Han Xiang

Chapter 477 Suspicion of Sun Quan and Sun Yi

With Sun Yi's generous support, Liyang's food crisis was temporarily lifted, and this good talk gradually spread.

During this period of time, public opinion in Wu County was burning like a fire because of Zhou Yu.

It wasn't until the news of Sun Yi's food donation that the public opinion of Zhou Yu's poisoning was diluted, but Sun Yi became a new topic figure.

Many people praised him for being like a brother and a father, and they spoke highly of him.

Zhou Shan escorted Zhou Yu's body back to Wu. Zhou's wife, Mrs. Bao, listened to the advice of the clan and invited Wu to conduct an autopsy before the burial to verify that Zhou Yu had indeed died of poisoning.

However, Huang Zu, the murderer appointed by Sun Quan, was questioned that he had no chance of poisoning.

All of a sudden, the public opinion in Wu County was out of control, and there were heated discussions in the court barracks, streets and alleys, and there were all kinds of weird guesses.

Seeing this, Zhou Shan followed Sun Quan's plan and deliberately led the murderer to Cao Cao, Long Xiang, Sun Ben and the people who assassinated Sun Ce.

Among these suspects, except for Sun Ben, who was his own, the rest were either Jiangdong's opponents or Jiangdong's enemies, but Zhou Yu's last meal was in Nanchang, and Sun Ben became the person most likely to poison him.

In addition, Sun Ben and Cao Cao are relatives of their sons and daughters, and his younger brother Sun Fu was placed under house arrest for secretly colluding with Cao Cao. He also has a great motive for committing the crime.

When all the evidence pointed to Sun Ben, none of the members of the Sun family in Wu Jun stood up to speak for him, which greatly reduced the prestige of the head of the Sun family.

Zhou's wife, Bao family, also targeted Sun Ben as her enemy, but only Sun Quan could solve this matter. During the period before Sun Quan's western expedition returned, she visited Sun's wife Xu's place every day, and she often showed her face in tears in front of others. The grievance is very similar to Xu's performance during the time when his father lost his father.

Sun Quan knew the cause of Zhou Yu's death better than anyone else, and he deliberately led the conflict to Sun Ben, and did not intend to judge his brother Cong.

Without actual evidence, Sun Quan can't touch Sun Ben, but through this incident, Sun Ben's political feathers can be polluted, so that he can no longer be the head of the Sun family.

After Sun Quanhui's goal is achieved, he will put all the charges on Huo Chun and let the loyal servant who threw himself into the river bear everything.

Zhou Shan waited in Wu County for a while, and seeing that the public opinion on the poisoning incident was replaced by Sun Yi, he followed the grain transport ship to the front to return to the front line.

Sun Quan's western expedition is very ambitious this time, and Zhou Shan still wants to follow up and earn some military merits. After all, doing dirty work for the lord can only be trusted, and if you want to be rich, you have to go to the battlefield.

In late October, Zhou Shan was on his way to Jiangxia, and the Jiangdong Army finally captured Shaxian after a hundred days.

Sun Quan was ashamed this time, and fought a beautiful battle of annihilation, not only annihilating the Jiangxia defenders, but even the leader Huang Zu was also beheaded.

The new governor Lu Meng also gained prestige in this battle, except that Huang Zu was beheaded by him first, and several partial generals were killed during the period.

Sun Quan killed Huang Zu to occupy Shaxian, and several counties in the south of Jiangxia surrendered, but there was no sign of Jiangdong soldiers and horses. According to Zhou Yu's plan, Sun Quan had to rest for a few days and continue to advance westward to Jiangling, and then nibbled at Wuling, Changsha, and Lingling. , Guiyang four counties.

In this battle of Jiangxia, the strength of the attacking side was several times that of the defending side, and they fought for a hundred days even when the city defenses were damaged.

Sun Quan understood that this was not all due to him. Without Sun Ce and his several attacks and weakening, Huang Zu would not have lost his life so quickly.

It was rare that Jingzhou was ravaged by floods. Sun Quan did not intend to withdraw his troops so soon. The prestige he lost on Cao Cao was ready to be picked up in Jingzhou.

There were Jiangdong warships blocking the Yangtze River, Huang Zu could not get any external rescue, and the supplies in the city became less and less in the end.

After Sun Quan broke the city, he wanted to add something. As a result, Huang Zu not only left him many empty official warehouses, but also left [-] hungry people.

In this way, Sun Quan not only had to use his own food for the celebration banquet, but also needed to set aside part of it to feed the captives.

These people were originally from Jingzhou. After Sun Ce defeated Sha Xian for the first time, they plundered to Yuzhang, and were taken back by Huang Zu in Nanchang.

Faced with these "capricious" common people, Sun Quan was caught in a dilemma for a while.

Sun Quan had the idea of ​​annexing Jingzhou, so he did not intend to withdraw from the occupied Jiangxia. These people became the people of Jiangdong, but the consumption of [-] mouths was huge. Let them eat the military rations shipped from afar. The high cost made Zhang Zhaodu Feel sore.

Jiangdong's army was still going westward, and the [-] people could neither run away nor send them back to Jiangdong as slaves.

Staying in Jiangxia is the easiest, but these captives only have one mouth left.

Thinking of the massacre in Wan County that day, Sun Quan also had the idea of ​​killing them, and finally decided to stay for a while and hang their lives with gruel, so that the people in the rear would suffer more.

During the rest of the Jiangdong army in Jiangxia, Zhou Shan arrived with the grain ship to report to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was quite satisfied with Zhou Shan's guidance of public opinion.

When Sun Quan was in a good mood, he immediately rewarded Zhou Shan with a sweet date and asked him to stay and join the expedition to Jiangling.

Seeing Zhou Shanxi's smiling face, Sun Quan suddenly remembered the [-] captives. He was worried that there would be problems with the distribution of food and grass in the rear, so he frowned and asked: "In order to ensure sufficient food and grass for the western expedition, I have reduced a lot of local food expenditures. It is estimated that this situation will continue. For a long time, I don’t know if Changxu (Sun Shao), Yuan Tan (Gu Yong) and the others can handle it? Are there any complaints from the counties and counties that provide food?”

"Um"

Zhou Shan pinched his chin and thought for a while, then replied: "Maybe it's because Zhou Yu's matter is too big, the general didn't hear any complaints, and the counties and counties also took turns to provide food according to the distribution. By the way, a few days ago, Liyang Because the garrison was short of supplies, they sent people to Danyang to seek help from Grand Administrator Sun, and Wanling then transported a lot of food across the river, so the Lord doesn’t have to worry at all, they will find their own way when they have difficulties.”

After hearing this, Sun Quan looked at Zhou Shan with a serious face, and said to himself, are you as stupid as Huo Chun?

Tai Shici didn't come to me when he was in trouble, but went to Sun Yi for food. Don't you know who is the master of Jiangdong?

In addition, how much food is stored in Danyang?Li Yang can be easily aided.

Did Tai Shici send someone to ask for food, or did Sun Yi intend to win over the general?
You and my elder brother cherished each other in Shentingling, and now you appreciate each other with your third brother?

Sun Quan is suspicious by nature, and he likes to think about things, especially with a sensitive identity like Sun Yi, so he can't help but think wildly.

"My lord, if there is nothing else, the last general will go first."

Zhou Shan was about to resign, but Sun Quan suddenly raised his hand to interrupt, and said solemnly: "Jiangling City is stronger than Shaxian, and it may not be taken in a short time. It is useless to stay on the front line at the beginning of the war. You should go back and help me with errands. Come back at the end of the year even if you are in a hurry. .”

"Ah? Oh, I listen to my lord."

Zhou Shan was taken aback after hearing this, and soon understood Sun Quan's good intentions.

Sun Quan held up two fingers and said seriously: "I have two things to do when I go back this time. One is to take Huang Zu's head to pay homage to my father, Gong Jin, Ling Xiaowei and others. This matter can be handed over to you." Let Sun Changxu or Zhuge Ziyu do it; second, I want you to secretly go to Danyang to investigate the relationship between Taishi Ziyi and Shu Bi (Sun Yi). If Danyang has surplus food to support Liyang's garrison, it means that Danyang's task of handing over the military food is not heavy. Perhaps it should be readjusted.”

"Wei." Zhou Shan clasped his fists in response.

(End of this chapter)