The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 276 The Jiangdong tiger dies
The princes challenged Dong. If it were not for Liu Han, it would be the history of Sun Jian's rise. But without it, because of Liu Han's existence, Sun Jian only became famous in the early stage, but was taken good care of by Liu Han in the later stage and almost failed to leave Luoyang.

After narrowly escaping from death, Sun Jian's strength was greatly reduced. Because he killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, both the new Jingzhou pastor Liu Biao and the Jingzhou nobles became hostile to Sun Jian.

There is no way to go back to Jingzhou.

The prince closest to him is Yuan Shu, the direct son of the Yuan family in Runan. If Yuan Shu was severely injured by the King of Hejian, Sun Jian would still have a chance to get more benefits from Yuan Shu, but the King of Hejian did not attack Yuan Shu at all. Yuan Shu could Said to have withdrawn from Luoyang unscathed.

Now Sun Jian needs no men, no soldiers, no food, so he can only lick his face and rely on others. When he crusade against Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian's logistics came from Yuan Shu.

It’s hard to live under someone else’s roof!
Although Yuan Shu had money, food and a large army, he lacked strong generals in the army. Sun Jian defected to him, and Yuan Shu was of course happy to accept it. Yuan Shu's intention now is obvious. He will first rely on the Yuan family's influence to occupy Yuzhou, and then develop southward and capture Jingzhou. and Yangzhou, so the southern part of the Han Dynasty belongs to itself.

As for the north, Yuan Shu is very sensible and never asks questions. Let Yuan Shao face the killing god in the north.

By the way, who is Yuan Shao?
I'm so unfamiliar!
I am now the rear general of the imperial court!

You are a Bohai governor!
I am the real root of our family!

You maid has been tortured endlessly!

Compared with Yuan Shao's step-by-step approach in Jizhou, Yuan Shu's side is much simpler. Because of the century-old management of the Yuan family in Runan and the assistance of Sun Jian, Yuan Shu can now be said to be full of talents.

Yuan Shu has been coveting the fertile land of Nanyang for a long time. Now, after a year of development, he finally has the opportunity to occupy Nanyang. Although the population of Nanyang has dropped sharply due to war in recent years, Nanyang relies on its own profound heritage to still be able to conquer Nanyang. With a population of more than 100 million, if he can capture Nanyang, Yuan Shu can recruit at least [-] troops. By then, Wang Tu's hegemony will be just around the corner.

There is another reason. Yuan Shao wanted Yuan Shu to help him. After Yuan Shu refused, it marked the formal break between the two brothers.

When he learned that Gongsun Zan occupied the Qinghe Kingdom and planned to go south to Yanzhou, Yuan Shu concluded that Gongsun Zan would definitely conflict with Yuan Shao in the future, so Yuan Shu wrote to Gongsun Zan, hoping that the two could form an alliance to deal with Yuan Shao together. The letter also said: "Shao is not the son of Yuan's family." .

Yuan Shu planned to bring Yuan Shao to death. Yuan Shu planned to fundamentally defeat his brother and make him completely lose his biggest trump card for development in troubled times.

Yuan Shao also counterattacked Yuan Shu and appointed Zhou Xin of Kuaiji as the governor of Yuzhou. He wanted to seize Sun Jian's territory, but Yuan Shu led his troops to repel Zhou Xin.

(Zhou Xin (? ~ 196), courtesy name Taiming. A native of Kuaiji, a general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The brother of Zhou Ang and Zhou Zao, the Zhou family in Kuaiji.)
Yuan Shu is even more resentful towards Yuan Shao. You have already sent people to seize my territory, so I won’t talk about martial ethics and will try my best to throw dirty water on Yuan Shao. For example, Yuan Shu wants to form an alliance with Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian and compete with Yuan Shao for hegemony. .

However, most of the heroes relied on Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu was so angry that he jumped to his feet and cursed: "The heroes don't follow me, but they are slaves to my family!"

Naturally, Yuan Shao also followed suit. Yuan Shu would form an alliance, but wouldn’t I, Yuan Shao?Yuan Shao's Yuzhou is next to Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu has Sun Jian under his command, which will inevitably arouse the resentment of the Jingzhou nobles. If you form an alliance with Gongsun Zan, then I will form an alliance with Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou.

As a result, Yuan Shu's idea of ​​sending troops to Nanyang became more urgent.

The idea was wonderful, but he still underestimated how deep the water in Nanyang was. Not even Liu Han dared to offend the Nanyang nobles easily, let alone Yuan Shu.

Although you, Yuan Shu, are the fourth generation and the third Duke, so what?I, Nanyang, was the place where Emperor Guangwu made his fortune, and my background is no worse than yours, Runan. The title of Fourth Generation and Three Dukes can indeed scare others, but it will never frighten them.When Sun Jian came to Nanyang, Liu Biao was extremely wary of him and immediately ordered Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, to lead his men to meet the enemy. (Zhang Zi, courtesy name Ziyi, was from Yingchuan and had a good reputation.)
Zhang Zi knew that he was no match for Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, so he stayed behind closed doors and waited for help. Sun Jian used a trick to falsely claim that he was suddenly ill. The whole army was frightened and called for witch doctors and prayed to the mountains and rivers.He also sent his cronies to see Zhang Zi, saying that he was ill and planned to hand over his troops and horses to Zhang Zi.After Zhang Zi learned about it, he hoped to get Sun Jian's followers, and immediately took five or six hundred people on foot and cavalry to Sun Jian's camp to visit him.Sun Jian met Zhang Zi while lying down. Soon after, Sun Jian suddenly stood up, cursed Zhang Zi with his sword, and captured and executed him.

When Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, died, Nanyang was immediately leaderless. After Sun Jian organized his troops, he immediately continued southward, approaching Xiangyang.

Yuan Shu had his own little plans, why didn't Sun Jian have his own ambitions?

Yuan Shu wanted Nanyang, but Sun Jian wanted the entire Jingzhou.

Of course, Sun Jian would not tell Yuan Shu about this matter, but would only use Yuan Shu's hands to achieve his purpose.

When Liu Biao received the news that Zhang Zi was killed, everyone was numb. Zhang Zi was defeated too quickly, like a tornado. He couldn't escape from the storm circle. I can't think about it anymore. I can't think about it anymore. I don't, I don't, I can't~~
What's even more annoying is that Liu Xiang, the governor of Jiangxia, is of the same mind as Sun Jian and echoes Sun Jian in Jiangxia.

(Liu Xiang was a native of Haoyang, Lingling, and his son Liu Ba. Liu Xiang helped Sun Jian because Sun Jian had favored Liu Xiang in Lingling.)
Liu Biao had no choice but to appoint Huang Zu, the Huang clan of Lu'an in Jiangxia, to replace Liu Xiang as the new prefect of Jiangxia.

Liu Biao single-handedly entered Xiangyang, and after receiving the support of Jingzhou's wealthy families, he captured Nanjun. At this time, among the three northern counties of Jingzhou, Nanyang County was in the hands of Yuan Shu. Liu Xiang (the father of Liu Ba), the prefect of Jiangxia County, was killed by the "refugees" in Nanyang. The group was leaderless, so Liu Biao naturally had to cooperate with the Anlu Huang family in order to gain control of Jiangxia County.

The four counties in Jingnan fell into autonomy.

In the second year of Chuping (191), Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao, and Liu Biao sent Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, to fight in Fancheng and Deng County.Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu and besieged Xiangyang.

After the tiger moved south, it was still invincible. Liu Biao was bitten by Sun Menghu and was extremely embarrassed.

Sun Jian defeated Liu Biao's general Huang Zu in Dengcheng and Fancheng, and successfully crossed the Han River to besiege Xiangyang. Huang Zu then wanted to launch a sneak attack, but Sun Jian was beaten again. Huang Zu retreated and Sun Jian pursued fiercely.

With Sun Jian's fighting power, it was only a matter of time before Sun Jian traveled all the way back from Jingbei, but at this moment, the battle situation turned 180 degrees.

In April 191, when Sun Jian was chasing Huang Zu, he ran too fast. When he was carelessly crossing Xian Mountain alone (single horse traveling Xian Mountain), Huang Zu's troops fired hidden arrows from the bamboo forest, and Sun Jian was hit by the arrow and died.

Sun Jian, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, died in such an outrageous way, leaving this magnificent stage of the late Han Dynasty early, which was both unexpected and reasonable.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Sun Jian committed a solo trip to Xian Mountain. Behind the sigh and surprise, his actions and ending seemed to reveal the inevitable.

Sun Jian was "brave and resolute, and made a fortune in isolation" in his life. Because of his firm attitude towards Dong Zhuo, he was praised as "loyal and strong" in the history books when the coffin was closed, and was given the reputation of "frivolous and impetuous, leading to defeat". A polite elegiac couplet.

He has been too destructive in his life. He uproots forces that disobey him. He has no compromise and no principles. He will try his best to get what he likes. In the worst case, he will destroy you.

Although Sun Jian left the stage of history, his bravery was passed on to his eldest son.

(End of this chapter)