Sun Quan slowly raised his head and looked back at Zhou Yu, who stood among the military generals. His lips moved slightly, as though he wanted to say something.
"My lord..."
Tears were already streaming down Zhou Yu's face. When he saw Sun Quan looking his way, he instinctively tried to step forward.
But Yuan Xi, standing beside him, held him back firmly.
Having lived through a similar scene, Yuan Xi understood Zhou Yu's feelings very well. Perhaps out of sympathy, perhaps on a whim, he stopped Zhou Yu from inviting trouble upon himself.
"Watch carefully."
Yuan Xi gave him a long look, then said no more.
At that same moment, the executioner's great blade finally fell. Sun Quan's head was severed in an instant, and his headless body collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes in anguish.
All that filled his mind was the sight of Sun Quan's moving lips as he looked at him one last time.
"Gongjin, avenge me."
Those were the last words Sun Quan left behind.
Zhou Yu clenched his teeth, veins faintly bulging on his forehead.
At this moment, his fury and murderous intent toward Cao Cao climbed to their peak. He wished he could lead troops south immediately and slay Cao Cao!
"Cao Thief, I swear I will kill you!"
His eyes bloodshot, Zhou Yu spoke through gritted teeth, each word seeming to force its way out from between them.
Right and wrong in all this were now difficult to untangle. Sun Quan deserved his death for rebelling, but Zhou Yu would personally settle the debt of Cao Cao's betrayal!
The rebels were executed, and the heads of Sun Quan and the others were placed beneath the Great Han's Dragon Banner.
Liu Xie looked up at the army