Yuan Shu learned that Sun Ce had killed Liu Xiang (yáo) in Shouchun, and asked Sun Ce to be the general of the Kou Dynasty, and recalled Wu Jing, Sun Ben, Zhou Shang and others to Shouchun for use. sent his cousin Yuan Yin (yì

Replacing Zhou Shang as the Taishou of Danyang, Zhou Yu followed Zhou Shang to Shouchun (now Shou County, Anhui). Yuan Shu found that Zhou Yu was talented, so he wanted to accept Zhou Yu as a general.

Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything in the end, so he only asked to be the magistrate of Juchao County, and wanted to wait for the opportunity to defect to Sun Ce, but Yuan Shu agreed to Zhou Yu's request.

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Sun Ce continued to attack all parts of Jiangdong.

At that time, more than 10,000 people, including Wu people, Yan Baihu, gathered everywhere.

Wu Jing and the others wanted to defeat Yan Baihu and the others first.

Sun Ce said: "Tigers and other thieves have no ambitions, and they become birds' ears." ”

So he led troops across Zhejiang and approached Huiji.

Cao Yu persuaded Wang Lang to temporarily avoid Sun Ce's edge, but Wang Lang did not listen and sent him to Guling (west of Xiaoshan County, Zhejiang) to block Sun Ce.

Sun Ce launched several attacks, but to no avail. Sun Ce's uncle Sun Jing offered advice, suggesting that Shengdong attack the west, march from Chadu, surprise and attack unprepared, Sun Ce followed the plan.

So, at night, while lighting torches everywhere to confuse and contain the enemy in front of them, he also sent troops and horses to quietly attack from Chadu. Wang Lang was surprised by accident and sent Zhou Xin to lead his troops to meet the battle suddenly, and Sun Ce killed Zhou Xin and drove straight in.

Wang Lang was defeated, and Yu fled by boat to Dongye (now Fuzhou, Fujian).

Sun Ce sent He Qi to pursue, Wang Lang surrendered, Sun Ce sent Zhang Zhao to persuade Wang Lang to take refuge in him, but Wang Lang refused, and later the imperial court recruited Wang Lang, and Sun Ce sent Wang Lang to Xudu.

Sun Ce personally visited Yu Chuan with the courtesy of a friend, and Yu Tuo surrendered to Sun Ce and was reappointed as Huiji Gongcao, so Huiji was pacified.

In the same year, Sun Ce began to contribute gifts to the Han court.

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In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu took possession of the jade seal of the country and officially usurped the emperor, Sun Ce wrote to Yuan Shu, persuading him not to, Yuan Shu did not listen to the persuasion, and the two broke off their friendship and no longer had contact. Sun Ce also sent letters to persuade Wu Jing, Sun Ben, Sun Xiang and other relatives to break with Yuan Shu and return to Jiangdong.

Yuan Shu has the heart of being the emperor, and he has long disclosed his heart to his family, and his daughter Yuan Miao, who married Sun Ce, also knows it.

Yuan Miao thought that she would soon be the emperor's daughter and princess, so she gradually revealed her domineering temperament in Zhang Weiyi's family, not only with Sun Ce's original match, but also with Sun Ce's other two concubines.

Sun Ce learned that a letter of resignation sent Yuan Miao back home, and after that, there was no text mentioning Yuan Shu's daughter, and she did not leave descendants for Sun Ce.

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Cao Cao sent Wang Pu to Sun Ce with an edict from Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, appointing him as the commander of the cavalry, taking over his father's title Marquis Wucheng, and concurrently serving as the Taishou of Huiji, and ordering him to fight against Yuan Shu together with Lü Bu and Chen Yu (yǔ).

Sun Ce felt that he was commanding the soldiers and horses, and his position as a cavalry lieutenant was a bit low, and he wanted to get the title of a general to respect himself. Send someone to reveal his intentions to Wang Pu. Wang Pu immediately announced in the name of the emperor that Sun Cequan would act as the general of the Ming and Han dynasties.

At that time, Chen Yu's army was stationed in Haixi (now Donghai, Jiangsu), and Sun Ce, according to the requirements of the edict, reorganized his troops and horses, and went to meet with Lu Bu and Chen Yu, plan military aircraft, and participate in the situation. But when he led his army to Qiantang, the situation changed.

It turned out that Chen Yu wanted to take the opportunity to seize Sun Ce's territory.

He sent people to secretly cross the river, and took more than 30 seals to the commanders of various scattered and dangerous counties, asking them to make internal responses, and as soon as Sun Ce's troops were deployed, they would immediately capture his counties.

When Sun Ce discovered this conspiracy, he was furious and sent Lu Fan and Xu Yi to lead troops directly to Haixi, breaking Chen Yu and capturing more than 4,000 of his soldiers, wives and children.

Sun Ce took possession of one of Chen Yu's concubines, the Bai family, and accompanied the army.

Chen Yu fled north to Yuan Shao.

Sun Ce personally led the army to defeat the local Zou Lun, Qian Tong, Wang Sheng, Yan Baihu and other separatist forces, so Wu County was pacified.

Yuan Shu was very angry with Sun Ce's opposition to his claim to be emperor, so he co-opted Zulang and other local forces in Danyang, and encouraged Shanyue to jointly deal with Sun Ce. And Tai Shi Ci also occupied Jing County and called himself Danyang Taishou.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Sun Ce sent Xu Kun to drive away Yuan Yin, the Danyang Taishou sent by Yuan Shu, pacified all parts east of Xuancheng, and welcomed Wu Jing, who had just returned from Yuan Shu, to serve as the Taishou of Danyang, and then Sun Ce personally attacked the west of Danyangjing County. He attacked Lingyang (now southeast of Qingyang County, Anhui) first, captured Zulang, and then attacked Yongli (northwest of present-day Jing County, Anhui) and captured Tai Shici.

When Sun Ce pacified Danyang and returned to the division, Tai Shici and Zulang led the army, and the whole army felt very honored.

After returning to Wu County, Sun Ce worshiped Tai Shi Ci as the general of Zhonglang and awarded Zu Lang as the thief Cao. So Danyang was pacified.

At this time, Zhou Yu, who was appointed by Yuan Shu before, was the head of the nest, and Lu Su was the head of the eastern county, but the two knew that Yuan Shu was difficult to become a great weapon, and when Sun Ce pacified Danyang, he abandoned the official and crossed the river to join Sun Ce. Sun Ce went to meet Zhou Yu in person, worshiped Jianwei Zhonglang General, and immediately added 2,000 troops to Zhou Yu and rode 50 horses. He also gave Zhou Yu a military band and built a residence in the palace, and the things he gave were unmatched in the army.

Zhou Yu introduced Lu Su, Sun Ce was very surprised by Lu Su's talent, and was about to be appointed when Lu Su's grandmother died, and Lu Su sent his grandmother's coffin back to Dongcheng for burial.

Sun Ce also contributed gifts to the Han court, which were twice as large as in the first year of Jian'an (196).

The Han court appointed him as a rebellious general and made him the Marquis of Wu.

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In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Sun Ce learned the news of Liu Xuan's death, and Tai Shi Ci proposed to recruit Liu Xuan's remnants for Sun Ce, and the two agreed to complete the task within 60 days, so Sun Ce sent Tai Shi Ci to recruit Liu Xuan's remaining more than 10,000 soldiers.

At that time, the ministers all thought that they could not believe Tai Shi Ci, who had just joined the service, but Sun Ce insisted on believing in Tai Shi Ci despite public opinion.

Tai Shi Ci really recruited the rest of his Liu Xiang to return as scheduled, and informed Sun Ce of the situation in Yuzhang County, and Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci's heart-to-heart trust became a good story.

Tai Shi Ci is nine years older than Sun Ce, he has a younger sister, born to his aunt, more than ten years younger than him, Tai Shi Ci leads, marries his sister to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce lived with the army for a period of time, pregnant, and was sent to Yangzhou by Sun Ce to raise a baby.

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After the incorporation of the remnants of the Xuan, Sun Ce ceremoniously sent Liu Xuan's coffin to his hometown of Donglai Muping for burial, and brought back his orphans to raise, which was praised by Wang Lang's letter "The Book of Legacy Sun Bofu".

Sun Ce was preparing to fight with Cao Cao, Dong Cheng, and Liu Zhang to defeat Liu Biao and Yuan Shu at the end of the crossbow, and the army was ready to go, but Yuan Shu had already fallen ill and died.

Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong (hó

g) Go to Xudu to make friends with the ministers of the court, publicize Sun Ce's exploits in Jiangdong, and express his loyalty to the Han family.

After Yuan Shu's death, Yuan Shu's long history Yang Hong and general Lu Mian wanted to lead their troops to Sun Ce, but they were unexpectedly intercepted by Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and all of them were captured. And Yuan Shu's cousin Yuan Yin, son-in-law Huang Yi and others, also afraid of Cao Cao's power, did not dare to guard Shouchun, carried Yuan Shu's coffin, and led Yuan Shu's family and men and women to Anhui City to defect to Liu Xun.

Liu Xun's troops increased suddenly, but the grain and grass were not continuous.

Liu Xun sent his cousin Liu Kai to Yuzhang Taishou Hua Xin (xī

borrowed grain, Hua Xin was also short of grain, so he had to send someone to lead Liu Kai to Haiyang (now west of Fengxin County, Jiangxi) and Shangyi (now Yongxiu County, Jiangxi), and borrowed 30,000 Hu from Liu Qiao's old department.

Liu Kai went for more than a month before he borrowed 2,000 yuan, so he reported to Liu Xun and asked Liu Xun to lead the troops to attack.

At that time, Liu Xun's troops were quite strong, and Sun Ce wanted to take the opportunity to solve it, so he also wrote a letter to persuade Liu Xun to attack Haiduan and Shangyu. In the letter, Sun Ce condescended to his subordinates and said: "The Shangyu place is very rich, I hope you can raise troops to fight, and I am willing to send troops to be your foreign aid." ”

Liu Xun decided to capture Shangyu. He quietly led his army through Pengze and came to the place of Haidu. The local guards cleared the wilderness, leaving an empty city, and Liu Xun found nothing.