The 491st raises the self-respect

It's a pity that Zhou Yu doesn't have time to communicate with Sun Ce.

After Sun Ce returned to tell Zhou Yu four things, his pupils quickly lost their brilliance and turned into a cold and stiff corpse.

Sun Ce died after all.

Sitting on the side of Sun Ce's corpse, Zhou Yu was stunned and confused. Echoing in his mind, Sun Ce's incoherent life and death before his death, there was a great horror, and Zhou Yu was inexplicably disappointed: When did Sun Ce become so fragile? What does it mean to be meaningless? Discussing Yangzhou, Prancing Horse Jingxu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are vying to win over, is this not enough?

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The deceased is long gone, and the living are like Sifu.

The dead are dead forever, and the living have to live well.

Although Zhou Yu was emotionally unwilling to accept Sun Ce's death, intellectually he was mentally prepared to fail before asking for 3 strange treasures. In the established plan, assuming that Sun Ce had no hope of survival, Zhou Yu was ready to follow Sun Ce's example and give up the so-called sense of internal strength, lead the army back to Wu County, and do everything possible to preserve Sun Ce's inheritance.

In addition, Sun Ce's death is full of suspicions. When Sun Ce was assassinated, not only was the travel route leaked clearly, but the personal sword was also manipulated, and it was very likely that the conspirators were deliberate. Before Sun Ce's assassination, some insiders had euphemistically advised Sun Ce to pay attention to safety, but unfortunately Sun Ce underestimated the conspirators' methods, and finally caused this disaster. Because Zhou Yu swore in Wu County that he would be able to save Sun Ce, the result was as Zhou Yu expected, on the way back to Lujiang County, Zhou Yu encountered four or five assassinations in a row. The assassins either claimed to be the former Yangzhou assassin Liu Xuanmen or the Guangling County Taishou Chen Dengmenke, but these claims were probably as untrustworthy as Xu Gongmenke.

There are all kinds of indications that Sun Ce's assassination was not an accident, but a conspiracy carefully planned by some people.

Who is behind this?

Zhou Yu had suspicions in his heart, but he was not sure.

In any case, Zhou Yu vowed to investigate the truth and avenge Sun Ce.

Recalling Sun Ce's remorse before his death, Zhou Yu suddenly hesitated. Purely analyzing the political situation, it was undoubtedly the best and most appropriate choice for the Overseer to return to Wu County to seize the supreme military command; Considering the existence of the Immortal Seed, this strategy is worth considering.

After considering it for a few days, Zhou Yu gave up the temptation to take charge of the government and resolutely decided to continue to guard Lujiang County.

At this point, history has been greatly deflected.

In real world history, after Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu ignored the local government orders of officials from all over the country, led his troops back to Wu County in the name of mourning, and stayed by Sun Quan's side. In the early days of Sun Quan's succession, Zhou Yu was extremely powerful, and his status could almost be worthy of the evaluation of "under one person, above ten thousand". In the thousand-year-old killing world, Zhou Yu took the initiative to give up the overseers and return to Wu County, and the Sun regime naturally evolved into a new situation. After months of compromise, Sun Quan's uncle Wu Jing replaced Zhou Yu in real-world history and temporarily took over the military authority of the Jiangdong counties.

During the period from Sun Ce to Sun Quan's transfer of power, the clan had different intentions, and the powerful ministers had ambitions, and the situation was very bad. If Sun Quan rashly led his army to fight in all directions, victory would be enough, and once it ended in a disastrous defeat, it would inevitably evolve into an unbearable full-scale civil strife. In order to ensure the foundation of several counties in the south of the Yangtze River, Sun Quan had to take the initiative to give up the three counties of Huainan and let Liu Fu, the assassin of Yangzhou, appease the thieves and defeat the generals.

At this time, the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the Central Plains was in full swing, and Cao Cao occasionally won small local tactical victories and constantly stopped Yuan's army; Yuan Shao made steady progress and firmly occupied the overall strategic advantage. Overall, Cao Cao was clearly at a disadvantage and had no time to support Liu Fu in taking advantage of the chaos to attack Sun Quan. Before Cao Cao and Yuan Shao decided the victory, Liu Fu did not dare to start a war in the south.

At this moment, peace is the common goal of all.

Liu Fu relied on the Huai River to consolidate the foundation, and took Hefei as the new seat of Yangzhou to calmly pacify the local armed forces; Sun Quan worked hard to maintain the Yangtze River defense system, and only effectively annexed the counties along the Yangtze River to the north of the Yangtze River. Specific to Lujiang County, Wei Dongsheng stood in Liu Fu's camp, calmly supported Lu Kang to take up the position of Lujiang Taishou, and confronted Zhou Yu, the Lujiang Taishou appointed by Sun Ce. Lu Kang actually has jurisdiction over Yangquan County, Tateshi County, Anfeng County, Anfeng County, Yanlou County, Lu'an County, Qi County, Longshu County and other places, and Zhou Yu actually has jurisdiction over Xiang'an County, Linhu County, Shu County, Juchao County, Anhui County, Xunyang County and other places.

Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, is a puppet remotely controlled by the Absolute Holy Gate. Although Wei Dongsheng didn't have much idea of fighting for hegemony, he actually gained half of Lujiang County. As the saying goes, in his position, he seeks his government, and Wei Dongsheng will naturally not waste the territory of Beilujiang County. Wei Dongsheng summarized the experience of the 10th reincarnation, combined with the influence of the immortal seed system, and methodically carried out the practice of military reform and political reform in Beilujiang County. The chaotic and disorderly North Lujiang County exuded vitality in Wei Dongsheng's hands bit by bit.

Compared with Wei Dongsheng, Nanlujiang County, which Zhou Yu governs, is not very optimistic.

The power is there, and if you don't grab it, someone else will take it. Not long after Wu Jing and Zhang Zhao supported Sun Quan to stabilize the situation a little, some officials intermittently began to attack Zhou Yu for "acting arbitrarily and recklessly on Sun Ce's remaining authority" and "secretly having a heart of disobedience", and demanded that Zhou Yu immediately return to Wu County to explain his innocence.

Public opinion suddenly forced Zhou Yu into a dilemma.

After a few months of buffering, Wu Jing and Zhang Zhao had established a new order in the Sun Quan era, with military, political and civilian ownership. When Sun Ce first died, the people's hearts were undecided, and Zhou Yu could take the opportunity to supervise the army to return to Wu County and seize the auxiliary power; And now, when Zhou Yu dared to lead his army back to Wu County, Wu Jing and Zhang Zhao immediately regarded him as an enemy and gathered troops and horses to suppress Zhou Yu. The road to lead the army to meet Sun Quan has been blocked.

Returning to Wu County alone, what about asking Sun Quan for guilt? I'm afraid this path is not feasible either. Sun Quan lacked fame and prestige before he succeeded to the throne, and ruled the Quartet purely with Sun Ce'enyin, and the small court was full of compromise. At this moment, Sun Quan neither has the prestige of Sun Ce, nor is it difficult to control the local ministers as much as his command. Whether Sun Quan wanted to kill Zhou Yu or not, some political factions hostile to Zhou Yu could calmly frame Zhou Yu who lacked backup.

Which path did Zhou Yu choose?

Contrary to Wei Dong's business expectations, Zhou Yu actually chose to disobey. Zhou Yu made a comprehensive compromise at the level of the central and local games, and sent envoys to express his loyalty to Sun Quan again and again; But on the key question of whether he was willing to leave Lujiang County, Zhou Yu strongly refused: "Since the minister was ordered to pacify Lujiang, An Ke returned in a hurry?" ”

While disobeying Sun Quan, Zhou Yu built a defense system to resist a military crusade that could come at any time; While pouring half of his energy into strengthening the construction of the Alien Treasure Camp, he appointed his friend Lu Su as the captain of the Alien Treasure Camp and began to build the Immortal Force.

In July 200, Zhou Yu visited Wei Dongsheng alone again.

Wei Dongsheng apologized a little for Sun Ce's death: "There are very few treasures in heaven and earth, and there are really no 3 treasures in reserve in the Absolute Holy Gate. ”

Zhou Yu may resentful of Wei Dongsheng in his heart, but his tone doesn't seem to mind this matter: "Heavenly and earthly treasures are rare and rare, and the foreign treasure camp has searched for three months and found nothing, how many can Brother Dongsheng have." I was reckless in this matter. It was also when I saw that Sun Bofu was assassinated and was dying, and I lost my mind when I was concerned, so I rashly asked Brother Dongsheng for 3 strange treasures. If I resent the doctor because he couldn't save the patient, wouldn't I have become the doctor in Brother Dongsheng's mouth? Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, Sun Bofu's bad luck must not be blamed on Brother Dongsheng. ”

Zhou Yu has quite a city government, and Wei Dongsheng can't verify the truth of this sentence.

However, Wei Dongsheng doesn't care whether it's true or not.

As long as Zhou Yu did not officially declare war on Wei Dongsheng, Wei Dongsheng would never take the initiative to destroy the flowers. This is the self-confidence that Wei Dongsheng has cultivated through the reincarnation of the tenth generation, I am not afraid of geniuses, and I am not afraid of geniuses, as long as you don't treat me as an enemy, I will appreciate the attitude and witness your growth. For example, if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had annexed Lujiang County and then attacked Black Rock City, Wei Dongsheng would not hesitate to launch the "Changhong Guanri" plan, using his own advantages to send Immortal assassins to assassinate Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. And now, Sun Ce died young, Zhou Yu was in a whirlpool, and he couldn't threaten Wei Dongsheng for the time being, so Wei Dongsheng simply let Zhou Yu continue to grow.

Wei Dongsheng didn't bother to spy on Zhou Yu's thoughts, and said in Zhou Yu's tone: "Lu Jining, Sun Bofu, Gong Jin and I are the first four people to favor the essence of heaven and earth in Lujiang County. Recalling the acquaintance with Bo Fu and Gong Jin at the beginning of that year, I was really emotional. It is said that the assassination of Sun Bofu is full of suspicions, and the so-called Xu Gongmen is just carrying a black cauldron, is this really the case? ”

Zhou Yu did not hide his attitude: "Xu Gong's doorman was indeed Xu Gong's doorman back then, but Xu Gong's doorman in the past may not continue to be loyal to the dead Xu Gong now." Whether it is Sun Bofu or me, or Sun Zhongmou, who has just succeeded to the throne, they all know that there is another person behind this matter. ”

Wei Dongsheng took the opportunity to divert Zhou Yu's hatred: "Do you have a clue?" ”

Zhou Yu: "There are some. ”

Wei Dongsheng: "When is Gongjin going to avenge Sun Bofu?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "If I insist on revenge, Jiangdong will inevitably be in chaos in an instant, this is definitely not the picture that Bo Fu wants to see." For the sake of the stability of Jiangdong's foundation, this matter may only be slowly figured out. ”

Zhou Yu was reluctant to talk deeply about Sun Ce's assassination, so he changed the topic and said: "I know Brother Dongsheng's ambitions. Brother Dongsheng is reluctant to be a vassal to Sun Bofu, and he must be even more reluctant to be a vassal to Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, right? ”

Wei Dongsheng nodded.

Zhou Yu: "Since ancient times, if a family is strong, there is no chance for local warlords to survive. In the decisive battle of the Central Plains, whether Cao Cao won or Yuan Shao won, they would go south with momentum and annex Jingyang and Yangzhou. If there was no Sun clan in Jiangdong, Liu Fu would not allow Dongsheng Brother to govern the northern Lujiang River, and Cao Cao would not allow Liu Fu to cultivate Huainan. ”

Wei Dongsheng smiled and said: "Raising Kou is self-respecting, this is a truth that everyone understands. ”

Zhou Yu: "Brother Dongsheng needs to raise Kou for self-respect, and I also need to raise Kou for self-respect." ”

Wei Dongsheng was flustered.

This sentence is self-respecting, and what Zhou Yu said is straightforward, which is completely different from the image of "Lupine Scarf Zhou Gongjin" in real-world history.