Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 218 The Situation Changes, Cao Song’s Death Green Xu Disaster
After Sun Jian adopted Zhou Yu's advice and directed and acted out an assassination, he has been "rehabilitating" in the Marquis of Hefei, watching the changes in the situation in Yangzhou.

Because Sun Jian could not avoid the battle, the various forces in Yangzhou began to rob the city frantically.

Although Liu Yao was the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Emperor Chang'an, Zhou Xin, Zhou Ang and others obeyed Yuan Shao and refused to accept Liu Yao.

The new Kuaiji prefect Wang Lang came from Xuzhou again.

Although Wang Lang obeyed Liu Yao in name, he secretly connected with Yan Baihu, a wealthy family in Wu County.

Sheng Xian, Taishou of Wu County, styled Xiaozhang, was born in Kuaiji and a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty. After being promoted as Xiaolian, he served as Shang Shulang in Luoyang.

It is worth mentioning that Sheng Xian once met Kong Rong and became brothers.

Zheng Ping asked Tai Shici to buy warships in Wujun, and Sheng Xian also contributed a lot.

When Tai Shici and Guan Cheng went south to break through Liu Yao's blockade by force, it was Sheng Xian who persuaded Liu Yao to make peace with Qingzhou.

Although Liu Yao superficially agreed to Sheng Xian's proposal and asked Sheng Xian to come forward to reconcile with Qingzhou, but secretly he was also suspicious of Liu Yao.

So Liu Yao secretly ordered Xu Gong, the captain of Wujun, to seize the power of Sheng Xian, intending to lift Sheng Xian up.

Considering that Sheng Xian was Kong Rong's sworn brother and good at Qingzhou, Zheng Ping asked Kong Rong to write a letter to Sheng Xian, inviting Sheng Xian, his wife, children and family members to Qingzhou to attend the meeting, and at the same time asked Sheng Xian to resign as the prefect of Wu County. He also recommended Xu Gong as the prefect of Wujun.

Sheng Xian was afraid of Liu Yao, so he made an appointment with Xu Gong in private, and asked Xu Gong to conceal his intention to go north to Qingzhou from Liu Yao on the condition that he recommended Xu Gong as the prefect of Wujun.

Seeing that Sheng Xian left Wu Jun on his own initiative, Xu Gong was naturally happy.

But this move also made Liu Yao dissatisfied with Xu Gong, so Liu Yao asked Xue Li, the former prime minister of Pengcheng, to be the prefect of Wujun.

When Xu Gong saw that the prefect of Wujun was gone, he sent troops to intercept and kill Xue Li on the way.

Xue Li was defeated and fled back to Qu'e, which made Liu Yao furious.

However, Xu Gong had been operating in Wu County longer than Liu Yao, and he had made friends with the famous official Xu Jing and others, so he was not afraid of Liu Yao at all.

While Xu Gong was allied with Yan Baihu, a noble family in Wujun, he sent people to show his loyalty to Yuan Shu.

Naturally, Yuan Shu was happy to be supported by others, so he appointed Xu Gong as the prefect of Wujun and ordered him to attack Liu Yao.

In addition, Zu Lang and others from Shanyue were friendly with Tao Qian, who refused to accept Yuan Shu or Liu Yao, and beat whoever came.

Yangzhou was originally the place where scholars from the north of the Yangtze River took refuge in disasters. As the war became more and more chaotic, a large number of scholars had to seek refuge in Jiaozhou.

Under such a complicated situation, Yuan Shu's order to fully support Sun Jian's pacification of Jiangdong also ignited Sun Jian's ambition.

"The heroes who conquered Dong Zhuo together in the past, Yuan Shao became the shepherd of Jizhou, Liu Bei became the shepherd of Qingzhou, Zang Hong became the shepherd of Yanzhou, Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yuzhou, and Tao Qian became the shepherd of Xuzhou."

"Only this general is just a general under Yuan Shu's command. He will come and go when he is called."

"I could have taken Yangzhou while Liu Yao was not getting a firm foothold, but Yuan Shu asked me to fight Liu Biao again. Before the victory and defeat with Liu Biao came, Yuan Shu changed my general to fight Cao Cao."

"If it wasn't for Ayu's good strategy, I would have a breather, and I could watch the changes in the Marquis of Hefei, and I don't know where I will fight today."

"If I knew Yuan Shu was such a waste, I should have attached myself to Yuan Shao."

Sun Jian was quite dissatisfied with Yuan Shu with emotion.

In the early years, Sun Jian knew that he came from a humble background, and that if he wanted to achieve great success, he had to rely on the powerful, so he took the initiative to become a protégé of the Yuan family in Runan.

But when he chose Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, Sun Jian made a mistake.

Who would have thought that Yuan Shu, who was the direct son of the Yuan family, who had been vigorously cultivated by the Yuan family, and who had successively served as Henan Yin and Huben Zhonglang, would be inferior to Yuan Shao, a lieutenant of the Chinese Army.

What made Sun Jian even more unbelievable was that Yuan Shu would be reduced to an embarrassing position in Huainan in a short period of time when he was in Nanyang County and Runan County, and most of the former officials of the Yuan family were attached to Yuan Shu.

Sun Jian couldn't believe it, and the former officials of the Yuan family who were attached to Yuan Shu couldn't believe it either.

I thought that following Yuan Shu would lead me straight up.

As a result, the money is gone, the people are gone, and the family is in decline.

So much so that after Yuan Shu came to Huainan, the Lujiang Zhou family, Yuan's former disciple and former official, wished to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu.

On the side, Sun Ce was quite excited: "Father, to calm down Jiangdong, can you let the child join the army!"

In Sun Ce's eyes, Sun Jian is an unshakable mountain.

Everyone said that Sun Jian was a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, but Sun Ce thought that Sun Jian was like the overlord of the past.

Looking at Sun Ce who had reached his full age, Sun Jian stroked his beard proudly.

This son is brave and courageous, so it is a blessing to be a father.

"Ce'er is already eighteen, and it's time to go to the army to hone his skills."

"However, you have not made any merit, even if you are the eldest son of this general, you can only be a pawn in the army."

"Would you like to?"

Sun Ce was full of pride: "If you can't make contributions with your real skills, what face does the child have to stay in the father's army! I wish to be the next step under my father's command!"

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and Zu Mao on the side were terrified.

"My lord, don't do it!" Cheng Pu remonstrated, "Young master is young and has never been in battle. Why don't you follow me first, and have someone to take care of you."

Huang Gai, Han Dang Zu Mao also persuaded him one after another.

Sun Jian's eyes were convinced: "Ce'er is brave, why does he need others to take care of him? After learning martial arts for more than ten years, if he can't even adapt to the battlefield, how dare he call himself the eldest son of this general?"

Sun Ce laughed loudly: "Uncles, don't treat me as a child!"

"When my father was 17 years old, he was able to carry a knife and kill pirates like Hu Yu by himself. Now that I am old, how can I not even be able to do a pawn?"

Sun Jian laughed loudly: "This is the general's son! Send an order to prepare the army for war!"

"Liu Yao, who was about to destroy Qu'a, then went south to Wu County, conquered the 81 prefectures of the six counties in Jiangdong, and became a Yangzhou shepherd, named a marquis and a general!"

Cheng Pu's four generals are all awe-inspiring.

Yuan Shu just promised to give Sun Jian a Marquis of Wu, but Sun Jian's ambitions don't stop there.

How can a mere Marquis of Wu make Sun Jian reconciled?

If you can't be a shepherd of Yangzhou, like Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, Zang Hong, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, shepherding a state, and being a marquis and general, wouldn't it be underestimated!

How can the Jiangdong tiger live in the shadows for a long time!
And when Sun Jian was about to pacify Jiangdong, Cao Song also came to an end.

Cao Song was raised by a beggar. Because of the stolen goods, he bought a seat, and used gold as a substitute for treasure.

In these years of being a big corrupt, there are not a few people whose families are ruined and whose wives and children are separated because of Cao Song.

Although there is no shortage of clean and honest officials in this world, with Cao Song's powerful position, there is no clean and honest official sanction.

Hua County, an ancient temple.

It was pouring rain.

This summer thunderstorm is coming.

However, the ancient temple was too narrow, so Cao Song and his son could take shelter from the rain, and Zhang Kai and other [-] soldiers could only squeeze under the eaves.

Zhang Kai was born as a Yellow Turban Bandit, and he was recruited by Tao Qian and attached to Tao Qian's command.

When Yuan Shu was in Yuzhou, many generals under his command were yellow scarf bandits, who once persuaded Zhang Kai to join Yuan Shu.

Zhang Kai originally thought that he could form his own family like Zang Ba, so he didn't plan to go south to join Yuan Shu.

But as Tao Qian paid less and less attention to Zhang Kai, Zhang Kai's resentment towards Tao Qian also increased day by day.

This time escorting Cao Song to Yuzhou, Zhang Kai actually thought carefully.

Zhang Kai wanted to follow Cao Song to flee to Cao Cao, the shepherd of Yuzhou!

"If you can get a job under Cao Cao's command in Yuzhou, it should be better than receiving Tao Qian's anger in Xuzhou."

"But if I meet Cao Cao directly, Cao Cao won't believe me."

thought here.

Zhang Kai came to see Cao Song and expressed his intention to be effective.

If Cao Cao was there, Zhang Kai's investment might have been successful, but it happened that Zhang Kai met Cao Song and Cao De.

These two father and son don't have Cao Cao's breadth of mind, and they despise Zhang Kai's contribution.

Cao Song was fine, but he just said, "I'm just going to Yuzhou to be a rich man, and I don't care about anything."

But Cao De said: "I have heard that voting for the new master without suing the old master is a breach of trust. If you want to vote for your brother, you can go to Xuzhou to ask for resignation first."

The implication is to ridicule Zhang Kai for his misbehavior, and he is not qualified to be recommended by Cao Song.

After being ridiculed by Cao De for a while, Zhang Kai was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

Zhang Kai gritted his teeth: "Now it's raining heavily, and the soldiers are sheltering under the eaves. They are cold and hungry. Can we let them go into the temple to shelter from the rain?"

Cao De snorted coldly: "If they are allowed to enter the temple to shelter from the rain, what if there is less money in the car?"

Zhang Kai's palm was about to ooze blood: "We are no longer thieves, and the soldiers under my command will not take money randomly."

Cao De was about to speak, but was stopped by Cao Song.

Cao Song didn't even look at Zhang Kai: "Lieutenant Zhang, I'm not interested in whether you are thieves or not, but I don't want to hurt my friendship because of lack of money."

"Go back!"

Facing the indifference of Cao Song and his son, Zhang Kai suppressed his inner anger and withdrew.

Although it was raining heavily outside the temple, the anger in Zhang Kai's heart became more and more intense.

"Cao Song and Cao De, how dare you humiliate me like this!"

"Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"

The more Zhang Kai thought about it, the more angry he became, so he called all the leaders to discuss.

"I would like to ask Cao Song to recommend me, and let my brothers go to Yuzhou to enjoy happiness."

"I can only hate Cao Song and his son, but they use sarcasm and dismiss us."

"Since Cao Song is not benevolent, why should we give lectures?"

"Killed Cao Song and his son, and robbed the fifty carts of money. I'll go south to Huainan to join Yuan Gong, it's better than being angry with Tao Qian in Xuzhou!"

These yellow turban leaders also had an uncomfortable life in Xuzhou. When they heard that Zhang Kai wanted to kill people and rob money, they all agreed.

dusk.

The rain stopped.

Taking advantage of Cao Song's father and son's arrangements for the servants to make fire and cook meals, Zhang Kai led the crowd into the temple, first hacked Cao De to death, and then hacked Cao Song and his fat concubine to death in the toilet.

Then he killed Cao Song's servants and prepared to take the money away at night.

What Zhang Kai didn't know was that Cao Hong also led Danyang's elite troops to the vicinity of the ancient temple.

It was discovered that Zhang Kai killed Cao Song and his son, and they were celebrating in the ancient temple. Cao Hong was surprised and angry: "A thief is a thief, and evil makes you a big deal!"

Originally, Cao Hong was going to surround the ancient temple at night, kill Cao Song, Zhang Kai and others from the ancient temple, and blame Ying Shao.

As a result, Zhang Kai took the first step and escaped many of Cao Song's servants.

In this way, it would be difficult to blame Ying Shao for the death of Cao Song and his son.

"Not a single one!"

Cao Hong hated Zhang Kai deeply, and ordered Danyang soldiers to invade the ancient temple and kill Zhang Kai.

Seeing Cao Hong's arrival, Zhang Kai immediately understood everything: "Tao Qian is so vicious! He wanted to kill Cao Song and me together with his son and put the blame on Yanzhou!"

Looking at the brave Danyang soldiers and the angry Cao Hong, Zhang Kai had only one thought in his mind.

"escape!"

"Must escape!"

Zhang Kai knew very well that Cao Hong wanted to kill someone to silence him.

Zhang Kai's strong desire to survive made Zhang Kai even more bloodthirsty and crazy than ever.

Finally, Zhang Kai broke a bloody path and fled in the dark.

"Hateful Zhang Kai!"

After all, Cao Hong failed to catch up with Zhang Kai, and slammed his helmet on the ground.

"Now that Cao Song and his son are dead, Zhang Kai has escaped again and returned to Tancheng, so the Lord must blame him." Cao Hong was a little panicked.

Looking at the money in the ancient temple, Cao Hong felt ruthless, and ordered the fifty money vehicles to be sent to Qingzhou.

"As long as the money goes to Qingzhou, Cao Cao will definitely think that the death of Cao Song and his son is related to Liu Bei!"

"In this way, the envoy will not have to face Cao Cao's anger alone."

thought here.

Cao Hong gathered together the servants of Cao Song and his son who were unable to escape in the future in the ancient temple, and shouted: "Cao Song and his son committed a major event in Qingzhou, and they still want to flee in fear of crime."

"Put him to death today, as a warning to others."

"If you send all this money to Linzi City, you will save yourself from death!"

The servants did not dare to disobey, so they could only nod their heads one by one.

Cao Hong was also treacherous. He deliberately whipped and humiliated several unlucky servants that night and drove them away.

These servants felt resentful and fled to Yuzhou overnight.

When he first arrived in Lu State, he met Yuan Yi who came to meet him.

When Yuan Yi heard that Cao Song and his son were killed, he was so shocked that he almost lost his mind.

"If Cao Cao finds out about this, he will definitely blame me!"

"I can't go back to Yecheng either. For the current plan, I can only go south to ask Yuan Shu for protection."

Yuan Yi made a decisive decision, abandoned the soldiers and horses, and rode south to Huainan alone to avoid disaster.

The remaining soldiers and horses were at a loss, so they could only look for Lu Chancellor Chen Yi.

Chen Yi was a fool in the first place, and no one wanted to offend anyone. Hearing that Cao Song and his son were killed, and Yuan Yi fled in fear of crime, Chen Yi was in a bad mood!

"Quick, quick, go to Yingchuan and tell Mr. Cao about this."

Shocked and confused, Chen Yi sent someone to inform Cao Cao, and at the same time went to Hua County to collect the corpses of Cao Song and his son, made a high-quality coffin, and sent people to escort them to Xu County.

And in Xu County.

Cao Cao, who learned of Dong Zhuo's murder, felt a little regretful: "I never thought that Dong Zhuoquan would invade the court and be killed by Lu Bu, so that Cao would miss out on his great achievements."

I thought Guo Jia's plan could check and balance Liu Bei in Qingzhou.

Unexpectedly, Lv Bu took away the King of Qin and Dong Dagong.

Guo Jia said with a smile, "Lu Bu, you're just a common man. It was Lu Shangshu who really set up a scheme to kill Dong Zhuo."

"It's just that Jia heard that after Lu Shangshu killed Dong Zhuo, he vomited blood and fell into a coma. He is still unconscious."

"And the ministers and officials in Chang'an are also taking the opportunity to fight for power and profit."

"The servant of Shang Shu shot Xun You, so he had to say he was sick at home."

"It's ridiculous. Although Dong Zhuo is dead, Dong Zhuo's remnants are still there. With such an urgent struggle for power, this group of people is not far from death!"

　There are still two updates today, the second update is at [-]:[-] p.m.

　　
　
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