The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 430 Good opportunity

"General!! Something bad has happened!!"

Ding Feng had just walked out of the palace when he ran into a general.

This person is Zhang Bu, the commander of Changshui.

He led several armored soldiers and almost flew down from the carriage.

He then dragged Ding Feng into the carriage, and the carriage sped away quickly.

"What happened?!"

Ding Feng sat in the carriage, his eyes full of surprise.

Zhang Bu and Ding Feng were old acquaintances, and they had a good relationship. Zhang Bu frowned and said seriously, "Sun Chen wants to kill you, General. He has already begun to gather troops from inside and outside Jianye to besiege your residence. When I learned of this, I hurriedly escaped and informed you of this!"

Zhang Bu served as the Changshui Cavalry Captain. The official titles of the Wu State and the Wei State had a high degree of overlap. Zhang Bu, the Changshui Cavalry Captain, was also responsible for guarding Jianye.

However, the army under his command was not large and was far inferior to Sun Chen's army.

After hearing Zhang Bu's words, Ding Feng was even more surprised. Why did Sun Chen want to kill him?
However, Ding Feng was more willing to trust Zhang Bu than Sun Chen.

Zhang Bu immediately said, "I have arranged for the troops. Please follow them and escape now. They will take you to General Shi in Jingzhou. Only General Shi can stop Sun Chen now. Please do not hesitate!"

Zhang Bu then told Ding Feng about the escape route.

Zhang Bu spoke very skillfully, as if he had prepared for it long ago.

Perhaps sensing the suspicion in Ding Feng's eyes, Zhang Bu said, "When I was discussing the matter of getting rid of the traitor with my senior ministers, I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I made preparations."

"Now Sun Chen is tyrannical and incompetent. He summoned me to his presence and questioned me about my successes and failures. His words hinted at wanting his younger brother to replace me!"

"If the imperial court falls into the hands of such a person, it will be a misfortune for the entire world. When you arrive in Jingzhou, please gather the troops and prepare them to fight Sun Chen. When the time comes, the inner and outer forces will be connected, and peace will surely return to the world!"

After hearing this, Ding Feng finally believed it.

Sun Chen was probably the most unpopular general in the entire Wu Kingdom. Perhaps because he was young, he felt that since he had military power in his hands, he did not need to win over anyone.

He only trusted his younger brothers and didn't care about the rest of the ministers.

This made almost all the ministers of the Wu State stand against him. Just as he was about to summon the army, someone was thinking about how to bring the news to Ding Feng.

Ding Feng immediately bowed to Zhang Bu and said, "Thank you very much for saving my life, Mr. Zhang. I will definitely repay you in the future!"

Zhang Bu didn't say anything more to him, but just warned him to be careful. Then he asked Ding Feng to change another carriage, and he went around and headed towards Sun Chen's mansion again.

"General! What happened?"

Zhang Bu, reeking of alcohol, stood in front of Sun Chen.

Sun Chen's eyes were full of anger.

He stared at the cloth in front of him and said, "Catch this man for me!"

Immediately, two soldiers pressed Zhang Bu to the ground.

Zhang Bu was horrified. "General! I'm innocent! Why are you treating me like this?!"

"Oh, I sent someone to ask you to gather the troops, but you just spent the whole day drinking and wasting my time! Can someone like you be appointed as the Changshui Commandant?!"

"Today, I will remove you from your position! Give this man twenty severe beatings, enforce strict military discipline, and then kick him out!"

Sun Chen gave the order, and Zhang Bu begged for mercy loudly, but it was of no use. He was dragged away and beaten.

"Hai?!"

"Brother!"

The young Sun Kai stood beside him, and Sun Chen ordered, "You will replace Zhang Bu as the Changshui Commandant!"

Sun Kai was overjoyed and hurried to express his gratitude.

Sun Chen was still in a good mood. He had always wanted to replace Zhang Bu, but he didn't have a suitable reason. Now it just happened that he was drunk and made mistakes. Even if he dismissed him, no one would be dissatisfied with him, right?

Sun Chen then led the assembled army and rushed towards Ding Feng's mansion.

When the army came, Ding Feng's mansion was completely unprepared. Sun Chen easily led his men into the mansion. He was extremely brave and fought back and forth among a group of old servants who had no weapons, and was not able to defeat them at all.

Unfortunately, Sun Chen did not find Ding Feng here.

Sun Chen ordered to search all over the place. His brothers led the army to search Jianye. At this time, they remembered to block the city and rushed to block the city gate.
This series of operations made the Jianye players' scalps tingle.

Inside the palace, Quan Shang, who had learned the news, knelt in front of the emperor and told him about the situation outside.

"I never thought that the government would fall into the hands of such a person!!"

"Sun Jun actually allowed such a person to inherit his position. He should be whipped alive!!"

Quan Shang had a very good relationship with Sun Jun, but at this moment, Quan Shang hated Sun Jun so much that he was even more angry than he was towards Sun Chen.

Sun Chen's actions looked no different from those of a pig or a dog. Quan Shang couldn't bring himself to insult such an abnormal person, so he could only blame it all on Sun Jun, the fool who appointed him. Your brother is a fool, and his behavior can be ignored, but why did you let a fool take the position?

Sun Liang was also gritting his teeth in anger at this moment.

"We can't go on like this, we must get rid of this thief!"

After Sun Chen came to power, the biggest loss was suffered by his entire family. Originally, the people guarding the emperor were all members of his family, but at this moment, Sun Chen was replacing them one by one.

Quan Shang looked around and whispered, "Your Majesty, if you want to accomplish this, you need the help of a few people."

"After this thief came to power, he was disrespectful to Princess Quan, beating her servants and confiscating her money and property in various places. Princess Quan was extremely dissatisfied with him."

"If we can contact Princess Quan and the many generals inside and outside the palace, we can find a way to kill this thief!"

Sun Liang said, "What does General Zhu think?"

The General Zhu that Sun Liang was asking about was Sun Jun's brother-in-law, Zhu Sun, the son of Zhu Ju, a famous general of the Wu State.

Although Quan Shang is also related to Sun Jun, the interests of his entire family have been greatly damaged, so he can take action against his relatives. However, as for Zhu Sun, his family's interests have not been damaged.

Quan Shang said seriously, "This person used to be good friends with Sun Jun, and is now following Sun Chen. He has no contact with us."

"If you want to get rid of Sun Chen, you must get rid of Zhu Sun first!"

The two of them immediately began to plan.

Sun Chen worked hard for a long time but failed to capture Ding Feng.

This made Sun Chen very angry. He thought that someone had leaked the information. He also believed that Ding Feng had rebellious intentions, otherwise why would he run away?

After investigation, he found that Ding Feng had gone to the palace before disappearing.

This made Sun Chen increasingly disgusted with the emperor.

Sun Liang did not tolerate him. A few days later, Sun Liang directly issued an imperial edict, claiming that he would thoroughly investigate the cause of the murder of his third sister, Princess Zhu Sun Luyu.

This immediately sparked heated discussions among the ministers, and soon the spearhead was directed at Princess Quan Sun Luban.

All the ministers believed that this was Princess Quan's fault.

Sun Chen did not realize the seriousness of the matter at this moment and thought that this was just the emperor's incompetence.

Besides, the emperor's plan to deal with Princess Quan had nothing to do with him, and he didn't expect Princess Quan to be his ally.

However, Princess Quan soon submitted a petition to the emperor.

Princess Quan said that she did not know about this matter. This matter was entirely caused by two people, Zhu Xiong, the governor of Hulin, and Zhu Sun, the governor of the outside world. It was because of these two people that Sun Luyu was killed.

Sun Liang was furious and immediately issued an imperial edict, reprimanding the two men for not correcting Sun Jun's mistake in killing the princess, and threatened to kill them.

Only then did Sun Chen realize the seriousness of the matter.

When all the ministers began to support the emperor, Sun Liang's edicts suddenly became very useful. Sun Chen had no idea how to undermine the emperor. He didn't even know how to arrange people to review the emperor's edicts, and his responses were even more appalling.

As a result, Sun Liang sent General Zhu Yi to kill Zhu Xiong and Zhu Sun, and claimed that he would investigate their past crimes.

Sun Chen was completely enraged.

The relationship between the two sides became extremely bad. At the same time, Sun Chen also decided to get rid of the generals in the country. He believed that the reason why the emperor dared to be so presumptuous was entirely because of those generals. He immediately gave an order to Zhu Yi, asking Zhu Yi to attack Cao Wei and avenge the deceased general Liu Zan.

And he wanted to give Zhu Yi 20,000 troops.

This made Zhu Yi very frightened. He hurriedly wrote a letter, claiming that now was not a good time to attack Cao Cao, and that 20,000 troops would definitely not be able to defeat Guanqiu Jian.

But Sun Chen didn't care about all this. He repeatedly urged Zhu Yi to lead several generals in the country to fight against Cao Cao together. These generals were all good friends of Lu Ju.

When Zhu Yi refused Sun Chen for the third time, Sun Chen directly sent people to arrest Zhu Yi and executed him in the street for the crime of disobeying military orders.

It was as if he was deliberately shouting to the emperor, "If you dare to send people to kill my people, I will kill your people!"

Zhu Yi's death caused great panic throughout the Wu Kingdom. Defections occurred in various places, and many generals began to flee. Several sons of his family directly defected to Cao Wei, as if they were worried that Sun Chen would go crazy and his entire clan would be exterminated, resulting in no one in the entire clan surviving.

Emperor Sun Liang could no longer tolerate it, so he summoned Quan Shang, Liu Cheng, Princess Quan and others to discuss the matter of getting rid of Sun Chen.

They decided to summon Sun Chen again, and after Sun Chen entered the palace with a small number of people, they would kill him directly and then attack his brothers.

After Quan Shang returned home, he told his wife about this matter. His wife, Sun, was Sun Chen's cousin. So, Sun Chen learned on the same day that these people had united to kill him.

That night, Sun Chen led a large army to attack the residences of Quan Shang and Liu Cheng, and then sent people to surround the imperial palace.

Overnight, Quan Shang was captured and Liu Cheng was killed.

Emperor Sun Liang also fell into the hands of Sun Chen, who forcibly summoned all the ministers and ordered Guanglu Xun Meng Zong to go to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices to the late emperor. He then summoned all the ministers and announced the dethronement of the emperor.

Just a few days later, Shi Ji, the Wu cavalry general stationed in Jiangling, raised his army and declared that he would attack Sun Chen, thus starting a civil war in Wu.

(End of this chapter)