Sun Quan was a little at a loss. He wanted to get up long, but stopped, and could not get up. He opened his mouth and said, but he didn't know how to speak.

Sun Ce glanced over with a smile. "Zhongmou, what else do you have? My mother and aunt are here, so you might as well speak out."

Sun Quan swallowed his saliva and stuttered: "Your Majesty personally fought for the empress, and the mother of the worker was a big move, and the world was uneasy. Please think twice."

Sun Ce smiled. "This battle is the last battle to pacify the world. It requires a large army of 200,000. What's the harm in a few more people?" He twisted his fingers and said, "Before, you and my brothers have grudges. In recent years, I often think that maybe I am too strict and a little unfair to you. Today, let's make an agreement in front of my mother and aunt, how about it?"

Sun Quan's eyes flashed slightly, and he felt uneasy. "What...agreement?"

"This time you go out with the battle, I will give you a chance to prove your own abilities. Start with a thousand-person lieutenant. If you can fight and make meritorious contributions, I will promote it according to the rules until the end of the war. If you can win tens of thousands of people, I will let you be the supervisor of tens of thousands of people like Shubi and Shangxiang, I will let you be the guardian of the capital like them and command troops to conquer overseas. How about it?"

Sun Quan looked at Sun Ce with a smile and hesitated for a moment.

Of course, he knew that Sun Ce was unhappy with his insistence on going to war, and wanted to use this reason to make him retreat. He was the King of Changsha and could not abandon the throne and serve as the supervisor of ten thousand people. Sun Yi and Sun Shangxiang were the escorts of the left and right, and there were 20,000 people in the headquarters, plus the subordinates of them, 40,000 to 50,000. In a big battle, even if he was good at fighting, how could he be promoted from a captain to a 10,000 general, or even command tens of thousands of people to fight?

It is hard to say whether the arrogant soldiers and generals of the central army listen to his orders or not. If Sun Ce gave them the orders, they would have the possibility of slashing themselves in the chaos.

It's just that it's easy to refuse, so he can't make similar requests in the future, otherwise anyone will feel that he is unreasonable.

"I am belittled, how dare I be the same as the guardians of the left and right?" Sun Quan was angry, but there was no trace of his face. He had long estimated that Sun Ce would not agree to him so easily, and would definitely try to stop him and let him give up. It was not surprising at this moment. He bowed and said respectfully: "It is just a revenge of killing his father, which is irreconcilable. I am grateful to you, and I am willing to lead the soldiers of Changsha to fight with Your Majesty, defeat Shu Kingdom, capture Cao Cao, kill Shi Xie, avenge his father's revenge, and then release his armor and return to the field, and die without regrets."

When talking about the revenge of killing his father, Sun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly and said nothing more. He just nodded. Sun Jian's death was a thorn in his heart. He didn't want to mention it, but since Sun Quan took the initiative to propose it, he was inconvenient to refuse.

"Since that's the case, then you should go back to Changsha first, rectify the troops, and become the vanguard of the army in the autumn, and take Yizhou straight."

"I thank Your Majesty." Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to thank him. He was originally worried that Sun Ce would not agree to his return to Changsha to recruit soldiers, so he brought up the reason for revenge for his father. Changsha was where Sun Jian was the prefect, and now it is his vassal state. Although the newly recruited soldiers still need training and are not as refined as the existing army, it is the power he may have, at least more reliable than the soldiers assigned by Sun Ce.

Changsha is a big county with nearly 300,000 households, and with the nearby Manyue, it is easy to recruit 10,000 or 20,000 people.

Although I heard about the intentions between Sun Ce and Sun Quan, Empress Dowager Wu was still very pleased to see that they reached an agreement. She knew that Sun Ce made great concessions this time and his sincerity was unquestionable. If Sun Quan was not satisfied this time, he would have been too much.

After the discussion was decided, Sun Ce sat down for a while, got up and said goodbye.

Empress Dowager Wu ordered Sun Quan to see Sun Ce. Sun Quan responded and stood up and followed him out. Empress Dowager Wu looked at the backs of the brothers and sighed quietly.

"Sister, what is the purpose of your Majesty going to war and let us follow us?"

Princess Sun Dachang smiled and said, "The most difficult thing to make in the world is family affairs. Even if Your Majesty is wise and decisive, it is difficult for ordinary people to reach family affairs. She has no choice but to ask you, the mother, to come forward and be a witness, so as not to speak out again in the future and not be able to explain clearly."

Empress Wu smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Sister, although I am confused, I am not blind. I can see how Your Majesty treats these younger siblings. If you want to make a mistake, it is naturally Zhongmou who is wrong. But Zhongmou also has his difficulties. Looking at Shubi and Shang Ying, two young men, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and taking charge of one side, his brother is carrying a bad reputation. How can he tolerate it? He is dissatisfied. What should you do if you let me be a mother? The palms and backs of your hands are flesh."

Princess Sun reached out and patted the back of Queen Mother Wu's hand. "Your Majesty is kind and filial, and you understand your difficulties, so you give Zhongmou this opportunity. Now, you should be satisfied? According to the laws of the court, the vassal kings in China cannot govern the people, let alone command the troops."

"Yes, yes." Empress Dowager Wu nodded repeatedly, expressing her agreement. "Your Majesty has done his best this time. If Zhongmou is still not satisfied, even if Your Majesty doesn't care, I can't forgive him."

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Sun Ce left the hall, stood under the corridor, looking at the lights of thousands of houses mingled with the stars in the distance, and was silent for a moment.

Sun Quan bowed his hands and stood aside, silent.

After a long time, Sun Ce turned around and glanced at Sun Quan. "When are you going to get up?"

"Only your Majesty gave you the command."

"Since you have decided, don't hesitate, prepare early." Sun Ce raised his hand and patted Sun Quan on the shoulder. "Changsha is the place where his father fought, and his reputation is still there. This time you go to Changsha to recruit soldiers and join the army to fight, don't let down his reputation."

"I do my best."

"Yes." Sun Ce slightly raised his head, with his hand back, turned his head to look into the distance. "I am a brother at home and a monarch and minister at the court. If you have anything to do, I will mention it now. It is probably not convenient to wait until I arrive in Changsha. Although Shubi is easy to talk to, Kong Ming is not a casual person."

Sun Quan took a deep breath and slowly vomited it out. He didn't know the difficulties of going to Changsha to recruit soldiers, but he really had no better choice.

"Thank you for your concern. My behavior is so unlucky that your Majesty has made you embarrassed. I dare not make any extravagance. Just now, the Empress Dowager said that he would support the five hundred divisions of the minister and protect him. The Empress Dowager was full of love, but he did not dare to refuse, but there were too many five hundred divisions of the minister..."

"Not many." Sun Ce interrupted Sun Quan. The Empress Dowager sent five hundred pieces. He could not say too much, and he had to force Sun Quan to withdraw some. Since he agreed to let Sun Quan return to Changsha to recruit soldiers, he did not intend to make any decisions about these details. "The vassal kings and soldiers are incompatible with the rules, and they will inevitably have some opinions. Fight well, don't let me be pointed at by others."

Sun Quan was shocked and sweated coldly, and hurriedly bowed to salute. "I have no shame in my opinion when it comes to your Majesty."

He knew very well that when Sun Ce ascended the throne, there was a clear edict that the vassal kings who were granted the country would not govern the people or the troops. The vassal kings who planned to go abroad in the future had never officially been granted the king, such as Sun Yi, Sun Shangxiang, and Yuan Yao. Sun Ce had the possibility of stopping him from commanding the troops. Now he insisted on sending troops, so Sun Ce had enough reason to withdraw the vassal.

The reason why he did not do this was to take care of his face and to leave a way out. Once he was unfavorable in the battle, he could at any time be exempted from military power and let him take over the country as the King of Changsha. At that time, no one could say that Sun Ce was not kind, but would only say that he was overestimating his ability.

Sun Ce laughed twice and asked again: "Zhongmou, if you have the opportunity to command troops in the future and go to sea to conquer, which direction do you want to go?"

Sun Quan thought for a moment and shook his head. "I haven't thought about it yet. Which direction does Your Majesty think are more suitable?"

Sun Ce thought for a while. "Let's go south. Shubi is facing east, Shangxiang is facing west, and you are facing south. Taishici is the Grand Governor of Annan, but he will not go too far, at most five thousand miles away from Jiaozhou. If you are interested in going south, you can run rampant five thousand miles away. How about it?"

Sun Quan frowned slightly and pondered: "Is there still a population of five thousand miles away from Jiaozhou?"

Sun Ce glanced at Sun Quan. "Didn't you listen to Xu Gonghe? According to their calculations, the earth is a ball with a diameter of nearly 30,000 miles, and a circle around the ground for about 100,000 miles. Jiaozhou is five thousand miles south of the south and just crossed the equator of the north-south division. And the south is warm, and it is better to survive than the ice and snow in the north. I think the population will not be small. Even if it is not as dense as the Central Plains, the hemisphere will not be less than a large state."

Sun Quan's eyes lit up and he laughed. "Your Majesty said so much, so I will thank Your Majesty first."

"No need to thank you. Whether you can go depends on whether you have the ability." Sun Ce smiled silently. "After all, it is a wilderness that has not been accepted by the king. Even if there are people, they must be wilder than the Man Yue in Changsha. If you don't have such a means, it will inevitably be someone who thinks that I exiled you in the name of conquest. People's words are terrifying, and I have to be careful."

Sun Quan's eyes rolled, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

Sun Ce didn't say anything else, signaling Sun Quan not to send him off, he went down the steps and went back to his palace.

Sun Quan stood on the steps, bowed his hands, and watched Sun Ce walk away, his eyes flashing. He recalled Sun Ce's words just now, and the more he thought about it, the more he became more and more uneasy. Did Sun Ce really give him a last chance as he said, or did he have ulterior motives?

He couldn't guess it thoroughly.

However, he knew one thing very well. No matter what Sun Ce thought, this was his last chance. If he couldn't catch it, there would be no reason to even speak in the future. Even his mother, Empress Dowager Wu, would not support him, let alone others.

Think about my aunt's attitude just now.

Win, defeat, honor and disgrace, this is a one-stop move.

Sun Quan stood in the corridor for a moment, gradually straightened his back, turned back to the hall. Empress Dowager Wu was talking to Princess Sun. When she saw Sun Quan come back, her earnest eyes were casting. "Zhongmou, how are you talking to your prince?"

Sun Quan showed a warm smile like a spring breeze. "With my mother coming forward, it will be better. The emperor agreed. I will set off to Changsha tomorrow and make some preparations in advance, waiting for my mother and the emperor. This time, the empress will cause my mother to work hard, and my son is really sorry."
Chapter completed!