Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 135 Sun Ce’s Determination

Yangzhou, Jiujiang County, Shouchun County.

Shouchun borders the Huai River to the north, Feishui to the east, Juze Shaopo to the south, along the Huai River to Xuzhou in the east, to Runan along the Huai River to the west, into the hinterland of the Central Plains along the tributaries Ying and Wo River to the north, and to the south along the The Feishui River flows into the Yangtze River and reaches Caishiji in the south of the Yangtze River, forming a hub extending in all directions through the water network.

Shouchun, an important military location, is surrounded by fertile plains and crisscrossed by rivers. It has been a high-yield agricultural area since ancient times and is considered to be rich.

Therefore, Shouchun, which occupies the terrain and abundant products, was regarded as his base camp by Yuan Shu, who fled from Nanyang in a panic in the fourth year of Chuping when Liu Biao cut off the food route and Cao Cao continued to pursue him.

It was late at night, but Shouchun City was not very quiet under the night. Wine and banquets were being held in the county temple. The music of silk and bamboo orchestras, and the graceful singing and dancing were endless for the ears and eyes.

This banquet was to celebrate a happy event.

At first Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, refused Yuan Shu's request for [-] dendrobium rice. Yuan Shu was furious and sent Sun Ce, the eldest son of Sun Jian, the tiger from east of the Yangtze River, to lead an army to conquer Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang. Sun Ce, who was later known as the Little Overlord, was called brave. Wushuang captured Lujiang for Yuan Shu, which made Yuan Shu overjoyed, so he specially served Sun Ce a drink to celebrate his victory.

This banquet did not start in the evening, but continued from noon to evening. At this moment, most of the guests who came to the banquet were flushed, drunk and swaying.

But the protagonist of today's banquet, Sun Ce, was still very sober and did not look like he was drunk at all.

Among the guests who were drunk and slutty, Sun Ce was upright and impartial. Although he was young, he had a heroic spirit in his eyes.

However, in Sun Ce's eyes, in addition to his heroic spirit, there was also a look of boredom towards everyone present. In addition, he was extremely disgusted with this banquet that lasted from noon to midnight.

In the middle of the night, the lengthy banquet finally came to an end, and Sun Ce couldn't wait to return to his residence in Shouchun.

Sun Ce did not fall asleep when he returned to his residence. His eyes were as bright as lightning and he was not sleepy at all. He walked quietly in the courtyard and remembered some things that happened at the banquet during the day.

The celebration banquet held by Yuan Shu for him was very grand. All the civil and military officers under Yuan Shu attended the banquet. Yuan Shu even praised him in front of all the civil and military officers: "If I had a son like Sun Lang, even if he died, There is nothing to regret.”

Speaking of which, Yuan Shu's treatment of him was naturally good, but Yuan Shu seemed to have forgotten one thing, something he had promised Sun Ce, something more important than verbal praise.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce was a little angry. At first, when Yuan Shu sent him to conquer Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, he promised to appoint him as the governor of Lujiang after he captured Lujiang. It can be seen from the current situation that there is no hope for him to be the governor of Lujiang.

"Hateful." Sun Ce said angrily.

This is not the first time Yuan Shu has broken his trust.

Previously, Yuan Shu had promised him the post of governor of Jiujiang, but later, as if Yuan Shu did not remember the promise, he appointed his crony, Chen Ji, a native of Danyang, as the governor of Jiujiang.

Capricious and dishonest, a person like Yuan Shu was actually born into the Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third generation.

No wonder that when Yuan Shu was the captain of Changshui in the past, there was a saying that "Yuan Changshui is a tough guy on the road".

Sun Ce felt a little regretful.Thinking about what a hero his father Sun Jian, the Tiger of Jiangdong, was. Although he came from a wealthy family, he relied on his own talents and licked blood step by step to reach the position of general Polu, governor of Yuzhou, and Marquis of Wucheng.

The former national thief Dong Zhuo was so powerful that when facing the Kwantung Rebels, he said: "As long as I kill Er Yuan, Liu Biao, and Sun Jian, the world will naturally obey me!" In his words, his father was mentioned together with Er Yuan and Liu Biao.

As for him now, after Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu's ambush, he followed his father's footsteps and continued to follow Yuan Shu. However, Yuan Shu did not reward him for his merits. He drew cakes for him every day and played with him like a child. He still had to make excuses in front of Yuan Shu. .

He was thinking that it was probably that incident that aroused Yuan Shu's fear of him, so that Yuan Shu repeatedly broke his trust with him.

At first, when he had just led hundreds of old soldiers left behind by his father Sun Jian to defect to Yuan Shu, one time, a knight committed a crime and fled to Yuan Shu's military camp to avoid punishment and hid in a stable.

Normally, he should have reported to Yuan Shu first and then arrested the criminal knight. However, because of his youthful spirit at the time, he did not report to Yuan Shu and led his men into Yuan Shu's military camp, searched out the criminal knight and beheaded him. kill.

At the suggestion of his guest Lu Fan, he went to Yuan Shu to apologize. Yuan Shu said nicely at the time: "Soldiers who rebelled should be punished. What is there to apologize for?"

Although Yuan Shu said this, he was not as close to him as before. On the surface, his treatment was not reduced, but in fact, he was regarded as a thug and no longer assigned him important positions.

"Eh." A sigh mixed with resentment came from Sun Ce's mouth. It was just resentment, but this resentment was useless. He only felt depressed in his heart, and there was no way to relieve it.

"Bo Fu, what's on your mind?" A man walked in from outside.

Sun Ce looked up and saw that his father was an old official in Danyang. His surname was Zhu, his given name was Zhi, and his given name was Junli. The two of them had a good relationship with each other, so Zhu Zhi could come in and out of Sun Ce's mansion at will.

Facing Zhu Zhi, Sun Ce naturally had nothing to hide: "When Yuan Shijun sent me to conquer Lu Kang last time, he promised me the post of Lujiang Prefect, but now that it has been accomplished, there is no sign of the Lujiang Prefect's seal."

Sun Ce's tone was a little low: "I think my father is such a hero, fighting against Yuan Shijun, but I am reduced to this, playing for Yuan Shijun, isn't it sad?"

Zhu Zhi nodded and acknowledged: "Yuan Shijun is not a good leader. If Bo Fu wants to make a difference, he should lead his troops out and seek independence."

Zhu Zhi then made plans for Sun Ce: "In the past, my father had a great reputation in the land of Wuhui, and Bo Fu had a reputation for bravery. Today, the land of Wuhui is occupied by a group of young men. From what I can see, it is not difficult to break it." , Bo Fu is unintentional!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes flickered, and after a moment he raised his hands to thank Zhu Zhi and said, "Thank you very much for your kind words, that's what you should do."

Sun Ce gave up the idea of ​​seeking advancement under Yuan Shu and set his sights on Jiangdong, but before going to Jiangdong, he had to make some preparations.

First, he has fewer tribes, so he has to find a way to get back his father Sun Jian's former tribes from Yuan Shu. These tribes followed his father in the north and south, and they were all brave and good at fighting.

Second, to achieve great things, you need the help of wise men. There is Zhang Hong, named Zigang, in Guangling, Xuzhou, who is nearby. If you can get help from Zhang Hong, you can achieve great things.

(End of this chapter)