The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 183: Becoming a comrade because of a woman
Sun Ce's campaign in Jiangdong has lasted four years.

He successfully borrowed soldiers and horses under the pretext of helping Yuan Shu attack Liu Yao and venting his anger for his uncle Wu Jing.

Before crossing the river, Sun Ce had only a hundred or ten soldiers and dozens of cavalry under his command.

Thanks to the borrowed [-] soldiers and horses, Sun Ce successfully wiped out many separatist forces in Jiangzuo one by one, led Jiangdong in general, and established a hegemony.

Today, the four counties under Sun Ce's rule are Wujun, Kuaiji, Danyang, and Yuzhang.The six counties of Jiangdong have not yet been fully occupied.

Luling County to the south of Yuzhang was too far away for Sun Ce to attack; Lujiang County to the west of the Yangtze River was still under the control of Yuan Shu.

The natural danger of the Yangtze River is now owned by two families.

And this is undoubtedly a situation that Yuan Shu cannot accept, and Sun Ce is like a thorn in his heart.

As Sun Ce's territory grew, Yuan Shu felt more and more uncomfortable.

But who can blame this?
Sun Ce was able to be what he is today, thanks to his funding from Yuan Shu!It was his misjudgment!
Although Yuan Shu has made countless mistakes in his life, but this one mistake always makes him beat his chest and feel regretful.

Earlier, after Sun Jian died in battle, Sun Ce was single and weak, and felt that it was difficult to accomplish great things alone, so he came to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was shocked by Sun Ce's courage and lofty aspirations at a young age, and he knew that Sun Ce was no ordinary person.Considering the old relationship with Sun Jian, instead of giving the latter an official and military command, he was asked to seek refuge with his uncle, Danyang prefect Wu Jing.

Afterwards, Sun Ce's army was attacked and defeated by Liu Yao's general Zu Lang, so he had to seek refuge with Yuan Shu again.

Yuan Shu believed that Sun Ce was outstanding, even surpassing his father Sun Jian, so he refused to give him military power.

Wu Jing was attacked by Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, for several years until he was expelled from the country.

Sun Ce asked to lead troops to attack Liu Yao for Yuan Shu, vent his anger for his uncle Wu Jing, and took out the Jade Seal of Chuanguo as collateral.

Yuan Shu thought over and over again, and accepted the mortgage, that is, the exchange.

Previously, he had been suppressing Sun Ce because he knew that Sun Ce had great ambitions and was not willing to be under others for a long time. Once handed over to the military power, he would definitely be able to show his talents.

This time he was willing to let the tiger go back to the mountain because he believed that it was impossible for Sun Ce to defeat Liu Yao with only [-] soldiers and horses!

On the contrary, it happened to be able to use Liu Yao's hand to weaken Sun Ce, and it would be best to kill Sun Ce.

In this way, it would not only provide him with an excuse to attack Yangzhou, but also avoid the infamy of killing virtuous people.

Because at that time, Liu Yao had nearly 10 horses under his command.

How can three thousand beat one hundred thousand?

Considering this, Yuan Shu agreed to borrow three thousand troops, and then sat back in Shouchun, waiting to see Sun Ce's good show.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce's army was highly disciplined along the way and was deeply supported and loved by the people. When they arrived at Liyang, the original army of 3000 had grown to 6000, and even Zhou Yu led his troops to greet him.

Sun Ce's power suddenly increased greatly, and he led nearly [-] troops, kicking off the campaign to Jiangdong.

After crossing the river, Sun Ce led his troops to defeat Xue Li, Ruo Rong, and Liu Yao one by one.

At that time, Jiangdong's powerful and powerful regimes were scattered, and they were fighting each other. Sun Ce defeated them one by one, went to Wujun, broke Kuaiji, restored Danyang, and received Yuzhang.

By the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce had occupied the four counties in Jiangdong.A solid foundation has been laid.

After the initial establishment of the regime, Sun Ce appointed a group of talented civil servants and generals to consolidate his territory.

In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu and Lu Bu fought for Xuzhou. At that time, Sun Ce was busy pacifying Yan Baihu in Wujun, so he chose to watch the fire from the other side and expelled the envoy sent by Yuan Shu without any help.

Yuan Shu was so angry that he jumped on the spot, secretly hating him.

Today, seeing that his plan to become emperor has failed, Sun Ce's intention to break with him has gradually become clear again.

Thinking again that Sun Ce was able to pacify Jiangdong like a broken bamboo, it was all due to the three thousand soldiers he lent from himself, and Yuan Shu regretted it.

Then become angry from embarrassment!
In the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Yuan Shu ordered General Zhang Xun to lead [-] troops to attack Sun Ce, but was intercepted by Sun Ce, who had been prepared for a long time, on the river.

The two sides made symbolic gestures from a long distance away, and each shot thousands of arrows on the river before retreating.

The situation was temporarily deadlocked.

During this period, Sun Ce deployed heavy troops to defend the south bank, while he secretly led his troops to attack thousands of miles and regained Luling County in one fell swoop.

When the news reached Shouchun, Yuan Shu went up against the crime, furious in his heart, but after thinking about it, he realized that he had no way to punish Sun Ce.

Both sides are currently dominated by infantry. Although they have naval forces, they are not large in scale. There are very few warships, and the naval soldiers are all novices.

The tide rises and falls on the river, let alone launching a large-scale armed battle. The ships cannot even transport more troops and horses.

Therefore, the turbulent Yangtze River has become a natural danger to prevent the two sides from starting large-scale disputes.

This is not mentioned.

Yecheng, at the gate of the General's Mansion.

Cheng Yuanzhi lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the woman in the carriage, his face suddenly darkened.

Previously, in order to persuade Cheng Yuanzhi to support him as emperor, Yuan Shu sent all of Lv Bu's family members to Yecheng after eliminating Lv Bu.

Among them were Diao Chan, Yan Shi and Lu Lingqi, daughter of Lu Bu, but there was no woman named Du Shi.

In fact, as early as the beginning of deciding to help Yuan Shu, Cheng Yuanzhi had already negotiated the conditions for the former.

There are two conditions in total. One is that whoever wins the land will get it, and the other party must not have any objections; the other is that Lu Bu's family members and the Du woman will be sent to Hebei.

After Yuan Shu fully agreed, he immediately became very curious about this Du family. He was curious about how Du's background could make his righteous younger brother who had eyes above the top and a beautiful woman who was not talented and beautiful, never forget.

Before breaking the city, Yuan Shu only knew that she was the wife of Qin Yilu, a subordinate of Lu Bu.

After entering Xiapi City, Yuan Shu immediately ordered the sergeants to escort Du Shi up to have a sneak peek.

As a result, it looks like a bad thing.

Yuan Shu's heart was moved on the spot, his eyes were stuck on Du's body like a hook, and he couldn't take it back.

Mrs. Du's appearance is indeed like that of a young woman of seventeen or eighteen years old, delicate and tender, and a mature woman in her twenties, whose beauty is burning and charming.

Of course, that's not the point!

The point is that Du's figure is exceptionally good, the kind that is just right, concealed, and able to control.

Rather than the kind of out-of-control development that is difficult to master.

That's lovely.

Yuan Shu made the decision on the spot, leaving the Du family behind, and sent someone to tell Cheng Yuanzhi: "I want this woman, my sworn brother, please replace her with someone else, or I will give you all my more than 100 beautiful concubines!"

Where is Cheng Yuanzhi willing to work?
It’s not worth changing one for a hundred!

It's not a question of quantity, it's a question of quality!

Cheng Yuanzhi sternly rejected Yuan Shu's rude request on the spot, sent people to return all the more than 100 concubines Yuan Shu had sent, and added [-] troops to Yanzhou.

The brothers have been wrangling for more than three months from spring to summer.

It wasn't until Cheng Yuanzhi increased the number of soldiers on the border of Yanzhou to 20 that Yuan Shu reluctantly sent Du Shi to Yecheng.

And this was the reason why Cheng Yuanzhi was angry at the moment.

As soon as he saw Du sitting in the carriage driving a ton, looking extremely sleepy, Cheng Yuanzhi knew that Yuan Shu must not have left her idle in the past few months.

Although Du was already a married woman and everyone was a latecomer, so there was no question of whether he was a cuckold or not, but Cheng Yuanzhi did not want to be in the same camp as Yuan Shu at all.
So the more I think about it, the angrier I get.


(End of this chapter)