Chapter 366: Press the Sword
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At the end of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu issued a document to summon the world, cut the emperor's name, and asked for guilt. In the form of apology, he admits that he is mad, and he is called the Son of Heaven, and his sins are not forgiven, and he is willing to bind himself to ask the Son of Heaven for his sin. However, he was seriously ill and unable to face the king in person, so his eldest son Yuan Yao went to Beijing on behalf of his father with Yuxi and took the guilt.
Yuan Shu issued this announcement, which was unanimously praised and welcomed by the princes from the imperial court to Jingnan. However, welcome to welcome, such stains, once stained, never want to be cleaned. Therefore, although Yuan Shu made up for it, the sheep (reputation) that died was gone.
As if he hadn't heard Yuan Shu's announcement, Cao Cao continued to besiege Xia Cai.
In the spring of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), a group of more than 1,000 cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Cao army, suddenly appeared in Xiyang, Jiangxia, and immediately entered the Lujiang River in the rear of Yuan Shu, causing a great chaos in the Yuan army.
Yuan Shu was shocked and angry, and he never imagined that Cao Cao would copy his back road from Liu Biao's territory. At this time, Lujiang's troops were very empty, and they couldn't stop Xiahou Yuan's cavalry at all.
Xiahou Yuan commanded a thousand horsemen, three days and four hundred miles, trekking through mountains and rivers, all the way to the north, pointing at Shouchun.
Yuan Shu's Xiacai defense wavered, and at the same time, the defenders of the second line of defense, Dangtu, Xiquyang, and Yinling, were ordered to urgently send a large army back to help. Unexpectedly, as soon as the armies of the three places left, Cao Hong, who had already gathered momentum, commanded 3,000 foot soldiers to cross the river in the starry night, conquer Dangtu in one fell swoop, and advance to Xiquyang. Once Xiquyang falls, the back road and grain road of Xia Cai will be cut off.
Xiahou Yuan's long-distance attack seemed to be real and virtual, disrupting the deployment of Yuan's army; And the real backhand is Cao Hong. Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy, he directly tore through Yuan Shu's flank defense line and repeated the scene of the first Huainan battle. However, the last time it was Cao Hong who fought alone, and in the end he fell short. This time it's different, with a three-sided attack, Yuan Shu's fun is greater.
In February, Yuan Shu ordered the abandonment of Xia Cai and withdrew nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses to Huainan. They were stationed in Shouchun and Xiquyang.
In late February, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Hu Che'er and other three allied forces captured Xia Cai, and immediately crossed the Huaishui River to join forces with Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan in the north of Shouchun.
The end of Yuan Shu is near.
When all eyes in the world were staring at this battle to destroy Yuan, thousands of miles away in Luoyang, the General's Mansion, Ma Han was looking at the information at hand that had nothing to do with the Battle of Huainan.
This is a detailed information about Sun Ce in Jiangdong, covering this person from the first year of Xingping to raise troops and fight for five years. The history of the conquest of fighting big with small and from weak to strong.
In the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Sun Ce took hundreds of people to see Yuan Shu and returned more than 1,000 people from his father Sun Jian's old department from Yuan Shu. Shi Taifu Ma Riyan held the festival to appease the Kanto region, and recruited Sun Ce with a gift in Shouchun. He also praised the imperial court to appoint Sun Ce as the captain of Huaiyi, making Sun Ce a senior general of the imperial court's official economic system.
At that time, Yuan Shu was attacking each other with Liu Miao in Yangzhou, which allowed Sun Ce to find a breakthrough in his own rise - Jiangdong. So he asked to see Yuan Shu and said: "My family was very kind to Jiangdong people in the past. I am willing to lead troops to help my uncle (Wu Jing) conquer Hengjiang. After the conquest of Hengjiang, I can still recruit soldiers in the local area, and I can recruit about 30,000 people. Then. I will lead them again to help you calm the world and achieve great things. ”
Yuan Shu didn't think that Sun Ce's people could make any great achievements, and he felt that it was not bad to have this kid to stir up the situation, so he agreed.
With this bit of people, Sun Ce began his legendary entrepreneurial road.
Sun Ce went all the way to the east, because of the support of Yuan Shu, who was very abundant in terms of troops and grain at that time, he recruited troops and horses along the way, and the team continued to grow, and when he arrived at Liyang, where Wu Jing was stationed, there were five or six thousand people. Later, Zhou Yu led his troops to meet with food, and the best friends of the Three Kingdoms appeared on the stage of history.
Sun Ce, who received a lot of help, was as powerful as a rainbow, and led his troops to cross the river, attack Hengjiang and Dangli, and conquered them one after another. Liu Xuan's generals Fan Neng and Zhang Ying were defeated one after another.
In the following year, Sun Ce crossed the river from Liyang and defeated Liu Miao of the Niuzhu camp, and his power was greatly boosted.
Later, Sun Ce attacked Moling, beheaded Xue Li, hit Fan Neng, and captured the elk, and everything was broken, and he didn't dare to be his front.
In the end, Sun Ce fought a decisive battle with Liu Xuan in Qu'a, defeated him again, and captured the land of the Sun clan - Wu County. Since then, Sun Ce's name has shocked Jiangdong.
A series of brilliant victories, so much so that Yuan Shu had to sigh: "If you have a son like Sun Lang, why hate you when you die!" ”
In the first year of Jian'an, Sun Ce continued to attack all parts of Jiangdong, first breaking the Huiji Taishou Wang Lang, and then defeating Yan Baihu, whose momentum was even more blazing, and he was regarded as the "little overlord" at the time.
In the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu was called the emperor, Sun Ce was noncommittal at the beginning, but later saw that the world was against it, so he immediately drew a line with it. After that, Sun Ce, who was no longer restrained, made persistent efforts, successively defeated Zu Lang, boiled Liu Xuan to death, and collected all his subordinates.
By the fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce already owned three counties of Danyang, Wu County and Huiji, half of which was Yangzhou. However, due to the fact that Yuan Shu had not died for a long time at this time, Sun Ce was unable to attack Liu Xun, Po Huangzu, and descend Huaxin, so the three counties of Lujiang, Jiangxia, and Yuzhang could not start. Compared with the little overlord of another time and space, the momentum is much weaker.
"What a little bully!" Ma Han patted the information on the case and was quite emotional.
Jia Xu, who was in charge of the Eagle Eye in the Sili and Sanfu regions, couldn't help but praise: "This son is aged, experienced, brave, and good at fighting, and he is quite similar to the lord, and in time, he will become the hegemon of Jiangdong." ”
Ma Han thinks about it, it's really like this. In fact, Jia Xu also said that he missed a similarity, don't look at Sun Ce's territory of no more than three counties, but his command is full of talents, compared with the original Liaodong overlord Ma Han, it is even better.
How many generals did Sun Ce have under his command at this time? Ma Han has a detailed list in his hand: Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zu Mao, Ling Cao, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Song Qian, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, Lu Fan, Sun He, Sun Ben, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi, Sun Jing, He Qi, Yu Fan...... It's all a well-known character!
Ma Han shook his head again and again, sighing, this lineup is enough to catch up with himself who has occupied more than one-third of the Han River. For these talents, Huainan and Jiangdong must be won.
This list was collected by Jia Xutong Guò Eagle Eye and submitted to Ma Han, and the reason why he ignored this similarity is very simple, many of the people on this list have been in Jian'an for four years, and their abilities have not yet been reflected, and most of them are unknown. Except for Ma Han, a latecomer, even with a great ability like Jia Xu, it is impossible to predict their future achievements.
Ma Han closed the list and looked at Jia Xu: "Wen He thinks that Sun Bofu is as Zhang Zigang said, loyal to the Han Dynasty." ”
Zhang Zigang is Zhang Hong, the first veteran to join the Soochow Group. He was sent by Sun Ce to Luoyang to serve as a servant of the imperial history, exerting his influence, befriending ministers in the court, promoting Sun Ce's exploits in Jiangdong, and expressing his loyalty to the Han family.
Jia Xu's expression was indifferent, but he hit the nail on the head: "The princes of this world, everyone says that they are loyal to the Han family, but if the Son of Heaven really issues an order to enter the court, his army territory will be taken over by the imperial court, and see who will be willing to bow down." ”
Ma Han laughed, pointed at Jia Xu and shook his head again and again, and said with emotion: "Who is willing to give up people's selfish desires?" Power, once you pick it up, you won't let it go even if you are tired to death......"
Ma Han finally stretched his waist: "Okay, Sun Lang, Zhou Lang, let's see who is Kou and who is the king." ”
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When Ma Han was sighing, it was very mysterious that thousands of miles away, the object of his emotion, Sun Ce, was in his hometown of Wucheng, Wu County, and Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, the two closest brothers, were also discussing him in the backyard of the Hou Mansion (Sun Ce's father Wucheng Marquis).
At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was dressed in a white robe, wearing a scarf on his head, with a face like a crown of jade, and was as handsome as a virgin, said a sentence that was almost exactly the same as Jia Xu: "The rise of this great general in the current dynasty can be called legendary, and his age, experience, martial arts, and good fighting are quite similar to Bo Fu, but it is also interesting." ”
The appearance is as handsome as Zhou Yu, but the face is a national character, and Sun Ce, who is a little more heroic, also slapped his mouth a few times, and said hehehe: "It's a pity to save the fate, if you have the opportunity, I really want to learn about the galloping and riding skills of this 'Liaodong Tianju' who has been rumored to be amazing." ”
Sun Quan, who was not yet seventeen years old at the time, looked completely different from his brother, he was not handsome, he could only say that his facial features were good. What is more characteristic is that his eyes are very light in color, revealing a faint green in the sunlight. At this time, these pale blue eyes revealed a hint of worry: "It is said that Ma Jinglong not only used soldiers like a god, but also fought with many fierce generals, especially with Lu Bu Surabaya, which was terrifying. Brother, don't be despised ah. ”
Sun Ce clenched his fists and looked like he was out of time: "If a certain person is present, it will never be a draw." ”
Zhou Yu put away his relaxed attitude and said solemnly: "Bo Fu has the heart of separating Jiangdong, this person has the ambition to dominate the world, and when he meets in the future, Bo Fu must remember not to fight with him." ”
Sun Ce twisted his eyebrows and was about to question.
Zhou Yu said unhurriedly: "Do you remember Zhang Zigang's parting words?" ”
Sun Ce was speechless.
Zhang Hong is a great god invited by Sun Ce at the beginning of the army, begging his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and he has always respected him, but he has admonished him, and he has always obeyed everything. So what did Zhang Hong say to Sun Ce before he went to Luoyang?
"The master will be the place where the master is raised, and the life of the three armies is also the life, and it is not appropriate to take it off lightly, and he will be the enemy. May the posture of the heavens and the hope of the four seas not make the whole country fearful. This is Zhang Hong's earnest exhortation before parting, as if he foresaw Sun Ce's fate.
Sun Ce then stopped mentioning this matter, and instead asked: "Now that Ma Han has pacified Hebei, pacified the east of the river, and trained the navy in Juyeze, the meaning of pointing south is obvious. How should we respond? ”
Zhou Yu stretched out two fingers and was confident: "One thing, two words." ”
At this time, Sun Quan couldn't help but ask first: "What?" ”
"United." (To be continued......)