Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 390 New 3 Kingdoms 30

Ma Yuan, the ancestor of Ma Teng, once said that a true man should die wrapped in his horse's hide. Obviously, Huang Gai did not receive such a treatment, as he was beaten to death in public by soldiers who were enforcing military law.

Zhou Yu's face turned pale and he rushed over to hug Huang Gai's body and cried without caring about his image. They had agreed to act privately, but he didn't expect that the man would die directly after being beaten with a dozen military sticks. This was a good way to establish his authority, but the man could not come back.

Sun Quan was secretly happy but he had to put on a show, so he stared at Zhou Yu's back, turned his sleeves and left. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Su hurriedly followed.

Huang Gai was very popular, and his body was kept in the army, and everyone took turns to keep vigil. Zhou Yu said that he should wait until Cao Cao was defeated before burying him, so that he could rest in peace.

The first people to take turns on the night were Lu Su and Kan Ze, as well as Cai Zhong and Cai He who showed their loyalty.

Lu Su and Kan Ze had no reservations. While they were keeping vigil for Huang Gai, they cried and scolded Zhou Yu for being arbitrary and dictatorial and for killing generals in order to establish his authority on the battlefield.

As I kept cursing, I felt that there was no future here. If nothing else, I would go to Boss Cao for a job. But the situation is like this now. How can I contact Boss Cao?

Lu Su and Kan Ze acted immediately. Lu Su wrote the letter himself in front of the mourning hall, while Kan Ze found a way to sneak out of the camp and cross the river to find Cao Cao when it was time for his shift change.

In fact, Sun Quan wanted to get involved in this kind of thing at first, but in the evening, Zhang Zhao sent his confidant to deliver a letter, saying that something big had happened in Chaisang and asked him to go back quickly.

Sun Quan could only instruct Lu Su to pretend to surrender and cooperate with Zhou Yu to take charge of the next battle. He left the camp with a few personal soldiers and rushed to Chaisang overnight.

Sun Quan hurried back to Chaisang and entered Sun Ce's residence. Everyone who could come had arrived. Sun Ce lay on the couch and looked at the beams coldly. He was so thin that only a layer of skin remained. His blood vessels were like black worms crawling all over his exposed skin. His eye sockets were sunken and his eyes seemed to be about to fall out, just like an evil ghost crawling out of the underworld.

"Big brother!"

No matter what their relationship was, as soon as he entered the hall, Sun Quan slid down and knelt in front of Sun Ce.

When Sun Ce heard the noise, he opened his eyes lazily and looked at Sun Quan, who had a sad face but not a single tear in his eyes.

"Zhongmou is here, I... cough cough cough..., I don't have much time left." Sun Ce coughed and gasped while stumbling over his words.

"Brother, why do you say such discouraging words? Jiangdong still depends on you to carry on our father's legacy!" No matter how happy Sun Quan was in his heart, he had to maintain a sad look on the surface.

“Don’t talk about these useless things!” Sun Ce sat up suddenly as if he had resurrected from the dead and shook off Sun Quan’s hand.

"From now on, you are their master. You must act like a master! Ahem…"

"Brother!" Sun Quan didn't expect that Sun Ce could still jump around like this even when he was about to die.

"stand up!"

Sun Ce grabbed the sword beside the bed, stood up and stood in front of the bed, looking coldly at Sun Quan who was paralyzed on the ground in fear.

"Brother, I..." Sun Quan didn't know what Sun Ce was thinking, but he looked very scary now.

"Zhang Zhao, help my brother up!"

Zhang Zhao hurried forward, squatted down and helped Sun Quan up.

"Sun Quan, listen carefully. When it comes to raising the strength of Jiangdong, making decisions on the battlefield, and competing with the princes of the world, you are not as good as me. But when it comes to selecting virtuous people and appointing capable people to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as you. Always remember the difficulties your father and brothers went through in starting their business, and take every step carefully." Sun Ce's voice became more and more rough.

"Mother, my son is about to die, and I can no longer be filial to you. Now I will hand over the affairs of Jiangdong to my younger brother, and I hope you can take care of them. Don't look down on the old people who followed my father and me, and treat them well."

"Your brother is still a child. How can he be worthy of the great responsibility of Jiangdong?" the old lady asked while wiping her tears.

"My brother's talent is ten times better than mine, and he is more than enough to run this family. If you are undecided outside, ask Zhou Yu; if you have difficulties inside, ask Zhang Zhao. It's a pity that Cao's army is approaching, and Zhou Yu is supervising the battle outside and can't entrust important matters to him in person. Ahem... "

After a burst of coughing, Sun Ce raised his head and looked at the people in the room.

"After I die, you must all assist Zhongmou wholeheartedly. If there are any members of the clan who have dissenting opinions, we will kill them together. The descendants will be labeled as traitors and will not be buried in the ancestral tomb."

"Yes, sir!" Everyone in the room bowed their heads and responded.

"Madam, I cannot live with you till old age. You must be filial to your mother and get along well with your sister. When you see Xiao Qiao, please ask her to tell Zhou Yu to assist my brother. It will be worth my friendship with him."

When Da Qiao heard this, she could only cover her face and nod.

"It's a pity, it's a pity..."

Sun Ce stood in front of the couch with his sword in both hands, looking forward, slowly lowering his head, and finally stopped breathing.

On the eve of the decisive battle of Chibi, Sun Ce died of illness. Sun Quan was ordered to inherit Jiangdong. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he concealed the news of Sun Ce's death. At the same time, he stepped up the deployment of personnel and materials to Sanjiangkou to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle.

He wanted to surrender to Cao Cao before because his brother was the county magistrate. Now that he is the county magistrate, he naturally doesn’t want to surrender.

However, Cao Cao had to fight, and Zhou Yu also had to be dealt with, so it would be best if he died in the decisive battle. During these days as the military supervisor, Sun Quan had had enough of the anger of the Grand Commander Zhou Yu, who only regarded him as his elder brother.

Compared with Sun Quan's complacency, Cao Cao was also very happy. Kan Ze and Lu Su sent people to deliver the message and agreed on the time to surrender with the troops. Feeling that he had won the battle, he decided to organize a party to celebrate.

The weather was good that night, with a bright moon, sparse stars, thin clouds and mist, and calm seas. Cao Cao invited everyone he could to his flagship.

The moon rose, turning from blood red to bright, illuminating the night as if it were day. Cao Cao sat in the main seat, with more than a hundred armored guards holding spears standing on his left and right. The counselors and generals sat in order.

Cao Cao looked at the people and scenery in front of him, feeling filled with emotion.

"Since I started my army, I have fought many battles and failed many times, but I have never stopped fighting, determined to conquer the world and achieve great things! Now I am in control of Sili Xiaowei, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and Jingzhou, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and you are willing to serve me. I believe that I will definitely achieve great things!"

"May the lord achieve victory soon. We are willing to follow him and accomplish great things!" Everyone sat up straight and bowed to congratulate.

"Hahahaha, drink!"

Cao Cao raised his glass and drank with everyone else. Then he started to perform on his own, drinking and advising others to drink while watching the singing and dancing performance.

When the noise lasted until midnight, Cao Cao, drunken, pointed at Jiangnan Fang and made a speech.

"Zhou Yu and Lu Su overestimated their own strength and became my enemies. Now someone has surrendered to me, which is a serious threat to the coalition forces. This is God helping me, Cao Cao!"

"My lord, please don't say anything. It will be bad if the news leaks out!" Xun You has a good alcohol tolerance and is still sober after drinking.

"Hahaha, everyone here is my Cao Cao's confidant, tell me what happened!"

Cao Cao got into a bad temper and after scolding Xun You, he pointed in the direction of Xiakou and started cursing.

"Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang wanted to shake Mount Tai with the power of ants. How stupid were they to have such ignorant ideas?"

"I am over fifty years old this year. If I conquer Jiangnan, I have a little wish that is not easy to express. I have had a spiritual connection with Mr. Qiao for a long time, and I know that he has two daughters who are extremely beautiful. But they don't want to be married to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. If I conquer Jiangnan, I will definitely bring the two Qiao sisters back to Xudu and build a palace for them, so that they can accompany me in my old age in the palace. Hahahaha..."