"Reporting to my lord, urgent report from 800 li!”
A scout walked into the meeting hall with a panicked expression. He knelt down on one knee, not daring to look at Sun Quan.
When Sun Quan saw this, he felt a sense of foreboding.
"Hurry up and present it!"
Without caring about anything else, Sun Quan walked down the stairs and received the battle report.
However, as he continued to read, his expression became even uglier.
"How is that possible? Where was the Governor? Where was he now? Is it safe?"
Sun Quan asked several questions in a row, and the expressions of everyone in the hall turned solemn when they heard this.
From Sun Quan's words, it wasn't difficult for them to guess the contents of the battle report. It was likely that Zhou Yu, who was confronting Cao Cao at the front line, had suffered a crushing defeat!
Many people even had other thoughts in their minds.
Zhang Zhao's expression changed again and again.
"Reporting to my lord, the Viceroy's shoulder was hit by a stray arrow. Fortunately, he was rescued in time and is currently recuperating in Qichun.”
The scout did not dare to hesitate and quickly spoke.
Only then did Sun Quan heave a sigh of relief.
Although Zhou Yu had been defeated, nothing could happen to the other party.
After all, the other party was Sun Ce's best friend and the current Governor of River East. His reputation was not inferior to his.
If something really happened to Zhou Yu, then Jiangdong would be in chaos.
However, the current situation was still not optimistic.
"You may leave!" Sun Quan dismissed the scouts and looked at the people in the meeting hall.
"In the Battle of Red Cliff, our army was defeated. The Cao army is heading towards Qichun.”
At this moment, Sun Quan couldn't be bothered to hide it anymore. He urgently wanted to come up with a solution.
Zhang Zhao seemed to want to say something when he heard this, but he suddenly remembered Guo Jia's reminder, and in the end, he shut his mouth.
As for the others, they were all frowning and didn't know what to do.
"Trash, you're all trash. What use do I have for you!”
Sun Quan's heart was already filled with frustration, and now, he couldn't control it anymore as he cursed.
After all, he was only a young man in his twenties. He was not shrewd enough to be called Great Emperor Wu in the future.
Everyone present had ugly expressions on their faces. One had to know that most of them were from Sun Jian's generation. Even Sun Ce was respectful to them, but now, they were being pointed at the nose and scolded by Sun Quan.
He was even more furious and did not say a word.
"Zibu, what do you think?”
After Sun Quan calmed down, he could only look at Zhang Zhao.
Right now, the person who had the most say in this Chaisang was Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao was helpless. After all, the other party had already specifically asked him to speak. He couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it, right?
"My lord, if my lord is unwilling to surrender to Prime Minister Cao, then we can only give up part of our interests and make peace with the other party.”
One had to know that he had always been the one who wanted to surrender. In his opinion, there was no hope for Jiang Dong to defeat the Cao army.
"Surrender and make peace. Is that all you know?”
"If that's the case, then retire and return to your hometown!”
Sun Quan's expression turned cold. At this moment, he, who was on the verge of exploding, directly spoke.
Fortunately, he had not lost his mind. If he attacked Zhang Zhao in a fit of anger, Jiang Dong would probably be completely finished.
"My lord, you can't do this. Zibu is a subject entrusted to me. How can my lord treat Zibu like this?”
"Lord, please retract your order!"
"If my lord insists on letting Zi Bu retire and return to his hometown, then please allow me to retire as well!”
Many civil officials stood up to plead for Zhang Zhao, and there was no lack of threat in their tone.
At this moment, Sun Quan's expression turned even uglier.
Just as he was about to explode, another scout entered the meeting hall.
"My lord, urgent report from Luling!"
Sun Quan was startled. Did something happen to Luling again?
Impossible, the Cao army had no chance of reaching Luling!
Sun Quan shook his head and took the secret report from the scout.
"Big-eared thief, River East and you are irreconcilable!”
The civil officials were confused, not knowing what had happened.
However, Sun Quan's face was ashen. In the end, he let out a long sigh of relief, and his expression was somewhat dispirited.
Sun Quan then walked in front of Zhang Zhao and passed the secret report over.
"Let's see."
Zhang Zhao did not dare to hesitate either and hurriedly checked.
"I told you long ago that this big-eared thief couldn't be trusted, and now it has indeed led to bad consequences!”
"Leading troops across Yuzhang County and attacking Luling in the chaos is indeed a good move. If I'm not wrong, this plan must have come from Zhuge!”
When he finished reading the secret report, he was also furious. However, the current situation had already reached the worst point.
"Zibu, do you have a way to solve the current predicament in River East? I don't want the foundation that my father and brother worked so hard to build to end up in my hands!”
Sun Quan cupped his hands towards Zhang Zhao. At this moment, he had already completely calmed down.
After all, the only person who could help him now was perhaps Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth.
Although he was the leader of the faction that surrendered, he had never done it for himself. He had only wanted to protect the Sun family.
Seeing that Sun shi was already on the brink of despair, he also couldn't care so much!
"My lord, the Cao army is powerful and the Governor is heavily injured. There are only tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiangdong who can fight.”
"The only way now is to make peace with Cao Cao and then focus on dealing with Liu Bei!”
Sun Quan helplessly shook his head.
"But now that things have come to this, I'm afraid Cao Cao will not accept our peace talks!”
"Not necessarily. As long as my lord is willing to cede a certain number of prefectures and counties, it's not impossible to even marry into the Cao army!”
This was the only way out for Jiang Dong.
"Alright, I understand. All of you can leave first. Let me think about it.”
"Lord, please make a decision as soon as possible!”
Zhang Zhao left this last sentence and took the lead to leave the meeting hall.
As for Sun Quan, he headed to the back hall.
This matter was no longer something he could decide alone.
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