Sun Quan



Sun Quan is Sun Jian's second son and his elder brother Sun Ce's successor. He is one of the main protagonists in the later parts of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Biography
Sun Quan spent his childhood in his hometown, Fuchun. Since his father, Sun Jian died in 191, he moved from city to city in the lower Yangtze. His brother, Sun Ce established a state formed from several small areas around him. In the year 200, since Sun Ce was killed, Sun Quan inherited an area in the southeastern Yangtze. In his fairly secure and stable government, Sun Quan is assisted by several former Sun Ce officials, such as Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Cheng Pu. For several years, Sun Quan was able to build a strong army with help the officers, his army was able to defeat Huang Zu, an officer from Liu Biao who ruled the middle of the Yangtze river.

In 207, Cao Cao led some 200,000 troops to rule the South as part of China's unification plan. On the one hand, Zhang Zhao as an adviser on domestic affairs Wu suggested to surrender, while on the other hand, Zhou Yu and Lu Su suggested to fight. Finally Sun Quan chose to carry the banner of war. Together with Liu Bei, who is a refugee in his country, Sun Quan combines the two greatest strategists, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, assisted by Huang Gai, Kan Ze and Pang Tong tricks to destroy all Cao Cao's armies at Chibi Battle.