Chapter 84 Letter from Lu Su
It is precisely because of this that Liu Ye appeared in front of Huang Li at this time, giving warm hospitality and greetings. He could not see the appearance of shouting, killing, and being tied up and treated coldly in the past few days. .
Huang Li was angry and bitter in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on his face.
Liu Ye's cruelty really scared him.
He has gone out to conquer more than a dozen times before, but he is the only one who shouts and kills like Liu Ye and takes action.
This made him instinctively afraid of Liu Ye, and he could only hide his resentment deep in his heart, thinking about how to complain in front of Uncle Fang after returning, and completely expose this daring gangster to the scholars of Xuzhou.
Just because Liu Ye dared to treat him like this, he could make Liu Ye no longer have a foothold in the entire Huaisi gentry circle!
But soon, things took a turn for the better.
When Liu Ye took out a small box of gold cakes, Huang Li's anger magically disappeared.
He suddenly felt that it was unbelievable that with his own magnanimity, he would be angry over such a trivial matter.
No one can make mistakes without being a sage. He, Huang Li, has always been magnanimous and magnanimous, and loves to support the younger generation. When did he become so narrow-minded like now?
Afterwards, Liu Ye showed his sociable side, arranged good food and wine, and warmly entertained Huang Li himself.
By the next day, Huang Li and Liu Ye were like close friends, chatting and laughing happily.
I told my father and brother to be careful and low-key at home. When Yuan Shu asks for food, they can cope with it if they can, and never conflict with the Yuan family officials.
Then he reluctantly got into the carriage and followed Huang Li northward.
Almost at the same time, Zhou Yu, who was in Danyang City, also received a letter from Lu Su.
This surprised Zhou Yu because the letter was sent directly from Tancheng, Xuzhou, and just a month ago, he was still living and studying in his hometown.
It wasn’t until a month ago that I heard the news that my friend Sun Bofu was trapped in the river, so I hurried to Danyang and asked my uncle for help, hoping to help Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was confronting Liu Yao's generals Fan Neng, Yu Mi and Zhang Ying in Liyang at this time.
It’s not that Sun Ce didn’t want to cross the river, but that he couldn’t cross the river because of the opponent’s rebuke.
The arrival of Sun Ce indeed united Wu Jing, Sun Bi and other core members of Jiangdong, and also completely surpassed Liu Yao's army on the other side of the river in terms of quantity and quality of troops.
What is embarrassing is that there are experts behind Liu Yaojun.
Under the guidance of the master, although Liu Yao's army was only an alliance of powerful families and small warlords, it still held very firmly, leaving Sun Ce with no choice.
The last time Sun Ce gathered all the elites of the army to cross the river to attack, he was defeated miserably. Sun Ce himself was injured and retreated, and the morale of the army plummeted.
Sun Ce was trapped in Li Yang and made no progress. In embarrassment, he could only write to Zhou Yu for help.
In a battle involving tens of thousands of people, how can Zhou Yu help?
Of course it’s just influence.
To put it bluntly, even if Sun Ce is replaced by Zhou Yu and let him command, he still can't cross the river, let alone break Liu Yao.
But Zhou Yu had an advantage that Sun Ce did not have, that is, Zhou Shang, the prefect of Danyang County, was his uncle.
Liu Yao was the governor of Yangzhou appointed by the imperial court. When he arrived in Yangzhou, the prefect of Danyang County was Wu Jing, who was appointed by Yuan Shu without authorization. This man was also Sun Ce's uncle.
But Liu Yao later broke up with Yuan Shu, raided Wu Jing, and drove him and Sun Bi across the Yangtze River in one breath.
At this time, the position of Danyang County Governor was vacant.
Liu Yao directly dismissed Wu Jing from the post of prefect, and then appointed Zhou Shang as the prefect of Danyang County.
Zhou Shang is Zhou Yu's father-in-law, and the Zhou family is the head of the Lujiang gentry, and is also a large family with two generations and three princes. It is somewhat stronger than the Chen family in Xiapi. It is a pity that the Zhou family met Yuan Shu, the legitimate son of the Yuan family with the surname Zhong of the Han Dynasty and the fourth generation and third Duke.
At this time, Yuan Shu was in charge of Shouchun and occupied the Lujiang County. The Zhou family almost relied on him to survive.
Once Yuan Shu turns his back, he can send troops to destroy the Zhou family at any time.
In this case, why did Liu Yao dare to worship Zhou Shang as the governor of Danyang?
Isn’t he afraid that Zhou Shang will betray him?
The answer is that I’m really not afraid, or I can’t be afraid for the time being.
Liu Yao's surprise attack on Wu Jing and Sun Ben was a sudden attack and a direct attack on Huanglong.
This has a huge drawback, that is, although Liu Yao succeeded, he drove Wu Jing and Sun Bi away from Danyang City, and even drove them across the Yangtze River.
But there are sixteen counties under Danyang County, and these all require manpower to control.
Liu Yao doesn't have that many people. Even if his allies share the profit, they can't digest it. Besides, there are still forces loyal to Yuan Shu in these places, so someone needs to attack these people.
The Zhou family is a local leader in Lujiang, with huge power and tribe.
In addition, it is impossible for a big family to put all their eggs in one basket, so Zhou Shang naturally joined Liu Yao's team to help Liu Yao conquer Danyang, mobilize various supplies, and continuously support the front line.
Otherwise, how could a 10,000-strong alliance of wealthy families in Danyang County, a turbulent city, defend it without leakage under a two-year fierce attack by the Sun family's 20,000 troops?
In this case, it is easy for Sun Ce to draw a conclusion.
As long as Zhou Shang rebels, Liu Yao's Yangtze River defense line will immediately go bankrupt.
How to make Zhou Shang rebel?
Besides inviting Zhou Yu, who else could I ask for?
It was under this situation that Zhou Yu received two letters from the northeast and northwest.
The letter from the northwest was naturally sent by Sun Ce, imploring him to come out to help, persuade Zhou Shang to rebel, attack Niuzhu from behind, and seize the important supply area of Liu Yao's coalition forces in one fell swoop.
Historically, it was Zhou Shang's stab in the back that completely killed Liu Yao, causing the Sun family to go out to sea and sweep across six counties and ninety-two counties in Jiangdong.
This is also the six counties and eighty-one states in Jiangdong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Zhou Yu was reading the second letter at this time. In this letter, Lu Su invited him to Xuzhou and described the talents of the Liu family and his son, as well as their attitude of knowing people well and making good use of them, and eager to seek talents.
The most important thing is that he also confessed in the letter that he would propose to Liu Bei a strategic plan based in Guangling, sweeping Jiangdong, taking Huaisi as the foundation, and based in the southeast.
In fact, Lu Su was not threatening Zhou Yu, nor was he leaking military secrets.
This is actually a code word for the gentry, which means that the next development direction of our group is Huaisi, which is the hometown of your Zhou family.
If you are optimistic about us, you can jump off the ship right now to welcome Master Wang. This is a huge achievement.
If you are hesitant, you can come over and have a chat first. Anyway, we don’t mind having two boats. We will need your help to capture the Lujiang River in the future, and we will also need your help to manage the Lujiang River after we capture it.
This is because the Zhoujiajia family has a large business and owns a large number of fields, shops, mulberry trees, mines, lumberyards and many other real estate properties in Lujiang.
In most cases, it is impossible to leave your hometown and choose a lord.
In history, the Zhou family was the last to invest heavily in the Sun family, which was also optimistic about Sun Ce's military force, the strategy of the Northern Expedition, and his control of Lujiang County.
(End of this chapter)