Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 462 The Reaction of Jiangdong and Jingzhou
In the General's Mansion in Wujun, Jiangdong, Sun Jian's family was having a small gathering.

Patriarch Sun Jian sat in the main seat, his younger brother Sun Jing, his wife and younger brother Wu Jing sat in a row, and his sons Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu sat on the other side.

"The intention of the imperial court's book is to defeat Yuan. We used to be attached to Yangzhou. If we don't obey the imperial court's order now, we will be mistaken by the people of the world as subordinates of the false emperor."

Sun Jian said, looking around, and seeing no response from the crowd, he continued, "A certain man is planning to raise [-] troops to attack Lujiang County, who would you like to be the commander?"

Jiangdong was newly settled, but the Shanyue clan in the south of Kuaiji was still in turmoil. In order to stabilize the foundation, Sun Jian had already decided to lead troops to quell the rebellion, so he had to choose another commander for the northward attack on Yangzhou.

"Father, the child is willing to go!"

Sun Ce's heroic appearance is extraordinary, and this outfit looks even stronger!

"It's best if my son wants to go, but it's not my family's business to start a war with Yuan Shu, and the stakes need to be weighed..."

Sun Jian knew that his son had a violent temper, and he was afraid that his son's recklessness would end up in his life if he just rushed forward, so he wanted to find a stable person to be the coach.

Sun Jian glanced at his younger brother. Sun Jing's temperament is calm, but unfortunately his ability is limited. It is okay to join the army as a lieutenant general, but if he is the commander, he may exhaust the entire army.

Wu Jing, his brother-in-law, has always been a prestige, and has served as the prefect of several places, but marching and fighting is not something he is good at.

Finally, Sun Jian stopped looking at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu is Sun Ce's sworn brother. At first, Sun Jian only regarded him as an ordinary young general. Later, when the Jiangdong Army encountered difficulties when fighting against Yan Baihu, it was Zhou Yu who offered a plan to solve the difficulties.After that, he dispatched surprise soldiers to break Wang Lang's iron barrel formation, and even defeated Liu Yao's Danyang soldiers with fire attack.

Since then, Sun Jian has seen Zhou Yu's potential, and he has specially cultivated and attracted him.

Now he is not only appointed as a military adviser, but also adopted as a foster son.

Zhou Yu has always been grateful to Sun Jian and Sun Ce for their support and support, so at this moment when he noticed that Sun Jian was looking at him, he stood up and clasped his fists.

"Zhou Yu is willing to go with Yi-Brother, please rest assured, we are only seeking slow progress in this battle, and we will never rush for success!"

Sun Jian was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Sure enough, Gongjin knew what I was thinking, and ordered you to be the deputy commander to accompany Ce'er to attack Lujiang County together!"

Sun Jian didn't intend to go north. Now there is a large area in the southeast of Jiangxi that needs to be conquered and digested. Blindly going to war with the mighty Yuan Shu will only deplete his own strength.

It's just that the will of the court cannot be ignored.Let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu go to Lujiang to fight a few battles. It would be best if they can capture the city. If they can't win, at least they will show their loyalty to the great Han, and at the same time, they can buy the hearts of the Han people in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu had already seen Sun Jian's thoughts, but he actually had his own thoughts when he agreed to attack Lujiang together.

After leaving, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce whispered about the necessity of attacking Lujiang County.

"Although the two counties of Kuaiji and Yuzhang have been won today, the population and fertile land have not increased much. Lujiang County is as rich as Wu County. If we can occupy it, we can rely on the power of the great river to occupy the Central Plains!"

"If he hesitates, Lujiang County may become Jingzhou's possession, and then it will be even more difficult for Jiangdong to compete with Jingzhou!"

Sun Ce had absolute trust in Zhou Yu, so he asked back at the time: "What does Gong Jin mean, that we don't follow father's plan to send troops this time?"

Zhou Yu nodded firmly, "Not only can't advance slowly, but also has to move quickly. We must dare to capture more big cities before taking action in Jingzhou!"

At the banquet, Sun Jian mentioned that in this joint conquest of Yangzhou, in addition to the Luoyang Army and the Jiangdong Army, there were also troops from Jingzhou.

On top of Zhou Yu's hegemony for the Sun family, capturing Jingzhou is the second step of the plan!
Thinking of Sun Ce's accelerated pace here, he felt that what Zhou Yu said was right, he must send troops as soon as possible.

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Defend by the river, slowly explore Jingzhou, and finally go north to the Central Plains. These are the three steps of the road to hegemony that Zhou Yu formulated for the Sun family in Jiangdong.

His righteous brother Sun Ce highly respected this plan, but for some reason the lord Sun Jian was always hesitant.

Obviously Sun Jian has the ambition and strength to conquer the world, but whenever Zhou Yu mentions counterattacking the Central Plains, he will show evasive eyes.

Zhou Yu didn't understand why Sun Jian had such a weird behavior, but this time, when the opportunity was good, Sun Jian gave the order to slow down the attack on Lujiang County again.

There is nothing wrong with stabilizing the rear and then taking the time to figure it out, but it is not difficult to capture Lujiang County. In order to meet the imperial court's orders, it is not a good opportunity to just send troops for show.

In order to push Sun Jian to take the second step of the overall plan, Zhou Yu is bound to win the attack on Lujiang County this time.

After the banquet was over, Sun Jian looked at the map alone. It was a demonstration map of attack and defense near Luoyang, which was also the third step of Zhou Yu's plan, the road to counterattack the Central Plains and dominate.

"It's not difficult to stabilize Jiangdong, and there is a chance of winning the war with Liu Biao. Counterattacking the Central Plains... will definitely tear you apart with that person!"

"With the strength of my Sun family, can I really beat that person?"

After a moment of silence, Sun Jian slowly closed the map, the expression in his eyes flickered, as if he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

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In the city of Xiangyang in Jingzhou, Liu Biao summoned his general Huang Zu.

Huang Zu was the governor of Jiangxia, which happened to be on the border with Lujiang County in Yangzhou.

"Yuan Shu has no way, dare to ignore my orthodoxy, and the emperor ordered me to join Jingzhou to hunt down thieves. General Huang Zu is willing to be our vanguard?"

"The wish of the last general! It's just..."

"What worries does General Huang have?"

"Reporting to my lord, Jiang Xia has a strong army, but there is no shortage of food and supplies. Once a war with Yuan Shu will take a long time, the army rations will be even less. Therefore, the lord must send out food and grass first, and the last general can gather the army!"

Liu Biao turned to look at his brother-in-law Cai Mao when he heard that he was asking for food and grass.

"Degui, do you still have reserves in the Xiangyang granary?"

"Reporting to my lord, Xiangyang's food reserves were exhausted when we robbed Yuzhang County with Sun Jian last month."

Hearing that there was no food in Xiangyang, Huang Zu's face was clearly displeased.

"General Huang, don't worry, military advisor Kuai Yue has just brought in 30 shi of new food from Jiangling City, so he will arrange for someone to send it to Jiangxia City."

"With my lord's words, Jiang Xia's army will definitely march on time!"

"That's great!" Liu Biao nodded in satisfaction.

Huang Zu turned around and left the hall after paying homage. Before leaving the mansion, three hundred soldiers stepped forward to guard him. When he left Liu Biao's mansion, another five hundred soldiers joined him. When he arrived near the east gate of Xiangyang City, another five soldiers came to guard him. The Hundred Armors came up to meet them.

"The general's talk went well?" A well-dressed general stepped forward to pay homage.

"It turns out that General Su Fei has arrived."

Huang Zu said with a look of color on his face: "My lord has promised to transport 30 shi of grain to Jiangxia, and I will return quickly to prepare!"

Only three miles away from the city gate, you can see an army holding high the yellow flag.

These ten thousand soldiers were the elite Huang Zu brought with him when he came from Jiangxia.Huang Zu came to meet the lord, but Huang Zu brought so many soldiers and horses, which shows that he is not loyal to Liu Biao, on the contrary, he is always on guard.

(End of this chapter)