The more people chatted, the more they felt that the gentleman was unfathomable.
The atmosphere in the venue was quite solid for a while.
After a while, only Sun Quan said: "Besides surrendering to the court and forming an alliance, is there any other way?"
"have!"
The elegant young man suddenly said.
"Bo Yan, please speak clearly."
Sun Ce said hurriedly.
This young man is Lu Yi, Chen Mu's student.
He looked at Sun Ce with a smile and said, "I would like to ask the general, where is the general's ambition?"
"this......."
Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu and Lu Su, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Bo Fu's ambition is naturally for the world."
Zhou Yu spoke for him.
In fact, with Sun Ce's arrogance, it would not be impossible for him to say this.
It's just that his father was loyal to the court and went to Luoyang to serve as a guard, but he wanted to separatize the territory and separatist power. He really lost Sun Jian's face.
So Zhou Yu helped him speak out, which was considered a relief.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yi said: "In that case, does the general intend to fight against the imperial court?"
"Well......."
Sun Ce looked around and did not answer directly, still unable to say anything.
Lu Yi smiled and said: "The general can actually say it clearly. My family, the Lu family, lives in Shu County. Our ancestors did not get along with Yuan Shu and they often fought with each other. After my grandfather died of illness, the Lu family was almost wiped out by Yuan Shu. It was the general who drove Yuan Shu away to save him."
Our Lu family, Lu Yi will definitely never forget this kindness."
Historically, Lu Xun actually had a grudge against Sun Ce, because at that time his grandfather Lu Kang had a conflict with Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to attack Lujiang. Lu Kang held on for two years, but was eventually defeated by Sun Ce, resulting in the death of many members of the Lu family.
But it was different now. Sun Ce did not become Yuan Shu's subordinate, and always wanted to occupy Huaibei. Therefore, after receiving the support of the imperial court, he spared no effort to attack Jiujiang and attack Yuan Shu.
In this way, the conflict between the Lu family and Yuan Shu was indirectly resolved by Sun Ce. After Lu Kang died of illness, the Lu family was not nearly wiped out.
So this time Lu Xun was recruited by Sun Ce to serve as his staff, and Lu Xun went happily.
The grace of saving a life is indeed a great kindness.
Sun Ce nodded slowly and said: "I do have this intention, but from my father's side..."
"That's enough!"
Lu Yi interrupted him and said, "There is no need to worry about Shijun Sun. Based on my understanding of Shijun, even if the general rebels against the imperial court, he will never attack Shijun Sun."
"well."
Sun Ce let out a long sigh, this matter had almost become a worry for him.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he tried to persuade him, Sun Jian would not listen.
He is the father and he is the son. The father insists on going to Luoyang to become an official. Why should he listen to his son?
For this reason, Sun Ce also considered that he might as well surrender to the imperial court and remain a loyal general to the Han Dynasty for the rest of his life.
But the unwillingness in his heart still prevented him from making up his mind.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su also persuaded him, saying that Liu Bei was based on benevolence and righteousness, and Sun Jian went to Luoyang because he was loyal to the court. It would be chilling to kill them, so even if they rebelled, Sun Jian should be fine.
All the words were comforting, but they still made Sun Ce sleepless and uneasy, and it was not worth what he should do.
Just when Sun Ce didn't know what to do, at the beginning of this year, the imperial court suddenly promulgated the restoration of the twenty-level military merit system.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the imperial court's initiative to mobilize the army to prepare for war.
With Jizhou and Qingzhou connected together, Henan has become the hinterland of the imperial court. Even if Jingzhou is still separated from Nanyang, you can think of who will be dealt with next with your toes.
This move immediately aroused Sun Ce's fragile nerves, and he had to reorganize his military affairs a lot this year to prevent the imperial court from moving south at any time.
But now the whole Han Dynasty is in a state of imminent storm. The armies of various princes have gathered in large numbers, and Henan is particularly tense.
Sun Ce felt that a war might be imminent, so he held a meeting with various parties and asked everyone if there was any solution.
Although Lu Yi had only arrived here not long ago, his knowledge impressed everyone and he also joined the core decision-making team.
Seeing Sun Ce's melancholy expression, he comforted him and said, "Based on what I know about my master, his next step is probably to summon the general to Luoyang as an official. If the general wants to join the imperial court, this may be an opportunity. My father is
Jiu Qing, the Sun family will also be a member of a high family in the future. But since the general has other aspirations, he has to re-analyze the situation."
Sun Ce hurriedly said: "Please tell me what I'm saying."
Lu Yi said: "Now we have Yuzhou and half of Yangzhou, and Cao Cao has Yanzhou, half of Xuzhou and part of Yangzhou. The two families have the same strength, and no one can do anything to the other. The final result will be that they will be annexed by the imperial court one by one, which will never happen.
There is a second end."
"Um."
Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Sun Quan and others all nodded, this was their consensus.
Lu Yi continued: "There is only one way to break the situation, and that is to abandon Yuzhou and give it to Cao Cao, seize Yangzhou with all our strength, use Jiangdong as the foundation, and then unite with Cao Cao to fight against the imperial court."
Abandon Yuzhou?
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
You must know that Yuzhou has a large population and is extremely prosperous, which is the foundation of the Sun family.
If Yuzhou is abandoned, the Sun family will lose most of its family fortune.
How could Sun Ce bear this?
The young and energetic Sun Yi immediately stood up, pointed at Lu Yi and angrily shouted: "Lu Yi, I'm afraid you are not a craftsman sent by the imperial court."
"Third brother, sit down!"
Sun Ce remained calm, because he saw Zhou Yu and Lu Su both had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Lu Yi smiled and said nothing.
Historically, he only had tactical talents, but in terms of strategic planning, he was actually far inferior to Zhou Yulu Su.
But who made him change his life and become a master to a powerful person?
Chen Mu's appearance broadened his horizons and also enhanced his strategic ability, giving him the ability to see through the fog.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su may not be worse than him, it's not that they didn't think of this.
But once they were in the middle of the game, their thinking was somewhat restricted, and it was difficult for them to develop the kind of unconstrained imagination that Chen Mu advocated.
Secondly, it does take a lot of courage for a strong man to cut off his wrist.
The Sun family has been working in Yuzhou for more than ten years, and has deep roots and strong influence.
Moreover, Yuzhou has a larger population than Yangzhou and more arable land than Yangzhou. As a foundation, Yuzhou is more suitable than Yangzhou.
However, the problem is that there are powerful enemies around Yuzhou. The imperial court is eyeing it and Yuzhou is in danger.
Yangzhou has the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Although its population and economy are not as developed as Yuzhou's, it is a stable base based on its favorable geographical location.
If we could occupy Yangzhou, go up the river to annex Jingzhou, and finally capture Bashu according to the strategy of dividing the world into two, we might not be able to accomplish great things.
"Gong Jin, Zijing, what do you think?"
After the venue calmed down, Sun Ce looked at the two people who were deep in thought and asked: "Is it really feasible to give up Yuzhou?"
"feasible!"
Zhou Yu made a sound that cut through the metal.
"good."
Lu Su also nodded and said: "The reason why Cao Cao and we dare not form an alliance is because we are worried about the betrayal of the other party. If we give up Yuzhou and seize Jiangdong, Cao Cao will feel relieved. After all, if we choose to surrender to the imperial court, we can definitely make an alliance with the imperial court."
The imperial court jointly attacked him and wiped him out. There was no need to go to Yangzhou. After Cao Cao won Yuzhou, we were relieved. Even if he did not form an alliance with us and turned his head to the embrace of the imperial court, we had no worries. We used the natural danger of the Yangtze River to defend Yangzhou and then find a way.
Just capture Jingzhou."
"But, Yuzhou's huge foundation..."
Sun Ce hesitated.
Zhou Yu advised: "Bo Fu," there is an ancient saying: "A viper stings the hand, and a strong man removes it." If you cannot make a decision immediately, you may be in endless trouble later."
Sun Ce remained silent.
After a while, a soldier suddenly came in from the door and shouted: "Report!"
"What's up?"
Sun Ce asked.
The soldier said: "The imperial court sent an envoy with an edict from the emperor to summon the general to Luoyang to serve as an official!"
In an instant, Sun Ce was caught off guard like a thunderbolt from the blue.
Although his advisers had already predicted that the imperial court would use this method to deal with him.
I didn't expect it to come so quickly, with no time to react.
Now that I think about it, the imperial court has been recuperating and recuperating in the past two years, and at the same time actively reorganizing military affairs, probably just for today.
At that time, an edict was issued. If you go, you will lose your foundation. If you don't go, you will resist the edict and rebel. The army that has been prepared for a long time will immediately go south and wipe out the entire Henan.
Over the years, the imperial court has been playing with them, unable to advance or retreat. At this time, I am afraid that it is time to kill the fattened pigs.
Thinking of this, Sun Ce no longer hesitated and said loudly: "Liu Bei has usurped the imperial court. I want to raise an army to resist. Everyone, please march to Jiangdong!"
"The troops march into Jiangdong!"
The crowd shouted.
Sun Ce finally made his decision.
.......
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Guanzhong, Chang'an City.
Guan Yu and Ju Shou were discussing matters at the mansion.
"The Military Intelligence Department's spies in Ma Chao's army came to report that Ma Chao has contacts with Han Suiduo."
Jushu poured himself a glass of wine and said with a chuckle.
Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "Fourth brother is right, Ma Chao has a traitorous bone in the back of his head, and he will definitely rebel in the future."
Jushu said: "Actually, it cannot be said that the people of Xiliang have a difficult life and have respected the strong since ancient times. Later, the princes in Guanzhong attacked and annexed each other, which made them develop the habit of controlling the army by themselves. I am afraid there is no Ma Teng among them.
the meaning of."
Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Since you want to be loyal to the imperial court, you should obey the imperial court's orders. If you just want to control the army and separate one side, what is the difference between you and the princes?"
"So Zigui said that we must defeat them and defeat them. Only in this way can we capture Xiliang."
Jushou smiled.
Guan Yu said: "We are indeed preparing for war this year. Have you brought everything?"
There was a box next to Jushu's desk. He pointed at the box and said, "The imperial edict has come down, asking Ma Chao to give up the army and go to Luoyang as an official. This edict has hit the Ma family seven inches."
"When Ma Chao and Han Sui agree to start an uprising, we will destroy them with the force of thunder. Only by destroying their army will they give up!"
Guan Yu knocked on the table hard, with a fierce look in his eyes.
After Ma Teng left, the army was led by Ma Chao.
In the past two years, the Ma family's army has grown from more than 10,000 people at the beginning to 30,000.
Expanding the army requires money, and it is impossible for Ma Chao to have so much money to expand the army.
The source of the money was naturally Ma Teng's income from doing business in Luoyang.
He still did not give up his original warlord mentality and believed that as long as there was an army, there would be a foundation.
However, how could Chen Mu not know about Ma Teng's little moves?
But he did not stop it, but deliberately indulged it.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Zhuang of Zheng was disgusted by his mother Jiang Wu, who even forced Duke Zhuang to let him give up the throne to his younger brother Gongshu Duan.
The matter came to an end when Duke Wu of Zheng passed the position to Duke Zhuang of Zheng without hesitation.
However, Jiang Wu and Gongshu Duan still refused to give up and kept asking Duke Zheng Zhuang for fiefs to strengthen themselves.
Because Zheng Zhuanggong did not want to bear the crime of killing his mother and killing his brother, he kept forbearing and indulged the two of them.
This made the two of them so proud that they started a rebellion, which was eventually put down easily.
The translation and summary of this story is actually just one paragraph - if you want to let it perish, let it expand first!
Chen Mu planned to use Ma Teng and Han Sui to pacify Xiliang and quickly solve the Qiang rebellion problem in Xiliang for many years, so he had to subdue these two people first.
Both of them are the type who won't shed tears until they see the coffin. Years of warlord mentality have made them feel that they are safe only if they have an army in their hands.
Naturally, the imperial court could not tolerate the existence of a Jiedu envoy who nominally submitted to the imperial court but actually had autonomy.
Therefore, you have to use a clever way to deal with the two of them.
Force Ma Chao to rebel and ask him to unite with Han Sui, so that the court will have reason to send troops.
As long as Ma Chao and Han Sui are defeated and Ma Teng is in the wrong, the final result is needless to say.
Two days later, Chiyang County.
Ma Chao looked at the edict in his hand and said angrily: "I persuaded my father not to go to Luoyang at the beginning, but now it's okay. The court just wants to transfer us away and annex our army. First my father, and then me, will be trapped in human hands in the future."
, the Ma family is about to perish!"
Pang De, who was on the side, hesitated and said: "General, I don't think so. The court is still very benevolent and righteous. If you sincerely surrender, you won't..."
"No matter what, the edict has been issued!"
Ma Chao threw the edict to the ground. The purpose of the imperial court's actions was obvious, which was to annex all the princes in Guanzhong step by step.
Pang De said: "Then what is the general planning to do? Is he going to disobey?"
Ma Chao said viciously: "The imperial court is unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust. I sent someone to contact Han Sui and told him that the imperial court was ready to completely wipe out Xiliang in Guanzhong. If you don't want to perish, join forces with me to attack Chang'an. When he sends troops, I will
If you turn against us in battle, you will surely win a great victory!"
"General, where is the old general..."
Pound hesitated.
Ma Teng is still in Luoyang, and even Han Sui's son is also in Luoyang.
Putting aside the question of whether Han Sui is willing or not, even if he is willing to give up his son, what will Ma Teng do?
Ma Chao said in a deep voice: "Before he left, my father told me to preserve my army. This is my father's life's work. How can it be taken away by others? My father will not blame me for this, so let's do it."
"this......."
Seeing Ma Chao's resolute attitude, Pang De felt helpless and had to turn around and leave.
Half a month later, Luoyang.
Chen Mu looked at the two pieces of information sent from the Military Intelligence Department and smiled slightly.