In Sun Ce's tent.
There was a strong smell of medicine.
Sun Ce, who was lying on the bed, was covered in white cloth.
At this moment, he was already on the verge of death. He was relying on his strong will to keep his breath.
There was a black mass of people kneeling in front of the bed.
At the front were Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, and Zhang Zhao, who had rushed over overnight from Wu County.
Behind him was the only remaining veteran of River East, Cheng Pu.
Han Dang was killed by Yuan Yao, and Huang Gai died before Sun Ce because of his injuries.
Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Lu Meng, and the other young generals also came.
"Zhongmou, charge into the battlefield and dominate the world. You are not as good as me.”
"But I'm not as good as you when it comes to appointing talents and defending Jiangdong.”
"From now on, when you succeed the throne as the ruler of Jiangdong, you must remember to ask Zhou Yu if you can't decide on external matters, and ask Zhang Zhao if you can't decide on internal matters!”
"As long as you can put Gongjin and Zibu in an important position, you will definitely be able to protect the foundation of River East. In the future, when you kill that scoundrel Yuan Yao, you will avenge me.”
Sun Ce held Sun Quan's hand and said with difficulty.
"Brother, don't worry. I will protect the foundation of River East and avenge you in the future.”
Sun Quan, who was kneeling in front of the bed, replied with tears in his eyes.
Sun Ce nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao.
"Gongjin, Zibu, one of you is my brother, and the other is my teacher. I hope that you can assist my second brother well and carry forward the foundation of River East.”
Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao quickly agreed, saying that they would not let him down.
After making arrangements for the successor and the minister, Sun Ce immediately felt a wave of relief, and the anger in his heart was about to dissipate.
Sun Ce's consciousness was almost blurry. He seemed to see his heroic father, Sun Jian, riding on a horse and looking at him with loving eyes.
Seeing this, Sun Ce was about to chase after him.
The scene changed, and he saw the enemies of River East that he had slaughtered laughing at him wantonly, as if they were saying that the murderer would always be killed.
Sun Ce couldn't help but fly into a rage, and was about to raise his gun and shoot.
However, he felt powerless all over and immediately woke up.
Looking at the officials kneeling in the tent, Sun Ce couldn't help but howl at the sky. He said hatefully," Yuan Yao, you dog! How can I, Sun Ce, lose to you? I can't accept this!"
With that, his eyes widened in anger and he died.
Just like that, the mighty little tyrant of River East died with his eyes wide open. He received his bento box a year earlier than the original history, and his short life ended at the age of 25.
"Brother ~"
"Bofu ~"
"My lord ~"
Everyone in the tent cried and the scene was chaotic.
Although Zhou Yu was extremely sad about his good brother's death, he still endured his grief and came out to take charge of the situation.
"Everyone, the lord has passed away, but before he died, he had already appointed the second young master as the heir. We can't just grieve now. We should immediately support the second young master to take the throne and stabilize the overall situation in Jiangdong as soon as possible.”
Zhou Yu immediately interrupted the generals 'cries.
At this moment, Zhang Zhao also reacted and hurriedly handed the seal of the ruler of Jiangdong to Sun Quan. He then helped Sun Quan to the throne and sat in front of Sun Ce's bed.
Although the generals were suspicious of the young Sun Quan, they saw that the most prestigious figures in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, were fully supporting him.
They could only swear their allegiance to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan was also quite resourceful. He immediately appeased the generals and temporarily stabilized the chaotic hearts of the people.
After that, Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to lead the Jiangdong Navy to guard Wankou and stop Yuan Yao's army from moving south.
He and Zhang Zhao brought Sun Ce's coffin to Wu County for burial.
Sun Quan knew that he didn't have much prestige in the army, so he could only temporarily entrust almost all of the military power to Zhou Yu. He also sent the old general Cheng Pu to assist him and check Zhou Yu at the same time to prevent him from becoming too big to deal with.
Although Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu had contributed greatly to his succession, he should trust him without reservation like his brother.
However, as a qualified monarch, if he did not know how to balance his subjects and avoid a situation where the monarch was weak and the subjects were strong, then this monarch would sooner or later be figurehead and become a puppet.
Zhou Yu was currently loyal to Sun Quan, but his prestige was too high.
Even if he would not rebel in the future, if his subordinates wanted to go further, it was hard to guarantee that they would not egged him on.
Although Sun Quan was young, his mastery of political tactics was much better than his two brave and skilled father and brother.
Just like that, Jiang Dong temporarily formed a situation where Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu led the army outside while Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao were in charge.
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