Chapter 621

Pang Tong cupped his hands,

"My lord, Sun Quan's surrender might be fake, but except for Zhu Zhi who might still be loyal to Sun Quan, the other great Jiangdong families are sincerely defecting."

Lu Xun also said,

"My lord, we must also pay attention to Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and other old subordinates of Sun Jian."

Liu Bei laughed,

"All in all, it seems that no one opposes me falling for the beauty trap."

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Fei laughed loudly,

"Big Brother, if Sun Quan wants to use tricks, we'll make him lose both his wife and his army!"

Guo Jia added,

"Sun Quan surrenders; the people and noble clans of Jiangdong all believe it is true and have no heart to resist. My lord can take advantage of the trend to take it and take Sun Shangxiang as a concubine, which will also make the others of the Sun family feel at ease."

Liu Bei stood up tall,

"Good, we will rest in Qu'e for one night and head to Wu Jun tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Liu Bei led his army majestically to Wu Jun.

Sun Quan opened the city gates and left the city to surrender, holding the seal of the Yangzhou Governor in both hands.

Liu Bei helped him up,

"Zhongmou knows great righteousness; I will certainly treat you well."

Sun Quan cupped his hands,

"Please enter the city, Xuande."

Liu Bei had Wei Yan lead the army into the city to take over part of the city defense.

He also announced on the spot that the previous thirty thousand surrendered soldiers could go home to reunite with their families and gave each of them a month's grain and pay, which was three times that of Sun Quan's army.

The surrendered soldiers were naturally very grateful.

Chen Wu, Zhu Huan, Sun Shao, Dong Xi, and Ling Cao also went home to reunite with their families. They thought Sun Quan had truly surrendered and had now defected to Liu Bei; they were appointed by Liu Bei as Central Commanders, Assistant Generals, and so on.

Sun Quan's heart was almost twisted, but he still appeared very docile.

Liu Bei held Sun Quan's hand,

690 "Zhongmou, let's enter the city."

"Yes, Xuande."

The streets on both sides were already packed with the people of Wu Jun; they had flooded into the streets early in the morning to witness the demeanor of the world-renowned Xuande.

"Wow, Xuande is so handsome!"

"So young; I heard he's almost forty, but I didn't expect him to be this young."

"Looking at it this way, Miss Sun has earned it; after all, she is very spicy."

"That's not all; that is the world-renowned Xuande, and I heard he has dragon energy wrapped around him..."

The crossbowmen secretly arranged by Zhou Yu had no chance to act; Liu Bei was enthusiastically holding Sun Quan, and they didn't dare to make a move at all.

They were also looking to see if there was an opportunity, but they didn't dare to strike without absolute certainty.

Liu Bei and his party arrived at the Yangzhou Governor's mansion; Sun Quan's family had already moved to a separate courtyard, clearing out the house for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei naturally was humble again and occupied the house.

He had just arrived at the Governor's mansion,

and the vast majority of the noble clans of Wu Jun had rushed over.

The two Zhangs of Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong,

and the four great families of Wu Jun—Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang—all came.

Liu Bei met them one by one.

He chatted happily with everyone and held a grand banquet that day, drinking and chatting happily with everyone.

Liu Bei drank a few cups with Gu Yong, the Assistant of Kuaiji Commandery,

"Ding Yuan Tan, my father-in-law has always said you are his most proud disciple; now that I see you, you are indeed worthy of the name."

Gu Yong hurriedly cupped his hands,

"Xuande is too kind with his praise."

Liu Bei said sternly,

"Ding Yuan Tan, you were appointed as the Magistrate of Hefei at twenty, and served successively as the Magistrate of Lou, Qu'e, and Shangyu; you have had achievements wherever you were, and you have also suppressed bandits and stabilized the commanderies. You have great talent; I intend to appoint you as the Administrator of Kuaiji Commandery; do not refuse!"

Gu Yong naturally had no reason to refuse and hurriedly cupped his hands in thanks,

"Thank you, my lord!"

Liu Bei chatted and confided in the other families.

The two Zhangs, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, were both from Xuzhou—one from Peng Cheng and one from Guangling.

Liu Bei promised them that he would soon march north to recover Xuzhou.

Zhang Zhao was in tears,

"Xuande saved the people of Peng Cheng back then, and everyone still remembers it in their hearts; as long as your great army arrives, the people of Xuzhou will surely respond in groups."

Sun Quan was drinking sullenly; he was now also doubting whether he had made the right move. In just one afternoon, Liu Bei had already won over the hearts of the Jiangdong noble clans!

"These Jiangdong noble clans—the Sun family treated them so well, and yet they turned around and defected to Liu Bei!"

He was already planning how to clear out dissenters after getting rid of Liu Bei.

Sun Ben and Sun Fu were released by Liu Bei, and their gratitude to Liu Bei was like the surging Yangtze River...

They naturally hated Sun Quan very much for killing his confidants, seizing his power, and planning to imprison them for a lifetime or find an opportunity to kill them both.

The two specifically went to toast,

"Brother Quan, Sun Ce really didn't trust the wrong person; you let the people of Jiangdong avoid the suffering of war, you are a good person."

Sun Quan's mouth twitched; he wanted to draw his sword and kill them both, but unfortunately, it seemed he couldn't beat them...

He hummed,

"I am just following the trend of Heaven."

Just as everyone was harmonious and drinking happily,

an unharmonious old man broke in.

He kicked over the table of the nearest Zhang Zhao and roared,

"Zhang Zibu, my former lord entrusted the foundation of Jiangdong to you and told you to assist the lord, and this is how you hand Jiangdong over to others?!"

Zhang Zhao??

What was Huang Gai doing? It was Sun Quan who wanted to surrender, and he was just following the trend; now he was blaming the surrender on him?

Liu Bei?? A new act?