Chapter 367: The Rise of Sun Ce (I)

At this time, Xuzhou fell into chaos, and there were three counties in the south of Xuzhou that were connected with Yuan Shu's forces, from west to east were Pengcheng State, Xiapi State and Guangling County. Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng, and Xue Rong, the minister of Xiapi, ran to Moling in Jiangdong to attach themselves to Liu Xuan, and Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling, was killed by Zhenrong, and the entire southern part of Xuzhou fell into anarchy, and Yuan Shu took this opportunity to send troops to occupy the southern part of Guangling County and the southwest of Xiapi State.

But he said that Sun Ce spent so much effort to lay down Lujiang, and originally thought that he could become the Taishou of Lujiang and occupy a county, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to break his promise again and assign his subordinate Liu Xun to take over. Zhu Zhi saw that Yuan Shu was so dishonest, so he persuaded Sun Ce to break away from Yuan Shu and pacify Jiangdong with his own strength. Sun Ce was put on the road by Yuan Shu twice in a row, and his heart was quite unpleasant, anyway, his father's old ministry had returned to his side, so he decided to raise troops to cross east according to the plan he had drawn up with Zhang Hong.

Sun Ce said to Yuan Shu: "My family has an old favor in the east, I volunteer to help my uncle fight Hengjiang, after Hengjiang is attacked, I can raise 30,000 soldiers, and then I can assist the general Kuang Ji Han Dynasty."

Yuan Shu knew that Sun Ce was dissatisfied with him, but at that time, Zhen Rong and Xue Litun were in the tomb, Liu Xuan was based on Qu'a, and Wu County Taishou Xu Gong and Huiji Taishou Wang Lang echoed each other, and there were bandits in the deep mountains of Danyang and Wu County such as Zu Lang and Yan Baihu, etc., where was it so easy to pacify Jiangdong, anyway, Sun Ce didn't ask him for more soldiers and horses, Yuan Shu named him the captain of Zhichong, let him try.

Sun Ce led more than 1,000 people from Shouchun, recruited troops along the road, and arrived at Liyang, where Wu Jing and Sun Ben were stationed, and had gathered 5 or 6,000 people. At this time, Sun Ce's relatives had been delivered safely by Zhu Zhi, and Sun Ce saw that his family members were safe and sound, and his heart was much more steady, so he sent his mother and young siblings to Fuling, which was safer in the rear, and then discussed with everyone the plan to capture Hengjiangjin and Danglikou.

Zhou Yu knew that his uncle Zhou Shang had taken over as the Taishou of Danyang. Especially from his hometown to visit, Sun Ce heard that Zhou Yu had also arrived nearby, and hurriedly wrote a letter to invite him to come to the meeting, Zhou Yu got the letter, and immediately transferred a part of the military horses from his uncle to support. When Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu leading his troops to come, he was overjoyed and said, "You are here." Big things can be decided! And Zhang Hong heard that Sun Ce was preparing to cross east, and he also came to Liyang from Guangling to give him advice.

Under the concerted efforts of Zhou Yu, Lü Fan, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Wu Jing, Sun Ben, Sun Fu, Xu Kun and other generals, Sun Ce quickly defeated Fan Neng and Yu Mi stationed in Hengjiangjin, and then planned to cross the river to attack Danglikou, which was defended by Zhang Ying, but suffered from the lack of ferries. At this time, Sun Ce's aunt and cousin Xu Kun were also in the army, and Sun Ce's aunt said to her son Xu Kun: "Liu Xuan's army has many military ships, and if our army crosses the river, their naval army will attack on a large scale, which will be quite unfavorable to our army, so we might as well use the reeds on both sides of the existing boats to cover the floating boards." to help the army cross the river. Xu Kun told his cousin Sun Ce about his mother's construction, and Sun Ce transported his troops across the river according to the plan, broke through Zhang Ying in one fell swoop, and mastered the ferries on both sides of the Yangtze River.

After Sun Ce crossed the river, he took advantage of the victory to attack, and all directions were broken, and he did not dare to be his front, and immediately captured the county governance Wanling in Danyang, as well as the Niuzhu camp in the southwest of Wanling. A large amount of grain and armament was obtained, and its prestige was greatly enhanced. Sun Ce often went to the battlefield in person when he was fighting. Zhang Hong persuaded him: "The main general is planning for the command of the whole army, and it is the life of the three armies, so it is really not appropriate to go to the battlefield casually and fight with the enemy." You have the grace of heaven and the hope of the world, please don't let everyone worry. ”

After Sun Ce took over Wanling, his next target was Moling in the northeast. At this time, Xue Li garrisoned Moling City. Zhenrongtun is stationed in the south of the city. Zhen Rong didn't know how powerful Sun Ce was, so he fought a battle in Tuntun, and was beheaded by more than 500 levels, so he didn't dare to fight again behind closed doors. Sun Ce bypassed Zhenrong and attacked Moling City directly, but he didn't expect Fan Neng, Yu Mi and other subordinates to defeat and collect scattered soldiers to recapture the Niuzhu camp. Sun Ce had no choice but to return to the army and repel them in case the rear was lost.

After Sun Ce stabilized the rear, he led his troops to attack Zhenrong again, and Sun Ce, who liked to be in the march, learned a lesson this time, and was shot in the hip by an arrow from a stray arrow, and he couldn't even ride a horse, so he had to temporarily retreat to the Niuzhu camp. Sun Ce sent a deceitful soldier to tell him that he had been killed by an arrow, and Rong believed that it was true, and sent his troops to pursue, but he was ambushed by Sun Ce and was beheaded more than 1,000 people. Sun Ce saw that the terrain of the land defended by Zhenrong was dangerous and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he first took over other counties in Danyang. As soon as Sun Ce left, Zhen Rong first made an internal conspiracy, killed Xue Li, and then ran to Peng Ze in Yuzhang County, Yangzhou.

Yuzhang County is in the southwest corner of Yangzhou, and Jiangxia and Changsha in Jingzhou, just at this time Yuzhang Taishou Zhoushu died of illness, Yuan Shu seized the opportunity to get involved, and immediately appointed Lang evil man Zhuge Xuan as Yuzhang Taishou. Zhuge Xuan was appointed by Yuan Shu, so he took his fifteen-year-old nephews Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and two nieces to the south to take office, but they had a twins with Zhu Hao, who was officially appointed by the Han Dynasty government, and the two sides fought. Therefore, Liu Miao sent Zhenrong to Yuzhang to support Zhu Hao. At this time, Xu Shao, a well-known character critic and the host of the Yuedan Commentary, also took refuge in Qu'a, and he persuaded Liu Xuan: "This person Zhu Rong never disregarded his name when he went out to the army, and Zhu Hao was too honest, you should tell him to be careful against Zhen Rong." In Xu Shao's words, Zhen Rong reached Yuzhang and really killed Zhu Hao to lead the Taishou. As for Zhuge Xuan, after the defeat of the army, he took Zhuge Liang and other nieces and children to Jingzhou to defect to Liu Biao.

After Sun Ce conquered Hushu, Jiangcheng and other counties in the eastern part of Danyang, he raised troops to attack Liu Xuan in Qu'alai, Wu County. At this time, Tai Shi Ci, who was in the same township as Liu Xiang, happened to visit from Liaodong, and the person next to him built yì Liu Xiang might as well take Tai Shi Ci as the general, Liu Xiang was quite hesitant and replied: "If I use Tai Shi Ci, I am afraid that Xu Shao will be used as a joke." So he only sent Tai Shi Ci to patrol the task. One day, when Tai Shi Ci was patrolling in the area of the Divine Pavilion, he happened to meet Sun Ce and Huang Gai, Han Dang, Song Qian and other ten people who also went out to inspect the enemy.

Tai Shici is seven feet seven inches tall, equivalent to the current 177 centimeters, with a beautiful beard, ape arms and good shooting, and good kung fu. However, Sun Ce is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he stabbed Tai Shi Ci's horse, and snatched the halberd behind Tai Shi Ci's neck with one hand, and Tai Shi Ci also took off Sun Ce's helmet.

Liu Miao was not Sun Ce's opponent after all, and fled to the southeast to Dantu after the defeat, Liu Miao planned to go to Huiji to defect to Wang Lang, but Xu Shao did not think so. He said, "The wealth will be rich, but Sun Ce is greedy, and he is located in a despicable corner of the sea, so he should not go. It is better to go to Yuzhang, connect Yuzhou in the north, and Jingzhou in the west. In the local collection of officials and people, send tribute, can be connected with Cao Cao, although Yuan Shu in the middle, this person is notorious, will not be proud for long. You are a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Biao and Cao Cao will definitely lend a helping hand to you." Liu Xiang accepted Xu Shao's proposal and fled to Yuzhang together. And Tai Shici escaped into the Wuhu Mountains in the south of Danyang, relying on his martial bravery. became the king of the mountain.

After Sun Ce captured Qu'a and drove Liu Xiang away, he hurriedly sent Wu Jing and Sun Ji back to Shouchun to report to Yuan Shu. At this time, Sun Ce's army had reached tens of thousands, and he thought that it was more than enough to pacify Jiangdong with this force, so he sent Zhou Yu back to Wanling to assist his uncle Zhou Shang in stabilizing the situation in Danyang, at this time, Sun Ce was only 20 years old. Sun Ceshun captured Danyang, drove away Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, and stationed in Qu'a in Wu County. Many local officials heard that Sun Ce had arrived. All donated the city to run, and Sun Ce didn't have to spend much effort to collect the counties. Sun Ce's troops were strictly disciplined. did not commit any offense to the people, and won the hearts of the people, and the people used cattle wine to teach the army. Sun Ce also made an appearance to Anmin, as long as Liu Xuan and Zhenrong's subordinates came to surrender, they would not be blamed in the past and would be willing to join the army. Just one person

To the ministry, the whole family is tax-free for life; Those who do not want to join the army will never be compelled. Less than ten days after the order was posted, more than 20,000 people from the old departments where Liu Miao and Zhenrong were hiding flocked to him, and Sun Ce's momentum could be described as shocking Jiangdong.

Except for the soldiers under Liu Miao and Narrow Rong. Quan Rou, the eastern governor of Huiji, also raised the crowd to join Sun Ce. Quan Rou is a native of Qiantang in Wu County, and once served as the official position of Shang Shulang Youcheng in Luoyang, Sun Ce attached great importance to Quan Rou's gathering of people, and immediately appointed him as the governor of Danyang. Later, Quan Rou's son Quan Cong later became a powerful minister around Sun Quan.

Sun Ce increased so many soldiers and horses in one go, and rectifying military discipline became an important task, and Lü Fan especially volunteered to serve as the governor to tidy up military discipline. Thanks to his efforts, the army was solemn and prohibited. In addition, Sun Ce also took Zhang Hong as the captain of the school, and Zhang Zhao, a native of Pengcheng, Xuzhou, as the long history, these two became Sun Ce's most important staff officers.

Qu'a was changed to Yangzhou Prefecture when Liu Miao took office, and the rules and records were accumulated here, and the local population was rich, the transportation extended in all directions, and his father Sun Jian was buried here, so Sun Ce decided to take Qu'a as the base for his career development, based on Qu'a, and gradually completed the plan to conquer Jiangdong. At this time, the situation in the four counties of Jiangdong was explained as follows: Danyang: After Wu Jing was driven to Jiangbei by Liu Xuan, Yuan Shu reassigned Zhou Yu's uncle Zhou Shang as the Taishou of Danyang. At this time, the situation in the eastern counties of Danyang had stabilized, but the seven counties west of Lingyang County, which were located in the deep mountains and mountains, were still under the control of the local heroes, including Zulang in Lingyang County, Tai Shici in Ling County, and so on. In view of this, Sun Ce transferred Zhou Yu back to Wanling, on the one hand to assist Zhou Shang in guarding Danyang, and on the other hand, he transferred military horses, grain, boats, etc. to him in the rear as a backup.

Sun Ce was planning to send troops to collect Wu County, and good news came from the east, it turned out that Zhu Zhi had already captured Wu County, the county of Wu County, and did Wu County Taishou, which could save Sun Ce a lot of effort, as long as the remnants of the southern part of Wu County were swept away, and then Huiji was captured, Jiangdong could be settled. At this time, Yan Baihu and other local bandits were handsome and handsome in Wucheng, on the southeast shore of Taihu Lake, and Wu Jingjian first destroyed these local heroes in Wu County, and then waved his army to meet Ji. Sun Ce thinks that these bandits don't have any big ambitions, they are just a group of small characters, and they should take Huiji first and then go back to clean up these guys. After formulating the strategy, Sun Ce asked Wu Jing and Sun Ben to return to Shouchun to report to Yuan Shu, and sent his subordinate Chen Bao back to Jiangbei to take his mother and younger siblings who lived in Fuling back to Qu Alai for a reunion.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben came to Shouchun to report to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu heard that Sun Ce was shaking Jiangdong, and his heart must have mixed feelings, although his own power was able to penetrate into Jiangdong, but Sun Ce was no longer the child of the year, and it is really difficult to say whether he will obediently listen to him in the future. At this time, Yuan Shu was competing with Cao Cao for Xuzhou, and on the other hand, he was busy creating public opinion and preparing for his claim as emperor. In order to stabilize his power in Jiangdong, Yuan Shu transferred Zhou Shang and Zhou Yu's uncles, who had a good relationship with Sun Ce, back to Shouchun, and sent his cousin Yuan Yin to take over Danyang Taishou. In addition, he left Sun Ben in Shouchun, and Wu Jing was transferred to Guangling Taishou and entrusted with the affairs of Xuzhou. As for Sun Ce, who made great contributions, Yuan Shu specially called him a general and asked him to receive the title of general to appease his heart.

Sun Ce brought his mother and younger siblings back to Qu'a, and the family moved from place to place in the past three years, and now they finally have a place to settle down. This year, Sun Ce's second brother Sun Quan was fifteen years old, and Sun Ce loved this younger brother very much. Let him be the head of Yang Xian of Wu County at the age of fifteen, and let Zhu Zhicha promote him as filial piety, hoping to cultivate him as a talent for governing the country since he was a child. The young Sun Quan saw that Zhou Tai, who was by his brother's side, served respectfully, and he was particularly attached to him, and later Sun Ce captured Huiji, so he left Zhou Tai by Sun Quan's side to serve as a retinue. Furthermore. Sun Ce also completed a lifelong event for the sister born to Mrs. Wu, and married her to the local scholar Hongzhi in Qu'a.

At this time, another episode occurred, Zhu Zhi had just turned forty years old this year, but he still had no children, so Zhu Zhi specially asked Sun Ce to be the master and pass his sister's son to him. The little boy who was passed to Zhu Zhi's knee was surnamed Shi Mingran, and his surname was changed to Zhu from then on. Zhu Ran is in the same year as Sun Quan, and the two of them have been reading and playing together since childhood, and their relationship is very good. Zhu Ran also gained the trust of Sun Quan, and later served as an official in Wu Guoguan to the left great Sima and the right military division.

The camera turned to Jiangbei, Zhou Yu and his uncle Zhou Shang were recalled to Shouchun by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu looked at Zhou Yu as a talent, and wanted to keep him by his side as a general, but this year it is no longer popular for bosses to pick subordinates, and subordinates also have to see if this boss can become a climate. Zhou Yu is a smart man, he knows that Yuan Shu wants to be the emperor with this ability. Defeat is a matter of time, and it is dangerous to stay with such people. It is better to go south and stay by the river, once there is chaos in the north, you can immediately run back to Jiangdong to join Sun Ce. So Zhou Yu asked to be the head of the nest. Juchao is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, less than 50 kilometers from the Zhisho to the Yangtze River ferry, and it is convenient to run.

Zhou Yu took hundreds of his entourage to Juchao to take up his post, passing through Dongcheng. The people were short of food, and when they heard that there was a wealthy man in the local area, Lu Su, who was willing to give, he went to borrow it. When Zhou Yu arrived at Lu Su's house, he saw two large bundles of rice, each with three thousand hu, enough for their group to eat for a month. Lu Su casually pointed to a bundle for him to move away, and Zhou Yu was amazed by Lu Su's boldness, so he became friends with him.

Lu Su's father died shortly after he was born, and he was raised by his mother and grandmother. He entangled and raised a group of village teenagers, fencing and riding in the mountains all day long, lecturing and practicing martial arts, practicing extraordinary archery kung fu, drawing a bow to shoot it, and the holes were all through. In addition, he also scattered his family wealth, sold his land, and collected and funded heroes and heroes from all over the country, and his hometown parents felt that the Lu family was a loser.

Later, Lu Su's reputation also spread to Yuan Shu's ears, and he asked Lu Su to serve as the mayor of Dongcheng. Lu Su is also a smart person, he must have heard a lot of Yuan Shu's evaluations, and after some resignation, he took his relatives and guests to the nest to join Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu stayed in Juchao for two years, and it was not until Yuan Shu was beaten by Cao Cao that his troops were scattered, and then he returned to Sun Ce with Lu Su.

Qu'a was the political center of Sun Ce's regime in Sun Ce's lifetime, Sun Ce gained a firm foothold in Qu'a, took care of Yiqiē, and then led his troops south to capture Huiji. After Sun Ce put Qu'a in order, he finally sent troops to meet the meeting. Before leaving, he wrote a special letter to his uncle Sun Jing in Fuchun's hometown, asking him to join the troops in Qiantang. Sun Jian has a total of three brothers in his family, the eldest brother Sun Qiang died early, Sun Jian ranked second, and the younger brother Sun Jing stayed in his hometown Fuchun to guard the ancestral grave for many years. Fuchun is in the southernmost part of Wu County, and to the south is the county of Huiji County, which is the county of Huiji County, so Sun Jing is quite familiar with the terrain of this area. Because of this, Sun Ce specially invited his uncle Sun Jing to come and conspire to capture Huiji.

Huiji's Gong Cao Yu, who guarded Wang Lang, knew that the strength of the two sides was too different, and persuaded Wang Lang to leave Huiji to avoid the limelight. Wang Lang didn't think so, he thought that he was an official of the Han Dynasty, how could he abandon the city and flee to let the traitors succeed, and decided to fight with Sun Ce. He sent troops to defend Guling on the south bank of Zhejiang, Guling City was built by Fan Li, a famous minister of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, standing on the south bank of Zhejiang, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Sun Ce could not succeed in crossing the river several times to attack the city.

Sun Ce couldn't capture Guling for a long time, so he was quite distressed. Uncle Sun Jing grew up here since he was a child, and he was quite familiar with the terrain, so he built a road to the southeast of Cha Ce and went around to the rear of the enemy army to attack him. Sun Ce was overjoyed when he heard this, so he acted according to the plan.

Sun Jing took advantage of the middle of the night to lead the troops and made a detour to investigate the sneak attack on Gaoqiantun, and succeeded in one fell swoop. After Sun Ce attacked Gaoqian Pavilion, he found a particularly conspicuous general in the ranks, this person was named Dong Xi, he was a person from Huiji Yao, he was eight feet long, equivalent to 180 centimeters, and he was generous, martial arts and heroes, Sun Ce saw that he was great, so he took him by his side and attacked Shanyin City together.

Wang Lang was shocked when he saw Sun Ce's troops suddenly appear on the south bank of Zhejiang, and hurriedly sent Zhou Xin out of the city to meet him. This Zhou Xin is familiar to everyone, he and his two younger brothers have been enemies of the Sun Jian family for many years, a few years ago he was defeated by Wu Jing, lost the official of Danyang Taishou and ran back to Huiji, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to hit his hometown a few years later.

Zhou Xin was not Sun Ce's opponent after all, and he was defeated and beheaded. Wang Lang saw that the signs were wrong, so he hurriedly took a boat with Yu and escaped all the way to Dongye. Because of the remoteness of the location, many scholars lived here to avoid the disaster of the Central Plains, and they heard that Sun Ce's troops were about to enter Shanyin City, which was really unpredictable, and they also took a boat to float to the south, among these people, Xu Jing, who later worshiped Taifu in the Shu State, was the most exaggerated, and fled to the South China Sea in Jiaozhou in one breath. (To be continued......)