Chapter 063: Threatening Letters
After the father and son finished eating and drinking, they returned to the mansion and did not mention it for the time being. Let's say that Lu Su left the mansion of Zhuge father and son that day and went out of the gate, and saw that Gu Yong had not left yet.
"Why hasn't the dude left yet?" Lu Su asked puzzled.
"Wu Hou is waiting for you!"
"Oh? The lord knows that I will come back today? "Lu Su is very strange, not long after he landed on the shore, how could Sun Quan know that he was back, and specially asked Gu Yong to wait for him here.
"Not really! My lord has asked me to wait for you on the shore for three days! Estimate that your itinerary will only arrive in a few days! So I sent someone to wait for your boat on the shore! I didn't expect to wait for your ship, but for General LΓΌ Meng's ship! Brother, I'm afraid it's not smooth along the way, right? Gu Yong joked with a smile!
"Wonderful! Go back to my house, and I'll tell you in detail! It's definitely more fun than watching a play! Lu Su smiled bitterly.
"That's it! I heard that there is a century-old wine in Brother Zijing's house, but you are not allowed to hide it privately! β
"Wine for guests! How dare you hide your secrets? Lu Su said with a smile.
"Let's hurry to Zhaoyang Palace! Wu Hou should probably be in a hurry! Gu Yong retracted his face and urged.
"The lord is so anxious to see me, isn't there something big happening in Jiangdong these days?"
Gu Yong's face became even more solemn, and his eyebrows were tightly locked, "It is said that Brother Zijing is very smart, and today I know that this is true!" Something big is happening in Jiangdong! These gods are already anxious, just waiting for you to rain in time! β
Lu Su boarded Gu Yong's carriage, which looked ordinary on the outside, but the decoration on the inside was extremely luxurious. Gu Yong was born in a big family in Jiangdong, and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of slaves, and mountains of gold and silver. and the Lu family of Wu County, the Wei family of Huiji, and the Cheng family, and are known as the "four major families" in Jiangdong, and the Ronglu dignitaries are unique for a while. It's normal to use a bit of luxury, not to mention that Lu Su himself is a wealthy family, so this kind of use may not be in his eyes!
When Sun Ce led his troops south to Jiangdong, many Jiangdong families like Gu Yong did not support it, including Gu Yong's family, so it was inevitable that there would be friction between these clans and Sun Ce's department. At that time, Sun Ce was young and vigorous, where could he put sand in his eyes? So a bloody purge was carried out on the big clans in Jiangdong, and many of the Zhou and Sheng families in Wu County were exterminated. However, the Jiangdong clan has deep roots, and Sun Ce's high-pressure policy finally caused a backlash from the family.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), an assassination led by the Jiangdong clan was staged in Chaisang, and three disciples of Xu Gong, the former Hui Ji Taishou of Sun Ce's extermination, took advantage of Sun Ce's hunting alone, and stabbed him into serious injuries and died soon after.
Sun Ce's death greatly shook the Sun group, and they began to realize that the Jiangdong clan had deep roots and strong strength. Bloody repression alone will not be able to subdue them. Therefore, after Sun Quan ascended the throne, he turned to the Huairou policy, and a large number of children of the Jiangdong family were used to serve as senior officials in the Jiangdong Group. And the Jiangdong clan was also shocked by the fate of the Zhou and Sheng families, and they also turned to the attitude of cooperating with the Sun Quan Group, and our Lord Gu Yong joined the Jiangdong Group at this time.
Lu Su got into Gu Yong's carriage, the carriage was quite spacious, and the two sat opposite each other.
"Dude, what the hell is going on?" This is the question that Lu Su wants to know the most now.
Gu Yong sighed and told the truth of the matter......
It turned out that Cao Cao took the army to Jiangling and turned to attack Jiangxia. I thought that with my more than 200,000 horses, it would not be easy to capture this small Jiangxia. But Cao Cao didn't expect that this Jiangxia City would be so strong. Cao Cao didn't want to think about it, where would Jiangxia County, which had not been captured by Sun Jian's father and son for more than ten years, be a paper-based city defense? The army is more than 20 days, and it is November of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, it is the middle of winter, and the weather is getting cold. Cao Cao's grain and grass gradually ran out. Cao Cao urgently transferred grain and grass from Xiangfan, but Xiangfan's grain and grass became increasingly tight. This made Cao Cao quite distressed. Don't go back! Food and grass are scarce, and morale is gradually declining. Retreat! The battle has been fought to this extent, and it is a pity to withdraw at this time.
Just when Cao Cao was depressed and at a loss, Cheng Yu gave Cao Cao an idea. Since our side can't capture Jiangling, it is better to invite Sun Quan to attack together, Xu Yi to cut the land, and combine the strength of the two sides to eliminate Jingzhou's resistance first! Cao Cao decided that this was a good idea. So as soon as his head was hot, he personally wrote a letter of invitation to Sun Quan. However, since Cao Cao eliminated the Liu Biao group, he has gradually become arrogant, and there are many boastful words between the lines of the letter.
As a result, the letter was sent to Sun Quan in Jiangdong, and because of the ambiguity of the words, Sun Quan mistakenly understood it as a threatening letter, and he was greatly frightened, and immediately called a meeting of the civil and military forces. All the civil and military officers looked at their hearts, alas, oh my mother! Eight hundred and thirty thousand land and water troops! Isn't this scared to death for individuals?
According to some historical records, the original text of Cao Cao's letter to Sun Quan is as follows, "Those who are close to him are guilty of resigning, and Liu Cong is restrained." There are 800,000 people in the Imabari Water Army, and Fang and the general will hunt in Wu. β
In fact, Cao Cao really didn't say that he wanted to annex Jiangdong in terms of this heart, Cao Cao was completely overwhelmed in Jiangxia and wanted to help. As for the claim in the letter that he has the so-called more than 800,000 soldiers and horses, his practical intention is not to threaten Sun Quan, but to tell Sun Quan, you see, it's not that I can't beat it! The main thing is to see that we have a good relationship, I'm about to fight here, you hurry up and get a piece of the pie! At the same time, of course, there is also a little threat, you see, I have so many soldiers and horses, I let you come, if you don't come, hum! Dead, dead, dead!
However, Sun Quan and Jiangdong Wenwu did not think so, they thought that this was Cao Cao's naked threatening letter, and he wrote this letter to force us to surrender!
The arrival of this letter can be described as "one stone stirs up a thousand layers of Lang"! Jiangdong's civil and military forces have become active, considering how they should make a choice in this upcoming political situation?
Although Sun Quan is just a soil emperor, the soil emperor is also an emperor, and there is no reason to treat himself badly. Sun Quan's General's Mansion is located in the middle of Chaisang City and covers a large area. The mansion includes the first half, which is mainly the place where Sun Quan works daily and discusses state affairs with his ministers. It includes the main hall of the conference and the Zhaoyang Hall, the Xuanming Hall on the left side of the daily office and the Pingzhu Hall where the right side of the civil and military hall rests. The second half of the general's mansion is the inner house of the Sun family, and after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan's two younger brothers successively served as county guards and generals in various parts of Jiangdong, and they were not in the mansion. Now in the house, in addition to Sun Quan's stepmother Mrs. Wu, sister Sun An and wife Xie Shi, and daughter Sun Xiang, they are the widow of his brother Sun Ce, Da Qiao, and Sun Ce's children.
Sun Quan held a meeting of the ministers in the Zhaoyang Palace to discuss how to deal with this matter. The ministers were red-faced and almost fought for this matter. But if you take a closer look, you will find that those who jump up and down and are hoarse are all inconspicuous petty officials, and the real bigwigs are silent, this is called recuperation!
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