Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 440 Persuading Sun Quan
Wu Jun, Zhang Zhao's mansion.

At this time, Zhang Zhao was very helpless. The battle reports from the front line were all asking for help, and the front line army was retreating steadily.

And the lord Sun Quan was also hanged and beaten by the enemy at the junction of Kuaiji County and Jiaozhou, and fled back in a state of embarrassment, which made the morale of the army low.

These are not the things that make him most helpless. What makes him most helpless is that Li Song's envoy came to see him, and he wanted to persuade Sun Quan to submit to the king of Tang.

What does it mean to submit to the king of Tang, not to the court?It shows that Li Song intends to replace the Han Dynasty and dominate this country, so he doesn't even want the last fig leaf?

Looking at Jia Xu, a counselor under Li Song's command who is called a poisonous man in front of him, Jia Xu smiled at him and said, "You have already read the letter of King Tang, what should you do, you don't need me to tell you, you should know how to do it." Just do it."

A simple sentence, sometimes, is better than many threatening words, and those threatening words are pale in front of this simple word.

"Hmph!" Zhang Zhao snorted softly. If he just agreed like this, wouldn't he look insignificant?What's more, I persuaded Sun Quan twice, but Sun Quan didn't listen, and still survived.

The so-called thing but three!Do I still need to persuade Sun Quan to surrender?Maybe the Sun family can survive this time smoothly.

Zhang Zhao looked up, just in time to see Jia Xu's gaze, which seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts. Jia Xu picked up the teacup on the table, lifted the lid, blew on the tea in the cup, took a sip, and covered the cup. Cover the cup and put it back on the table.

"Do you think that the previous two times when you persuaded Sun Quan, Sun Quan didn't listen and got through the difficulties and saved Jiangdong's foundation. It's the same whether you persuade or not this time. You still think Sun Quan can survive."

"As the saying goes, there are only three things! Sun Quan escaped the catastrophe the first two times, but the king wanted to wipe out all parties first, and he didn't have the time and energy to waste on Jiangdong. Now, all parts of the world have been settled by the king."

"Only the three counties in Jiangdong are still in the hands of Sun Quan. Now, the king is coming with the momentum of victory, rolling in Tianwei, and Sun Quan is doomed."

"Actually, you can't change anything whether you persuade or not. Under the general trend, Jiangdong will be unified. If you persuade Sun Quan, you may be able to retain the foundation of the Sun family."

"If you fight to the death with the king, you only need to die. At that time, the Sun family will be slaughtered. In this way, how will you explain to Sun Jian and his son, especially Sun Ce who entrusted Jiangdong to you!" Jia Xu said.

After hearing this, Zhang Zhao turned pale with shock!If this was the case, how could he have the face to meet the former master Sun Jian and his son, Jiangdong's foundation cannot be destroyed in his own hands.

"Please also ask the special envoy to go back and report to the King of Tang. I, Zhang Zhaoding, will try my best to persuade Sun Quan to submit to the King of Tang. I wonder if the King of Tang can let Sun Quan help the King of Tang to stay in Jiangdong forever." Zhang Zhao bowed his hands. Help Sun Quan seek benefits.

The so-called Yongzhen Jiangdong is to separate Jiangdong. Sun Quan only submits to Tang Wang in name, but Tang Wang's regime is not allowed to interfere with Jiangdong's affairs. This is unbearable for any person in power.

"This is impossible. Your Majesty has already chosen a place for the Sun Clan. As long as Sun Quan submits to the King, the Sun Clan will surely enjoy glory forever." Jia Xu said.

Now that the world is unified, it is natural to take back the power. How can there be a small court that does not obey orders? In any case, there cannot be a separatist force.

As for how to arrange these Sun's children, it is natural to put them under the nose, and it is best to be able to see them all the time.

"Forget it! Let the envoy go back and tell the king of Tang that I will try my best to persuade Sun Quan to submit to the king of Tang." Zhang Zhao said.

Since it is not possible to obtain the Jiangdong foundation for Sun Quan and his descendants, it is acceptable to keep the Sun family's bloodline alive.

"That's it! I'm waiting for the good news in Wancheng. I hope that when the time comes, it's not Sun Quan's letter of war. Farewell!" After Jia Xu said, he stood up and said goodbye!

Zhang Zhao watched Jia Xu leave until he was out of sight and said, "Come here!"

"Master! What are your orders?" The servant outside the door hurried in and asked respectfully.

"Prepare the sedan chair, I'm going to meet the lord!" Zhang Zhao ordered.

The servant immediately went down and ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair. A moment later, a very inconspicuous sedan chair was carried by four bearers and headed towards Wuhou's mansion under the protection of a group of guards.

"My lord! Chang Shi and General Zhang Zhao of Fujun Zhonglang are here to see you!" These days, Sun Quan is worried about the defeat in the front line!Suddenly heard someone come to report.

Said that Zhang Zhao was asking for an audience, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up! Call him in." The waiter immediately retreated, went to bring Zhang Zhao in, and then retreated, leaving Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao behind.

"Old Chang Shi, why are you here! Is there anything important?" Sun Quan asked.

Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce's important minister in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the last words of his elder brother Sun Ce, "ask Zhang Zhao if you don't know about internal affairs, and ask Zhou Yu if you don't know about foreign affairs."

Now, Zhou Yu is long gone, leaving Zhang Zhao alone.

The maid served tea and retreated, and Sun Quan also removed the servants.

Zhang Zhao drank his tea quietly without saying a word. No one knew what he was thinking about now, maybe he was thinking about how he should persuade Sun Quan, or maybe...

Sun Quan didn't speak, just sat like this, he was waiting for Zhang Zhao to speak. Compared with the youthful one at the beginning, Sun Quan is more mature now.

The time passed in silence between the two, until Zhang Zhao put down the teacup in his hand, he seemed to have made up his mind.

Zhang Zhao stood up and bowed to Sun Quan. Sun Quan accepted Zhang Zhao's gift calmly, knowing that what Zhang Zhao was going to say next was very important.

"My lord! Now, can our army still defeat Li Song's army? What are the chances of winning?" Zhang Zhao asked.

Sun Quan was taken aback for a moment. He never expected that Zhang Zhao would ask this suddenly. At first he thought he was here to be a lobbyist. He tried to persuade him to submit to Li Song like the previous two times. He never thought that this was the case. Could it be that Zhang Zhao had already turned sex.

Can you defeat the enemy?How much chance does he have? In fact, he has never dared to think about it, fearing that the reality will be more sad than imagined.

Now it was Sun Quan's turn to remain silent. Zhang Zhao remained motionless and maintained his original posture. Zhang Zhao can't be in a hurry now. Only by letting Sun Quan speak for himself can he continue.

After a long time, Sun Quan said slowly: "This time, our army may have no chance of winning, but we have to hold on. We have no way out."

After saying this, Sun Quan seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and sat decadently.

(End of this chapter)