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Chapter 917 The Little Overlord Surrenders?
If there were ten Sun Bofus, would Wanling City be razed to the ground?

Taishi Ci's contemptuous remarks immediately made Sun Ce furious. The veins on his hand that clenched his spear bulged: "Taishi Ziyi! Don't underestimate me!"

Taishi Ci did not answer directly, but asked Sun Ce: "What does Bofu think of my martial arts?"

Sun Ce snorted coldly: "General, your martial arts are indeed extraordinary, but if you say you can fight ten people alone, you are overestimating yourself!"

"Indeed," Taishi Ci laughed, "I can't fight Bofu alone against ten, but the general has at least ten generals with my skills. Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, etc. can all fight against a hundred. The general himself can fight against ten thousand people. I can't even survive three moves from him."

“What did you say?!” Sun Ce’s pupils suddenly shrank, and the hand holding the gun unconsciously loosened a little.

"Bofu, you have to know that there are always people who are better than you and there are always higher things that are better than you."

Taishi Ci looked up at the starry sky and said in a low voice, "In his early years, the general fought in the grasslands. He led a hundred cavalrymen out of the pass and swept through a hundred thousand Xiongnu. I even witnessed with my own eyes when I was in Liaodong that year. The general charged into the ranks of tens of thousands of enemy troops alone, as if he was in an empty space. The Xiongnu Chanyu, the Xianbei Lord, and many famous generals under the command of the traitor Dong Zhuo all became dead souls under his spear."

He turned and looked directly at Sun Ce: "Bofu, you know that if the general wants to kill you, no matter if he dispatches troops or does it himself, you and this small Wanling City will not be able to withstand a single blow."

Sun Ce's face was gloomy and the hand holding the gun was shaking slightly.

Sun Ce was not the kind of person who would turn a blind eye to everything, and he knew all the rumors about Su Yao.

Especially the battle in which his father led the Jiangdong Army to a disastrous defeat. Although he did not experience it personally, he could vaguely piece together the tragic scene from the words of the old soldiers in the army.

Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi and others were all people with extraordinary martial arts skills. His father himself was the bravest of the three armies and was known as the Jiangdong Tiger, which made him extremely respectful.

But even so, this powerful Jiangdong army, which had fought in many battles and never suffered a single defeat, ended up being completely defeated in its first battle with General Su Yao.

Those brave and loyal soldiers either died or surrendered, and my father Sun Jian himself was captured alive and ended up with his head and body separated.

Thinking about it this way, the general was indeed a man of real ability, otherwise, what would have happened to his father and others?

"Humph, if he is really like what you said, why didn't he come to kill me? Instead, he only sent General Taishi. Does he not want Wanling City?"

Seeing Sun Ce's attitude soften, Taishi Ci laughed and said, "General, you have the whole world in your heart. How could you be obsessed with the gains and losses of a mere city or a piece of land?"

Taishi Ci's eyes were gleaming. "He knows that you are young and promising, and a rare military talent. He also knows that your father Sun Jian died because each served his own master, not out of personal grudge. Now the court is in need of talents, and the general intends to recruit you to contribute to the people of the dawn. I wonder if Bofu is willing to abandon the dark and join the light?"

When Sun Ce heard this, he was struck by lightning and froze on his horse.

What did this person just say?

How could my father’s death be simply described as “each serving his own master”?
Sun Ce's chest rose and fell violently, and his eyes were filled with anger: "Tai Shi Zi Yi! Do you know my father?"

"I know!"

Taishi Ci interrupted, his voice becoming deeper:

"General Sun Wentai was a true hero, and his death is a pity. But has Bofu ever thought that if you continue to be an enemy of the imperial court, not only will you follow in your father's footsteps, but even Zhou Shang and others who protected you will also be implicated?"

He pointed in the direction of Wanling City and said, "In order to protect you, Governor Zhou has disobeyed the imperial court. The soldiers in the city could have lived and worked in peace, but because of you, they are caught in the flames of war. If the city is captured, what will happen to their wives, children and the elderly?"

Sun Ce's hand holding the gun gradually loosened, and the anger in his eyes turned into struggle.

Seeing this, Taishi Ci struck while the iron was hot: "The general said that if Bofu is willing to surrender, he can report to the court and pardon your Sun family's crime. Those members of the Sun family who were imprisoned in the capital because of your father's crime, as well as Cheng Pu, Zhu Zhi and others, can also be ordered to be released, giving them a chance to start a new life."

"If you can make more military achievements in the future, the general will allow you to inherit your father's title."

"Even for people like Zhou Shang, even though they have committed treason, the general can still give them a lighter sentence and spare their lives. Isn't this a thousand times better than you being trapped in an isolated city and being destroyed together with your enemies?"

The night wind whistled, the torches in the pavilion swayed, and the cloaks of the two men rustled. Sun Ce was silent for a long time, and sighed: "General Taishi, this matter is of great importance, I need to think about it again." Taishi Ci nodded and bowed: "Okay! Bofu, I will wait for you here for three days. If there is no reply, I will launch an attack on the city, and then all the preferential treatment will be invalidated. I hope you will take care of yourself."

After bidding farewell to Taishi Ci, Sun Ce returned to the city and Zhou Shang immediately rushed over.

"Bofu, will we encounter any danger on this trip? Can we find out the true strength of Taishi Ci?"

Sun Ce slowly dismounted, his expression solemn. After a long silence, he spoke: "Uncle Zhou, Taishi Ci invited me this time not to kill me, but to invite me to surrender on the orders of the general."

"Call you to surrender?"

Zhou Shang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he immediately asked anxiously:
"There is such a good thing. Does he have any conditions? Do you agree to it?"

"Good thing? This."

Sun Ce's pupils trembled slightly, obviously he was quite surprised by Zhou Shang's reaction. He thought that this elder who protected him would be furious.

But on second thought, Sun Ce understood that his father's blood feud was indeed irreconcilable to him, but Zhou Shang was implicated by him for no reason. Now the imperial army was besieging the city again, and the future was bleak. If he could get a glimmer of hope, it would naturally be what he wanted.

Sun Ce took a deep breath and stated Taishi Ci's conditions one by one.

After hearing this, Zhou Shang's eyes flashed with joy, but he quickly restrained it. He patted Sun Ce on the shoulder and said earnestly:
"Bofu, this matter concerns your entire Sun family, and even more so your father's reputation. You need to consider it carefully. However."

Zhou Shang paused and lowered his voice: "If the general can really let bygones be bygones, this may be a way out for the soldiers and civilians in the city."

“But should I just let go of the revenge for my father’s murder?” Sun Ce clenched his fists, a trace of blood seeping out of his palms.

"You silly child, revenge is important, but if you sacrifice the lives of your entire family and so many innocent people for revenge, will your father in heaven be happy?"

Zhou Shang looked at Sun Ce and said sadly:

"Not to mention, with our current strength, revenge is simply a fantasy. Don't forget why Wen Tai risked his life on the battlefield in the past."

For what?
Seeing Sun Ce was silent, Zhou Shang spoke slowly: "Your father has been fighting for the future of you brothers and the Sun family all his life. If you can continue the family business, it will be the greatest filial piety. Why do you have to cling to the false reputation of revenge?"

"Let me think about it, uncle, let me think about it."

Sun Ce shook his head, walked back to his room with heavy steps, closed the door and stayed there for three whole days.

Three days later, just as the agreed deadline was about to expire, Sun Ce's reply came.

Still at the stone pavilion where the two had met last time, Sun Ce rode his horse at full speed and saw Taishi Ci standing alone in the wind waiting from afar.

Next, after the two met, the gates of Wanling City were soon opened, and Zhou Shang himself and the officials of the county government went out of the city to welcome Taishi Ci's army into the city.

Just like that, without any soldier being killed, the entire Danyang County surrendered.

Shouchun City, County Magistrate’s Office.

"So, Sun Bofu has surrendered."

"But why does this battle report say that he ran away?"

"These two reports contradict each other. What's going on with the first one?"

Looking at the two reports sent by Taishi Ci, everyone was puzzled and they all looked at Su Yao.

The general, who always surprises people, now has a faint smile on his face, and it is obvious that he has seen through everything.
(End of this chapter)