The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 437: Death of Sun Chen
Sun Chen led his troops to attack Xunyang. After walking a few miles, he learned that a large number of Wei troops were gathering, so he quickly stopped.

At this time, the new emperor Sun Xiu was summoning several important ministers in the palace to discuss important matters.

Sun Xiu is much older than Sun Liang and is twenty years old this year.

He looked very similar to Sun Quan and had some of the majesty of a king. As soon as he arrived in Jianye, he had already won the love of all the ministers.

It’s not that Sun Xiu’s personal charm is too great, it’s mainly because there is Sun Chen as a comparison.

Sun Chen single-handedly united the entire Wu Kingdom and turned them all into royalists.

From this point of view, he should be the most conscientious official in the Wu Dynasty.

Those gathered before Sun Xiu now included the new Shangshu Puyang Xing, who had just arrived at the imperial court, Zhang Bu who had been dismissed from his official position, General Wei Miao, and the military guard Shi Shuo.

After arriving in Jianye, Sun Xiu immediately rewarded and promoted many people, won over the ministers, and pardoned those who had grudges against him in the past. When the ministers said that they could establish a queen and a crown prince, he said that the country was in turmoil and they should not consider these things first and should reward the ministers first.

These actions quickly earned him the support of many people.

Now, these generals gathered in the palace.

General Wei Miao said, "Your Majesty, with that scoundrel Sun Chen's departure from Jianye, there will undoubtedly be unrest. Upon his return, perhaps his minions will try to persuade him to ascend the throne, which would be extremely disadvantageous to Your Majesty."

"We should prepare to eliminate him while he and his followers are away from the government."

Sun Xiu frowned, agreeing with his words, and then asked, "Then how do we get rid of him?"

Wei Miao looked across at Zhang Bu, dressed in white. Zhang Bu had been dismissed from his official position by Sun Chen and had become a commoner. He frowned and angrily cursed, "Sun Chen has brought the Great Wu to this point of chaos, allowing the enemy to take advantage of the situation!"

"I heard from the loyal officials in the court that Cao Wei has organized a large army to invade. Sun Chen is afraid and dares not go to Jingzhou. He is leading his army back to Jianye."

"Your Majesty, Sun Chen treats his soldiers badly. His brothers are all in Jingzhou and cannot return now."

"I think that when he returns to Jianye, you can organize a banquet for him and invite him to attend, saying that it is to repay him for his contribution in supporting the throne."

"When he arrives at the banquet, we can rush out and kill him in the palace."

"The ministers and generals of Jianye are all very dissatisfied with Sun Chen. If we can kill him, we can use your majesty's edict to appease the Jianye army and make the remaining generals serve your majesty."

Zhang Bu expressed his thoughts, and the other generals also echoed him.

Sun Xiu narrowed his eyes. "Let's prepare for this immediately. Sun Chen is a wicked villain. He has killed our pillars and ruined our great cause. If we can't get rid of him, I'm afraid that all of Wu will fall into the hands of these villains!"

After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Will General Shi obey my orders?"

Zhang Bu immediately saluted Sun Xiu.

"Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to temporarily pardon my crimes."

"Oh? Why do you say that, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Bu explained, "When Sun Chen wanted to kill General Ding Feng, I secretly tracked him down and escorted him out of Jianye. He is now with General Shi, who sent someone to contact me. His original purpose in raising an army was to drive Sun Chen's army out of Jianye, giving us the opportunity to ambush and kill him."

Sun Xiu burst into laughter. "Mr. Zhang is truly a virtuous man! With such a loyal man in our country, why should we worry about the country not being governed well?"

The emperor immediately issued an order, asking his ministers to begin planning to kill Sun Chen.

When Sun Chen returned to Jianye, he actually felt something different.

It seemed that a lot of the generals in the city had been replaced, and many of them were new faces. After asking, he learned that these people were arranged by the emperor after he left.

This made Sun Chen somewhat unhappy, but the emperor had arranged some middle-level generals with little power, so Sun Chen did not say much.

After what happened last time, Sun Chen still didn't learn any lessons.

He really had no idea how to undermine the emperor. He only cared about the military power in his hands and didn't care about the system and politics at all, allowing the emperor to issue edicts and arrange his confidants at will.

Unfortunately, he did not have enough prestige in the army, and even the soldiers disliked him. The emperor's edicts were much more effective than his orders.

When Sun Chen just returned to his mansion, an angel came and brought the emperor's edict, requiring Sun Chen to go to the palace for a banquet.

Sun Chen asked the angel to wait outside, and then he looked at his confidant and asked, "The current emperor asked me to go to the palace. Is there a trick?"

"General, someone once told you that Ding Feng and others wanted to ambush and kill you. I think it's best for you not to go to the palace."

The confidant immediately offered advice.

Sun Chen stroked his chin. "I've heard similar rumors, but the emperor has sent so many people to deliver his decree. If I disobey, the emperor will accuse me of disobeying his orders and accuse me of treason. I wonder how many more people will oppose me then."

"How about this, I'll go to the palace first, and you stay in the mansion. When I get there, you set fire to the mansion."

"When the time comes, I will say that the palace is on fire and then leave the palace!"

The confidant was stunned by the brilliant plan proposed by Sun Chen. Just as he was about to persuade him again, Sun Chen had already stood up and started to prepare to go out.

The confidant did not dare to say anything more. Sun Chen was always arrogant and only trusted himself and his brothers. He never trusted anyone else. So, Sun Chen drove towards the palace in such a swagger. Before leaving, he confidently winked at his subordinates and told them to set the fire on time.

When Sun Chen arrived at the palace, Sun Xiu had a stern face and sat in the upper seat with a very cold attitude.

This made Sun Chen very angry. After sitting down with his ministers, he said to General Wei Miao beside him, "It was because of me that His Majesty became emperor. But now I pay my respects to him, and he treats me like an ordinary minister! It seems that things are about to change!"

Wei Miao's eyes twitched and he didn't agree with him.

The banquet began, but there was no smile on the faces of the ministers.

Sun Chen sat here very bored, looking towards his mansion from time to time.

Suddenly, thick smoke rose from the direction of his residence.

Sun Chen was overjoyed. He quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty! There's a fire in my house. I have to go back and check it out!"

Sun Xiu said coldly, "The general has countless assets, and this is just a mansion. Why are you so anxious? Isn't every place in the world considered as your own private property by the general?"

Sun Chen immediately realized that something was wrong and he drew his sword. However, at this moment, Zhang Bu, Wei Miao and others rushed out with their guards, pressed Sun Chen to the ground and tied him up.

Even at this time, Sun Chen was still shouting: "There's a fire in my house! There's a fire in my house!"

When several guards closed the door and Zhang Bu held him down and forced him to pay homage to the emperor, Sun Chen finally reacted.

He kowtowed hurriedly.

"I am willing to be exiled to Jiaozhou to atone for my sins!"

"Why didn't you exile Teng Yin and Lü Ju, but killed them instead?"

"I am willing to be punished and become a government slave!"

"Why didn't you let Teng Yin and Lu Ju become government slaves?"

Sun Xiu questioned angrily and then ordered Sun Chen to be beheaded.

Before Sun Chen could say anything, Zhang Bu took action and cut Sun Chen's body into pieces.

Sun Xiu, as the emperor, issued an edict to pardon all those who had conspired with Sun Chen to rebel!
Zhang Bu went out with the emperor's edict, and Sun Chen's subordinates immediately chose to surrender. Sun Xiu quickly subdued Jianye's army and regained power. Then, he began to settle accounts with Sun Chen and others.

Sun Chen's clansmen began to be arrested and executed.

His younger brother Sun Ju, who stayed behind in the palace, was killed together with him.

The big families that were killed by him now jumped out and began to seek revenge.

Things developed even more smoothly than Sun Xiu and others had imagined.

However, when the news of Sun Chen's murder spread to Jianye, several people who were commanding the army on the front line, namely Sun Chen's younger brothers, immediately panicked.

Some people think that they should counterattack Jianye to avenge their brother.

Some people thought that they should take advantage of the situation to capture Jingzhou and establish their own foundation.

Some people think that they should surrender to Cao Wei and use its power to avenge their brother.

They were still hesitant, but Shi Ji did not intend to give them the chance to think about it. Taking advantage of the fact that Sun Chen was killed and his brothers were in panic, Shi Ji changed his strategy and suddenly attacked. Ding Feng personally led the elite troops to attack and killed Sun Chen's brother Sun Gan. Sun En and Sun Kai no longer thought about counterattacking and seizing Jingzhou, and led the rest of the army to surrender to Cao Wei immediately.

They sent someone to inform Wang Ji that they could hand over Xiakou and request to be a minister of Wei.

Ding Feng began to attack Xiakou, waiting to attack from the front and back with Jianye's army to capture Sun Chen's two younger brothers.

Finally, Wang Ji took action.

But his target was not Xiakou. He did not even divide his forces to attack. He gathered all his troops and marched directly to the city of Jiangling, launching a relentless assault on Jiangling!
In an instant, Jiang Ling was in danger and hurriedly began to seek help from all sides.

Ding Feng did not dare to give up Xiakou, fearing that Sun En and others would defect to Wei, so he could only send part of the army back to provide support.

As a result, as soon as the army approached Jiangling, it encountered an extremely elite cavalry of Cao Wei.

This cavalry seemed to have been waiting for them for a long time. After seeing the other side appear, they immediately began to charge and attack.

Commander Liu Xian was killed in battle, the morale of the Wu army completely collapsed, and they surrendered one after another.

At this moment, Shi Ji, who was stationed in Jiangling, also felt that something was wrong! !
Wang Ji was surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements. He was constantly depleting the manpower of the Wu State in Jingzhou through Jiangling!

But it was useless for Shi Ji to react. At this moment, he was already surrounded and could not leave even if he ordered it.

He can only defend the city to the death, and hope that the generals from all over the country will not rush to attack!

(End of this chapter)