Chapter 64 Rise of Jiangdong

Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao and focused the whole world, because if Yuan Shu wins, he will become the most extensive prince in the world after taking over Jingzhou.

The heroes who were paying attention to this war did not expect that Yuan Shu would be defeated very quickly and miserably under the good situation. Not only did the 70,000 army be killed, but nearly half of them were lost.

However, compared with the casualties of soldiers, Yuan Shu's ability to lose after losing Sun Jian is incalculable.

"What Sun Wentai died in battle?"

Yuan Shu, who had held a banquet in the mansion in advance for several days, slapped the table in shock, opened his mouth and blushed. It was not until the person who came to report the military information repeated it several times before he confirmed that his ears were not wrong.

Yuan Shu, who was waving his left and right, sat down in a daze, feeling in vain and his face turned pale.

In summer and autumn, he felt endless cold from the bottom of his heart.

Yuan Shu has countless shortcomings, but he understands one thing: without Sun Jian, he will not only break his arm

At least half of the reason why he is strong now is due to Sun Jian.

Without Sun Jian, how can he dominate the world in the future?

Compared to the other princes gloating after receiving the news, Guo Jia received the news that Sun Jian died in Yizhou and Yuan Shu's army was defeated, he sighed slightly. He cooperated with Yuan Shu in a hypocritical way, but he was unwilling to send troops to Jingzhou. It was not that he did not want Jingzhou, but that Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao and never had any rights. In addition, Yizhou entered the stage of rest and recuperation, and Guo Jia could not change his orders every day and was hastily used troops. Another reason was that in Guo Jia's memory, Yuan Shu defeated Liu Biao quickly, and when Liu Biao, the founding king, was alive, no one really got a advantage in Jingzhou.

There are three reasons. Guo Jia never thought of using troops to Jingzhou from the beginning, but earning food and grass from Yuan Shu was an unexpected gain.

He had treated Yuan Shu's envoys with courtesy before. After this battle, Guo Jia would draw a clear line with Yuan Shu, because it had become a fact that Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao and would be despised by the world. The change in the situation also made Guo Jia adjust his external strategy.

As for Guo Jia, who knew that Yuan Shu would be defeated, he still had contact with Yuan Shu's envoys, the reason was very simple. At that time, he was not in an opposition to the princes in the world. After Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao, Yuan Shu lost his righteousness and completely opposed the positions of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others. Guo Jia did not send troops to help Yuan Shu, which made him not favor Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in his position, but at least he did not join the straits with Yuan Shu.

People in the world will see Guo Jia being recognized by the princes, but also see that Guo Jia did not continue to act to harm the Han family, which will gradually make Guo Jia's attitude and position clear.

Sun Ce, who exchanged Huang Zu for his father's body, did not return to Yuan Shu's tent. He wanted to take Sun Jian's body to return to his hometown first to stabilize his relatives. Sun Jian has the title of Wucheng Hou. Although he has no administrative power in Wucheng County, he has the economic power of Wucheng County, food, clothing, rent and tax, which is enough to allow the Sun family to have a considerable family business and not be poor.

After crossing the river and returning east, at dusk and setting sun, a small boat was docking in Lujiang County. Sun Ce had already placed Sun Jian's body in a good coffin and hired someone to transport it in a carriage to take it back to his hometown.

As soon as he got ashore in Lujiang County, Sun Ce met his best friend.

As if he had already foreseen Sun Ce's passing here, the handsome young man walked slowly in Sun Ce's surprised gaze. When he came to Sun Ce, the young man with a transcendent temperament bowed and said, "Yu has met his righteous brother. In order to facilitate Yu's traveling far away, he has already given me a crown ceremony at the beginning of his life and has won the word "六"

"Why is Gongjin here?" Sun Ce was filled with emotion. He was a man who stood up to earth, but his father suddenly died, which made him lose his support from wind and rain. Outsiders seemed to him that he was still strong, but his soul was confused and helpless, and no one knew about it. The young man in front of him, Zhou Yu, was a friend he had been with for many years. Only in front of him may he take his guard down.

The young man Zhou Yu's expression changed and he said solemnly: "I heard that my brother's father... I think my brother will definitely return to his hometown to handle the funeral of Wucheng Hou, so I waited here for several days."

Sun Ce showed a trace of sadness, but quickly covered it up and said with a forced smile: "Gongjin is like a god. This trip is to return to his hometown and let his father fall into peace."

He knew the pain of losing his father by his righteous brother, and he forced himself to laugh at this moment, and Zhou Yu didn't say much. He believed that Sun Ce would cheer up.

It was getting late, and the two of them stayed in the nearby county town went back to their room after dinner and fell asleep together. At midnight, both of them were sleepless in the darkness, and Sun Ce's eyes were unconscious. He was actually no longer immersed in sadness, but he was just confused about the future.

As the eldest son, Sun Ce has to shoulder the entire Sun family, which is a heavy burden, but he will not retreat, but where can he go?

"Bo Fu, what are your plans in the future?" Zhou Yu, who was also not asleep, asked softly with his back to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce sighed in the darkness and shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"There are only two ways before you, whether to be fully aware of the world or to become the leader."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce said bitterly: "I have nothing, so how easy is it to become a leader?"

The generals under Sun Jian are now nominally subordinates of Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce really has nothing. Now he finally understands the suffering of his father's life under someone else's roof.

Now he is so similar to Sun Jian when he left Jingzhou. In order to protect himself, Sun Jian chose to stay under Yuan Shu's tent. But now, does Sun Ce have to follow his father's old path?

Zhou Yu, who had risen from the bed, put on a long robe and invited Sun Ce to get up and talk at night with candles.

Under the hazy candlelight, Zhou Yu expressed his serious expression and said to Sun Ce who was confused: "I would like to ask my brother, how big is your heart? Is it an unstoppable general in the army, or a powerful minister in the court and the opposition? Or a monarch who is invincible in the world."

Sun Ce was dumbfounded. He had never considered this issue, but he followed his father to Yuan Shu's tent and was full of bitterness. In fact, he didn't want to make a fortune for others. So, there was no doubt that after Zhou Yu's straightforward question, he suddenly realized that Sun Ce not only wanted to be the best in the three armies, but also wanted to become the monarch who would not surrender to others.

However, Sun Ce may not have the capital if he has this heart. He said bitterly: "Gongjin, even if I want to become a overlord, I have no foundation. Isn't it easy to achieve hegemony?"

Zhou Yu's face remained unchanged and still said solemnly: "I'm not hiding my brother, if you don't have a heroic heart, I will only regard you as my closest brother for life, but as long as you want to achieve hegemony, Yu is willing to assist his brother throughout his life, no matter success or failure, he will never regret it. Now, I want to hear my brother tell me personally, do you have the ambition to dominate the world?"

Sun Ce became famous when he was young and was famous. Zhou Yu had long admired him when he was young. Later, by chance, he met each other and became a confidant. Zhou Yu wanted to assist Sun Ce in achieving hegemony, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, Sun Ce is indeed ambitious and worthy of his service.

His expression gradually became solemn, and Sun Ce said without hesitation: "With Gongjin's help, why worry about the unfair career? Gongjin, have you already had a wonderful plan to make me rise in troubled times?"

Zhou Yu, who stood up and paced back and forth, looked solemn, suddenly stopped and asked Sun Ce: "Does Bo Fu know the Danyang soldiers?"

How could Sun Ce, who fought south and north, not know about the Danyang soldiers? He said immediately: "Danyang Mountain is dangerous and the people are full of fruits. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, General He Jin recruited soldiers in Danyang several times. Later, Tao Gongzu took over Xuzhou, and he also relied on Danyang soldiers and Danyang heroic soldiers, which was rare in the world."

Zhou Yu nodded and continued to ask: "Does Bo Fu know who is the Danyang Prefect now?"

Sun Ce followed his father under Yuan Shu's tent, and he would train troops every day, or go out to fight, without caring about politics, and shook his head blankly when he heard this.

Zhou Yu walked to Sun Ce and knelt down and said, "It's Bo Fu's uncle, Wu Jing."

Sun Ce looked shocked, but he didn't expect that his uncle was the prefect of Danyang.

This was actually a means of Yuan Shu to win over Sun Jian and appointed Sun Jian’s wife, Mrs. Wu, the elder brother of Sun Jian’s wife, as the prefect of Danyang County, Yangzhou. To be fair, Yuan Shu was indeed very nice to Sun Jian.

The silent heart suddenly became alive, and Sun Ce knew what this meant. If his uncle supported him, he could secretly recruit soldiers in Danyang. With the army and long-term military source, he was the capital for his rise.

Zhou Yu stared at Sun Ce and said seriously: "Bo Fu, you have to persuade the prefect Wu to recruit soldiers for you, and then you have to return to Yuan Shu's tent and let your father's old subordinates be loyal to you. With these two forces, you can get rid of Yuan Shu. Today, there are heroes everywhere in the country, but Yangzhou is occupied by Yuan Shu, but it is actually a land without a boss. When you have enough strength, you will rise to Jiangdong."

Sun Ce woke up like a dream. Under the faint light, Zhou Yu's handsome face was full of confidence in him. Sun Ce was deeply inspired and nodded heavily.

Thinking of something, Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Bo Fu, I hope to tell you honestly. It is rumored that the imperial seal is in the hands of your Sun family. Is this the matter serious?"

Facing Zhou Yu, Sun Ce said frankly: "It's true. After my father got the jade seal in Luoyang, he ordered someone to secretly send it to his home and keep it to my mother."

After Zhou Yu got the exact answer, he thought for a while and said, "Bo Fu, you are weak in the early stage and should not turn against Yuan Shu, but you go back and join him. In order to eliminate his concerns, you can move your family to Yuan Shu's present. At the same time, you must take a dangerous step to let Yuan Shu know that the jade seal is with your mother."

Sun Ce was shocked and asked quickly: "In this way, Yuan Shu will definitely ask for the jade seal. If he doesn't give it, he may be killed."

Zhou Yu waved his hand and said firmly: "If he doesn't want it, he will give him a jade seal in your hands, it is harmful and useless. Just relying on the jade seal, you will be like a fool. Yuan Shu is ambition and will develop the desire to be the emperor after obtaining the jade seal. If he really dares to hold the jade seal, first, the princes will not tolerate it and the emperor will be dissatisfied. Second, if he really dares to be the king and the emperor will be the best excuse for you to rebel against him. People in the world will not think that you are ungrateful and betray the master."

Sun Ce understood the key and agreed with it.

After all, Yuan Shu is not bad at the Sun family. If Sun Ce betrays for no reason, he will be despised by the world. This will not only damage his reputation, but also hinder him from gathering heroes for his own use.

This night, Sun Ce had a direction, a route to compete for hegemony, and a strategy to become hegemony.

There are countless heroes in the world, but there are only a handful of people who really know how to rise in troubled times...

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