Chapter Twenty-Four: Zhuo Zai Guangwu True Saint Monarch
Gongsun Xun felt restless, not only because of the sweltering weather and the torrential rain that followed, but also because of the sudden departure of the brutal way of solving problems by force, military and political prestige all the year round, and he was a little uncomfortable in the face of a large number of bureaucratic problems and the upcoming large-scale civil administration.
For many years, this Wei general has been either in battle or in the patience and rush for the battle, and what has been with him all the year round is only war horses, swords, armor, and righteous servants, plus the background of the nobles of the border county, his people have actually become accustomed to some things from their bones...... You must know that even when he participated in the political struggle in Luoyang, he only played the role of a knife, and Liaoxi, Danhan Mountain, Goguryeo, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the pacification of Guanxi, the fight against Dong, and the destruction of Yuan, one by one, it can be said that almost every time he really rose up, he relied on the most direct violent means to complete it.
And violence is very addictive!
It's not that he doesn't have experience in civil affairs.
On the contrary, in the eyes of many people, this General Wei's civil affairs experience is also extremely rich, and even the means of governance are excellent, the political concept is unique, and he even has a sufficiently upright scripture background, which is also the fundamental reason why many people think that he is different from a border county martial artist...... For example, the reason why important subordinates such as Dong Zhao, Tian Feng, Xun You, and Zhong Xuan gritted their teeth and chose him at the beginning was somewhat for these reasons; And further on, the ministers of Guanxi, the family of Taiyuan, and the heroes of Hebei, these people are willing to obey him to a certain extent and recognize his Dong Zhuo, instead of simply treating him as a figure like Dong Zhuo and simply fearing him, all because of his ruling experience and scriptural background.
But who would have thought that these governance ideas did not come from him personally, and every time he took office, he had a strong mother behind him with ideas and means that were ahead of the times, and a lot of money background to cover for him? As for his so-called scripture background, it is even more nonsense, it is completely a generous gift from the two teachers!
And besides, before Handan was a city and Zhongshan was a county, and the governance was also governed...... To put it mildly, with the way in which he was governed by the hundreds of elite righteous followers of his Gongsun Xun that day, the heroic and powerful who dared to make trouble, and the clan who dared to talk nonsense, could be suppressed by force, and without the opposition force, it was not how to govern the government?
But now everything is different, and now Gongsun Xun is facing nine states, more than 40 counties, and a population of more than 10 million (and maybe even more...... In the past and in the future, there is no problem in calling you a lonely widow, or even directly calling yourself an emperor.
In the face of such a large ruling area, according to Gongsun Xun's education, he knows very well what he will face in the future: internal factional struggles; bureaucratic disobedience or excessive enthusiasm in the implementation of governance concepts; loopholes in academic construction and system construction; The comeback of the world's powerful makeover; The adherence to agriculture, the support of handicrafts and the opposition of commercial development...... These Gongsun Xun all know!
But more importantly, Gongsun Xun also knows very well in his heart that when facing these problems in the future, as a holder and superior of absolute force, he cannot easily raise a knife internally unless he has to, which will only bring greater damage and more problems...... The previous expulsion of Cui Yan was more like the last willfulness, but there was already a compromise with the Confucian scholars in Qingzhou.
After all, since he has come to this point, what he wants to do is naturally the Tang Sect Mingzu in his mother's mouth! Even if it's not good, you have to be a Guangwu!
How can you be Dong Zhuo and Er Zhurong?!
The only pity is that he is obviously very restrained, and every time he wants to use force to do things, he strokes the knife to remind himself, but he is still outside the war, and he has no choice but to kill Xu Yu with his own hands.
It can only be said that this is the troubled times?
That night, Gongsun Xun tossed and turned, and only fell asleep in the second half of the night...... And for some reason, he was obviously in the midst of tens of thousands of Jin Ge, but he first dreamed of the Yellow River carp that Liu Zhang brought in him, and then he still dreamed of the Yellow Turban soldiers who crossed the river here and died in the past.
It's just that time has passed, and although I still know the names of those leaders, I can't remember the faces of those people in my dreams.
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Heavy rain poured, lightning and thunder, day and night, in the huge military camp, there was a man with a high crown and armor and a cloak into the back tent of the Chinese army's big tent, but on the side of the brazier to the direction of the couch bowed and saluted, calling him a prince.
"No need to be polite!" The person on the couch was sweating profusely and looked embarrassed, and after looking at the person who came to signal casually, he simply said bluntly. "Junli, I slept with the ancient ingot knife on my pillow last night, and I actually dreamed of Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor of the world! You have the greatest knowledge in the army, and you are also the person I trust the most, so be sure to interpret my dreams for me! β
The person who came was slightly stunned, and after he carefully took off his coat and hat, he showed his face, but it was Zhu Zhi and Zhu Junli, and the person on the couch was none other than Zhu Zhi, the head of the four strong in the Central Plains, and Sun Jian Sun Wentai, known as the Jiangdong Tiger.
As for this place, it is a military camp in Xinye County between Shushui and Bishui in Nanyang County, Jingzhou, Dahan Dynasty.
Zhu Zhi took off his coat and hat, and looked at Sun Jian's face through the brazier, it was obvious that just by looking at the beads of sweat on the other side, he could conclude that his lord was not lying, and Sun Wentai really didn't need to lie to a confidant like Zhu Zhi.
"There are three sayings here, depending on which one the prince believes." Zhu Junli came to the couch, and after a little thought, he spoke directly.
"Let's talk about them one by one!" Sun Jian sat on the couch and responded with a knife in his hand.
"First, it's an ordinary ghost theory." Zhu Zhi pointed to the ancient ingot knife in the other party's hand. "This knife has been with the prince for a long time, there are many kills, and the days are inevitably contaminated with blood, not to mention that a few days ago, I just experienced a big war here, and today the thunder sounded, shaking the soul overflowing, and the prince slept with this knife, and was not immune to the infection ......"
"It's not that I don't believe in these ghosts." Sun Jian shook his head and said. "But I have killed countless people, my own sword, the people I killed, and among the 20,000 troops I led, how can I be forced by them?"
"Yes." Zhu Zhi immediately bowed his head, and his face remained unchanged.
"Second?"
"The second is the so-called auspicious omen." Zhu Junli was still expressionless. "Let's win a few days ago, defeat Yuan Shu and Liu Biao's coalition army, just wait for the sky to cross the water, completely defeat Yuan Shu, and Caiyang County on the other side of the water is the hometown of the Shizu Guangwu, I think it is Guangwu to see the prince Shenwu, and there is this sign under the favor of the prince......"
"If it's an auspicious sign, why do you wake up...... Well, what about the third? β
"Three...... "Zhu Zhi said slightly." Some people say that they think about it day and dream at night, and dreams have nothing to do with good luck or evil...... Junhou, I know that you don't like twists and turns, so your subordinates will say it bluntly, maybe this matter is just that Junhou has some thoughts in his heart, but he feels a little ashamed because he is a Hanchen who has been repeatedly affected by Hanen, but I heard that the front is the hometown of Emperor Guangwu, so there will be a loss of consciousness tonight. β
"That is, Jun Li dares to say this to me." Sun Jian couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. "That seems to be the case...... After days of obscenity, I listened to the old gentleman read history for me in the tent yesterday, talking about the Guangwu Mandate, and then remembering the current situation, but I had a little strange thoughts...... Why aren't you surprised? β
"Why should my subordinates be surprised?" Zhu Zhi replied slowly after a little wording. "Who is not Hanchen? But in today's situation, I don't know how many people have long felt that the Han family cannot be revived, at least since Dong Zhuo, everyone feels that 'I can also do things in the world', not to mention that there is now General Wei as the first in the world, but our situation is now unprecedentedly good, so what does it matter if the prince has some thoughts? Don't hide it from the prince, you only got serious about it yesterday, but in my opinion, it's a little late, and some generals in the army are more thoughtful than you......"
"What about you?" Sun Wentai asked coldly.
"My subordinates sometimes feel ashamed of Chang'an." Zhu Zhi was silent for a moment, but still admitted it in disguise. "However, when his subordinates were in Changsha, he was appointed by the prince as the captain of the two thousand stones, and if he said that he did not become a big thing from the prince and the heart of Lieyuntai was also self-deception."
Sun Jian sighed faintly: "The point is, at the moment, as Jun Li said, our situation is really good, if you can't talk about it, it's ridiculous!" β
Zhu Zhi immediately bowed his head.
In other words, I have to mention the situation in Nanyang here.
Nanyang has 37 counties and nearly 50 cities, and as early as the Shundi period, there were nearly 5.6 million households and nearly 2.5 million people, while at the same time, the entire Jizhou, which is known as the essence of Hebei, is only 100 counties and 1230 cities, and then 900,000 households and 5 or 6 million people...... It is not false to say that a county in Nanyang is worthy of a state elsewhere!
Not to mention, Nanyang also has the most dense and developed handicraft industry base in the entire Han Dynasty, as well as the largest government-run ironware smelting base in the entire Han Dynasty.
However, speaking of which, I inevitably have to say one more person first, and that is Yuan Highway!
Yuan Highway went south to Nanyang after getting the seal of General Dong Zhuohou on the same day, and at that time, with the assistance of Sun Jian, he circled Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Runan, the three elite territories of the Central Plains that were connected together, with a cumulative population of about 6 million...... You read that right, the three counties have a population of six million, the agriculture of Runan, the talents of Yingchuan, the iron tools and goods of Nanyang, everything, plus the fact that Jingzhou was ownerless, Huainan was turbulent, and Jiangdong was empty, at that time Yuan Shu was considered one of the four strongest in the world, and his own remarks about controlling the north in the south cannot be said to be groundless.
But it is such a large foundation, Liu Biao rode into Xiangyang, and the territory of Jingzhou except Nanyang no longer belongs to him Yuan Highway; Zhu Jun failed to save his son in Jiaozhou, and was driven back to Huiji's hometown by Shixie, and said hello to his other son, Yuzhang Taishou Zhu Hao, but Jiangdong didn't listen to his general; The most terrible thing is that Liu Bei, a Zhuojun bastard, was only thirty years old at the time, and when he went to Huainan, the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, where the essence of Yangzhou was located, were suddenly gone!
In the end, with Sun Jian's anger and rebellion, Runan and Yingchuan were immediately gone, and now there are so many cities in Nanyang, and Sun Wentai has been invaded like a fierce wind and fire, leaving only the southeast of Bishui, the southwest of Tongbai Mountain, and the north of Jiangxia County, five counties and seven cities in this narrow area.
In just four years, a large-scale decisive battle did not break out, and in a daze, it seized all the essence of the southern part of the Han Dynasty in its heyday, with a population of six million, and remotely controlled the land of Jing, Henan, and Yangzhou, and then fell to the point of only five counties and seven cities, people may not know what this concept is......
This kind of person, throughout the ages, up and down for 5,000 years, we will only call him in seven words - Yuan Highway, a ghost in the road!
On the other hand, why Sun Jian's situation at this time is good, and why he is so scared that Liu Biao will cooperate with people like Yuan Shu in turn, I don't know if I don't know, because Sun Wentai is almost about to completely master the three counties of Yingchuan, Nanyang, and Runan!
Moreover, unlike Yuan Shu, who was surrounded by enemies on all sides and had internal chaos, Sun Wentai was not only strong and unmatched, but the external situation was also particularly favorable to him today...... Gongsun Xun stopped fighting, Cao Cao blocked him, and Liu Bei shielded him, which made him have no worries at all, and only use troops in one direction; And more importantly, because of the pressure of Gongsun Xun, the Central Plains is extraordinarily united, which makes Sun Jian not have to worry about the digestion and rule of the territory for the time being, because if there is no external force to echo, what will the scholars of these three counties use to fight against Sun Wentai, who is resistant to them in their hearts?
In fact, as Sun Jian's reign continued, and he himself won consecutive battles, at this time, this Jiangdong Tiger had gradually begun to gain the recognition of some locals - some scholars came out, and many heroes defected!
It is especially worth mentioning here that Li Tong, a local famous general who raised troops in Langling County at the junction of Runan, Jiangxia and Nanyang counties after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, also brought a large number of powerful people to surrender to him! And because he was born in Jiangxia and is familiar with the situation on the east bank of Bishui, he is now a general under his command, leading 3,000 Langling soldiers to help fight!
Then in this situation, Sun Jian can continue to advance south without any pressure!
After pushing Nanyang, you can push Jiangxia, and then Jiangxia will have Liu Bei on the flank to protect him, and after he finishes pushing Jiangxia, he can also push Nanjun (where Xiangyang is located) without pressure, and when Nanjun and Jiangxia are in his hands, then there will be Dajiang in the south, that is, the four counties of Jingnan that he used to level the four counties...... When the time comes, he can also achieve the power that Yuan Highway once reached, and he can also do what Yuan Highway can't do.
Perhaps, as Sun Jian wrote in the letter when he directly married Cao Cao - 'Recuperate for three years, take Xuande as the place to stay and govern, and Meng De as the rear army to deliver food, I will march the Central Plains and Jingxiang 200,000 people to the west, although General Wei is strong, how can he deserve it, why worry about Chang'an and the Son of Heaven not returning?' β
This is really not a joke, at least it can't be regarded as a joke, because just a few days ago, Sun Wentai had just broken the alliance of Yuan Shu and Liu Biao here, showing the might of the Jiangdong Tiger!
At that time, Liu Biao sent 10,000 reinforcements, led by his so-called brave servant Liu Pan, 10,000 reinforcements plus Yuan Shu finally pieced together 10,000 families, a total of 20,000, and Sun Jian's side was also 20,000, and then the two sides 20,000 against 20,000, in Xinye territory on the shore of the water.
The two sides fought from morning to sunset, Sun Wentai personally held an ancient ingot knife and rushed to the front, and the two sides repeatedly charged, but the final result was that the Yuan and Liu coalition forces were defeated, and thousands of corpses were ambushed, even Liu Pan was almost captured by Li Tong, and finally relied on the Zhonglang who countersigned this time to save Huang Zhong from fighting bravely.
Now, relying on a summer rainstorm that fell from the sky, Yuan Shu was able to lead the remnants of the army to cross Bishui and return to his last territory, while Liu Pan and Huang Zhong also reluctantly gathered the defeated troops and returned to the other side of the river, but they couldn't even enter the empty Chaoyang county on the other side, so they could only brave the rain again and hurriedly go south and return to the territory of Deng County in the north of Xiangyang to resettle.
In other words, at this moment, there is only one Deng County and one Bishui Five County left before Sun Wentai swept Nanyang.
On the other side, after discussing the situation, as the rain outside the tent gradually thinned, Sun Jian also breathed a little evenly, but finally gradually became clear: "After pacifying the five counties of Bishui this time, don't rush south to Jiangxia first, do four things, Junli must think about it for me......"
Zhu Zhi was immediately ready to get up and obey orders, but was dragged back to the couch by Sun Wentai.
"First, write a letter to Xuande, asking him to send troops north to Runan immediately after marriage, and exterminate Liu Pi and Gong Du, the Yellow Turban thieves who echoed Yuan Shu in the Xincai area, and then go south to Jiangxia to help me......"
Zhu Zhi immediately wanted to speak and stopped.
"After listening to me, after exterminating the Yellow Turban thief, no matter whether he comes to Jiangxia to help me or not, all the seven counties on the east side of Runan east of Yingshui will be given to him, which can be regarded as a gift for his wedding by my brother." Sun Jian hurriedly restrained the other party. "Then persuade him to go to Jiangdong, to collect Zhu Jun's father and son, and take the land of Yangzhou."
"Liu Xuande is a hero in the north, and his people sit in Huainan, and they only have the Central Plains in the north in their eyes, and they may not be interested in Gou and Yu Jiangdong." Zhu Zhi was still a little helpless.
"I know." Sun Jian was also helpless. "But it's always an explanation, right? He looks like this, he doesn't say a word, I always feel ashamed, and everyone in the world also says that I am a thief who steals my righteous brother's territory...... It's irrefutable! And in the troubled times, where can you give land for nothing? On that day, it was really difficult for us to gain a foothold in Cao Mengde's Chen County, and Cao Mengde also gave us a lot of grain and grass to help us survive the famine before the autumn harvest last year. Today, it's just that he doesn't want to take the land of Jiangxia to be honest with his seven counties, what else do you want? β
Zhu Zhi then stopped talking.
"Second, Yuan Highway is my former master, my identity as a broken general, although it was later verified by Chang'an, but after all, he gave it at the beginning, if he can get it after the war, he should be entertained, and then don't send it to see me to avoid embarrassment, send it directly to Chang'an, just say that he was ordered to ask for the success of the thief......"
Zhu Zhi shook his head again and again, he had long wanted to remind the other party of this matter, and it was best for the other party to take the initiative to think of it.
"Third, in addition to Yuan Shu, he must inspect the treasury and seize it, transfer some treasures and specialties, and find a local celebrity in the name of tribute, and send it to the Son of Heaven in Chang'an."
Zhu Zhi nodded without hesitation: "The Son of Heaven can't just let Cao Mengde do it!" β
"That's not what I mean." Sun Jian said with a little emotion. "One last thing...... When I arrive in Caiyang, see if there is a Guangwu Temple, rebuild it if there is, and build a new one if not, and then I will personally lead the people of Jingyu to worship the ancestors, and then crusade against Jiangxia! β
Zhu Zhi slowly bowed his head: "Since the prince has this heart, he will do it...... The only thing to do is to be careful that Jiangxia Huangzu was ordered by Liu Biao to go north out of the Green Forest Mountain and then help Yuan Shu. β
"It's almost certain, what's there to be careful about, just wait for him to come!" Sun Jian got up from the couch with a knife, not caring at all. "The world is chaotic and everyone is fighting, and the one who can achieve things is just that person, now that he has the intention, as for the dream of Guangwu, then Liu Biao, Huang Zu and even Yuan Shu and the like, should have been crushed! And now I have 20,000 male soldiers here, and there are still 10,000 reinforcements from Yingchuan, and 30,000 troops will be in hand at that time. The big Honglu who was kicked out of Chang'an? He has a great reputation, and he has the seal of the general, the seal of the county marquis, and the seal of Nanyang Taishou, and he is the son of Confucianism, the former Jiuqing, but there are only 800 cavalry, and he can't even get over Danshui, I heard that he can only smuggle into the water from the west, but it is difficult to even eat, so he can only occupy a Shedu Township as a bandit! The heroes of the past have fallen to such a point, if I were him, I would have wiped my neck and died, why should I suffer this humiliation?! β
Zhu Zhi said no more...... Thinking that Wenhou Lu Bu was dignified and authentic Nanyang Taishou, but after leaving Wuguan, he couldn't pass the Danshui post, and he couldn't get supplies along the way, and finally was driven to Shedu Township to be a bandit...... Isn't it something that you Sun Poyu did?! Emotional leader ambush Lu Bu in Danshui is not your nephew Xu Kun?!
Of course, Zhu Zhi also knew that Sun Jian and Lu Bu had a personal grudge, and that day, Lu Bu, Jia Xu, Duan Xuan, Li Meng and others successfully set up an ambush when they evacuated Yingchuan, and the whole army on their side was wiped out, and even Sun Jian himself almost died.
There was no word that day, and the sky gradually cleared up on the second day, although Sun Wentai was as fierce as fire, he had been in the army for a long time, and he knew more about military division, so his people did not rush to the east bank of Bishui to crusade against Yuan Shu, but the whole army entered Xinye City first, settled down a little, dried clothes, and dried military food...... For three days in a row, when he was about to march, the sentinels came and went, but sure enough, he learned that Huang Zu led 10,000 troops out of Jiangxia into Nanyang, and joined forces with the remnants of Yuan Shu on the east bank of Bishui, about 15,000 people, and settled in Caiyang, the emperor's hometown; At the same time, Liu Biao sent 20,000 additional reinforcements, led by Cai Mao, out of Deng County and Liu Pan's army, and there were 24,500 people there.
Not only that, but there were even sentry horsemen who said bluntly that they saw the banner of Nanyang Taishou Lu Bu and some cavalry appear in the military camp in the north of Deng County...... A few sentinels, caught off guard, were almost hunted and killed by the iron cavalry of the state.
To be sure, most of this was expected by Sun Wentai...... For example, Huang Zu went north to support Yuan Shu, such as Liu Biao increasing his troops, and even if Lu Bushan was exhausted, he had no choice but to continue to go south to join Liu Biao, all of which were expected.
However, Liu Biao alone sent as many as 20,000 reinforcements from the direction of Deng County, and it was really beyond his expectations that it was so fast.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Sun Jian also had to admit that this was reasonable...... Behind Deng County is Xiangyang, and the support of the Xiangyang clan for Liu Biao and the disgust for himself, who has killed the assassin of Jingzhou and the Taishou of Nanyang, and once asked for military funds in Jingxiang! Then in the face of possible annihilation, it is normal for these people to do their best.
Or that sentence, who made Sun Wentai a martial artist? Who asked him to kill Wang Rui? Who made his ancestor a melon seller in Wudi?
Yuan Shu is poor and has been reduced to a signature thing, and these sins are naturally borne by his Sun Jian.
Sun Wentai was helpless for a while, so he could only temporarily stop marching the army, and while sending Zhu Zhi to lead 5,000 troops across the river to cross the river to the opposite bank of Chaoyang City, he sent a message to his brother Sun Jing behind him, asking him to hurry up and bring Yingchuan reinforcements here!
However, on the tenth day of the first month of June, Sun Jing had just replied that he had just written back to say that he was suffering from conscription in Yingchuan, and all the clans in his place had grievances and ridicule, and suggested that his brother write a letter to invite Cao Mengde to officially send reinforcements.
The envoy claimed to be surnamed Song Zhongzi, a native of Nanyang, and now an official under Liu Biao, and this time he was ordered by Liu Biao to come to ask for peace.
Sun Jian laughed in his heart, under such a big situation, even if he was a little stumbling temporarily, how could he really truce from the army?
However, after all, Han Tuo's matter was in front of him, and Sun Wentai had a little bit of a thin face for this so-called celebrity, so he pinched his nose and posed a gesture, and also held a banquet in Xinyeguan Temple, ready to be perfunctory.
After three rounds of drinking in the hall, Sun Jian raised the bottle and talked about business with the big Confucian sitting beside him: "Song Gong, I don't know what Liu Jingzhou is going to do?" What kind of 'harmony' is it? β
Song Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still spoke earnestly: "Sun Poyu, what Liu Jingzhou means is that now that the country is in turmoil, you and him are both important ministers of the imperial court, and you should give priority to protecting the territory and ...... people."
"Song Gong." Sun Jian became more and more amused when he heard it. "I just asked you Liu Jingzhou's plan, it's good to have some, why do you say this?"
Song Zhong was at a loss for a while: "Since peace is negotiated, it must be famous, right?" How can you negotiate peace without saying this? β
Sun Wentai and many officers in the hall looked at each other, and then they realized that this person was a corrupt Confucian, Zu Mao simply laughed, but was glared back by Sun Jian.
"Then Song Gong continues." Sun Jian raised his hand helplessly.
In this way, Song Zhongzi chattered for a long time, and Sun Jian only understood what Liu Biao meant...... It turned out that Liu Biao wanted to say that if Sun Jian was willing to give up Xinye and Chaoyang counties to Lu Bu, a serious Nanyang Taishou station, then he was willing to let Huang Zu tie Yuan Shu into Chang'an, and the taxes on the east bank of Bishui were also his Sun Jian's!
In this regard, Sun Jian is not incomprehensible, after all, after Gongsun Xun broke Yuan Shao, his political position shifted, and Er Yuan became a recognized political villain in the world, and now Yuan Shu has been defeated, with only a few thousand remnants, which is considered to have lost the last bit of use value, Liu Biao also knew that he could not be tied up with Yuan Shu anymore, so he simply took it out, even with a display of military strength, to see if he could change peace.
However, it is still the same sentence, Sun Jian's strategic situation is very good now, he is ready to eat with Liu Biao and Huang Zu, how can he agree to stop the army? Not to mention giving up Chaoyang and Xinye, which are obviously the important places of Xiangyang barrier.
"What if I don't?" After Sun Wentai listened, his posture inevitably became frivolous. "Could it be that Liu Jingzhou thought that he could scare me off by sending 20,000 more recruits to Liu Pan and Huang Zhong? Wasn't it these two who were defeated in Shinye before? One more battle, plus Cai Mao and Lu Bu, they were also defeated. β
"The general listens to me." Song Zhong earnestly persuaded. "The sword soldier is an ominous thing, and if there is a sense of peace everywhere today, everyone is Hanchen, if they can take a step back, it will be a blessing for the world......"
"Is it only Liu Jingzhou who is Hanchen?" Sun Jian became more and more perfunctory. "I'm Hanchen too."
"But the general's expedition is not justified and unsatisfactory." Song Zhong continued to speak bitterly. "Be careful!"
"How?" Sun Jian disagreed. "General Hou is guilty, as a Hanchen, shouldn't I crusade?"
"Having said that, in this land of Nanyang, Liu Jingzhou is the assassin of Jingzhou, and he has the right to command the state; And Lu Wenhou is the Taishou of Nanyang, and he should have been in charge of Nanyang affairs; Even though the general is guilty, he is an important minister of the court after all, and he is the master of the general, how can he ask for guilt without authorization? What's more, there is also Liu Yuzhou as the lord of Yuzhou, and now the general eats in Yuzhou, and he comes to Nanyang to take the general, and he is ...... against these people."
"Song Gong live!" Sun Jian suddenly interrupted the other party. "Who do you say Liu Yuzhou is?"
"Yuzhou Thorn Shi Liu Bei!" Song Zhong replied.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall changed color from Sun Jian down.
"My brother Xuande is in the south?" In the summer, Sun Jian was stunned and felt that he was in danger of overturning, if Liu Bei was on the other side, the meaning behind it would not be a matter of winning or losing a battle, and he Sun Wentai might be in danger of overturning.
"It's not like this, but Liu Yuzhou and Liu Jingzhou are both relatives of the Han family, and they have been adjacent for many years, and they have always been good friends, and I heard that Sun Poyu and Liu Jingzhou have been fighting for days, and there have been countless casualties and innocents, so there is a letter to persuade peace ......" As he spoke, Song Zhong took out a letter from his arms.
At this moment, all the generals in the hall were relieved, as for Sun Jian, who was sitting with Song Zhong, Rao was his person repeatedly reminded himself to give face to this famous man with a good reputation in the south, and after being so frightened at this time, he couldn't help but be angry when he saw the letter!
So, his anger arose, and he got up directly and grabbed the letter and slapped it on the case, and opened his mouth to scold: "You are ridiculous! Liu Jingsheng asked you to come, is it to insult me or to tease me?! β
Song Zhong had not yet spoken, but there was a young person with a retinue with tied hair on his side who got up directly angrily: "My father is a great Confucian scholar of ancient scriptures, he has always been well-known, and he is often called the north and south with Gaomi Zheng Gong, and his people avoid trouble, even in the land of Bashu, there are also scholars who are famous for studying, if it is not for the peace of the world, how can you condescend to see you A martial artist who only knows how to kill?" Today's table is already insulting our father and son! And my father remembered the suffering of soldiers in the world, and persuaded him so earnestly, but you insulted you even more! β
Sun Jian laughed angrily: "Today, I know why General Wei wants to drive Cui Yan from Zheng Xuan's side, although your father is confused, he knows how much etiquette, but you are a borrowed child, although you are young, you can already mess with the group!" β
"Of course, I am just a person who borrowed my father's name, but General Wei studied under the great Confucian Lu Gong and Liu Gong, and I am considered a person who inherits the scriptures, are you a kind of melon and indiscriminate murderer, are you also qualified to compare with him?" The young man's face turned red, and he became more and more rapid. "The reason why the world is in chaos is that there are too many ill-intentioned martial artists like you! In my opinion......"
Sun Jian heard half of it, first smelled that the other party insulted his ancestors, and was told by the other party about the sore spot, plus he was really frightened by Song Zhong before, and the cold sweat did not disappear, but it was difficult to suppress it, so he only took off a short halberd from the wooden frame behind him, and threw it lightly on the next seat, and the young man's neck was torn immediately, blood was splashed on the seat, and he died on his father's side immediately......
The hall was silent, and Song Zhong didn't react for a while, and it took a long time before he cried and lost his temper, and howled at the corpse.
It was not that there were no scribes in the hall, and there were many local people in Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Runan, who came out one after another at this time, knelt down and begged Song Zhong to be forgiven, and Sun Wentai also woke up to what he had done, but he could only wave his hand awkwardly and let the father and son go out.
On the evening of that day, Zhu Zhi heard about this and crossed the river to see him in shock, only to find that Sun Wentai and the core generals were waiting for him in the bloodstained hall in Xinye City.
"It was me who was wrong!" Seeing Zhu Zhi, who had always persuaded him to treat scholars well, Sun Jian was inevitably embarrassed, and admitted that he was wrong. "But now, it can't be."
"The key is how to clean up people's hearts?" Zhu Zhi smiled bitterly, as if he was resentful. "How do I not know that the prince has been used to killing people for decades, and he is the first to charge on weekdays, moving forward, and does not take his own life seriously, so he does not take other people's lives seriously in private...... But if you don't take your life seriously, what's the use of a great foundation? If you don't take other people's lives seriously, who wants to take them from you? Song Zhong's local Confucian, Ru Ying Wanxiang is called the first in ancient literature, and today he is still a messenger so far, and his son is just a teenager with bundled hair, how can he be killed in public? When the matter spreads, I am afraid that there will be chaos behind me, and Yingchuan's reinforcements will be delayed! β
"I know." Sun Wentai replied reluctantly. "So we must have a big victory, and we must quickly break through the soldiers and horses of Deng County and Caiyang, otherwise we will hold each other for a long time, and the people's hearts will disperse faster...... And if you can win quickly and win big, no one cares about the death of a teenager. β
"But now there are 25,000 people in Deng County and 15,000 people in Caiyang, each across the river, and they are also echoing, we only have 17,800 soldiers after the previous war, if there are no reinforcements, how can we quickly break through the two armies?" So far, Zhu Zhi can only forget about this matter and ask each other. "Especially the enemies of Deng County, the number has surpassed ours, and there are well-known generals such as Lu Bu, Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, and Cai Mao, among which Liu Pan has defeated, but he is also a brave person who knows the soldiers, and there is also Huang Zhong brave."
"It's not just Liu Pan and Huang Zhong who are most afraid of this way," Sun Jian said solemnly. "We just discussed that although Lu Bu only has 800 cavalry, he should not be underestimated...... Because if it is only 800 horsemen, it is useless in the land of Jingxiang, like Xu Kun's boy before, he was blocked by mountains and rivers, and he was trapped to death, but now he is converging with Liu, Huang, and Cai, and the infantry is the anvil and the cavalry is the hammer, but it will be of great use...... It's not like we haven't tasted the benefits of his cavalry! β
"It's more than that." Jiang Qin said with a smile on the side. "We have too few cavalry, and the sentry cavalry has gradually been unable to cross the river from the downstream for the past few days."
"How do you fight that?" Zhu was puzzled. "Do you want me to stick to the rising sun, and the prince and the prince will go to the east bank of Bishui to break the Huang Zu? But if this is the case, Deng County has a lot of soldiers, and his people divide their troops to stuff me, and then send troops to cross the river to occupy Xinye, won't the prince be trapped and die on the east bank of Bishui? β
"So we have to fight Deng County first, and defeat Lu Bu, Liu Pan, Huang Zhong, and Cai Mao face to face!" Sun Jian said simply. "Huang Zu and Yuan Shu are incompetent, and they won't cross the river easily......"
"But even so......" Zhu Zhi still couldn't understand. Captain Jiang also said just now that there are 800 cavalry from Lu Bu and Bingzhou on the other side, and our army's sentry cavalry can't even go downstream, and I also feel that the south is a black ...... Then if our army forcibly crosses the river, whether it is to build a pontoon bridge or swim across, it will inevitably be known by the other party, and then attack its half-crossing, right? β
"I was about to use him to think that he had mastered the military situation, and to cover up his unpreparedness by surprise!" Sun Wentai finally held his knife and said it with a final word. "I have made up my mind, within three days, I will break the four thieves in Deng County!"
Zhu Zhijiu has followed Sun Jian, so he naturally knows the other party's style, and just as people are helpless politically, there is no doubt that this person is strong militarily, and it is by no means a few wins and a few defeats.
"This time, there is no Jia Chaowu on someone's side, and the two sides are relying on their own strong soldiers, colliding head-on, and fighting each other!" Seeing Zhu Zhi, he didn't say much, and Sun Resolute's expression became more and more hideous. And if there is a spirit in Guangwu, then ask him to be a witness across the river to see who can really roar in the world when the tiger and the tiger in Jiangdong meet fairly! I hope you will work hard with me and help me succeed! β
From Zhu Zhi downward, all the generals have come out to bow down and say yes.
βββββI always have a tiger that is the dividing line of the tigressβββββ
"The Taizu of this dynasty established his career in Ye, often with Xiang Yu's broken blade on the side, and he was caressed by many things, or there were people who were surprised when they saw it, thinking that there would be murder, Yang Xiu was a side attendant, and when he heard it, he came out and said: 'This general suppresses the murderous heart, and sees the anti-peace.'" The crowd was relieved. The next day, when Taizu heard this, he made Xiu stand in front of the court, and after a long time of soothing his blade, Xiu was frightened and difficult to control, and told everyone: 'To suppress the murderous intention, you must first start killing intent, and the old words are not true!' The crowd laughed. β"The World Speaks New Words". Regret
PS: Continue to beg the bigwigs to be kind to the eldest lady.