Since Sun Jian returned to Changsha, he has not appeared in front of the officials in the county.
He announced to the public that he was seriously ill and could not see anyone.
Sun Jian handed over the administrative affairs of the county to his brother-in-law Wu Jing, and handed over the affairs of the general to Huang Gai from Lingling. He himself hid in his mansion as a guest.
It was not until his capable generals Zhu Zhi, his descendant Ben, and his descendant Sun He came back with their troops that Sun Jian made an exception.
At that time, the southern part of Jingzhou was not peaceful. After the bandit Qu Xing was defeated by Sun Jian, at the beginning of this year, the bandits Zhou Chao, Su Ma, Guo Shi and others who were vassals of Qu Xing revolted one after another, causing harm to Changsha, Lingling, Guizhou
Yang Zhuxian, but in Sun Jian's opinion, these scabies and leprosy diseases did not require him to go out personally to fight.
So he handed over the authority to conquer them to Zhu Zhi, and asked his two nephews to accompany him. They would use this battle to hone their military skills.
In terms of fighting, the Sun family has a hereditary tradition. In each generation, there are a few people who are particularly good at fighting and are particularly good at using soldiers.
Sun Bi and Sun He gradually began to show their extraordinary talents in this area.
In this battle, both Sun Bi and Sun He fought bravely to kill the enemy, taking the lead and beheading many people. Sun He even personally beheaded the leader of the thieves, Zhou Dynasty.
I originally returned home full of joy, but unexpectedly I heard the news that Sun Jian was seriously ill, and everyone panicked.
When they arrived in Changsha, Zhu Zhi led two Sun family members to visit Sun Jian immediately.
But never would I have thought that when I arrived at Sun Jian's residence, I saw Sun Jian dressed in fine clothes, holding an ancient ingot knife and moving around practicing martial arts in the courtyard.
When the three of them saw this, they were all stunned.
Sun Jian's face was rosy, he was sweating profusely, and he looked full of energy. How could he seem to be seriously ill?
As if he felt someone entering the yard, Sun Jian turned around, jumped to the knife stand, stretched out his hand to take the scabbard in his hand, and then put the ancient ingot knife into the sheath smoothly.
He waved his hand and threw the ancient ingot knife to the side, and an attendant immediately stepped forward to catch it.
Sun Jian smiled and glanced back and forth at the three people who returned from the expedition before him, and said: "I have read your battle list. You have made outstanding achievements and lived up to my high expectations!"
Sun Ben stepped forward, looked at Sun Jian carefully for a while, and then said: "Uncle, aren't you sick? How could you..."
Sun Jian laughed heartily. He reached out and took the handkerchief and handed it to him. He wiped his sweat and said, "Come on, let's talk in the room!"
Afterwards, several people entered the hall, and Sun Jian drank a large pot of water, then ordered his cronies to bring Yuan Shu's letters and let Zhu Zhi, Sun Bi, Sun He and others pass them on to read.
Yuan Shu's letter did not specifically state the incident, but only asked Sun Jian to withdraw his troops. However, he pointed out from the side that Yuan Shao had selfish motives in gathering all the pastoral guards to attack Dong.
After the three people had circulated it, Sun Jian looked at them and said, "What do you think of Yuan Gongdao's letter?"
Sun Ben said: "My uncle and Yuan Jiujiu met after being introduced by Liu Jian during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. They have been in constant contact over the years. Yuan Jiujiu did play some role in my uncle's official career, but my uncle was not
The disciples of the Yuan family are old officials, and the Mu Shou's challenge to Dong is also for state affairs. Whether my uncle can challenge Dong or not, what does it have to do with Yuan Shu? Why does my uncle have to listen to him!?"
Sun Jian laughed and did not answer him, but turned to look at Sun He.
"Bo Hai, do you know why I listened to Yuan Shu and withdrew my troops back to Changsha?"
Sun He was calmer than Sun Ben. He said: "The Yuan family is famous all over the world, but now among the Yuan family, the only person who is close to my uncle is Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shao is now famous, he does not know his uncle after all.
, offending Yuan Shu for Yuan Shao is really not in line with my uncle’s immediate interests."
"Well said."
Sun Jian said with satisfaction: "However, I still didn't get to the point."
Then, Sun Jian looked at Zhu Zhi: "Let's listen to your seniors' thoughts!"
Zhu Zhidao said: "The reason why the prince retreated is probably because of two things. First, Yuan Shu is also a man who loves fame and fortune. Now the princes are challenging Dong. It is the time when his Yuan family has gathered famous people and established its prestige. At this time, Yuan Shu
Instead of taking the initiative to rush forward, he withdrew from the challenge to Dong... In my opinion, he must have some leverage against Yuan Shao! Before the matter became clear, it was the right thing for the prince to claim illness and return to Jingzhou.
Sun Jian nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Sun He and Sun Ben and said, "Did you hear that? This is a prudent statement."
Sun Bi and Sun He hurriedly said to Zhu Zhi: "Teach me!"
Sun Jian added: "In addition, there is another reason. Although I was appointed to Changsha, my family members are all in Lujiang. I have crossed paths with Yuan Gongdao several times. I deeply feel that although this person comes from a famous family, he is a intolerant person.
, he is now the shepherd of Beiyangzhou, and Lujiang is also under his command. If we make him unhappy, I am afraid that he will be detrimental to the people in our clan!"
Sun Ben hurriedly said: "In that case, why not quickly bring my mother, A Ce, A Quan and the others to Changsha?"
Sun Jian sighed: "It's not that I don't want to bring them here, but according to the current situation, I haven't thought about my way out yet. If I take my wife and Ce'er to Changsha at this time, we won't be here anymore if we turn around."
, do you want your female family members and young children to be tossed around with me?"
Sun Ben said: "Now the pastoral guards in various places in Guandong are in conflict with Dong Zhuo, and the world is in chaos. The pastoral guards everywhere have the desire to separate themselves and establish themselves. The Han family is about to be in chaos. My uncle is based in Changsha and sits in Jingnan to observe the current situation in the world!"
Sun Jian sighed and said nothing.
Zhu Zhi understood Sun Jian, and he understood Sun Jian's true inner thoughts.
"Fu Jun still wants to return to Yangzhou for development, right?"
Sun Jian nodded and said: "I am from Wu County. If possible, I still want to return to Wu County. After all, people are cheap when they leave their hometown..."
Zhu Zhi sighed: "No matter what the Han Dynasty will become in the end, at least for now, the Han Dynasty is still under the Liu family, and the three mutual laws system is still there. It will be difficult to return to Wu County in the name of orthodoxy! According to
It seems to me, now that the rebellion in Ou Xing has been put down, and Fujun has established a foothold in Changsha, why do we have to go back to Yangzhou?"
"Although Fu Jun has an official status of two thousand stones, he is not from a high family in terms of background. If he stays in Jingnan now, he will have to rely on Yuan Shao. If he wants to return to Yangzhou, it is still unclear whether he can establish himself in Wu County.
Okay, but you have to rely on Yuan Shu, it depends on your choice!"
"Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu..."
Sun Jian muttered slowly twice: "Well, right now, the princes of Guandong are fighting with Dong Zhuo. Should they stay in Jingzhou and follow Yuan Shao, or return to Yangzhou and follow Yuan Shu? It's not too late to make a final decision after seeing the situation!"
"Here!"
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At the same time, in Luoyang, Yuan Ji and Yuan Wei, as well as the Yuan family members who stayed in Luoyang, were all imprisoned by Dong Zhuo.
After hearing that a group of herdsmen had formed an alliance with the Suanzao Alliance, they raised their own troops to attack Luoyang. Dong Zhuo was furious.
He first killed Zhou Ao and Wu Qiong, who had admonished him and devolved a group of party officials into feudal officials, to vent his anger.
On May 30th of the third year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo sent an envoy headed by Han Rong to various pastoral garrison offices in Guandong in an attempt to win over and divide the Kwantung Allied Forces, but the effect was ineffective.
At the same time, the coalition forces were divided into three groups to threaten Luoyang.
Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang, Zhu Jun and others stationed troops in Sanhe.
Cao Cao, who had recruited generals in Danyang, joined forces with Bao Xin, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others to try to occupy Chenggao County.
On the Jing and Henan fronts, Yuan Shao and Kong Min also organized soldiers and generals to attack Liang County, but they did not have the right people to lead the troops.
After Yuan Shao arrived in Jingzhou, he organized a group of prominent figures in Jingzhou to support his army. Many of these people were outstanding military talents, but their reputations were still somewhat lacking.
Originally, according to Yuan Shao's idea, the famous Sun Jian was used as the vanguard of the Jing and Yu armies to boost the morale of the three armies, but he never thought that Sun Jian and Yuan Shu would suddenly treat the illness together, which made Yuan Shao feel a little depressed.
In desperation, Yuan Shao could only use talented people as the vanguard among the wise men in Jingzhou to open up the situation.
One characteristic of Yuan Shao is that when he targets people, he usually looks at their family background first. Of course, this does not mean that Yuan Shao will only pay attention to people with particularly noble births. Yuan Shao will also use people who are capable but not high-status, but he will first look at people from prominent families. Selecting outstanding people among them is one of his characteristics.
Therefore, he selected the person in Jingzhou who could take the lead for him. He was Huang Zu, the father-in-law of the Jiangxia lineage among the local Huang family!
As a large family in Jiangxia, the Huang family is also adjacent to the Yuan family in Yuzhou. The Huang family and the Yuan family have had a lot of exchanges of interests with each other over the years, so Yuan Shao was very relieved to appoint Huang Zu as the pioneer.
After the news was sent back to Luoyang, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered his troops to be divided into three groups to fight against the Allied forces.
Zhu Jun was a famous general in the world and could not be taken lightly. Dong Zhuo decided to personally deal with the coalition forces in the north.
As for the jujube coalition, Dong Zhuo chose Hu Zhen and Lu Bu to lead his troops to fight.
As for the southern coalition, it was the most powerful in history, with Sun Jian as the main fighting force and Dong Zhuo's most formidable opponent.
But now, the enemy in the south has been replaced by Huang Zu from Sun Jian.
Huang Zu's opponent this time was Hua Xiong, the general of the Xiliang Army!