Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 541 Sun Quan and Wu Jing

Behind Zhou Yu, a young man in armor walked up.

The young man had a broad forehead, a wide distance between his eyebrows, and no expression could be seen on his face.

This is Sun Quan, Sun Ce’s second brother, whose courtesy name is Zhongmou.

When Sun Ce heard Zhou Yu say this, he also laughed and said, "Gongjin, what are you talking about?"

"My Zhongmou will take over from me sooner or later."

"However, he is only suitable for defending the status quo, not for expanding the territory."

"You asked him to compete with me in commanding troops and fighting. Isn't that too much for him?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "That's true."

When the generals heard what Zhou Yu said, they all laughed.

Sun Quan stood beside Zhou Yu, watching him and Sun Ce commenting on him and listening to the laughter of the generals around him, still without any expression.

Just then, a warship came over and stopped at the shore.

A young general jumped down from the warship, bowed to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu and said, "My lord, we found a small boat in the river."

"We were about to rush over when the boat slipped away again."

"Looking at the direction, the other party should be from Wankou Port."

"It feels like he's here to gather intelligence."

Sun Ce sneered and said disdainfully: "So what if you spy on me?"

"Lujiang County, do you think you can stop me from taking over Jiangxia?"

"After I take Jiangxia, I will regroup and take Lujiang, and kill them all!"

"Lujiang belongs to me, Sun Ce."

"Zhang Sui, you little brat, stole my Lujiang and tried to stop me from going north. Is he worthy of that? He is just relying on his status as the son-in-law of Yuan Shao, the governor of Jizhou."

Zhou Yu on the side said: "Bofu, I know you are very angry, I am also very angry."

“We lost Lujiang.”

"The attack on Guangling failed again."

"But don't underestimate Zhang Sui."

"That guy has some skills."

"What's more, the one guarding Xuzhou and Lujiang now is Tian Feng."

"This man once helped Yuan Shao defeat the arrogant Gongsun Zan. He and Qu Yi can be said to be a scholar and a warrior."

"Also, there have been recent rumors that there has been civil unrest in Hebei, Yuan Shao has died in battle, and Zhang Sui has taken power."

"If that's the case, with Tian Feng as his assistant, he will be our formidable enemy."

Sun Ce drew the sword from his waist and stabbed the corpse in front of him several times. Then he turned around and said to the generals with a smile: "Gentlemen, let's make a bet to see if Zhang Sui has the courage to face me head-on."

All the generals laughed.

Taishi Ci stepped forward and said, "If we really run into him, why would you, Bofu, be the one to deal with him? I'm already giving him enough face by meeting him."

Sun Ce raised an eyebrow at Taishi Ci and said, "Of course."

"Ziyi, your martial arts skills are equal to mine. It's easy for you to deal with Zhang Sui."

Looking at the generals before him, Sun Ce said, "Don't worry about it."

"If they want to watch, let them watch."

"The battle of Jiangxia is inevitable."

"No one can stop me!"

Glancing at the corpses scattered all around, Sun Ce said loudly: "Clean up the battlefield and prepare a celebration banquet!"

"Notify them. Once Jiangxia is captured, we will march to Lujiang County to avenge our grievances!"

All the generals responded in unison.

After Sun Ce gave the order, he took Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci away, leaving Sun Quan standing there alone.

Sun Quan looked at the backs of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci as they left, lowered his head, quietly retreated, and returned to the tent.

Kneeling alone in front of the desk in the tent, Sun Quan took out his writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, ground the ink, picked up the brush, but stared at the yellow paper in a daze.

At this moment, a deep voice came from the tent entrance, "Zhongmou?" Sun Quan raised his head, looked towards the tent entrance, and said in a hoarse voice, "Come in."

A middle-aged general walked in.

The middle-aged general bears some resemblance to Sun Quan.

His name was Wu Jing. He was the younger brother of Sun Ce and Sun Quan's mother. In his early years, he followed Sun Jian in his campaigns.

After Sun Jian's death, Wu Jing followed Yuan Shu with his soldiers, and served as the prefect of Guangling under Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce mourned for his father and then went to Wu Jing, who introduced Sun Ce to Yuan Shu.

When Sun Ce was about to go south to Wujun, Wu Jing used his connections to recruit soldiers for Sun Ce, and even brought Sun Ben, Sun Ce's cousin, to wipe out Sun Ce's enemies along the way.

However, after Sun Ce went south to Wujun, he became enemies with Yuan Shu, and only later did he send someone to deliver a letter to him, asking him to leave.

Wu Jing's entire family was in Huainan, and because of this incident, they were almost massacred by Yuan Shu.

Wu Jing had no choice but to give up everything and leave Guangling with his family. After several twists and turns, he finally arrived in Wujun safely.

Sun Ce did not give him any explanation.

Moreover, after he arrived in Wujun, no arrangements were made for him.

It was his sister, and Sun Ce's mother reminded him several times before Sun Ce made him the prefect of Danyang.

But, there is no power.

Sun Ce appointed Taishi Ci as the commander of Danyang and gave him control of all military power.

Before, at the Lukou Port terminal, Wu Jing felt quite uncomfortable when he saw Sun Quan being laughed at by many generals, and he kept looking at Sun Quan.

Seeing Sun Quan coming to the tent alone, Wu Jing followed him.

When Sun Quan saw that it was his uncle Wu Jing, he lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle, what do you want from me? Are you here to mock my incompetence?"

"In the previous battle in Guangling, I brought shame to my brother."

"Indeed, I am not suitable for expanding territory."

Wu Jing came to Sun Quan, squatted in front of him, touched his head and said: "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses."

"Zhongmou, you are good at scheming, good at discovering talents, and good at appointing talented people to positions of power."

"On this point, Bofu can't even come close."

"As for those people's ridicule, you don't need to care."

"They are all Bofu's people, so they will naturally side with Bofu."

"Especially Zhou Yu, who ate and slept with Bofu and treated him as a brother."

"To put it nicely, they are like-minded."

"To put it bluntly, they are in cahoots with each other."

"Just be patient for now, you will have a chance sooner or later."

“Those who start to become complacent always die young.”

"The one who laughs last is the real winner."

"The most important thing for you now is to suppress your restless heart and do your part well."

"Remember the Emperor Guangwu whom I often told you about when you were a child?"

"Look at him. When his brother Liu Yan was alive, he was often laughed at by his brother's people."

"But in the end, this country belongs to Emperor Guangwu."

"Who in history today remembers the glory of his brother Liu Yan?"

Sun Quan then raised his head, his eyes reddened as he said, "Uncle, thank you."

Wu Jing hugged Sun Quan's head, patted his back gently and said, "Don't be sad, don't be upset. Our Zhongmou will always be outstanding and not inferior to anyone."

"Our Zhongmou is the kind of person chosen by heaven who will make a big splash if he doesn't make a name for himself."

"Believe me, I never lie."

"Since I was little, I have liked you the most, Zhongmou."

Sun Quan nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)