Gu Yong arrived at Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei read the statement brought by Gu Yong, he sighed and said: "Bo Fu can have this heart, and the blessing of the people of Jiangdong is also." ”

So he stayed with Gu Yong, and sent Jia Xu to Guan Yu's camp, and together with Guan Yu, he went to contact Jiangdong first on his behalf. With such a large territory, it is not a matter of time and a half to take over.

Officials were settled, the army was disbanded, and the population of the treasury and fields was counted. Big things and small things, there are so many of them. Once all this is straightened out, it will take years to digest it.

Sun Ce decided to submit to Liu Bei, and as soon as the news came out, Jiangdong was jubilant, and on the market, the scene of the depression in the past was gone, and it became lively again. Prices that skyrocketed due to the war are also falling rapidly and visibly.

The people who went to the street to buy rice with cloth bags were all thinking about Liu Bei's goodness, as if they didn't know that this was a decision made by their former lord Sun Ce.

Sun Ce and Cheng Pu, who were dressed in disguise, walked around the city again and again, and finally Sun Ce said to Cheng Pu with a wry smile: "Duke De, people's hearts are like this, why should I fight?" Submitting to the court is not necessarily a bad thing. During his father's lifetime, he also regarded himself as a Hanchen from beginning to end. Degong, why not let go of everything and be a rich man with peace of mind? ”

Cheng Pu had a straight face, and his heart was at a loss. They followed Sun Jian before and vowed to make contributions in this troubled era. After decades of struggle, now that I look at it, it turns out to be nothing. The goal of striving for is gone. So is there any point in the efforts made in the previous decades?

Cheng Pu fell into the denial and doubt of his self-worth. So he has been depressed in his heart. It is also the one that reacted the most fiercely after Sun Ce made up his mind.

He once found Sun Ce privately and said to Sun Ce: "Jiangdong is difficult to protect, why not lead the crowd to the sea, go straight to Yizhou, and become a country of its own, it is better than being a minister under Liu Bei's account." ”

Cheng Pu can see it clearly, that Liu Bei is treacherous and loyal. Now everyone praises him as a loyal minister of the Han family, a pillar that is rare to see in a thousand years. It's just not time. When the time comes, Liu Bei has swept the world away, he wants to take the throne, who can stop him?

It is his people who fight the world, and it is not his henchmen or his students who govern the world. He wanted to sit in that position, and his name was right, and his words were good. I'm afraid that the vast majority of people in the world will raise their hands in agreement.

Sun Ce retorted to him at the time: "I can find Yizhou, but Liu Bei can't find it?" I am willing to be the king of the wilderness, I wonder how many people are willing to be the minister of China? Why bother! ”

Cheng Pu listened to it, and was silent at that time. He thought of his family. After learning that Jiangdong had surrendered, his family was also full of joy. After returning home, his wife also asked him what position he could get under the command of the king of Zhongshan. Even his family reacted like this, let alone others.

Now Sun Ce took him out for a turn, let him take a good look at what the current public opinion in Jiangdong was, and completely dispel the other thoughts in Cheng Pu's mind.

Having said that, the saddest thing is Sun Ce. He is full of ambition and passion. This is the real waste. After deciding to surrender, Sun Ce knelt in front of the spirit of his father, Sun Jian, for the whole night. He failed to keep the inheritance passed down by Sun Jian, so he could only confess to Sun Jian's heroic spirit and beg for forgiveness.

But Sun Ce, who was the saddest, had to endure the sadness in his heart, and in turn he had to relieve the generals under his command who were loyal to him, so as not to cause something to happen halfway, make Liu Bei unhappy, and anger the Jiangdong ministers.

Everyone has a courtier, so get together and disperse. This is what Sun Ce can and wants to do in the end.

Before things were sorted out here, Liu Bei's congratulatory watch had already been sent to Chang'an. In Chang'an City, it was also a place of joy, and the officials spontaneously organized celebrations. The Son of Heaven also appeared on the palace tower and rejoiced with the people.

The world has been divided for decades, and now with Liu Bei's efforts, the states and counties that are de facto divided are now gradually returning to the rule of the imperial court. After the return of Jiangdong, there were only two states left in the world, Jing and Yi.

The situation is getting better and better, and the Han Dynasty has signs of prosperity again. Who doesn't want such peace and prosperity?

Cao Ren and Xiahoudun rushed to Jingzhou, and at this time, Zhang Feizheng and Cao Chun had a hot fight. Cao Ren and Xiahoudun stayed behind to help Cao Chun guard Nanjun and Jiangxia together.

When the news reached Yizhou, Cao Cao sighed: "Zixiao and Yuan let me mislead in a big matter." "In a certain way, the retreat of Cao Ren and Xiahoudun was the last straw that crushed Sun Ce and Mrs. Wu's hearts.

Even your allies don't like you and don't support you anymore. The allies will all retreat with their troops and horses in order to protect themselves. There is no help outside, and there are different voices inside. Such a stall is a headache for anyone.

It just happened that there was another assassination, and Mrs. Wu was already in a dilemma between her eldest son Sun Ce and her second son Sun Quan, but now that something like this happened, Mrs. Wu was shocked and angry, she really didn't want this foundation and country to harm her son. Even if Sun Jian was still alive, Mrs. Wu dared to reason with Sun Jian. Ask him to understand, do you want a son, or a country?

So under various factors, Mrs. Wu was persuaded by her nephew, so she cried and said Sun Ce. Sun Ce was already anxious, and when he saw his mother's tears, he was flustered and disheartened, so he decided to give up.

It's not that Sun Ce is not strong, it's that he is holding on too hard.

After Cao Cao learned the news of Jiangdong's surrender, he sent another 20,000 soldiers down the river to Jingzhou. and brought his message, asking Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, and Cao Chun to defend Jingzhou, and in any case, to hold back the pace of the Han army's westward advance.

Cao Cao now, except for the stubborn defense of Hanzhong and Jingzhou, all his forces in Yizhou have been sent to the south and west.

The South and the West will basically be in a state of barbarism. There are no roads, there are mountains and forests everywhere, and there are countless beasts, snakes and insects in the forests. Some valleys have been inaccessible for many years, and the valleys are covered with layers of colorful miasma clouds.

Who would dare to go to such a place? Even the great heroes in Shu and the cave masters in the south did not dare to take risks easily. Under such circumstances, Cao Ang stepped forward and personally served as the commander of the Pioneer Corps, leading the army, people, and officials all the way south.

Under Cao Ang's encouragement and Cao Cao's heavy reward, many homeless people, the unemployed, and social rangers in Yizhou joined the pioneer army. I heard that in the south, there are countless fields, countless mineral deposits. As long as you join in and successfully reach your destination, the land will be divided as you like, the gold will be dug as you like, and the woman will choose as she pleases.

What, fake? There can be no fake! Didn't you see the eldest prince personally leading the team? How can this be fake!

In this society, the majority of people are illiterate, and there are still few real elites. Therefore, with a little publicity, there are countless people who blindly follow. Of course, when the interests of many people were not touched, those people did not want to spoil Cao Cao's affairs.

This may be Cao Cao's only way out. If he intervenes in it and causes sabotage, who knows what the angry Cao Cao will do?

People have slaughtered the city more than once, bloody butchers.

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