Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 138 Sun Jian is a man with ideals
Sun Jian?

To be honest, Ma Chao never thought of this person.But if you think about it carefully, at the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it seemed that Sun Jian was the most eye-catching, not even Cao Cao!

After all, Cao Cao still has the shadow of a gentry lord, but the warrior Sun Jian created a precedent for the tribalization of warriors.And his son and grandson Ce continued this policy, recruiting celebrities and integrating into them.By the time of Sun Quan's generation, it was already completely a scholar class.

As for Liu Huangshu, who was said to be a late bloomer, he was just a joke on the stage at the end of the Han Dynasty at this time, and he was not famous at all for an official position like a small lieutenant above a big soldier.Uncle Liu Huang's success came from the support of Mi's family in Xuzhou, the honor of "Uncle Emperor" from Xiandi in Xuchang, and Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou.

The success of Uncle Liu Huang further confirms the necessity of becoming a gentry: the support of the Mi family, a prominent family, shows that Liu Bei has entered the vision of those gentry, and the honor of being an "uncle emperor" means that Liu Bei has already been recognized by the gentry .Obtaining Zhuge Liang means that Liu Bei began to closely integrate with scholars, creating a situation where warriors and scholars jointly created the world.

The same is true of Sun Jian.However, compared to Uncle Liu Huang, it was more difficult for Sun Jian.He used his bravery and loyalty to win the eyes of the gentry and left precious wealth and prestige to his sons.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion that broke out in 184 changed Sun Jian's life, and he got a chance in life for the first time.The person who supported him was his fellow countryman, Zhu Jun, the No.2 general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At that time, Zhu Jun was appointed as the general of Zhonglang, and led the army to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan.Zhu Jun is from Kuaiji, Yangzhou, and Sun Jian is from Wujun, Yangzhou. The two counties are close neighbors.Sun Jian also lived up to Zhu Jun's expectations. He fought very bravely. In the third battle of Wancheng, he was the first to climb the city wall and captured the city.

Sun Jian's life was destined to be associated with war, and his promotion again was due to the rebellion in Liangzhou. In 186, Han Sui and other rebels invaded Guanzhong. The Eastern Han court hurriedly led Dong Zhuo and other 10 troops to attack. Zhang Wen recommended Sun Jian to the court to join the army.

This time Zhang Wen fought against the rebels in Liangzhou. He first won a big victory in Meiyang, and then because he didn't follow Dong Zhuo's strategy, he underestimated the enemy and advanced aggressively, resulting in a big defeat.Dong Zhuo was dissatisfied and disobeyed Zhang Wen. Sun Jian once persuaded Zhang Wen to execute Dong Zhuo with military law, but Zhang Wen refused.

Later, due to the internal division of the rebels in Liangzhou and the killing of each other—that is, when Han Sui was seeking to seize the position of the leader of the Iron Qiang League, and Ma Teng was secretly planning to split the family—there was a temporary inability to invade Xiliang, and the war on the western border eased. .Sun Jian was conscripted to pay homage to Yilang at the age of 31 because of his meritorious service in driving out bandits with Zhang Wen.

Yilang is only an official position that can be used for admonition and discussion in the court, without any real power, but this is the beginning of entering the court as an official.In fact, in the society at the end of the Han Dynasty, if a scholar or celebrity with a family background could easily be promoted locally as Xiaolian or Maocai, he could serve as a Langguan such as Yilang as soon as he became an official, and then delegated to the local government A county guard, governor and other officials of the frontier.

But for Sun Jian, there is no such a smooth path, and he can only rely on his own hard work to go up step by step.

His next promotion was still related to the war. A refugee rebellion broke out in Changsha, and the prefecture and county could not defend it. So Sun Jian was released as the prefect of Changsha and went to fight the rebellion, which is considered to have the foundation of his own career.

In 190, the Kwantung heroes raised troops to challenge Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian, who was far away in Changsha, also raised troops to respond. He led his soldiers from Changsha to fight and kill all the way to the north. Yuan Shu of Luyang, with the support of Yuan Shu, seized Yuzhou, which was controlled by the scholars, and then assembled soldiers and horses from Yuzhou to attack Dong Zhuo. After many battles, he finally defeated Luoyang and drove Dong Zhuo back to Guanzhong.

When he defeated Luoyang, Sun Jian also got the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.When Sun Jian was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, news came from behind that Yuan Shao sent a man named Zhou Yu to rob his Yuzhou. Sun Jian was furious, and returned to the army together with Yuan Shu to defeat Zhou Yu.

Jia Xu mentioned Sun Jian because at this time Sun Jian had already conquered Luoyang and gained world fame.At this time, he was fighting with Zhou Yu in full swing.It was only a few days ago that Sun Jian defeated Luoyang. This battle made Sun Jian's starting point much higher than that of Ma Chao, which made Ma Chao feel a little bit too big.

Later, in 192, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou, but was shot to death by Liu Biao's soldiers of Huang Zu.

The main experience of the warrior Sun Jian's life ends here.

Among them, there seems to be no intersection with the gentry, but it can be seen after careful analysis.Everything Sun Jian did was aimed at one goal: to gain fame and dominate the world!
Sun Jian is a brave warrior who is good at fighting, but he is different from the No.1 general Huang Fusong of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the No.2 general Zhu Jun.These two were deeply poisoned by the thought of loyalty to the emperor, and they dared not touch the great country, so in the end they had to be picked by the two hundred and five Dong Zhuo.However, in Sun Jian's eyes, there was no imperial court. When he killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, Wang Rui was the governor of Jingzhou appointed by the court, and he was his immediate superior; Killing Wang Rui is not justified.

However, Sun Jian will not be bound by those imperial court etiquette, whoever stands in his way to contend for world hegemony is his enemy and should be killed by him!
It is said that killing Wang Rui and Zhang Zi was a stain on Sun Jian's scholarhood, but because he was very smart, he performed outstandingly in the subsequent war against Dong, which made the scholars think that Sun Jian was a true gentleman who did not care about small things for the sake of righteousness. It was only then that he gained prestige and entered the eyes of the gentry.

The difference between Sun Jian and ordinary warriors is that he understands the importance of reputation and prestige, and he does not blindly use military force.In a prestige society like the Eastern Han Dynasty, it can be said that people without prestige can hardly move forward.Those warriors who lacked prestige were not quickly wiped out because they did not have the strong support of scholars.

As far as Ma Chao is concerned, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Lu Bu, Gongsun Zan, etc., are all he can name. In the eyes of these people, they only believe in force. It's just hypocrisy.As a result, it is like a flash of fireworks, no matter how much impact and turmoil it causes, it will soon disappear on the stage of history.

Sun Jian was different from them.After he killed Wang Rui, instead of separatist Jingzhou, he went north, in order to establish his reputation and prestige among the people who challenged Dong Zhuo.

Later, he killed Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, and occupied Nanyang.But he knew that although he had a strong armed force, it was difficult for him to win the support of scholars due to his lack of prestige, so he went to seek refuge with Yuan Shu and gave Yuan Shu the whole Nanyang County of Nuoda.

Yuan Shuzeng began to win over Sun Jian as soon as he arrived in Nanyang, and appointed him as the deputy general of Zhonglang.With the combination of the two, Yuan Shu received the military support of Sun Jian, and Sun Jian received the protection of Yuan Shu's reputation.Then Yuan Shu listed him as the governor of Yuzhou, so he could justifiably occupy Yuzhou and obtain a base.

As a result, Sun Jian initially entered the eyes of those gentry lords. Afterwards, he recklessly attacked Dong Zhuo, and completely gained the reputation and popularity he wanted.

Sun Jian first fought Dong Zhuo's army in Liangdong, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong. The defeat was very miserable, and Sun Jian escaped by luck.He was not discouraged, gathered his troops, marched again, defeated Hu Zhen and Lu Bu in Zaiyang, and killed Hua Xiong.Fearing Sun Jian's bravery, Dong Zhuo sent someone to woo him to marry him, but he sternly refused.Sun Jian marched into Dagu, the southern pass of Luoyang, and defeated the army led by Dong Zhuo himself. Then he marched into Luoyang, defeated Lu Bu who stayed behind in Luoyang, and recovered Luoyang.

The recovery of Luoyang brought Sun Jian's popularity to its peak.After he entered Luoyang, Pingsai Dong Zhuo dug the emperor's tomb and went to the emperor's ancestral temple of the Han Dynasty to offer sacrifices, which also shows his consideration of gaining fame.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, with Sun Jian's prestige and the powerful force in his hands, more importantly, he already had Yuzhou as his base at that time.If history has not put Sun Jian on the side, then Sun Jian can definitely do something.It is a pity that he died unexpectedly in the battle with Liu Biao, which made all his ambitions come to naught.

However, he left his son Sun Ce a valuable wealth. First, the reputation he built up through hard work made Sun Ce easier to be accepted by scholars; And a trilogy with extremely strong combat effectiveness, these became the foundation of Sun Ce's future career success.

From then on, Sun Ce continued to follow his father's path, gradually becoming a scholar from a warrior, and finally created a new way out of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.

At the same time, Liu Bei, who was born as another warrior, was also making arduous explorations. On the basis of relying on force for survival, he accepted the political philosophy of scholars and gained wide support from scholars, and finally he was a late bloomer.

It can be said that success is sometimes inevitable.The general direction is right, even if the road is rough, you can always see the light.But the general direction is wrong, even if it is brilliant, it is just a flash in the pan.

Ma Chao didn't want to be Dong Zhuo, nor did he want to be Lu Bu or Gongsun Zan. What he wanted to be was a hero who looked down on the world from the separatist side.Therefore, on this road, he does not allow himself to make any mistakes.

However, what he is wondering now is: a small allocation of wasteland has attracted the analysis of the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even the psychological change of the warrior Sun Jian... Isn't this association force too awesome?
(End of this chapter)