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Chapter 230 The Dilemma Zhou Kai

Chapter 229 : Zhou Kai in a Dilemma

On the eighth day of November in the 16th year of Qianyuan, a group of aristocratic patriarchs headed by Zhang Yong, Xie Quan, Lu Bai, and Zhou Zhuan entered Wucheng. With the aristocratic family entering Beijing, the Sun family ruled Jiangdong for 200 years. The full stop has officially come to an end, and more than [-]% of the cities in Danyang and Wujun have changed their banners.

In the Wu Palace, Zhou Tong followed Zhang Yong and others, and reported to them the current situation in Wucheng: "Father, several uncles, now our army has completely controlled Wucheng. All the Sun family members in the city were imprisoned by me."

Zhang Yong and the others nodded. They all thought that Zhou Tong's handling method was very good. Since they had decided to completely depose the Sun family, they couldn't give the Sun family too much preferential treatment, but they couldn't kill them all. The people of Wu State still have a very high status in their minds.

"By the way, nephew Zhou Tongxian, I wonder where my brother Zhang Chao is now?" As he walked, Zhang Yong thought of his brother Zhang Chao. For this brother, Zhang Yong felt a little guilty at the moment. Prime Minister, he devoted his whole life to Wu, but now Wu has been destroyed by himself. I really don't know how to face him.

Zhou Tong replied: "Back to uncle, Zhang Xiang once came to my nephew before he attacked Wucheng, hoping that we could give up our plan to attack Wucheng, but my nephew refused him. At the same time, in order to prevent Zhang Xiang from us When the family's plans were leaked, my nephew put him under house arrest, and after he captured Wucheng, my nephew also sent Xiang Zhang back to the mansion."

Zhang Yong nodded, and then said to Zhou Zhuan and the others: "Everyone, I will leave the matter of Wucheng to you. I want to go and see my brother."

Wu Cheng, in front of the Zhang Mansion, Zhang Chao, as the prime minister of the current dynasty, is also the son of the Zhang family, the top family in Jiangdong. His mansion in Wu Cheng is very large. The king issued an order not to let him enter the palace, and the officials who came and went gradually disappeared.

"Uncle!" Zhang Chao's eldest son, Zhang Gui, wanted to go out because of something, but when he went out, he saw Zhang Yong standing in front of the door, so he said, "Uncle, why are you here?"

Seeing Zhang Puppet, Zhang Yong smiled and said, "So it's a puppet, by the way, is your father in there?"

Zhang Puppet nodded, and said: "Yes, my father has been staying at home since he returned to the mansion. Is uncle going to see his father?"

Zhang Yong nodded, and then asked Zhang Puppet to take him in. Under the leadership of Zhang Puppet, Zhang Yong came to the backyard of the Zhang Mansion, and found Zhang Chao sitting in the pavilion alone, in a daze silently. Zhang Puppet planned to call Zhang Chao Yes, but was stopped by Zhang Yong, and then walked to Zhang Chao alone.

"Second brother is so elegant." Zhang Yong walked up to Zhang Chao, sat down and said.

Hearing Zhang Yong's words, Zhang Chao didn't turn his head to look at Zhang Yong, but said lightly: "The Great Wu is gone, and my prime minister no longer exists. If I don't sit at home every day waiting to die, what can I do?" Woolen cloth?"

Although Zhang Chao's words were very plain, Zhang Yong still felt strong anger from it, so he smiled and said, "Second brother, why should this be the case? Changing dynasties has been the law since ancient times. What about Xia, Shang and Zhou? How about it? It’s not like the dust of history, the second brother is also a person who has read a lot of history books, if you know that there is no eternal dynasty in the world, why bother with it.”

"Of course this little brother knows. I have also imagined the scene of troops from other countries marching into Wucheng, but I never dreamed that the Great Wu, which has been passed down for 200 years, would be destroyed by my family. Big brother, why?" Of course Zhang Chao knew the reason for the replacement of dynasties, but he still couldn't figure out why the aristocratic family that had shared honor and disgrace with the Sun family for 200 years would overthrow the Sun family with their own hands.

Zhang Yong replied: "Second brother, you are the prime minister of the current dynasty. The Sun family has made your name a generation of virtuous ministers. You die for the Sun family. It is understandable for the elder brother, but the elder brother is only the head of the Zhang family. You must think about the Zhang family. Ah, the Sun family's military aggression has seriously damaged the interests of Jiangdong's people and the family. In order to leave Jiangdong with a little vitality, I have to do it. Second brother, since you haven't figured it out yet, think about it over there. Brother Wei came today just to see you, since you are fine, then brother Wei will leave." After saying that, he got up and left.

When Zhang Yong turned around and left, Zhang Chao's voice came from behind him.

"Brother, you have already captured Wucheng, what will you do next?" Zhang Chao asked, looking at Zhang Yong's leaving back.

Zhang Yong stopped, but did not turn his head back. Instead, he turned his back to Zhang Chao and said, "Brother, we have already discussed with the heads of the various families. We will welcome Deng Jun into Wucheng, and exchange the land of Jiangdong for my Jiangdong. The way out of the family." After saying that, he left.

After leaving the Zhang Mansion, Zhang Yong came to the Wu Palace, and discussed with a group of Patriarchs how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the front line. They decided to send letters to the children of the frontline families in the name of each family, asking them to disband the army or surrender directly to Deng Jun, but before sending the messenger, they did one more thing, that is, secretly executed the former Xiang Princess Ma and her son.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Yong and others to worry. After the change of Wucheng spread to Yi County, the 20 strong men who were forcibly conscripted to the front line had fled Yi County one after another, and Zhou Kai and other generals of the Wu army did not stop them, because there was no After leaving the country of Wu, it doesn't make any sense for these people to stay here any longer.

In the big tent of the Chinese Army in Yi County, since the news of the Wucheng Incident, Zhou Kai has been staying in the big tent of the Chinese Army without coming out, and he has not seen anyone. He silently looked at the map of the State of Wu in the big tent.

On this day, Zhou Kai stayed alone in the big tent as usual, but he was holding a letter in his hand, a letter from Wucheng, written by Zhou Kai's father Zhou Zhuan. The content of the letter said that the Sun family was finished. I hope that Zhou Kai can adapt to the current situation and lead his army to surrender to Deng Jun.

After the Wucheng Incident, people in the Yixian camp were panicked. There used to be 10,000+ people in the camp, but now there are only less than 3 people left, and the rest of them are worried about their future. The country of Wu is over. , Now it's time to think about their own way out. They pinned their hopes on Zhou Kai, but Zhou Kai didn't respond, which made their hearts even more uneasy.

"Why! Why exactly!" Zhou Kai's eyes were red, and he looked at the letter in his hand with a ferocious face. He really didn't expect that when he was fighting for Wu Guo on the front line, his father and younger brother would directly send Wu Guo Buried, it was hard for him to accept.

Zhou Zhuan stated in the letter that he hoped that Zhou Kai could raise his troops and surrender to Deng Jun, because all the Jiangdong families had decided to welcome Deng Jun into Wucheng, and they would no longer provide food and grass to the front line. Without food and grass, Yi County would have nothing Tens of thousands of elites.

"Great Governor, the last general Ling Rong asks for an audience!" Outside the tent, General Ling Rong of the Wu Army saw that the situation in the army was getting more and more tense, so he ignored Zhou Kai's order and went directly outside the tent to ask for an audience.

"Come in!" Zhou Kai hid in the big tent for several days, and there was already a lot of discussion in the army. Zhou Kai knew that it was time to meet someone to stabilize the fluctuating morale of the army.

Ling Rong walked into the big tent, saluted and said, "The last general, Ling Rong, pays his respects to the governor!"

Zhou Kai nodded, and said, "General Ling, I don't know what's going on here?"

Ling Rong replied: "Back to General, ever since the news came that the family's rebels captured Wucheng, the 20 men who had been forcibly conscripted had all left, and the rest of the people were panic-stricken. I want to ask what the governor's plan is?"

Zhou Kai was silent, don't look at him hiding in the big tent, but he is clear about the state of the army now, but what can he do, Wucheng has been occupied by the family. The county will no longer have the slightest support, and now there are only two ways in front of Zhou Kai, one is to ask Deng Jun to surrender, and the other is to lead the remaining tens of thousands of people to fight to the death with Deng Jun, but now the Sun family is gone. It's over, what's the point of going to fight Deng Jun at this time?But Zhou Kai was unwilling to surrender to Deng Jun. After all, many brothers and sisters died in the hands of Deng Jun since the start of the war, and even Zhou Kai's close friend Lu Shou.

In fact, there is still a way to go, Zhou Kai has also considered it, that is to kill back to Wucheng, let the Sun clan trapped in the city come out, and make a comeback, but this idea was given by Zhou Kai the moment it appeared. Vetoed, first to return to Wucheng, the first thing he has to face is his father and younger brother, father and son, siblings, how can he bear it? Great, where is there a place for the Sun family? For what the Sun family has done to the people of Jiangdong during this period of time, there will be no place for the Sun family in the entire Jiangdong. The Sun family may still be in Wucheng. There was a glimmer of life, if he insisted on saving them, he might really die, so Zhou Kai rejected this idea.

Now Zhou Kai can be said to be in a dilemma. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of changing the lives of tens of thousands of sons and members of the Sun clan under his command.

(End of this chapter)