After Lu Meng left, Sun Quan rubbed his brows. If he beat around the bush like this, some people would not believe it, especially those who were already prejudiced against the Sun family. But no matter what, Xu Gong cannot stay. As long as someone is willing to believe it and as long as he can refute it confidently, that is enough!
soon,
Someone from the guard at the gate of the village came to report that Xu Gong claimed to be released by Sun Quan, so he rushed over to Sun Quan to confirm before they dared to let him go.
Sun Quan naturally replied "let them go", and also told the people who came that they didn't have many people in the stronghold now. Once they found deserters returning from bandits, they should not go out to fight, but stick to the defense. As long as they can't hold on, the bandits outside will have no way to retreat, and they will naturally be completely wiped out by our soldiers who are pursuing them from behind.
For this group of new soldiers, they had no choice but to take the initiative to fight. They immediately regarded Sun Quan's words as good advice and happily hurried back to the village gate. After this battle, if nothing else, there must be many ordinary soldiers who at least like the leader Sun Quan.
Sun Quan knew that the time spent in this round was enough for Lu Meng to go out and prepare. There would be no other ending for Xu Gong.
Sure enough, not long after,
The man who just sent the message ran over again. Compared to the calmness last time, this time he was extremely panicked.
"General! Oh no! A bandit deserter has returned!"
The soldier shouted out of breath,
"Moreover, the man you let go just now was killed by bandits as soon as he left the house!"
As they spoke, they carefully observed Sun Quan's face, for fear that Sun Quan would blame them for this. After all, that was the person Sun Quan had clearly told him to let go. After you told him to let go, forget it if he died. But he died under their noses. So many people saw it, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to. So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and come back to report to Sun Quan.
"What?!"
Sun Quan showed his true qualities as an actor, with his face full of anger and surprise.
"He died just after leaving the house! What are you doing!" Sun Quan really began to accuse.
The soldier quickly explained,
"Things happened so fast that we didn't expect it. By the time we reacted, everyone was already dead. Moreover, General, you just specifically told us that if deserters from bandits return, we should not open the door easily. We are also afraid This is a bandit trying to deceive us!"
"..."
Sun Quan took a deep breath, as if he was surprised that it was his own fault that led to such a result.
Hey~~ Sighing slightly, Sun Quan put away his emotions and said,
"I don't blame you. You did the right thing. It's really important to hold on. We can't bear this kind of risk. I can only say that this is life. Take me to see it quickly! At least the body must be kept intact. , Xu Gong is a loyal man, I want to carry him back and bury him properly!"
"General, after the bandit deserter wounded someone, we used bows and arrows to force him back. The body is still there!" the soldier immediately replied.
"Why."
Sun Quan sighed again,
"Let's rush over quickly and don't let anything happen again."
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this day,
Sun Quan used a group of new soldiers at his disposal to eliminate the bandit Yan Baihu who had been entrenched around Wu County for many years. Yan Baihu was captured and later beheaded by Sun Quan himself. Of course, this battle cannot be called shocking the world. Compared with Sun Ce's previous feats, it is even less impressive. After all, those who were eliminated by Sun Quan were just a group of thieves.
However, in Jiangdong, especially in Wujun and Kuaiji, Yan Baihu was famous. This time he was destroyed by Sun Quan's troops. Although the common people would not say that Sun Quan was better than Sun Ce because of this, their gratitude to Sun Quan was even greater than that of Sun Ce. above. Sun Ce's behavior only deprived the original ruling class of its right to rule and did not bring much change to the lives of the people. Sun Quan really did something practical by annihilating the bandits this time.
Compared to Sun Quan's annihilation of Yan Baihu, he recruited five thousand soldiers and seized countless supplies that had been confiscated by Yan Baihu over the years. . . . Compared with these "little things", Sun Quan's deliberate act of burying Xu Gong spread throughout the world.
Everyone blamed the deceased, but Sun Quan spared no effort to find fault for the deceased. According to Sun Quan's description, Xu Gong is the kind of person who has lofty ideals, devotes himself to the cause of Huairou all year round, always thinking about guiding bandits to do good, educating bandits to work hard, and leading them to peace and prosperity. He is a person who has escaped from low-level tastes. people!
This time, Xu Gong continued to stick to his career in Yan Baihu's camp and personally led these mountains to live and work in peace and contentment. However, he never thought that Yan Baihu was actually a thief with huge ambitions! Xu Gong had insight into the collusion between Yan Baihu and Chen You, and knew in advance that Yan Baihu was going to cooperate with Chen You and prepare to send troops to attack Wu County, so he warned him late at night, so Sun Quan and others were free to wait.
It can be said that the reason for such a victory was entirely because of Xu Gong! If it weren't for Xu Gong, Wu County might have fallen into the hands of bandits now!
At Xu Gong's funeral, Sun Quan also said that when he was in the mountain stronghold, Xu Gong also advised him not to use force with Shanyue as much as possible, saying that there were many good people in Shanyue, and as long as they were guided well, they could become like the common people of the Han Dynasty. They also agreed that Xu Gong was going to personally send an envoy to Shanyue to persuade the two sides to reach a peace agreement.
As a result, who could have imagined that just when Xu Gong was about to return to the city to make preparations, he was regarded as a traitor by deserters and died under random swords. Isn't it ironic that a person who always considers others ended up dead at the hands of the "good guy" he only cared about?
Sun Quan is not saying that there are no good people in Shanyue, but that Xu Gong, who is so dedicated to Shanyue, is not worth it!
That's why Sun Quan wanted to publicize Xu Gong's achievements with great fanfare, so that heroes all over the world would realize what kind of human saint Xu Gong was! Let Xu Gong be famous in the world and let his hard work and contribution not be in vain. Sun Quan buried Xu Gong lavishly, treated Xu Gong's family well, and called on the heroes of the Xu family who were enemies in the past, such as Xu Jing, Xu Shao, Xu Qian, etc., to return to Wu County to pay homage to Xu Gong. At that time, Sun Quan would have nothing to do with his position and ignore the past grudges. We will never embarrass anyone who comes to worship.
At this moment, they are no longer enemies, they are all members of the Xu family!
Good guy, Sun Quan is completely famous this time.
Sun Quan's fame of Xu Gong's death even overshadowed Sun Ce's battle to defeat Chen Yu in Haixi and capture more than 4,000 soldiers and their families.
After Sun Ce returned with his troops, he greatly praised Sun Quan's performance. If it weren't for such a high profile at this juncture, Sun Ce would have pushed Sun Quan to be the second in command!
"Hahaha, Zhongmou, brother, I was wrong. I found that your greatest talent is really in internal affairs. At first, I was shocked when I heard that Xu Gong was dead, and I hurriedly thought about how to save the situation when I came back. As a result, on the way back, I found that this matter has been ended perfectly by you. Well, it is truly perfect!" As soon as he got home, Sun Ce gave Sun Quan a big hug.
