Chapter 227: The Rise of Sun Ce (1)
On the same day, Liu Xie issued an edict: remove Yuan Shu from his position, and call on all princes to send troops to fight against Yuan Shu, if all the princes have a wait-and-see attitude and refuse to send troops, he Liu Xie will personally lead the troops to fight against Yuan Shu and set an example for all princes!
This edict is the strongest edict since Liu Xie succeeded to the throne, and between the lines, it is full of Liu Xie's determination to defend the dignity of the Han Dynasty! And on this edict, the long-lost jade seal reappeared, indicating who is the orthodox son of the Han Dynasty today!
Wherever the edict of the Son of Heaven went, all the princes responded one after another, even if the Han Dynasty is now in turmoil, but the homework on the surface must still be done. Of course, there are also several princes' actions, which are not just superficial, they have taken real actions, and Ao Lie and Sun Ce are among the representatives.
Needless to say, no matter who wants to split the country in front of him, he will resolutely crack down. Ao Lie is not a person who is stupid and loyal to the Han Dynasty, but as the so-called prosperity, the people are bitter; Death, the people suffer. As long as there is a change of regime, there will inevitably be war, and as long as there is war, it will inevitably make the people suffer, which is not something Ao Lie wants to see. Therefore, after receiving the edict from the Son of Heaven, Ao Lie was the first to stand up and ordered Lu Su, the acting governor of the navy, to immediately lead 10,000 sailors to the south along the coast, go to Jiangdong to join Ganning, and unite with Sun Ce to jointly crusade against Yuan Shu.
After just experiencing the great battle in northern Xinjiang, Ao Lie's various troops are a little tired, only the navy did not participate in the battle, and still maintains good physical strength, and due to the restrictions of grain and grass and other factors, Ao Lie can only mobilize 10,000 sailors, no matter how many people, he can't take it out.
When Lu Su led 10,000 sailors to Jiangdong, Sun Ce led the crowd to put on a grand guard of honor. Wash the dust for Lusu. After all, Lu Su came to the war on behalf of Ao Lie. At the dust-washing banquet, Lu Su followed Ao Lie's order and officially handed over the power of the navy to Gan Ning in front of Sun Ce, and he retired to the post of marching staff officer.
With the addition of this 10,000-strong force, Sun Ce's confidence was even stronger, and he immediately issued a message, claiming that he would join the champion Hou, the governor of Youhe and the navy under the command of the hussar general Ao Lie, Gan Ning, to crusade against Yuan Shu, who was arrogating the emperor. Of course. Before the official decisive battle with Yuan Shu, there were still two difficulties in front of Sun Ce and Gan Ning - Liu Miao and Xue Li.
Liu Miao is a native of Donglai, with a positive word, and is also a member of the Han family. Originally, Liu Miao had great hopes for the Han Dynasty, but he did not pretend to Yuan Shu, and was later canonized by the imperial court as the Yangzhou Assassin for his merits. Who would have thought that Yuan Shu would use the large amount of wealth left behind by Ao Lie when he governed Nanyang. Recruit troops, and make great progress in strength. Later, he joined forces with Liu Biao to plot against Sun Jian, and controlled most of the prefectures and counties in Yangzhou in his own hands, completely emptying Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou. made Liu Miao a state assassin without military power. Therefore, although Liu Miao was not angry in his heart, he was not willing to offend Yuan Shu too much, not that he was afraid of Yuan Shu. Instead, he wanted to emulate Gou Jian, try to accumulate strength, and one day overthrow Yuan Shu's rule over Yangzhou.
At the end of the Han Dynasty. Most of the Han clan relatives in high positions are a little contemptuous of others, and the same is true for Liu Xuan. He looked down on Yuan Shu and Sun Ce. He believes that Sun Ce, like Yuan Shu, is a careerist who takes the opportunity to expand his own power, so Liu Xuan's resistance to Sun Ce is also very resolute.
Xue Li, who was originally a county guard canonized by Liu Hong, later abandoned his official position due to the turbulence of the times, entangled a group of hot-blooded people, and became a water thief on the river. In order to unite with Xue Li to resist Sun Ce, Liu Miao granted Xue Li the position of Peng Chengxiang as the assassin of Yangzhou, and asked Xue Li to lead his subordinates to guard the tomb and resist Sun Ce.
When Sun Ce led an army of 30,000 to Niuzhu, Liu Miao had already accumulated 100,000 grains in the palace and sent his subordinate general Zhang Ying to lead 50,000 troops to resist Sun Ce. On the same day, Sun Ce jumped on the horse with a gun, singled out Zhang Ying in front of the battle, where Zhang Ying was Sun Ce's opponent, only ten rounds of fighting, and was almost picked off the horse by Sun Ce, scared Zhang Ying to retreat back to the formation, Sun Ce drove the army to cover up, defeated Zhang Ying's 50,000 troops, took away all the grain, grass and ordnance in the palace, and collected more than 4,000 strong troops. Suddenly, the news of Jiangdong Sun Lang's edict to the Son of Heaven and revenge for his father spread far and wide.
But said that Zhang Ying was defeated and returned, and when he met Liu Xuan, Liu Xiang was furious and wanted to behead Zhang Ying for the crime of slow army, but was stopped by his subordinates, Xue Li also stood up to exonerate Zhang Ying, Liu Xiang only then exempted Zhang Ying from the death penalty, personally took command, took Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and other generals, united with Xue Li, and led 70,000 troops to fight Sun Ce.
After Sun Ce defeated Zhang Ying, he knew that Liu Miao would never give up, so he summoned his subordinates, Gan Ning and Lu Su, to discuss how to fight the next battle. Just like Ao Lie always had to ask Zhuge Liang first when he encountered something, Sun Ce's first object of inquiry must be Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, Zhang Ying is defeated and left, Liu Miao is absolutely unwilling to give up, how should our army respond?" ”
Zhou Yu had already made a bamboo in his chest, and Lang Lang said: "Lord, Liu Xuan's name is Yangzhou Thorn History, in fact, he was just taken away by Yuan Shu and drove away the lost dog from Jiangdong. At present, Liu Xuan's nest is in Qu'a County, in order to resist the lord's army, Liu Xuan's army is bound to be exhausted, the nest should be very empty, the lord can attract Liu Xuan's attention on the frontal battlefield, a certain army went day and night to copy Liu Xuan's nest, within ten days, Liu Xuan's army learned that the back road was broken, and the army was bound to be in chaos. The lord can take the opportunity to break it. ”
After hearing Zhou Yu's plan, a member of Sun Ce's subordinates, a seven-foot-long, yellow-eyed general, stood up and said loudly: "The last general is very familiar with the situation in Qu'a County, and I hope that Gong Jin will go with him!" Sun Ce raised his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was Chen Wu, a native of Lujiang who had been submissive to him not long ago, and the word Zi Lie. Sun Ce knew that he was quite brave, so he immediately nodded and agreed.
That night, under the cover of night, Zhou Yu and Chen Wu led 7,000 dead soldiers to leave Sun Ce's camp overnight and secretly attacked Liu Xuan's old nest in Qu'a County.
In order to attract Liu Xuan's attention and cover Zhou Yu and Chen Wu's actions, as soon as the sky was bright, Sun Ce put on his horse and came to challenge Liu Xuan's camp in Shenxian Mountain. Knowing that Sun Ce had come to challenge, Liu Miao was furious, and immediately led his subordinates and Xue Li to lead the troops out of the camp to fight.
After leaving the camp, Liu Miao saw that the Jiangdong army on the opposite side was strong and strong, with bright clothes and armor. Sun Ce was dressed in a chain of iron armor, sitting on a pure black black horse, holding a heavy gun in his hand, and his majesty was unstoppable. Behind Sun Ce, there were three generals standing on horseback in turn, which were Jiangdong veterans Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai. On the left side of the three are Jiangdong generals of the Mesozoic Era, such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin; On the right, there are Gan Ning and Lu Su, the naval governors under Ao Lie.
After the two rounds of rounds, Sun Ce shouted and asked, "Liu Xuan! I am under the edict of the Son of Heaven to go to crusade against the traitor Yuan Shu, as a member of the Han family, why did you stop Yu? ”
Liu Miao pouted and replied, "Sun Lang! Don't think that everyone in the world is an idiot. It is true that you are under the edict of the Son of Heaven, but you are a wolf with ambition, once the crusade against Yuan Shu is successful, you will take Yuan Shu's territory as your own, and when the time comes, what is the difference between you and Yuan Shu? I advise you to return to Jiangdong, and the imperial court should send a large army to fight against the unsubordinate. ”
I have to say that the first half of Liu Miao's sentence is very reasonable, in today's troubled times, no matter who takes the rich area of Yangzhou, he will not easily return the Jianghuai land to the imperial court. But in the second half of the sentence, Liu Miao couldn't see the situation clearly. To this day, Liu Miao still has the illusion that the imperial court should send a forbidden army by the Son of Heaven to crusade against Yuan Shu and recover the territory that Yuan Shu has ceded. Like Liu Xuan, who blindly believes that the Han still has the ability to recover the land, there are by no means a few such people, not so much that they have illusions about the stormy Han, but that they refuse to believe that the Han has come to the end of the mountain.
Because of the arrival of Ao Lie, Liu Xie had the determination to rectify the dynasty, and Liu Xie had tens of thousands of male soldiers, which led to people like Liu Xian mistakenly thinking that Liu Xie, like Emperor Guangwu, had become a generation of Ming monarchs who continued the Han Dynasty, so that their hearts gave birth to a false impression that the Han Dynasty would be in the hands of Liu Xie. As a result, Liu Miao and others firmly believed in the illusions in their hearts even more, and confidently believed that the Han Dynasty should be taken back by the Son of Heaven.
After hearing Liu Xuan's words, Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh and said loudly: "Liu Yuanjun! Do you still not see the situation clearly? It is not until today that I understand why the Han Dynasty has fallen to such a state, precisely because of people like you who can only talk on paper and mislead the monarch and the country! ”
Liu Miao said angrily: "Sun Ce! If you refuse to return to Jiangdong, I will leave you here!" ”
Sun Ce shouted with a heavy gun in his hand: "Then what else is there to say between you and me, let's fight!" ”
Liu Miao looked back at the generals behind him and asked, "Who stepped forward to capture Sun Lang?" Before the words fell, Liu Xuan's general shouted: "Go and arrest him!" At that moment, Yu Mi slapped his horse and speared, galloped to the front of the formation, and killed Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was not afraid, nor did he greet the generals behind him, urging the war horse to rush out of the formation, and pulled out several spear flowers with heavy guns, stabbing Yu Mi's throat and shoulders respectively. Yu Mi didn't expect Sun Ce's marksmanship to be so wonderful, he was shocked, and hurriedly returned the gun to protect a foot in front of him, trying to resist Sun Ce's heavy gun.
Although Sun Ce's heavy gun is not as heavy as the Ao Lie Overlord gun, it is definitely not light, and the weight of sixty or seventy catties is still there, Yu Mi is just a partial general under Liu Xuan's subordinates, how can he be the opponent of Sun Ce's divine power? As soon as he made contact, Yu Mi's gun was knocked back by Sun Ce's heavy gun, and it was slammed into Yu Mi's chest, and a mouthful of red blood spurted out along Yu Mi's open mouth.
Taking advantage of Yu Mi's injury and confusion, Sun Ce rose up with great might, shook the heavy gun in his hand, and knocked it heavily on Yu Mi's gun, knocking Yu Mi's spear to the ground, and then when the two horses staggered by, Sun Ce lightly stretched the ape arm on the horse's back, and Yu Mi grabbed it from the horse's back and caught it under his ribs. (To be continued......)