In late September of the second year of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Danyang County, Yangzhou, Moling City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhou Yu led 3,000 men and horses to Moling City. Sun Ce went out of the city thirty miles to greet him.

Zhou Yu is in his twenties, tall and handsome, with an elegant temperament. After seeing Sun Ce, he hurriedly dismounted, and saluted: "There is Brother Lao Bofu to greet ...... from afar."

Sun Ce smiled reluctantly, and said excitedly: "Gongjin can come at this time, I am grateful......"

After the defeat of Guangling, his father Sun Jian was very depressed, returned to his hometown of Wu County, and handed over all affairs to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was also helpless about the current situation, but due to the situation, he had to find ways to get through the difficulties. At this time, he thought of Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was born in a high-ranking family, and his family is famous in Yangzhou. Cousin grandfather Zhou Jing and cousin uncle Zhou Zhong both served as lieutenants in this dynasty. When his cousin Zhou Jing was the assassin of Yuzhou, the former Taifu Chen Fan was his other driver, and Yingchuan Li Ying, Xun Qi, Du Mi, Pei Guo Yu and other party members and celebrities were engaged in it, which shows that the Zhou family had a great reputation at that time. His cousin Zhou Zhong fled to northern Xinjiang with Emperor Xiaoxian, and now works in the Jinyang court. Zhou Yu's own father, Zhou Yi, once served as the Luoyang Commander, but he returned home in his early years.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are close friends. At the invitation of Yuan Shu, Sun Jian led his troops from Changsha to the north to attack Dong Zhuo, and before leaving Changsha, he moved his family to Shu County. Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Yi, was impressed by Sun Jian's loyalty, and once let the mansion in Lunan be used by the Sun family to live, and the two families had nothing in common. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are the same age, and the two have a close relationship, like brothers.

At the beginning of this year, Yuan Shu wanted to go north to join the coalition forces to attack Hebei. In order to control Jiangdong, he sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as the Taishou of Danyang. Zhou Shang was Zhou Yu's uncle and was not in good health, so Zhou Yu accompanied his uncle back to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu heard that Zhou Yu was young but very talented, and he admired him very much and wanted to keep him by his side, but Zhou Yu politely refused on the grounds that his father and uncle were not in good health. Yuan Shu was moved by his filial piety, and deliberately let him serve as the magistrate of Juchao County, which was very close to his hometown, so that he not only kept Zhou Yu, but also took care of Zhou Yu's filial piety.

Zhou Yu had not been in Juchao for a few months before he received a letter from Sun Ce. My father was defeated in Guangling, unable to complete the important task assigned by Yuan Shu, the situation is critical, please come to help.

Zhou Yu didn't say a word, immediately said goodbye to his parents, and crossed the river with his people.

After Sun Ce and Zhou Yu exchanged two words, they were about to talk about the matter in front of them, but they were interrupted by Zhou Yu shaking his hand, and he said, "Brother Bo Fu, let me introduce you to a person......

Zhou Yu turned around and beckoned. A burly man in his twenties, with a long face and thick eyebrows, strode over.

Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce: "This is Lu Su Lu Zijing, my brother. ”

Lu Su bowed respectfully. Sun Ce returned the salute and said with a polite smile: "Thank you, Brother Zijing, for coming to help." ”

"Brother Bo Fu should have heard of Brother Zijing." Zhou Yu smiled, "Do you still remember the benevolent Mr. Lu in Linhuai East City of Xia Pi Kingdom?" ”

Sun Ce looked at Lu Su in surprise and said, "I've heard of it, I've heard of it, I didn't expect to see Brother Zijing here." ”

Lu Su is a native of Dongcheng, Xiapi Kingdom, Xuzhou, who lost his father in infancy and was raised by his grandmother. Because of his solid family, he often recruited young people to talk about military practice together. After the chaos in the world, Lu Su did not manage family affairs, sold land, scattered property, helped the poor, and at the same time made a wide range of people, and won the support of the people in the local area.

When Zhou Yu was studying in Jianghuai, he heard that Lu Su was willing to give alms, so he paid a special visit. The two hit it off at first sight, hated each other late, drank and talked by the well, and were very speculative.

A few years ago, a major flood broke out in Xu and Yangzhou, and thousands of people were hungry. Zhou Yu had rushed to Linhuai to ask Lu Su for help. Lu Su immediately agreed.

Lu Su's family had two hoards of grain at that time, each hoarding was 3,000 hu, and Lu Su did not hesitate to give Zhou Yu a hoard of grain, and the two became friends since then.

Sun Ce suddenly thought of something, and asked in great surprise: "Wasn't Brother Zijing worshiped by Yuan Highway as the head of Dongcheng?" How did you get here all of a sudden? ”

Although Dongcheng belongs to the Xiapi State of Xuzhou, because Dongcheng is on the border of Jiujiang County, only sixty miles away from the Yin Tomb of Jiujiang County, it has been controlled by Yuan Shu. Lu Su was more famous in the Linhuai area, and Yuan Shu worshiped Lu Su as the magistrate of Dongcheng County.

Lu Su shook his hand and said very unhappily: "It's okay not to mention it." Yuan Shu, a rebellious and madman, perverse, dared to conspire and usurp and harm my big man. I'm quitting. ”

"Quit?" Sun Ce was very surprised by Lu Su's answer, he looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously, and asked, "You don't do it anymore?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded with a smile and said, "When Brother Zijing left Dongcheng with his family, the county lieutenant of Dongcheng led the army to chase after him, but Brother Zijing pierced the shield with an arrow, and he was so frightened that he fled. ”

"I went to Juchao to find Brother Gongjin and asked him if he would continue to exterminate Han Zuo for the tiger, or kill the rebels and revive the Han Dynasty?" Lu Su pointed at Zhou Yu and said, "Brother Gongjin took the case and shouted loudly, I will sell my life to the big man." ”

Sun Ce thought of what his father and himself had done, his face turned red, and he immediately hung his head in shame.

"We came today just to ask Brother Bo Fu, what are your plans?" Zhou Yu stared at Sun Ce with a solemn expression, and asked word by word, "When my uncle led the troops, I, as a junior, couldn't make irresponsible comments about his decision. But now that my uncle has handed over the military affairs to you, Brother Bofu, I want to ask you. If you want to continue to help Yuan Shu and help Yuan Shu to abuse, I won't enter Moling City. If you are willing to join us in killing the rebels and reviving the Han Dynasty, our brothers will conquer the world together. ”

Sun Ce didn't have any preparation, he didn't expect that when he saw Zhou Yu again, he would face such a difficult choice.

Guangling was defeated, and his father's army suffered heavy losses, and the most serious thing was that his father was depressed because of this, and he was unwilling to continue the war, leaving the army to himself.

The problems that come with this are very serious. If Yuan Shu fled back to Yangzhou, he would be severely punished, even if Yuan Shu was willing to leave his father and his Sun Ce alive for emotional reasons, but Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi and others could not escape death. Even if Yuan Shu is kind and forgives the capital crimes of Huang Gai and others, Sun Ce, Sun Jing, Sun Ben and other clan children and his father Sun Jian's group of life and death brothers will be ruined from now on, and they will never think of setting foot in their careers again.

What is particularly serious is that if Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and others hit Yangzhou and crossed the Yangtze River, Yuan Shu, as Yuan Shu's subordinates, his father and son, would die without a place to be buried.

Sun Ce was unwilling to tarnish his father's prestige because of this battle, and he was unwilling to let his father's ambition disappear because of this battle.

When his father was seriously injured and fell into a coma, Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai and other father's elder brothers crossed the river with thousands of people to escort their father south.

After his father recovered, his father and son fought bloodily in Jiangdong for several years to get to where they are today.

Today, all of this was cut by their father and son with blood and sweat, and he was unwilling to give up all this hard-earned to Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce was unwilling, he had been struggling, he had thought about betraying Yuan Shu, he had thought about sticking to Jiangdong and confronting Yuan Shu, but he couldn't predict the situation in the Central Plains, and he couldn't know whether the future situation in the world would bury him, his clan family, and tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers together.

He looked up at the blue sky, gasping violently.

Father, can you tell me, what should I do now? If I betray Yuan Shu, will you forgive me? Yuan Shu is no longer the Yuan Shu of the past, he betrayed the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and betrayed the Han Dynasty, he is just like Dong Zhuo in the past and Li Yi today, he is bringing disaster to the country and the people, and destroying the lives of the people.

In the battle of Guangling, we were defeated, just like my father was defeated in Xiangyang, but our father and son did their best for Yuan Shu, we don't owe him anything, and the grievances between us and him have ended with the raging fire on the rivers and seas.

"Bo Fu, why is Uncle Sun famous all over the world?" Zhou Yujian's eyebrows were furrowed, and he suddenly shouted loudly, "Uncle Sun fought for the Han Dynasty and fought for loyalty, what about you?" How can you tarnish the prestige of Uncle Sun? ”

Sun Ce looked up to the sky and sighed. Suddenly, he drew a knife in his hand, chopped it in the air, and shouted: "For the big man, kill ......"

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In the study, Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Sun Ben, Zhu Zhi, and Huang Gai sat together to discuss the current situation and discuss countermeasures.

"So far, we have not received the latest news on the battle in Jizhou." Zhang Zhao sighed and pulled out a roll of bamboo slips, "At this time, the news we got from Shouchun was at the end of last month, saying that the Northern Expedition army had been killed under the city of Xindu, and the Northern Xinjiang Army had retreated more than six hundred miles in more than three months. However, since Yuan Shu has been attacking Xuzhou and Yanzhou for more than a month, if nothing else, the armies of the Northern Expedition should be retreating one after another, and it is estimated that soon the Central Plains will be in flames. ”

Zhang Zhao is in his forties, with a thin body, high cheekbones, bright eyes, a stern demeanor, and he looks a little intimidating. He is a native of Pengcheng, Xuzhou, and he is well-known in Xu and Yang for studying "Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn", and Xuzhou celebrities Zhao Yu, Wang Lang, Chen Lin, etc. When he was twenty years old, he was raised to filial piety, but he insisted on resigning. After Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian arrived, he promoted him as Maocai, but he still did not accept it. Tao Qian was very angry, thinking that he despised him, locked him up, and forced him to agree. Later, after Zhao Yu and other friends interceded, he was released by Tao Qian.

Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou and slaughtered the city, and the Xuzhou celebrities scattered and fled. Zhang Zhao fled to Jiujiang County, Yangzhou. Yuan Shu had conquered several times, and he scoffed at it and ignored it at all, but when Sun Jian was ordered to lead the army across the river to attack Jiangdong, Zhang Zhao carried a small burden and followed Sun Jian upside down, saying that he would give him advice.

Sun Jian was so happy that he almost fainted, if it weren't for Zhang Zhao's majestic face and unquestionable tone, Sun Jian would have thought that this master was full and had nothing to do with him. (To be continued.) )