Chapter 53: The Trend of Jiangdong
Sun Quan got up and saluted back, "I know very well what Mr. asks, but I can't respond to what Mr. asks." β
Hua Xin's eyes darkened, "Why?" β
"If the Jiangdong Army does not enter Yuzhang, how can it resist the soldiers of Jingzhou in the west." Sun Quan's eyes were worried, and his tone was frank, "Now that we are still in wartime, we can stop the war by fighting and stopping the war as a force to protect the four borders and calm the people."
Quan is young, but he is unwilling to lure Mr. to sacrifice the city with kind words, but the Jiangdong army is strictly disciplined and will not commit any offence with the people in the city. The army guards the troops stationed outside the city to defend themselves, and non-enemy criminals will never enter the city. β
Sun Quan's expression was serious.
Hua Xin's expression was lonely, looking at the people in the city, some of them may have known about the Jiangdong Army's coming campaign, but most of them didn't know.
They are still working back and forth, working hard to make ends meet. Looking at the army of black pressure and oppression outside the city, the battle flag fluttered, and the momentum was compelling, which was daunting.
Only those who have experienced the chaos of war will understand how precious the words "live and work in peace and contentment" are.
The world is peaceful and the Haiyan River is clear, which is his lifelong wish.
He has been studying since he was a child, and he also knows that he has no talent in martial arts, and he can't wear battle armor to calm this chaotic world for the Han family.
For him, the land of Yuzhang is more like a projection of his ambition, and he has been working around for many years in exchange for the current situation of Anmin.
He couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
He was a wise man, and he knew that his ability was far from being able to preserve, but he was unwilling.
But in the end, he chose to go to the side of reality.
Hua Xin knelt down and handed over the seal of the Taishou, "Minister, I am willing to follow the general back to Jiangdong Wu County." β
If he can't get the promise he wants, he'd rather be out of sight.
Sun Quan knew his intentions, but he was powerless. There is always helplessness in an era, and this matter is so fair that it is unavoidable whether it is a person who is outside the matter or a person who is in the situation.
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After the surrender of Yuzhang County, Sun Ce immediately appointed Wu Jing as the Taishou of Danyang, Zhu Zhi as the Taishou of Wujun, Zhou Yu as the Taishou of Jiangxia and the Taishou of Zhonghu, LΓΌ Fan as the Taishou of Guiyang, Cheng Pu as the Taishou of Lingling, Sun Ben as the Taishou of Yuzhang, Sun Fu as the Taishou of Luling, and himself as the Taishou of Huiji.
He also took Yu Chuan as his merit, and Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, Chen Duan, etc. as his advisers.
In addition, there are many generals such as Tai Shici, Sun He, Xu Kun, Xu Yi, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Song Qian, He Qi, Dong Xi, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Quan Rou, Deng Dang, Lu Meng and others.
Jiangdong's reputation was greatly enhanced, and then Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong, the captain of the Zhengyi school, to Xuchang to pay tribute.
This was Zhou Yu's suggestion, thinking that Sun Ce, who occupied most of the territory of Jiangdong, could take this opportunity to discuss with Cao Cao for the title of Great Sima.
After obtaining this official position, he could continue to go west and south to conquer Jingzhou and Jiaozhou.
Regarding the intention of this move, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, the first strategists around Cao Cao, saw through it at a glance and persuaded Cao Cao not to allow him to take the position of Grand Sima, after all, even Cao Cao is only a commonplace now.
Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "It's difficult to compete with Qi'er!"
When the princes attacked Dong, everyone had different thoughts and was afraid, only Wentai and I fought hard to kill the enemy. Wentai loyal martyrs, and their descendants should be the grace of the Han family.
Unexpectedly, the vertical son counterattacked and killed Yan Xiang, occupied Shouchun, with sinister intentions, and was even better than Yuan Benchu! It's a big trouble for me. β
Guo Jia disagreed, "Sun Cexin and Jiangdong are all heroic and heroic, and those who can win people's death are also."
But Sun Ce was rash and unprepared, and the minister heard that he was happy to hunt but rode alone, such a person, although there were millions of people, was tantamount to traveling alone in the Central Plains.
If the Assassin rises up, he will die at the hands of the puppeteers. The lord doesn't have to take it to heart. β
"Is that true?"
Guo Jia said with a smile, "The lord doesn't have to worry about Sun Ce at this time, he appeases each other with his in-laws, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he confers his younger brothers Sun Quan and Sun Yi as officials, and summons Xu Du as a hostage."
If Sun Ce can send his younger brother into Xudu, then the lord can allow him to take advantage of the commonplace and order him to go north to attack the land of the Yuan family. If Sun Ce refused, when the lord annexed Yuan Shao, he could use this as an excuse to go south to crusade against Sun Ce. β
Cao Cao thought so.
This is what Xun Yu admonished back then, and he was ordered by the Son of Heaven not to be subordinate.
But if Sun Ce refuses to conquer, he can attack with the order of the Son of Heaven and become famous.
Even if everyone in the world knows that the order of the Son of Heaven has long been Cao Cao's order.
Cao Cao took Cao Ren's daughter Xu and Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Kuang as his wife, and chose to marry Jiangdong in June of the following year.
Originally, Cao Cao wanted to make Yangzhou assassin Shi Yan Xiang to promote Sun Quan as Maocai. But the funny thing is that Yan Xiang has been killed by Sun Quan.
So he could only follow the suggestion to select Liu Fu as the assassin of Yangzhou, and ordered Wu County Taishou Xu Gong to submit the candidate to Liu Fu, and then Liu Fu on the table.
As for sending his younger brother to Xu Du as a hostage, Sun Ce was not stupid, he directly refused the imperial court's conquest, and sent a secret letter to Sun Quan.
When Sun Quan received the letter, he was still on the way back to Wu, and after opening the letter, he couldn't help but be furious, "Xu Gong villain." β
Qiao Wei was trying to assemble the Karakuri repeater in the car, and was frightened by Sun Quan's sudden scolding, and the spare parts in his hand also fell into the car.
She finally picked up the parts and stored them in the box, looked at Sun Quan's face was pale, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" β
Sun Quan didn't answer immediately, but just handed the secret letter in his hand to Qiao Wei and asked her to read it for herself.
"Cao Gong respects, Sun Ce is brave, and Xiang Qi is similar. The imperial court should show honor and favor and summon the division in Beijing; Do not make people live in other towns, thinking that they will be troubled. β
Qiao Wei probably understood that this was hoping that Cao Cao would order Sun Ce to be trapped in Xudu and take away Sun Ce's forces.
Qiao Wei continued to look at it, and the following payment was Wu Jun Taishou Xu Gong.
The second letter is Sun Ce's pen book, only a neat and neat word "kill", the pen is sharp, full of anger, and Sun Ce's anger can be imagined through the letter.
Qiao Wei thought about it for a while, and then understood why Sun Quan was so angry.
Wu County is the base camp of the Sun family, and the elders and children of the Sun family and the clan also live in Wu County. And Xu Gong is also recommended by Sun Ce, and even a confidant, after all, he must be an extremely trustworthy person who can put the safety of the family under his nose.
But this is the kind of person who secretly wrote a letter to Cao Cao, stabbed their Sun family in the back, and even put the Sun family to death.
It's no wonder that Sun Quan and Sun Ce are not angry.
Sure enough, there is no way for the enemy to betray you, only friends can betray you.
But Qiao Wei was thinking about another thing, Xu Gong was not famous, but both Da Qiao and Qiao Wei were particularly impressed by this name.
Because this person was the fuse that led to Sun Ce's death.
In Da Qiao's memory, Sun Ce was stabbed in the face by an assassin disguised as a soldier under Han Dang's command, and later died.
As for who the assassins were, some say that Guangling was a person under Chen Deng, in order to prevent Sun Ce from marching into Guangling, and one said that he was a guest of Xu Gong, and he was revenge for Xu Gong's killing.
The history books of later generations are even more diverse, but Xu Gongmenke's theory is still recognized by most people, and even Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also adopts this statement.
So if Xu Gong doesn't die, will Sun Ce not die?
But at this time, Qiao Wei fell into a major choice, whether to prevent Sun Ce's death.