Chapter 267 Gongsun Yuan, Sun Quan who has a soft spot for Liaodong
Not far from the northern coastline reflected by a bright moon, the fleet of Quan Cong's army was chopping the waves day and night towards Gao Xunli, Liaodong...
Quan Cong studied Liaodong and Gao Xunli's map for a while. He raised his head and looked at the sky outside the house, only to realize that it was already midnight.
The seabirds that could be seen flying low near the boat during the day on the sea have disappeared. They must have gone to the nearby islands to rest.
But the tide in the sea is still tireless, rising and falling day and night, but the building and boat are still stable, and even writing a word on the bamboo slip will not deform. Quan Cong put down the bamboo slip in his hand, got up and went out to look at the sea.
the beautiful moonlight above,
Quan Cong looked at the moon in the sky and the reflection of the moon in the sea and sighed: "Oh, what a pity, Zhou He and Pei Qian, the two generals, if they were still here and hadn't been trapped by the Wei Gou envoy sent by Tian Guo,
Then I can also have two generals who are familiar with the terrain of Liaodong to lead the way. Just like Zhuge Ke did when he went to Chanzhou (Hainan Island), Nie You and Lu Kai, two generals who are familiar with Liaodong, can help. It is a pity. I hope
Let’s not fail in Liaodong this time like we did a few times before.”
Sun Quan's previous military campaigns in Liaodong more or less caused the Soochow regime to suffer some losses and pay a price, just as he also suffered losses when he visited Yizhou and Guzhou. However, it had a profound impact on the times.
development still has positive significance.
First, it opened up maritime traffic from Jiangzuo to Liaodong.
Before Sun Wu, the routes along the northern coast had been opened in sections. During the pre-Qin, Qin and Han dynasties, the waterway from the Shandong Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula, and the waterway from the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the Shandong Peninsula were successively opened.
However, since the economy and culture of the Jiangzuo area during the Eastern Han Dynasty was still relatively backward and a strong political center and metropolis had not yet been formed, the traffic on this waterway was not frequent, and there was no direct waterway from Jiangzuo to the Liaodong Peninsula.
After Sun Wu established Jiangzuo, it became the political center of one of the three-thirds of the world. The economy and culture also developed rapidly, forming a metropolis represented by Jianye. Therefore, there was a need to further open up northern navigation transportation.
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Sun Quan frequently sent envoys to Liaodong, which opened a direct route between Jiangzuo and Liaodong areas.
Sun Quan made four major missions to the Liaodong region.
Gongsun Yuan, the fourth monarch of Liaodong, once said in the above report to Cao Wei: "My father Kang, in the past, killed powerful envoys, all of which were gaps."
It can be seen that Sun Quan had tested Liaodong as early as when Gongsun Kang was in power. However, in order to show his goodwill, Gongsun Kang killed the envoys of Soochow and asked Cao Wei for credit. Later Gongsun Kang died of illness and his younger brother Gongsun Gong took over the post of governor.
Because of his weak health and the same policies as before, Soochow could not get much benefit, so he supported the ambitious Gongsun Yuan to come to power. Gongsun Yuan imprisoned his uncle Gongsun Gong and replaced him. After coming to power, he became friendly with Soochow.
Soochow supported Gongsun Yuan because of its own interests. It hoped that Gongsun Yuan could contain some of Cao Wei's forces in Liaodong as much as possible. Cao Wei did not want to see the two parties form an alliance.
So in March of the first year of Wu Jiahe (232), Sun Quan sent Zhou He and Pei Qian as envoys to Liaodong, but they were intercepted and killed by Wei general Tian Yu. The fleet suffered heavy losses and Zhou He was killed.
Although the goal was not achieved, Gongsun Yuan later sent Su Shu and Sun Zong to return a visit. Sun Quan was still very happy and promoted Gongsun Yuan to a noble position. It can be said that even if you abuse me thousands of times, I will still treat you like my first love and my first heart.
Don’t change it.
At this time, Wei, Wu, and Liao formed a subtle triangular relationship. Although Gongsun Yuan was close to Sun Wu, he had no choice but to border with Wei. This was a huge threat hanging in his throat, so Gongsun Yuan's attitude was actually quietly changing.
In March of the following year, when Sun Quan once again wanted to send an envoy to Liaodong, he encountered fierce opposition from a group of important ministers headed by Zhang Zhao. According to records:
"The ministers in the court, from Prime Minister Yong to the following, all remonstrated, thinking that Yuan was not trustworthy and treated him too generously. However, he could send hundreds of officials and soldiers to escort Shu, but Quan never listened."
But Sun Quan acted very tough and even pulled out the sword to express that I had made up my mind and wanted to go. He was haunted by Gongsun Yuan who was far away in Liaodong, even though he broke his heart several times.
He was also unwilling to give up sending envoys to Liaodong.
This time, Sun Quan's fleet was extremely large, with more than ten thousand people, and the flags covered the sun. They were loaded with gold and silver treasures, and they carried nine tins to reward Gongsun Yuan.
But just as Zhang Zhao expected, Gongsun Yuan changed his mind and wielded a butcher's knife against the Soochow delegation. The Wu army was almost wiped out and countless treasures were lost.
However, a few surviving envoys fled to Goguryeo, unexpectedly opening the door to establish contact with the Korean Peninsula.
Gongsun Yuan then sent the envoy's head to Luoyang and presented it to Cao Wei, claiming that he had made a great contribution.
The envoys of Soochow had a bad fate. They were killed three times out of four times, which made Sun Quan very angry and completely broke his heart.
Gongsun Yuan's move was because he neither wanted to offend Cao Wei nor fully trust Soochow, but wanted to balance the triangle relationship.
But he overestimated the weight of his own weight on the scale.
When Cao Cao was busy conquering warlords from various places, he adopted a laissez-faire and befriending attitude toward Liaodong. After ten years of Wei's establishment, he had cultivated fields and built canals, saved money and food, and slowed down a hand, Liaodong's power was dispensable, and Cao Wei even
It's time to destroy it.
Although Gongsun Yuan seemed to gain on the surface, he completely overdrawn the trust of Soochow. When Cao Wei Guanqiu Jian's troops came to the border, Gongsun Yuan finally thought of apologizing to Soochow. Sun Quan was still angry and chose to watch the fire from the other side. He only agreed and refused.
send troops.
So the next year, Emperor Wei Ming sent Sima Yi to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Liaodong. Gongsun Yuan finally burned himself on fire and was defeated in Xiangping. Now Quan Cong and the others will not see Gongsun Yuan's descendants again when they return to Xiangping in a few days.
The waterway sent by Sun Quan as an envoy went east along the Yangtze River from Jiankang (today's Nanjing), turned north at Liaojiao near Haimen at the northern end of the Yangtze River estuary, went north along the coast of the Yellow Sea, and bypassed Chengshanjiao at the eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula.
Then enter the Dengzhou Ocean, Weihai, and the northern waters of Yantai, then go north along the Miaodao Islands, pass through Daxie Island (i.e. Changdao), Wuhu Island (i.e. Beichenghuang Island), etc., and cross the Bohai Strait to Duli at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula.
town.
Duli Town is Mashijin, also known as Dajin (or Da, Dazhu) during the Three Kingdoms period, which is near present-day Lushun, Liaoning.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Dajin developed into an important port for navigation and trade between Sun Wu and Liaodong. Sun Wu's fleet on his mission to Liaodong anchored here and conducted mutual trade here.
From here, we went ashore by land to Xiangping, the capital of Gongsun Yuan (now Chaoyang, Liaoning).
General Yangwu, the eldest son of Quan Cong, and Quan Xu, the governor of Niu Zhu, held their fists at the side and said: "Da Sima, it's late at night. Go and have a rest in the cabin. You are old and cannot withstand the long sea breeze.