The Great Explosion of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 107 Who Says Sun Jian Is a Reckless Man

In January of the first year of Chuping, Sun Jian led an army of [-], together with Shi Hui's [-] soldiers, went north to attack Dong Zhuo.Still boarding the boat from the Xiangshui River, and then going north into Dongting Lake, Shi Hui was also discovered by accident. The location of Dongting Lake in this era is slightly different from that of later generations.

Speaking of which, I still vaguely remember that there were water thieves in Dongting Lake, and two of them were Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, but I don't know if I remembered it wrong.However, the army went all the way north, but did not encounter any bandits.Thinking about it, the officers and soldiers came here to do business after they came out. Shi Hui wondered how such a water thief survived until now.

Dongting Lake is a lake naturally formed in the Yangtze River Basin, so entering Dongting Lake is also regarded as entering the Yangtze River.Only in this era, the Yangtze River is still called Dajiang.Entering here is considered to have entered Nanjun.

To the north is Yunmeng Lake, Honghu and Hanyang in later generations are still underwater.It takes a full day and a half to travel upstream along the Yangtze River to reach Jiangling.

In fact, the boat boss also said that if you need to go to Xiangyang, you can go directly to Shaxian County, starting from Dongting Lake, and you can arrive in less than half a day.From there, it goes northward into the Han River, and it takes less than three days to reach Xiangyang upstream.If you go by land, you have to go from Jiangling to Dangyang, Jingbian County to enter Yicheng County, then Biguo County, and Zhonglu County to reach Xiangyang. Counting the road to Jiangling, it takes five or six days to travel.

Ships from the south and horses from the north are indeed very reasonable. It is much more convenient to travel by water than by land in the south.

The problem is now that Sun Jian is going to trouble Wang Rui, and the current seat of Jingzhou is in Jiangling, so naturally he has to go there first.So they landed in Jiangling, and it took another half a day to land. As expected, Wang Rui closed the gate of the city tightly, looking like a big enemy.

"Jiangling is the seat of Jingzhou, how does uncle plan to attack the city?" Shi Huiwang asked Sun Jian.Sun Jian heard the words but didn't say anything, he just asked Shi Hui and him to hide in the team, and asked Cheng Pu to come forward.

"You wait to go north, what are you talking about?" On the city wall, an official shouted on the city wall himself.

"Cheng Pu, Captain of Changsha, please see Mr. Inspector!" Cheng Pu saluted the officials on the city wall, and it seemed that it was undoubtedly Wang Rui. , it’s not enough to make clothes! This time, I just want to ask for your kindness and give me some money.”

Wang Rui didn't see Sun Jian, and thought it was the soldiers in Changsha who were getting angry, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.After thinking for a while, he shouted: "What's so difficult about this? I'm the governor, so why should I be stingy?"

So people opened the gate of the city, and at the same time ordered people to open the treasury and let the soldiers go in to see what supplies needed to be taken.

"My lord is benevolent and righteous!" Cheng Pu shouted first, and the soldiers behind him echoed.

Wang Rui was very happy. He and Sun Jian had fought against the Lingling rebels before, and at that time they knew that this army was an elite army.At that time, I already had the idea of ​​being able to recruit them for my own use. Now that I see them coming, I think it is a good opportunity to subdue them. Naturally, I have to be as sincere as possible.

He even went down the tower himself, intending to treat these generals well, but he didn't expect to see Sun Jian in the team just after he got down from the tower, and he was frightened out of his wits.Immediately pointing to Sun Jian, he asked, "The soldiers have come to ask for rewards, why is Mr. Sun here?"

Sun Jian replied, "I don't know about that either!"

"Pfft!" Shi Hui couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard this, Sun Jian is really good at pretending to be stupid.

That night, Sun Jian led his army to station in Jiangling, and Shi Hui rested in peace, but it was said that Wang Rui swallowed gold and died, which should be forced by Sun Jian.During this period, none of the defenders of Jiangling stepped forward to stand up for Wang Rui. Thinking about it carefully, it was really not quite right.

Shi Hui came forward to ask Sun Jian, who laughed and said, "Wang Ruikong has the title of governor, but he doesn't have the power to be governor!"

Then he pointed to a residential area in Jiangling, and continued: "Wang Rui became the governor of Jingzhou, but he was not recognized by the Nanjun family. No matter it is the old Kuai family, Cai family, or even the Huang family, they have not really loyal to Wang Rui. Otherwise, , do you think that to conquer the rebellion in Lingling and Guiyang, why did Wang Rui act with me, the prefect of Changsha, instead of leading the troops from Nanjun to go south and let me assist?"

When Sun Jian said that, Shi Hui probably understood.This may be the sorrow of the princes these days. It is useless to have an appointment from the imperial court, but to obtain the approval and loyalty of the local family.

Not to mention Wang Rui, Cao Cao was good at killing celebrities and making concessions, and reused poor families, which caused resentment from local aristocratic families.So while he was attacking Tao Qian, he directly welcomed Lu Bu in, almost defeating Lao Cao.Thanks to Cheng Yu and Xun Yu's efforts to turn the tide, some of the foundations of Dongjun were saved, and finally regained the territory.

There is also Zhang Lu, who became the prefect of Hanzhong, but also relied on the local aristocratic Yang family.The leader is Yang Song, and the following Yang Bai, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, and Yang Bo are all from the Yang family in Hanzhong.Therefore, Yang Song suggested that he surrender to Cao Cao. He was so forthright, not because he was cowardly, but since the Yang family had already said that, if he did not take refuge, he would only be tied up by the Yang family and sent to Cao Cao in the end.

If it really matters, it is almost the same reason that Liu Chan bound himself out of the city and surrendered in the end.

After an in-depth conversation, I realized that Wang Rui had already shown his appreciation for the soldiers under his command in the previous crusade against Lingling's rebellion.Not to mention planning to poach corners, Sun Jian simply used this design, and Wang Rui was fooled and opened the door.

"Then now going north, should I continue to take the land route, or should I change to the water route?" Shi Hui asked.

Sun Jian smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Wang Rui died, and Jingzhou has to rely on adjutant officials to govern for the time being. They come from everyone in Nanjun, so naturally they have to take advantage of the opportunity to benefit themselves. We killed Wang Rui, so we may still help them. In this case, our army Going north, they are sensible, no matter what they need to support some food and grass supplies!"

When going north this time, Shi Hui did notice that the grain and grass brought by Sun Jian were actually not much.The key point is that he also promised that he will take care of the food and grass on his own side.Before, he wondered how to get the food and grass. It turned out that before going north, Sun Jian had already started thinking about the aristocratic family here.

Shi Hui had no choice but to acknowledge his affection, and clasped his hands and replied, "My nephew is taught!"

It is said that Sun Jian is a martial artist, at least he feels like a pure general.But don't forget that Sun Jian was originally a county magistrate, so he must have the ability to govern, otherwise he would not have secured his position as the prefect of Changsha.If you really regard him as a reckless man, you will definitely suffer a lot. Wang Rui is the best example.

During Wang Rui's time, Jiangling was still operating as usual the next day. The other officials, Sun Jian, did not move.So these civil and military officials didn't pursue anything, they just reported the news that Sun Jian forced Wang Rui to be killed, and then continued their work.

As Sun Jian said, when he left Jiangling, the aristocratic families around Jiangling sent a lot of food and grass to 'reward the army'.Afterwards, all the way north, they received new supplies of grain and grass one after another.When they entered the vicinity of Xiangyang, Sun Jian and Shi Hui's supply troops already had enough food and grass for them to go north to seek Dong and return safely.

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