Sun Ce and his group of mounted men are chasing after one itsy bitsy bunny rabbit. Ah, the sport of it all. (Un)fortunately, Sun Ce can't hit the broad side of a barn and the bunny escapes. He becomes separated from his men during the hunt and is attacked by assassins. Eww, did an arrow just go through his cheeks? Eww. He puts up a valiant fight but in the end he gets a spear in his back.
A grown up Sun Quan rushes to his injured brother's side. He quickly takes control of the situation, ordering everyone to act normal so their many enemies don't hear about Sun Ce's grievous wounds. Through his bloody bandages, Sun Ce urges his young brother to take military command and protect the southlands. Quan fears he's not up to the job and because of his age (18) the generals won't take him seriously.
Sun Ce has a last goodbye with his wife, Da Qiao, and then dies. Some officials urge Da Qiao to take control of the southlands in the name of her son, Sun Shao, who is just a baby. This would be going against Sun Ce's final wishes. Da Qiao doesn't say anything but she sure is thinking.
Sun Quan tries to pass off the responsibility of the southlands to General Zhou Yu, acting all "I'm not worthy" and such. Zhou Yu refuses to accept the responsibility as he knows this isn't what his old friend, Sun Ce, wanted.
Worried about her and her son's presence causing strife and conflict in the southlands, Da Qiao takes her baby and gets on a slow boat to China. Wait, she's already in China, so it must be a pretty fast boat.
Cut to one very short scene where Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are growing jealous of Zhuge Liang. That's it, that's all you get, then the credits.
So, who did send those assassins in the woods against Sun Ce?
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