However, it is said that after Han Sui was defeated, his subordinates Yan Xing and others led 50,000 Qiang soldiers to be defeated by Ma Chao in Liangzhou and suffered heavy losses. Later, Yan Xing clashed with Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi; It was the night Yan Xing rebellion, and the night into Yang Qiu

Kill it in the dormitory; In a civil war with Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi will also be killed.

Then he wanted to vote for the Qiang State and establish himself as the king, but he didn't want Zhao Xu to repair the book early and ask him for assistance from the Xiqiang King Cheriji, since the Northern Desert battle, Cherrigi was grateful to Zhao Xu, not to mention that Han Sui split the Qiang State, Cheriji has also been resentful for a long time, and he only suffers from his own strength and can't help Han Sui; As soon as Zhao Xu's letter came, Cheriji immediately asked Ma Chao to merge into one army, and Ma Chao had already received Ma Teng's letter, so he naturally agreed; Attacking Yan Xing's troops on the way, Yan Xing stabbed Ma Chao to death, and the remnants of the Qiang troops were taken care of by Cheriji.

"Gongjin, Shiyuan, you two read the battle report, Han Sui was defeated and died, Xiliang Ma Teng and Liu Bei are already allies, what should we do now?"

Yangzhou Wuchang. While Sun Ce was still struggling with the question of how to go next, several war reports arrived in his hands. After Sun Ce read it in detail, he couldn't help but be stunned. Cao Cao and Zhang Lu united and sent troops to Yizhou; Zhao Xu pacified the Sizhou Rebellion, exterminated Han Sui and a series of wars, which made Sun Ce completely stunned. Originally, now he is sitting in Lingyang and Jiao Erzhou, Liu Bei in the north and Cao Cao in the west, both of which are strong enemies, and it is difficult for him to match alone, and he is thinking about which side to unite with and expand his territory.

However, in today's situation, one son makes a mistake and loses everything. Liu Bei and Cao Cao are not good at stubble, the strength of the two sides is not much different, although Liu Bei is stronger now, but the battlefield is ever-changing, it is really not good to choose, Sun Ce thinks, but also sit back and watch the changes, Cao Liu is the most powerful prince today, the border line is extensive, disputes are inevitable, what to do now is to see who is strong, Cao is weak to join Cao to resist Liu, Liu is weak to join Liu to resist Cao, so as to keep the Jiangdong foundation.

But he never thought that if the war was going on so fast today, he had worked hard to conquer the land of Erzhou, with millions of people and more than 300,000 armor, but ...... Liu Biao, Han Sui, and Yuan Shu were defeated one after another, making him face the two strongest opponents! Rao is Sun Ce was reckless, but he couldn't help but read it a few more times, so he handed the battle report to Zhou Yu and Pang Tong beside him, stood up and asked.

Pang Tong defected to Sun Ce very early, but Sun Ce didn't take him seriously at all, thinking that his appearance was ugly and really incompatible with his handsomeness and chic, so he casually sent a county magistrate to manage it. Who wants Pound to go to that county, ignore official business all day, just drink and have fun. Later, Sun Ce was furious when he heard this, and wanted to kill Pang Tong, but was stopped by Zhuge Jin, who knew Pang Tong's talent, and was ranked with his younger brother Zhuge Liang, and his friends persuaded him. Sun Cecai agreed to inspect Pang Tong's talent, and after this attempt, he was surprised, Pang Tong's talent was really not inferior to Zhou Yu. If the situation is grim today, although Sun Ce is unhappy when he looks at Pang Tong's appearance, he can only help but accept this talent, but after a long time, he will get used to it.

"My lord! According to Yu's opinion, my Jiangdong disciples are not good at land warfare, and they can't compete with Liu Bei in the north, and now they should take advantage of Cao Cao's deep siege in Yizhou to attack Jingzhou. Zhou Yu read the battle report, his expression tightened, and admonished.

"Oh? According to the meaning of the public, is it to get along with Liu Bei, and try Cao Cao first? Sun Ce asked suspiciously, he really couldn't figure it out, according to his current strength, Liu Bei was stronger, why did he want to try Cao Cao first. Even if Jingzhou is taken by himself, Liu Bei will definitely not ignore it, and he will take advantage of the situation to seize Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Then he asked Pang Tong: "Shiyuan, what do you think?" ”

Pang Tong smiled slightly, and said: "Most of the governors are reasonable, as far as I know, Liu Bei's subordinates have nothing else except Guan Yu in Xuzhou with more than 10,000 sailors, we will attack Cao Cao first and seize Jingzhou, at that time our navy can get tens of thousands, even if Liu Bei's subordinates are fierce like clouds, with millions of armor, but how can they take the Yangtze River?" Can the Yangtze River still be cut off? Ha ha! Pang Tong thought that he could go to Qingzhou to make friends with Liu Bei and let him attack Yanzhou, Cao Cao's rear! ”

"Haha......" As soon as Pang Tong's voice fell, Zhou Yu laughed, Zhou Yu's belly was narrower than Zhuge Liang and others, and he was jealous of people who had opposite opinions. Since Pang Tong arrived, he was still a little worried, but when he got along recently, he and Pang Tong were like-minded. Zhou Yu twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Lord! What Shi Yuan said is that now he should join forces with Liu to destroy Cao, just saying that Cao Cao has tens of thousands of Jingzhou naval troops under him, and he is my fierce enemy. Well...... Yu has a strategy, if the lord is willing to use this strategy, unite with Liu Bei, and let Liu Bei attack Yanzhou and Yuzhou, we can take advantage of the situation to get Jingzhou. ”

"Oh! There is no strategy, but it doesn't hurt to say. "Uniting Liu Bei, Sun Ce has also thought about it, but Liu Bei is strong, and in the north, he has no big interests in his own situation, if it is not done well, Liu Bei and Cao Cao will unite to destroy themselves first, then it will be self-destruction.

Zhou Yu paused slightly, and said: "I heard that Liu Xuande has two wives, one of whom is Mrs. Mi who died of illness recently, and Liu Bei is a new widow, so she must be in a bad mood. The lord has a sister, who is in his youth, and can marry Xuande as his wife, marry forever, and destroy Cao with one heart to support the Han family. ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Sun Ce hesitated, his sister Sun Shangxiang is a treasure in the family, and now she is only sixteen years old, while Liu Bei is already forty, just this age gap, Sun Ce feels distressed, not to mention that the old mother of the family is too fond of Sun Shangxiang, and he does not dare to make decisions without authorization. After pondering for a while, Fang Cai said: "Although this strategy is good, it is really unbearable to sacrifice the lifelong happiness of the sister, just the hot character of the sister, it is difficult to persuade, and the country loves Shangxiang the most, I am afraid that my mother will not allow it." ”

"My lord! If the husband does something, he must do something; In today's troubled times, how can you lose a big one because of a small one, the Guotai side can hide it for the time being, and the young lady's side can tell that she will take her out to play, and the young lady has a lively personality, and she will definitely agree; What's more, Liu Xuande is a hero, and Miss may not look down on it, when the raw rice is cooked and cooked, Guotai is helpless. Seeing Sun Ce's hesitation, Zhou Yu hurriedly persuaded him.

Sun Ce hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "I can't bear to marry my sister to Qingzhou, can you let Qiao Guogong be the matchmaker, recruit Liu Bei as your son-in-law, and let Liu Bei come to Jiangdong, so that you can marry thousands of miles away." ”

"The lord is confused!" Pang Tong also felt that this was a good policy, and persuaded: "My lord! Liu Bei is already on the throne, his status is noble, the lord is only a marquis, marrying his sister and him, he is already Gao Pan, how can he let Liu Xuande come to Jiangdong as a son-in-law. Moreover, Liu Bei is the lord of the six northern states, even if he is willing, his subordinates Zhao Xu and other generals will inevitably not allow it. Lord! The big husband should be decided, and don't lose the big because of the small. ”

"It seems that it's time for my Sun Bofu to make a decision!" After pondering for a long time, Sun Ce looked up to the sky and sighed loudly.

"The lord is wise, we can leave from Xuzhou to Qingzhou to visit Liu Xuande on the same day, and with the three incorruptible tongues of the two of us, we will definitely be able to ensure that Miss Liu Bei can marry Liu Bei." Zhou Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and patted his chest and promised.

"Alas! That's it, for the sake of the hegemony of the country and the foundation of Jiangdong, I have to let you pay the sacrifice, don't blame me for being a brother. Sun Ce looked up to the sky and sighed and muttered to himself.

Everyone discussed and decided, even if they were planning gifts and so on, and were going to visit Liu Bei, Sun Ce said in advance to listen to Qiao Guolao, let him be ready, and don't talk about listening to others.

But he didn't want to, Qiao Guolao didn't know what was going on, so he only wanted to be a relative of the two families, and he couldn't say much, so as not to cause trouble; Since he married his daughter, Qiao Guolao should have thought that Wu Guotai naturally knew, and he went to see Wu Guotai that night to congratulate him.

Wu Guotai was confused by Qiao Guolao's unexplained congratulations, and asked: "Why did the in-laws come at night to talk nonsense, and what is the joy of the old body?" ”

Qiao Guolao didn't know why, and said with a smile: "Today, the lord has made Miss Ling Ai Xu take Liu Xuande, the king of Zhongxing, as his wife, and now he has begun to plan the trivial matters of gifts, and the old man has also been entrusted as a matchmaker, why does Guotai hide it?" ”

Wu Guo was so shocked that he got up and exclaimed, "What! He actually ...... The old body doesn't know about this, can what the in-laws say be true? Such a big thing, don't talk nonsense! ”

"What Elder Qiao said is true, but the Metropolitan Governor Zhou Yu personally came to tell me, how can it be false!" Qiao Guolao was also stunned, and replied without knowing what the situation was.

"What!" Wu Guotai was immediately furious, slapped the table with a "snap", and shouted angrily at the maidservant: "Quick! Go and find me Sun Ce, an unfilial son! ”

Shaoqing, the maid went to Sun Ce's bedroom, saying that Guotai summoned him, Sun Ce didn't think much about it, and then followed and went to the back hall to see his mother.

Sun Ce was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort, "Why is my mother so troubled? But my brother has made my mother angry, so you can tell me. ”

Guotai immediately changed his face and shouted angrily: "It's you unfilial son!" ”

"How can children be unfilial? If there is any unfilial piety, please punish the mother. Sun Ce has always been filial, and when he saw that his mother was angry, he only thought that he had done something wrong, which annoyed his mother, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

Seeing Sun Ce like this, Wu Guotai also relieved a little bit of anger, and said in a deep voice: "As the eldest son, you treat me like nothing like nothing. What did your father say to you when he was in danger? ”

Sun Ce was shocked and said hurriedly: "The mother has something to say, the child deserves to suffer, why bother? ”

Guotai didn't help Sun Ce, stood in front of him and shouted: "Men must get married, women must marry, ancient and modern common sense." The old body is your mother, and it should be entrusted to me. You marry Shang Xiang and Liu Bei, how dare you hide it from me? My daughter must be mine. ”

Sun Ce was taken aback, he never expected the matter to be leaked, and asked urgently: "Mother is angry, where did you get this?" ”

"If no one knows, he must not do it. The people of the city, who doesn't know? How dare you hide it from me. Guotai didn't give Sun Ce a good face, and scolded angrily a few times.

Qiao Guolao hurriedly stepped forward to help Sun Ce and said, "The old man learned that the young lady was going to get married, so he came to congratulate him, and he didn't want to spoil the lord's face, so he hoped to forgive his sins." ”

Sun Ce hurriedly said: "You don't have to blame yourself. Mother, this is Zhou Yu and Pang Tong's plan, because they want to capture Jingzhou, Cao Cao is strong, and it is difficult for me to win alone, so I will be close to Liu Bei in the name of this, and earn Liu Bei to attack Cao Cao, two ways to attack, break Cao Cao, and take Jingzhou; This is a strategy, not a real intention. ”

Wu Guo was so angry that he scolded Zhou Yu and said: "Zhou Yu is the governor of six counties and eighty-one prefectures, and he has no plan to conquer the world, but he uses the name of my beloved daughter and uses a beauty. And I don't know what Liu Bei is like, so he marries a daughter indiscriminately, and he must miss Shangxiang for a lifetime of happiness. You guys are so pretentious! ”

Qiao Guolao also said: "If you use this plan, you will have to win the world, and you will also be laughed at by the people of the world, how can this inferior strategy work?" ”

The two of them said a word, and Sun Ce was speechless.

Wu Guotai couldn't stop scolding Zhou Yu and Sun Ce. Qiao Guolao was afraid that things would be deadlocked, so he persuaded: "Guotai, things are already like this, and it is difficult to change. What's more, Uncle Liu Huang is a relative of the Han family, and now he is the king of Zhongxing, so it is better to marry him to avoid being ugly. Uncle Liu Huang is a hero in the world, if he has this son-in-law, he will not disgrace Miss. ”

Wu Guotai saw that the matter had come to this point, and it was not good to teach Sun Ce a lesson, and said: "I have never recognized Uncle Liu Huang as a person, after you go to propose marriage, you must let him come to Jiangdong to meet me, if you don't like me, don't want to marry Shang Xiang to him, unless you want to die of old age; If I like it, I will marry my daughter to him. ”

Sun Ce finally breathed a sigh of relief, but in this way, it was not very safe, now he is begging him, not Liu Bei, how can he be willing to come to Jiangdong? But there was finally a glimmer of opportunity, and Sun Ce was helpless, so he had to say secretly: It depends on the will of God!