Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12: Sun Ce Unifies the Realm

My name is Sun Ce, courtesy name Bofu. I'm nicknamed Little Conqueror, and I was born in Fuchun County, Wu Commandery, which is now Hangzhou. My dad was the incredibly fierce General Who Subdues the Barbarians, Sun Jian, and my younger brother is the mighty Sun Quan, whom you all know.

You all know my heroic deeds: crushing Liu Yao, dealing with Wang Lang and Yan Baihu, defeating Huang Zu, unifying Jiangdong, and so on. No need to go into all that. But when I was twenty-five, I was ambushed by a few of Xu Gong's men, leaving my ambitions unfulfilled. After entrusting my final wishes to my younger brother, I rode off to the afterlife. But just as I was dozing on the back of a crane, a voice rang out: “Sun Ce, I know your ambitions remain unfulfilled. Today, I'll bring you back from the dead and let you realize your dream of unifying the Three Kingdoms!” The next moment, a beam of golden light struck me, and I fell off the crane...