"Since successive battles have been successful, the banners of soldiers and horses are very prosperous." [Song Book·Preface]
Jiujiang, Fuling.
Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang, never expected that he would mistrust Sun Ce twice.
The first time was when he heard that Sun Ce had sent troops to Moling and placed Yuan Yin under house arrest. He sent Qin Song, Chen Duan and other scribes to interpret the matter as Yuan Yin's intention to independent Jiangdong, but Sun Ce captured it in time. In order to prove it,
This statement is correct. Qin Song and others also sent a large amount of property seized from Yuan Yin's house on Sun Ce's behalf, and flattered Liu Xun in every possible way. Liu Xun was so stupid that he quickly believed Sun Ce's words.
Liu Xun did not forget Yuan Shu's entrustment at that time. After figuring out the whole story of Danyang, he quickly ordered Sun Ce to cross the river, go north to Guangling, and take advantage of the opportunity to enter Xuzhou. Sun Ce kept claiming that he was acting on orders, but in fact, he suddenly diverted to Liyang halfway across the river.
Liyang was originally the front line arranged by Yuan Shu to guard against Jiangdong, but it collapsed due to the negligence of the general Liu Xun. Another mistrust was that Sun Ce sent people after the raid on Liyang, saying that he had already changed his mind, and Liu Xun was behind Yuan Shu
His subordinates are quite prestigious. If you can cooperate with him, you will be able to respond to a hundred calls and establish special abilities.
Qin Song, who was Sun Ce's mastermind and lobbyist for this trip, said this at the time: "The general is a native of Peiguo, Emperor Gao. The hero is far away from the east of the Yangtze River. Yuan Shu is incompetent and cannot be used to great effect. How can he die here now?"
? Why don’t you and my general surrender to the imperial court and work together anyway? If you think of the country’s generosity and fraternity, it will not be difficult to win the honor! The general will try to meet Cao Cao, the general of Zhendong. Yesterday he was a prince, today he is a Han official. How can the imperial court have any doubts about one of them?"
At this time, news came that Gan Ning, Huang Zu and others attacked Lujiang and captured Wan County. Wan County was Liu Xun's base camp. The loss of this place meant that his entire army was small and all their food, grass and supplies were exhausted.
Fall into enemy hands!
After Qin Song knew the news, he struck while the iron was hot: "Wan County has been lost. If the general still wants to serve Yuan Shu, he should quickly raise his troops and march westward to Shu County. But once this happens, my general will definitely pursue him in succession to prevent the general from having any trouble.
Take a leisurely rest. Yuan Shu is not dead, but the general is defeated first. If the general wants to submit to the imperial court at that time, it will be worse than now!"
Liu Xun agreed with Qin Song's statement. He had no talent, but he knew that the destiny was not in the Yuan family. Originally, after Yuan Shu's defeat in Xuzhou, he was already stretched to deal with Xu Huang's offensive, and Shouchun City was in danger. Now even Sun Ce
Sun Ce rebelled, and Jiangdong was also lost. Gan Ning, Huang Zu and other partial armies pressed forward step by step. Yuan Shu was attacked from both sides and had no room to move. Liu Xun originally thought that Yuan Shu could retreat to Jiangdong and fight with the imperial court no matter what happened.
They crossed the river to govern, and watched the war in Hebei from across the river. But now even this illusion has been shattered. If we don't fight now, when will we wait?
Liu Xun is the old man next to Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu was young, he followed him to lead eagles and herd dogs. After entering Huainan, he got the position of Lujiang prefect without any effort. Now he has more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians under his command.
, has strong troops, and can use his influence to recruit a group of Yuan Shu's generals, the court will not use him. What's more, he is also an old friend of Cao Cao. Cao Cao is now the Zhendong general in charge of Qingxu's military, and he is highly trusted.
I will get closer to Cao Cao in the future, and I will not worry about losing power.
His abacus was so good that he even immediately agreed to Qin Song's suggestion to raise the banner of rebellion and join forces with Sun Ce to attack Shouchun. He even gave up Fuling, an important town north of Liyang, for this purpose.
Who knew this was another scam.
After it was completely dark, Liu Xun retreated to a low ground with more than a thousand remaining soldiers. He rode a yellow-maned horse with a white mouth. The horse's neck was stained with black and red blood, and the horse's buttocks were stuck in Shanghai.
Arrows. Almost all of his followers on the left and right were killed or injured on the way to the rear, leaving only a group of his defeated troops fleeing westward like headless flies.
Taking advantage of the thin twilight, Liu Xun seemed to see a piece of dark grass in front of him, vaguely connected with the dark blue sky. He rode forward, but fell into the water with a splash.
"This is not a road, this is a river!"
"It's not a river! It's a lake!" someone exclaimed from the side.
The crowd was not restrained. After hundreds of people fell into the lake, the quiet lake suddenly became noisy and crowded. The lakeside was not deep, and everyone did not go too far. The water did not even reach the horse's belly, but many people rushed forward.
They squeezed together and disrupted the team that had finally formed an order.
Liu Xun's horse was already injured and was already exhausted from running wildly. Under the trampling in the water, the horse's hooves were deeply sunk in the mud and it was almost unsteady. Liu Xun quickly tightened the reins and drove the horse back to the shore, while ordering people on both sides.
I explored the road to see if I could bypass the lake. I tried to open my eyes wide and looked to the west. I saw that the boundary between the sky and the ground extended to both sides, and it seemed blurry and endless. The lake seemed a bit too big, Liu said.
Xun murmured in his heart, "It's not like an ordinary lake. Could it be that it's still a lake?"
"General, they are coming!" someone exclaimed.
Everyone was already frightened, and either dispersed in a hurry, or immediately knelt down in the cold water and begged for mercy. Liu Xun was wearing gorgeous armor, which was particularly conspicuous in the firelight of the pursuers. He was frightened and angry, thinking that he would be like this today.
Thanks to Sun Ce, he stared at the fire, regardless of the stinging and dizziness in his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Sun Ce! Sun Ce!"
"Can you shout General Sun's name?" A rough voice sounded in the darkness.
"Young man Sun Bofu!" Liu Xun knew that he would not be spared, so he mustered up his courage and cursed: "We made an agreement with me to raise troops together, so why did he plot against me? Despicable people will surely die.
Collect it!"
The rough voice sounded from another place, obviously moving to another place while Liu Xun was speaking: "The so-called war is never tired of deceit. You are Yuan Shu's loyal dog. You said you would surrender before you even lost. Who would believe you! If there is anyone,
Isn't it deception on our part? Although I am trying to make money from you, I don't know if you have that kind of intention."
"You, you..." Liu Xun was so angry at the other party's strong words that he pointed at the dark place and was furious.
But this time, there was no one in the dark place where the voice pointed. Instead, the rough and erratic voice suddenly sounded again from the dark place on the other side of his body: "Are you looking for your grandpa!"
A stout general suddenly jumped out of the darkness. He jumped suddenly and knocked Liu Xun off his horse with a knife.
Liu Xun's shoulders were split open, but his armor saved his last breath. He fell to the ground, and his lower body was immersed in the cold lake water. The biting cold lake water kept his thoughts awake at the last moment. He looked
Watching the big man come over like a bear, he used his last bit of strength to ask: "Why...what?"
Yes, why did Sun Ce refuse to join him anyway? It was clear that the two of them would join forces to end the war in Huainan more easily and quickly, but why did Sun Ce plot against him? He had to be put to death?
Although this big man didn't understand the reason, as an old soldier who followed Sun Ce to Jiangdong, he also understood to some extent the grievances between Liu Xun and Sun Ce in their early years: "Prefect of Lujiang? Do you think you deserve this position?"
Before Liu Xun died, he finally understood that Yuan Shu had encouraged Sun Ce to attack Lujiang in order to sap Sun Ce's energy and tarnish his reputation, and made a heavy promise to grant the governor of Lujiang to this young man in his early twenties. But in the end, Sun Ce was going through life and death.
, risking offending the former Lujiang Governor Lu Kang and other scholars, and risking the loss of troops and generals, he finally captured Lujiang, but Yuan Shu suddenly broke his promise and gave the Lujiang to Liu Xun, who was closer and more trusted.
Although the two of them didn't have much interaction, the relationship was formed inadvertently.
Liu Xun didn't expect that Sun Ce would hold this incident against him for so long. He was famous for his generosity and generosity in Jianghuai. Why did he do such a narrow-minded thing at the critical moment of the Huainan battle?
This was Liu Xun's last doubt before the sword light fell in front of him.
"Pandub, everything is packed!"
This big man lowered his body and cut off Liu Xun's head. He said proudly in a rough voice: "What did I say? Even though there are only a hundred of us, as long as the momentum is enough, these frightened birds can be frightened."
They're scared to death!"
This man was none other than Pan Zhang, who came from a humble background but had great ambitions. Although he was only a centurion, he had a unique vision and was very courageous. When Sun Ce's troops were afraid of the dark and did not dare to pursue him, he was the only one who refused to obey orders.
Returning to the camp, he led his men to break away from the team and pursue Liu Xun. Now his hard work paid off, and he indeed killed Liu Xun and won the first-class achievement. However, Pan Zhang was still not satisfied and ordered: "Go and strike a light."
Check to see if there is any property left behind. We are chasing him in a hurry. All the property in his camp has been stolen by others. This time we have to earn it all back!"
"Here!"
After Pan Zhang searched the lakeside for a while, he immediately rested for the night and rushed back to Fuling before dawn the next day. He happened to meet Sun Ce who was about to leave. Sun Ce thought they were deserters in yesterday's chaos, but he didn't expect that they were alone.
The warrior who pursued Liu Xun and returned with a victory. His favorite was such a wise and courageous character. He immediately praised Pan Zhang and ordered him to be a commander in another department and transferred to his account to serve him.
After wiping out the largest force here, Sun Ce did not dare to stay any longer, and immediately headed north to Hefei on Lu Fan's suggestion: "Gan Ning, Huang Zu and other armies have already marched into Juchao and Shu County, and will head north to Lu'an in the near future.
, Liao County, and Lujiang are already in their pockets, so why did the general lead his troops to join forces and take the lead?"
Sun Ce understood what Lu Fan meant. The most important thing at the moment was Shouchun. Anyway, he already had the great merit of surrender. As long as he gave up Lujiang to Gan Ning and then moved to Jiujiang, not only would he have military merit first, but Sun Ce would also have it second.
The capital to establish oneself.
"Bo Fu used a trick to kill Liu Xun today. If Cao Cao knows the details in the future... Bo Fu will have to be extremely careful." Lu Fan reminded him immediately.
"Cao Cao has many old friends. Since we have divided ourselves from enemies, why can't I kill him? Furthermore, Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong are all his old friends. Who has he spared?" Sun Ce sneered. In fact, he and Lu Fan both
Understand that Liu Xun was not plotted to die because he had offended Sun Ce in his early years, but for another more important reason: "Gong Jin has already taken care of this matter in his letter, and he will inevitably have to fight with them in the future. Now Huainan
In the midst of a war, how can we talk about peace?"
So Sun Ce did not need to report the matter to Gan Ning and other troops as a subordinate. He just passed on the news of Liu Xu's appointment, and then parted ways with Gan Ning and other troops in a tacit understanding, and each went north. As for what Gan Ning learned after arriving in Lu'an
Liao County and other places along the Huaihe River had already been defeated by Xu Huang. Apart from receiving the military strength that Liu Xun had hoarded in Anhui County, he did not get any actual military exploits. I wonder if he would be very angry.
In early November of the third year of Jian'an, Sun Ce's vanguard finally successfully captured Hefei. This city was the last important town in the south of Shouchun. Many generals under Yuan Shu's command, after temporarily repelling Xu Huang, moved their children south from Shouchun and resettled them.
In the city of Hefei, they thought they could escape Shouchun's war, but they didn't expect that the rear was captured by Sun Ce in one fell swoop.
On the day he conquered Hefei City, Sun Ce suddenly remembered something and quickly pulled Lu Fan over and whispered beside him: "I heard that there are many Yuan Jun's children in the city. You should go and find out quickly so as not to frighten them. Especially General Qiao Rui.
My family members, when I was entrusted to serve under Yuan Shu, Mr. Qiao was very kind to me, and I have to repay this kindness."
"Oh?" Lu Fan remembered this. At that time, not only Qiao Rui, but also Zhang Xun, the general under Yuan Shu, respected Sun Ce and treated him as his nephew. When talking about his family members, Lu Fan reminded him: "I heard that Mr. Qiao's family has
The two girls are both very charming, they can play, sing, dance, recite poems and compose poems, they are all good at everything. Bo Fu is not married yet, since she is the daughter of an old friend, why not form a good relationship between the two families?"
Sun Ce hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Wouldn't people say that I take advantage of others' danger?"
"How do they understand Bo Fu En's love for each other?" Lu Fan became more and more satisfied with the idea he casually said. He thought more deeply that this was not just a small matter of accepting beauties. He waved his hand and gave orders.
He led his troops to protect Yuan Shu's family and said earnestly: "Did Bo Fu forget Zhou Lang's words? This battle is already a great achievement, and it is not a great achievement to win the land of Lujiang, Jiujiang and other counties. Crossing the river and marching
Afterwards, the most important thing is to calm people's hearts. Now that Yuan Shu's defeat is imminent, the people under his command are panicked. Even Liu Xun wants to surrender, let alone others? At this time, most of Yuan Shu's family members are in the city, and it is Bo.
The talisman calms people's hearts, and it's a good time to collect the remaining troops."
Zhou Yu had long-term plans and wrote a letter after persuading Sun Ce to surrender. The letter only asked him to do two things. One was to try to kill Liu Xun and prevent him from surrendering anyway and compete with Sun Ce for the limelight; the other was to
Relying on his experience and connections from serving under Yuan Shu, he quickly took over the political legacy left by Yuan Shu after his death. These two things were the most important, so much so that Sun Ce had to give up the opportunity to attack Shouchun City and capture Yuan Shu.
Give it to Xu Huang.
Sun Ce was already moved, and after seeing the extraordinary beauty of Qiao Shi's two girls, he was even more amazed: "I never expected that Mr. Qiao would have such stunning beauties! It's really wonderful, they happen to be sisters, and Gong Jin and I
We regard them as brothers and sisters, and I and I each get one, which is a good story!".
Lu Fan was on the spot and felt something was wrong, but he also felt that Zhou Yu was about to become famous in the future, so using this method to win over him would be a clever move. As for the possible trouble, he also kindly mentioned it to Sun Ce: "Zhou Lang has already
He is the princess's son-in-law, but I don't know what the princess's temper is now. It is better to send him to Zhou Lang as a maid. Whether he is a concubine or not depends on how Zhou Lang handles himself."
Sun Ce waved his hands happily. He had won consecutive battles and was so stunningly beautiful. He was so proud of his ambition. How could he listen to Lu Fan's words?