In the afternoon of the same day, Sun Quan summoned the generals, and Lü Fan, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He, Chen Wu, Dong Xi and others arrived at the palace hall one after another.

This is the first time since Sun Quan took over Jiangdong that he has summoned all the generals in the name of the lord.

The hall was full of guests, but only the first position on Sun Quan's right hand was vacant, this position belonged to Zhou Yu, as the governor of the capital, Sun Quan convened the generals for the first time to discuss important matters, but he was unexpectedly absent.

Sun Quan waited for a while, but still didn't see Zhou Yu coming, although his face was not shocked, but he was very unhappy in his heart.

At this time, as soon as Sun Quan wanted to open his mouth to discuss the matter, Lu Fan, who was sitting in the first position on Sun Quan's left hand, came out and bowed and said: "Qi Lord, Metropolitan Governor Zhou Yu is afraid of infecting the lord because of the occasional cold, so he specially asked his subordinates to take leave for him, and asked the lord to be considerate." ”

Sun Quan didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Lu Fan is Sun Ce's close friend, and he has been ordered to protect Sun Ce's family many times, so he has a good relationship with Sun Ce's mother, and his relationship with Sun Quan is also reasonable. However, because Sun Quan was sensible very early and often followed Sun Ce's side, there were fewer opportunities for contact.

But Lu Fan's status in Jiangdong is very prominent, Sun Ce and Sun Quan are both filial sons, Sun Ce and Sun Quan's mother is very good to Lu Fan, saying that Lu Fan is the most trustworthy person in the Sun family.

As a result, Lü Fan became one of the most trusted people in the Sun clan, and together with Zhou Yu, he formed the second inner and outer ministers of the Sun clan.

Zhou Yu is outside, and Lu Fan is inside, and they jointly assist Sun's Jiangdong.

"Since the Metropolitan Governor is sick, then don't wait for him, let's start the discussion!"

The generals present pricked up their ears. Everyone's hearts were excited. All of them are gearing up. Prepare to go to war and have a good time.

However, what Sun Quan was going to say next was like a basin of cold water that extinguished everyone's hot feelings.

"Since the enemy army is too strong and at the top of its rank, and our army does not have a lot of troops, I decided not to send troops for the time being. From today. Except for the naval army of the Dadu Governor in Chaisang, all the rest of the troops retreated to Nanchang City to wait for a good opportunity. "Sun Quan is a serious way.

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and the veteran Cheng Pu stepped forward first, shouting loudly: "Lord, the enemy has hit us until our eyelids are lowered, do we still want to be turtles with shrunken heads?" ”

"It's an order! Whoever dares to disobey will be court-martialed! Sun Quan grimaced. His eyes were full of anger, and he yelled at Cheng Pu.

Cheng Pu has something else to say. was grabbed by Han Dang and Huang Gai, and the two began to persuade Cheng Pu, and begged Sun Quan to forgive Cheng Pu's disrespectful sin!

Sun Quan did not listen to the persuasion of Han Dang and Huang Gai, and in accordance with military law, he was exempted from the position of general of Cheng Pu, who opposed him, and was demoted to a concubine.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, and Han Dang and Huang Gai were even more stunned, and they pleaded with Sun Quan one after another.

However, Sun Quan did not give Han Dang and Huang Gai any face, and said that whoever dared to intercede again would end up the same as Cheng Pu.

Han Dang and Huang Gai felt an atmosphere in their hearts, so they simply resigned from Sun Quan as generals and left the hall with Cheng Pu.

After Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai were dismissed from their military posts, Sun Ben, Sun He, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi were all stunned for a while, and Sun Ben and Sun He even persuaded Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan could take back his life, but Sun Quan was so angry that even Sun Ben and Sun He were relieved of their positions.

Anyway, whoever dares to intercede will be removed from his position.

Sun Ben and Sun He are Sun Quan's clan brothers and cousins, and Sun Quan ruthlessly exempted the two of them from their positions, which made Sun Ben and Sun He also angry, and they left the hall when they saw that they couldn't reason with Sun Quan.

Chen Wu and Dong Xi were later joined by Sun Ce, and they were not all the way with the three veterans of Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai, nor were they all the way with Sun Ben and Sun He, the two clan generals. When they saw that Sun Quan had dismissed five people from their positions in a row, they were all shocked and stopped talking.

At this time, Sun Quan appointed Zhu Huan as the general of Zhenwu, and then successively promoted Zhu Ran, Ling Cao, Tan Xiong, and Pan Zhang as generals, taking over the positions of Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, and Sun He, while Chen Wu and Dong Xi maintained their original positions.

Zhu Huan, Zhu Ran, Ling Cao, Tan Xiong, and Pan Zhang were all Sun Quan's henchmen when he was in Nancheng County, among which Zhu Ran was the adopted son of Zhu Zhi, the Taishou of Wu County, and like Zhu Huan, he was selected by Sun Ce to assist Sun Quan's entourage.

However, Ling Cao, Tan Xiong, and Pan Zhang were the three brave generals recruited by Sun Quan when he was the county commander in Nancheng County, among the five people, Ling Cao was the oldest, and he also had a son who had just turned twelve years old this year, called Ling Tong, although he was very young, but he had already shown extraordinary courage, and often followed Ling Cao's side and went into battle to kill the enemy.

Pan Zhang is a native of Fagan, Dongjun, and his parents moved to Jiangdong to avoid chaos, and Pan Zhang came to Jiangdong with his parents at that time.

Pan Zhang's father often forced Pan Zhang to study, but Pan Zhang felt that the world was chaotic, and if he didn't have martial arts, he couldn't gain a foothold at all, so he practiced martial arts since he was a child, danced with guns and sticks, and finally practiced a good martial arts.

Tan Xiong is a native of Nancheng County, his mother is Han, his father is from Shanyue, and his parents came together because of true love and gave birth to Tan Xiong, so half of Tan Xiong's body is Han blood, generally Shanyue blood. Tan Xiong also inherited the fierce folk customs of the Shanyue people, and under the teaching of his father, he was skilled in bows and horses, and his martial arts were outstanding.

After Sun Quan promulgated this order, he didn't care about Chen Wu and Dong Xi's gaze at all, and if Chen Wu and Dong Xi were like Cheng Pu and Sun Ben and resigned, he would immediately find a suitable candidate to take their place.

Since Sun Quan has no prestige in the army, then he wants to establish prestige in the army, but Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He and others are not convinced by him, and these generals may not be willing to listen to his orders, but it is better to directly dismiss them temporarily and replace them with their own henchmen, so that they can command more easily.

After Sun Quan issued the appointment order, he announced the dissolution of the meeting and asked Zhu Huan, Zhu Ran, Ling Cao, Pan Zhang, and Tan Xiong to go to the barracks to do the handover procedures. Let Chen Wu and Dong Xi accompany him.

This scene. was clearly seen by Lu Fan, who was sitting on the side. But Lu Fan did not express any opinion, just watched the matter from the perspective of a bystander.

If it was left in the past, Lu Fan would definitely give a direct admonition, even if he was beheaded, he would not hesitate to do so. But since talking to Zhou Yu today, he has become much calmer, and Sun Quan's actions just confirm Zhou Yu's prediction.

After the adjournment of the meeting. Lu Fan just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Sun Quan.

Lu Fan hurriedly bowed: "Lord, is there something wrong?" ”

Sun Quan said: "Ziheng, you are a person that your mother and brother trust very much, I have just taken over Jiangdong, if there is any mistake in the handling of many things, I hope that Brother Ziheng can put it forward in time, so that I can correct it." ”

Lu Fan said with a smile: "Don't worry, Ziheng will definitely correct the master's mistakes in time." Don't you know what else the lord commands? ”

"Now Jiangdong is in crisis, and most of the governors are sick. No, I've just taken office. Many things still depend on Brother Ziheng. As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, I have already set a counteroffensive plan, it will not be long before the enemy army will launch a counteroffensive, and it may be necessary to consume a large amount of grain and grass at that time, I want to ask Brother Ziheng to be the governor of grain and grass, specifically responsible for escorting grain and grass, I don't know what Brother Ziheng wants? Sun Quan asked very sincerely.

Lu Fan said: "Ziheng He De how can he be able to get such a love from the lord, since the lord is so loved, Ziheng must be the work of the lord and the dogs and horses." ”

After hearing this, Sun Quan said happily: "With Brother Ziheng's words, I will sit back and relax." ”

Suddenly, Sun Quan's voice changed, and he asked again: "Brother Ziheng, is the Metropolitan Governor really sick?" ”

Lu Fan said: "The Metropolitan Governor is indeed infected with the wind cold, so he can't come here today......

Sun Quan said: "The Metropolitan Governor is the hope of the entire Jiangdong, even my brother praises him for his resourcefulness, at this time at the time of Jiangdong's survival, if I can get the help of the Metropolitan Governor, it will be like a tiger with wings, then it will be easier to defeat the invading enemy and keep Jiangdong." ”

Lu Fan said: "What the lord said is very true, after I see the metropolitan governor, I will definitely urge the metropolitan governor to give advice and suggestions to the lord, please rest assured." ”

"Well, I may be busy these days and can't go to the governor's house, I have prepared some gifts for the governor, and Brother Lao Ziheng will send them on my behalf!"

As soon as Sun Quan's voice fell, the soldiers had already brought out several large boxes of gifts and placed them directly outside the hall.

Lu Fan saw that the box was quite large, but he didn't open it, and he didn't know what was inside, but from the people who were struggling to carry it, he knew that the contents of the box must be heavy.

But whatever it was, it had nothing to do with Lü Fan, who promised to personally deliver Sun Quan's gift to Zhou Yu, and then took his leave.

Sun Quan personally sent Lu Fan out of the yamen, which seemed to be particularly important.

After Lu Fan left the mansion, he went straight to Zhou Yu's capital governor's mansion with these gifts, and on the way there, he was still thinking about what Sun Quan asked him, and he didn't seem to believe that Zhou Yu was sick.

After everyone arrived at the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Zhou Yu heard about it and came out to greet him in person, and when he saw the gift brought by Lu Fan, he asked, "Brother Ziheng, what's going on with these boxes?" ”

"It's the Lord who asked me to give you a gift. Gongjin, look at what you've done......"

In other words, Lu Fan blamed Zhou Yu a little, even if he knew that Zhou Yu was for Sun Quan's good, but in his opinion, he should discuss it with Sun Quan in advance, and after the two of them made a plan, they would act for everyone to see, so that the provincial monarch and ministers were suspicious.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Brother Ziheng, so far, there is only one step at a time." Later, the Lord Sanhedrin will understand my good intentions. ”

After speaking, Zhou Yu helped Lu Fan into the Dadu Governor's Mansion together, and then instructed the family members in the mansion to carry all the gifts into the mansion and accept them in full.

When the family members struggled to carry the box into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, no one noticed that a pair of black eyes were secretly watching every move in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and when they saw that the box was carried into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, they turned around and left, heading towards Sun Quan's mansion. (To be continued......)