In Shouchun, Yuan Shu was a little hesitant when faced with Sun Ce's reply, but after thinking about it, Yuan Shu was still willing to wait and see. It's not that Yuan Shu believed in Sun Ce, but in Yuan Shu's opinion, with Sun Ce's efficiency, the previous tough battles had been fought so smoothly, so wouldn't it be easy to win the Sun family's headquarters in Kuaiji? Although Sun Jing has been hiding all these years, but now, the opportunity for the Sun family to rise again has arrived. Could it be that Sun Jing still doesn't help?
Therefore, in Yuan Shu's eyes, he was just waiting two days longer and two days less. If Sun Ce is really willing to come back to Shouchun, that would be the best; if Sun Ce is unwilling to come back, it will not be too late to find a way then. To be honest, at this juncture, Yuan Shu's main force was all in Xuzhou to confront Liu Bei, and he was not willing to fall out with Sun Ce at this time.
As a result, what Yuan Shu didn't expect was that Sun Ce encountered obstacles in his small Shouchun campaign. He sent troops several times, but without any success. Is Wang Lang of Kuaiji really that powerful? I'm afraid no one will think so at this time. It's not that these people look down on Wang Lang, but Wang Lang's opponent this time is Jiangdong's little overlord Sun Ce!
At this moment, Yuan Shu still didn't understand that Sun Ce didn't want to return to Shouchun and deliberately delayed Kuaiji from fighting!
However, as mentioned before, both sides are aware of this, but neither side is willing to turn against each other.
Under such a situation, Yuan Shu issued orders one after another, showing that the children of the Yuan family had been involved in official circles all year round. It has to be said that Yuan Shu is really talented in the power struggle. In the peaceful and prosperous times, he might really be able to become a powerful minister.
Yuan Shu saw that Sun Ce didn't want to fall out with him for the time being, so he chose people related to the Sun family to attack. First, it was Wu Jing and Sun Bi in Guangling; second, it was Zhou Shang and Zhou Yu and his son in Danyang; and finally, it was Sun Quan in Shouchun.
Since Sun Ce is engaged in a war in Kuaiji and cannot come back, Wu Jing and Sun Bi in Guangling, because the southern part of Xuzhou has fallen into the hands of Yuan Shu, there must be no war, right? Zhou Shang, Zhou Yu, and Liu Yao who were in Danyang have all fled to Yuzhang, and there will be no fighting for the time being. Therefore, Yuan Shu summoned these people to Shouchun to confer rewards, but these people could not find a suitable reason to refuse.
As for Sun Quan in Shouchun, Yuan Shu was ready to let him marry his daughter immediately, and immediately sent someone to ask Mrs. Wu to come and support the wedding. This time, Sun Quan married a wife, and the wife he married was his official wife. The marriage was decided by Sun Jian himself back then. Your Sun family should have a head of the family! Sun Jian is gone. As the eldest brother is the father, Sun Ce must come back. Well, if Sun Ce is busy with the war and can't come back in time, then Mrs. Wu should come.
Yuan Shu took a three-pronged approach, and the three edicts arrived at three places almost at the same time.
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Guangling,
Since they belong to the same side as Liyang and are very close to each other, Wu Jing and Sun Ben in Guangling also knew about the invitation letter sent to Mrs. Wu from Yuan Shu to Liyang.
"I have sent people to send all the female relatives (Mrs. Wu and others) to Wu County." Wu Jing said while rubbing his brows. To be honest, he was never so tired during the war. Everyone knew Yuan Shu's purpose, and at this time, Wu Jing had no way to discuss it with Sun Ce, so they had to make their own choices. No matter what, Wu Jing has a bottom line, that is, Mrs. Wu must not go to Shouchun, otherwise she will face the same dilemma as when she faced Liu Yao in Wu County. Just because Sun Quan was able to rescue Mrs. Wu from Liu Yao, it doesn't mean that he can repeat his old tricks and rescue people from Yuan Shu.
Besides, as Mrs. Wu's younger brother, Wu Jing chose to protect his sister, which is understandable.
"How should we explain to Yuan Shu?" Sun Bi couldn't help but ask.
Wu Jing pointed at himself, then at Sun Ben, and said,
"My uncle is also my father, and my cousin is also my brother. Are we two not qualified to host this wedding?"
When Wu Jing thought about it, both of them were going to return to life, so why did they need to hook up with Mrs. Wu?
However, just because Wu Jing would think so does not mean that Sun Ben would also think so. Although Sun Bi was brought up by Sun Jian, he also has some traditional characteristics of the Sun family, but these characteristics are basically only reflected on the battlefield. In private, when Sun Bi can think calmly, he often thinks more.
Don't forget, Sun Bi is the eldest son of Sun Jian's brother Sun Qiang. After Sun Jian disappeared, Sun Ce and Sun Quan were still relatively young. At that time, Sun Ben had the idea of conquering the country by himself. Nowadays, even if Sun Bi thinks that the Sun family should still stick together to achieve success, in order to preserve the inheritance of Sun Qiang's lineage, Sun Bi still cherishes his life more than other Sun family members.
Therefore, Wu Jing dared to answer the call to go to Shouchun to see Yuan Shu, but Sun Ben was really reluctant. Sun Ben was worried that if he went this time, he might not be able to come back. And once Sun Ce really rebels against Yuan Shu outside, then Sun Ben will probably be killed by Yuan Shu immediately, and he will not even be able to save his life! I recall that back then, when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Yuan Shao and others rebelled against Dong Zhuo outside. Wasn't Yuan Wei and others in Luoyang also killed by Dong Zhuo to sacrifice the flag? Sun Ben was not willing to follow Yuan Wei's path.
"If both of us leave, who will be in charge of the army in Guangling? You can't take advantage of Yuan Shu in vain, right?" Sun Ben said in a pragmatic way, "It's just a representative anyway, why not just go with one?"
Wu Jing narrowed his eyes and probably understood that Sun Ben was a little timid. By saying this, did Sun Ben mean to say that he, Sun Ben, should go alone? Just kidding, even in terms of qualifications, the person who can support the wedding should be Wu Jing, the uncle, not Sun Ben, the cousin.
"Only by two people going can we dispel Yuan Shu's suspicion, and both of them will be safe. But if only one person goes, the one who goes is in danger, and the one who stays is equally in danger. Guangling is under Yuan Shu's cavalry, and Yuan Shu The troops deployed in Xuzhou can rush in front of us at any time!" Wu Jing reminded Sun Bi.
Sun Ben was anxious, slammed the table, and said angrily,
"Then neither of us will go! I don't believe that Yuan Shu dares to fall out with us! Even if Yuan Shu really comes to Guangling City, we only need to defend for a few days before Sun Ce's reinforcements will arrive!"
Hearing Sun Ben's words, Wu Jing also became angry, stood up, glared at Sun Ben, and shouted,
"If we don't go, do you want Sun Quan to die?"
"Compared with today's great situation, what can't Sun Quan give up? As long as Sun Ce is here, the Sun family can sweep the world! Besides, Sun Quan himself chose to stay in Shouchun. He should also be aware." Sun Ben replied coldly, "To take a step back, Yuan Shu has always liked Sun Quan and is willing to marry his favorite daughter to him. This marriage is known to the whole world, and Yuan Shu may not necessarily kill his son-in-law."
"Haha!" Wu Jing suddenly sneered, shaking his head and sarcastically, "Sun Bi, Sun Bi, you said you are reluctant to give up this great situation? But have you forgotten that although this situation was created by Sun Ce, it was first brought about by Sun Ce. It was Sun Quan who planned the layout of Liyang! If the Sun family wants to conquer the world, Sun Ce alone is not enough, Sun Quan is also indispensable! Okay! You don’t want to go, right? I’ll go!”
After saying that, Wu Jing left with a puff of sleeves.
