Chapter 360 Tan Eats Pot Pulp to Rebell against Liu Thief
After Sun Ce escaped from the Qiantang River battlefield, he made a big circle and returned to Shanyin City from the south bank of Jingruo Lake.
Although he set off first, Zhu Zhi happened to arrive the next day after he returned to Shanyin City.
Sun Ce respected Zhu Zhi extremely. Zhu Zhi's qualifications were no worse than Cheng Pu's, but his origin and background were far beyond what Cheng Pu could compare to. More importantly, Zhu Zhi is essentially the major shareholder in Sun Ce's group.
Not only did he rescue Sun Ce's mother and younger siblings, but he also single-handedly mobilized thousands of people to support Sun Ce in the south of Wu County. And Cheng Pu would be nothing more than an executive with stock rewards.
When Sun Ce heard that Zhu Zhi had arrived, he was overjoyed, thinking that the other party also took advantage of the opportunity and successfully broke through.
So, Sun Ce immediately came to the gate of Shanyin County Governor's Mansion to greet Zhu Zhi.
But when he heard that Zhu Zhi was actually here to persuade him to surrender, he fell silent on the spot.
Sun Ce was in extremely complicated mood at this time. From a rational point of view, he knew that what Zhu Zhi said was right.
The situation in Liu Sun has become too clear. Let alone whether the Sun family can make a comeback, they have no money to fight stubbornly.
Moreover, the conditions offered by Liu Feng were indeed extremely generous. The two sides met each other and fought continuously. In the end, he devoted all his money to the decisive battle on the banks of the Qiantang River.
It can be said that he has completely lost now, but Liu Feng actually gave him a chance to surrender, and also guaranteed the personal safety of his mother and siblings. Even Sun Ce himself had a chance to survive.
Sun Ce thought that since he was in a different place, he might not be able to give him such generous treatment.
Liu Feng is now a dignified general in the southern expedition. If he goes back on his words, it will cause considerable harm to his credibility. At the moment, the Sun family is nothing more than an insect in late autumn, covering its skin with hair. Their survival is only a matter of seconds. There is really nothing worth deceiving Liu Feng.
But Sun Ce was still quite dissatisfied.
Who is Liu Feng?
Three years ago, not to mention Liu Feng, even his father Liu Bei was just an unknown person.
How many people in the world know Liu Xuande?
What about your own home?
My father was a dignified general who defeated the rebels. He fought for the imperial court from the south to the north. He defeated the traitor Dong Zhuo in consecutive battles and had to retreat from Shenjing in embarrassment. He was also elected as the governor of Yuzhou by Yuan Shu, the legitimate son of the world's Zhong.
The fame and limelight at that time was almost instantaneous.
Since he was a child, he had a reputation as a talented person in Jianghuai, which made the Lujiang Zhou family want to win over him. They did not hesitate to make friends with him as Zhou Yu, a son of the family, and later directly invited Sun Ce to move to the Zhou family's home. He settled in Shucheng, the governor of Lujiang County.
Liu Feng is just a rural boy. Although he is somewhat famous in the north, he is nowhere as good as himself.
But now, Liu Feng is the Lord of the Palace, but he is a prisoner.
How could Sun Ce accept this?
But if he doesn't accept it now, destruction is imminent. Sun Ce is also worried about his mother and younger brothers and sisters.
Just when Sun Ce was hesitant, Chen Wu suddenly came over.
Chen Wu looked excited. After he came in, he glanced at Zhu Zhi, walked quickly to Sun Ce and whispered something.
Sun Ce was also suddenly startled, and then looked at Chen Wu in disbelief, and the latter nodded vigorously.
Sun Ce did not say what happened, but he respectfully said to Zhu Zhi: "Uncle, please rest for a while. My nephew has urgent matters that need to be dealt with at this time."
Zhu Zhi nodded. Although he was very strange and confused in his heart, he did not break the casserole and asked the truth, but just resigned and left.
"All the cities have rebelled!?"
As soon as Zhu Zhi left, Sun Ce asked Chen Wu impatiently.
"No, no."
Chen Wu shook his head and saw Sun Ce's face froze with joy, and hurriedly said: "General, I rebelled against the expedition to the south and supported you, general."< br>
It turned out that the news that Chen Wu hurried in to report was that Beihui Zhucheng had jumped back and forth again.
After the news of Sun Ce's defeat came, the hearts of these cities, counties and cities began to fluctuate, and the military was panicked.
Sun Ce knew without guessing that someone must have secretly plotted to surrender to Liu Feng with his and Sun's heads as a gift.
In the city of Shanyin where he was located, when Wang Lang was trapped in the city, the Lin family and the Jiao family who were the first to rebel were among them.
The main members of the two tribes actually withdrew their warships from Shanyin City overnight. Although they were still docked at the port of Shanyin City, they were in subtle opposition to the navy loyal to Sun Ce.
There is quite a tense situation between the two sides, which shows that the rebellion of the Lin and Jiao clans is imminent.
"Support me?"
Sun Ce looked surprised and almost thought Chen Wu was crazy.
Chen Wu hurriedly came forward and said: "Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang have come outside the house to ask for an audience."
"How dare they come here?"
Sun Ce just felt that his brain was not enough. Lin Sheng was the head of the Lin family and Jiao Lang was the head of the Jiao family. After learning that Sun Ce was defeated, the two people immediately fled to the ship and were even more eager to make a move in the port these days.
They suddenly came outside the house to ask for a meeting. Are they trying to send a sheep into a tiger's mouth?
Do you really feel that you have surrendered and you don’t dare to kill them?
Sun Ce showed a ferocious smile, with murderous intent in his eyes. I can't help it. I am willing to use your neck to test whether my blade is sharp.
As soon as Chen Wu looked at Sun Ce's face, he knew that the other party still didn't understand. He quickly used his brain and finally came up with the words: "General, Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang are here to serve outside the mansion. Yours.”
"Serve me!?"
Sun Ce finally understood why Chen Wu was so happy. He had just misunderstood his feelings.
Did these two people come to the Sheriff’s Mansion to show their loyalty to themselves?
A huge joy surged into his heart, but Sun Ce forced himself to calm down and asked Chen Wudao: "How come such a repetitive villain can make such a decision?"
Chen Wu hurriedly told the news he knew. It turned out that Liu Feng's order had spread to various counties in Beihui.
When they heard that the county magistrates, magistrates, county magistrates, and officials above a hundred stones in each county were to be imprisoned and questioned for the crime of abandoning their land and becoming thieves, Beihui immediately exploded.
Although Liu Feng seemed to have held back and only captured officials with more than a hundred stones, the largest number of people in a county were actually officials with less than a hundred stones.
But in fact, the key point lies in this Baishi.
The local gentry who can serve as officials with a hundred stones or more in the county are almost all local leaders in the county, and their strength is the best in the county.
Therefore, they often fill the following petty officials with descendants, branches and disciples of the family.
These petty officials, who were worth less than a hundred stones, were like capillaries and became the assistants of these powerful nobles in controlling the local counties.
So although Liu Feng only captured officials above a hundred stones, the petty officials below a hundred stones were all other people's dogs. If the master was beaten, how could the lackeys not rebel?
Liu Feng gave an order, and most of the counties in Beihui turned around almost overnight. From planning to stab the Sun family in the back and offering the city to surrender, they directly turned into die-hard Sun loyalists who would never leave.
Among the ten counties in Beihui, except for Yuji County where Liu Feng garrisoned and Yuyao County where the Yu family is located, the other eight counties all rebelled. Even Wushang County, which had not surrendered to Sun Ce, rebelled. He sent people to Shanyin to pay allegiance to Sun Ce. After hearing the news, Sun Ce felt mixed feelings.
Fortunately, Liu Feng suddenly went crazy for some unknown reason and forcefully forced all eight counties in Beihui to rebel.
It was like a huge pie, hitting him directly on the head.
With the support of the eight counties of Beihui, he is likely to be able to pull together a team. Shanyin is a strong city and is located on an important road. There may be a chance for a comeback.
The worrying thing is that now Chen Wu and Lu Fan are almost the only two people left around him. Even if Sun Quan, Sun Yi and the soldiers around him are included, they are only more than two slaps.
Once the army is expanded, even if it is not about the control, how to make the newly recruited soldiers capable of fighting will be enough to give him a headache.
Unless Liu Feng continues to go crazy and stays in Yuji for a year and a half, never going east again.
Otherwise, even if you get help from these people, you will most likely not be able to support yourself.
If I missed Zhu Zhi’s surrender this time, there is little hope that there will be such good conditions next time.
"Let them come in first."
Sun Ce hesitated for a whole cup of tea. He still couldn't make a decision and planned to wait and see first.
Later, Sun Ce met Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang.
Previously, Sun Ce raised his butcher knife in Shanyin City and destroyed many families, including the Zhou family and the He family. Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang looked at him like a butcher, but they were afraid of the military power and had to kneel down to serve him. .
But this time, Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang seemed to have changed. They admired Sun Ce very much, and their words were naked and flattering.
In addition, the two also represented other powerful families inside and outside Shanyin City, and together they donated a large sum of money, food, weapons, and troops.
At this time, Sun Ce actually did not lack food. In Shanyin City alone, he still had more than 80,000 stones of food and grass, half of which was food.
What he lacked was troops and ordnance supplies.
The defeat in Qiantang was so tragic that it could be said that the entire army was wiped out. Not only the officer corps and the main elite force were lost, but also all kinds of ordnance weapons, armor and equipment in stock.
Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang also knew very well, and they directly gathered more than 2,700 long and short weapons, more than 500 sets of leather armor, more than 80 bows, more than 30 crossbows, and more than 100 swords. Large shield.
It almost wiped out the wealth of every family in Shanyin.
In addition, there are more than 2,300 young men, including the last bits and labor of each family, which can be said to be all spent.
The reason why each family is so desperate is because of Liu Feng.
If it hadn't been for his instruction, which pushed these powerful nobles of Beihui to the edge of the cliff, how would they have handed over their last family assets to Sun Ce's hands.
Sun Ce was quite pessimistic about the situation and was shocked by Lin Sheng and Jiao Lang's generosity.
This is just Shanyin County.
Although Shanyin County is the seat of the county and is close to Jingruo Lake, the land within it is fertile, the produce is abundant, and the people are wealthy.
But the other seven counties combined can't resist three or four Shanyin counties, right?
In this way, he can immediately raise an army of nearly 20,000 people, with the strong city of Shanyin to rely on.
Although Liu Feng has great military power, the north is also unstable. As long as he holds on to the city, if something happens in the north, he will be forced to withdraw his troops and return north. Maybe this is his opportunity?
Sun Ce has been knocked out of a lot of confidence by Liu Feng, and as a qualified or even excellent general, his judgment of the strength of both sides is quite objective.
He didn't think he could defeat Liu Feng with less than 20,000 recruits.
Sun Ce was quite keenly aware that his chance of winning was only a drag.
In the next few days, Sun Ce entertained Zhu Zhi every day, and he did not hide the situation on his side at all.
After Zhu Zhi heard this, he was also shocked.
He also didn’t understand the significance of Liu Feng’s move at all.
It’s just that he has surrendered to Liu Feng at this time. Strictly speaking, he is already a Liu Shichen and no longer a Sun Shichen.
And he only had one mission here, which was to persuade Sun Ce to surrender.
So, Zhu Zhi still tried his best to persuade Sun Ce, and what he said was exactly what he said and hit the mark, which was what Sun Ce was extremely worried about.
The biggest concern is the safety of my mother and younger siblings.
But even so, Sun Ce still couldn't make a choice.
What Zhu Zhi said is indeed touching, but unfortunately the Beihui clan gave him too much.
Just as Sun Ce thought, the other seven counties also sent famous people who could represent various places to come to Shanyin to pay allegiance to Sun Ce, and they used the last of their family wealth to bet on Sun Ce.
The powerful gentry from the eight counties of Beihui brought out a total of more than 300,000 shi of food, 11,000 young men, more than 13,000 long and short weapons of various types, and 4,900 leather armors. The remaining sets, as well as longbows, powerful crossbows, shields and other supplies.
In addition, more than a hundred blacksmiths have been contributed, who can repair and create ordnance, replenish arrows, and repair instruments.
This level of support is truly sincere.
Furthermore, because of the change in the attitude of the powerful nobles in various counties, from resistance to support, Sun Ce's troops stationed in various counties could all be transferred back to Shanyin, without the powerful nobles stirring up trouble. The loyalty and stability of the surrendered troops among Sun's remaining troops have also been greatly enhanced.
As a result, as if overnight, Sun Ce became a warlord with 20,000 troops.
However, Sun Ce knew very well that his 20,000 soldiers and horses were really weak. If he was dragged out to fight with Liu Feng in the field, if he could withstand the opponent's full attack for half an hour, even if Sun Ce used his troops There is Bai Han's ability.
Zhu Zhi stayed in Shanyin for seven days, but still failed to convince Sun Ce.
Although Sun Ce did not say any words of rejection, he continued to accept the help of the powerful Beihui gentry, trained his soldiers, and mobilized supplies. He did not look like he was surrendering.
Zhu Zhi finally gave up on trying to persuade him to surrender.
It's been seven days. If he doesn't go back, Liu Feng may wonder if he has rebelled. Even if I go back by then, there will be doubts over there that I am deliberately trying to buy Sun Ce time, right?
At this point, Zhu Zhi resolutely refused Sun Ce's invitation to stay, and then left.
Zhu Zhi rushed back to Yuji after a long journey, and immediately asked to see Liu Feng, wanting to apologize to him.
"What crime did Mr. Zhu have?"
Liu Feng looked confused. Although Zhu Zhi had been away for more than ten days, if Zhu Zhi wanted to rebel, there was no need to come back.
If persuasion to surrender failed, Liu Feng would not punish him. After all, Sun's surrender army was still very nervous from top to bottom at this time, and there was no need to increase the risk for such a trivial matter.
(End of this chapter)