Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

But Sun Jian did not say this.

"Gongjin, now that both sides have become like this, if you say you don't want to fight, do you mean you don't want our territory anymore?"

"Yes, of course, but not now. Yangzhou has become like this now. Every person lost on the battlefield consumes the future of our Yangzhou. My lord, we really can't fight anymore."

After saying that, Zhou Yu knelt down in front of Sun Jian.

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu and also fell into deep thought.

At this time, Zhang Zhao walked in.

"My lord, I have visited all the noble families and have only collected 100,000 shi of grain. If all this grain is sent to the front, we will have nothing left. Moreover, all this grain, added together, is not enough to feed the front for half a month."

"How could this be? Are all the big families hiding the food and grass? Tell them that if they don't hand over the food and grass, don't blame me for taking people to rob them one by one."

"My lord, calm down."

As soon as Sun Jian finished speaking, Zhou Yu immediately let it out.

Hearing this, Sun Jian also reacted. Most of his subordinates were from a family, and almost every one of them had a family behind him. Once he said this, someone with ulterior motives would definitely seize the opportunity. Without the support of the major families, he would not be able to hold on for long.

Even Zhang Zhao's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but he quickly recovered.

"Forget it, I was just too anxious."

Sun Jian was secretly shocked, fortunately Zhou Yu stopped him at the most critical moment.

"My lord, although Yangzhou has fertile soil, we have been fighting all the time. There is not enough manpower to grow food and fodder. This time, all the men in Yangzhou have been dragged to the battlefield. Who will you let farm? The people have no food. Although the noble families have stored food, they have been forcibly confiscated by you six times. Now they can only gather 100,000 people. It is not enough."

Zhou Yu's words made Sun Jian completely sober up.

Compared with Cao Cao, I really can't compare. Cao Cao sent out 100,000 people, which seemed like a lot, but in fact, these 100,000 people of Cao Cao were just a decoration. No matter what happened, these 100,000 people would go, while Cao Cao would rest in the rear.

Since the war began, he had invested countless hundreds of thousands of troops, while Cao Cao had only invested one hundred thousand.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao already has more soldiers and horses than himself. With Cao Cao's current strength, he has at least 200,000 soldiers and horses.

After all, when Cao Cao was forced to Yizhou, he was surrounded by many of his people.

Now with the Yizhou army and Yizhou's territory, Cao Cao is far stronger than him.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian slammed the table and gave a direct order.

"Zhou Yu, when you return, immediately stop attacking Cangwu County and build a defense line. I will ask Cao Cao to send more reinforcements. Once Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, you will leave 10,000 Yangzhou troops on the front line, and let the rest of the people return."

"Yes, my lord!"

After saying that, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left.

Zhang Zhao on the side also nodded with satisfaction. For Jiangdong, providing food and grass support for 10,000 people was not a problem.

Just then, a soldier walked in.

"My lord, there is someone outside who wants to see you. He says he is Cao Cao's envoy."

"You're here really quickly. I was planning to send someone to look for him. Let the messenger come in."

Soon, Cao Cao's envoy came in. When he heard that Cao Cao actually wanted to form an alliance with him and let Sun Shangxiang and Cao Zhang be together, he was very surprised.

Sun Jian frowned immediately.

My situation is like this now. No matter how you look at it, it seems that Cao Cao is treating me as cannon fodder. Now he even wants me to have a daughter as a companion. Is Cao Cao taking me for a fool?

"Go back and tell your Caozhou governor that I don't agree. Our relationship is already very good and there is no need for a so-called marriage. I personally am also against political marriages."

The messenger seemed to know that Sun Jian would say this, so he did not leave but continued speaking.

"Sunzhou Mu, our master said that as long as you agree to the marriage, our master can give you the territory allocated to Jiaozhou as a betrothal gift."

When he heard about the entire Jiaozhou, Sun Jian suddenly hesitated.

He was indeed against political marriages, but if the other party really gave enough, then it seemed like he might as well give it a try.

"The whole Jiaozhou? You're not going to leave me with an empty city, are you?"

"Of course not. Our lord has said that we will hand Jiaozhou over to you intact. In addition, we can also provide food and fodder for a hundred thousand troops for half a year."

"it is good."

When he heard that food and fodder could be provided for half a year, Sun Jian had no reason to refuse.

"Sunzhou Mu, I will go back and report."

After the messenger left, Zhang Zhao looked at Sun Jian and hesitated.

"My lord, do you really want to form an alliance with Cao Cao? Cao Cao is our enemy after all. If you send the young lady away like this and then a war breaks out, the young lady will be in great danger."

"Don't worry, I have my own ideas."

After saying this, Sun Jian returned to the inner house.

At this moment, Sun Shangxiang shot an arrow and hit the bull's eye.

"it is good!"

Sun Jian clapped and cheered on the side.

"Father, you are back."

Sun Shangxiang put down the bow and arrow and came to Sun Jian.

"Shuzi, you are already at the age to get married, do you have any plans?"

"Oh, father, why are you saying this? I want to stay in Jiangdong forever. I want to conquer the world for our Sun family and become the female general of Jiangdong."

Looking at Sun Shangxiang's appearance, Sun Jian hesitated for a moment.

"Shuzi, Cao Cao of Yizhou just sent someone to us, saying that he wants to form an alliance with us. He wants you to marry Cao Cao's son Cao Zhang. What do you think?"

After hearing Sun Jian's words, Sun Shangxiang was stunned. She had never expected that she would become a victim of a political marriage.

"Father, you asked me to marry Cao Zhang, is it because of your alliance with Cao Cao?"

Looking at Sun Shangxiang's appearance, Sun Jian lowered his head in shame.

Seeing that Sun Jian's thoughts were revealed by her, Sun Shangxiang gritted her teeth and shook her head.

"Father, I don't agree. If you need a general, I can go into battle and kill the enemy, but if you want me to be a sacrifice, I would rather die."

Sun Shangxiang was a hot-tempered person who could not tolerate any grievance. She had always hoped to become a general leading troops to the battlefield.

Now Sun Jian’s decision has made Sun Shangxiang somewhat disheartened.

The tall and mighty father image in the past turned into a villain in this instant.

"Don't agree? This is something that the two families have decided. Qirong, if you say you don't agree, then you don't agree? From today on, until Cao Zhang comes to marry you, you stay at home obediently. You are not allowed to go."

After Sun Jian finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves, turned around and left, not even listening to Sun Shangxiang's shouts behind him.

"Since you won't let me, I will go anyway. I want to see who you will find for marriage without Sun Shangxiang."

Late at night, Sun Shangxiang packed her things and quietly came to the door.

I opened the door a crack and was about to go out when a man stood at the door. "Miss, the master said that you can't go out."

Zhou Tai stood at the door and stopped Sun Shangxiang.

"Get out of my way. If you don't, I will tell my father that you touched me. Anyway, my father asked me to marry Cao Zhang, so I might as well find someone from Jiangdong to marry. It doesn't matter who I find. Since I met you, I will choose you. I let you touch me, so my father can't let me marry Cao Zhang, right? Even if my father asks me to, Cao Zhang won't want me."

When Zhou Tai heard this, his face turned pale with fright.

Everyone knows that Sun Shangxiang is the little witch of Jiangdong. Who hasn’t been harmed by this little witch?
If Sun Jian knew that he had touched Sun Shangxiang, would he still be alive? If Sun Jian really gave Sun Shangxiang to him, wouldn't this little witch tear down his home?

Thinking of this, Zhou Tai quickly closed his eyes and looked around.

"It's so quiet tonight. There's no one here."

Looking at Zhou Tai's expression, Sun Shangxiang snorted coldly, turned around and ran out.

Looking at Sun Shangxiang's back, Zhou Tai sighed and hurried to Sun Jian's room.

"My lord, the young lady ran away."

Sun Jian nodded and looked at the book in his hand without any concern.

Seeing Sun Jian's calm look, Zhou Tai thought that Sun Jian didn't hear clearly, and hurriedly took a few steps forward.

"My Lord, Miss..."

"I see."

Sun Jian put down the book in his hand and looked at Zhou Tai in front of him.

"Do you think anyone can leave this house without my permission?"

"But the young lady is going to marry Cao Zhang after all. If the young lady is no longer here, this..."

Sun Jian burst out laughing when he heard this.

"What I care about is the betrothal gift brought by Cao Cao, not him, Cao Zhang. What can Shuzi do here?"

"This... My Lord, she is a young lady after all..."

"Okay, do you have anything else to do? If you don't, then go out. I want to be alone."

"Yes!"

Zhou Tai walked out of the room, closed the door, and stood outside the room for a long time.

Who is Jingjing? Is there anyone else in the lord's room?

Sun Shangxiang left home, looked around, and found that she had nowhere to go.

She used to be so powerful in Yangzhou because she was the daughter of Sun Jian. Now that Sun Jian is no longer backing her up, what can she do?
Outside Yangzhou is Jiaozhou. Half of that is Cao Cao's territory. Once Cao Cao sees me, he will definitely hand me over to Sun Jian. The other half is where Zhou Yu is. Once Zhou Yu sees me, he will definitely end up the same way. The only place I can go is Cangwu County where Liu Bei is.

Just when Sun Shangxiang decided where to go.

"Miss, ma'am..."

Sun Shangxiang turned around and found that it was her personal maid, Xiaodie.

"Xiaodie, why are you here?"

"Miss, I'm worried about you being outside alone, so let Xiaodie follow you. If anything happens, I can protect you."

Upon hearing this, Sun Shangxiang rolled her eyes at her but did not refuse.

In this unfamiliar environment, having another companion to accompany her also gave Sun Shangxiang a sense of security.

"Okay, let's go to Cangwu County."

"Cangwu County? Miss, that is Liu Bei's territory. Are we going to Liu Bei's territory? What if we are caught and he threatens the lord with our lives? What will the lord do then?"

"Don't worry, no one knows who we are. As long as we don't tell anyone, what can happen even if we are in Cangwu County?"

Seeing Sun Shangxiang so confident, Xiaodie didn't know what to say and could only follow her.

However, what Sun Shangxiang didn't know was that her information had already been placed in front of Gu Rubing's desk.

"Marriage? Sun Jian wants to marry Cao Cao?"

Gu Rubing looked at the captain of the roving crossbow army in front of him, and he was obviously a little bit incredulous.

After all, these people all came from outside. In the outside world, they all advocate free love and are more or less resistant to marriages arranged by their families. How could Sun Jian agree to a marriage?

"Yes, my lord. Our intelligence is absolutely correct. The two of them are going to get married."

"What conditions did Cao Cao offer?"

"The territory of Jiaozhou still has enough food and fodder for a hundred thousand troops to feed for half a year."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing laughed out loud.

"Sun Jian, Sun Jian, for such a small thing, you even sold your daughter. You are such a scumbag!"

Watching Gu Rubing mumbling to himself, the roving crossbow captain whispered again, "Also, lord, our spies reported that Sun Shangxiang seems to have run away from home. Sun Jian didn't care when he learned that Sun Shangxiang was gone."

After hearing this, Gu Rubing reacted instantly.

"Sun Jian, I was right about you."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he waved to the captain of the Younu Army.

After Captain Younu left, Gu Rubing looked at the portrait of Sun Shangxiang in his hand, wondering what to do.

"My lord, it is obvious that Sun Shangxiang was let go by Sun Jian. It seems that Sun Jian only wants the territory and food that Cao Cao promised, and does not intend to send Sun Shangxiang away. According to the circumstances of Sun Shangxiang's departure, she definitely cannot go to the territories of Cao Cao and Sun Jian. The only place she could come is here."

Gu Rubing nodded upon hearing this.

He also thought of this.

"Prime Minister, should we arrest the person and threaten Sun Jian to hand over Jiaozhou?"

"My lord, given our strength, there is no need to do this. Moreover, using a woman to threaten others will only damage your reputation if it gets out. I have a better idea."

After saying this, Zhuge Liang whispered something to Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing laughed immediately after hearing this.

It took Sun Shangxiang two days to finally arrive in Cangwu County.

After a long journey, the two men were dirty and had some blood on their bodies.

In order to avoid being discovered, the two men did not dare to take the main road and kept walking in the wilderness where many fugitives were hiding.

If they see a lot of people around, these fugitives will find a place to hide.

But when they saw that it was a beauty like Sun Shangxiang, who was only accompanied by a maid, these fugitives naturally couldn't help but jump out.

However, Sun Shangxiang's strength is also among the top generals, so it is too easy for her to deal with these fugitives.

So along the way, Sun Shangxiang also killed a lot of people. (End of this chapter)