Sun Quan sat on the main seat and stared blankly at the messengers and the wailing Huang Gai.
"Back off!" Zhang Zhao, who was sitting in the hall, yelled at the messenger.
"promise."
Then Zhang Zhao stood up and walked to Huang Gai and his two men, "The two generals expressed their condolences and resigned. My lord and I are also very sad. Your lord and I are also very sad. You go back home to rest first. My lord and I still have to discuss countermeasures. In a few days,
We still have to rely on two people to defend the city."
"I'll take my leave." The two of them bowed their hands to Sun Quan and helped each other out of the palace.
"Alas." Looking at the two people leaving, Zhang Zhao shook his head and sighed.
Turning around to look at Sun Quan, he was still there, Zhang Zhao stepped forward and knocked on the table with his cane.
"My lord! We only suffered a small defeat. My lord, please don't despair!"
"If my lord is so depressed, will all the civil and military officials and soldiers and civilians in Jiangdong still have the confidence to resist Liu Cong?"
Only then did Sun Quan come back to his senses and said, "Gu, I am not depressed, I am just thinking of ways to retreat from the enemy."
Zhang Zhao did not expose him, "My lord, the only plan now is to let Lu Zijing lead his troops back."
After all the armies went out, Lu Su also went to the Yangtze River to lead 30,000 troops to guard against Cao's army in the north.
Sun Quan asked worriedly, "But now that Lu Zijing is back, who will defend Cao's army in the north?"
"After defeating Cheng Pu, Liu Cong's navy will definitely move down the river and take Wu County directly. Lu Su's 30,000 people will be defeated if they stay outside the city. My lord, there is no delay in bringing Lu Su back."
"As for Cao's army in the north, Liu Cong's navy controls the Yangtze River, so let them defend it."
Sun Quan nodded, "Then I'll listen to you, Zibu. Do you think we can hold it?"
"Boom!"
Zhang Zhao leaned on a crutch and shouted angrily at Sun Quan, "You must defend even if you can't. My lord, you are the leader of this party. You must not be discouraged."
"Lonely know."
"My lord, now that things have come to this, we can only send an envoy to sue for peace. Please go to Madam Tai and ask for a letter. As Madam Tai's mother-in-law, Liu Cong may have some scruples."
Sun Quan rubbed his temples, "At this point, will Liu Cong agree to negotiate a peace?"
"Didn't Cao Cao send a message to go south to attack Liu Cong? He may be worried about the rear agreeing to negotiate a peace. However, we must be prepared to suffer heavy losses."
Sun Quan naturally received Cao Cao's message to go south. However, what they didn't know was that Cao Cao had already changed his route to the west. To this day, they still thought that Cao Cao would go south.
"My lord, please go and see Mrs. Tai. I will wait for you here. Later, I will personally send Liu Cong as envoy."
Sun Quan sighed, stood up and said, "Zibu, I'll go there later."
Arriving at the backyard of the Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Xie held her baby in her arms and said, "I have met my husband."
Sun Quan paused, "Did you just go to accompany your mother?"
"Yes."
Mrs. Xie was Sun Quan's first wife and first wife. She was very beautiful and beautiful, and was very popular with Sun Quan. Although she did not have any children, it did not affect her status in Sun Quan's place.
The child in Mrs. Xie's arms was called Sun Deng, who was born to a concubine. Sun Quan adopted him to Mrs. Xie, which shows how favored Mrs. Xie was.
Sun Quan asked in a low voice, "How does your mother look?"
Mrs. Xie looked at the sleeping infant Sun Deng and said, "It's okay to see Deng'er, but... it's just that my mother kept silent when my concubine talked about you."
The last time Sun Quan deceived and assassinated Sun Shangxiang failed, Liu Cong sent back the heads of Lu Fan and Zhou Shan and publicized the matter in Jiangdong and Jingchu. When Wu Guotai learned about it, he pointed at Sun Quan and cursed, and even said "You are not me"
After that, Sun Quan asked to see Wu Guotai, but she also avoided him. The relationship between mother and son almost dropped to a freezing point.
"You take Deng'er back first, I want to see my mother."
"promise."
When he reached the gate of Wu Guotai's courtyard, Sun Quan stopped again, straightened his appearance and walked into the courtyard.
"My son wants to see his mother." Sun Quan shouted to the back room.
"Squeak." It was not Wu Guotai who came out, but his maid, who bowed to Sun Quan and said, "Madam Wu said she won't see you, please go back."
Sun Quan ignored her and continued to shout into the room, "Mother, my son has something important to tell his mother."
"Mother, Liu Cong's army has broken through the iron chain across the river, and our Jiangdong navy has been defeated. Mother, if you ignore my child, you are being unfilial."
"However, the inheritance of father and brother cannot be destroyed in the hands of the son. Please help my son for the sake of the spirit of father and brother in heaven."
There was still no movement in the room for a long time. Just when Sun Quan was about to sigh and leave, Wu Guotai's curse came from the room, "Do you still know that you are Sun Wentai's son and Sun Boxu's brother?"
"Tell him to get out of here!"
The maid lowered her head and did not dare to look at Sun Quan, "Marquis Wu, Madam, please come in."
Sun Quan was not in the mood to pay attention to her. Now that Wu Guotai had spoken, it meant that things could turn around.
Quickly pushing the door open and entering, Wu Guotai was sitting there waiting for him. Sun Quan knelt down and knelt down to worship, "My child pays homage to his mother."
"Huh." Wu Guotai snorted coldly, "You are sitting on the inheritance of your father and brother, and you can't expand the territory, but you are actually killed by others and defeated!"
"How dare you mention your father and brother's souls in heaven? If they really saw this scene, they would be pissed to death by you again!"
Sun Quan didn't say anything. He knew that Wu Guotai was accusing him. He secretly ordered the murder of Sun Shangxiang, regardless of the relationship between brother and sister. His lack of virtue led to today.
"If you don't murder your sister, what excuse can Liu Cong have to attack Jiangdong? He can't fight at this time. Do you remember that you asked me, a lonely widow, to come here?"
"Bang, bang..."
Sun Quan kowtowed several times and said, "Mother, my child really did not order the murder of his sister. This was all Zhou Shan's own initiative. My child has absolutely no idea about this matter."
"Isn't it that you want to trick her into coming back and threaten Liu Cong? Isn't this Zhang Zhao's idea?"
Sun Quan was immediately asked, "This..."
"No matter what excuse you have, if you want to trick your sister into coming back, you have bad intentions. As for whether you want to murder her, you know it yourself."
"Mother, child..."
"Okay, there's no need to say any more. Today, you came to me because you want me to write a letter to Liu Cong and force him to retreat as a mother-in-law, right?"
"My mother is wise. Zhang Zhao is willing to send an envoy to Liu Cong to promote peace between the two families."
"Haha." Wu Guotai sneered, "It was Zhang Zhao's idea again. Even if the peace negotiation is successful, where are you going to cede to Jingchu?"
"That's all, that's all. For the sake of your father and your brother, I will help you one more time. From now on, you can take care of yourself."
After saying that, Wu Guotai picked up the pen and started writing on the desk. After a while, he picked up the written paper and looked at Sun Quan, "Do you want me, an old lady, to hand this to you, Marquis Wu?"
"I don't dare, kid." Sun Quan quickly stepped forward to take the paper.
"Thank you mother, I'll take my leave."
Just when Sun Quan turned to leave, Wu Guotai stopped him again, "Zhong Mou."
Sun Quan looked back at Wu Guotai, "Mother?"
"If you really can't stop it, just surrender. For the sake of me and your sister, Liu Cong won't embarrass you."