Yuan Shu defeated Liu Biao, and the world focused, because if Yuan Shu wins, after taking Jingzhou, he will become the most extensive prince in the world.

The heroes who paid attention to this war did not expect that Yuan Shu would be defeated extremely quickly and miserably under the condition that the situation was very good, and the 70,000 army not only killed the commander Sun Jian, but also lost nearly half.

However, compared with the casualties of the soldiers, Yuan Shu's strength after losing Sun Jian is difficult to estimate.

"What! Sun Wentai died in battle?! ”

Yuan Shu, who had come to celebrate in advance with a banquet in the mansion, was so shocked that he opened his mouth and blushed, until the person who came to report the military situation repeated it several times to confirm that his ears were not mistaken.

Yuan Shu, who waved back left and right, sat down in despair, the six gods had no owner, and his face was pale.

In summer and autumn, he felt endless cold from the bottom of his heart.

Yuan Shu had countless shortcomings, but he understood one thing, without Sun Jian, he would not have broken an arm!

The reason why he is strong now is at least half of Sun Jian's credit.

Without Sun Jian, how can he dominate the world in the future?

Compared with the other princes who gloated after getting the news, Guo Jia only sighed slightly after getting the news that Sun Jian was killed in battle and Yuan Shu's army was defeated in Yizhou, he and Yuan Shu pretended to cooperate, but he was unwilling to send troops to Jingzhou, not that he didn't want Jingzhou, but Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao, and never touched the righteousness, plus at this time Yizhou entered the stage of recuperation, Guo Jia could not change the order at night, and hastily used troops, and another reason is that in Guo Jia's memory, Yuan Shu defeated Liu Biao quickly, and Liu Biao, the king of success, was alive. There is really no one to bargain in Jingzhou.

For these three reasons, Guo Jia never thought of using troops against Jingzhou from the beginning, but he was able to earn grain and grass from Yuan Shu for nothing, which was already an unexpected gain.

Previously, he treated Yuan Shu's envoy with courtesy, but after this battle, Guo Jia will draw a clear line with Yuan Shu, because Yuan Shu's attack on Liu Biao has become a fact, and he will be despised by the world, and the change of the situation makes Guo Jia also have to adjust his external strategy.

As for Guo Jia, since he knew that Yuan Shu would be defeated, but he still had dealings with Yuan Shu's envoys, the reason was very simple, at that time, he received Yuan Shu's envoys, and was not in an opposing position with the princes of the world.

People in the world will see that Guo Jia is beginning to be recognized by the princes, but they also see that Guo Jia did not continue to make moves to kill the Han family, which will gradually make Guo Jia's attitude and position clear.

Sun Ce, who exchanged Huang Zu for his father's body, did not return to Yuan Shu's account, he wanted to take Sun Jian's body back to his hometown first to settle his relatives at home, Sun Jian has the title of Marquis of Wucheng, although he has no administrative power in Wucheng County, but he has the economic power of Wucheng County, food, clothing, rent and taxes, which is enough for the Sun family to have a considerable family business and not be impoverished.

After crossing the river and returning to the east, at dusk, a flat boat docked in Lujiang County, and Sun Ce had already put Sun Jian's body in a good coffin, hired someone to transport it in a horse-drawn carriage, and brought it back to his homeland.

As soon as he landed in Lujiang County, Sun Ce met his best friend.

As if he had foreseen that Sun Ce would pass by here, the handsome and dashing young man walked slowly in Sun Ce's surprised gaze, and when he came to Sun Ce, the young man with a detached temperament bowed his hand and said: "Yu has seen the righteous brother, in order to facilitate Yu's travel, the family has performed a crown ceremony for me at the beginning of the year, and took the table word, Gongjin." ”

"Why is Gong Jin here?" Sun Ce has mixed feelings, he is a man who stands up to the sky, but his father died suddenly, so that he lost his support for shelter from the wind and rain, outsiders seem to be still strong, but the soul is helpless, no one knows, and the young man in front of him, Zhou Yu, is his friend for many years, only in front of him, maybe he will take off his guard.

The young man Zhou Yu's expression changed, and he said solemnly: "I heard that my brother's father ...... I expected that my brother would return to his homeland first to take care of the aftermath for Wuchenghou, so I waited here for a few days. ”

Sun Ce showed a trace of sadness, but quickly covered it up, and said with a forced smile: "Gong Jin is like a god, my trip is to return to my homeland and let my father settle in peace." ”

Knowing the pain of his righteous brother's loss of his father, he forced a smile at this moment, and Zhou Yu didn't say much, he believed that Sun Ce would cheer up.

It was getting late, and the two people who stayed in the nearby county town went back to the room after dinner, and slept together, in the middle of the night, the two of them in the dark were not sleepy, Sun Ce's eyes were blank, he was actually no longer immersed in sadness, but fell into confusion about the future.

As the eldest son, Sun Ce has to shoulder the entire Sun family, which is a heavy burden, but he will not back down, but, where to go?

"Bo Fu, what are your plans for the future?" Zhou Yu, who was also not asleep, turned his back to Sun Ce and asked softly.

Sun Ce sighed in the darkness, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"There are only two paths in front of you, to live in the world or to stand on your own."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce said bitterly: "I have nothing, if I want to stand on my own, how easy is it?" ”

Sun Jian's generals are now nominally Yuan Shu's subordinates, Sun Ce really has nothing, and now he finally understands the plight of his father's parasitic fence during his lifetime.

How similar is he to Sun Jian when he came out of Jingzhou, in order to protect himself, Sun Jian chose to live under Yuan Shu's account, and Sun Ce now, do you want to follow his father's old path?

Zhou Yu, who got up from the bed, put on a robe and invited Sun Ce to get up together and talk at night.

Under the dim candlelight, Zhou Yu's expression was serious, and he said to Sun Ce, who was in a state of confusion: "I want to ask my brother, how big is your heart?" Is it an unstoppable general in the army, or a minister with power in the government and the opposition? Or, the monarch of the world! ”

Sun Ce was dumbfounded, he had never considered this problem, but he followed his father under Yuan Shu's account full of bitterness, in fact, he just didn't want to fight for others, so, there is no doubt that after Zhou Yu's straightforward questioning, he suddenly realized that it turned out that he, Sun Ce, not only wanted to champion the three armies, but also wanted to become a monarch who did not condescend to others!

However, Sun Ce has this heart, but may not have this capital, he said bitterly: "Gong Jin, even if I want to become a hegemon, but I have no foundation, is it easy to become a hegemon?" ”

Zhou Yu's face did not change, and he still said solemnly: "Don't hide it from my brother, if you don't have ambition, I will only regard you as a brother of flesh and blood for the rest of my life, but as long as you want to achieve hegemony, Yu is willing to assist my brother for the rest of his life, no matter whether you succeed or fail, I will never regret it." Now, I want to hear my brother tell me personally, do you have the ambition to win the world? ”

Sun Ce became famous as a young man, his prestige spread far and wide, Zhou Yu admired him for a long time when he was young, and later got acquainted with each other by chance, and became a brother and confidant, Zhou Yu wanted to assist Sun Ce to achieve hegemony, but there must be a premise, that is, Sun Ce is indeed ambitious and worthy of his service.

His expression gradually became solemn, and Sun Ce said without hesitation: "With Gongjin's help, why worry about the hegemony?" Gong Jin, do you have a clever plan to make me rise in troubled times? ”

Zhou Yu, who stood up and paced back and forth, looked solemn, suddenly stopped, and asked Sun Ce, "Can Bo Fu know the Danyang soldiers?" ”

How could Sun Ce, who fought in the south and the north, not know about the Danyang soldiers, and immediately said: "Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are fruitful, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the general He Jin recruited troops in Danyang several times, and later Tao Gongzu entered Xuzhou, relying on Danyang soldiers, Danyang male soldiers, rare in the world." ”

Zhou Yu nodded and continued to ask, "Does Na Bo Fu know who Danyang Taishou is now?" ”

Sun Ce followed his father under Yuan Shu's tent, and every time he was training in the army, or going out to fight, he didn't care about politics, and shook his head blankly when he heard the words.

Zhou Yu walked to Sun Ce and knelt down and sat down, and said word by word: "It is Bo Fu's uncle, Wu Jing." ”

Sun Ce was shocked, he didn't expect his uncle to be Danyang Taishou.

This was actually Yuan Shu's means to curry favor with Sun Jian, appointing the elder brother of Sun Jian's wife, Mrs. Wu, as the Taishou of Danyang County, Yangzhou, in all fairness, Yuan Shu was indeed very good to Sun Jian.

The silent heart suddenly came alive, Sun Ce knew what it meant, if his uncle supported him, he would be able to secretly recruit troops in Danyang, and having an army and a long-term source of soldiers was the capital for his rise.

Zhou Yu stared at Sun Ce and said seriously: "Bo Fu, you have to persuade Wu Taishou to recruit troops for you, and then, you have to return to Yuan Shu's account and let your father's old department be loyal to you, with these two forces, you can break away from Yuan Shu, such as today, there are heroes entrenched everywhere, but Yangzhou is called Yuan Shu, in fact, there is no borderland, when your strength is enough, rise Jiangdong!" ”

Sun Ce woke up like a dream, under the light of the faint light, Zhou Yu's handsome face was full of confidence in him, Sun Ce was deeply encouraged, and nodded heavily.

Thinking of something, Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Bo Fu, there is one thing, I still hope to tell you frankly, it is rumored that the jade seal of the country is in the hands of your Sun family, is this matter true?" ”

Facing Zhou Yu, Sun Ce had no reservations and said frankly: "That's true, after my father got the jade seal in Luoyang, he ordered someone to secretly send it to his home for my mother's safekeeping. ”

After Zhou Yu got the exact answer, he thought for a while and said: "Bo Fu, you are weak in the early stage, and you can't turn against Yuan Shu, but you go and return to join him, in order to eliminate his concerns, you can move your family to Yuan Shu's now, and at the same time, you have to take a risky move to let Yuan Shu know that the jade seal is in your mother's place." ”

Sun Ce was taken aback and hurriedly asked: "In this way, Yuan Shu will definitely ask for the jade seal, if he doesn't give it, he may be killed." ”

Zhou Yu waved his hand and said firmly: "No! If he wants it, give it to him! The jade seal is harmful in your hands, only relying on the jade seal to command the world is like a fool's dream, Yuan Shu wolf ambition, after getting the jade seal, it will breed the heart of the emperor, if he really dares to have the jade seal, the princes will not allow it, and the son of heaven is dissatisfied. Second, if he really dares to call himself the king and emperor, it is the best excuse for you to oppose him, and the people of the world will not think that you are ungrateful. ”

Sun Ce figured out the key and thought so.

In the final analysis, Yuan Shu is not thin on the Sun family, if Sun Ce betrays for no reason, he will be despised by the world, which will not only damage his prestige, but also hinder him from gathering heroes for his own use.

On this night, Sun Ce had a direction, a route to fight for hegemony, and a strategy to become a hegemon.

There are countless heroes in the world, but only a handful of them really know how to rise in troubled times.

(To be continued)