Overlord!

Chapter 63
Hearing what Chen Bao said suddenly, Zhang Hong was overjoyed, and said: "The captain of Wujun is an old official of the lord. He raised troops to drive out the prefect of Wujun. Xu Gong abandoned the city and left. The entire northern part of Wujun will be owned by the general!"

Chen Bao nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, yes. Hearing that my brother-in-law raised an army, the captain of Wujun sent his mother, wife, and younger brother to Qian Tang asylum from Qu'a, so as not to be harmed by Liu Yao. When my brother-in-law attacked Qu'a, he asserted that my brother-in-law would be able to defeat the crowd and win a complete victory. He decisively raised troops to help and attack Wu County."

"After defeating Xu Gong, he went straight to the county government and acted as the prefect to help my brother-in-law stabilize Wu County."

Sun Ce smiled and nodded, which is why Sun Ce wanted to know the prefect of Kuaiji by himself - because the prefect of Danyang and the prefect of Wujun have people!

Zhu Zhi was not only an old official of the Sun family, but also had a great favor to the Sun family. He even raised troops directly as a captain of Wujun, defeated Xu Gong, the prefect of Wujun, and helped Sun Ce pacify Jiangdong.

With so many kindnesses and merits accumulated, it is not too much to reward Zhu Zhi with the post of prefect of Wu County.

This is a force that can be directly brought under his command. No matter how stupid Sun Ce is, he will not kill Zhu Zhi.

However, although Zhu Zhi's Wujun prefect and Zhou Shang's Danyang prefect had similar status, their natures were completely different.

The main reason is that Sun Ce's power has become more prosperous, and the army has gathered, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.When soldiers enter Wujun, all forces will either surrender or die.

As the prefect of Wujun, Zhu Zhi also faced the same choice. Should he submit to Sun Ce or fight to the end?

In this situation, he was alone and could only surrender to Sun Ce.

Of course, this is just the coldest and cruelest rule.In fact, there are too many affections and relationships between the two parties, and it is impossible to face each other directly with such naked interests.

For example, Sun Ce respected him as the prefect of Wu County very much, and even for peace of mind, he would not even get involved in his army.

As an old official of the Sun family, Zhu Zhi will also respect Sun Ce as the master, help him stand firm in Jiangdong, and carry out government affairs according to all Sun Ce's orders.

The two sides will get along exactly like a monarch and a minister. Sun Ce is the lord of Jiangdong, and he is an ordinary prefect under Sun Ce. He helps Sun Ce govern a county and promote Sun Ce's political ideas.Even the power to appoint and remove county magistrates is determined by the central government, not appointed by county magistrates, just like the imperial court.

Sun Ce has a broad mind. In the future, he will not only have Wujun and Kuaiji, but will have six counties in the east of the Yangtze River, and even more than ten counties in Huainan. As long as Zhu Zhi is regarded as a prefect who governs the county under his command, the two sides will be very harmonious.

And Zhu Zhi's army was exactly what Sun Ce had said before. When he marched into Wu County, he would not only encounter resistance, but also have a strong army to help him.

Now, with the support of the county lieutenant of Wujun, he has taken down Wujun without bloodshed. What lies ahead is how to stabilize Wujun and win people's hearts.

So Sun Ce said to Zhang Hong: "You have made a policy before, issued a call to action, and stabilized people's hearts. Now the effect is very good. The powerful and strong are staying in the village. They have not gathered troops to enter the city to fight against me. At this time, the captain of Wujun entered the county and acted on his behalf. As for the prefect, it can be said that all the counties have come under my command. I plan to take advantage of this good opportunity to lead the army straight to Wu County. In the midst of sudden changes in the situation, when the tyrants have not yet made a decision, I will call the people together and issue rulings to stabilize people's hearts."

Zhang Hong looked solemn, and said: "Nowadays the situation is dangerous and chaotic, the general's martial arts talents, and advancing at the same time, can indeed achieve the effect of cutting the mess with a quick knife. It's just that the general has thought about how to win people's hearts?"

Sun Ce nodded confidently. Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou and was able to secure the entire Jingxiang nine counties.I personally brought tens of thousands of troops straight into Wujun, can I still be weaker than Liu Biao?

The key to gaining people's hearts is political governance.As for the means of governing Jiangdong, Sun Ce has already had a complete idea.

Some of the concepts involved are different from those of the Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce didn't even talk to anyone.

In order to show his determination, Sun Ce said to Chen Bao: "Xiaobao, I entrust you with an important task."

Chen Bao immediately patted his chest with a happy smile: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I promise to live up to my trust."

Sun Ce encouraged with a smile: "Okay, I have great ambitions, and I will be able to take care of myself in the future. Now you will take on the big task alone, and lead your troops to the south to bring my mother, wife, and younger brother to Wu County."

Chen Bao stared wide-eyed, and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you going directly to Wu County?"

Sun Ce nodded solemnly: "Go directly to Wu County. If you are on a dangerous journey with a heavy responsibility, you must take care of your words and deeds. How can you worry about gains and losses. Only when I bring my family to Wu County can I show that I will firmly follow Jiangdong's ambitions, so that the powerful will not have two hearts and have a stable production. "

Sun Ce has already made up his mind, so everyone can only obey orders.

Under his will, the three armies took action vigorously and vigorously, with tens of thousands of horsemen abandoning all their luggage, advancing in both directions, and driving directly to Wujun.

The main force of the infantry was commanded by Xu Kun and Wu Jing respectively, and marched south along Taihu Lake all the way to the southeast.On the other hand, Sun Ce personally commanded thousands of iron cavalry, traveled lightly, picked the road to Piling and Wuxi, and directly entered Wu County in only two days.

The most important reason why Sun Ce moved so quickly was to catch the powerful by surprise and stabilize them before they sorted out the situation.

Although Wu Jun is Sun Ce's hometown, according to the most optimistic estimate, the ratio of the powerful who support him to those who resist him is half to half.

The famous Zongshuai in history alone included a series of heroes such as Wang Sheng, Yan Baihu, Xu Zhao, Zou Ta, Qian Tong, etc., each gathering more than ten thousand or thousands of people, guarding the key points and separatist rule.

How many people are there in Wu County?They took away so many rebels, how can Sun Ce develop production.

Therefore, Sun Ce must stabilize some people before they decide to raise troops to fight.

These thousand cavalry were basically most of the war horses that Sun Ce could find in the Jiangnan area. Even if all the separatist princes were wiped out further south, it would be difficult to get hundreds of horses.

This time, Sun Ce bet all his wealth, and the effect was amazing.

Thousands of cavalry descended from the sky like magic soldiers, and suddenly appeared in Wu County. The entire county government was shocked, from the officials to the heroes.

Jiang Qin followed Sun Ce and stationed troops in front of the city of Wu County. Looking at the chaotic city defense, he asked with joy, "General, the defenders were caught off guard. Shouldn't we take advantage of the situation and seize the city?"

Sun Ce smiled lightly and said, "Why do you want to seize it? Didn't you see that the defenders are panicking, wondering if they should close the city gate?"

The smile on Jiang Qin's face was even wider. This is indeed a happy event.It shows that the guards of Wu County all have their hearts on Sun Lang, and they don't need to be ordered by the chief officials. They also agree in their hearts that they should welcome Sun Lang into the city.

And as Sun Ce's iron cavalry lined up outside the city, standing still, soon the defenders in front of the city wall gradually calmed down. Not only did the city gate not close, but the defenders were still appeasing the people and restoring the order of entry and exit in front of the city gate.

There was only one knight-errant who hurried to the various houses to report the news to the rich and powerful families.

And soon Zhu Zhi, who was the prefect of Wujun, led dozens of officials in the city out of the city for three miles, and arrived in front of Sun Ce in person to welcome him into the city.

Zhu Zhi is an old official of Sun Jian, and he is older than Cheng Pu. Now he is 39 years old. In this age when he can call himself an old man at the age of 30, he can already be regarded as an elder.

He was wearing a black robe with an extremely noble silver seal with a green ribbon on his waist, giving him a noble and elegant demeanor.But he was extremely respectful to Sun Ce, and he bowed his hands first after seeing Sun Ce to show Sun Ce's respect.

"Zhi pays homage to the general, on behalf of the father and elders of Wujun, and welcomes the general and Wang Shi."

Sun Ce immediately helped Zhu Zhi up and said, "Mr. Zhu is highly respected for his work as the prefect. I need Mr. Zhu to govern on my behalf to help me stabilize Jiangdong."

Zhu Zhi got up, looked at the majestic Sun Ce, and sighed sincerely: "There are some successors to the king! The general used an orphan boy, and more than a thousand soldiers crossed the river to fight, and took the east of the river in one fell swoop, as the foundation of hegemony. Really. Young Yingwan, brave and courageous, a hero for a while!"

Sun Ce said with a smile, "You can conquer the world immediately, but you can't rule the world immediately. I still need the help of Zhu Gong to rule Jiangdong."

Zhu Zhi also laughed, Sun Ce always has a kind of natural hearty charm, which can quickly bring the relationship between them closer.So Zhu Zhi said with a smile: "How dare you refuse to follow orders? I don't know where I can serve the general?"

Sun Ce immediately waved to Chen Wu behind him and said, "You lead your troops to station outside the city. I only brought Rui Gong, Jiang Qin and dozens of people into the city, and I also asked Zhu Gong to guarantee my reputation and invite all the heroes in the city to a banquet." .”

Zhu Zhi has been serving as the captain of Wu County for the past few years, and he is quite prestigious in Wu County. When he entered Wu County to serve as the prefect, the local tycoons were not too afraid, let alone that he would kill him.

Therefore, when Sun Ce did not bring an army into the city, and when Zhu Zhi invited them to a banquet, they would give Zhu Zhi face.

After all, if he refuses to come and ruins the relationship directly, then he will really have to face Sun Ce's thousand cavalry outside the city.

Sun Ce's army came too fast, most of the tyrants were caught off guard, and they were not recruited. Even if they were just to delay time, they would not directly turn against each other.

In order to ease the relationship between the two parties, Sun Ce also brought along Rui Zhi, the former prefect of Wujun.

The two prefects of Wujun were well-known in Wujun. They summoned each other because of their fame, and the powerful would not be too frightened.

Wu County is the place where the county government is located, and there is a county government and a county government.After entering the city, Zhu Zhi led Sun Ce and others into the county mansion, and urged Sun Ce to sit on the throne, and he himself sat at the top of the table on the lower right to show his status as a monarch and minister.

After taking his seat, Zhu Zhi praised: "The general went to the county seat alone, instead of holding a banquet in the barracks to gather the heroes of Wu County. This move will surely reassure the hearts of the scholars of Wu County, and will win the support of people, and the heroes will gather here. "

Sun Ce had already taken off his armor, and was only wearing a plain brocade robe, which made him look even more heroic and noble. He calmly smiled and said, "This is all because of Zhu Gong's popularity."

For Sun Ce, there is no difference between being in Zhu Zhi's camp or in his own camp.He believed in Zhu Zhi's loyalty, just like he believed in Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others.Could it be that Sun Ce would still be frightened when he brought dozens of personal guards to Cheng Pu's camp?
He was calm and eloquent, which made Zhu Zhi even more impressed.

Not long after the two chatted, a hero arrived first.

But to Zhu Zhi's surprise, it was a child who came, Lu Ji, the son of the rich Lu family in Wu County!
This is the family that has a feud with Sun Ce!
In the Battle of Lujiang, Lu Kang led more than a hundred members of the Lu clan to resist Sun Ce's attack, and more than half of them died under the blade of Sun Ce's army.

The blood feud between the two sides was deep, and the Lu family was actually the first to send people from the clan to the banquet.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, did not underestimate the child in front of him as much as Zhu Zhi, because he knew that it was this little guy who shocked everyone in history and gave him a wave of prestige.

At that time, Sun Ce held a banquet in Wu, honored Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Qin Song as honored guests, and discussed together that in today's troubled times, the world is not peaceful, and it is necessary to use force to bring peace.

At that time, Lu Ji sat at the back because he was young, so he said loudly from afar: "Guan Yiwu served as the prime minister under Duke Huan of Qi, gathered the princes nine times, and unified the world without using military vehicles. Since cultivating literature and morality. 'Nowadays, the princes who sit high at the banquet do not practice morality, but only practice martial arts. Although I, Lu Ji, am a young and ignorant boy, I can't feel at ease."

These words startled everyone, and all the ministers in the hall were amazed by it.

Moreover, although Lu Ji is small, he is very talented and knowledgeable.In history, he was as famous as Gu Shao, and was praised as being far superior to Lu Xun in talent.Although Yu Fan, a veteran of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, and Pang Tong, a famous scholar from Jingxiang, were much older than him, they all had a friendly relationship with him.

So Sun Ce also valued Lu Ji very much. He didn't despise him just because he was a child, but talked to him as an adult and made friends with him.

After he saluted, he asked: "I have old grievances with your Lu family, why did you come here first and come to the banquet instead?"

Lu Ji cupped his hands and replied solemnly: "I, the Lu family, and the general used to engage in public wars, not personal enmities. Gun has nothing to do with water control. Shun killed his father and used his son, and continued to use Gun's son Yu to control the water. This is to calm the flood."

"Zhang Han attacked and killed Xiang Liang in the past, and the overlord Xiang Ji was able to make him king, so he entered the pass to destroy Qin."

"Nowadays when the sage kings are not established and the feudal lords are unrestrained, it is the time for the general to rule the chaos and help the difficult. The general has the name of the overlord, and I, the Lu family, came first. Wouldn't it be more magnanimous and prominent? In this way, with me, the Lu family, then If the county is powerful, there will be no worries."

Zhu Zhi looked at the watertight Lu Ji in amazement, and couldn't believe that all this came from Meng Tong's mouth.

And Sun Ce also laughed, unexpectedly, he already attached great importance to him, but he took the opportunity to establish a wave of fame.

This is probably also Lu's wisdom, setting himself up as a typical symbol.

The more old grievances Sun and Lu had, the more they had to come first and stand in front of Sun Ce.

If Sun Ce didn't make things difficult for the Lu family, he wouldn't be able to harass other powerful families.

Once this flaunt is set up, Sun Ce will really not be able to kill them Lu family.

And obviously, the Lu family didn't want to be an enemy of Sun Ce either. After all, the Lu family suffered heavy losses in the battle of Lujiang, and the members of the clan withered, leaving only a few dozen people.

These people gather in the village, and there are not even eighty households in one mile.How to fight against Sun Ce's tens of thousands of troops?
Now that Sun Ce has occupied Wu County, they only want to recuperate, and they don't want to fight again.

(End of this chapter)