Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 225 Sun Quan Succession
With the help of general Jiang Yiqu, Yuan Shao, who returned to Liyang, packed up the remnants and fought a battle in Liyang with Li Songjun who was chasing him across the river. Yuan Shaojun finally defended Liyang, and Li Songjun retreated to the other side of the Yellow River.

In March of the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, together with Cheng Pu, Wu Jing, Huang Gai and other generals, led [-] soldiers from Jiangdong, and launched a battle in Linhu with [-] soldiers led by Gan Ning, Tan Daoji, and Xue Tong. Battle.

The neighing of war horses, the collision of swords, the shouts of soldiers from both sides, the billowing of smoke and dust, and the sound of war drums resounded through the sky.

Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and Wu Jing fought with Xue Tong. Xue Tong swung away Huang Gai's broken sea whip with one spear, and stabbed Cheng Pu with the other, avoiding Wu Jing's spear.

The four fought on horseback for dozens of rounds. On the other side, Tan Daoji led the cavalry to charge back and forth in Sun Ce's army. Sun Ce took the lead in fighting the enemy, while Zhou Yu took control of the overall situation and commanded from behind.

Holding the bow and arrow in his hand, Gan Ning looked at Sun Ce who was rushing back and forth in front of the two armies. He raised his hand and shot an arrow, which hit Sun Ce in the cheek and knocked him off his horse in repayment for Tai Shici's arrow.

Although Gan Ning's archery skills were not as good as Tai Shici's, he was considered superb in archery skills. Among the ten thousand troops, it would not be difficult to shoot Sun Ce.

"My lord!" Han Dang, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others hurriedly shouted when they saw Sun Ce's arrow fell from his horse. Immediately evacuate towards the rear of the army.

"Ming Jin withdraws the troops!" The general was shot off his horse, and his life and death were unknown. Jiangdong's soldiers were in a state of confusion for a while, and Zhou Yu immediately ordered to withdraw his troops when he saw this.

After Zhou Yu personally led the troops, everyone protected Sun Ce and withdrew to the camp. How could Gan Ning miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Whoever kills Sun Ce will be made Marquis of Ten Thousand Households."

Gan Ning's army was as excited as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and launched the most violent attack on the broken Zhou Yu's troops, and Linhu finally fell into Gan Ning's hands.

Zhou Yu and others led the remnants to escort Sun Ce back to Wujun. Due to the bumpy journey and the fact that Sun Ce's wounds were not treated well, after returning to Wujun, Sun Ce's condition deteriorated, and he was lying on the bed gasping.

"Gongjin! I'm afraid time is running out, so I'll send someone to call my second brother, Sun Quan." Sun Ce said weakly, speaking slowly, his hands trembling, and he lifted them up with difficulty.

"Bo Fu, I have sent Lu Su to look for Zhong Mou, and I believe he will be back soon." Zhou Yu said, reaching out to hold Sun Ce's hand, tears welled up in his eyes, ran down his cheeks, and dropped to the ground.

"That's good! That's good!..." Sun Ce gradually fell into a coma again. Zhou Yu put his hands away, covered him with a quilt, got up and left.

After learning of Sun Ce's bad news, Sun Quan followed Lu Su and hurried back.

"Second Young Master!" The soldier guarding the gate called out respectfully to Sun Quan, but Sun Quan ignored him and walked directly into the gate, he was very worried about Sun Ce.

The two arrived at the door of Sun Ce's bedroom with ease, and happened to meet Zhou Yu who came out of it, and the three saluted each other.

"Zhongmou, it's good that you come back. Your brother always misses you, and he said he wants to see you for the last time." Zhou Yu said with a sad face.

"Brother Gongjin! How is my brother?" Sun Quan asked, with a trace of sadness in his voice.

"Bo Fu, he's only been here for a few days, and he's waiting for you to come back now." Zhou Yu said.

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, the three of them fell silent, and a maid hurriedly ran out from the inside, and saluted the three of them: "The lord has orders! Let the second son and all the adults come in and have an audience!"

Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su rushed in, and the maid stepped over the threshold to convey Sun Ce's order, and asked the guards in the house to summon Zhang Zhao and others.

"Brother, I'm back! I'm back!" Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce who was lying on the bed, and quickly walked in front of him, sobbing.

"Cough..." Sun Ce coughed, looked at Sun Quan, smiled and said, "It's good to come back, then I can safely hand over this Jiangdong to you, and I can face my father when I get to the Nine Springs."

"No! Brother, you will be fine, you will be fine, brother!" Sun Quan choked up.

"Zhongmou! I know what's going on with me, so stop comforting me."

"I've ordered people to call Zhang Zhao and the others to come. With them and Gong Jin to assist you, you can go with peace of mind. I just feel sorry for my young child." Sun Ce said, with tears streaming down his eyes.

"My lord! Master Zhang Zhao and all the masters are here." The maid walked in with small steps, and said a blessing to Sun Ce.

"My lord!" Zhang Zhao and others bowed to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce said, "Excuse me!".

"My time is approaching! You are summoned now for the purpose of inheriting Jiangdong's foundation." Sun Ce stood up and said with the support of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu.

Looking at the civil and military staff in front of him, he continued: "After I die, my younger brother Sun Quan will inherit my position. I hope everyone can assist him well and keep Jiangdong's foundation."

"Zi Bu!" Sun Ce called softly, Zhang Zhao stepped forward, Sun Ce reached out to grab his hand and continued, "Now the world is in chaos, with the people of Wu and Yue, and the stability of Sanjiang's natural danger, there will be something to be done. You must do well." Assist my younger brother Sun Quan."

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he took the seal ribbon, tied it for Sun Quan himself, and said to him: "Leading the army to fight, decisive battle between two battles, and rule the world. You are not as good as me, but let the virtuous use their abilities and let them each do their best. , to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as you in this respect."

"You must take into account the difficulties of your father and brother in starting a business, so that you can take care of yourself! If you can't decide on internal affairs, you can ask Zhang Zhao; if you can't decide on military affairs, you can ask Zhou Yu."

After hearing this, Sun Quan burst into tears. For a while, he didn't know what to say. Sun Ce turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Gong Jin! Sun Quan will be entrusted to you in the future. You should help him well and take good care of him instead of me." He, don't let down my friendship with you."

Zhou Yu nodded in response, and Sun Ce was relieved, and finally called the whole family, brothers and sisters, to give him instructions.

Sun Ce closed his eyes and died!Sun Quan and others wept loudly, and Zhang Zhao saluted Sun Quan, "Now is not the time for you to cry, my lord. My lord entrusted Jiangdong's foundation to you at the end of his life. You should handle Jiangdong's military and political affairs while attending to your lord's funeral. Things you should do."

After Sun Quan heard this, he wiped away his tears. Zhang Zhao turned his head to Sun Jing who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You will handle all the expenses of the lord's funeral."

"No!" Sun Jing hurriedly bowed her hands and responded.

"My lord, please move to the hall to accept the congratulations from the civil and military staff, so as to reassure everyone." Zhang Zhao asked Sun Quan to go out of the hall to announce his succession and the fact that Sun Ce had returned to the west.

Sun Quan got up and was about to go to the hall when Zhou Yu stepped forward and saluted, "My lord, please don't forget the last order of the late master."

Sun Quan nodded, stepped out of Sun Ce's bedroom, came to the lobby, announced the news of Sun Ce's death and his succession, and accepted the congratulations from the civil and military staff.

(End of this chapter)