In the fifth year of Jian'an, the second day of the third month, in the morning.

The east gate of Moling City.

A handsome military general in his twenties, dressed in a red robe, heroic and heroic, stood on top of the city tower with his sword, and looked at the Yangtze River with slightly blank eyes.

"I heard that last month, there was a mutiny in Xudu, Dong Cheng and Lu Bu were defeated and killed, I don't know what the Central Plains will be like because of this! Those anti-Cao princes must be ready to move!

It's a pity that our army was surrounded by Liu Bei on three sides, leaving only the east facing the sea, and there was such a good opportunity for chaos in the world, but there was nowhere to attack and expand the prefectures and counties, what a pity!

The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under the people for a long time? Gong Jin, you said that if we simply take advantage of the chaos to raise troops and care about his righteous name, let's get a piece of land from Liu Bei first, how about it? ”

The red-robed handsome military general was Sun Ce, and his words were of course said to Zhou Yu, who was accompanying him on tour of the city.

As he spoke, he couldn't help but slap the battlements of the city wall a few times with his palm to vent the frustration in his chest.

The world has been in chaos to such a field, who cares about Xu Du's edict in the future?

Sun Ce faintly felt that the logic of the entire world for hegemony was already moving in a more chaotic direction.

Zhou Yu on the side, listening to these remarks, felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he could also understand Sun Ce's anxiety.

From the end of the third year of Jian'an to the beginning of the fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Cejun wanted to go south to central Fujian and destroy the last remnants of Wang Lang. As a result, because the sea ships and sailors were inferior to the enemy, they were pushed back. After that, he spent the whole year licking his wounds and recovering his vitality.

For a whole year, Sun Cejun did not conduct any more military operations, and now he has almost accumulated strength. On the other hand, his own territory was completely surrounded by Liu Bei, and there was really no soft persimmon to pinch.

If you don't tear a hole from Liu Bei's territory, that is, sit back and watch the enemy get stronger and stronger, and finally die slowly.

Of course, there is another possibility - that is, in the process of Liu Bei's outward development, he offended a powerful force that could not be offended, and then was beaten down. At that time, Sun Ce can join forces with that farther terrifying existence to carve up Liu Bei and gain some benefits in the process of Liu Bei's fall.

However, this expectation is destined to have no long-term future. Because if a terrifying existence in the distance, such as Yuan Cao's belonging, can crush Liu Bei. After Liu Bei is finished, they will definitely continue to crush Sun Ce by the trend, it will be too late.

That is equivalent to Zhao Kuangyin ordering Qian Hongyu to join forces to destroy Li Yu, after the destruction, can Qian Hongyu still expect to fight Zhao Kuangyin alone - although Zhou Yu does not know the history of these later generations, the truth is the same.

"Indeed, if our army does not find an excuse to start a war with Liu Bei, it will only be able to submit to the winner of the Central Plains hegemony in the end, and it will never have the opportunity to fight for hegemony in person and remove the filth for the Han family."

Zhou Yuxian admitted Sun Ce's opinion in a pertinent tone, and then changed his words,

"However, I think Liu Bei will definitely be involved in the Central Plains hegemony, even if he wants to do it, he should wait for Liu Bei's main force to be restrained before he can do it. We've been putting up with it for a year, and we don't care about putting up with it for a few more months, maybe the time is within a few months?

If Liu Bei supported Cao Cao, then he might attack Langya County and Qingzhou, which were adjacent to Donghai County under his control, to reap the benefits of Yuan Shao's hands - but this is unlikely, Liu Bei and Yuan Tan have a good relationship.

Unless Cao Cao can really catch some righteous name, he will also make Yuan Shao a court enemy like Yuan Shu, for example, blame Yuan Shao for participating in the rebellion of Dong Cheng and Lu Bu, and say that Dong Cheng is the internal response of the troubled court ambushed by Yuan Shao.

If Cao Cao can't catch the name, Liu Bei may fabricate a charge of Cao Cao's bullying with Yuan Shao and take the opportunity to carve up Cao Cao's territory, then his main force is likely to pour into the Xu and Yu battlefields, on the one hand, Liu Bei will definitely want to take back the entire territory of Xuzhou, and maybe he will also want to backstab Chen and Cai.

No matter what happens, I believe that Liu Bei will not turn a blind eye to the chaos in the Central Plains and endure not fishing for any territory. Liu Bei's population and strength are twice that of ours, and only if Liu Bei's main force is pinned down and taken away, we will have a chance of winning. ”

Sun Ce listened very carefully and never interrupted, Zhou Yu's analysis calmed his original impatient and urgent mood a little, and he recognized the difference in strength.

After Sun Ce figured it out, he sighed: "Okay, then wait for Liu Bei's troops and horses to be mobilized first, and then we will do it!" I hope that Liu Bei can be a little less greedy when he sees Yuan Cao and the clam fighting, the more greedy he is, the greater the chance for us! ”

After some talking, the two brothers felt that the plan was gradually becoming clearer, and hastily ended the city patrol, and they were ready to go back.

And just when Sun Ce was about to go down the North Gate Tower, he suddenly saw a fast horse galloping outside the city, shouting that there was an urgent report.

Sun Ce didn't see that there were many people, so he personally ordered the door to be opened. After the knight entered the urn city, he was about to turn into the inner gate and go straight to the shogunate in the city, but Sun Ce shouted at the inner gate of the urn city to intercept the other party.

The messenger fixed his eyes and noticed that the lord was in the city, and hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted: "My lord, there is a messenger from the Xudu court, it is the Huaziyu Huagong who was sent to Xudu by the lord the year before last, and now he is the great Honglu of the imperial court!" Now it's coming from the north of the city! ”

When Sun Ce heard that Hua Xin was back, he was overjoyed: "Oh? Cao Cao was actually willing to let Hua Gong come back? Da Honglu is among the Jiuqing, in charge of the tribute of the guests, and he actually uses Da Honglu as the envoy, is it a big deal? ”

The messenger didn't know too much, so he only repeated the one or two sentences that Hua Xin had briefly revealed just now: "It seems that Cao Cao wants to canonize the lord as the general of Zhengnan and the pastor of Yangzhou, and there are other important things to ask the lord to do." ”

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"Yangzhou Mu?!" When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu heard this, they were all shocked.

Of course they know that Yangzhou Mu is Liu Bei!

How could the imperial court canonize two Yangzhou pastors?

Zhou Yu reacted quickly, and immediately whispered in his ear: "Bo Fu, it seems that this is Cao Cao's plan to provoke us to start a war with Liu Bei!" Liu Bei must have made enemies with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao already knew that he couldn't win Liu Bei! Reasoning down further, it can be concluded that Liu Bei must have colluded with Yuan Shao! ”

Sun Ce nodded, and he also thought it was true: "Indeed, but Cao Cao has the Son of Heaven in his hand after all, and he will promote me in the name of the Son of Heaven, or will he be promoted to the state pastor and the general of Zhengnan at one time, if I can really sit in such a high position, who else in Jiangdong would dare to disagree with my appearance?"

Nowadays, although all the ethnic groups in Jiangdong have been subdued by my force, I know that in their hearts they all regard me as a brutal martial artist and force me to oppress. I need the position of Yangzhou pastor too much - we guess here, it won't help, let's quickly set up a guard of honor and receive Hua Gong. ”

Sun Ce hurriedly asked people to set up a guard of honor, an incense case, and a banquet in the shogunate of the rebellious general. He personally took Zhou Yu and others to the city gate to greet Hua Xin, and received it after a while.

"Huagong, don't come unharmed! After a long time, he has been ranked in Jiuqing, which is really disrespectful! Sun Ce took the lead and greeted him with a spring breeze on his face.

"The young man is a hero, how dare the old man be on a par with a famous man." Hua Xin also smiled and talked to Sun Ce.

Everyone greeted them briefly, seemed to be respectful and nostalgic, and laid out some scenes, and then went to the shogunate.

At this time, Hua Xin no longer had the dusty appearance when he had just crossed the river, and even changed his clothes inside and out, and brought a seven-foot-long red and white striped Jiuqing ribbon with a blue background, a wide robe and a large uniform, and found a carriage to give alms. (If the ribbon is too long, it is generally folded three times, that is, the length is divided by eight, and there is about half a meter left to hang on the waist)

It seemed that he had delayed for so long in the port town by the river, that he arrived at Moling an hour later than the messenger, that he was packing his bags and dressing up decently.

Disguised as a poor person along the way, he secretly passed through Liu Bei's defense area, which was not a glorious thing.

Sun Ce didn't pay attention to these details, but Zhou Yu saw at a glance the nondescript aspects of Hua Xin's party.

Zhou Yu suddenly became vigilant in his heart: Hua Xin must have secretly crossed the counties controlled by Zhuge Jin, which means that the evil relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Bei has reached the level of tearing his face openly! Otherwise, Hua Xin, as an angel of the imperial court, does not have to worry about being intercepted on Liu Bei's territory!

However, Zhou Yu is still not sure whether this situation is good or bad for Sun Ce, so he will see through it and pretend not to know for the time being.

Anyway, as long as the follow-up is necessary, he can break it at any time, with his relationship with Bo Fu, any time he speaks, Bo Fu will trust him, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Everyone came to the shogunate, set up the guard of honor, and after completing the process, Hua Xin took out the holy decree, officially read it, and promoted Sun Ce to an official.

At this time, Sun Ce was not allowed to think too much, anyway, out of courtesy, this holy decree must be taken first. As for how to implement it after receiving it, that's another question.

Sun Ce, surrounded by a group of civil and military personnel, announced that he was appointed as the general of Zhengnan and the pastor of Yangzhou, and took over the seal ribbon brought by Hua Xin from Xu Du.

The civil officials led by Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong immediately bowed down and congratulated Sun Ce: "Congratulations to the lord on taking office as the state pastor!" ”

Sun Ce didn't dare to be careless, but just made a few false gestures, signaling that everyone didn't need to be polite, and then asked Hua Xin suspiciously:

"Hua Gong, why is Liu Bei not mentioned in this edict? The imperial court named me Yangzhou Mu, what about the original Yangzhou Mu Liu Bei? Or is it because he, as a chariot general, should return to the center, and it is not appropriate to serve as a state pastor again? ”

Sun Ce's question can be regarded as a common concern of the main civil and military forces under his command, and everyone is eager to get an answer from Hua Xin.

This edict looks a little weird, although it can be confirmed that it is not fake, but issued by the Xudu court.

It was also at this time that Hua Xin cleared his throat, took out a secret letter from Cao Cao to Sun Ce, and handed it over.

While handing it over, Hua Xin also verbally briefed: "Cao Gong found out that Liu Bei colluded with Dong Cheng and Lu Bu as internal responses, and planned to cooperate with the inside and outside, and secretly attack Xu Du to rebel!" Fortunately, there are many resourceful people under Cao Gong's command, and Jia Xu saw through Dong Cheng's internal response, so that Cao Gong was able to break each of them!

Now Cao Gong's army will divide its troops to the south on the same day and attack Shouchun, Hefei, and Xiapi. Therefore, I want to ask the general to go north to attack Liu Bei, after the matter is completed, the land of Jiangnan and even Huainan can all belong to the general, and Cao Gong will never take any more! ”

As soon as these words came out, from Sun Ce downwards, all the main civil and military forces in Jiangdong were stunned.

Liu Bei colluded with Dong Cheng and Lu Bu to rebel?

Zhang Zhao was afraid that Sun Ce would be squeezed and had no steps to go down, so he hurriedly persuaded him to make peace: "I don't know if Gong Cao said that Liu Bei rebelled, but there is evidence?" If the evidence is ironclad, why not write it in His Majesty's edict and show it in private letters? ”

Zhou Yu on the side also pointed out a suspicious point: "Yuan Shao has been fighting the Yellow River since last winter, although he has not yet attacked south, but Cao Cao is not worried that Yuan Shao will make a move at any time?" He dared to divide his troops to attack Liu Bei? ”

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