The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

The first year of Jian'an, 196 AD.

The matter of Dongzhi is over, or in other words, covered up, everyone either knows or doesn't know but they all pretend they don't know, and continue to live their lives.After discussing with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu decided to go back to Danyang first, accompanied by Zhou Yu's father Zhou Shang.As for Sun Ce, there are other things to be busy with.

To be honest, Zhou Yu doesn't know why she is willing to follow him even though she has betrayed so many relatives, but she can't ask Zhou Shang, "I have killed my mother and relatives, why do you still follow me, such a bastard", so Zhou Shang is willing to follow him. Let him follow, anyway, Zhou Shang has no malicious intentions.Because if Zhou Shang really wanted to kill Zhou Yu, he would have succeeded a hundred times already.

Zhou Shang himself knew the reason for this, since Zhou Yu went to Danyang last year to accept Sun Ce under the name of He Qinshi. , can be regarded as the most important team in Jiangdong.This speed, this prestige, this level... Zhou Shang had his own little calculations in mind.

Zhou Yu didn't stay in Danyang for a long time, although he really wanted to stop here to consolidate Sun Ce's territory, but just as he thought so, Zhou Shang came in and told Zhou Yu that he hoped he would go to Shouchun with him.

Zhou Yu didn't want to go, because Shouchun was Yuan Shu's territory. Since Sun Ce and Yuan Shu changed Yuxi to the army until today, Sun Ce has actually escaped Yuan Shu's control and stood on his own.However, what Zhou Shang said was fair and aboveboard. After all, Sun Ce still obeyed Yuan Shu in name, and the two families hadn't broken up yet. It was understandable for subordinates to visit their superiors.Zhou Yu weighed it over and over again, and decided that it would be better to go there. Sun Ce hadn't established a firm foothold in Jiangdong, and the three places of Kuaiji, Danyang, and Wujun hadn't yet joined together.

Shouchun is in Anhui, Anhui is actually a good place, Huangshan is so beautiful, Yunwu tea is not very famous at this time, it can only be eaten as a cold dish, but Zhou Yu is not that leisurely, she only thinks of one thing here: Jian'an In the winter and October of the 17th year, Yu took care of his illness and ended in Shouchun.This thought is not very auspicious, Zhou Yu shook her head, she can't think about it now.

The meeting between Zhou Yu and Yuan Shu was very smooth and pleasant, at least Yuan Shu thought so. She would not express her dissatisfaction with Zhou Yu's gentle personality.She respectfully saluted Yuan Shu—a ceremony of obeisance to a prince, because Yuan Shu was about to proclaim himself emperor, but he was just an ordinary Han official in name, and the highest was six years ago when Liu Biao asked the imperial court to seal him Nanyang prefect, so Zhou Yu made a compromise here to satisfy Yuan Shu's vanity, which is not considered an overreach.Speaking of which, Zhou Yu still sympathizes with this Yuan Shu. This man's life is quite smug: he and Yuan Shao are half-brothers, and they are quite close, but Yuan Shao is the eldest son born to a maidservant. , Yuan Shu is the eldest son, and Yuan Shu's status in the family has always been higher than that of Yuan Shao.But Yuan Shao was later adopted by his uncle as an adopted son and became the orthodox heir of his uncle's family. His status was immediately improved, and Yuan Shu began to feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, he has always been the orthodox heir of the Yuan family, and his official position is higher than Yuan Shao. So everyone is still in harmony on the surface.It wasn't until Dong Zhuo conspired against him that the feudal lords went to flatter Yuan Shao to be the leader of the alliance. Yuan Shu was surprised to find that his elder brother had accumulated a lot of power in secret, and he was far superior to him, so the rift between him was very deep.There are such factors in control, so the two seemingly incompatible brothers of the Yuan family have shown a common genetic advantage on the same issue: they are both extremely sensitive to status.It is said that Yuan Shu was really pleased by Zhou Yu's actions, he happily ordered Zhou Yu and Zhou Shang to sit down, chatted a few homely things, praised Zhou Yu's extraordinary appearance, young and promising, Zhou Yu secretly complained: You know how to look at faces.But it still didn't show it on the surface, and still listened to Yuan Shu with a respectful expression.

Yuan Shu asked Zhou Shang about Sun Ce's current results, and Zhou Shang told the truth: "General Sun has occupied the three counties of Danyang, Wu, and Kuaiji, and successively wiped out Yan Baihu, Zou Ta, Qian Tong, Wang Sheng, etc. However, Liu Yao Retire Yuzhang, Yuzhang is a big county, and it is not easy to conquer."

Yuan Shu frowned: "Since this is the case, how should you deal with Qing's opinion?"

Zhou Shang remained silent.

After a long silence, Yuan Shu saw that Zhou Yu was silent but had a calm expression, so he asked Zhou Yu, "What does Gong Jin think?"

Zhou Yu smiled slightly: "Duke Ming, don't worry. Now that Liu Yao has retreated to Yuzhang, Yu predicts that he will not be able to defend. Within a few days, he will be defeated again in Wuhu, and he will flee into the mountains without doing anything. General Sun Bofu is under his command. The pacification of Xuancheng is just around the corner. The one that can be considered is Jing County. There are six counties to the west of Jing County. The mountain roads are rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is adjacent to Shanyue. If we make an alliance, it will be very difficult to march to conquer the city."

Yuan Shu was even happier when he heard this: "Gong Jin is indeed quite knowledgeable. I don't know where he is now?"

Zhou Yu said in his heart: Look, look, the old Yuan's family really has a deep-rooted concept of this class. When is it? In troubled times, all social classes will be reshuffled. The emperor can be snatched away. Do you still care? What is my official position?But Zhou Yu maintained a humble expression and replied: "Yu is not talented, but he is a mere general under General Sun's account. General Sun was also fortunately recommended by Ming Gong, how dare Yu speak of an official position!"

Yuan Shu saw that Zhou Yu respected him in words, so he didn't despise Zhou Yu because he had no job. Besides, there is Zhou Shang next, so he should give face to his old friend anyway, right?So Yuan Shu looked around and asked Zhou Yu, "If Gong Jin doesn't give up, how about being a general under my tent?"

Zhou Yu was secretly taken aback, her first reaction after hearing this was: Absolutely not to stay!However, how could he refuse someone like Yuan Shu who cared about his face?

Zhou Shang looked at Zhou Yu, that's why he asked Zhou Yu to visit Yuan Shu.He felt that Yuan Shu couldn't do anything, so he asked himself to be Danyang's prefect, but Yuan Shu didn't understand the intention at all, so he asked Zhou Shang to recommend someone to stay by his side to replace him, which somewhat meant being a hostage.

Zhou Yu glanced at Zhou Shang and understood everything.She got up and saluted Yuan Shu: "Ming Gong has a bright eye, and Yu is flattered. I wanted to take up the post immediately, but I just arrived. I didn't make an inch of merit, and I eat the king's salary without merit. I am restless all night. Yu would like to be the head of the nest. Help General Sun to pacify Jing County, and if the matter is successful, then Yu will live up to General Sun and contribute an inch of merit to Duke Ming, what does Duke Ming think?"

"This..." Yuan Shu pondered.He's not stupid, what if Zhou Yu goes to Juchao and doesn't come back?

Zhou Yu saw it: "Dongcheng and Juchao are both important places. Yu would like to recommend someone to be the mayor of Dongcheng. I hope it will be fair!"

What Zhou Yu meant was that you wanted me to be a hostage, so I might as well recommend another person as a hostage in name.

Yuan Shu thought about it and agreed.The person Zhou Yu recommended was Lu Su.

After receiving Zhou Yu's letter, Lu Su rushed to meet Yuan Shu, stopped by to see Zhou Yu, and laughed as soon as he saw him: "Gong Jin, you don't want to be Yuan Gong's official, so why drag me in?"

Zhou Yu also laughed, Lu Su has always been a loyal elder, but loyalty does not mean useless, he is very sober, he did not say anything last time when he took away a bag of food from him, because he values ​​morality and foresight.If my arrangement this time is purely at the expense of others, they will definitely turn their backs.

"Zijing, don't make fun of me. I'm going to be the head of the nest, and I really have the intention of returning east. Bofu is now in Xuancheng, and Liu Yao is nothing to worry about. What I worry about is Tai Shici, who is under Liu Yao's command. Brave and resourceful, if Bo Fu competes with him, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to win. I will help Bo Fu in Juchao. You are an official in Dongcheng, and you will increase your experience and contacts. Second, you will be my back-up , to help Bofu succeed, and I can also take you back from Juchao in the third time, and we will protect the Sun family together."

Lu Su smiled and shook his head: "It's easy to say. Will Yuan Shu let me go easily?"

Zhou Yu smiled but didn't answer. She tapped the map on the table with her fingers. Lu Su looked carefully. The place she tapped was marked "Xuchang".

The development of the matter was as expected by Zhou Yu. There was really no technical difficulty. Just study history well and don't doze off during class.Sure enough, Sun Ce quickly pacified the area east of Xuancheng. Liu Yao continued to flee and was separated from Tai Shici, who had been protecting him, among the rebellious army.Tai Shici was not discouraged when he lost the object of allegiance, and stationed in Jing County, stationed troops and established a mansion.Not to mention, the brave little country of Shanyue came to rely on Tai Shici to deal with Sun Ce together, whether it was hearing of Tai Shici's heroic deeds or for some other reason.Sun Ce was furious. After several challenges, Tai Shici was still talking about how he almost captured Sun Ce alive in the Battle of Shenting.There is a saying that you should not slap someone in the face, and do not expose your mistakes when you scold someone. Uh, please tell Zhuge Liang the last half sentence.Sun Ce is also a good-looking person, and he cherishes his honest face very much, so he wanted to hurt Tai Shici at the time, but the distance between ideal and reality was too far, and Sun Ce's eyes were red, but under the strong attack, almost Even Japan couldn't win.Sun Ce murmured in his heart: Should I write a letter to Zhou Yu?

Zhou Yu didn't want him to think about it. Zhou Yu wrote him a letter, which detailed how he met Yuan Shu, and finally said that Yuan Shu had recently urged her and Lu Su to go to Shouchun to receive a new appointment.Zhou Yu said that this move was to drag Sun Ce back. Obviously, Yuan Shu will soon proclaim himself emperor. Sun Ce, who is becoming more and more famous but difficult to control, is now not his help but his obstacle, so he doesn't want to see it at all. Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong.In fact, Yuan Shu had already secretly colluded with Tai Shici to fight against Sun Ce, even the Shanyue incident was provoked by Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce understood everything after reading the letter. No wonder Shanyue joined forces with Tai Shici, and he yelled at Yuan Shu in the big tent for his lack of kindness and virtue.The messenger waited for him to scold enough, took out Zhou Yu's second letter from his belt and gave it to Sun Ce, saying that General Zhou had ordered him to show you this letter when you had scolded enough.

Zhou Yu's first letter was to solve the why problem, and the second letter was to solve the how problem.Zhou Yu said in this letter: All the key points are in Tai Shici. As long as Tai Shici is defeated, Yuan Shu loses his contact person and Shanyue loses his vassals, so he will not dare to act rashly.However, Tai Shi is kind, filial, righteous, and quite prestigious. Even if you are angry, Bo Fu, try your best not to kill him, persuade him to surrender and reuse him, you are a good person.Specifically, you don't have to fight with the Shanyue people. They are all masters of guerrilla warfare, and they will not threaten the core strength of your army by using the terrain to flicker.You just need to send people to stabilize the defense, and at the same time use feints to contain them.Concentrate the main forces to besiege and attack Taishici in Jing County.This place is small, once Shanyue's connection is cut off and there is no food and grass backup, it will be easy to fight down.At the end of the letter, there is an S: Bo Fu, Lu Zijing said, Yuan Shu was unkind first, we can completely turn against him now, after you take down Jing County, you can bypass Yuan Shu and directly report the victory to the imperial court and ask for a seal.

After reading Zhou Yu's letter, Sun Ce calmed down, called Huang Gai and others to have a meeting, and then followed the instructions in the letter.Sure enough, within half a month, the small Jing County was unable to resist Sun Ce's army, and Tai Shici was defeated and imprisoned.Sun Ce met him in the big tent, untied him personally, and asked him with a smile, "Is the general safe?"Tai Shici ignored Sun Ce. Originally, it was too obvious to buy people's hearts.Sun Ce was not angry at all, he held Tai Shici's hand and continued, "Ning knows Shenting Shixie? Ruoqing, what do you think of me?" Tai Shici pondered for a while: "It's immeasurable." Sun Ce laughed loudly: "Today's affairs should be shared with you."

Sun Ce must be very proud of taming Tai Shici, otherwise he would not have written to Zhou Yu about it. Zhou Yu smiled as she read it, because she knew what happened without looking at it. Of course Tai Shici was very moved. Surrendered, determined to protect Sun Ce's family, and then Sun Ce asked him for advice. He first excused himself as a defeated general, and then opened up his heart and said that he was willing to clean up the scattered army horses for Sun Ce. Of course Sun Ce agreed, and of course the other generals doubted. Sun Ce was very confident or pretended to be very confident. He agreed, saw the results immediately, and said: "If Ziyi abandons me, who should I return to?" Finally, Taishi Ciguo returned as scheduled.

Zhou Yu really wanted to tell Sun Ce that your greatest achievement in this matter was not to subdue Tai Shici, but to obtain the copyright of the idiom "Who else is it?"

Sun Ce took the prefect of Kuaiji himself, made his uncle Wu Jing the prefect of Danyang, and Zhu Zhi became the prefect of Wujun. The three places were completely pacified.The place in Yuzhang is more like a mess. I don’t know who is better to manage it. The counselors under him are arguing, and Sun Ce feels a headache. Zhang Taishou, the reason is that Yuzhang has always been close to Yuan Shu, and Sun Ben and Yuan Shu have always had a close relationship, and Sun Ben is Sun Qiang's son. Speaking of it, he is Sun Ce's cousin. Given the background of the group, this result should be acceptable to everyone.Sun Ce felt that what Zhang Zhao said was very reasonable, but he was a little worried. After much deliberation, he still wrote a letter to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu wrote back and praised Zhang Zhao a lot, thinking that this is all right. If Sun Ce still has doubts, he can slowly weaken Sun Ben's rights.For example, Yuzhang is a large county, and several counties were simply separated to form a new county, and then appointed as the prefect of the new county, to check and balance with Sun Ben.

After Sun Ce received the reply, he divided several counties in Yuzhang County and established a new Luling County, and then appointed Sun Ben's younger brother Sun Fu as the prefect of Luling.Looking left and right, Sun Ce was satisfied with the result. At this time, news came that Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, so he bypassed Yuan Shu with peace of mind, and directly reported the victory to the court with a pen and paid tribute.

In the second year of Jian'an, the imperial court's approval came down, and the emperor, or Cao Cao, agreed.However, there is one condition attached: break with Yuan Shu completely, and attack Yuan Shu.

Of course Sun Ce agreed, but before he agreed, he hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to Zhou Yu, telling Zhou Yu to come back quickly.

Zhou Yu sent someone to tell Sun Ce: I haven't clearly followed you, nor accepted any official position from you. Yuan Shu will not kill me. I will stay in Juchao as a passage for you to pass through in the future. Don't worry, even if Yuan Shu wants to kill me, When the order came down, I would have already run away.The most urgent thing is that you quickly tell the world to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce was almost dying of anxiety, but the situation changed so suddenly that he couldn't allow him to think too much. Anyway, in troubled times, everyone tied their heads to their belts and resigned themselves to fate, so he could only go about his own business first.First, he wrote a letter to Yuan Shu, scolding him for being ungrateful, shameless and shameless, for how he was ordered by the emperor to conquer rebels, and he was shrouded in an aura of justice.Then someone immediately wrote a notice to tell the world how Yuan Shu was plotting misconduct, usurping, rebelling, bullying, humiliating me, Jiangdong, and never being with this person. It would be good to write all the content that molested other people's newlyweds.Zhang Zhao said, General Sun, you can't write like this. I heard that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were molesting the bride.Sun Ce said that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers anyway, since Yuan Shao has done this before, Yuan Shu must have done it too, it must be written...

Fortunately, Zhang Zibu is still a man of integrity.

But Sun Ce has made such a big commotion here, even if there is thunder but no rain, he just doesn't see him sending troops.Xu Du urged him three or four times, but Sun Ce only said that the men, horses, food and fodder were not in order, and the time limit was delayed.

Cao Cao was very angry, the consequences...not serious yet.

Cao Cao was in a bad mood at this time, and there were many reasons for his bad mood. For example, he had changed the name of Xuchang to Xudu, but the people who made the maps had developed a habit of being too lazy to change it. Many old maps still used Xuchang instead of Xudu. For example, Zhou Yu has such a map; for example, he just surrendered Zhang Xiu, a little proud, and then slept with his aunt Zhang Ji’s wife Zou, which aroused Zhang Xiu’s anger, and the consequences of Uncle Zhang’s anger were Seriously, Cao Cao managed to bribe Hu Che'er to let him assassinate Zhang Xiu. You said you were worth it just for a woman!Hu Che'er was defeated, Jia Xu, who is also an old fox at the level of Zhang Xiu, gave Zhang Xiu an idea, let's go against it!In this turn, Elai Dianwei died, his eldest son Cao Ang died because he changed his horse, his nephew Cao An died, and he fled back to Xudu with injuries, and Wuyin and other places fell into Zhang Xiu's hands.I thought I would be able to take a breather when I went home, but my wife Ding quit. Because of Cao Ang's death, I had a cold war with him, and then we separated, and then...they went back to their mother's house.My wife is not easy to coax!Apologies are useless!When the front yard and the back yard were on fire, that idiot Yuan Shu actually ascended the throne!Doesn't this make people angry!Now Sun Ce is also passively slowing down!Boss Cao's mood was extremely bad, but no matter where he went, someone pointed at him: Look, that's Cao Mengde who had an extramarital affair and turned the world upside down.

Fortunately, Guo Jia came at this time.Cao Cao was very embarrassed to see Guo Jia, because before this expedition, Guo Jia had already warned him what should be warned.First she repeatedly asked to join the army, but Cao Cao thought it was unnecessary, since she was just a little Zhang Xiu.Guo Jia saw that he could not get what he wanted, so he asked Cao Cao not to get close to women. Cao Cao was still snickering in his heart at that time, and jokingly said to Guo Jia, "Qing is jealous of all the concubines? Otherwise, why should you join the army? With Qing by your side, you will be alone. Order all the girls to retreat." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao speechlessly: "The lord has so many harems—can you come here one by one because you're jealous of me?"

Now Cao Cao is very regretful, if he really took Guo Jia, no, it doesn't have to be Guo Jia, anyone can take Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, and he won't fall into this situation, but there is no medicine for regret in this world.

Just as he was thinking wildly, Guo Jia had already come in. Unexpectedly, Guo Jia didn't come to talk to Cao Cao about the Wancheng incident, so Guo Jia pretended it hadn't happened, and started talking about Yuan Shu and Sun Ce directly.Seeing that Guo Jia didn't pursue it, Cao Cao was relieved.

Guo Jia held a glass of water brought by the soldiers. This was her habit since she came here. She added Chinese medicinal materials to the boiled water and drank it as a substitute for tea.Then he began to play the true character of the magic stick: "My lord thinks why Sun Ce refuses to send troops."

"Why? It's nothing more than an offer to blackmail Yu Gu."

"Then is the lord going to agree?"

"There is no other way."

"Sun Ce is so arrogant because he has recently pacified Jiangdong and subdued several generals. His morale is high. But the lord ordered him with the edict of the emperor, and if he doesn't obey, it may not be that other people agree with him. From Yijia's point of view, Sun Ce There are quite a few generals under his command who have the reputation of loyalty, righteousness and filial piety, and the lord can write a letter to tempt them to come. If they are willing to come, it is of course good; if they are not willing to come, it also shows the lord's love for talents, and it also shows Sun Ce's fault."

Cao Cao nodded: "Feng Xiao thinks, who should I write to?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Tai Shi Ci."

Cao Cao wrote the letter in good faith and put it in his bag. Just as he was about to tie his mouth, Guo Jia suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

Cao Cao paused for a moment: "What else is there to do with filial piety?"

"My lord has never had any contact with Taishici. This letter must be very special to be able to catch others' attention."

"What is the meaning of filial piety?"

Guo Jia thought about it in a daze, then looked down at his own cup and smiled, "Put something in it."

The author has something to say:

Suddenly found that the author confused Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao...

The simple understanding from the father is uncle and uncle.

In history, Cao Sikong did write a very special letter to Da Shizi - it should have nothing to do with Guo Jia.