Yuan Shao's fall made Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others begin to feel that a knife was hanging above their heads, and this knife might fall at any time.
The envoys Cao Cao sent to contact Jiangdong Sun Ce and Jingzhou Liu Biao never returned.
After Yuan Shao's fall, his sense of urgency suddenly increased, and he secretly sent several waves of envoys to contact Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and others.
This time, Cao Cao's confidentiality work was extremely strict.
Although several major intelligence organizations in the imperial court obtained relevant information, they sent people to investigate but found nothing.
Moling.
With the help of his retinue, Sun Ce put on a suit of leather armor and tied a sword around his waist.
The retinue tied a cloak from his back.
Counselor Qin Song walked in and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, there is news from Jiangbei."
Sun Ce looked up at Qin Song and saw that his expression was different.
He knew that the news could not be known to too many people, so he waved: "You all can go down."
After the retinue and guards all exited the door, Qin Song handed over his hands and said: "Cao Cao secretly sent an envoy over and has entered the territory controlled by our army in Jiangbei."
"Oh, what's the purpose of Cao Cao sending the envoy here?"
Sun Ce asked doubtfully.
Qin Song said: "My subordinates think that Cao Cao may want to form an alliance with me in Jiangdong to attack Liu Cheng.
After all, Liu Yan, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Gongsun Zan and other princes have been destroyed one after another, and the power of the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger.
If we continue to separate the regions, it is likely to be like this."
The fate of these people is ordinary, but Cao Cao is a tycoon, and I am afraid that he will not willingly hand over the power in his hands.
It is possible to send someone to contact the lord to fight against Liu together."
Sun Ce took the riding whip and kept beating it on his hand.
He walked back and forth in the lobby and asked, "Does Gong Jin know about this?"
"The lord is the first to know the news" Sun Ce thought for a while and told Qin Song: "Let's send someone to invite Gong Jin, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Yu Fan, Sun Fu, Chen Duan and others, and take this Tell them the news" "Promise" Qin Song saluted and agreed, turned around and walked out quickly.
Sun Ce thought for a while and shouted outside: "Here, call Zhou Tai to come in."
After only a cup of tea, Zhou Tai walked into the lobby with his sword pressed and clasped his fists: "Zhou Tai meets my lord."
Sun Ce, who was walking back and forth, stopped to face Zhou Tai and said: "Cao Cao sent an envoy a few days ago.
The people have entered the territory controlled by our army in Jiangbei.
I want you to take a hundred or ten people to greet them and protect them along the way to Moling.
We must not let the envoys have trouble on the territory I control in Jiangdong, do you understand?"
"Yes, my lord" After Sun Ce arranged these things, he walked out of the general's mansion with his retinue and bodyguards.
There were some retinues waiting on horses outside the gate.
He took the reins of a horse, got on his horse, and galloped away from the city.
The weather was good today.
After leaving the city with some of his personal guards, he went straight to the nearby mountains.
It was the time of autumn when the weather was crisp and there were many prey on the mountain.
Sun Ce finally found time to hunt for a day, so how could he give up so easily?
There are more than thirty people hiding in a dense forest on the mountain.
The leader is wearing a Jiangdong official uniform.
This person is named Yuan Yin.
He was originally Yuan Shu's counselor.
After Yuan Shu died, he, Yang Hong and others led them under the protection of Zhang Xun.
He took Yuan Shu's coffin and went to Liu Xun, the former prefect of Lujiang, but not Soon after, Sun Ce led his army to conquer Lujiang.
At that time, Yuan Shu's coffin had not been buried.
Sun Ce was angry that Yuan Shu had cut off the food and fodder of their Jiangdong army and allowed them to return in defeat.
Therefore, he ordered not to bury Yuan Shu's coffin and pry it open.
The coffin was opened and Yuan Shu's body was exposed in the wilderness.
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This move angered Yuan Yin, Yang Hong and other counselors of Yuan Shu, but they were controlled by Sun Ce over their life and death and could not resist, but they secretly recorded this hatred.
After Yuan Yin, Yang Hong and others were moved to Jiangdong, they chose to surrender to Sun Ce and were appointed officials by Sun Ce, but they had been plotting revenge secretly.
Among the thirty or so people in this dense forest, there are three people who are dressed completely different from the others.
Yuan Yin said to these three people: "Three righteous men, you are going to avenge your master's tribute, and I admire you deeply.
We are also people who have a big hatred against Sun Ce.
Now you and I unite to kill Sun Ce and return the favor."
I hope you and the other three will wait with me Regardless of each other, the three of you will face Sun Ce head-on later.
Lie that it is Han Dang's soldiers who are approaching him, waiting for a move.
We will ambush nearby.
Once you make a move against Sun Ce, we will be the first to do so.
Reinforce you” Xu Gong was the former prefect of Wu County.
He once sent a secret message to the court, saying that Sun Ce had the intention of separatism and that leaving him outside would cause big trouble to the court.
He suggested that the court issue an edict to transfer Sun Ce to serve in the court. , but this news was somehow known to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce immediately ordered the murder of Xu Gongman's family, but three loyal disciples escaped.
The three people in front of Yuan Yin were Xu Gong's disciples who luckily escaped.
They met by chance and knew each other's purpose, so they hit it off and formed a team to jointly plan to assassinate Sun Ce.
"Don't worry, Mr.
Yuan.
The three of us came today with the intention of dying.
If we can't kill Sun Ce, we will die with our eyes open.
As long as we get close to Sun Ce, we will definitely kill him as soon as possible.
If we fail kill him , but was injured by him.
Please don’t hesitate, Mr.
Yuan, and immediately order the arrows to be fired indiscriminately.
Even if you shoot us to death, it doesn’t matter.
As long as we can shoot Sun Ce to death, we will still be smiling even if we die," one of them said with his fists clasped.
Yuan Yin was moved by the loyalty of these three people.
He took a step back and bowed his hands: "A strong man is righteous, but Yuan is not as good as him."
Sun Ce was proud of his prowess and would often go out without his followers.
Even if he did, he would lead them far away.
Soon after entering the mountain, Sun Ce spotted a deer.
The deer was very alert and ran away immediately upon hearing the slightest movement.
Sun Ce had no choice but to put away his drawn bow and hit his horse to catch up.
After chasing after him, Sun Ce threw the retinue and cavalry behind him far away, and finally chased the deer until he lost the energy to run.
He was about to draw his bow and release an arrow, but found that several arrows were shooting ahead of his own.
Shot the deer.
Sun Ce was so furious that he slapped his horse and ran over, only to find three soldiers coming from a bush.
One of the soldiers was holding a bow in his hand, and the other two soldiers were holding swords.
When Sun Ce saw these three people, he immediately became alert and asked: "Who are you and why are you here?"
The soldier in the middle replied: "Come back to the general, we are the soldiers under General Han Dang."
"Han Dang's men" Sun Ce was confused, and he immediately lied: "I know all Han Dang's men, how come I have never seen you before?"
The soldier in the middle laughed and said: "The general is joking.
There are thousands of soldiers under General Han's command.
How can the general know them all?"
At this time, Yuan Yin and others who were lying in ambush in the nearby dense forest were staring nervously at Sun Ce and others.
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The arrows were already on the string and the arrows were fully drawn.
They were waiting for Yuan Yin to give the order, but who knew that one of the soldiers was too nervous?
Nervously, without giving any orders, he released his hand on the string and shot the arrow.
Sun Ce was still suspicious of the three people in front of him, but suddenly an arrow was shot from the dense forest on the side.
His expression changed, and he immediately swung his long bow to deflect the arrow.
The expressions of the three Xu Gong's retainers also changed at this time.
They were completely unprepared for such a change.
One of them immediately shouted: "There are assassins, protect the general."
After saying that, the three people immediately approached Sun Ce.
Sun Ce's suspicion of these three people disappeared and he no longer guarded against them, only staring at the dense forest next to him.
Yuan Yin knew something was going to happen when he saw it, and immediately made a decision: "Let go of the arrow, shoot Sun Ce to death, and avenge the death of the late lord."
The assassins hiding in the dense forest fired arrows at Sun Ce, "swish, swish, swish" A large number of arrows were shot, and Sun Ce immediately drew his sword to block.
A sword flew up and down in his hand, and the arrows that were shot were knocked out one after another, and fell to the ground at his feet.
The middle one of the three Xu Gong disciples who were approaching Sun Ce glanced at the other two, and the two men immediately stabbed Sun Ce with their swords.
Sun Ce was resisting the arrows shot from the dense forest.
Unexpectedly, the people next to him suddenly rebelled.
His face changed drastically.
He immediately dodged to avoid the swords thrust by the two men and slashed at them twice.
Xu Gong's disciple, who was holding a bow, quickly shot an arrow at Sun Ce.
The arrow was too close and too fast.
Sun Ce had just killed the other two people and had no time to put back his sword to block.
His cheek was hit by the arrow.
The arrow shot into his mouth and he almost fainted from the pain.
But Sun Ce still insisted on rushing towards the Xu Gongmen who was shooting arrows.
Just as an arrow was shooting from the side, he immediately blocked the man in front of him, and the arrow shot the man into a hedgehog.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and Sun Ce's retinue of cavalry arrived in time.
They blocked the injured Sun Ce behind them, and others rushed to the woods.
More than thirty assassins were quickly surrounded, and only Yuan Yin was caught alive.
The subordinates escorted Yuan Yin to the injured Sun Ce.
At this time, Sun Ce was being carefully pulled out the arrow from his cheek.
The barb on the arrow almost killed Sun Ce.
Sun Ce covered the wound with silk, endured the pain, looked at Yuan Yin and asked: "Yuan Yin, I, Sun Ce, treat you well, why do you want to assassinate me?"
Yuan Yin snorted coldly: "Humph, you treat me well, you think so, but I don't think so.
You, Sun Ce, are just using us, the old members of the Yuan family, because no one can use them.
Do you think you will let us be officials and reward us?"
Eat it in one bite, and I will thank you for the time you put it in When my late master opened the coffin and dumped his body, I, Yuan Yin, swore that one day I would kill you whenever I found the opportunity.
Today's success failed not because of my improper planning, but because of my bad luck.
You, Sun Ce, were lucky enough to save a life, but I, Yuan Yin, will be waiting for you in the underworld."
Sun Ce said with a gloomy face: "So you did all this for Yuan Shu."
"That's right" Sun Ce was silent for a long time and sighed: "I, Sun Ce, admire your loyalty to the Yuan family.
Since you are determined to die, I will fulfill your wish."
After that, he drew his sword and stabbed Yuan Yin to death.
Sun Ce was urgently escorted back to the city by his followers, and the best doctor was invited to come for diagnosis and treatment.
The doctor applied medicine to Sun Ce's wound and told him: "Never get angry and cause the wound to burst, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable."
A few days later, Zhou Tai escorted Cao Cao's envoy to Moling.
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Sun Ce received the envoy due to illness, and the two sides talked for two hours.
Zhou Yu, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Yu Fan, Sun Fu and others came to Moling one after another.
Sun Ce summoned everyone to discuss matters and said to everyone: "Cao Cao sent an envoy a few days ago.
I believe you all know it.
I met with Cao Cao's envoy yesterday.
The purpose of Cao Cao's sending is to contact me in Jiangdong to fight against Liu.
Cao Cao wants to In addition to me, Jiangdong, I am also contacted by Liu Biao, Liu Bei and others.
I wonder what you think of this matter."
Everyone was thinking about the pros and cons of forming an alliance with Cao Cao, and the impact of uniting against the imperial court.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Sun Ce called on everyone: "Zhang Zhao, what do you think?"
Zhang Zhao thought for a while, stood up and held up his hands and said: "My lord, my subordinates do not agree to join forces with Cao Cao to fight against the imperial court.
After all, Jiangdong is still a prefecture and county under the rule of the Han Dynasty.
If we openly join forces with Cao Cao and others to fight against the imperial court, it will be meaningless."
It's different from telling the world that we want to rebel.
We have no righteousness.
How can the people, soldiers and civilians of the world stand on our side?"
Sun Ce frowned, looked at Zhang Hong and asked, "Zhang Hong, what do you think?"
Zhang Hong stood up and said: "My lord, if you unite with Cao Cao, you will inevitably unite with Liu Biao, but Liu Biao is the lord and my enemy in Jiangdong.
Has my lord forgotten how the previous lord died?
If I, Jiangdong, form an alliance with Liu Biao, "Everyone in the world will scold my lord for being friends with his enemies.
I am afraid that our Jiangdong soldiers will not be ashamed of my lord as a human being.
What prestige does my lord have to control the tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops?"
Sun Ce knew that this question was the most taboo and difficult to avoid.
His whole face darkened.
Although Zhang Hong touched his pain point, what he said was also true.
At this time, counselor Qin Song also stood up and said: "My lord, the imperial court is now powerful.
After Yuan Shao in Hebei was overthrown, the imperial court integrated the soldiers and horses of Youzhou and Jizhou.
In addition, the imperial court itself owns several states and has millions of troops.
Openly defying the imperial court is tantamount to An egg hits a stone.
My subordinates secretly believe that the Lord should be concerned about the wealth and lives of the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangdong and cannot openly resist the imperial court.
If the imperial court sends troops to come, Jiangdong's small number of people will not be able to resist it.
It is better to surrender early.
This way we can save the lives of our entire family.”
Counselor Chen Duan also stood up and said: "My lord, my subordinates also think that I, Jiangdong, cannot form an alliance with Cao Cao or openly rise up against the imperial court.
After all, we are all subjects of the Han Dynasty.
We all grew up on the land of the Han Dynasty and ate the food of the Han Dynasty."
If you stand up for food from the land of the imperial court, rebelling against the imperial court will definitely bring you infamy.
Please think twice."
Sun Ce had been holding back his anger for a long time.
After hearing what Chen Duan said, he got up and overturned the desk in front of him and said angrily: "You bastard, it hurts me to death."
The gauze covering Sun Ce's face was soaked with blood, and Sun Ce screamed and fell backwards.
"Lord" everyone shouted in shock.
"Hurry up and send the doctor."
Someone turned around and turned to the big man.
Some servants carried Sun Ce back to the backyard.
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The doctor arrived quickly.
After looking at Sun Ce's wound, his heart sank.
The wound not only cracked, but also grew a lot.
After asking about the situation, he learned that it was caused by anger.
He could only clean Sun Ce's wound, then apply some medicine and wrap it with gauze.
"Medical officer, how are you?"
Zhou Yu grabbed the medical officer's arm and asked.
When everyone came outside, the medical officer said: "It's hard to say yet.
I just hope that the general's wound will not be red, swollen and filled with pus, otherwise it will be difficult for the gods to save him."
There was a dark cloud hanging over everyone's faces.
Sun Ce woke up soon and looked like he was fine.
His subordinates were very happy.
Two days later, Sun Ce began to experience symptoms such as dizziness and nausea.
He became groggy all day long.
The medical officer was called to take a look and found that the wound was red, swollen and filled with pus.
This situation is too common in the military.
As long as such symptoms appear, it is almost hopeless.
One day, Sun Ce woke up.
He had a premonition that his end had come.
While he was still awake, he immediately summoned his troops.
They handed over the affairs of the family to his younger brother Sun Quan, and appointed Zhou Yu as the governor-general to assist Sun Quan.
He handed over domestic affairs to Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others, and handed over foreign affairs to Zhou Yu.
Two days later, Sun Ce's injury occurred.
The medical officials were unable to save him, and Sun Ce died.
The whole Jiangdong was suddenly in a state of sadness.
Liu Biao pretended to send people to Moling to express condolences, but was scolded back by Jiangdong officials
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