After learning the news that Yuan Tan committed suicide after the rebellion in Jingzhou, Sun Ce, who was hiding in Tibet in Yizhou, was really about to collapse.

It's not that he's afraid of death, it's just that he wants his death to have some value.

When Yuan Shao sent him to Yizhou, Sun Ce hoped that in the absence of a general in Shuzhong, he could lead the army in Yizhou alone, and then borrow the power of Yuan Yi to slowly enrich his military strength, and finally avenge his father Sun Jian.

But who would have thought that the result would be such a result.

Yizhou's military power was not taken down, but allowed Liu Jian to conquer the realm of Yizhou, and forced himself into a desperate situation.

Now if I want to rush out of Yizhou and return to Jingzhou, it is difficult to climb to the sky.

The person who sent him to Yizhou was Yuan Shao, and now that Yuan Shao learned that he was reckless and caused the fall of Yizhou, whether he would be angry with himself, Sun Ce was really unsure in his heart.

When he learned that Yuan Shao was seriously ill in Yizhou, his heart suddenly burst out with infinite hope, that is, he hoped that Yuan Tan could inherit Yuan Shao's position.

After all, he and Yuan Tan are friends of life and death.

If Yuan Tan becomes the lord of Jingzhou, he will definitely be the governor of Jingzhou, and he can do whatever he wants from now on.

At least in terms of revenge for Liu Jian, Yuan Tan will definitely not stop him, and he is embarrassed to stop him.

But soon, his last hope was dashed.

News came from Jingzhou that Yuan Tan committed suicide and Yuan Shu died in the chaos.

Yuan Shao regained control of Jingzhou and pacified the local nobles.

At this moment, the person who was able to make Sun Ce control power in Jingzhou died.

And judging from Sun Ce's understanding of Yuan Shao, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to send troops to meet him.

Sun Ce is now wandering around in the mountains of Yuewang County.

Most of the fields cultivated in Yizhou are concentrated in the Chengdu Plain.

Sun Ce wanted food that could only be taken from the mountain people, and Yuewang was originally a poor place, and the supply of food and grass was very problematic for his soldiers.

During this time, many soldiers began to flee in all directions.

The lack of food made Sun Ce's soldiers and horses less and less, and the trust of his generals in him became less and less.

Now Sun Ce is already on a dead end.

In this case, there is nothing he can do to turn the tables...... If you can save your life, it will be the best outcome.

But now for him, I'm afraid it's very difficult to do that.

The saying that Shu is difficult and difficult is not only for people who want to enter Shu from the outside.

It also includes those who want to escape from Shuzhong.

And Sun Ce is now an example of this.

Yizhou is not highly developed, and the area is very large, which is one of the reasons why Sun Ce can now escape in the wilderness and not be found by Liu Jian for the time being.

But as time goes on, I'm afraid this situation won't last long.

Now there are only two roads in front of Sun Ce, one is to break through to the east or north of Yizhou, but Hanzhong in the north is included in Guanzhong in the north of Hanzhong, all of which are Liu Jian's sphere of influence.

If you break through to the east and retreat to Jingzhou, I heard that Liu Jian has placed heavy troops at various checkpoints in Shuzhong, which is to strictly prevent Sun Ce from escaping.

Sun Ce's current strength has no way to break through the encirclement, and there are so many checkpoints in Shuzhong, and all checkpoints are dangerous mountains and rivers, how can Sun Ce break through?

Liu Jian has been busy dealing with Yizhou's internal affairs during this time, and he has no time to deal with Sun Ce, but this does not mean that he will let Sun Ce go back.

Obviously, he was going to suffocate Sun Ce to death here.

Now Sun Ce is really in a hurry, he has no way to break through Liu Jian's encirclement.

And after the first few major battles, his generals were almost lost.

And at this critical moment, his younger brother Sun Quan gave him an idea.

That is to let Sun Ce lead his troops to Nanzhong.

After all, although Nanzhong is also the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is a border after all, and it is a barren land.

The local tribes had little idea of the central government of the Han Dynasty.

Although the mountains and rivers there are treacherous, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty may not be able to pass Nanzhong for a while.

And when you get to Nanzhong, even if the army of the Han Dynasty chases you, then you can continue to go south, away from the realm of the Han Dynasty.

Many small tribes to the south are plotting to develop and see if they can have a chance to take revenge in the future.

To be honest, Sun Ce knew in his heart that if he really went to Nanzhong, or through Nanzhong, and broke away from the territory of the Han Dynasty, then the chance of returning to the Han Dynasty in the future may not be very great.

In other words, he may not have the opportunity to return to the Han Dynasty in his life.

But if he doesn't do what Sun Quan said, then his final outcome is likely to be death in Yizhou.

Eventually, he decided that he was going to get out of here and head south.

Go to the realm that seemed like a wild place to him.

"It's a pity that my father and son are heroes, in the end, they have to leave their homeland, lead the army south, and go to that wild and barren land.

After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Ce finally made up his mind.

Although he was reluctant, he also knew that it was an inevitable destination.

Sun Quan on the side bowed his hand to Sun Ce and said:

"Brother, I know that you are not willing to go south, and you don't want to leave the Han Dynasty, but brother, why do I want to leave the Han Dynasty? Now this is just for the sake of the Sun family's preservation. ”

"Once our brother is captured alive by Liu Jiansheng in this Shu land, the Sun family will be doomed."

Lu Meng said: "Don't be sad, young general, although we have left Dahan, who guarantees that we will not be able to come back in the future." ”

Sun Ce sighed softly.

Lu Meng's words deceived himself.

"I don't know if I can go back to the Han Dynasty after that, but I only know...... From this moment on, I may be about to become a savage in southern Xinjiang. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Ce took another deep breath.

He tried his best to suppress the sadness in his heart, and then a cold expression appeared on his face again.

"But now, what's the use of thinking so much? The savages of southern Xinjiang are the savages of southern Xinjiang. ”

"Even if I become a savage in southern Xinjiang, one day, I will want Liu Jian to take revenge."

"This shame, I want to ask Liu Jian back, I want to get it back from the Han Dynasty and the Liu clan."

Sun Quan and Lu Meng glanced at each other and did not speak.

The two of them were now thinking about how to save their own lives, as well as the lives of the people in their army.

As for what Sun Ce said about taking revenge on Liu Jian in the future, the two of them actually don't think about it at all now.

It's hard to climb!

In fact, many of their families are still in Yuzhou, but I am afraid that they will not be able to take them back now.

In the future, Tiannan Haibei will never be reunited with his family, and their hearts will ache when they think about it.

But at least my life was saved.

Subsequently, Lü Meng and Sun Quan began to study with Sun Ce the route of their entry into Nanzhong.

……

But what Sun Ce didn't know was that in fact, their every move now was under Liu Jian's observation and control.

To be honest, Liu Jian didn't plan to encircle and suppress Sun Ce at all now, if he really wanted to encircle and suppress Sun Ce, it would only be an overnight matter.

Although the territory of Yizhou is very large, it is still very easy for Liu Jian to kill Sun Ce.

But Liu Jian didn't do it.

He didn't want to let Sun Ce go, but he wanted to see what Sun Ce would do in the predicament, if Sun Ce broke through to Jingzhou, Liu Jian would not hesitate to immediately eradicate Sun Ce's entire army, leaving no one behind.

But now Sun Ce's actions are obviously to break through to Nanzhong, which is somewhat valuable to Liu Jian.

After Jia Xu, who was in charge of listening to the intelligence, informed Liu Jian of Sun Ce's movements, he immediately asked: "I wonder when the prime minister plans to encircle and suppress Sun Ce?" ”

Liu Jian touched the beard on his chin, half-squinted, and pondered carefully.

When I was young, I heard him ask Jia Xu: "Wen He, do you think Sun Ce is still a threat to me now?" ”

Jia Xu said lightly: "Sun Cebing is less than 10,000 soldiers, and at the end of the strong crossbow, how can he still threaten the big man, but he is just a lost dog." ”

Liu Jian nodded and said, "That's right, since that's the case, then for me, should I kill him on the spot or send him to southern Xinjiang...... What do you think about this? ”

If it had been fifteen years ago, Jia Xu would have told Liu Jian to kill Sun Ce without hesitation, but now, Jia Xu has been under Liu Jian for many years, and he has understood what kind of person Liu Jian is, and he also understands what Liu Jian's true ambition is.

So he didn't answer in a hurry, but slowly walked to the map in the main hall and looked at the position of Nanzhong.

His hand caressed the area in the south of the map, drawing gently, and then continued to touch it to the south.

"Although Nanzhong is the territory of our dynasty, but for the Han Dynasty, the dominance is not very strong, and now we need to send troops to Nanzhong to completely control Nanzhong in the hands of my Han Dynasty."

"And the areas from the south to the south, all of them are small foreign tribes, over the years, they have also had contacts with our Han Dynasty, as far as I know, it is relatively backward, and there are people in the south everywhere, but they are also tribes with martial nature, maybe after a few years, it will gradually form a country and pose a threat to our Han Dynasty."

Liu Jian said slowly: "That's right, if before they become a big country, they form a certain amount of control over there, so that the people there can be used by our Han Dynasty, and the land and food resources there can be used by our Han Dynasty, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing?" Although the road to gather in the Central Plains is far away, but it is very close to Yizhou, Yizhou can be used as a frontier position of our Han Dynasty to the southwest in the future, and then control these foreign tribes and absorb their resources, but the first thing to do is to vigorously develop Yizhou, but without the resource intake of these countries in the south, the development of Yizhou is still somewhat difficult for our current productive forces. ”

"So, it's a complementary thing."

Jia Xu seemed to hear the meaning of Liu Jian's words, and he said: "The prime minister wants to use Yizhou as a front-line position, gradually expand beyond the borders of southern Yizhou, and use the southern Xinjiang countries to develop the people's livelihood in the southwest of our Han Dynasty!?" ”

Liu Jian let out a long sigh and said: "It's not easy for the local people in Yizhou to live, and we have to find some countries to support the livelihood of Yizhou." ”

"However, how can I, the Han Dynasty, be majestic in the Celestial Empire, and send troops to other small countries at will to seize their resources? Doesn't this make all the countries in this world misunderstand my Han's style of acting? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he nodded suddenly, and then he said: "So the Han Dynasty needs to send troops to the south to kill the rebellious thieves of our own dynasty...... We went to the south not to attack other small countries or tribes, but to eliminate Sun Ce who fled to the countries of southern Xinjiang. ”

Liu Jian laughed and said: "Those who know me, Jia Wenheye, let Sun Ce flee to the countries of Southern Xinjiang in such an embarrassment, for the sake of my Han and the lives of the people of Yizhou, let him make his last contribution to the expansion of power in Southern Xinjiang of the Great Han." ”

Jia Xu admired it very much.

"But even so, it is still necessary to kill the soldiers under Sun Ce, he still has more than 10,000 soldiers under him, according to the meaning of the last official, it is necessary to kill more than 10,000 soldiers to about 1,000 people, or hundreds, in this way, even if Sun Ce flees to southern Xinjiang, there is no danger to us, he is just a hasty lost dog, constantly fleeing back and forth in the southern Xinjiang countries, and the Han Dynasty took the opportunity to beat this water dog to continue to expand its power in southern Xinjiang."

Liu Jian said: "Yes, and the use of troops against the southern Xinjiang countries will also weaken the current contradiction between the imperial court and the local power in Yizhou, and implement the new policy implemented by the imperial court in Yizhou through overseas colonial interests, so that the internal stability will be stabilized." ”

"Let Zhang Ren and Yan Yan lead their troops to Yizhou to encircle and suppress Sun Ce, the more his soldiers and horses are defeated, the better, of course, I don't think there will be many local Han people willing to run with him to southern Xinjiang."

"After all, once you get there, you won't have a chance to return to the Han Dynasty in this life, you are all sons of the Han Dynasty, how can you be willing to follow Sun Ce to those wild places where birds don't?"

Jia Xu immediately surrendered his order, and went to find Zhang Ren and Yan Yan to see Liu Jian.

And Liu Jian sighed softly, and said to himself: "It's a pity that Sun Ce, if he didn't have such a big grudge with me, there must be a strong stroke of this person in the history of Zhongxing in the Han Dynasty...... Hey, that's a pity. ”

(End of chapter)