Looking at Zhou Yu's body in front of him, Xiang Ji could only say these two words.
Koto Mishuro, have a good journey.
Xiang Ji didn't want to fight for Zhou Yu, but because he understood history and Zhou Yu, he never showed it.
In the fight for world hegemony, such situations are not uncommon. Although his heart is full of regrets for Zhou Yu's premature death, Xiang Ji will not regret it.
No matter who it is, whoever blocks my path to hegemony must be prepared to bear the wrath of my Overlord Halberd and my Great Chu Army.
After some reorganization, except for the Wu troops who died in the battle, all the surviving Wu troops in Qu'a city surrendered to the Chu troops.
After this battle, the Wu Kingdom was destroyed in name only.
The main army was completely destroyed, the left and right commanders were killed, and even Wu King Sun Ce committed suicide on his bed.
Yes, Xiang Ji didn't know that Sun Ce was killed by Zhou Yu.
The purpose of Zhou Yu's killing of Sun Ce was that Zhou Yu could not bear that Sun Ce's final performance would be seen by others.
Instead of lingering and living humbly, it is better to be like a man, like the king of a country, like the former overlord of Western Chu.
At the very least, this way, his name can be preserved after his death.
The children of Jiangdong are still here and are willing to fight for the king.
This is Zhou Yu's expectation for Sun Ce, Zhou Yu's expectation for Sun Quan, and even more so for the future of Wu.
Today, the Kingdom of Wu has come to an end, but as long as Sun Quan is still alive, Zhou Yu is still full of expectations for the future of the Kingdom of Wu.
However, he can no longer see it.
At this time, Sun Quan and his generals, who had fled all the way, had arrived in Kuaiji.
"Your Majesty, the Kuaiji garrison currently only has more than 3,000 people. If that Xiang Ji comes to kill us, we may not be able to stop him!"
Yes, after Sun Quan and the generals escaped, Sun Quan was regarded as the new King of Wu by the generals.
Everyone knew that when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu decided to stay and trap Qu'a to delay them, their fate had already been decided.
And this was the last thing Zhou Yu did for Sun Ce in order to preserve his reputation.
At the very least, the high-spirited little bully Sun Ce, don't let others see your cowardly side.
At this time, Sun Quan was also full of melancholy.
As the only insider, there are many things that cannot be explained clearly.
If Xiang Ji's army came to attack, it would be impossible to resist with this force alone.
Moreover, Sun Quan, who knew the truth about his eldest brother, could also predict that Qu'a would be unable to resist the Chu army's attack.
Perhaps, now Qu'a has been inserted into the banner with the word "Chu".
"Pan Zhang, let's count how many clans are willing to go with me.
Jiangdong is definitely undefendable, so the only plan for now is to go to that place."
After hearing what Sun Quan said, all the generals present were shocked.
What? Have things deteriorated to such an extent? You have to leave home and go to the sea to an unknown place?
"Gentlemen, our current military strength is absolutely unable to compete with the Chu army.
If my eldest brother and the others fail, then we are Wu's last hope.
If we still stay in Jiangdong, we will just linger on.
Now, the only way out is Yizhou, which was discovered by fishermen before.
Only there can we develop steadily, and when the time comes, we can fight back to Jiangdong!"
Will the time come? Sun Quan doesn't know, but Sun Quan is not willing to be a subjugated monarch and a prisoner of his subordinates.
As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than an ox tail.
Anyway, Jiangdong can't be defended now, so I, Sun Quan, simply don't want it anymore. As long as I lead my troops to Yizhou, I can form my own country there.
If there is a chance to return to the mainland in the future, then fight back. If there is no chance, there is no harm in simply becoming an overseas monarch.
This is Sun Quan's plan.
After hearing Sun Quan's explanation, the generals of the Wu army also expressed their willingness to follow.
Seeing this, Sun Quan was very satisfied.
"Since everyone has no objections, let's prepare quickly.
We must collect more ships, and in addition, the people near Jiangji should also move there."
After all, Sun Quan plans to build an overseas country from scratch. If there are no people, who will he rule? Will he become a savage?
As for whether the people of Wu are willing to go, this is not what Sun Quan is concerned about.
You must know that in the Three Kingdoms era, the people had no human rights to speak of.
No matter how bad Sun Quan is, he still has 3,000 men under his command, which is not enough to deal with Xiang Ji, but it is enough to deal with the people.
As for why the clans were treated differently than the common people and were forced to relocate, it was because all clans had their own servants to protect them, and Sun Quan didn't want to cause trouble.
While Sun Quan was leading his generals to contact various clans and relocate the people, the Chu army in Qu'a finally digested the surrender of Wu after several days of reorganization.
"Zilong, Youping, Mr. Gongtai, this place is entrusted to you.
Now that the war in Xuzhou is unclear, the lonely king is worried.
Therefore, King Canglongqi took him away, and the other troops, including the Xiang family army, were all left to you.
You must remember that you must not only pay off the remaining sins of the Wu Kingdom, but also pay attention to the clan."
Xiang Ji had already learned about Sun Quan's escape with the younger generals of the Wu Kingdom, but now that the overall situation had been decided, Xiang Ji was too lazy to pay attention to those little mice.
It was Xiang Ji's plan to leave the army behind and lead the Canglong Cavalry to rush to the northern battlefield.
As for the Koto clan?
Xiang Ji's attitude towards them was the same as before.
The obedient ones stay, and the disobedient ones are exterminated.
However, Xiang Ji specially asked people to pay attention to the Huating Lu family.
It didn't matter if other people arrived, but Lu Xun and Xiang Ji were still very interested.
This guy, like Lu Meng, was a minister who carried the tripod in the middle period of Soochow in history.
Now Lu Meng is already a minister under Xiang Ji, but he is still a little immature, so he is not yet able to lead an army on his own.
As for Lu Xun? Xiang Ji doesn't care about having a more immature one. He can cultivate him slowly and just think of it as preparation for the future.
After receiving Xiang Ji's order, Zhao Yun and other generals naturally agreed to it.
"Overlord, if you want to return to Xuzhou, it is most convenient to take a boat directly from here to Guangling."
As the commander of the navy, Zhou Tai naturally wanted to express his opinion on Xiang Ji's return.
It would be a joke to go back the same way.
Not to mention how long it takes to sail on the river, even taking a detour to Shouchun and returning to Pengcheng is far less convenient than landing directly from Guangling.
After all, Xiang Ju didn't bring any infantry.
If they are all cavalry, the speed of traveling by land will naturally be faster than that by water.
Xiang Ji certainly had no objection to Zhou Tai's proposal.
"I will do as you say and quickly organize a fleet. The lonely king will set foot on the land of Xuzhou again today."
[Author's digression]: Note: The so-called Yizhou is today's Taiwan. Historically, it was Sun Quan who discovered Taiwan and established a governance center. This was also the beginning of our motherland's formal occupation of Taiwan. Because of the needs of the plot, the author included the story of the discovery of Taiwan.
The time has been advanced, I hope readers will not mind it. In addition, I wish you all a happy holiday and family reunion. Finally, I shamelessly ask for money~