Factional struggle has always been a chronic disease of the Jiangdong regime, not only the civil and official factional struggles are fierce, but also the military generals, which is of course a deliberate move by Sun Quan, after all, this is the essence of the emperor's art, the courtiers fight among themselves, and the king benefits.

But on the other hand, it is also related to the political structure of Jiangdong, Jiangdong from Sun Ce to the south all the way like a bamboo, soon swept Danyang County, Wu County and Huiji County, the fundamental reason is that the Jiangdong family support, Sun Ce reciprocated, so that the talents of the Jiangdong family have entered the newly established Sun regime.

However, Sun Ce was afraid that the Jiangdong Shi clan would be too powerful, so he introduced the northern Shi clan and the Jianghuai Shi clan, such as Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others, after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and the Jiangdong Shi clan began to expand further, and the Jiangdong Shi clan introduced each other, so that the power of the Jiangdong Shi clan continued to enter the Sun regime.

At the same time, Sun Quan continued his brother's balancing technique and set up a recruitment hall in Jiangbei, so that Zhuge Jin, Xu Sheng, Lü Meng and other northern talents were recruited south.

The northern talents will inevitably be resisted by the local scholars in Jiangdong, because the local scholars marry each other, and the relationship has long been intertwined, it is easy to form an alliance in the officialdom, and the northern scholars who have been resisted have also come together, thus creating conditions for the formation of factions.

Under the intentional help of Sun Quan, Jiangdong quickly formed the northern faction, the Lujiang faction and the Wuyue faction, and Jiangdong's relocation to the capital Jianye dealt a heavy blow to the local faction, the Wuyue faction split into the Gu Lu Wu faction and the Yu clan Huiji faction, after the death of Zhou Yu, the Lujiang faction declined, and the northern faction continued to grow stronger, in order to balance the northern faction, Sun Quan began to reuse his relatives, so that the foreign relatives faction led by Bu Qi rose.

The so-called Lao Zhuang faction refers to a group of veterans such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, etc., who followed Sun Jian, while the middle school refers to the brave generals who followed Sun Ce to develop the foundation of Jiangdong, including Zhou Yu, Tai Shici, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao, Zhou Tai and other generals.

The Shaozhuang faction was a rising star after Sun Quan came to power, including young generals such as Lü Meng, Lu Xun, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, and Ling Tong.

During the period of Sun Ce and the early days of Sun Quan, the Jiangdong Army was the world of the middle school, but as Sun Quan's position gradually stabilized, he began to deliberately remove the influence of his brother Sun Ce in the army and establish his authority, and the middle school gradually began to lose power, especially when Zhou Yu, Tai Shici, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao and other middle-class generals died of illness or died in battle, the middle school completely lost power, and was replaced by the rise of the veteran faction and the Shaozhuang faction, and Lu Xun and Lü Meng of the Shaozhuang faction successively served as the governors of the capital.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are fellow villagers, and the two joined the Jiangdong Army at the same time, and the two had a deep friendship in the early days, but things in the world are like this, and those who have a deep friendship are easy to turn against each other, so Confucianism advocates that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai eventually drifted apart due to different careers, Jiang Qin is currently a representative of the middle school, while Zhou Tai broke away from the middle school and became a special Conglong faction, that is, Sun Quan's henchman.

Of course, the two have different ways and do not conspire with each other, and the relationship between the two is only estranged, not opposed, but what happened tonight is enough to make the two turn against each other.

Dozens of Jiang Qin's subordinates were arrested, and Zhou Tai had a stern attitude to behead them, which made Jiang Qin ignore them, Jiang Qin also knew that whether he surrendered to the enemy or escaped, it was a big crime in the army, and he should be beheaded according to the law, but these people were veterans who had followed him for many years, how could he not save him from death.

Jiang Qin had no choice but to soften his body and plead with Zhou Tai: "Can Youping give me a face and hand over these soldiers to me to deal with?" ”

"It's not impossible to hand it over to General Chiang, but I want to know, what is General Chiang going to do with them?"

"I'll punish you severely!"

Jiang Qin said very implicitly, and his words were also very lively, the punishment was severe, and the heavy beating of the military stick and imprisonment were also severely punished, this is the consistent language of officialdom, according to common sense, Zhou Tai also played a haha, praised Jiang Qin a few words, did not show favoritism, etc., and then handed over the prisoner to Jiang Qin, and the favor was also obtained, and the matter was over.

If it was in the past, Zhou Tai might have done this, and he would not have offended Jiang Qin, but now the situation is critical, and the soldiers must be strictly restrained, otherwise it will trigger a wave of soldiers fleeing, and it will be difficult to end at that time, so Zhou Tai decided to kill a hundred and use the heads of these dozens of soldiers to set an example for the three armies.

It's just that these soldiers are Jiang Qin's subordinates, and Zhou Tai also needs to reach a consensus with Jiang Qin, and it is best to let Jiang Qin do it himself, so he sent someone to invite Jiang Qin.

Zhou Tai's face immediately darkened, and he asked coldly, "I wonder what General Jiang is going to do with them?" ”

Jiang Qin was very uncomfortable with the call of 'General Jiang', he held back the annoyance in his heart, and replied: "If I take them back to the barracks, it will naturally be dealt with according to military regulations." ”

"Good!"

Zhou Taiyi pointed to ten people: "Why do you want to go back to the barracks, just behead here, send the heads to patrol everywhere, and warn the soldiers!" ”

Jiang Qin was furious, glared at Zhou Tai fiercely and asked, "Why is General Zhou so hard?" ”

"It's not that I don't give General Jiang face, now is an extraordinary period, military discipline must be strict, otherwise it will trigger a wave of soldiers fleeing, and Moling City will be over.

"You!"

Jiang Qin was extremely angry in his heart, and shouted angrily: "Everyone knows that Jiangdong is gone, and the collapse is only in a few days, at this time, we should be sympathetic to the lives of the soldiers, so that they can reunite with their families, and don't make unnecessary sacrifices, why is General Zhou so ruthless?" ”

Jiang Qin was so angry that he lost his words, which caused Zhou Tai to be furious, he drew half of his sword and shouted: "Jiang Qin, if you dare to talk nonsense and shake the heart of the army, I will cut off your head!" ”

Jiang Qin also knew that he was speechless, but he couldn't let go of his face, he snorted heavily, turned around and turned over on the horse, urged the horse to go, ran more than a dozen steps, he stopped the horse and turned back and said: "You want to be beheaded according to military regulations, whatever you want!" ”

He urged his horse to gallop towards the barracks, and dozens of kidnapped soldiers kneeling on the ground cried: "The general saved our lives!" ”

Jiang Qin was already far away, Zhou Tai slowly put away his sword and put it back in its sheath, but his anger in his heart could not be extinguished, he turned his head and glanced coldly at the dozens of deserters, and waved his hand and shouted: "Push down and behead, and show the heads of the three armies!" ”

"The general spares his life! Spare your life! ”

The soldiers on both sides shouted for mercy, dragged them down, and cut off the heads one by one, Zhou Tai calmed down a little at this time, and ordered: "Send the heads to the three armies, and those who dare to flee are guilty of the same crime!" ”

A general next to him was a little worried: "General, I'm afraid it will be difficult for General Jiang to explain?" ”

Zhou Tai snorted coldly, "Didn't you hear what he said just now?" In a hurry, he said what was in his heart, this kind of person is the most unreliable at a critical moment, if he dares to mess around, I just want to take away his military power. ”

Having said this, Zhou Tai was also a little uneasy, he summoned several henchmen and ordered them to monitor Jiang Qin, and if Jiang Qin made any changes, he would report it immediately.

Looking at a few soldiers in the distance, Zhou Tai's face was a little cloudy, he was by no means a reckless person, let alone stupid, he would never have infighting with the deputy general at a critical time.

He actually got Sun Quan's secret order to do this, Jiang Qin and Dong Xi conspired many times, the intention is unknown, Sun Quan ordered Zhou Tai to test Jiang Qin, if Jiang Qin has a different heart, immediately arrest him, just now it was just a temptation of Zhou Tai, and sure enough, he tried out Jiang Qin's true heart, although he did not have a different heart, but at least he was not strong-willed, this kind of person will surrender when he loses a little, which becomes the key to the failure of the entire defense.

Zhou Tai slowly clenched his fists, he must not let Jiang Qin lead the troops again, and he must seize his military power tomorrow at the latest, he wrote another secret letter, and ordered his henchmen to be sent to Jianye Palace quickly

Jiang Qin returned to his camp and drank sullenly alone, he had no confidence in Jiangdong for a long time, and the reason why he did not surrender to the Han army was just that he did not want to bear the infamy of being a traitor, so he did his best.

But what happened tonight really annoyed Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai didn't give himself face, he must behead his subordinates, although he didn't know how Zhou Tai would deal with the fugitive soldiers in the end, but Jiang Qin also thought that these soldiers must be more auspicious.

Jiang Qin secretly clenched his ear cup, if Zhou Tai forced people too much, he didn't need to have any reputation, at this time, there was a report from the soldiers outside the tent, "General, Cheng Zhigongzi asks to see!" ”

Jiang Qin was stunned, what was Cheng Zhi looking for himself, Cheng Zhi was the son of Cheng Pu, and he had nothing to do with Jiang Qin, what did he do when he came to him so late? But as soon as he thought about it, Jiang Qin understood that this must be Cheng Pu looking for him, and he immediately ordered: "Please let him in!" ”

In a moment, the curtain was lifted, and a man in a brocade robe about thirty years old walked into the tent, it was Cheng Pu's son Cheng Shi, who stepped forward and bowed deeply, "See General Jiang!" ”

Jiang Qin hurriedly got up and saluted back, "Cheng Gongzi is polite, please take a seat!" ”

Cheng Zhi was not polite, the two sat down separately, Jiang Qin found that there was still a wine jug and wine glass on the table, he quickly put it away, and smiled embarrassedly: "Let the son see and laugh!" ”

Cheng Shi smiled faintly, and did not take this matter to heart, but said in a low voice: "When I came over just now, I heard that General Zhou killed dozens of deserters at the South City Gate, all of whom were General Jiang's subordinates, does General Jiang know about this?" ”

Jiang Qin was furious, Zhou Tai still did it, he was so angry that he slapped the table fiercely and scolded: "Puppet Zhou Tai, bully me too much!" ”

Cheng Shi sighed, shook his head and said, "If the general hates Zhou Tai for being vicious, then it is wrong, does the general know whose instructions it is?" ”

Jiang Qin was stunned, of course he could understand the meaning of Cheng Zhi's words, who else would there be besides Sun Quan? He suddenly pushed the table, stood up, and looked at Cheng Shi suspiciously, "I don't understand what Childe means?" ”

Cheng Zhi smiled bitterly: "Of course, it is a big taboo, if I usually do not act so recklessly, but the Moling shape is critical, and I can't take care of it so much, my father asked me to tell the general, the general and General Dong Xi conspired three times and were monitored by the eagle beak, Wu Hou no longer trusts the general, and the appointment of the general as the deputy general of Moling is just to stabilize the middle school, what happened tonight is no accident." ”

"Your father?"

Jiang Qin was even more surprised in his heart, could it be that Cheng Pu had already secretly surrendered to the Han Kingdom? Cheng Zhi seemed to understand Jiang Qin's suspicions, he sighed softly and said: "Jiangdong Mansion will fall, my father can not be sad, but it is inviolable, can only follow the will of heaven, my father's original intention is not to betray Wu Hou, just to protect the 200,000 people of Moling, once the city is broken, Zhou Tai refuses to surrender, it will inevitably lead to fierce street fighting, at that time is the disaster of the people of Moling, the Sun family can not be protected, why does the general not protect the people of Jiangdong?" ”

Jiang Qin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, he knew that up to now, Cheng Pu would not use deception to test himself, he said very reasonably, thinking of Sun Quan's ruthless suspicion, Jiang Qin finally gritted his teeth and said: "Although Cheng Gongzi said bluntly, what does Jiang Qin need to do?" ”

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