Although Zhou Tai did not see Sun Ce being beheaded with his own eyes, he saw the head in Xu Chu's hand, which was Sun Ce.

"Quickly retreat."

Sun Ce is dead, and it is useless to continue fighting. Now we can only retreat to the city quickly.

Chang Shi Zhang Zhao, who was watching the battle in the city, quickly ordered: "Quickly, withdraw the troops with gold."

At the same time, the guards on the city were ordered to assist the soldiers and horses to retreat.

Sun Quan and Sun Yi had tears streaming down their faces. They looked at Xu Chu's head being held high outside the city and burst into tears.

Sun Fu heard the sound of Jin Jin, and even if there was no order from Jin Jin to withdraw his troops, he would lead his troops back.

As the enemy soldiers retreated towards the city, Gao Shun and Gan Ning led their troops to pursue them closely until they reached the bottom of the city. They stopped when they saw a volley of arrows fired from the city, and turned back to block the slower enemies.

soldiers.

Some enemy soldiers were running fast before, but now Gao Shun, Gan Ning and others are blocking the way, and Zhang Fei, Xu Chu and other pursuers are behind them. They really have no way to go, and Sun Ce has died in the battle. Many people throw away their weapons and choose

Kneel down and beg to surrender.

A fierce battle finally ended.

Zhang Fei, Gao Shun and others will return to Liu Bei, while Xu Chu still holds Sun Ce's head in his hand.

"Brother, Sun Ce is dead."

Although Zhang Fei was not the one who cut off Sun Ce's head, he stabbed Sun Ce first, so he deserves half of the credit.

Zhou Ping looked towards the city, pointed at Quac City and said to Liu Bei: "My lord, please return Sun Ce's head and body to them!"

"Sir, why do you want to return it?" Zhang Fei didn't understand what Zhou Ping meant and asked hurriedly.

Liu Bei nodded slightly: "Yi De, although Sun Ce is dead, he deserves respect."

Zhang Fei immediately understood: "It's true. Sun Ce is brave and fearless. He is indeed a rare opponent, hehe."

"Returning the bodies can also persuade them to surrender." Zhou Ping continued.

This is his real intention.

Liu Bei sent people to bring Sun Ce's body, and together with his head, he personally wrote a letter of persuasion to surrender and had it delivered to the city.

Zhou Tai and Sun Fu led their troops back to the city and counted their numbers. They led 10,000 people to fight this time, but only more than 3,000 people returned to the city.

"General, we fought hard, but unfortunately we lost to Liu Bei. Chang Shi, what do you think we should do next?" Lu Fan asked Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao looked at the people who were all filled with grief and anger, then looked at Zhang Hong and Zhu Zhi, and asked: "Zigang, Junli, what do you think?"

Zhang Hong closed his eyes, shook his head slightly, and said nothing.

Zhu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "What else can we do? We can only retreat to Lujiang."

"General Sun died in battle, then..."

Zhang Zhao looked at Sun Quan and Sun Yi again, and the implication was that Sun Ce was dead, who should be the leader now.

Unlike in history, Sun Ce died suddenly, without leaving any last words or specifying who would succeed him.

There are two people, Sun Quan and Sun Yi. Sun Yi's personality is more similar to Sun Ce, but Sun Quan is older. Logically speaking, if Sun Ce dies, Sun Quan should succeed him.

Zhang Zhao obviously meant Sun Yi when he said this.

However, Zhu Zhi preferred Sun Quan because he had just elected Sun Quan as Xiaolian.

And based on age, Sun Quan should be the successor.

"General Bo Fu died in the battle, and the three virtuous brothers are all young. However, Quan is the elder, and Quan should be his successor." Zhu Zhi said.

"Yes, Zhongmou is seventeen years old, and he is more strategic and can succeed him." Lu Fan also supported Sun Quan.

"Zigang, what about you?"

Zhang Zhao asked Zhang Hong directly.

Zhang Hong opened his eyes, shook his head slightly and said, "You decide."

"Zhongmou is older, he should definitely succeed him." Zhou Tai also spoke.

Zhou Tai is the general who leads the troops, and he is currently the most courageous general. His words also carry a certain weight.

Sun Fu followed up with words of support for Sun Quan.

At this point, Zhang Zhao knew that everyone already loved Sun Quan, and he could not object. However, he felt that Sun Quan was too different from Sun Ce, and was far inferior to Sun Yi.

At this time, a soldier came to report urgently: "Liu Bei sent someone to return the body of General Sun Bofu, which is already under the city."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but get angry, but there was also joy in their anger.

"Go and greet him quickly."

Zhang Zhao quickly led everyone to the city gate, opened the city gate, and welcomed in Sun Ce's body.

After reading the letter sent by Liu Bei, Zhang Zhao handed it to Sun Quan.

After Sun Quan read it, he gritted his teeth and handed it to Zhu Zhi, saying: "Liu Bei dares to ask us to surrender. I will avenge my brother's revenge!"

His words actually showed his attitude. If he were to be hated by Sun Ce, he would definitely not be able to surrender.

"What should we do now?" Sun Fu asked.

"Walk."

Sun Quan only said one word.

"Go? Retreat to Lujiang River?"

"No, let's go to Yuzhang. If Liu Bei captures Jiangdong, he will surely raise his troops to Lujiang. General Yuan will not be able to defend it. We can retreat to Yuzhang first and then look for opportunities to retake Jiangdong."

Sun Quan said firmly.

Since everyone regards him as their master, he must have his own opinions.

"What Zhongmou said is absolutely true. If Liu Bei leads his troops to attack Lujiang, Lujiang will definitely be undefendable. We can only retreat to Yuzhang, where we can rest temporarily and wait for the opportunity to recapture Jiangdong."

Lu Fan agreed with Sun Quan's plan.

Zhu Zhi and Sun Fu also agreed, thinking that if they go to Lujiang now, they will only be chased by Liu Bei again. It is better to go directly to Yuzhang, occupy the land of Yuzhang, recruit troops and horses, wait for the opportunity to avenge Sun Ce, and also regain Jiangdong and Jiangdong.

Yangzhou.

Zhang Zhao also thinks that it is a good idea to retreat to Yuzhang now.

Since Zhuge Xuan and Zhu Hao both died and Zuo Rong was killed by the mountain people, the imperial court worshiped Hua Xin as the governor of Yuzhang.

Yuzhang is not currently occupied by strong troops and is easy to capture.

The only thing wrong is that there are still Jiangxia naval forces on the river.

Huang She captured Niuzhu and killed Song Qian, but he was afraid that he would block the way, because if he retreated to Yuzhang, he would have to take the waterway.

"Yuzhang is indeed advisable, but Zhaogan Bofu was kind enough to meet him. If he wants to bury the general here, I'm afraid I can't go with you."

As soon as Sun Ce died, Zhang Zhao knew that it would be difficult for the Sun family to gain momentum again.

With Liu Bei's current strength, it would be easy to capture Yangzhou. Although Sun Quan's retreat to Yuzhang would provide temporary stability, it would not last long, because after Liu Bei captured Lujiang, he would definitely move towards Yuzhang, and Sun Quan and others would not be able to stop him.

Instead of wandering around with him, it would be better to stay in Qu'a and bury Sun Ce.

Sun Quan was very disappointed, but what disappointed him even more was that Zhang Hong immediately said: "Hong is also willing to stay here and bury General Bofu with Zibu!"

"You...are you unwilling to help me?" Sun Quan asked.

"If you don't want to, you can't do anything!" Zhang Hong replied, and Zhang Zhao nodded.

Sun Quan was helpless, knowing that he was young and could not convince Er Zhang, and he could not force this matter.
Chapter completed!