In the early days of Cao Cao and Sun Ce, although they did not form an alliance, they had a close relationship because they each needed each other, and then Sun Ce's power developed rapidly, and Cao Cao could not suppress it, so Sun Ce had the idea of going north when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were confronting.

However, after Sun Ce's death, Cao Cao had the intention of going south to Yangzhou, but the external environment did not allow it at that time, so he adopted a semi-wooing attitude towards Sun Quan and released Zhang Hong back to Jiangdong. As for Sun Quan, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at that time, and he was still in control of the imperial court, and he was the strongest prince in the world, of course, he couldn't be offended, so his posture was also very low, but Cao Cao, who occupied the righteousness, was not so easy to deal with.

On the one hand, Cao Cao kept letting Sun release people, and successively asked Sun Ce to send his younger brother to Xuchang as an official, and let Sun Quan send his son as a hostage.

【Release Huaxin】

Historically, Cao Cao first recruited Wang Lang, and then after Sun Ce's death, he wrote to Emperor Xian in Guandu to summon Hua Xin to serve in Xuchang. Later, Sun Ce died, and Cao Cao was in Guandu, so he asked the Son of Heaven to recruit Hua Xin.

But Sun Quan didn't want Hua Xin to leave, Hua Xin said to Sun Quan: "General, you were ordered by the emperor to get along with Cao Gong, and I think that the relationship has not yet been consolidated, if I can serve the general, wouldn't it be beneficial?" Now leave me empty, general, you have raised a useless person, this is not a good idea. ”

After hearing this, Sun Quan felt that it was very reasonable, so he let Hua Xin go, and more than 1,000 of his guests, friends and former colleagues rushed to send him off, and gave him a huge amount of money worth "hundreds of gold". Hua Xin didn't refuse, but secretly marked the bonus. When it was time to leave, he gathered all the gifts together and said to the guests, "I didn't refuse your wishes, but I received too much." Thinking that I am traveling far away on a bicycle, I will be offended by the beautiful jade, and I hope that all the guests will consider it for me. Everyone then took back their gifts and expressed their admiration for Hua Xin's virtue.

Later, Huaxin went to Cao Cao, worshiped the official and discussed Lang, participated in the Sikong military, and served as Shangshu.

Among the bureaucrats of Yangzhou counties appointed by the imperial court, Wang Lang and Hua Xin were eventually able to return to Xuchang, but Sheng Xian's luck was not so good.

Sheng Xian, the word filial piety, was evaluated as the instrument Yawei, he was originally the Taishou of Wu County, and later resigned due to illness, after Sun Ce occupied Wu County, because Sheng Xian was famous, so he was very jealous of him. At the beginning, Sheng Xian and Kong Rong had an old relationship, so Kong Rong wrote to Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao could send an edict to send Sheng Xian back to the north, but before the edict arrived, Sheng Xian had already been killed by Sun Quan.

【Proton Rejected】

After Cao Cao's power was great, although he adopted a semi-wooing attitude towards Sun Quan, it was not that he made restrictions, Cao Cao earlier recruited Sun Ce's younger brother to Xuchang but failed, after Sun Quan came to power, Cao Cao once again asked Sun Quan to send his son to Xuchang as a hostage.

According to the "Biography of Jiangbiao", after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, in the seventh year of Jian'an (202), he ordered Sun Quan to send his son to Cao Cao as a hostage. Sun Quan did not want to be controlled by others, so he convened a meeting of his ministers. The ministers had different opinions, and Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and other important ministers also hesitated again and again and couldn't make a decision.

Although Sun Quan didn't want to give hostages, he was a little undecided because he didn't get strong support. So, he only took Zhou Yu to his mother to discuss the matter. Zhou Yu took a firm stance and resolutely opposed the sending of hostages, and he analyzed the benefits and disadvantages to Sun Quan, saying: "When Chu Jun was first sealed to the edge of Jingshan, the place was not enough for a hundred miles. His descendants were virtuous, expanding the land, expanding the territory, establishing a foundation in Yingdu, and occupying the land of Jingyang until the South China Sea. It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 900 years. Now the general, you inherit the old business of your father and brother, rule the six counties, the soldiers are full of food, and the morale of the soldiers is strong. Moreover, casting mountains for copper, boiling the sea for salt, people's hearts are stable, morale is strong, it can be said that they are invincible, why send quality to others? As soon as the hostages arrived at Cao Cao's hands, we had to echo Cao Cao, and we would inevitably be subject to Cao's control. At that time, the greatest benefit we could get was only a Hou Yin, a dozen servants, a few cars, and a few horses. For the sake of today, it is best not to send hostages, and wait and see Cao Cao's movements and changes first. If Cao Cao can abide by morality and save the world, then it will not be too late for us to return; If Cao Cao is arrogant and wants to make a living and play with fire, general, you just need to wait for the mandate of heaven, why do you want to send hostage to others? ”

Zhou Yu's words spoke to Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan's mother also thought it was time to do this, and she said to Sun Quan: "Gongjin's words make sense, he is only a month younger than your brother, I have always treated him as a son, you should treat him as a brother." Sun Quan did not send hostages to Cao Cao.

【Sun Quan and Cao Cao】

At the beginning of the Sun Ce era, the Soochow group had just been established so it urgently needed the support of the imperial court or Cao Cao, and then Sun Ce developed rapidly and the momentum was soaring, while Cao Cao fell into a bitter battle against Yuan Shao, which was also the only time in history that the Sun Wu group controlled the initiative on Cao Wei, but people are not as good as heaven, Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, was assassinated at this time, and the great opportunity had to be missed in vain.

After Sun Quan inherited the great cause, the overall situation was almost decided, Cao Cao had defeated Yuan Shao, and was the closest man to dominate the world at that time, compared to the powerful Cao Cao group, Sun Quan was too weak, and unfortunately, Yangzhou was naturally one of Cao Cao's targets, but fortunately Cao Cao's main enemy at that time was not Sun Quan's turn.

At that time, Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan wanted to divide one side, and even go further, but Cao Cao himself had to pacify the Yuan clan in the north first, and then eliminate Liu Biao in Jingzhou, because Sun Quan and Liu Biao had a grudge against their father, so they could help Cao Cao contain Liu Biao, which was also one of the main reasons why Cao Cao was more tolerant of Sun Quan's group, even if Sun Quan refused to send hostages.

At this time, Sun Quan's strength was far from enough to confront Cao Cao, and he would not take the initiative to provoke Cao Cao, at that time Sun Quan's primary goal was to occupy Jingzhou south of the Yangtze River, so the contradictions between the two were basically eased at that time.

Although Sun Quan and Cao Cao did not tear their faces for the time being, they both knew that day would come sooner or later, in fact, they were both in a race against time, as long as Sun Quan occupied Jingzhou before Cao Cao pacified the Yuan clan in the north, he could have enough strength to resist Cao Cao's attack, and even hope to counterattack. And as long as Cao Cao eliminated the Yuan clan and went south to occupy Jingzhou in time, then Sun Quan would almost be over.

Sun Quan understood this very well, so after stabilizing the interior, he focused on only one thing, which was to crusade against Jingzhou.

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