Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 196 Chapter 195
Guo Jia had many ingenious schemes in his life, and if he had to say which one was more subtle, Cao Cao would not be able to tell.

But if you want to say which plan is the most mysterious, it must be the prediction that Sun Ce will die at the hands of the assassins on the eve of the Guandu battle, so he really can be sure.

As a result, later generations often say that if Sun Ce is not dead, there will be no Three Kingdoms, because everyone feels that as long as he does not die, Xuchang will definitely be attacked during the Guandu battle, and there will be no later Cao Wei.

This prophecy of Guo Jia made him put on a veil of mystery.

But in fact, when seriously exploring Sun Ce's short life, Guo Jia did not make a casual prediction, but a well-founded judgment.

Because more than half of Sun Ce's military career in this short life has been against the aristocratic family.

The vassals from all over the world either adopt a soft policy or a balance technique for the powerful families on their own territory. Even Lin Mo has learned to use this.

But Sun Ce is different, he insists on one word, kill!

Take life and death lightly, do it if you don't accept it, take care of your four major families, the Huaisi Gang, and the Jiangdong Gang, and kill anyone who dares to oppose it.

In the background of the end of Han Dynasty where aristocratic families dominated the general situation, if you were against all the aristocratic families, even if Xu Gong's disciples didn't kill you, there would always be other assassins.

Looking at the world, which prince can become big without relying on his family?The Yuan family brothers, Cao Cao, these are considered successful, because they can still suppress the aristocratic family under them; Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, these are failures, and they are controlled by the aristocratic family in turn.

No matter what the result is, everyone must abide by one game rule, that is to unite the family.

How capable is Sun Ce, who wanted to overthrow the deep-rooted family with just one overlord gun, and the three generations of the Sun family could not do it.

Stepping up to the level of confrontation with the aristocratic family actually doomed Sun Ce's fate.

Zhou Yu, who was born in a family, has long understood this truth, and he has persuaded Sun Ce many times, but he couldn't persuade him.

Of course, in addition to Sun Ce's own personality flaws, some contradictions have indeed reached the point of irreconcilability.

For example, the Lu family among the four major families in Jiangdong. In the second year of Xingping, Sun Ce was still under Yuan Shu and was ordered to attack Lujiang.

In that battle, half of the Lu family died, and the rest fled to Jiangdong to avoid disaster.

You know, at that time, Lu Kang was justifiably appointed as the prefect of Lujiang by the imperial court, but you forced him to death and killed so many members of the Lu family that the rest could only flee to Wu County. Should it be on Yuan Shu's head or your Sun Ce's?

Then, he killed Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou who was appointed by the imperial court. Sun Ce's various actions are actually no different from rebelling against the imperial court.

Originally, the Lu family's blood debt made the big families feel dissatisfied with the Sun family. After Liu Yao's incident, the contradictions reached the extreme.

Therefore, no matter how well-connected Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were, it would be difficult to raise enough food, grass, and military equipment for Sun Ce, because all the powerful families wished that the Sun family would die sooner.

So much so that Sun Quan died in Guangling, and after the disastrous defeat of the Sun family army, not only did the powerful families not help Sun Ce, but they made things worse, and anti-Sun waves began to set off everywhere.

Aristocratic families, large and small, began to reject Sun Ce, and riots against Sun Ce appeared in Wujun, Kuaiji, and Yuzhang counties.

Fortunately, these people have not yet fully united, but they just fight on their own and refuse to communicate with the Sun family.

According to Sun Ce's temper in the past, there must be a massacre. For this reason, Zhou Yu even invited Zhang Zhao and others to come to persuade him.

After all, if violence is still used to quell the chaos at this time, it is likely to drive the family to a dead end. In the end, the four major families stood up and demanded an alliance to fight.

But when he saw Sun Ce, he was unexpectedly calm. Not only did he not go to check the soldiers and horses to prepare for a big fight, he didn't even put on armor, but just sat in the yard and was out of his mind.

Asked him something, he seemed absent-minded and answered irrelevant questions.

In the end, Zhou Yu took Zhang Zhao and others away, returned to Sun Ce, and asked him patiently before letting him reveal his heart.

The two major defeats at Guangling City cost no less than [-] children from Jiangdong, including Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao, and his own brother Sun Quan. This blow was not insignificant to Sun Ce.

Then after returning to Danyang, large-scale rebellions against the Sun family began again, which forced him to re-examine his life.

Is it really wrong to do all kinds of things in the past?

Facing the current situation, the Overlord Spear is beyond its power, not to mention the Overlord Spear that was defeated by Fang Tian Huaji long ago.
In fact, when Sun Quan was still alive, like Zhou Yu, he repeatedly advised Sun Ce to be gentle with the aristocratic family and truly use it for his own use.

There is a saying that when Sun Ce was dying, many people actually wanted to support Sun Yi as the superior, because his personality was most like Sun Ce.

But before he died, Sun Ce became enlightened. He understood that his death was no accident. To really gain a foothold in this land, force alone is not enough, what is needed is scheming.

In this respect, Sun Yi was just like himself, far inferior to Sun Quan, so he changed the candidate.

History, most of all, follows its own track. The Sun Ce in front of him is not yet seriously injured, but the trauma in his heart also makes him reflect on how he should go in the future.

Once upon a time, he always felt that there was nothing in this world that could not be solved with a single overlord gun, but the reality gave him a slap... no, it was two resounding slaps.

He began to understand that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people. Personal strength will eventually be exhausted.

So, this time, he doesn't intend to kill. What's the use of killing a river of blood in Jiangdong? Everyone is expanding their borders and land, and he is still dealing with the backyard that is full of smoke. If this continues, let alone strengthen the Sun family In the end, I am afraid that sooner or later it will be destroyed in my own hands.

Of course, Zhou Yu was very happy that Sun Ce had such an awakening. Although he didn't say it clearly, he already revealed his willingness to compromise with the family.

Next, Zhou Yu started his operation to turn the tide.

Don't look at the three counties and 28 counties that have varying degrees of rebellion at the moment, but the leadership of this matter must be in the four major families, and they have been dealt with. The other small families are just a fool.

Zhou Yu first asked Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong to take people to the four major families to show their goodwill, and even went with heavy gifts. There is no shortage of such things, but attitude is the key.

After wandering around for a while, Zhou Yu made another trip in person. As Sun Ce's spokesperson, coupled with the influence of the Zhou family, his weight is not insignificant. Of course, it is inevitable to say something nice and flatter.

However, the members of the four major families don't think that if they listen to a good word, it will be a step up. The aristocratic family will always take the interests first, and only by giving them what they want can there be room for buffering this conflict.

Therefore, the biggest move was about to start. Sun Ce came to the door in person and promised that Lu Jun, the patriarch of the Lu family, would be the prefect of Wujun, Gu Yong, the patriarch of the Gu family, would be the prefect of Kuaiji, and the prefect of Yuzhang would be the patriarch of the Zhang family. The head of the family, Zhu Zhi, is in charge of Danyang.

This can be regarded as a drastic change. You must know that the prefects of these three counties were originally held by members of the Huaisi Gang, that is, members of the Sun family. It greatly contributed to the cost of the four major families resisting the Sun family.

As the leader of the Huaisi gang, Zhou Yu offered to propose, which made Sun Ce give it a go with the attitude of giving it a try.

The effect was very good. In less than half a year, the riots in the counties were completely suppressed, and the previous bad attitude towards the Sun family was also changed.

However, this big gift can only stabilize the situation in Jiangdong, and it cannot make the four major families fully support Sun Ce, and you can only give this kind of big gift once, because the six counties of Jiangdong in history have lost Lujiang and Jiujiang. Three of the four prefect positions were given up, and there is no way to give them any more.

Moreover, Huaisi has to give you enough benefits for helping you, she put her head on her waistband and charged into battle for your Sun family.

"Gongjin, this is just a tactic to delay the attack, after all, it is not a long-term strategy. I am afraid that the four big families will not be popular enough to swallow the elephant, and I will be devoured by them in the end.

What's more, the brothers under my hand are fighting with their lives, but I can only give them a level of six hundred stones, and the space is limited, and after a long time, there will be complaints."

Sun Ce was very worried about this issue. He no longer thought about the issue of suppressing by force, and began to prefer to use power to control the state and counties, and use his mind to soothe people's hearts.

"There is no choice but to go to war." In fact, war has always been an extension of politics. If you want to play politics, you will inevitably have to use weapons.

Only if your cake is big enough to fill everyone.

"However, we have missed the best time to go north." The Central Plains War is over, and that is the most suitable time to go north. It is also possible for Sun Ce to bypass Zhang Liao and attack Lujiang.

But at that time, there were riots all over Jiangdong, and he had no ability to start a war at all.

Right now, you can do it. The problem is, the timing is not right again.

Annoying.

"Bo Fu, now is not the right time to go north, and even if we are lucky enough to win Xuzhou, we can't stop Cao Cao's iron hooves."

"So what you said is." Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu with some surprise. Xuzhou has been blocking the main road to the north of the river. If Xuzhou is not taken, could it be Jingzhou?
On the other side of Jingzhou, since the first battle of Sha Xian, Huang Zu didn't dare to come out to fight with them easily, and the siege of the city is still impossible.

"Jiaozhou!" Zhou Yu narrowed her eyes and said two words firmly.

"Jiaozhou?"

Sun Ce thought he had heard it wrong, so he dug his ears, and said with a sneer, "Jiaozhou is located in a remote place, with messy mountains, miasma, and blocked passages. Ten Jiaozhous can't compare with one Xuzhou."

"It's true right now, but in the long run, Jiaozhou means a lot to us."

"I would like to hear the details." Sun Ce sat down again, ready to listen carefully to Zhou Yu's opinion.

"When it comes to taxation, grain production, salt and iron, of course Xuzhou is not comparable to Xuzhou, but firstly, we have a chance to succeed in attacking Jiaozhou with our current military force. Both Xuzhou and Jingzhou have a great possibility of defeat;
Furthermore, although the corner of Jiaozhou is sparsely populated, poorly populated, and has many mountains and forests, Jiaozhou has no shortage of water veins. If Quyuan plows and keel waterwheels can be introduced, the decline will definitely change in a few years, and it will become our granary. place.

Third, there are seven counties in Jiaozhou. Although it is located in the wilderness, these are the positions of the seven prefects. In the future, there will be no place to house the four major families.

Fourth, the momentum of the four major families is too strong, Huaisi alone is difficult to contend with, and needs to be integrated into new forces. There are not many powerful families in Jiaozhou, but if they join forces with members of Huaisi, they may not be able to fight against the four major families. "

These four directions were all carefully considered, and Sun Ce fell into deep thought.

At first, he really looked down on Jiaozhou, thinking that it was just a barren land, and it was meaningless to get it. After Zhou Yu said so, the importance of Jiaozhou had risen to the height of Jiangdong's future situation. I feel that more than half of the darkness accumulated in my heart has been eliminated.

It has to be said that it is a wonderful move to use troops against Jiaozhou to relieve internal pressure, expand the territory, build future granaries, and even shake the absolute dominance of the four major families.

He even suspected that when he gave up the position of the three prefects, he had already set his sights on Jiaozhou.

Using Jiaozhou to check and balance the four major families, to divert conflicts, was beautiful, the more Sun Ce thought about it, the more excited he became, he stood up and paced back and forth.

"Okay! Then in what name?" Sun Ce is completely awakened, knowing that in the past, only relying on likes and dislikes will bring endless troubles. If this name is not good, the future Jiaozhou will be the present Jiangdong.

"The other side of Jiaozhou has always kept aloof from the world, and there is nothing out of the ordinary, but they have not paid tribute for many years, so they can only ask Cao Cao to help." This is the benefit of coercing the emperor to order the princes.

Now that Sun Ce wants to attack Jiaozhou, he has to rely on Cao Cao to issue an imperial edict to him.

But why do people give you an imperial edict?Naturally, it is inevitable to pay tribute, and the payment should not be too small. For Jiangdong, who is not rich at all, it is tantamount to making things worse.

Shaxian's gains in the first battle had already been completely defeated when Guangling was defeated, so he could only ask for help from the four major families. Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao came to ask for it.

This is probably fine.

"Sikong, the Sima family has sent a letter, saying that the affairs in Hanoi are almost done, and we can accept them in the beginning of spring."

When Guo Jia found Cao Cao with the letter from Sima's family, he was a little at a loss.

According to Cao Cao's pre-judgment, it should be that the Sima family sent people to the door, pretending to assist, and finally let himself lead people to attack, and he opened the city gate to respond, just like Shouchun back then.

But now it seems that the other party does not intend to do so.

Because he was talking about taking over the city, not leading troops to make a surprise attack.

"Can you see what the Sima family intends to do?"

Guo Jia smiled, "If the guess is correct, Zhang Yang's subordinates should have been instigated, and the family would not be involved in this way, the Sima family does not want to have one heart with Sikong.

Of course, this also has an advantage. Our original intention was not to tear ourselves apart with Lu Bu immediately. "

Cao Cao nodded. After Yuan Shao's death, he didn't have much taboo about whether he would break up with Lu Bu. Guo Jia didn't mention it, and he even forgot his original request.

"I've done everything, but I still want to clean myself up."

Cao Cao snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter, whoever he instigated, and when the time comes to hold this person in our hands, his Sima family will never be able to clean up. I still have to push him to the opposite side of Lu Bu, no With me in the boat, he still has the confidence to fight against Lu Bu."

After he finished speaking, he sighed again, his eyes became melancholy, "Tell me, is the empty kit that was found from Zhang Yang back then a trick of Lin Mo's suspicion, or did he really have a way to save himself but was caught Have Zhang Yang taken it away?"

Guo Jia did not immediately answer this question.

Since Anfeng, Lin Mo has actually become a shadow in Guo Jia's heart, especially when the white horse captured Yan Liang, Guandu broke the building and oars, and Wuchao robbed the camp. Possesses supernatural powers.

Because of this, breaking Hanoi this time is even more important.

After all, if he succeeds, at least one thing has been confirmed. Lin Mo absolutely does not have the ability to predict the future. He needs to clear away the shadows, and Cao Cao needs to regain his confidence, which is very important.

Moreover, even if he misses, the Sima family will be the one to take the blame, so it is not a loss no matter what.

After a while, Guo Jia calmed down his messy thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Shao is dead, Jing Xiang will not be able to take it for a while, and Bingzhou can no longer be delayed, so Hanoi must be held in our hands. Does Lin Mo really have that? Heaven-reaching supernatural power, let the Sima family try it out."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, nodded, "Reply, let him do it."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)