Overlord!

Chapter 137 The Arrival of Top Counselors

Having a great reputation is no longer enough to describe Sun Ce's recent situation.

It can even be said that the entire first year of Jian'an was the year when Sun Ce became famous all over the world.

At least along the Yangtze River, the Jianghuai River is earthquake.Everyone has heard of Sun Ce's name, and everyone has marveled at Sun Lang's talent.

The first thing that made Sun Ce famous was that he had completely dominated Jiangdong this year, and then he began to recruit handsome men and celebrities from all over the world.

This wave can be regarded as the beginning of Sun Ce's reputation, which attracted the attention of scholars to Jiang Dongchu.

But at this time, Sun Ce's most classic sentence "Build a heart for the world, build a life for the people, and create peace for the eternal world!"

This sentence can be said to have directly shocked all the heroes and scholars.

There is no wise man with a belly of poetry who is not shocked when he hears this sentence for the first time.

Ashamed to see Sun Lang's talent, this year is the consensus of the entire world scholars.

Even Kong Rong, the talented and arrogant Prime Minister of Beihai, and Mi Heng, who is known for his wild lies, dare not make any random comments about Sun Ce.

Because the scholars all over the world really admire the outstanding man who can say this sentence.

All scholars, if you ask yourself, you can't think of such bold words and such generous and heroic ambitions in your dreams.

Don't look at Mi Heng who hates the sky and the earth, powerful ministers, princes, and traitors, there is no one he dare not scold.

But to Sun Ce, he really didn't dare to say a word.Don't even dare to question it.

Because in the face of Sun Ce who said such magnificent words and eternal ambition, if he dared to criticize him, he would just wait to be scolded by scholars all over the world.

You can say that there are a large number of corrupt people among the scholar-officials, but it is absolutely undeniable that these people are full of ideals and ambitions.

Faced with the phrase "build a heart for the world, build a life for the people, and create peace for all generations!" Countless scholars seem to be enlightened, as if they have found a guiding light in an instant in confusion.

Just for this sentence, a large number of Jianghuai scholar-bureaucrats went south to Jiangdong to join Sun Ce.

And just when he was traveling south in such a well-dressed manner, it was rumored that Sun Ce broke with Yuan Shu because he opposed Yuan Shu's arrogance, and became a prince from one side of the town.

Before everyone doubted whether Sun Ce, a small captain, could support such a huge foundation.

Immediately afterwards, news came again from Luoyang that the emperor officially issued an imperial edict, and Sun Ce paid tribute to him for his meritorious service.

The loyalty recognized by the imperial court is completely confirmed by the reputation of Sun Ce and Yuan Shu because of their arrogance.

For a time, Sun Ce became famous all over the world.

Even if Yuan Shu sent troops to crusade against Xuzhou in order to gain prestige for himself in order to become emperor, such a major event would appear to be unknown among Jianghuai.

And Sun Ce's reputation is so great, it can be said that the real Wu Gaofeng will come, and the flowers and butterflies will come.

The top celebrities at the end of the Han Dynasty came to Jiangdong in droves.

First of all, the top minister in Jiangdong, the elder brother of Marquis Wu, Zhuge Jin crossed the south of the Yangtze River and participated in the scientific research in Jiangdong. He was directly selected into the general's mansion with his outstanding literary talent and military strategy, and served as Sun Ce's assistant day and night. Follow Sun Ce and participate in military aircraft.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ye, Cao Wei's top minister and Jiangdong tribute envoy Liu You's clan brother, a member of the Han royal family, also crossed the south of the Yangtze River to join Sun Ce.

Liu Ye is not an unknown scholar like Zhuge Jin, he is well-known in the Jianghuai area and is a top celebrity in Huainan.

Sun Ce directly appointed him as the head of the General's Mansion!In charge of the internal and external documents of the general's mansion, the issuance of government orders, etc., and also participate in the confidentiality.

More importantly, Lu Su, the most famous governor in the history of Soochow, also carried his trilogy and went south to defect to Sun Ce.

So far, the four most famous governors of Soochow have all gathered in Jiangdong.

Except for Lu Xun who was still a little young and lived in Wu County, Sun Ce's fiefdom, everyone else had already had the closest connection with Sun Ce.

These are the four strongest governors in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Lu Xun.

Except for Lu Su who is famous for his strategy, the other three are all famous martial arts generals!

In terms of strength, Jiangdong's four major governors may be [-]% better than the so-called five tiger generals of Shu Han and five good generals of Cao Wei.

After all, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun are much stronger than the others.

Zhou Yu once defeated Cao Cao, and Lu Xun even commanded a huge battle of 10,000+ people.

At this level, the Five Tiger Generals and the Five Great Generals are indeed very difficult to compare with Zhou Yu and Lu Xun as handsome talents who command hundreds of thousands of people.

But for Jiangdong right now, being able to fight is indeed not the most dazzling ability.

There are too many generals that Jiangdong can fight, and Sun Ce is the most famous general in the world. Even when he is in command of Jiangdong's professional martial arts, he can be called the god of war in the world.

On the contrary, it is strategic planning ability, which Sun Ce pays great attention to.

The three counties of Jiangdong have been included in the bag, and Yuzhang County has also been awarded by the emperor to Gao Cheng, a minister of Jiangdong.

In fact, four of the six counties in Yangzhou have been included in Sun Ce's sphere of influence, leaving only two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang still under Yuan Shu's control.

Now that the land in the south of the Yangtze River is owned by Sun Ce, how to set up a strategic plan next is related to the foundation of power.

After the three families were divided into Jin, the reason why Wei State failed to dominate when it took the lead in reforming was because the strategy was not clear. Marquis Wen didn't figure out whether to completely wipe out the barren Qin State to the west and think of the rear, or to expand its territory to the east , Attack the prosperous Kanto countries to expand their strength.A stick in the east and a hammer in the west waste a lot of national power.

In history, Soochow also made this mistake, and didn't think about whether it was the Northern Expedition or the Western Expedition.For a while, even Shu resisted Wei, and for a while, even Wei attacked Shu.Opportunities come and go and disappear quickly.

And now facing Sun Ce is also a very severe test.

Is it the Northern Expedition or the Western Expedition?
Is it to recuperate, or to take advantage of the chaos to quickly expand its power?
How to choose, someone must make a grand blueprint for it.

And Lu Su, one of the four major governors of Soochow, obviously met Sun Ce's expectations.

He is not known for his art of war and military strategy, but he is a master of strategic planning.

When Cao Cao went south, Jingzhou surrendered and Liu Bei fled. Almost no one in the world could compete with Cao Cao, who owned the whole north.

It was Lu Su who made a decisive decision and proposed a union with Liu Bei, which formed a tripartite situation.

So after Lu Su led his troops to Jiangdong, Sun Ce personally hosted a banquet in the mansion to entertain him.

The scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangdong have begun to adapt to the life of "holding a wine glass in their left hand and a crab claw in their right hand".

Today is July, which is the harvest season in Jiangdong. Not only the rice in the fields is abundant, but the seafood in the sea is also harvested.

Little cook Zhao Jin prepared a table of seafood delicacies for Lu Su, ranging from crab claws with pincers bigger than hands, to fat grilled fish, fresh shrimp, and even a plate of clams and abalone.

It can be said that the plate is full of delicacies and a table of seafood.

Sitting in front of the table, Lu Su even felt in a trance.In the north of the Yangtze River, the grass is thick and cloudy, and the war is endless. The whole chaotic world is full of wars, killing people, and bloody.

But after crossing the Yangtze River, the palace here is magnificent, the incense is lingering, and the beautiful maids deliver delicacies one after another.

But it is such a delicacy, but it does not make people feel extravagant.Because on the way he came, he had already seen fertile fields all over the mountains, a piece of golden rice, and countless fat fish shimmering in the paddy fields, and there was an endless team of transporting fish, shrimp and crab claws.

It is truly a land of fish and rice, a land of prosperity.

Especially after entering Wu County, the prosperity here is simply not comparable to Huainan.

Lu Su has never seen a county that has been developed to such an extent.In the wild, the vast fertile land stretches for millions of acres, and there is no open land in the wild!
If you don't see this scene with your own eyes, you can't appreciate its magnificence at all, and it's not enough to know the strength of human power.

Millions of acres of fertile land!

The ridges are neat, the water is sparkling, and the rice fields have a good harvest.

That kind of magnificence will make people feel so shocked that they want to marvel at the greatness of manpower and the wealth it represents!

Faced with the magnificence of this kind of fields, ordinary people can no longer imagine how much grain it can bring to the people and the ruler.

Know that size is one of the most important qualities at any time.

Big is strong, more is beautiful!It is an eternal truth.

Having witnessed all this with his own eyes, Lu Su had a very real understanding of Jiangdong's wealth.

And when he saw Sun Ce striding out of the court wearing a red satin and golden brocade robe, he was taken aback.Under the sun at that time, the princes who were peerless and magnificent had a demeanor completely different from this dark world.

At that moment, Lu Su finally understood why the ancients said that seeing a person is like seeing a dragon coiling around, knowing that this person will bring hope to the world.

Sun Lang was not born in the sky, and this chaotic world stretches like a long night!

After three rounds of wine and tasteless food, Sun Ce and Lu Su began to discuss the general trend of the world.

Sun Ce said, "Zijing came across the river from Huainan. How is the situation there?"

The masculine voice finally made Lu Su recover from his trance, and immediately introduced to Sun Ce: "When I came, Yuan Shu had already attacked Xutai with his army, but he had suffered several defeats in a row."

"Oh?" Sun Ce became interested. Although he knew that Yuan Shu's army was stretched, after all, his army had 10 people.

Not to mention that the emperor Liu Xie was afraid, even among the civil and military people in Jiangdong, many people were in awe of him.

This is human nature, after all, he has never played against an opponent.

Wanyan Aguda defeated Yanyun, and he was also afraid of the million imperial troops of Song Dynasty.

Before the official battle, he also thought that the Song Dynasty was a big country, and he wanted to make friends with the Song Dynasty and form an alliance between the North and the South.

Moreover, at this time, Yuan Shu attacked from all directions, opened up territories and expanded land, and his [-] troops can be regarded as a great military exploit.

It's just that I didn't expect that such a huge army, with so many generals, would suffer several defeats as soon as they entered Xutai.

Sun Ce asked: "Yuan Shu and Liu Bei have been fighting for less than a month, right? Have they been defeated?"

Lu Su nodded solemnly, and said: "If the general wants to build a king's foundation, he must pay attention to Liu Bei. He is a famous general in the world. He personally led more than ten thousand troops in Xutai to fight against Yuan Shu. At that time, Yuan Shu's soldiers There are many, Liu Bei is weak, and he personally persuaded the soldiers to lead the elite soldiers to advance, and set up as a surprise soldier, and attacked his right side, Yuan's party retreated, and the defeated troops spread across the wild. Liu Bei is indeed a fierce frontier general."

"The general under his command, Guan Yu, is even more of a bear and tiger general. His troops are fierce and unbeatable. He led more than [-] troops and was invincible in all directions. After attacking Yuan Shu several times, he burned his food, grass and luggage, and killed and looted countless people. Yuan Shu's generals, no one can control him. Once when Guan Yu attacked Liang Road, he was ambushed by Yuan Jun. There were tens of thousands of Yuan Jun besieging Guan Yu. But Guan Yu fought hard and defeated Yuan Jun several times. Before the battle, he was unstoppable and beheaded Thousands, break out."

Sun Ce nodded, he really deserved to be a frontier warrior.

In a battle involving less than [-] people, these two were fierce generals, like tigers like sheep.

Jiangdong's army is not large, only a little over [-] people.

Against others, Sun Ce has the absolute confidence to defeat tens of thousands of enemies with thousands of people.

But against an enemy of ten thousand like Liu Guanzhang, with thousands of people defeating tens of thousands, I am afraid it will be very difficult, and fierce bloody battles will inevitably be inevitable.

However, Lu Su then said: "But the general needn't worry too much. I think Liu Bei can't hold the land of Xuzhou."

Although Sun Ce knew this result, but Lu Su did not have a history cheat, how did he deduce this conclusion?

Simply amazing!Sun Ce immediately asked, "Why is Zijing so assertive?"

Lu Su was very calm, and said: "The so-called war of heroes is nothing more than a struggle for power and wealth. Although Yuan Shu is unbearable, his power is far stronger than Liu Bei in all aspects. Whether it is more soldiers, more generals, or money, grain and silk, Even the influence of fame is unmatched by Liu Bei."

"At this time, Liu Bei can be said to be victorious in every battle, not enough to turn things around, and one defeat will cause disaster forever!"

"In terms of military struggles, financial struggles, conspiracy, tricks, reputation, influence, etc., Liu Bei is not superior. I think that if Liu Bei can't win Yuan Shu quickly, he will definitely lose. Either he will be defeated by the renunciation of the soldiers, or he will be defeated by the troops. Will rebellion, or be defeated by foreign aggression in the rear."

"Foreign troubles in the rear?" Sun Ce asked curiously, "What foreign troubles does Liu Bei have?"

Liu Bei, the Xuzhou shepherd, was obtained by changing his family.He previously belonged to the Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zan camps.

But after taking over Xuzhou Mu, he immediately sent his envoy Chen Deng to Yuan Shao's place, saying that there is no master for the people, and he was afraid that if the traitors took over, he would worry about the day's death of the leader of the alliance, so he asked the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao, to accept the appointment.

This traitor naturally refers to Yuan Shu.It means that he helped Yuan Shao block Yuan Shu, lest Yuan Shu attack Yuan Shao's Qingzhou from south to north.

Then he recommended Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, as a talented person.

This time he succeeded in making friends with Yuan Shao, who named him Xuzhou Mu.

It can be said that at this moment, the strongest small triangle in the late Han Dynasty was formed.Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei became allies, fighting against Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and other princes back to back, and expanding outward.

In theory, Liu Bei should have no foreign troubles.

And Lu Su said very confidently at this time: "Liu Bei has the talent of a general, but he has no ability to convince others. Since he led the Xuzhou Mu, he has been unable to submit to the Taishan Army and the Danyang Army. In the north of Xuzhou, Zang Ba and Sun Guan Wait for the heroes, embrace the people of Mount Tai, and rule one side."

"Liu Bei recruited Lu Bu and planned to use him as a general. This time against Yuan Shu, he didn't take it with him, but put it in Xiaopei in the west of the state."

"Therefore, under his rule, there are soldiers from Danyang who are his confidantes, and Zang Ba and Lu Bu who are eyeing them as external troubles."

"As far as I know, Yuan Shu is the best at buying enemy generals. His wealth and power are far superior to those of Liu Bei, so he is sure to succeed in the bribery. Regardless of whether Cao Bao, the commander of the Danyang Army, Lu Bu, the commander of the Bingzhou Army, or Zang Ba, the commander of the Taishan Army, anyone can be bought It is enough to defeat Liu Bei."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and said, "With Liu Bei's great talent, even if he is defeated, he can gather tens of thousands of people, right?"

Lu Su got up immediately, talked generously, and said, "This is exactly what I want to talk about with Sun Lang!"

(End of this chapter)