The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 132 The Rise of Jiangdong
When Yuan Shu defeated Liu Biao, the world focused, because if Yuan Shu won, he would become the prince with the most territory in the world after taking Jingzhou.

The heroes who followed this war did not expect Yuan Shu to be defeated so quickly and terribly under such a good situation. The [-] army not only lost its commander Sun Jian, but also lost nearly half of it.

However, compared with the casualties of soldiers, the loss of Yuan Shu's strength after losing Sun Jian is incalculable.

"What! Sun Wentai died in battle?!"

Yuan Shu, who had held a banquet in advance to celebrate in the mansion for the past few days, was so startled that his mouth was open and his face was red. It was not until the person who came to report the military situation repeated several times that he was sure that his ears heard correctly.

Yuan Shu, who swung back to the left and right, sat down in a daze, his face was pale.

In summer and autumn, he felt the endless cold from the bottom of his heart.

Yuan Shu has countless shortcomings, but he understands that without Sun Jian, he would be more than a broken arm!
At least half of the reason why he is strong now is due to Sun Jian.

Without Sun Jian, how will he dominate the world in the future?

Compared with the other princes gloating after receiving the news, Guo Jia just sighed slightly when he got the news that Sun Jian died in battle and Yuan Shu's army was defeated in Yizhou. He cooperated with Yuan Shu hypocritically, but he didn't want to send troops to Jingzhou. It was Yuan Shu's defeat of Liu Biao, who had never been righteous. In addition, Yizhou was now in the stage of recuperation. Guo Jia could not change the order and use troops hastily. When the ruler of success was alive, there was really no one who could get cheap in Jingzhou.

For these three reasons, Guo Jia never thought of using troops against Jingzhou from the very beginning, but he was able to earn free food and grass from Yuan Shu, which was already a windfall.

However, he treated Yuan Shu's envoy with courtesy before, after this battle, Guo Jia will draw a clear line with Yuan Shu, because Yuan Shu's attack on Liu Biao has become a fact, and will be despised by the world. Strategy.

As for Guo Jia, since he knew that Yuan Shu would be defeated, he still kept in touch with Yuan Shu's envoys. The reason was very simple. He received Yuan Shu's envoys at that time because he was not in a position of opposition to the princes of the world. After Yuan Shu defeated Liu Biao, Yuan Shu lost his righteousness. He was also in complete opposition to the positions of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. Guo Jia did not send troops to assist Yuan Shu, so that although he did not favor Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in terms of position, he at least did not join forces with Yuan Shu.

People in the world will see that Guo Jia was recognized by the princes, but they will also see that Guo Jia did not continue to harm the Han clan, which will gradually make Guo Jia's attitude and position clear.

Sun Ce, who exchanged Huang Zu for his father's body, did not return to Yuan Shu's tent. He wanted to take Sun Jian's body back to his hometown first to stabilize his family. Sun Jian had the title of Marquis of Wucheng. Although he had no administrative power in Wucheng County, he did The county's economic power, clothing, food, rent and taxes are enough to allow the Sun family to have a considerable family business, so that they will not be poor.

After crossing the river and returning to the east, at dusk the sun set, and a flat boat docked in Lujiang County. Sun Ce had already put Sun Jian's body in a high-quality coffin, hired people to transport it in a horse-drawn carriage, and brought it back to his hometown.

As soon as he landed in Lujiang County, Sun Ce met his best friend.

As if he had foreseen that Sun Ce would pass by here, the handsome young man walked slowly under Sun Ce's surprised eyes. It is convenient for Yu to travel far away, and the crown ceremony has been performed for me at the beginning of the year at home, and I have taken the name, Gongjin."

"Why is Gong Jin here?" Sun Ce had mixed feelings. He was an upright man, but his father's sudden death made him lose the support to shelter him from the wind and rain. Outsiders saw him as still strong, but his heart was helpless, and no one knew about it. And the young man in front of him, Zhou Yu, is his good friend for many years, only in front of him, maybe he will let go of his guard.

The young Zhou Yu's expression changed, and he said solemnly: "I heard that my brother's father... I expected that my brother must return to his hometown first to take care of Wu Chenghou's funeral, so I have been waiting here for several days."

Sun Ce showed a look of sadness, but quickly covered it up, forced a smile and said, "Gong Jin is a god, my trip is to return to my homeland so that my father can rest in peace."

Knowing the pain of his righteous brother's loss of his father, Zhou Yu forced himself to smile at the moment, and Zhou Yu didn't say much. He believed that Sun Ce would cheer up.

It was getting late, and the two people staying in the nearby county town returned to the room after dinner, and fell asleep together. In the middle of the night, the two of them in the dark were sleepless. Sun Ce's eyes were dull, and he was no longer immersed In the midst of grief, I just fell into the confusion of the future.

As the eldest son, Sun Ce has to shoulder the entire Sun family, which is a heavy burden, but he will not back down, just, where do we go?
"Bo Fu, what are your plans for the future?" Zhou Yu, who was also not asleep, asked Sun Ce softly with his back turned.

Sun Ce sighed in the dark, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"There are only two paths in front of you, to survive in the world or to stand on your own and rule the roost."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce said bitterly, "I have nothing, so if I want to stand on my own and rule the roost, how easy is it?"

The generals under Sun Jian's command are now Yuan Shu's subordinates in name, and Sun Ce really has nothing. Now he finally understands the hardships of his father living under the fence.

How similar he is now to Sun Jian when he left Jingzhou. In order to protect himself, Sun Jian chose to live under Yuan Shu's tent, but now, is Sun Ce going to follow his father's old path?
Zhou Yu, who got up from the bed, put on a long robe, and invited Sun Ce to get up together, and talked at night while holding candles.

Under the hazy candlelight, Zhou Yu looked serious, and said to Sun Ce who was in a daze: "I want to ask my brother, how big is your heart? Are you an unstoppable general in the army, or a minister with power? Or, aspire to be the monarch of the world!"

Sun Ce was dumbfounded, he had never considered this question, but he was full of bitterness in Yuan Shu's tent with his father, and in fact he didn't want to beat others, so, no doubt, after Zhou Yu's blunt questioning, he suddenly realized It turns out that he, Sun Ce, not only wants to be the champion of the three armies, but also wants to be an unyielding monarch!
However, Sun Ce has the heart, but he may not have the capital. He said bitterly, "Gong Jin, even if I want to become the overlord, I have no foundation. How can it be easy to become the overlord?"

Zhou Yu did not change his countenance, and still said solemnly: "I will tell you my brother, if you don't have the heart of a hero, I will only regard you as a brother of flesh and blood for the rest of my life, but as long as you want to achieve dominance, Yu is willing to assist your brother for the rest of your life." , Regardless of success or failure, I will never regret it. Now, I want to hear my brother tell me personally, do you have the ambition to become the world's top?"

Sun Ce became famous at a young age, and his reputation spread far and wide. Zhou Yu had admired it for a long time when he was young. Later, by chance, he met each other and became brothers and confidants. Zhou Yu wanted to assist Sun Ce to achieve hegemony, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, Sun Ce is really ambitious and worthy of him. serve.

With a serious expression on his face, Sun Ce said without hesitation: "With Gongjin's help, why worry about not succeeding? Gongjin, do you have a clever plan to make me rise in troubled times?"

Zhou Yu stood up and paced back and forth with a solemn expression, suddenly stopped and asked Sun Ce, "Does Bo Fu know the Danyang soldiers?"

How could Sun Ce, who was fighting in the South and North, not know Danyang soldiers, so he immediately said: "Danyang is dangerous, and the people are strong and vigorous. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, General He Jin recruited troops in Danyang several times. Later, Tao Gongzu entered Xuzhou. They are also Danyang soldiers, Danyang heroes, rare in the world."

Zhou Yu nodded, and continued to ask: "Does that Bofu know who the current Danyang prefect is?"

Sun Ce followed his father under Yuan Shu's tent, and spent every day running the army, training soldiers, or going out to fight. He didn't care about politics, and shook his head blankly when he heard this.

Zhou Yu walked up to Sun Ce and knelt down, and said word for word, "It's Bo Fu's uncle, Wu Jing."

Sun Ce was shocked, he didn't expect his uncle to be the prefect of Danyang.

This was actually Yuan Shu's way to win over Sun Jian. He appointed the elder brother of Sun Jian's wife Mrs. Wu as the prefect of Danyang County in Yangzhou. In all fairness, Yuan Shu did treat Sun Jian very well.

His silent heart suddenly came alive, and Sun Ce knew what this meant. If his uncle supported him, he would be able to secretly recruit soldiers in Danyang. Having an army and a long-term source of soldiers is the capital for his rise.

Zhou Yu stared at Sun Ce and said earnestly, "Bo Fu, you have to persuade the prefect Wu to recruit troops for you, and then you have to return to Yuan Shu's tent to make your father's old troops loyal to you. With these two forces, you can escape from the army." Yuan Shu, now there are heroes all over the world, but Yangzhou is called Yuan Shu, but it is actually a land without an owner. When you are strong enough, rise up Jiangdong!"

Sun Ce woke up like a dream. Under the faint light, Zhou Yu's handsome face was full of confidence in him. Sun Ce was deeply encouraged and nodded emphatically.

Thinking of something, Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Bo Fu, there is something I want to tell you frankly. It is rumored that the Imperial Seal of the State is in the hands of your Sun family. Is this true?"

Facing Zhou Yu, Sun Ce had no reservations, and said frankly: "It is true. After my father got the jade seal in Luoyang, he ordered someone to send it to my home secretly, and my mother kept it."

After Zhou Yu got the exact answer, he thought for a while and said, "Bo Fu, you are weak in the early stage, so you can't turn against Yuan Shu, but you go back and join his account. In order to eliminate his worries, you can move your family to Yuan Shu. Right now, Yuan Shu is going to take a risky move to let Yuan Shu know that Yuxi is with your mother."

Sun Ce was startled, and hurriedly asked: "So, Yuan Shu will definitely ask for the jade seal. If he doesn't give it, he may be killed."

Zhou Yu waved his hand, and said firmly: "No! If he wants it, give it to him! The jade seal is harmful but not beneficial in your hands. Just relying on the jade seal to command the world is like an idiot's dream. If you really dare to possess the jade seal, firstly, the princes will not tolerate it, and the emperor will be dissatisfied. Secondly, if he really dares to call himself king and emperor, it will be the best excuse for you to turn against him, and people in the world will not think you are ungrateful and betrayal of the Lord."

Sun Ce figured out the key point and took it for granted.

After all, Yuan Shu treated the Sun family well, if Sun Ce defected for no reason, he would be despised by the world, which would not only damage his prestige, but also prevent him from recruiting heroes for his own use.

This night, Sun Ce had a direction, a route for hegemony, and a strategy for becoming a hegemony.

There are countless heroes in the world, but there are only a handful of people who really know how to rise in troubled times.

(End of this chapter)