The Three Kingdoms

[Chapter 33 Sun Ce's Tunnel in Qu'a]

In the first year of Chuping, at the beginning of November, there were already snowflakes flying in the north, while the weather in the south had suddenly turned cold. Although the snow had not yet started, the cold wind was blowing.

Sun Ce commanded a thousand cavalry, set off from Sishuiguan, and searched day and night all the way, but still did not find any trace of little Sun Quan. He searched from Runan all the way to Jiujiang. After all, Jiujiang County was not the territory of the Sun family, and he did not dare to stay for long. We had no choice but to cross the river, enter Wu County from Danyang, and first station in Qu'e County, waiting for the return of the Jiangdong army.

Qu'e, which began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was named Yunyangyi.

Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, changed Yunyang to Yunyang County, and later changed its name to Qu'e. This is an ancient city with a very long history. It originally belonged to Kuaiji County. Later, Kuaiji County was divided into two, and Qu'e County became Wu County. One of the thirteen counties.

Qu'a is also a large county town, with thousands of county soldiers in the city, but when Sun Ce's cavalry approached the city, Han Deng, the county magistrate of Qu'a, opened the city gate and greeted them without the slightest resistance.

Han Deng, courtesy name Menghua, was born in Yuhang, Kuaiji. In name, he was a subordinate of Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County, but in fact he was the Caotou King of Qu'e County, who controlled thousands of soldiers and horses in Qu'e.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court's rule over the localities has been weak. When the [-]th princes attacked Dong Zhuo at the beginning of the year, the central government's rule over the localities was completely cut off, and the localities have begun to govern themselves.

Although Sheng Xian is the prefect of Wu County, he nominally controls the thirteen counties of the county. He is quite talented in governing the local area, but his character is too indecisive and incapable of commanding soldiers and horses. Only the important counties of Wu County and Lou County can be controlled. The other counties are either under the jurisdiction of the Jiangdong family or under the control of the local county magistrate.

Han Deng began to serve as the magistrate of Qu'e County in the third year of Zhongping (186). He and Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing were friends for many years, and he was also an official brought out by Wu Jing. At this time, Wu Jing was in the city. At that time, he began to persuade him to return to the Sun family. After thinking about it, Han Deng decided to return to the Sun family.

Sun Wentai raised troops in Changsha to attack Dong Zhuo, and the momentum was like thunder. During this battle, the name of the Jiangdong tiger shocked the world. Now tens of thousands of elite troops are about to return to Wu, and this has spread throughout Wu County.

When the tiger returns to the mountain, it will naturally dominate Wujun. No one in Jiangdong thinks that the weak Wujun prefect Sheng Xian is capable of resisting the return of Sun Jian's tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and the Sun family originally had a good reputation in Wujun. There are also some connections, judging the situation and how to choose, Han Deng naturally understands.

After a thousand cavalry from Jiangdong entered the city, the army stationed in a school yard in the west of the city. Just as Sun Ce set up camp, Wu Jing joined forces with Qu'a County Magistrate Han Deng, and County Wei Mo came from the door.

"Ce has met uncle, Han Xianzun, Mo Xianwei." In the barracks, Sun Ce had already taken off his armor, dressed in a blue robe, young and handsome, with a handsome face, and said politely to the three of them.

"Bofu, good boy, I didn't expect you to go to Luoyang, and you became a lot calmer and more polite." Wu Jing stared at this brave but impulsive nephew, patted him on the shoulder, laughed.

"Uncle, thank you!" Sun Ce has indeed matured a lot during this trip, especially when his younger brother Sun Quan, who seemed young and mature, was stimulated so much, he calmed down a lot and lost a lot of impulsive energy.

"Deng (cong) has seen the eldest son!" Since Han Deng and Mo Cong voted for Sun Jian, they naturally did not dare to show off in front of Sun Ce. Centralized outside, you can accept the young master's recruitment at any time."

"Han Xianzun and Mo Xianwei don't need to be polite!"

Sun Ce was silent for a while, looked at the elegant men in their thirties, and said softly: "It is the luck of my Sun family that you are willing to submit to my family. The county lord is the master, and my father can lead the army back in half a month, so how about he being the master again at that time?"

When Han Dengmo heard from the two of them, his eyes lit up immediately.

Surrender is completely different from Sun Ce and Sun Jian. Although Sun Ce is the eldest son, Sun Jian is the master in the final analysis.

"promise!"

The two quickly nodded.

"Meng Hua, the two of you go to appease those powerful families in Qu'a first, and let us two uncles and nephews talk about family affairs." Wu Jing smiled slightly, and said softly to the two of them.

Han Deng and Mo Cong nodded, knowing that although they had already surrendered, they were new surrenders after all, and had not yet entered the core of the Sun family. The military secrets of the Jiangdong Army still could not be heard, so they went out to appease those who were dissatisfied with their surrender. The place of home is powerful.

After the two walked out of the big tent, Mo Cong suddenly looked gloomy, looked at Han Deng, and asked in a low voice: "Master County, we managed to control Qu'a with great difficulty, and surrendered to Sun Jian without talking about anything." ?”

He naturally had his own little thoughts, and wanted to find out about Han Deng's details.

"Zihao, you and I have been partners for many years, and we have a little friendship. Let me remind you, don't be too troublesome. I know that you are from Qu'a sent by Xu Gong. Xu Gong wants to fight against Sheriff Sheng. Objected, but Wu Chenghou was not the prefect of Sheng. If he wanted to resist Wu Chenghou, he would seek his own death.

You are different from Xu Gong, he lacks ability and has too much ambition, but you are a smart person, don't take the wrong path and seek your own death.Since Wu Chenghou returned to Wu County, Wu County is so big that no one can stop his might. "Han Deng patted him on the shoulder, gave him a meaningful look, and then walked out of the camp.

Mo Cong was startled when he heard this, and looking at his back, his expression became gloomy and uncertain.

After working together for so many years, he never knew that the gentle Han Deng actually had such a sharp side. He always thought that he was a fool, and that he was a smart person with feelings, but he was a fool.

"Sun Jian? Xu Gong?" Mo immediately understood Han Deng's words in his heart. This was not a level confrontation at all.

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"Uncle, is this Han Xianzun sincerely submitting, or is it an expedient measure?" Sun Ce watched the two leave, and became more casual. He sat at the desk and asked worriedly.

If Wu Jing hadn't been here, he would never have thought of stationing in Qu'a. Although there were more than a thousand cavalry and he was not afraid of the thousands of county soldiers in Qu'a, he didn't want to start a war before Sun Jian's army came back.

"Don't worry, Meng Hua used to be my subordinate in Jiujiang County, you can believe it." Knowing Sun Ce's worry, Wu Jing said, "But Mo Cong next to him should be guarded. Mo Cong should be from Xu Gong. .”

He often served as the magistrate of Jiujiang County, and Han Deng was his long-term history, he was his old subordinate, and he still believed in Han Deng, otherwise he would not have been avoiding disaster in Qu'a.

"Xu Gong? Commander-in-Chief of Wu County, I understand." Sun Ce nodded with a sullen expression on his face.

"By the way, uncle, haven't you been appointed as the prefect of Danyang? Why are you still here in Qu'a?" Sun Ce suddenly remembered that before Sun Jian went north to attack Dong Zhuo, the Sun and Wu families worked together and joined forces. Several big families opened up relationships and forced Wu Jing to the position of Danyang prefect.

"Danyang is now controlled by Zhou Xin. He has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. How dare I take up the post." Wu Jing said with a wry smile. He didn't dare to go to Danyang to take office even if he was justified.

"Zhou Xin, Zhou Taiming?" Upon hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes flickered coldly, and he continued to ask, "Even if you don't go to Danyang, aren't you still the governor of Jiujiang County?"

"Now that Wentai is about to return to Jiangdong, Zhou Ang has led his troops to vote for Yuan Shao. He is afraid of Wentai, and he is afraid that I will be an internal response, so he kicked me out." Speaking of this, Wu Jing was a little angry.

He is obviously the boss of a county, and he will go to Danyang to take office at the beginning of the year, but it has only been less than half a year, and he has become a bereaved dog.

"What a brother of the Zhou family, they deserve to die. When father's army returns, Ce will definitely lead the troops to attack them." Sun Ce and Wu Jing's uncle and nephew had a very good relationship, and said angrily.

"Let's not talk about me, this time leading the alliance to attack Dong Zhuo, how many casualties will our Jiangdong army suffer?" Wu Jing asked.

"Don't talk about it, the alliance is a bunch of selfish villains. We were the vanguard in the battle of Sishuiguan, but we were not defeated by the Xiliang army, but we were defeated by that bastard Yuan Shu. Fortunately, the second brother was alert. Let Uncle De Mao invite the reinforcements, otherwise our entire army may be wiped out." Sun Ce said with a wry smile: "We have nearly [-] casualties in this battle, Jiang Dongerlang, it is too tragic."

"Tell me carefully!" Wu Jing said with bright eyes.

"Okay, our eighteen princes are in the Suanzao Alliance, and the vanguard mission that my father won..."

Sun Ce started from the battle of Sishuiguan, went to Hulaoguan, and then Luoyang, when he said that he led tens of thousands of troops, and when he fought against Lu Bu, his expression was really excited and his eyebrows danced.

[Text Chapter 34 Sun Ce's Butcher Knife]

In the camp of Qu’e County, Sun Ce explained to Wu Jing about the process before and after the Jiangdong Army’s participation in the Allied Army’s campaign. Wu Jing listened quietly, sometimes frowning , sometimes angry, sometimes surprised.

"What a Yuan Shu, I didn't expect such a villain to come out of the family of the fourth generation and the third lord." Wu Jing snorted coldly when he heard that the Jiangdong army's food and grass were cut off, leading to the defeat and tens of thousands of sons died. , scolded angrily.

"Hmph! This villain, if his father hadn't stopped him, Ce would have shot him to death!" Sun Ce also said coldly. After breaking through the realm of Qi training, he was only 16 years old and had already reached the pinnacle of first-class generals. , Relatively speaking, self-confidence is stronger.

"It's just a pity that the Jade Seal of Chuanguo was delivered to him." Wu Jing's eyes flashed a gleam of admiration, his brows twitched, and he sighed.

Sun Ce didn't hide anything from Wu Jing, including Yuxi's secret, which he also told in detail.

Before Sun Jian, the tiger, grew up, the Sun family was not as influential as the Wu family in Wu. Later, Sun Jian wanted to marry the eldest lady of the Wu family. Wu Jing single-handedly facilitated this marriage. Wu Jing knew Sun Jian in his early years, and he always thought that Sun Jian would achieve great things sooner or later.

These years, Wu Jing and Sun Jian have a very deep relationship, and he has been secretly assisting Sun Jian. Otherwise, how could it be possible for Sun Jian to train [-] elite Jiangdong soldiers with only one county in Changsha.

For Sun Jian to have the prestige he has today, he relied on the four brothers Cheng Pu, Zu Mao, Huang Gai, and Han Dang for marching and fighting, and relied on two of them for political and financial resources, his brother-in-law Wu Jing and younger brother Sun Jing.

The two used all the financial resources of the Sun and Wu families to support the Jiangdong Army's airs.

"This is a helpless move, but the second brother said that the jade seal will return to our hands sooner or later, and we have also obtained tens of thousands of horses and a lot of baggage. After my father returns to Jiangdong this time, we will form a An elite cavalry." Sun Ce was a little excited.