The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 27
While Lu Heng was busy mining coal mines, making iron with the forging technology of the Song Dynasty, preparing to train troops to conquer Shanyue, etc. to improve his own strength, Zhou Yu offered advice to Xue Li, planning Yuzhang County's respective plans for the time being.

But it is said that Sun Ce took Sun Jing all the way south to Ningdu, looking for Sun Jian's sworn brother Wang Sheng to borrow troops to prepare for a comeback.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce agreed that Sun Ce would wait for Zhou Yu's news after borrowing soldiers and horses in the south. Once Zhou Yu succeeded in planning, he would borrow Xue Li's hand to kill Zhu Hao and Xue Li to capture the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang City.

Let the soldiers from the south join forces with Zhou Yu to seize Yuzhang County with thunderous momentum, so Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are both important and indispensable.

The reason why Sun Ce took Sun Jing was because Sun Jing was Sun Ce's uncle and Sun Jian's younger brother. They had met Wang Sheng with Sun Jian in the early years.

Ningdu is located in the south of Yuzhang County, surrounded by mountains. The two most famous mountains, Jinjing Mountain (Cuiwei Peak) and Pingshan Mountain (Lingyun Mountain), are dangerous and densely forested. It borders the south of Kuaiji, and further south is Jiaozhou. land.

Sun Ce and Sun Jing entered the city and found the 'Wang's Mansion' after a little searching. They asked their servants to inform them that they waited at the gate for about a quarter of an hour. When they saw a scholar of about forty, they burst into laughter as soon as they saw Sun Ce and Sun Jing. He laughed and said: "I don't know what kind of wind has brought Ce'er and Youtai (Sun Jing's name is Youtai) here, come here, take your seats quickly, we haven't seen each other for decades, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

At the banquet, Wang Sheng called all the family members and introduced Sun Ce and Sun Jing (people who were massacred by Sun Ce in history finally met), held a grand banquet with three rounds of wine and five flavors of food. The whole family looks harmonious.

But Sun Ce still couldn't bear his temper, and ignored Sun Jing's tugging, he took a step forward and said, "Don't hide it from Uncle Wang, I'm here to discuss something important with Uncle."

Wang Sheng frowned slightly when he heard Sun Ce's words, and immediately waved his hands and said, "Today is just a family banquet, no political affairs, no political affairs, come and continue to drink, if you don't get drunk today, you won't go home."

Sun Ce had no choice but to give up, and said to himself, "In such a situation, I'm afraid it's not easy for this soldier to borrow!"

In the middle of the night, Wang Sheng's wife asked her husband: "Husband, I heard that Sun Ce has always been a domineering king. Sun Ce has come from a long way, so he must have something to ask for. I think Sun Ce will explain this at the banquet. Why doesn't your husband let Sun Ce continue talking?"

But Wang Sheng said: "Madam doesn't know, my nephew Sun Ce came all the way from Qu'a, he must be borrowing troops from my husband."

Mrs. Wang Sheng said: "Since that Sun Ce came to borrow soldiers, why don't you lend him or not?"

Wang Sheng interjected: "Madam is confused. If Sun Ce only borrowed three or five hundred people, then it would be for my husband to borrow him. But how could he come all the way for this mere three or five hundred people? It must be to annex my army."

"For my husband, if you borrow more soldiers and Sun Ce, Qian Tong from Yudu County and Zou from Ganxian County are easy to get along with. They have to annex me. Now this family of more than ten people, old and young, all rely on these tens of thousands of people. Soldiers and horses survive in this troubled world."

"What's more, why did Sun Ce borrow troops?"

"It's not that he is an enemy of the second son of the Lu family. This Sun Ce has lost to Lu Heng several times. According to my husband, Sun Ce is definitely not Lu Heng's opponent."

"Borrowing troops against him, wouldn't that mean offending Lu Heng?"

"When the Lu family wants to rule Jiangdong in the future, it will be the time when my royal family will be destroyed! This soldier must never be borrowed as a husband."

Mrs. Wang Sheng heard Zhang Sheng's explanation and said: "Since this is the case, my husband should find some excuses and send Sun Ce away as soon as possible. I heard that Sun Ce will take revenge. Don't offend him."

But Wang Sheng said indifferently: "No matter what I say, I, Wang Sheng, are Sun Wentai's (Sun Jian)'s sworn brother and Sun Ce's uncle. Let Sun Ce dare not do anything to me."

When Mrs. Wang Sheng saw her husband's vow, she opened her mouth slightly but did not say anything. She smiled calmly and stopped talking.

For dozens of days after that, Wang Sheng had a feast of singing and dancing with Sun Ce and Sun Jing every day, and got very drunk every day, but every time Sun Ce asked to borrow troops, Wang Sheng either pretended to be drunk or prevaricated, so that Sun Ce would not let him go. Aggrieved.

Until one day, Wang Sheng had important government affairs in the study in the mansion and couldn't shirk. Now he was blocked by Sun Ce and Sun Jing in the study, and he couldn't avoid it.

In desperation, he had to lead the two of them into the room. As soon as they entered the study, Sun Ce could no longer hold back his temper and said: "Uncle, Bo Fu came here today for no other reason than to ask uncle to borrow troops. Now that Lu Hengshi Big, only half of Danyang County can't compete with Ce."

"Now that Ce is plotting against Yuzhang County, you can't transfer troops from Danyang County. I'm here to ask my uncle to send troops to help me and march into Yuzhang City together with Ce. Ce has already let his righteous brother, Zhou Gongjin, take the lead. In time, Yuzhang City will be destroyed!"

Sun Jing also followed and said, "That's right, brother Wang Sheng, the situation in Yuzhang County is chaotic now, and it's a good opportunity for an incident. Taking advantage of Zhu Hao's main force confronting Zhuge Xuan, our army's opportunity to make a surprise attack depends on the battle." ah!"

After listening to the words of Sun Ce and Sun Jing, Wang Sheng secretly thought that Sun Ce really came to annex me, and he is still planning Yuzhang County's great ambitions!

This Sun Ce borrowed my soldiers to attack a fortified city like Yuzhang City and achieve his Sun Ce's hegemony. If he defeats me, Wang Sheng must be attached to Sun Ce and have a bad relationship with Lu Heng.

After defeating him, Sun Ce can return to Qu'e, and all my family assets have been wiped out. How can I keep this Ningdu County? How can my family of ten or so survive in this troubled world!

No!Sun Ce must not be allowed to succeed, but he still needs to think of a strategy to hold back Sun Ce's borrowing troops.

Wang Sheng pondered for a moment and said: "Bo Fu...be safe and don't be impatient! Be safe and don't be impatient! It's not because uncle refuses to borrow troops with you, but uncle also has his own difficulties!"

Sun Ce and Sun Jing looked at each other upon hearing this, and Sun Ce asked doubtfully, "What's the problem with Uncle?"

Wang Sheng continued: "Bo Fu listened to his uncle and said slowly, there are many powerful forces in Yuzhang County!"

"Let's not talk about Zhu Hao and Zhuge Xuan in the north. Zhu Hao appointed the prefect of Yuzhang to lead us for the imperial court, but Zhuge Xuan is a force sent by Liu Biao, with Liu Biao's support behind him."

"In the south of Yuzhang, in addition to my Ningdu County, there are also Qian Tong in Yudu County and Zou Ta in Gan County. They each have more than [-] troops and are quite powerful. Not to mention that Shanyue Zhangjie near Huichang County has even more mercenaries. All forces are strong.”

"Uncle has only a mere ten thousand troops, how can I borrow Bofu? Moreover, Yuzhang City is a strong city of Yuzhang County. Not to mention I have more than ten thousand people, and even 10 people can't take it down."

This Wang Sheng is also smart, he knows that Sun Ce hates Lu Heng, and he didn't mention Lu Heng, he just complained!
There are many forces in need of soldiers and horses to protect themselves. For a while, Sun Ce and Sun Jing were suddenly caught off guard by this situation, and they had no choice but to discuss it later.

Let's say that Sun Ce has no good way to persuade Wang Sheng for the time being, so he stays at Wang Sheng's mansion again, trying to persuade Wang Sheng, let's not mention it for the time being.

In Jianchang City, North of Yuzhang County, Zhuge Xuan had been fighting with Zhu Hao ever since.

With the arrival of Liu Yao, Zhuge Xuan, who had lost his righteousness, was defeated by the army sent by Zhu Hao. He lost a large area of ​​controlled territory and had to stick to Jianchang City.

Zhuge Xuan was pacing back and forth in the study room, Zhuge Xuan's wife and Zhuge Gui's two eldest daughters were sitting beside him. Since retreating to Jianchang City, Zhuge Xuan had sent countless letters of help to Jingzhou, but he did not see any of them. One-by-one reinforcements.

Zhuge Xuan's heart gradually turned cold, probably due to the chaos of the princes in various places this year, but the most peaceful place in the world is Jingzhou, and the north is full of chaos.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan attacked each other, Cao Cao and Lu Bu competed for Yanzhou, Li Jue and Guo Si were fighting each other, and Jiangdong was not peaceful Sun Ce and Lu Heng fought several times, and even Liangzhou and Yizhou in the west were in civil strife !
But it happened that Jingzhou was not involved in the war, and no reinforcements were sent to Yuzhang. Zhuge Xuan knew that he was abandoned, and the most urgent thing to do was to find a way out for himself and his family.

Zhuge Xuan couldn't make up his mind, so he could only ask his family members: "Madam, Lan'er, Xiu'er, the reinforcements will not be available for a long time now, and we are in a desperate situation."

"What is the way out for our Zhuge family? Jin'er (Zhuge Jin) got separated when he went south to Jiangdong. Now there is no news. We don't know whether he is alive or dead. Liang'er and Jun'er are still young. We cannot let them fall into this death together. Territory!"

Mrs. Zhuge said: "Hasn't my husband been with Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao for a long time? Otherwise, our whole family will abandon this city and go to Jingzhou to join Liu Zhou Mu?"

But Zhuge Xuan said with a wry smile: "If life and death are uncertain in Jingzhou, Liu Biao has not sent reinforcements so far, and he is still an abandoned son as a husband, then if Liu Biao is such an unrighteous person, if his whole family goes to vote, he will be counted. This is the loss of Yuzhang. Pass!"

After a pause, he continued: "The current situation is like this. If there is no other way to prepare for my husband's death and burial in Jianchang, I will send my husband to send his family members to Jingzhou."

"For the safety of the whole family, women and children, I believe that Liu Biao will take care of the orphans and widows even after his husband's death."

As soon as Zhuge Xuan said this, the eyes of Mrs. Zhuge and the two girls named Lan'er and Xiu'er instantly turned red.

Mrs. Zhuge cried and said, "Today, Liu Biao sent his husband to this desperate situation, and there is no soldiers to help him!"

"My husband has done all the kindness and righteousness to him, and now there is no reinforcements, and his heart is so vicious, we women and children are going to be given birth by them!"

In an instant, the three daughters cried together. Now that the world is in trouble, Zhuge Gui and his wife (Zhuge Liang's parents) died early, and the adult males in Zhuge's family are only Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jin, and Zhuge Jin was traveling south to Jiangdong. Get separated from your family.

Now Zhuge Xuan is the pillar of the Zhuge family. If Zhuge Xuan is buried in Jianchang, only women and children will survive in this troubled world. There is a feeling of despair slowly spreading in the hearts of everyone.

The three daughters cried for a while, and Zhuge Xuan kept silent for no good reason. Suddenly, Zhuge Xiu (Zhuge Liang's second sister) said in a crying voice: "Uncle, since Liu Biao is untrustworthy, why is uncle loyal? Why don't you cast him somewhere else, so that you can get rid of it?" Why don't you worry about protecting your family with your brother-in-law's abilities."

Zhuge Xiu's words brightened Zhuge Xuan's eyes, but then he dimmed and said: "Xiu'er is not uncle who wants to be loyal to Liu Biao, but the ignorant master of the world. In today's troubled times in the north, there are wars and bones everywhere. Cao Cao is really a butcher! "

"Yuan Shao is far away in the north. How can I get there with my family, women and children? The forces in Jiangdong are intricate and scattered, and Liu Biao is like this. It's better for my uncle to sacrifice his life for Deren. I hope Liu Biao will take care of it."

At this time, Zhuge Lan (Sister Zhuge Liang) said: "Uncle has been busy with the war, the safety of the family is in danger, but there is no news about the heroes of the world!"

"I don't know about other regions, but I heard that there is a hero in Jiangdong. My brother-in-law can vote for him."

But Zhuge Xuan waved his hands and said, "Lan'er wouldn't say that it was Sun Ce? When I first arrived in Jiangdong, I heard that Sun Ce was attached to Yuan Shu. I will perish, and counting on Yuan Shu is not as good as Liu Biao!"

But Zhuge Lan hurriedly said: "Uncle, what Lan'er said is not about Sun Ce, but about this local Jiangdong man, Lu Heng, the second son of the Lu family, the prefect of Wu County!"

But Zhuge Xuan said again: "This Uncle Lu Heng has heard that this Mr. Lu is the son of a famous scholar Lu Kang who scolded Sun Ce fainted last year and is famous all over the world."

"At first, I thought I was going to die in the Lujiang River, but Mr. Lu desperately broke through and brought Mr. Lu Kang back to this Jiangdong."

"But this Lu Heng is far away in Wu County, thousands of miles away from Jianchang, how can the whole family agree with each other, hey!"

Seeing the news of his uncle, Zhuge Lan explained so backwardly: "Uncle doesn't know something. According to the local people, Mr. Lu is not in Wu County now, but in Jing County, Danyang County, north of Jianchang!"

"A few months ago, Mr. Lu brought three hundred elite cavalry and rushed thousands of miles to rescue Tai Shici. He defeated Sun Ce abruptly with few enemies and took possession of Jing County. reachable."

Mrs. Zhuge also interrupted and said: "I also heard that the people in the market also mentioned Lu Heng, saying that he is a virtuous man who loves the people, that the people under his rule have a way of life, and those who can rush thousands of miles to rescue people should not treat others too badly! "

"Husband, why don't you think about it, let's abandon the city with our family and go to this Second Young Master Lu?"

Listening to Zhuge Lan and his wife's words, Zhuge Xuan thought to himself and said: "If this is the case, it is feasible. I can support my father's view of Jianchang for several months. If it is impossible, the whole family will go north to seek refuge with Mr. Lu."

While Zhuge Xuan's family was discussing where to go, Sun Ce was also discussing with Sun Jing in the bedroom about borrowing troops.

Sun Jing said helplessly: "Bo Fu, in my opinion, he will return without success this time. Then Wang Sheng will stick to these soldiers and horses, and hope that Zhou Yu's side will go well!"

"Bo Fu! How about we borrow less soldiers and horses, and then go north to join Zhou Yu after borrowing three thousand soldiers? How about taking Yuzhang City first with internal and external cooperation? Once we take Yuzhang City, Wang Sheng dare not look down on us! "

Sun Ce said angrily, "What's the use of borrowing only three thousand soldiers?"

"This Yuzhang city is the administrative center of Yuzhang. Zhu Hao has tens of thousands of troops. If Gongjin's plan is wrong, these three thousand soldiers will not be able to restrain Yuzhang's army at all."

"This Wang Sheng doesn't know how to flatter. Isn't he worried about Qian Tong and Zou? If Ce will get rid of these two for him, let's see if he still lends troops to me."

Sun Jing was worried that Sun Ce would come to test him and said, "Is there any way for Bo Fu to get rid of this Qian Tong and Zou Ta?"

Sun Ce said excitedly: "I'm going to ask Wang Sheng for five hundred soldiers and horses, and it will be all right to kill these two."

"Bo Fu! Bo Fu! Don't try to mess around. Although you are brave, Qian Tong and Zou each have more than ten thousand troops."

"A mere five hundred soldiers and horses are fighting head-on with them. They are hitting a stone with an egg! Be safe and don't be impatient! Be safe and don't be impatient!" Sun Jing had no choice but to persuade Sun Ce.

But Sun Ce couldn't listen to it at all, and said angrily: "Be safe and don't be impatient! Be safe and don't be impatient! Each one of them is either thinking about the long-term plan, or being safe and not being impatient!"

"Gong Jin was planning hard for someone in Yuzhang City regardless of safety, Lu Heng is getting stronger day by day!"

"If I don't do anything else, should I just wait for Gongjin to sit back and enjoy the success? Wait for Lu Heng to attack?"

"If Wang Sheng insists on refusing to do so, he will have to borrow it today, or he will have to borrow it if he doesn't!"

At the end of the sentence, Sun Cesan showed his murderous intent and forced Sun Jing to take two steps back.

Seeing that Sun Ce was in a hurry to go to Wang Sheng to ask for five hundred soldiers, Sun Jing said suddenly, "Bo Fu! Bo Fu! I have a plan, and I can destroy Qian Tong and Zou Ta without a single soldier." Two people! Bo Fu, listen to me quickly..."

PS: The names of Zhuge Liang's eldest sister and second sister cannot be found. The author got the name himself. There are 2 versions of Zhuge Xuan's history.

1. After Zhu Hao replaced Zhuge Xuan as Yuzhang prefect in 195, he returned to Jingzhou with his family and died in Jingzhou two years later. From "Three Kingdoms: Biography of Zhuge Liang"

2. Zhu Hao asked Liu Yao to send troops to attack Zhuge Xuan. Zhuge Xuan retreated to the west city, but was killed by the rioters, beheaded and sent to Liu Yao.Quoted from "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Emperor Xiandi" in "The Notes of Pei Song"

The author chose the second option for the sake of the plot
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