Huiji, San'in.

With the surrender of Yu Turn, Wang Lang was also sent to Juancheng by Sun Ce, Danyang and Huiji were all obtained by Sun Ce, and the soldiers under the account had exceeded 30,000, and Sun Ce also gained a firm foothold in Jiangdong, which was regarded as a prince, of course, there were only two counties, and Chen Mo and Yuan Shao, who now have two states in the north, could not be compared, but Sun Ce crossed the river for only two years, and he was the same age as Chen Mo, and there was time to develop.

"Lord, it's a letter from Gong Jin." He Qi came in and handed a roll of bamboo slips to Sun Ce.

Zhou Yu was left in Shouchun by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu originally wanted to keep Zhou Yu by his side, but Zhou Yu obviously didn't think much of Yuan Shu, and it was not easy to tear his face, so he only became a county magistrate and waited for the opportunity.

After all, today's Sun Ce still belongs to Yuan Shu, and although Danyang and Huiji were defeated by Sun Ce, they are nominally Yuan Shu's territory.

Even if Yuan Shu was rubbed by Cao Cao and was given face by Liu Bei, but the Yuan family is too big, and the current Sun Ce is not qualified to turn his face with Yuan Shu, not only Zhou Yu, Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing, and his brother Sun Ben were all detained by Yuan Shu in Shouchun, and his management is much stricter than Zhou Yu.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Sun Ce took the bamboo slip and spread it out.

Zhou Yu's letter was not long, and there were only a few words about the past, and it was more about Sun Ce's future planning, just looking at it, Sun Ce's face gradually became difficult to see.

"My lord?" Seeing that Sun Ce's face was wrong, He Qi was a little puzzled: "What happened?" ”

"It's okay, you go down." Sun Ce'an resisted the anger and said to He Qi.

"Whoa!" He Qi has been by Sun Ce's side for a long time, and he is still clear about the character of his own lord, and he will definitely say what he can say, and he has nothing to say to his subordinates, so he doesn't say it at this time, obviously the content of the letter can't be known to them, and He Qi didn't ask.

Until He Qi left, Sun Ce spread out the bamboo slips and looked at them for a long time, and then threw the bamboo slips to the ground with some irritability.

Zhou Yu's several strategies to Sun Ce are actually correct, one secretly unites Liu Bei, Sun Ce estimates that after Cao Cao pacifies Yuzhou, he will start to clean up Liu Bei, as for why he didn't clean up Yuan Shu first, naturally because Yuan Shu's brain is not as good as Liu Bei's, and his mind is not as wide as Liu Bei, if Cao Cao cleans up Yuan Shu first, Liu Bei will definitely come to the rescue, but if he cleans up Liu Bei first, Yuan Shu is more likely to sit back and ignore it.

So unite with Liu Bei and form an alliance with Liu Bei, of course, this alliance has to be formed secretly, after all, not long ago Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were still in full swing, if Yuan Shu knew that Liu Bei had formed an alliance with Sun Ce, it is estimated that there would be no good fruit to eat with Sun Ce, and now Sun Ce is not suitable for a complete turn with Yuan Shu.

The other is to capture Wu County as soon as possible and lay down the territory first, when the time comes, even if he turns his face with Yuan Shu, it is nothing, Zhou Yu estimates that neither Liu Bei nor Yuan Shu can stop Cao Cao, but Sun Ce's side tries to help Liu Bei delay some time, and it is also to leave Sun Ce more time for development, at least take the four counties of Jiangdong in his hands, and then map north.

Another point is also very critical, although Sun Ce occupies Huiji and Danyang, but he does not have an official in his body, in terms of identity, Sun Ce is still a young general under Yuan Shu, not even a cavalry captain, and he has no name to command Jiangdong, so Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Ce ask the court for enough official titles.

As for where to ask, Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Ce ask for an official from Chang'an, not that it was useless for Cao Cao to say this, but once Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were destroyed, it was Cao Cao who occupied Xuzhou, and in Zhou Yu's planning, Sun Ce was going to Xuzhou to fight, and it was best to take advantage of Cao Cao's defeat of Liu Bei, Sun Ce took the opportunity to occupy Guangling, in this way, it is certain to turn his face with Cao Cao, if he accepts Cao Cao's love at this time and accepts Cao Cao's reward, then it will be the same as Yuan Shu now, Cao Cao's edict had a certain influence on Sun Ce.

And unlike the Chang'an Imperial Court, the two families are now separated by states and counties, and in a short period of time, there will be no conflict at all, and Chen Mo's side must also want to set up a stumbling block behind Cao Cao, so as long as Chen Mo's side is willing to form an alliance with Sun Ce, it will be a powerful reinforcement for Sun Ce for a long time in the future.

Of course, the most important thing is whether Sun Ce can accept joining forces with Chen Mo, after all, Zhou Yu can't persuade him to kill his father's revenge, even if Sun Ce is generous, with Zhou Yu's understanding of Sun Ce, it is difficult to accept this, so he just suggests that it is best to choose to join forces with Chen Mo, of course, if you really don't want to, you can also join forces with Cao Cao, but as soon as Liu Bei and Yuan Shu are finished, Cao Cao holds the land of Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, at that time, Sun Ce does not have Chen Mo's strong reinforcement, and it is impossible to get involved in the Central Plains, so he can only go to Jingzhou.

"Why is my brother angry?" A teenager came in, leaned over to pick up the bamboo slips on the ground, and wondered.

"Nothing." Sun Ce shook his head and said, he didn't want his family to worry about these things.

The young man is Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan, who is fifteen years old this year, and at this moment he opened the bamboo slip and looked at it seriously, hesitated, and saluted Sun Ce: "Brother is unwilling to form an alliance with Chen Mo?" ”

"The revenge of killing my father is not shared!" Sun Ce snorted coldly.

"The younger brother naturally knows, but this does not prevent the elder brother from using Chen Mo." Sun Quan nodded and smiled.

"Utilization?" Sun Ce frowned.

"Yes, judging from Brother Gongjin's letter, as long as the brother speaks, then Chen Mo will definitely give his brother an official position, and even if he wants to take revenge, now between us and Chen Mo, separated by Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Lu Bu, how can we take revenge in a hurry? According to the younger brother, it is better to use Chen Mo first, to get to the official position, and then say that this official position is sealed by the imperial court, and it is not given by him Chen Mo, when his Sun family becomes powerful, if the elder brother can defeat Cao Cao and welcome back the Son of Heaven, and then fight with Chen Mo, there is no need to take care of these, but if he is canonized by Cao Cao, he will still have to take care of some feelings after all. Sun Quan said with a smile.

The enemy's things, don't take them for nothing, and when the time comes, you don't have to take care of any feelings, if you take Cao Cao's, you will eat people softly, in Sun Quan's opinion, it is the most stupid not to choose to cooperate with Chen Mo at this time.

There is some truth.

Sun Ce groped his chin and glanced at his brother: "So, are you asking me to accept the thief's kindness?" ”

"It may not be good intentions, brother, with my Sun's current situation, I am afraid that Chen Mo may not be able to look at it, even if my brother does not accept it, this so-called kindness will still be given to others." Sun Quan smiled bitterly.

With the current power and strength of the Sun family, not to mention Chen Mo, a figure who has already been connected to the land of China and the state, that is, Liu Bei, who has just risen, is stronger than them.

At this time, the Sun family, I'm afraid that in Chen Mo's eyes, they don't even have the qualifications to be an enemy, so Sun Quan feels that at this time, Sun Ce had better lower his posture and get the benefits first, as for being an enemy...... Since you have embarked on this road, unless one party falls halfway, you will meet sooner or later, so why rush.

"Let me think about it." Sun Ce frowned and nodded, this approach is not in line with his character, but it is also as Sun Quan said, now he has the right to choose, and if he mixes personal enmity, he will inevitably look up to himself.

It's just that in this heart, even if he just bowed down to Chen Mo in the letter, Sun Ce was very uncomfortable.

"If the elder brother is unwilling, the younger brother is willing to write to the court on his behalf." Sun Quan was very worried that his brother's words in the letter were too intense, thinking that it would be better to do it himself.

Sun Ce hesitated for a moment, then looked at the bamboo slip in Sun Quan's hand, the most important thing is that Zhou Yu also meant this, after hesitating for a while, he still nodded and said: "Don't be too humble, if he wants to give it, he will give it, and if he doesn't give it to me, he will find Cao Cao to ask for it." ”

This is also the benefit of the two imperial courts, although the Son of Heaven is on Cao Cao's side, but the Shangshu Order in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials is in Chang'an, and the people are also official, Cao Cao cannot be easily dismissed, he can only curse the other party to die quickly, Chen Moke has no power to arrange another Shangshu Order.

There are two imperial courts, and there is one side that does not agree to the other, which is convenient for local real power figures, but at the same time, this is not a good thing for the Han Dynasty, and it will only make the Han Dynasty disperse faster.

"Brother, don't worry, the revenge of killing my father, my brother also remembers." Sun Quan assured with a righteous face that he was ready to write two bamboo slips, one for Sun Ce to read, and the other to hand over to the imperial court.

Really write according to Sun Ce's meaning, even if Chen Mo intends to give it, he will directly dispel this idea, in the final analysis, this is Sun Ce asking for an official, not someone begging you to be an official, but this must not be said to Sun Ce directly, his brother is very reasonable most of the time, but it is really screwed, and it is also very screwed.

Sun Ce nodded, and handed over this matter to Sun Quan, he wanted to think about how to act next, official position is one thing, but the strength in his own hands is the foundation of his foothold, Wu County Yan Baihu, Wang Sheng, Qian Tong and other local separatist forces are not strong, but it is not so easy to clear up, this is the end of the year, this year the army will not be able to catch up, and Sun Ce's side has been fighting one after another, and he also needs to cultivate and prepare grain and grass.

As for the canonization and promotion promised by Yuan Shu, Sun Ce was hopeless, after all, Yuan Shu promised Sun Ce that Jiujiang Taishou and Lujiang Taishou had not promised, and Sun Ce endured it once or twice, but if it was too many times, how could Sun Ce endure it again?

Danyang also sent his own family Yuan Yin to take over, but the military power and financial power are in the hands of Sun Ce, which is equivalent to being hollowed out by Sun Ce, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Huiji Taishou will also send someone to take over, Sun Ce is obviously a military general who fights in the eyes of Yuan Shu, but he is not a confidant, and he will not believe it, so the battle is fought by himself, the merit is set by others, and the benefits are also taken by others, and the ghost is willing to continue to assist.

The matter of Danyang is Sun Ce's temptation of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu is not capable of sending troops to cross the river to take it, obviously Yuan Shu's current state is not good, and Sun Ce is naturally more sure.