"Second brother, what's the origin of this sword? Does it make you excited?"
When Pingting walked out of the palace, Ji Shu asked Zhou Yu curiously. It was rare for him to see Zhou Yu lose his composure like this.
Zhou Yu walked to Sun Ce and took the sword. He pulled out the sword and touched it again and again, smiling again and again.
"The courtiers also wear military uniforms, and the king wears Zhanlu!"
"According to legend, Zhanlu can recognize wise kings. If the king is wise and the sword is at his side, the country will prosper. If the king is incompetent and the sword is abandoned, the country will decline."
"Now that the jade seal that symbolizes orthodoxy and Zhanlu that symbolizes the wise king appear in the hands of the eldest brother at the same time, the direction of the world is about to change!"
There is no direction in the world, what has changed is the direction of the wind among the people in the world.
After hearing this, Ji Shu couldn't help but step forward and touch it, jokingly.
"Can this sword still recognize you?"
Zhou Yu laughed twice.
"If you can't recognize the sword, isn't there someone else? The third brother forgot, who gave it to the eldest brother just now?"
Huh?
Ji Shu was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.
"Second brother, are you saying that the Mo family has always managed this sword?"
Zhou Yu put Zhanlu into the scabbard and handed it to Sun Ce.
"I can't say anything about the hundreds of years since the Spring and Autumn Period, but Miss Pingting is both a Jianghu person and a powerful figure in the Mohist family. How could she not recognize this famous sword? She gave the sword to her eldest brother, which naturally represents the recognition of the Mohist family today. Big brother."
"Brother, I am very happy and congratulations. With these two things, people in the world will sooner or later regard the Chu Kingdom as the world's orthodoxy."
Sun Ce knew that Zhou Yu was happy for him, but his mentality had already changed since he got the jade seal again.
"These are foreign objects after all. You and Ziyuan are my swords, and the soldiers of the Chu State are my chariots that gallop through the world."
Seeing Sun Ce casually put his sword on the sword stand behind him, Ji Shu winked at Zhou Yu.
"Second brother, look, even the eldest brother can speak disgusting words."
Zhou Yu did not try to challenge Sun Ce this time, but nodded.
"Bo Fu is looking more and more like a king."
The three of them chatted and laughed for a while, and were about to take advantage of this gap to rest for a while. Suddenly, another urgent report from Xuzhou came in from outside the hall.
Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo did temporarily stop their troops outside Hangu Pass. Could it be that Cao Cao has another idea of Xuzhou? After the previous battle, Qin, Wei, and Chu should now be unable to start a war.
Everyone was shocked, and Sun Ce quickly took the military report and checked it.
Looking at Sun Ce's brows gradually relaxing, Ji Shu and Zhou Yu's hearts calmed down.
"Brother, what's the emergency?"
Sun Ce breathed a long sigh of relief, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Guan Yu is dead?"
Guan Yu is dead!
Ji Shu took the urgent document from Sun Ce and read it at a glance.
The article is very concise and was written by Gan Ning.
An old soldier named Zhou brought Guan Yu's body on a cart. It is said that Guan Yu committed suicide by the river and asked the old soldier to take his head to Gan Ning. Gan Ning had secretly buried Guan Yu's body with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.
The death of a famous general like Guan Yu is indeed worthy of this urgency.
"Sigh, I didn't expect Guan Yu to be so affectionate and loyal to Liu Bei. I thought he would seek refuge with Cao Cao and seek revenge in the future."
Sun Ce's sincere regret may be due to the respect between warriors, or the recognition of being sworn brothers.
"Brother is right, but he didn't hit the point."
Sun Ce looked at Ji Shu, curious.
Ji Shu did not give in and continued.
"If a rare and powerful general like Guan Yu defected to Cao Cao, how could he not worship him as a general? He would have made great achievements in the future, and even be granted the title of marquis and worship the king. How will Liu Bei's children fare at that time?"
Huh?
Sun Tactics took a breath and frowned.
"Cao Cao's magnanimity should not be able to tolerate a child."
Sun Ce glanced at Zhou Yu, as if he wanted to ask for his opinion. Zhou Yu glanced at Ji Shu again, as if he wanted to wait for Ji Shu to continue explaining.
Ji Shu saw this and continued.
"Of course I am childish now. But if in another ten years, the world is still divided, Guan Yu is already a feudal prince, and Cao Cao is old, can he allow a descendant of the Han Dynasty to stay with Guan Yu who holds military power? Even if it is true? If Cao Cao can tolerate it, can Cao Cao's son tolerate it?"
This is indeed a problem.
As long as Cao Cao wants to kill him, whether he slips and falls into the water or a poisonous snake enters the house, there are countless ways to make Guan Yu speechless.
"As long as Guan Yu dies, no one will look for Liu Bei's children anymore."
Zhou Yu nodded.
"Third brother is really quick-thinking. I still suspect that Guan Yu had a deeper meaning in committing suicide. Third brother has already thought through it."
Sun Ce chuckled twice and said.
"Good! If I had known this, I should have had a drink with General Guan when we surrounded Xiaopei."
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A few days after Sun Ce returned to Jianye, he began to enfeoff all ministers.
Zhou Yu was granted the title of Taichang, Ji Shu was granted the title of Shangshu Ling, and Pang Tong was granted the title of Military Advisor.
Gan Ning, Tai Shi Ci, Zhao Yun, Jiang Qin, and Huang Zhong were named generals. Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi, Wei Yan, Xu Sheng, Wenpin, Zhang Yun, Zhang Xun, Hou Cheng, Su Fei, Han Xing, Zhou Cang, Ji Ling, and Liao Hua were named generals.
Lu Su, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Zhuge Jin, Huang Yueying, Hua Xin, Yi Ji, Xiang Lang, Kuai Yue, Han Song, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and Chen Zhen were named military advisor generals.
Gan Ning (Xuzhou), Taishi Ci (Jingzhou), Lu Su (Jiaozhou), and Zhuge Jin (Yangzhou) were named state pastors.
It's over now, and this chaotic war among the princes has finally come to an end.
In just over a year, two of the six countries were wiped out, and the brutality shocked the world.
Now the Wei State has 250,000 troops. Although it has captured the Wancheng and Wuguan areas, it has always been difficult to conquer Chang'an. Among the three powerful forces, it has gained the least.
On the other hand, Qin not only withstood Wei's counterattack, but also fought on two fronts! The raid on Hanzhong and the capture of hundreds of miles of fertile land in Guanzhong not only solved the problem of food shortage in Xiliang, but also absorbed a large number of surrendered troops. The number of troops did not decrease but increased, reaching a huge number of 200,000.
As for the Chu State, it was defeated first and then victorious, and finally occupied the entire Xuzhou, and now has 130,000 troops. Although Chu is the weakest among the three powers, there are rumors that Sun Ce has obtained the national jade seal and the long-lost Zhanlu Sword!
Of the three previously weak states, only Liu Zhang's Xishu remained, with an army of 90,000. It can be predicted that in the near future, the Qin State in the north and the Chu State in the east will carve up Shu.
