The last three kingdoms

Chapter 180 Wu Lord Sun Xiu
In February, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is the most pleasant. The mountains and plains are in full bloom, colorful, and the mountains and rivers are picturesque.

At this moment, Sun Xiu, the emperor of Wu, was standing on the fifth deck of the "Feiyun" building, leaning on the railing, overlooking the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River, and Sun Xiu couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion and sighing.

As the third emperor of Wu, Sun Xiu had just ascended the throne for six years. As the sixth son of Sun Quan, it is reasonable to say that it was not his turn to be emperor. At that time, the great emperor Sun Quan named him King Langya. Without that gust of wind, perhaps Sun Xiu was doomed to be a well-clothed prince in his life.

It cannot but be said how much influence the long-lived Sun Quan had on the state of Wu. Sun Quan stayed in the position of emperor for 24 years. For half a century, Sun Quan has been firmly in control of the overall situation in Jiangdong, and has never been shaken. The Battle of Chibi, Hefei, Jingzhou, and Yiling, no matter how the situation changes, Sun Quan cannot be shaken. As the overlord of Jiangdong.Cao Cao once said with emotion before his death that having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou!

During Sun Quan's 53 years in power, the national power was at its peak, the government was smooth and the people were harmonious, the golden city was Tangchi, the tiger was far away from the dragon, and Wu Guoxiong was halfway from the south of the Yangtze River.

However, no matter how luxuriant the tree is, there will be a moment of overturning. Without the blessing of the great emperor Sun Quan, the land of Jiangdong immediately fell into a precarious situation. , The bloody storm not only caused the successor emperor Sun Liang to lose his life, but also caused the national power of Wu to decline sharply.

On the cusp of this storm, Sun Xiu, the king of Langya, was pushed to the political front by the powerful minister Sun Wei and became the third emperor of Wu.Sun Chen took the post of prime minister himself, with all the power in the world, he didn't take Sun Xiu seriously at all, and regarded him as a puppet.

But how can the tiger father have a dog son? No matter how you say it, Sun Xiu is also the son of Sun Quan. The kingly spirit in his bones makes him unwilling to be a Han emperor. He was extremely respectful, but secretly cultivated his own strength, reused Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing, and plotted to get rid of Sun Chen.

Sun Chen has a family of five lords, and he has all the power in the government. Seeing Sun Xiu's obedience and obedience, he became more arrogant and domineering, monopolizing the country and killing ministers.Sun Xiu couldn't bear it anymore, and conspired with Zhang Bu and Ding Feng to get rid of Sun Chen on the day of La Festival.On the day of the La Festival banquet, Sun Chen refused to attend on the grounds of feeling unwell because he had heard some rumors before.Sun Xiu sent more than ten envoys to invite him to the banquet, but Sun Chen had no choice but to go.Before leaving, Sun Chen made an agreement with his family that during the banquet, the family could set fire to the house, and he used this excuse to wait for the opportunity to return.Later, when Sun Chen saw that the house was on fire, he asked Sun Xiu to return, but Sun Xiu refused.Sun Chen was about to forcibly leave the table, but Ding Feng and Zhang Bu motioned to the left and right to tie up Sun Chen.Sun Chen had just woken up, so he knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "I am willing to be exiled to Jiaozhou to atone for my sins." Sun Xiu showed his iron side at this moment, and sneered: "Why didn't Qing exile Teng Yin and Lu Ju at the beginning, but punished them?" kill?"

Sun Xiu had endured it for a long time, and gathered his momentum, how could he give the enemy any chance to stand up, so Sun Chen was beheaded, and the three tribes were wiped out. His younger brothers Sun Ju, Sun En, Sun Kai, and Sun Qianjin were all executed. None of the more than [-] members of Sun Chen's family was spared, but the [-] followers of Sun Chen were pardoned by Sun Xiu.Sun Xiu resolved the crisis of the Soochow regime vigorously and resolutely with iron, blood and gentle means, thereby consolidating his throne.

As an aspiring emperor, after Sun Xiu came to power, he reformed and eliminated evils, promulgated good systems, and established education. After the death of the great emperor Sun Quan, Zhuge Ke, Sun Jun, and Sun Chen, the powerful ministers, made the political arena of Wu state into a mess. ZTE appeared in the political arena of Wu State.

At the same time as making drastic reforms in internal affairs, Sun Quan is also eager to make a breakthrough in the military. The current territory of Wu State has to be traced back to the time when Lu Meng was the governor. Back then, Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes and attacked Jingzhou. Guan Yu's head, and took back Jingzhou, which Liu Bei had relied on for more than ten years, and expanded the territory of Soochow from Jiangdong to Jingxiang for the first time.

But it was only the first time and the last time, in the battle of Yiling, both Wu and Shu realized that their real opponent was Cao Wei, and finally sat down at the negotiating table and re-concluded the covenant, and the border between Wu and Shu was stabilized .In the following decades, just like Zhuge Liang’s unwavering Northern Expedition, Soochow also tried to seek the living space north of the Yangtze River. Just like Zhuge Liang’s love for Longxi, Sun Quan also persevered in Hefei. Aiming at Hefei, but the result is also surprisingly similar, five conquests, but did not gain an inch of land, Soochow's power has been suppressed in the Yangtze River area.

Therefore, Sun Xiu was eager to inherit his father's career and expand the territory. After the Wei State aggressively attacked Shu in August last year, Sun Xiu thought that his long-awaited opportunity had finally come, so he ordered General Ding Feng to cross the river north and prepare to attack Shou In the spring, Lu Kang, the general of the town army and governor of Xiling, sent troops to Jingzhou to spy on Xiangyang.

But Sima Zhao was very scheming, so how could Dong Wu be allowed to take advantage of it? He deployed heavy troops in Huainan, Xiangyang, to guard against death. Ding Feng and Lu Kang led the troops here.

But Sun Xiu refused to give up. The battle between Wei and Shu fell into a stalemate. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wu, so Sun Xiu led the navy from Jianye to Wuchang regardless of his health, and personally supervised the battle.

Wuchang is the land of Longxing in Eastern Wu. In the first year of Huanglong, Sun Quan was enthroned here. After he moved to the world and moved his capital to Jianye, Wuchang has always existed as an accompanying capital and became the state seat of Jingzhou.

The strategic position of Jingzhou is extremely important, strangling the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and sharing the danger of sharing the Yangtze River with Jiangdong. The Sun family of Jiangdong has always coveted Jingzhou for a long time, and their dream is to get Jingzhou. After seizing Jingzhou, Jiangdong won decades of long-term peace and stability.

Those who make big things don't stick to the small details.

Sun Quan's excellent strategic vision is what Sun Xiu has always looked up to. He aspires to become a generation of overlords like his father, and truly look down on the world. His ambition has never been extinguished in Sun Xiu's heart.

Staring at the vast land on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Sun Xiu fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty, Wuchang City has arrived." The servant of the Huangmen carefully reported to Sun Xiu from behind.

(End of this chapter)