Now, Sun Ce actually gave the future prefect of Luling to Sun Fu. Although Luling was very small and completely dependent on Yuzhang, Sun Ce completely gave Sun Ben face. After all, compared to Sun Jing's lineage who had not received even a single official position, Sun Qiang's lineage directly obtained the land of two counties. What else could Sun Bi be dissatisfied with? Ever since, the trace of unhappiness towards Sun Ce that had just surfaced completely disappeared.
Now here, it is just an internal meeting of the Sun family. Those with foreign surnames who can participate are either relatives or retainers. There are no newly recruited advisers such as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Xi who Sun Ce values very much. Soon, from top to bottom, all the people who should be canonized by Sun Ce were canonized one by one, just like Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor. At this time, Sun Ce left Yuan Shu openly and openly, so he naturally wanted to canonize his subordinates so that everyone could taste the sweetness before continuing in the future. Work hard for him.
Along the way, everyone present basically mentioned it, and the atmosphere finally became a bit cheerful.
At this moment, Sun Ce suddenly knocked on the stone table in front of him.
"Okay, let's get down to business now."
The scene fell silent for an instant. Although Sun Ce was young at this time, his breathtaking aura made no one dare to underestimate him.
"The strategy of expanding to the west has been decided, but now, there are two problems before us." Sun Ce said in a deep voice, "First, the bandit Yan Baihu is entrenched around Wu Commandery. I heard that Xu Gong also defected to him. It would be a big harm to leave it alone. I'm worried that as soon as I lead the troops away, they will start to attack. Secondly, look at this."
As Sun Ce spoke, he threw out a scroll. Everyone came forward and watched while continuing to listen to what Sun Ce said,
"Cao Cao, in the name of Xiandi, canonized me as a general of the Ming and Han Dynasties, and ordered me to join forces with Chen Xi and Lu Bu to attack the traitor Yuan Shu. Haha, not only do we want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, Cao Cao also wants to Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. I heard that Cao Cao was attacking Zhang Xiu recently, and he must have wanted us to help him contain Yuan Shu first. After he captured Zhang Xiu, we were fighting fiercely with Yuan Shu, so we just let him sit here Reap profit."
It can be said that Cao Cao's idea is similar to that of Sun Ce. They both want others to attack Yuan Shu, and then take the opportunity to attack the planned territory. After taking over the planned territory, we can then turn back to attack Yuan Shu. By then, Yuan Shu's heavy troops should be on the other side, attacking from the front and back, heading straight towards Huanglong, and easily occupying a large area of Huainan!
"This Cao Cao is quite shrewd. He knew that we were rebelling against Yuan Shu on the grounds of Yuan Shu's rebellion. So, Cao Cao used the name of the Han Emperor to ask us to attack the rebels, but we had to comply. Otherwise, we would have earned it through hard work. If the name is corrected, won't it disappear into thin air?" Zhu Zhi said with a frown.
Sun Ce knocked on the table,
"That's why I said this is a big problem."
If he obeys orders, he will not be able to expand westward. Not only will he indirectly help Cao Cao a lot, he will also have to confront Yuan Shu, who has just proclaimed himself emperor and wants to find someone to establish his authority. Even if Sun Ce had never studied the art of war, he knew how undesirable this kind of thing was.
"Brother, Yuan Shu's matter has certainly put us in a difficult position, but the real headache is still with Cao Cao."
Below, Sun Quan, who had never said a word, finally spoke.
"Not long after Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor. If Cao Cao still wants to use the emperor to control the princes, he will definitely be the one who can't tolerate Yuan Shu the most! Now, Cao Cao feels that there are people like us who can take advantage of him. Of course he was happy and relaxed, but once Cao Cao found out, no one else would do anything. Then in today's world, the only one who is really willing to fight Yuan Shu to the death is Cao Cao. So, I think we just need to find a reasonable enough one. Excuse, let Cao Cao have a headache next!"
"oh?"
Sun Ce's eyes moved,
"Zhongmou, do you have a good plan?"
"Excuses are actually easy to find. The key is to convince the world that Cao Cao will not be able to find anything to say. Moreover, we cannot bear the infamy of not attacking Yuan Shu." Sun Quan said, "In my opinion, this matter The key to the matter lies in Chen?"
"Chen??" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows.
Some of the other people at the scene were thoughtful, while others were still confused.
Speaking of Chen?, compared to Sun Ce and Lu Bu, he is really a small figure. Chen He may not be famous based on his name alone, but he has an elder brother named Chen He, and Chen He’s son is Chen Deng. Chen He is also a descendant of the Chen family in Xuzhou. At that time, Yuan Shu appointed Chen You as the governor of Yangzhou. Later, Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao. Chen You probably thought that Yuan Shu was dead, so he turned against Yuan Shu and refused to let Yuan Shu return to Shouchun. Unexpectedly, Chen You even defeated Yuan Shu's army. Unable to defeat him, he had no choice but to flee back to Xiapi, Xuzhou.
Later, Xuzhou was captured by Lu Bu, and Chen Jian went all the way south and occupied Haixi, Guangling County. He firmly defended the territory and never caused trouble. In this way, he was surrounded by several big bosses and survived until now.
Because Chen He and Yuan Shu had a feud, and because it was located in Guangling Haixi, it was the junction of the combined armies of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, so Cao Cao's coalition to attack Yuan Shu naturally included Chen He.
But I have to say that Chen Xi didn't even have a county, only one city. Compared with Sun Ce and Lu Bu, he was simply out of reach.
And in troubled times, being weak is the original sin!
"So that's it, this is just something out of thin air among the thirty-six strategies! Zhongmou, you still say you don't understand the art of war!" Sun Ce laughed suddenly, but he was the first to understand what Sun Quan meant.
As the saying goes, war never tires of deceit. These two brothers have studied Sun Tzu's art of war since they were young. As long as they can win in the end, no matter what means they use, they have never seen any courtesy or shame in their eyes.
"In accordance with the emperor's order, we mobilized our troops and generals to join the army. But once someone among the allied forces secretly acts as a stumbling block, resulting in the failure of the united army and the inability to fight Yuan Shu together, then no one can be blamed for any crime. It’s up to us!”
"Not only that, I can't believe that we can also take care of Yan Baihu." Sun Quan laughed softly.
Sun Ce's eyes flashed,
"It makes sense! Let's just say that Chen Hu and Yan Baihu colluded. When we sent troops to Yuan Shu to attack the rebels, they tried to seize Wu County and disrupt our foundation! But then again, Chen Hu and Yan Baihu might really have colluded. Not necessarily."
"Whether it is true or false, as long as we can get something in our hands, it will be fine." Sun Quan said.
"That's right!" Sun Ce nodded heavily, "Zhongmou, I will lead the troops to Haixi, Wu County. I will leave an army for you, and Yan Baihu will be handed over to you. How about it?"
"Oh?" Sun Quan's heart moved, but he suddenly thought, Xu Gong seems to be at Yan Baihu's place now, right? In this case, why not just kill Xu Gong yourself!
"Haha, brother, you have a good idea. Seeing that I am the only child left in charge of the army, Yan Baihu probably doesn't want to move, but he can't help but move." Sun Quan said with a smile.
