Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 215: New simulatable object: Tang Ji

"Sue my wife Wu."

In Yuzhou, Sun Jian sat down at his desk to write a letter to his family members living in Shu County at this time.

He came from a wealthy family and had served as a county official at the beginning of his career, so writing a family letter was not a difficult task.

The style of family letters in the late Han Dynasty was mainly based on official documents, and official mail was used. The whole process had to pass through Yuan Shu's territory, so privacy was difficult to guarantee - you can never trust Yuan Gongli's character.

Therefore, Sun Jian paid special attention to the wording in the letter and could not reveal the secret of the jade seal. It was best to report the good news and not the bad news about the war situation in Yuzhou. Otherwise, with Yuan Shu's nature of overjoying success, one displeasure might reduce or even cut off the logistics supply.

"The war in Yuzhou is going well, and when spring warms and the water turns, I can reunite with my wife."

This sentence was written for Yuan Shu.

The war in Yuzhou can only be said to have gone as smoothly as Sun Jian described at the beginning - the three brothers of the Zhou family were defeated steadily under his offensive and were almost driven back to their base areas, namely Danyang County and Jiujiang County in Yangzhou.

However, Yuan Shao quickly took action and reached a tacit agreement with Tao Qian of Xuzhou, allowing Zhou Ang and Zhou Xin to mobilize all their respective county troops to fight in Yuzhou, which can be said to be an overwhelming force.

Everything else is fine, but the Danyang soldiers brought by Zhou Xin are really a big trouble.

[Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are fruitful and vigorous, good at martial arts, a place of noble strength and elite soldiers. 】

If anything, the Danyang soldiers at this time were somewhat similar to the Swiss mercenaries in terms of their mountainous terrain and fierce combat effectiveness. It was also an old local tradition to make a living by fighting. After Cao Cao's defeat in Xingyang, he did not hesitate to fight for his life This can be seen when he went to Danyang to recruit troops.

In addition, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was born in Danyang and also recruited a large number of Danyang soldiers, which was the main force he relied on most.

At this time, it was 191 AD. The quality of professional mercenaries against ordinary peasant soldiers was basically a dimensionality reduction attack. Even if they were as strong as Sun Jian, they could not take much advantage in the hands of Danyang soldiers, at least they could not be as devastating as before. , so the battle lines between the two sides began to stabilize and entered a stalemate.

In addition, Liu Biao, instigated by Yuan Shao, tried to go north to bring Nanyang County back under his rule. This was justifiable. Nanyang was the most important county in Jingzhou. I am afraid that Sun Jian would soon be transferred back to the south to resist Liu Biao. .

In order to buy yourself time, it is necessary to appropriately exaggerate the results. But don't brag too obviously, just a little click is enough.

Let’s talk about home affairs.

"I have talked about Ce'er's affairs before. In my opinion, in these troubled times, we should not bury ourselves in documents and spend more time with scholars and heroes. It is not necessarily a bad thing."

The eldest son, Sun Ce, is sixteen years old this year. He wants to imitate his father and make great achievements on the battlefield, so under the help of his friend Zhou Yu, he makes friends with heroes everywhere regardless of his high or low birth status, but he can't read any books.

study? Learn shit!

Mother Wu came from a scholarly family. When she saw that her son was idle all day long, fooling around with a group of young men, and was about to become a street kid, she was naturally worried. She often complained to Sun Jian about this matter, asking him not to just focus on fighting. , restrain your son well.

Husband, say something!

But Sun Jian actually didn't want to care about it at all. Instead, he was very satisfied with Sun Ce's behavior - this is my Sun Wentai's son!

Speaking of which, it is normal for Sun Ce to want to learn from his father's behavior. Among these children, he is the one who is most influenced by Sun Jian himself - when he was born, although Sun Jian relied on pacifying the Xuchang rebellion He has some reputation, but in the final analysis he is just a county magistrate, and he has enough time to devote to his family.

When he was ten years old, Sun Jian recruited a thousand soldiers and followed Zhu Jun to conquer the Yellow Turbans. He became a Sima of another department and became a middle-level officer. His career entered a period of upward growth and he began to fight in the north and south. He had no time to take care of his family.

At this time, the second son Sun Quan was only three years old, and the third son Sun Yi would not be born for another two years.

In other words, Sun Ce is the only child raised by his father. The other brothers and sisters were raised by their mother, and they rarely even see their father.

In just six years after that, Sun Jian participated in pacifying the Bianzhang Rebellion, commanded the pacification of the rebellion in the three counties of Jingnan, and became Marquis of Wucheng. During the war against Dong, he was named the governor of Yuzhou by Yuan Shu, and became the hero who regained Luoyang. Become a famous general.

Please note that up to this time, General Polu and Marquis Sun Wentai of Wucheng had gone through countless battles, large and small, and the final result was to retreat without a single defeat.

Such a heroic father, if you were Sun Ce, you would admire him, but you would be too lazy to study.

Sun Jian thought for a moment and added, "Quan'er should be disciplined strictly, and he can fill in the gaps for Ce'er in the future."

There was no way, although my wife was not a noblewoman from a top family, her father had been the governor of Danyang, and she was married to Sun Jian, who was just a county magistrate at the time.

Therefore, Sun Jian was always grateful and respectful to her. Since she felt that studying to become an official and integrating into the family circle was the right way, then let ten-year-old Sun Quan take this path.

After writing this family letter, Sun Jian put it away, and after instructing the guards outside the door not to let anyone in, he took out the imperial seal and looked at it carefully - if one day, the family letter could be stamped with "I have been ordered by heaven, I will live forever" How satisfying would it be to have eight big characters? He already has a wife who cares for him and a son who regards him as a hero, but this is not enough. What Sun Jian really wants is to let everyone in the world know who Sun Wentai of Wu County is!

On the other side, the envoy is still on the way.

Entering the boundaries of Yuzhou, they carefully hid the talismans and ceremonial guards to avoid causing unnecessary trouble - the two parties here are different from Cao Cao. Boss Cao is essentially an independent force, and the three Zhou brothers and Sun Jian are all related to the two men behind them. Yuan has a close relationship, so he might have his own thoughts.

Xu Jiashu walked side by side with the newly cast Xi Zhicai and talked about what he had seen in Yuzhou.

"Judging from the battle front, most of Yuzhou has actually been controlled by Sun Wentai. The three Zhou brothers only relied on the supplies from Yangzhou to get a foothold. Who do you think will win?"

"In my humble opinion, although Sun Polu's military strategy is strong, it is at the end of its power and its power is exhausted." Xi Zhicai twirled his beard. "It is clear that he has occupied Yuzhou, but all the counties he gained have been taken over by Yuan Gongdao. This is tantamount to looking up to others, and no matter what, the winner will not be himself."

"Being from a poor family, even if you are a hero, you will inevitably be weak." Xu Jiashu sighed: "Sun Polu's foundation is still a little shallow after all. If he can work hard and work hard, there may be hope for further progress."

Xi Zhicai nodded, "That's right."

He went from a county magistrate to a feudal official in six years, and he did it with actual military exploits. Looking at the world, no one else can do it. However, there are disadvantages in being promoted too fast - he has no time to do it like other noble families. Cultivate your own power through disciples and marriage.

Take Yuzhou as an example. Although Sun Jian led his men to conquer the territory, he could only hand it over obediently to the local wealthy people installed by Yuan Shu, while he coveted it.

Put in people?

His direct descendants were all military brothers such as Huang Gai and Cheng Pu. They were not qualified to serve as local governors, and they did not get the support of local wealthy families. Even he himself forced the Jingzhou governor Wang Rui to death and the Nanyang prefect Zhang Zi. After that, he was gradually tolerated by the scholars.

Frankly speaking, if Sun Jian is given the opportunity and time, it is not difficult to stabilize the place and win the hearts of the people with his ability and charisma. It is a pity that he was so angry that he chose to be used as a spearman by Yuan Shu, and his reputation has been ruined. .

So far, except for Yuan Shu and the old subordinates in the army, no one dares to get involved with him, for fear that this unscrupulous guy will kill himself when he gets angry, and Sun Jian can only go one way. Black, until the tiger fell to Pingyang and was killed by Huang Zu's secret arrow.

As luck would have it, Xu Jiashu had the ability to help the Jiangdong Tiger break free from Yuan Shu's chains.

It is naturally impossible to solve the problem of a shallow foundation. Historically, it took the Sun family three generations of British masters to reluctantly enter the circle of aristocratic families with the help of Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, and secure their position as the master of Jiangdong. In this way, everything before the Chibi War There are many people who want to leave the Sun family and join Boss Cao.

But it’s not that we can’t think of a solution to the problem of money and food.

Mi Zhu was working under Tao Qian at this time. With the financial and material resources of the Mi family, it would not be a problem to support Sun Jian for a period of time, at least enough to support his break with Yuan Shu.

Anyway, Mi Zizhong is unlikely to wait for his destined brother-in-law Liu Bei.

But Xu Jiashu must have a reason to do this, otherwise why would he want to help Sun Jian for no reason? He is not a Santa Claus - such as the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, or Sun Ce.

In comparison, Xu Jiashu prefers the latter.

Although the Jade Seal of the State is an unparalleled treasure in ancient and modern times, with the presence of the young emperor Liu Xie, the legitimacy has been fully extended, and the demand for this thing is not strong. On the contrary, Sun Ce, the actual founder of Sun Wu, is even more valuable.

Sun Jian's eldest son, an SSR-level military general, is bound to another SSR Zhou Yu, buy one get one free, and can be used as a hostage.

hiss--

This deal seems to be going well!

After much thought, Xu Jiashu wrote a letter to Mi Zhu in Xuzhou, to the effect that he should take action when the conflict between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu intensified and instigate Sun Jian to fight with them.

When the time comes, Sun Jian can get money and food supplies, and Mi Zhu can join the central government as an official. As a middleman, Xu Jiashu's condition is just to let Sun's eldest son go to Chang'an to be a filial piety, and everyone will have a bright future.

However, it is up to Mi Zhu to decide whether to accept this proposal and how to do it.

Dropping an idle piece, Xu Jiashu soon came to Yingchuan County. At this time, Yingchuan was already under the rule of Yuan Shu. Even though it was in the rear and far away from the front, it no longer looked as prosperous and peaceful as before.

Under the scourge of the Skeleton King, the village was deserted, and powerful families were hiding in their own manor.

After finally arriving at this famous talent market, Xu Jiashu and Xi Zhicai were about to walk around to see if they could catch wild paru, I mean historical celebrities, when the long-lost system prompt suddenly sounded.

[New simulatable object: Tang Ji]

(End of this chapter)