On December 12 of the fifth year of Xingping, Wu Gong Sun Ce died of serious injuries, and the title of Duke of Wu and the position of the monarch of Wu Guoguo were handed over to his seventeen-year-old half-brother Sun Quan Sun Zhongmou.

Sun Quan hurriedly ascended the throne in a daze, and with the support of Zhou Yu, he accepted the visit of the ministers of Wu State.

However, this is not the end of one story, but the beginning of another.

Sun Ce's death couldn't be concealed at all, and Sun Ce didn't seem to want to hide it, and he took the initiative to admit it generously, which was very in line with his usual style of acting, but in this way, it brought a lot of trouble to Zhou Yu.

Even if Sun Ce is defeated, even if his prestige is lost, he is still the head of entrepreneurship, and he still has a little bit of cohesion energy.

Outsiders will rebel against him and bully him, but the people who follow him to start a business will still remember the old feelings and follow him.

But as soon as Sun Ce died, everything was different.

Sun Quan did not follow Sun Ce to fight any battles, nor did he make any military exploits, relying on Zhou Yu's support to sit in the position of the monarch of Wu Guoguo, without any prestige, and had no feelings with the group of people who started the business.

Sun Ce had already worked hard, at least he didn't let his son, who was less than two years old, become the monarch, but passed the position to the young Sun Quan.

Despite this, the hearts of the people of Wu were scattered.

Those who followed Sun Ce because they admired Sun Ce's prestige and were inspired by Sun Ce's personality charm lost confidence in Wu Guo and thought that Wu Guo would pill sooner or later, so they chose to leave.

It was not the departure of Jiangdong locals, but the departure of a large number of old departments who followed Sun Ce from Jiangbei across the river to Jiangdong to start a business.

They said goodbye one after another, left everything in Jiangdong, crossed the river with the old and the young, and went to the Guo Wei regime.

There is no hope for Wu Guo, everyone is good to get together and disperse, if there is fate, goodbye to the rivers and lakes.

When Wu Jing and Sun Jing were fighting with troops on both fronts, these people abandoned the Sun Wu regime they had fought for and chose to go north, which shows how important a charismatic and prestigious leader is to a power group.

It's a pity that the Sun-Wu regime no longer has such a good leader.

Having said that, this is also caused by Guo someone, because he is too strong, and his Guo Wei regime is stronger than the Cao Wei regime in another time and space at the same time, so that the people of Sun Wu's regime cannot see hope and future, so they simply chose to leave.

Zhou Yu and Sun He, an important minister of Sun Wu's clan, tried their best to persuade them, so to speak, that a group of people remained, but after all, Sun Wu's central core did not collapse immediately.

Then Zhou Yu had to block the news of Sun Ce's death, and only wrote to Sun Jing and Wu Jing, so that the two of them knew in private, not to let the army know, and not to let the army's already small will to fight completely collapse because of Sun Ce's death.

Zhou Yu knew that the news would leak out sooner or later, but at least let the army know later, and it would be great if he could fight for a time difference and win Wu Jing and Sun Jing to defeat the Shanyue rebels.

Rao is so, in the midst of such a shock, the already fragile foundation of the Sun Wu regime has been seriously damaged, and it suddenly appears to be crumbling.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu used the prestige he had gained from following Sun Ce's campaigns for many years to maintain the situation, but he did not let the situation collapse immediately, giving Sun Wu's regime a chance to breathe.

But will anyone not take advantage of such a great opportunity?

Jia Xu quickly learned the news of Sun Ce's death through Sun Ce's old subordinates who crossed the river to Xuzhou to survive, and then quickly sent people across the river to spread the news, especially to let those who were rebelling or did not dare to rebel for the time being because they were afraid of Sun Ce's existence.

At that time, Sun Jing and Wu Jingdu led the army to fight against the Haoqiang Shanyue Combined Army, and the battle situation was in a stalemate.

Sun Jing and Wu Jing both suffered the loss of the Wei army's battle flag, so they sent people to preach in the army that the people opposite were not the Wei army, but the Shanyue thieves and local heroes, so that the soldiers could see their clothing, and it was easy to see that those people were not wearing the Wei army's battle armor.

The soldiers of the Wu army gradually came back to their senses and tried to fight with these people, and sure enough, they found that the combat effectiveness of these people was far less strong than that of the Wei army, so they were annoyed and resentful, fought hard, and defeated the more powerful combined army of Shanyue.

The Wu army began a large-scale reconquest of lost territory and continued to fight, while the combined forces of Shanyue and Haoqiang were defeated step by step, and the situation was about to be reversed, but at this time, the crucial news came.

Sun Ce died.

Sun Ce, who had been trying his best to lead everyone forward, died.

Sun Ce, who founded the foundation of Wu State and single-handedly laid down the territory of Jiangdong, died.

This news was the first to be known to the side of the Shanyue Haoqiang Combined Army, and they were overjoyed, and soon spread the news of Sun Ce's death.

Soon, all those involved in the rebellion learned about it, and everyone was ecstatic and spread the news more widely.

Of course, the Wu army, which was fighting against them, also knew the news, and the Wu army was so moved that a large number of generals immediately went to ask their respective generals, and the generals went to the commander to ask the truth of the matter.

At that time, Wu Jing and Sun Jing only knew about this matter, and they didn't think about what to do.

Zhou Yu told them to block the news from the army, fight for a time difference, and destroy the enemy in front of them before the news spread, but the result was not as fast as Zhou Yu expected, and the speed of the news spread was unusually fast.

Sun Jing and Wu Jing had no choice but to tell the main generals about this matter, and then let the main generals spread the matter down, saying that Sun Ce was indeed gone, and now the monarch of Wu was Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan, and Sun Quan had begun to rule Wu State, and Wu State was stable internally.

But such an answer does not give everyone peace of mind.

Sun Ce had prestige, and fighting under Sun Ce was something they were already familiar with, and they trusted Sun Ce, and despite Sun Ce's fiasco, the trust accumulated over a long period of time was not so easy to destroy.

In the same way, if Sun Quan wants to accumulate his own prestige, he needs more than just a battle, but more time accumulation.

And Sun Quan didn't have that time.

The current situation is so dangerous that Sun Quan has no prestige but is in danger, and widespread doubts and despair are taken for granted.

So immediately, many generals expressed despair, saying that Sun Ce was dead, and there was no hope for Wu State, how could this battle be fought?

They threw off their uniforms and fled in groups, either further south or directly across the river to the north.

Wu Jing and Sun Jing tried their best to prevent this from happening, but to little avail.

At this moment, the combined forces of Shanyue and Haoqiang once again attacked under the banner of the Wei army, and the situation that had just been almost reversed returned to its original appearance.