The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 232 Sun Ce retreated and learned the bad news
Sun Ce led his troops back to Fengyang City. In this battle, Sun Ce killed two generals and lost nearly one-third of his troops. It can be said that Sun Ce's army was a blow to the head.

Everyone from Sun Ce thought that a remote and barren land like Jiaozhou was determined by a large army. Even Lu Su somewhat underestimated the local forces in Jiaozhou.

In fact, we can't blame Sun Ce and others. Jiaozhou in the original time and space is indeed vulnerable. Whether it is Shi Xie's life or after his death, Jiaozhou is almost easy to win.

In the early stage, Shi Xie was not so much surrendering to Sun Quan as he was surrendering to Soochow, retaining a lot of autonomy. Sun Quan paid far less attention to Jiaozhou than Shanyue. It can be said that Jiaozhou is still in the hands of the scholars.

After Shi Xie's death, his son Shi Hui originally thought that he could maintain the ruling power of Jiaozhou like his father, but at this time it was different from decades ago, and the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu had stabilized.

Moreover, Sun Quan saw the death of a person with such high prestige as Shi Xie, so he began to send people to take over the actual control of Jiaozhou, which caused Shi Hui to rebel.

If it weren't for Lu Heng's super wings, Sun Ce's Xia Jiaozhou would have surrendered without a fight or with a fight, just like in the original time and space. His biggest enemy was Lu Heng!
This is also the reason why even Gu Yong didn't report Zhao Kuangyin in detail at the beginning, because in troubled times, aristocratic families gained actual control of the region, which was everywhere in the early days of the feudal lords' competition in that era, which was too common.

But without Sun Ce and Lu Heng's knowledge, Zhao Kuangyin appeared!
This fierce man who could forcefully create the Five Dynasties after hundreds of years gave Sun Ce a slap in the face, but although Zhao Kuangyin became the God of War Sun Ce, he suffered a lot. Moreover, Sun Ce did not retreat completely when he retreated, but retained the power of the first battle.

Zhao Kuangyin is going to send someone to negotiate with Sun Ce, and the two families will reconcile. He will order Qin Hui to let Sun Ce return to Zhao Gou, and at the same time let Fengyang out.

Zhao Kuangyin also acted helplessly. He seemed to have defeated Sun Ce, but he also lost a lot. Jiaozhou, a poor place with vast land and sparse population, could be said to be one of the poorest among the thirteen prefectures in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

If he had doubled his current strength, it would be impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to give up so easily, and he had already obtained the relatively affluent areas of Guangxin and Yushui, the governor of Cangwu County, and Zhao Kuangyin's strategic goal had been achieved.

Zhao Kuangyin believed that Qin Hui's mission this time should be treated equally, because diplomacy is based on strength, and Zhao Kuangyin has already shown off his muscles.

This time Qin Hui was different from the last time. He went on the road happily and was quickly received by Sun Ce. At this time, Sun Ce did not want to fight Zhao Kuangyin again. According to reports from spies, Lu Heng's main force has arrived in Longchuan. Can reach Panyu.

Now is not the time to gnaw at Zhao Kuangyin's hard bones, but seeing Qin Hui's face, Sun Ce felt disgusted, and threw the matter to Lu Su with a big wave of his hand.

Qin Hui, with the momentum of victory this time, insisted that he could only let Zhao Gou go, and asked Sun Cejun to withdraw from Fengyang City, otherwise he would act as if he would go north with Lu Heng.

But Lu Su refused at all, and the bottom line was to release Zhao Gou. Feng Yang was fought down by soldiers with their lives, and he must not lose an inch of land. In this way, the negotiation reached an impasse, but the two parties considered a temporary truce.

If Lu Heng knew about Lu Su's performance here, he would definitely scold Romance for being a liar!

In the Romance, Liu Bei asked Sun Quan for Nanjun, and exchanged half of Jiangxia County for half of Nanjun, but Jiangxia was not in the hands of Liu Bei in history, but in the hands of Cao Cao and Sun Quan!

In other words, Liu Bei in history went too far. He was basically an empty-handed white wolf who wanted Nanjun!
As for why Lu Su agreed, the reason is actually very complicated.

Firstly, the area of ​​Nanjun occupied by Sun Quan at that time was very bad. The northern Xiangfan line was in the hands of Cao Cao, and Sun Quan was most of the Nanjun north of the Yangtze River, that is, the area of ​​Jiangling, Yiling, and Dangyang. From Xiangfan to Jiangling There is no danger to defend.

However, Liu Bei took a small part of Nanjun south of the Yangtze River, and the power of the four counties in Jingnan rose sharply. Liu Bei marched into Qianling and changed his name to Gongan. The north of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County is not in your hands!
In the situation in Jingzhou, Sun Quan is a sandwich hamburger, caught in the middle by Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Don't be fooled by a certain game. From the map, there is only a small area in the south of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County, and there is no danger to defend.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei jointly cut off the connection between Nanjun and Jiangdong, Sun Quan's main force will be wiped out at that time!
This is also the fundamental reason why Sun Quan hesitated again and again when he won Nanjun, and Liu Zhang was by his side not to pinch this soft persimmon!
And the other reason is that Zhou Yu is dead!
Zhou Yu's death dealt a great blow to Sun Quan's regime, no less than Sun Ce's death. If you don't watch Romance, your death is too aggrieved. After occupying most of Nanjun in the original time and space, Zhou Yu is planning to attack Yizhou with Jingzhou partial division .

But Sun Quan just agreed, and Zhou Yu kicked his feet to death on the way back!
Zhou Yu's death was not only a failure of the strategy of attacking Yizhou, it was not an easy task to hold Jingzhou territory under such a special geographical environment.

Lu Su thought that he couldn't defend Nanjun like this. At the same time, Lu Su believed that no one in Jiangdong could replace Zhou Yu's ability at that time.

At the same time, that stage was Sun Liu's honeymoon period, and Lu Su thought that giving Liu Bei Nanjun could guard the gate of Jiangdong.

Basically, it is to give Liu Bei a bone and then treat it as a watchdog. The actual intention is similar to Liu Biao's strategic purpose of raising Zhang Xiu.

But Lu Su miscalculated Liu Bei. This man was not a good watchdog, but a white-eyed wolf. He dared to lead the army to conquer the entire Yizhou alone, forming a situation where the three kingdoms were at the same time. This was unexpected by Lu Su.

Later, Lu Su's behavior towards Guan Yu can also be seen, so now Lu Su is very stubborn, even so tough that he would rather not form an alliance. Zhao Kuangyin is ready to take Zhao Gou's head if he makes any rash moves.

After several days of deadlock, Qin Hui was helpless. Just when he wanted to return to Zhao Gou and return to Zhao Kuangyin, a piece of news came.

Tai Shici led the cavalry, set off from Zhongsu, bypassed Fengyang, and directly attacked Linhe and Fuchuan by surprise, completely cutting off Sun Ce's retreat.

When Qin Hui heard the news, he didn't care about Zhao Gou's life and escaped from Fengyang overnight to Guangxin!

Because Qin Hui, who has been in Jiaozhou for a long time, knows what it means to take Linhe and Fuchuan. Linhe is the only way for Sun Ce to return north to Guiyang. Sun Ce can do anything!
Qin Hui is unwilling to die with Zhao Gou, and now Sun Ce is at an absolute disadvantage!
(End of this chapter)