Zhou Yu briefly talked about his thoughts and said: "My lord has inherited the legacy of his father and brother. He controls six counties and has sufficient troops and food. The soldiers are united. What reason is there to send hostages because of the other party's pressure? There is only one hostage left. , he has to collude with the Cao family. If he is summoned by something, he has to go, otherwise he will be controlled by others. Why not send hostages, wait and see what happens, and think of other ways to deal with it? "
Sun Quan glanced at Wu Guotai, hoping that she would make up his mind. Wu Guotai also nodded and said, "I think what Zhou Gongjin said is right."
Sun Quan followed this suggestion, politely declined the envoy, and did not send any hostages.
The envoy went back and explained the situation. Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan could no longer control himself, so he often wanted to lead his troops south. However, the time to recuperate was not yet up, so he had no way to go south to conquer.
In the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led troops and horses to conquer Huang Zu. The two sides fought a decisive battle in the river. Huang Zu was no match and the army was defeated. Sun Quan's general Ling Cao ordered a small boat and led the way into Xiakou. Huang Zu was defeated. His subordinate Gan Ning was shot to death with a bow and arrow. His son was named Ling Tong. He was only fifteen years old at the time. When he saw his father being shot and killed, he struggled to seize his father's body and returned. Sun Quan felt that the situation was not good, so he withdrew his troops. Ma, returned to Soochow.
At this time, Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Yi was the governor of Danyang. He liked drinking very much. When he was drunk, he was not good at drinking. He often beat the soldiers with a whip. Gui Lan, the governor of Danyang, and Dai Yuan, the county magistrate, were very dissatisfied with his behavior and secretly discussed many times to murder him. Then they found an opportunity when the other party was drunk, and together with their confidants, they planned to murder Sun Yi.
At that time, it happened that county magistrates from other places came to Danyang for a gathering. Sun Yi held a big banquet. His wife, Mrs. Xu, liked to study the "Book of Changes" when she had nothing to do. She had some skills. She happened to do divination that day and found out that it was a big disaster. , so he advised his husband not to attend the banquet, but how could Sun Yi listen? He felt that his wife's things were for children and could not be trusted, so he attended the banquet. In the evening, after the banquet broke up, Bian Hong secretly followed Sun Yi out of the house with his saber, and immediately hacked Sun Yi to death.
Gui Lan and Dai Yuan were very smart. They immediately admitted their fault and put all the charges of murder on him. Without any explanation, they immediately arranged for an axe-hand to kill him.
The two of them also took this opportunity to arrest all Sun Yi's women. Gui Lan saw that Mrs. Xu was pretty, so she said to him: "I will avenge your husband, so just follow me. If you don't follow me, I will." I’ll kill you right away!”
Mrs. Xu said: "My husband died not long ago. I can't bear to stay with you now. You can wait a few days and let me pay homage to him. Then it won't be too late for us to get married."
Gui Lan thought it didn't matter, she didn't care at that moment, so she agreed.
The Xu family secretly recruited two old generals, Sun Gao and Fu Ying, who were Sun Yi's confidants during his lifetime. They cried and said: "When my husband was alive, he often said that the two generals were loyal. Now my husband has been killed by an adulterer. Then I will blame Bian Hong, disperse my servants and property, and move forward to take me as my concubine. I can only temporarily agree with him to calm his mood. The two generals can send people to go there overnight. Inform my husband's brother Sun Quan, and then secretly plan to kill the two thieves. If you can avenge me, I will definitely be grateful!" After that, he bowed.
Sun Gao and Fu Ying were a little moved and said: "We are usually very grateful to Sun Yi for his kindness. The reason why we are still alive today is because of his kindness. We will definitely avenge Madam. Madam means, we How can anyone not obey!" So he immediately started the plan and sent a confidant to report the situation to Sun Quan.
After a few days of memorial ceremony, Xu first summoned Sun and Fu and asked them to ambush in a secret room, and then worshiped in the hall. Then he took off his mourning clothes, took a shower and changed clothes, put on makeup and hair, and talked and laughed freely. Gui Lan heard this After the situation, I was very happy. In the evening, Mrs. Xu sent her servants to call Gui Lan, and personally prepared a banquet during the banquet. During this period, she showed her charm as a woman and drank a lot of wine for Gui Lan, and then seduced him into her secret room.
At this time Gui Lan was already unconscious and extremely drunk. As soon as Gui Lan entered the secret room, she heard Xu shouting: "Where are Generals Sun and Fu!"
When the two heard the sound, they immediately rushed out of the secret room and struck with a knife. Gui Lan was caught off guard and was slashed to the ground. Sun Gao made up for it with a knife and finally killed her.
Xu invited Dai Yuan to a banquet again. Using the same method, he called out two generals, attacked them once, and also killed them.
So the power returned to the hands of the Xu family. While she sent people to hunt down the two thieves, Jia Xiao and Yu Dang, she also put on her mourning clothes again and placed the heads of Gui Lan and Dai Yuan in front of Sun Yiling to comfort his soul in heaven.
Within a day, Sun Quan personally led his troops to Danyang. Seeing that the Xu family had killed the two thieves, he immediately named Sun Gao and Fu Ying the Yamen Generals and asked them to guard Danyang, and then took the Xu family away. , let him return home to retire.
This incident soon spread in Jiangdong, and all the villagers praised Xu's virtue.
Under the leadership of Sun Quan, all kinds of bandits were quelled one by one. There were more and more warships in the river, reaching more than 7,000. Sun Quan worshiped Zhou Yu as the governor, and he regarded Zhou Yu very highly and asked him to be the commander-in-chief. Lead the land and sea troops in Jiangdong.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Wu Guotai fell seriously ill and was about to leave. Sun Quan quickly summoned Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao. Wu Guotai said: "I am a native of Soochow. My parents died when I was very young, and I lived with my younger brother Wu Jing." I lived in Yuezhong, and later married the Sun family and gave birth to four sons. When my eldest son Sun Ce was born, I dreamed that the moon entered my belly. Later, when I gave birth to my second son Sun Quan, I dreamed that the sun entered my belly. Belly, some people have speculated that dreaming of the sun and moon entering the belly means that the son born is destined to be wealthy. It is a pity that Sun Ce died early. Now the foundation of Jiangdong is entrusted to Sun Quan. I hope you will work together to help me. There’s no regrets anymore!”
After saying that, he told Sun Quan: "You must treat Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu as your own masters, without any neglect. My sister married your father with me, and you must treat her as your own mother." , after I pass away, you should treat my sister like you treat me, and you should also treat your own sister well, and help them choose a good son-in-law." After saying this, he didn't take a breath, and finally passed away from this world .
Sun Quan finally couldn't hold back his emotions, cried loudly, and began to prepare a heavy funeral ceremony. Needless to say, others participated one after another, which shows Wu Guotai's reputation in Soochow.
In the spring of the next year, Sun Quan was planning to attack Huang Zu. Zhang Zhao warned: "The mourning period has not yet come, so we can't use troops easily!"
