Chapter 229: Zhou Kai in dilemma

On November 8th of the 16th year of Qianyuan, a group of aristocratic families led by Zhang Yong, Xie Quan, Lu Bai and Zhou Zhuan entered Wucheng. With the aristocratic families entering the capital, the two hundred years of rule in Jiangdong officially came to an end. More than 80% of the cities in Danyang and Wujun had changed their flags and flags.

In the palace of the King of Wu, Zhou Tong followed Zhang Yong and others to report to them the current situation in Wucheng: "Father, several uncles, our army has completely controlled Wucheng. King Sun Yu of Wu committed suicide during the battle, and all the Sun clan relatives in Wucheng were sent to prison by me."

Zhang Yong and others nodded. They all thought that Zhou Tong's method of handling it was very good. Since they had decided to completely depose the Sun family, they could not give it too much preferential treatment, but they could not kill them all. After all, the Sun family still has a very strong position in the minds of the people of Wu.

"By the way, Zhou Tong's virtuous nephew, I don't know where my brother Zhang Chao is now?" As he walked, Zhang Yong thought of his brother Zhang Chao. Zhang Yong felt a little guilty about this brother. As the prime minister of Wu, Zhang Chao's lifelong efforts were poured into Wu, but now Wu is ruined in his own hands. I really don't know how to face him.

Zhou Tong replied: "Back to my uncle, Zhang Xiang once came to find her nephew before her nephew attacked Wucheng, hoping that we could give up the plan to attack Wucheng, but her nephew refused him. At the same time, in order to prevent Zhang Xiang from leaking the plans of our aristocratic family, the nephew put him under house arrest. After attacking Wucheng, the nephew also sent Zhang Xiang back to the mansion."

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

In front of the Zhang Mansion, Zhang Chao, as the prime minister of the current dynasty, was the legitimate son of the Zhang family of the top clan in Jiangdong. His Wucheng's mansion was large in scale, and the Zhang Mansion was once crowded. However, since Zhang Chao was ordered by the King of Wu to not be allowed to enter the palace, the officials who came and went gradually disappeared.

"Uncle!" Zhang Chao's eldest son Zhang Kui had to go out because he had something to do, but as soon as he went out, he saw Zhang Yong standing in front of the door, so he spoke, "Uncle, why are you here?"

Seeing Zhang Kui, Zhang Yong smiled and said, "So it's Kui'er. By the way, is your father inside?"

Zhang Kui nodded and said, "Are, my father has been staying at home since he returned home. Is uncle trying to see his father?"

Zhang Yong nodded, and then asked Zhang Kui to take him in. Under Zhang Kui's leadership, Zhang Yong came to the backyard of the Zhang Mansion and found Zhang Chao sitting alone in the pavilion, silently dazed. Zhang Kui originally planned to call Zhang Chao, but was stopped by Zhang Yong, and then walked to Zhang Chao alone.

"Second brother is so happy." Zhang Yong walked to Zhang Chao and sat down and said.

Hearing Zhang Yong's words, Zhang Chao did not look back at Zhang Yong, but said lightly: "The Great Wu is gone, I, the Prime Minister, no longer exists. What can I do if I don't sit at home and wait for death every day?"

Although Zhang Chao's words were dull, Zhang Yong still felt a strong anger from it, so he smiled and said, "Why should I do this? Changing dynasty is the law since ancient times. What about Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties? So what about the strong Qin? It has not turned into dust of history. The second brother is also a person who reads history books. If you know that there is no eternal dynasty in the world, why bother with it?"

"Of course I know this. I have imagined the scene of other countries' army entering Wucheng, but I never dreamed that the Great Wu, which had been passed down for two hundred years, would be destroyed by my aristocratic family. Brother, why?" Zhang Chao of course knew the principle of dynasty change, but he still couldn't understand why the aristocratic family that had shared honor and disgrace with the Sun family for two hundred years would personally overthrow the Sun family.

Zhang Yong replied: "Second brother, you are the prime minister of the dynasty. The Sun family has become the name of a virtuous prime minister of your generation. You can understand it for the Sun family, but you are the head of the Zhang family. You have to think about the Zhang family. The Sun family is powerful and powerful, which has seriously damaged the interests of the people and the aristocratic families. In order to leave a trace of vitality for Jiangdong, I have to wait. Second brother, since you haven't figured it out yet, think about it carefully. Brother Wei comes here today just to see you. Since you are fine, then say goodbye to me." After that, he stood up and left.

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

"Brother, you have already captured Wucheng. I wonder what will happen next?" Zhang Chao asked as Zhang Yong left his back.

Zhang Yong stopped, but did not look back, but turned his back to Zhang Chao and replied: "I have already discussed with the heads of various families. We will welcome Deng's army into Wucheng and exchange the land of Jiangdong for the way out of our Jiangdong family." After that, he left.

After leaving Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yong came to the Palace of the Wu Kingdom and discussed with the heads of the family how to solve the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line. This was the last strength of Jiangdong, and it must be handled properly. After some discussion, they decided to send letters to the children of the families on the front line in the name of each family, asking them to disband the army or surrender directly to the Deng army. However, before sending the messenger, they did one thing, which was to secretly execute the former Xiang Kingdom princess Ma and her son.

In fact, there is no need to worry about Zhang Yong and others. After the Wucheng Incident spread to Yi County, the 200,000 elite soldiers who were forcibly recruited to the front line had fled to Yi County one after another, and Zhou Kai and other Wu generals did not stop them, because without the Wu Kingdom, it would be meaningless to stay here.

In the tent of the central army in Yi County, since the Wucheng Incident came, Zhou Kai has been staying in the central army tent and has not come out. No one is seen. He silently looked at the map of the Wu Kingdom in the tent.

On this day, Zhou Kai stayed alone in the tent as usual, but he was holding a letter in his hand, a letter from Wucheng, Zhou Kai's father Zhou Zhuan. The content of the letter said that Sun was finished and hoped that Zhou Kai could follow the trend of the times and lead his army to surrender to Deng's army.

After the Wucheng Incident, the people in the Yi County camp were panicked. The camp with more than 200,000 people was left, but now there are less than 30,000 people left. The rest of the people were worried about their future. Wu State was over. Now it was time to consider their own way out. They placed their hopes on Zhou Kai, but Zhou Kai did not respond, which made their hearts even more uneasy.

"Why! Why is it?" Zhou Kai's eyes were red and his face was ferocious. He really didn't expect that just when he was fighting bloody for Wu on the front line, his father and brother actually buried Wu directly, which made it difficult for him to accept.

Zhou Zhuan stated in the letter that he hoped that Zhou Kai could raise his troops to surrender to the Deng army, because a group of Jiangdong families had decided to welcome the Deng army into Wucheng and would no longer provide food and grass on the front line. Without food and grass, there were only tens of thousands of elite troops in Yi County.

"Grandmaster, the last general Ling Rong asked for a meeting!" Outside the tent, the general of the Wu army, Ling Rong, saw that the situation in the army became more and more tense, so he went directly outside the tent to ask for a meeting regardless of Zhou Kai's instructions.

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

Ling Rong walked into the tent and saluted: "Last general Ling Rong pays homage to the Grand Commander!"

Zhou Kai nodded and said, "General Ling is here for no reason?"

Ling Rong replied: "Return to the General, since the news of the aristocratic rebels capturing Wucheng, all the 200,000 strong men who had been forced to conquer Wucheng have left, and the remaining people are also panic. The general wants to ask what the Grand Commander was planning?"

Zhou Kai remained silent. Although he had been hiding in the tent, he knew exactly what the army was like now, but what could he do? Wucheng had been occupied by aristocratic families, and there would be no support in Yi County. Now there were only two ways in front of Zhou Kai. One was to ask for surrender to the Deng army, and the second was to lead the remaining tens of thousands of people to fight the Deng army to the death. But now the Sun family is over. What's the point of fighting with the Deng army at this time? But Zhou Kai was unwilling to accept it. After all, since the war started, many brothers and sisters died at the hands of Deng army, and even Zhou Kai's close friend Lu Su.

In fact, there is another way to go. Zhou Kai had also considered it, that is, to kill back to Wucheng, and to bring out the Sun clan trapped in the city, and make a comeback. However, the idea was rejected by Zhou Kai at the moment when it appeared. First, he had to fight back to Wucheng. The first thing he had to face was his father and younger brother, father and son, and brothers and sisters. How could he bear it? Besides, even if Sun was rescued, there was no place for Sun's family to live in this world? In this period of time, what Sun did to the people of Jiangdong, there would be no place for Sun's family to live in Jiangdong. Sun's family might have a glimmer of life in Wucheng. If he forced them to save them, he would be a dead end, so Zhou Kai rejected this idea.
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