the moment was to get rid of Sun Ce, he immediately agreed.

"it is good!"

……

In fact, as early as when Lu Xun was negotiating with Gu Yong, Pang De had sent someone to quickly pass the news to the emperor.

When Liu Xie saw the military information handed over by Pang De, he actually jumped up from his chair!

There are very few things in this world that can shock Liu Xie.

But obviously, the bottom line of Sun Quan and the Jiangdong family once again refreshed Liu Xie's three views!
Liu Xie was amazed when he received the information. The scene of Sun Ce desperately protecting Sun Quan was still vivid in his mind. Liu Xie remembered that he had specifically asked Sun Ce at that time, "Are you really sure you want to protect Sun Quan?"
No one expected that the knife would stab so fast and pierce Sun Ce's heart in one swoop?
Liu Xie went to the tent for talks.

When everyone saw this information, they all thought that Jiangdong was deceiving the court.

Sima Yi even thought that this was Sun Quan's conspiracy theory, and that he must be secretly cooperating with Sun Ce to scheme against Pang De's army!

But Liu Xie just said calmly: "It's true! Sun Quan is really capable of doing such a thing!"

Sima Yi was stunned when he heard this.

Sima Yi admitted that his moral standards were not very high.

But even he couldn't do such a thing as fratricide!
At this moment, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang also came to the emperor's tent.

After hearing the brotherly love and respect between the Jiangdong Sun brothers, he looked at Cao Pi thoughtfully.

"Brother, why are you looking at me? Am I the kind of villain who would murder my own brothers? This Sun Quan is really abominable! He corrupts the morals! Look, I will ask the emperor for permission to lead the army to conquer Jiangdong!"

"..."

However, although everyone sighed, they also realized that this was indeed a great opportunity to actually destroy Jiangdong's manpower!
As long as the troops of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can be swallowed up, Jiangdong will completely lose its threat to the imperial court!
The natural barrier of the Yangtze River is no joke.

Even if Jingzhou was occupied and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were controlled, if there were still generals of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's level in Jiangdong, the time for recovering Jiangdong in the future would undoubtedly be delayed indefinitely!

If the court agreed to Sun Quan this time, it would be able to obtain a lot of benefits, which would even be equivalent to getting a good thing for free!
Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and other generals all agreed to Sun Quan's request at this moment.

"Appoint Sun Quan as Marquis of Wu!"

Just a title can kill 50,000 enemy soldiers. Such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern!

As the imperial edict was sent to Jiangdong by the envoy, everyone knew that—

The Battle of Jingzhou is over.

In every sense of the word, it's over.

The imperial court and Jiangdong now both knew the outcome of the Battle of Jingzhou.

Only the soldiers who are still fighting on the front lines don't know this.

"Bo Fu!"

Zhou Yu excitedly called Sun Ce over.

"I've figured out how to deal with the imperial navy!"

"Since the enemy has loaded the Thunderbolt Chariot and Zhuge Crossbow onto the ship, the number of naval forces that can be carried on the ship will naturally decrease!"

"In that case, our army can place the tower ships at the front of the army formation as targets. Then, let the warships wrapped in raw cowhide enter through the gaps and entangle Gan Ning's navy from the front. After that, we can deploy the boats from the side and let them use their speed to approach the ships equipped with Thunderbolt Chariots and Zhuge Crossbows, and then destroy them in one fell swoop!"

In Zhou Yu's strategy, it was to consume the most precious tower ships to create opportunities for the Zou Ge!
After hearing this, Sun Ce thought about it carefully and felt that such an arrangement would definitely be able to defeat the imperial navy!
"Having Gongjin is truly a great joy in life!"

Sun Ce forcefully wiped away the previous haze, as if he would never be defeated, and he was full of energy and vigor again!

"In this way, I can fight Guan Yu to the death!"

The two men were full of confidence and obviously thought they could defeat Guan Yu on the water and win a victory!
It was the eighth day since Zhou Yu returned to camp.

Guan Yu and Gan Ning's navy set out from Jiangling as scheduled and headed for Chibi!

Sun Ce sailed towards them in a boat!

When meeting Guan Yu and Gan Ning, Sun Ce was not afraid at all.

"In today's battle, I want to see who is the real hero!"

If it were the past.

Gan Ning would definitely curse Sun Ce, calling him "Fuck you".

Guan Yu would certainly become furious and compete with Sun Ce.

But at this moment, there was only pity in their eyes.

Sun Ce...is a little too pitiful.

If Sun Ce knew that he fought at the front line risking his life, but was betrayed by his good brother Sun Quan, I wonder how Sun Ce would react?

Because Sun Ce was far away, he did not notice anything unusual about Guan Yu and Gan Ning.

When he saw that the other party didn't reply, he thought that his domineering attitude had intimidated the other party, and he immediately became proud!
Zhou Yu in the rear also followed the plan and drove the tower ship out of the ferry first, intending to sacrifice the tower ship to meet the Han army's ships as targets...

But at this moment, Lu Su, who was in charge of guarding the rear, hurried over and grabbed Zhou Yu, gasping for breath, without any trace of his usual demeanor.

"Gongjin! It's bad! Jiangxia is lost! Xiling is lost! E County is also lost! It's over!!!"

Zhou Yu was struck by lightning!

After realizing what was happening, Zhou Yu suddenly bit the tip of his tongue!
Severe pain!

Not a dream!
Zhou Yu's handsome face suddenly turned as pale as a deathly person!

"No, it's impossible! Even if Xiling is lost, how can the court capture E County across the way!"

Lu Su also looked solemn at this moment——

"I heard from the soldiers that it seemed that Zhu Huan took the initiative to retreat!"

"Gongjin! The Jiangdong family... is rebelling!"

Zhou Yu finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore. He suddenly felt a pain in his chest and a sweetness in his throat, and he actually spat out a mouthful of blood!

"Gong Jin!"

"Captain! Governor!"

"..."

At this moment, Sun Ce, who was still on the river, had no idea what was happening behind him. He even looked back frequently, wondering why Zhou Yu hadn't taken action yet?
Gan Ning on the other side couldn't stand watching this, and couldn't help but suggest to Guan Yu: "General Guan, why don't you tell Sun Ce the truth as soon as possible?"

"He is a young hero, and we really shouldn't let him be played around with like a monkey anymore!"

(End of this chapter)