I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 778 Sun Ce’s final value

After learning about Yuan Tan's suicide after the rebellion in Jingzhou, Sun Ce, who was hiding in Yizhou, was about to collapse.

It's not that he is afraid of death, it's just that he hopes that his death will be worthwhile.

When Yuan Shao sent him to Yizhou, Sun Ce hoped that since there were no generals in Shu, he could lead the army alone in Yizhou, and then borrow Yuan Yi's power to slowly enrich his military strength, and finally serve his father Sun Jian. revenge.

But I never thought that the result would be like this.

Instead of taking the military power of Yizhou, Liu Jian allowed Liu Jian to conquer the territory of Yizhou and forced himself into a desperate situation.

Now if I want to rush out of Yizhou and return to Jingzhou, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

It was Yuan Shao who sent him to Yizhou in the first place. Now that Yuan Shao learned that his recklessness led to the fall of Yizhou, Sun Ce was really unsure whether he would be angry with him.

When he learned that Yuan Shao was seriously ill in Yizhou, infinite hope suddenly burst out in his heart, that is, he hoped that Yuan Tan could succeed Yuan Shao's position.

After all, he and Yuan Tan were close friends of life and death.

If Yuan Tan becomes the lord of Jingzhou, he must be the governor of Jingzhou, and he can do whatever he wants from now on.

At least in terms of revenge against Liu Jian, Yuan Tan would never stop him, and he was too embarrassed to stop him.

But soon, his last hope was dashed.

News came from Jingzhou that Yuan Tan committed suicide and Yuan Shu died in the chaos.

Yuan Shao regained control of Jingzhou and appeased the local prominent families.

Now, the person who could allow Sun Ce to control power in Jingzhou died.

And judging from Sun Ce's understanding of Yuan Shao, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to send troops to support him.

Sun Ce is now wandering around in the mountains of Yuexi County.

Most of the fields cultivated in Yizhou are concentrated in the Chengdu Plain.

If Sun Ce wanted food, he could only get it from the hands of the mountain people. Moreover, Yuexi was a poor place to begin with, so the supply of food and grass was a problem for his soldiers.

During this time, many soldiers began to flee in all directions.

The lack of food caused Sun Ce's troops to become fewer and fewer, and his generals' trust in him became less and less.

Now Sun Ce is on a dead end road.

Under this situation, there was no way he could make a comeback...if he could save his life, that would be the best outcome.

But now, it is probably very difficult for him to do this.

The saying "The road to Shu is difficult, it is as difficult as the mountains and the blue sky" is not just for people who want to enter Shu from the outside.

It also includes those who want to escape from Shu.

And Sun Ce is one of them now.

The level of development in Yizhou is not high and the area is very large. This is one of the reasons why Sun Ce can now escape in the wilderness and has not been found by Liu Jian for the time being.

But as time goes by, this situation may not last long.

Now there are only two roads in front of Sun Ce. One is to break through to the east or north of Yizhou, but Hanzhong in the north, including Guanzhong in the north of Hanzhong, are all within Liu Jian's sphere of influence.

If they break out to the east and retreat to Jingzhou, I heard that Liu Jian has placed heavy troops at various checkpoints in Shu to prevent Sun Ce from escaping.

Sun Ce's current strength simply cannot break through the encirclement, and there are so many checkpoints in Shu, each with dangerous mountains and rivers. How could Sun Ce break out of the encirclement?

Liu Jian has been busy dealing with internal affairs in Yizhou during this period and has no time to deal with Sun Ce, but this does not mean that he will let Sun Ce go back.

Obviously, he wanted to suffocate Sun Ce to death here.

Sun Ce was really anxious now. He had no way to break through Liu Jian's encirclement.

After the first few battles, almost all his generals were lost.

But at this critical moment, his brother Sun Quan gave him an idea.

That is to let Sun Ce lead his troops to Nanzhong.

After all, although Nanzhong was also the territory of the Han Dynasty, it was a borderland after all, and it was a barren land.

The local tribes had little idea of ​​the central government of the Han Dynasty.

Although the mountains and rivers there are dangerous, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty may not be able to get through Nanzhong for a while.

And when you reach Nanzhong, even if the Han Dynasty's army is chasing you, you can continue to go south and stay away from the Han Dynasty.

Go to many small countries and tribes in the south to seek development, and see if you can get a chance to take revenge in the future.

To be honest, Sun Ce knew in his heart that if he really went to Nanzhong, or passed through Nanzhong and escaped from the territory of the Han Dynasty, then the chance of returning to the Han Dynasty in the future might not be great.

In other words, he may never have the chance to return to the Han Dynasty in this life.

But if Sun Quan does not follow what he said, he will most likely end up dying in Yizhou.

In the end, he decided to leave here and head south.

Go to a place that seemed to him like a wild land.

"It's a pity that my father and son, who have been heroes for a long time, have to leave their homeland in the end and lead their troops south to that barren and barren land. If my father knew better, he would probably feel sad for us."

After thinking for a long time, Sun Ce finally made up his mind.

Although he was reluctant, he also knew that this was the inevitable destination.

Sun Quan on the side raised his hand to Sun Ce and said:
"Brother, I know you are unwilling to go south and don't want to leave the Han Dynasty, but brother, why do I want to leave the Han Dynasty? What I am doing now is just to preserve the Sun family." "Once our brothers are here in Shu If Di is captured alive by Liu Jian, the Sun family will be wiped out."

Lu Meng said: "Young general, don't be sad. Although we have left the Han Dynasty, who guarantees that we will not be able to come back in the future."

Sun Ce sighed softly.

Lu Meng's words are deceiving himself and others.

"I don't know if I can return to the Han Dynasty, but I only know that... from this moment on, I may become a wild man in southern Xinjiang."

Having said this, Sun Ce took another deep breath.

He tried his best to suppress the sadness in his heart, and then a cold and stern expression appeared on his face.

"But now, what's the use of thinking so much? The savages of Southern Border are just the savages of Southern Border."

"Even if I become a savage in southern Xinjiang, one day I will take revenge on Liu Jian."

"I want to take this shame back from Liu Jian, I want to take it back from the Han Dynasty and the Liu clan."

Sun Quan and Lu Meng looked at each other and said nothing.

What the two of them are thinking about now is how to save their own lives, as well as the lives of the troops under their command.

As for what Sun Ce said about taking revenge on Liu Jian in the future, the two of them actually didn't even think about it now.

It’s as difficult as climbing to the sky!

In fact, many of their family members are still in Yuzhou, but I'm afraid they won't be able to bring them back now.

They felt heartbroken just thinking about how they would never be able to reunite with their families, all over the world.

But at least life was saved.

Later, Lu Meng and Sun Quan began to study with Sun Ce the route they took to enter Nanzhong.

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But what Sun Ce didn't know was that every move they made was actually under Liu Jian's observation and control.

To be honest, Liu Jian has no plans to encircle and suppress Sun Ce at all now. If he really wants to encircle and suppress Sun Ce, it will only happen overnight.

Although Yizhou has a large jurisdiction, it is still very easy for Liu Jian to kill Sun Ce.

But Liu Jian didn't do this.

He didn't want to let Sun Ce go, but he wanted to see what Sun Ce would do in the predicament. If Sun Ce broke out towards Jingzhou, Liu Jian would immediately eradicate Sun Ce's entire army without leaving any behind.

But now Sun Ce's move is obviously to break through to Nanzhong, which is somewhat valuable to Liu Jian.

After Jia Xu, who was in charge of snooping for intelligence, informed Liu Jian of Sun Ce's movements, he immediately asked, "I wonder when the prime minister plans to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against Sun Ce?"

Liu Jian touched the beard on his chin, half-closed his eyes, and thought carefully.

When I was young, I heard him ask Jia Xu: "Wen He, do you think Sun Ce is still a threat to me now?"

Jia Xu said calmly: "Sun Ce has less than ten thousand soldiers, and at the end of his powerful crossbow, how can he still pose a threat to the Han Dynasty? He just lost his family dog."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "That's good. If that's the case, then for me, should I kill him on the spot or send him to southern Xinjiang... What do you think about this?" "

If it had been fifteen years ago, Jia Xu would have told Liu Jian to kill Sun Ce without hesitation. But now, Jia Xu has been under Liu Jian for many years, and he has understood what kind of person Liu Jian is and what kind of person Liu Jian is. What is Jian’s true ambition?

So he did not rush to answer, but slowly walked to the map in the main hall and looked at the location of Nanzhong.

His hand touched the area in the south of the map, drawing lightly, and then continued touching to the south.

"Although Nanzhong is our territory, the dominance of the Han Dynasty is not very strong. Now we need to send troops to Nanzhong to completely control Nanzhong in the hands of our Han Dynasty."

"As for the areas south of Nanzhong, they are all small foreign countries and tribes. Over the years, they have had dealings with our Han Dynasty. As far as I know, they are relatively backward and full of southern barbarians. However, they are all martial tribes. Maybe in a few years, they will gradually form a country and pose a threat to our Han Dynasty."

Liu Jian said slowly: "That's it. If before they become a big country, they can form a certain degree of control over there, so that the people there can be used by our Han Dynasty, and the land and food resources there can be used by our Han Dynasty." Wouldn't it be a beautiful thing to use it? Although this place is far away from the Central Plains, it is very close to Yizhou. Yizhou can be used as a forward position for our Han Dynasty in the southwest in the future, and then impose on these foreign tribes. Control and absorb their resources, but the first thing to do is to vigorously develop Yizhou, but without the resources of these southern countries, developing Yizhou will still be difficult for our current productivity. "

"So, it's a complementary thing."

Jia Xu seemed to understand what Liu Jian meant. He said: "The Prime Minister wants to use Yizhou as a frontline position, gradually expand to the south of Yizhou, and use the countries in southern Xinjiang to develop the southwest of our Han Dynasty." People’s livelihood!”

Liu Jian let out a long sigh and said, "The life of the local people in Yizhou is really not easy. We have to find some countries to support the people's livelihood in Yizhou."

"How can we, the mighty Han Dynasty, send troops to other small countries at will to seize their resources? Doesn't this make all the countries in the world misunderstand my Han Dynasty's behavior?"

When Jia Xu heard this, he nodded suddenly, and then he said: "So the Han Dynasty needs to send troops to the south to kill the rebellious thieves of our dynasty... We are not going to the south to attack other small countries or tribes. , but to clear out Sun Ce who fled to the southern Xinjiang countries."

Liu Jian laughed loudly and said: "Those who know me, Jia Wenhe, just let Sun Ce escape to the southern Xinjiang countries in such a mess. For my Han Dynasty and the lives of the people of Yizhou, let him expand the southern Xinjiang for the Han Dynasty." force to make his final contribution."

Jia Xu admired him very much.

"But even so, Sun Ce's soldiers still need to be killed. He still has more than 10,000 soldiers. According to the wishes of the officials, these more than 10,000 soldiers still need to be killed to about a thousand, or hundreds, so that As a result, even if Sun Ce fled to Southern Xinjiang, he would not pose any danger to us. He was just a hasty lost dog, constantly running back and forth among the countries in Southern Xinjiang. The Han Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity to beat this drowned dog. , and continue to expand its power in southern Xinjiang.”

Liu Jian said: "Yes, and using troops against the countries in southern Xinjiang will weaken the current conflict between the imperial court and Yizhou's local powers, and use overseas colonial interests to promote the imperial court's new policy in Yizhou and stabilize the interior."

"Let Zhang Ren and Yan Yan lead their troops to Yizhou to encircle and suppress Sun Ce. The more troops and horses he has, the better. Of course, I don't think many local Han people will be willing to follow him to southern Xinjiang."

"After all, once we get there, there will be no chance of returning to the Han Dynasty in this life. We are all sons and daughters of the Han Dynasty. How can we be willing to follow Sun Ce to those barbaric places where birds can't shit?"

Jia Xu immediately accepted the order and went to find Zhang Ren and Yan Yan to meet Liu Jian.

Liu Jian sighed softly and said to himself: "It's a pity that Sun Ce. If he didn't have such a big hatred with me, there must be such a person in the history of the resurgence of the Han Dynasty." It's a heavy stroke... Oh, it's really a pity. "

(End of this chapter)