Chapter 28 The world's fish and birds are flying and sinking
The war is not over yet, and Sun Jian's performance that is destined to shock China continues around Mianqiao. However, he not only defeated the main force of Liu Biao's army in Deng County in mid-June, but also lost his beloved general Jiang Qin, but he was not carried away by it.
There was no rush to cross the Mian River and attack Xiangyang.
There are three reasons:
One is that Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides and has mountains on one side. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can be called the most powerful city in Mianhan. This kind of city is easy to siege and difficult to break. Liu Biao chose this city when he came up to Nanyang and was occupied by Yuan Shu.
Taking the city on the border of Nanyang as the core of one's rule is by no means aimless. Crossing the river rashly may not necessarily lead to success;
The second one is that although Sun Jian won a great victory this time, he really suffered heavy casualties, and his soldiers were exhausted and may not have any remaining strength;
The last one is because there are other enemies behind him that have not been eliminated... Huang Zu and Yuan Shu combined their 15,000 troops to flank the east bank of Feishui, and they must always be on guard.
Therefore, after leaving his nephew Sun Ben to lead 3,000 troops to garrison the key place of Deng County, in late June, Sun Jian, who rested for more than ten days in the Xinye and Chaoyang areas, waited until the follow-up grain, military supplies and some auxiliary troops arrived.
After that, 10,000 elite troops were prepared, and they crossed the Huishui River in a grand manner and headed straight for Caiyang!
In Caiyang City, Yuan Shu and Huang Zu were already frightened by the defeat of Deng County. Therefore, they still had 15,000 men in their hands, but they never tried to cross the river to attack Sun Jian's exhausted troops. Instead, they sat back and watched the opponent recover completely.
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But the interesting thing is that at this time, Huang Zu did not turn back to Jiangxia... Instead, Yuan Shu ran away. The rear general abandoned Cai Yangcheng and Huang Zu and fled to Jiangxia, leaving only his general Ji Ling and the remaining troops to follow him.
Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, just raised a crowd to meet the enemy.
Needless to say, the answer is that although Huang Zu's army may have the upper hand in terms of quantity, the quality of the generals, the experience of the soldiers, and the morale of the entire army are not the same thing at all, let alone Yuan Shu, the nominal commander of this battle.
And left!
Therefore, under the circumstances, the armies led by Huang Zu and Ji Ling were almost defeated at the first touch, and the two generals Huang Zu and Ji Ling were also captured together, and then escorted to the fallen city of Caiyang, and tied in front of Sun Jian.
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The two generals came to a large house occupied by Sun Jian and went up to the hall. Zu Mao tried to make the two of them kneel down, but they both refused. Zu Darong tried to use force, but Sun Jian repelled him.
"The Hou General's territory is not defended by himself, so why do you, one of your subordinates and one of the guest generals, sacrifice their lives for him?" Sun Wentai sat upright, curious for a moment. "And if we are defeated today, what can we say?"
"There is nothing to say in defeat." Ji Ling was in a mess, with blood on his beard and hair, and his hands were tied, but he stood proudly. "But the previous question is ridiculous... How can he risk his life just to survive when he is a minister?
What about rebellion? I am not someone who receives favors but eats away at others!"
Sun Jian laughed dryly, but was not angry: "I will never forget General Hou's kindness, so even if I attack Jiangxia next and capture him, I will send him to Chang'an and let the emperor and the minister stand to convict him.
And will not question the crime without authorization... General Ji, you only talk about these common favors and small righteousness, but in today's world, isn't it the general who goes against the great kindness of the Han Dynasty and the righteousness of the world? What he did in Nanyang, don't you
Do you know? In the future, if a general’s subordinates die, won’t you be afraid of being ridiculed for thousands of years after your death?”
Ji Ling was silent for a moment, but still looked at her sternly: "Now that the general trend in the world is that the Gongsun family is for good and the Yuan family is against it, how could I not know? As for what the later general did in Nanyang, it is impossible for me to pretend not to know, but Ji Ling
If a common man from Shandong entered the court with the son of a good family as a tiger and a benign army, how could he be able to enter the palace and become a general with two thousand stones without the kindness of the Yuan family? A common man with talent will only have some common favors and small righteousness in his life... and besides,
Because the general's subordinates will be ridiculed by others, can they be regarded as upholding righteousness and not being laughed at by future generations if they seek refuge with people like me and sacrifice their lives for them? Those who turn their backs on their master and rebel against their sworn brothers, those who seize the territory of their sworn brothers, should be fathers.
What qualifications does a person who kills his son have to teach me about righteousness?"
Ji Ling's words were somewhat resonant at the beginning, but the last sentence suddenly solidified the atmosphere in the hall... However, as Sun Jian completely annexed the essence of the Central Plains and continued to devour the land of Jingxiang, now
His power gradually grew, and the subordinates around him were as close as Zu Mao and could not give orders, but they did not dare to act in front of him without permission.
In fact, when they saw that Sun Jian was only slightly moved but had no unnecessary reaction, Zu Mao and others could only suppress their anger and ignore it.
"What about Mr. Huang?" It took Sun Jian a long time to let go of the hand held by the case, and then he supported the case and looked at the other person. "You are a guest general, so why are you doing this?"
"It's too ridiculous to ask the melon seller." Huang Zu's appearance was cleaner than Ji Ling beside him, so he looked calm when he sneered. "Who is Yuan Gongli? What does he do to me? He is a guest general and a master general.
What’s the point?”
"But you are clearly sacrificing your life to stop Yuan Gongdao today, right?"
"I am repaying Liu Jingzhou for his kindness!" Huang Zu suddenly looked solemn. "Who is Yuan Jiujiu, worthy of my life? If Ji Ling hadn't told me that he would not fight with me if he didn't let his master go first.
I've already torn off the head of some empress general!"
Sun Jian suddenly asked: "Liu Jingsheng has only been in Jingzhou for four years, but has he become so popular?"
"Although I, Huang Zu, are vulgar, but let me tell you, there are some things that a melon seller like you from Wudi can't understand." Huang Zu said proudly. "I don't know about others, but I am from the Huang family in Anlu... You know Anlu
Lu Huang?"
Sun Jian lowered his head and laughed dryly... As the governor of Changsha, how could he not know about the Anlu Huang family, the top family in Jingzhou?
The Anlu Huang family originated from Huang Zu's great-grandfather Huang Xiang. When Huang Xiang was a child, he was known as "Unparalleled in the world, Huang Xiang of Anlu". Later, he became a minister and became the assistant minister in charge of the affairs of the world. Then he became Huang Zu's great uncle.
Huang Qiong and clan uncle Huang Wan are both ranked among the three nobles... With such momentum, they are just like the Zhou family in Lujiang next door in Yangzhou and the Chen family in Guangling in Xuzhou. They are both recognized leaders of the clans in the state.
"It seems that the melon seller also knows about my family background." Upon seeing this, Huang Zu continued to speak proudly regardless of being tied up. "Then do you know what happened to my uncle Zi Yangong and Liu Jingzhou?"
"Of course we are close friends..." Sun Jian was bored.
"No!" Huang Zu said proudly. "There is nothing to hide. Our Huang family is related to Liu Yanduo, a local shepherd in Yizhou. Our uncle Yangong and him are cousins. And that
But the old boy chose to go to Yizhou. It was just a matter of going to Yizhou. He also tried to overturn Jingzhou from time to time. In the past few years, Jingzhou and Yizhou were actually in Shangyong. There were many wars in Bajun. Liu Yizhou kept inciting us and other states.
China and the Soviet Union have always been against Liu Jingzhou, and Liu Jingzhou even went to the court to say that Liu Yizhou was planning to rebel..."
Sun Jian nodded repeatedly, but then he remembered something like this... Liu Yan and Liu Biao kept causing friction, handing over claws from below, and filing lawsuits from above. Finally, the imperial court sent Huang Wan Chijie, the uncle of the Huangzu clan, to mediate the matter.
"Doctor Guanglu is inspecting Jingyi, where is he?" At this thought, Sun Jian couldn't pretend to be confused.
"He rejected Liu Jingzhou's solicitation and really went upstream to Yizhou to investigate Liu Yizhou's rebellion." Huang Zu replied frankly. "In other words, our Anlu Huang family first colluded with Liu Yan,
He tried again and again, but then the person in charge walked away again... At that time, the Gongsun family and the Yuan family were fighting in Hebei. The so-called imperial authority was completely lost. In fact, many people in the family were frightened, fearing that Liu Jingzhou would take advantage of this opportunity.
Dispose of us."
"I understand." Sun Jian became more and more bored. "He still wants to give you more preferential treatment in front of the three princes of the Huang family of Anlu, and he violated the three mutual laws and promoted his subordinates to serve as the governor of this county..."
"You know nothing!" Huang Zu was furious. "Although the leader of my clan was not here at that time, he was still a Manchu man with a high crown and a high sleeve... Only I, Huang Zu, although I came from a famous family, I was heroic and willful when I was young.
I liked fencing and killing people, and later I just joined the army as a warrior. Everyone in the state said that I had stained my family, and everyone in the clan was not worthy of me. Even if Liu Jingzhou wanted to win over the hearts of the Jingzhou family, they never thought that it would fall on me.
?! But Liu Jingzhou was the only one who told me that the world was in turmoil, and it was time for people like me to stabilize our hometown! Of course I am grateful for the kindness of saving my family, but I, Huang Zu, cannot forget the kindness of encountering me! Now that you have defeated Deng
County, Xiangyang is in danger. Although I, Huang Zu, are vulgar, how can I let you take Nanyang easily and attack Liu Jingzhou?! Do you think I am an ungrateful melon seller like you?!"
Sun Jian had no expression on his face and was silent for a long time. Then he slowly stroked his knife and spoke: "I underestimated Mr. Huang Mansion and also underestimated General Ji. Until now, I can only say one thing... If you surrender, you will survive. If you don't surrender, you will survive.
If you die, what can you do?"
"I'm not afraid of death," Ji Ling said calmly.
"I'm afraid of death," Huang Zu said simply. "But I'm even more afraid of losing Liu Jingzhou! Please be happy!"
"Good!" Sun Jian responded simply. "I love that Jiang Gongyi died at the hands of Generals Lu Bu and Huang Zhong. It still makes me depressed, and I am about to borrow the heads of two of them to pay tribute to him... Da Rong, hold my ancient
Go ahead and do it yourself to make it easier for you two."
"Thank you Sun Polu." Ji Ling responded half-heartedly. Regardless of being tied up, he turned around and walked out of the hall, and Huang Zu also walked away.
However, when he came to the hall, Huang Zu turned around and looked at the increasingly popular plaque hanging in the hall. He couldn't help but stop and sneer: "For Sun Polu's sake, I don't want to embarrass you. I have something to remind you."
Sun Polu."
"Master Huang Fu, please speak." Sun Jian, who was at the top of the hall, had just handed the ancient ingot knife to Zu Mao beside him, but when he heard this, he hardly looked serious.
"This is a private house!" Huang Zu sneered. "When I came to Caiyang City, I was quite disapproving when I saw Yuan Shu occupying a private house. Because when he took office in Jiangxia that day, Jiangxia County Palace was dilapidated, and I couldn't bear to live in an official temple, so I
I also stayed in a local merchant's house, but when Liu Jingzhou heard about it, he specially sent me a hundred yi gold and asked me to rebuild the official temple, but I couldn't use my official status to occupy private houses..."
Sun Jian suddenly woke up and looked embarrassed.
"Sun Polu, let me ask you, have you ever heard that your two sworn brothers did not go to the official temple but stayed in other people's houses when they went on inspection tours?" Huang Zu sneered even more when he saw this. "Even Han
Fu, a person who is recognized as a coward, used to be in Yecheng, and the mansion in Yecheng was the former Zhao Zhong's house, and there was no owner after Zhao Zhong's death. They all settled in that house after retiring from office! It's good for you, you dislike it.
Yuan Shu was immoral and rebelled against him in the name of it, but in the end he used the stolen goods that Yuan Shu had snatched for his own use. How can this be considered as using justice to counteract rebellion?! In my opinion, you have been nothing but a melon peddler in your entire life.
! Poor Jiang Qin, who is so loyal and brave, but he has become a thief like Ji Ling, and he will be ridiculed for eternity in the future!"
After saying this, he laughed loudly and turned away under the angry looks of Ji Ling beside him and Sun Jian behind him. After a moment, Ji Ling finally sighed up to the sky, gritted his teeth and followed, but Sun Jian was so angry that he couldn't explain it.
Blushing, but unable to refute!
A moment later, Zu Mao, in order to understand his lord's temper, hurriedly beheaded the two of them and presented their heads to show that they were listening. However, this matter was not mentioned. Only Ji Ling and Huang Zu were the two.
Just like another time and space, they never failed their respective masters, and they all died to repay the kindness of knowing each other, but it makes people feel a little mixed.
"Your Majesty, don't think too much!" When Zhu Zhi came in a hurry after receiving Zu Mao's message, he found that Sun Jian had already left the mansion where he originally occupied and simply stood outside the door, so he hurriedly came to persuade him. "Ji Ling is so loyal, Huang Zu
He is also recognized as a greedy and incompetent person. Why should such a person's words be taken seriously? He was just deliberately messing with Mr. Ming's mind before his death!"
"I know these two people are not worth mentioning." Sun Jian somewhat regained his composure at this time, and calmly faced him with his sword. "But Junli, what I care about is Gong Yi. I really don't care about Gong Yi's death."
Unforgettable... These days, I always think about what you said when you advised me before, and always think about some things before. You said that if I can't succeed in the future, how will Gongyi be viewed by future generations? Will it be harmonious?
Ji Ling and Huang Zu are so ridiculous today? But what about Huang Zu's words this time? Although most of them are nonsense, at least this house shouldn't be occupied, right?"
Zhu Zhi hesitated to speak... To be honest, if he were not worried that Sun Jian would have a surge of energy and blood like the last time in Chen County and affect his body, he would have advised him to think more about how to stabilize his rule like he is doing now.
, it’s just that it was too scary last time, and even Zhu Junli couldn’t add fuel to the fire at this time.
As a result, the monarch and his ministers were silent for a moment, but stood in front of the house rather abruptly.
After a long time, seeing the sun setting, Zu Mao, who was ordered to do something, just returned in a hurry, but he finally seemed relieved: "Don't worry, Lord, there is no need to move anymore... This house is already ownerless."
It’s a thing!”
"What does this mean?" Sun Jian asked with a frown after waiting for a long time.
"Earlier when we defeated Yuan Shu in Xinye, the owner of the mansion hurriedly abandoned the mansion and fled with his family to Xiangyang along the Jieshui River!"
Sun Jian opened his mouth to speak, but just like when Huang Zu mocked him before, he couldn't say even a single word!
"Zu Darong, you are such a loser!" Zhu Zhi was furious.
Zu Mao was confused for a moment, but Sun Jian simply waved his hand and just ordered Zhu Zhi to strictly observe military discipline, and then went to stay at the official temple in the city.
