Chapter 2658 Wu splits Chu and attacks Sun Ce vs. Sun Liu (Part 1)


    Chapter 2655: Wu splits Chu and attacks, Sun Ce vs. Sun Liu (Part 1)


    As for supporting Sun Ce or Sun Quan, Daqin always supports whoever is more beneficial


    Previously, the senior officials of the Qin Dynasty, including Ying Hao, believed that supporting the weak Sun Ce would be more beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, because once Sun Ce provoked civil strife in the Eastern Wu, the Chu State would not miss this opportunity to destroy Wu Liang.


    After all, between protecting the Central Plains and destroying the Eastern Wu, Liu Xiu would definitely choose to destroy the Eastern Wu.


    The Central Plains region is too far from Chu State, and the only way Liu Xiu can support the three Central Plains is to send troops to the northern expedition and attack Xiangyang City to restrain some of the troops of the Qin Dynasty.


    But Xiangyang is the most powerful city in Jingzhou, which is as solid as a rock. Even if the Chu State pours its troops north, it may not be able to break it in a short time.


    If we do not conquer Xiangyang, the State of Chu will not even threaten Jingbei, and naturally we will not be able to restrain the Qin army''s troops.


    In other words, in terms of ensuring the Central Plains, what Chu can do is actually very limited. Even if you try your best, you may not be able to stop the Qin Dynasty. Moreover, the benefits you gain are at most are more than a dozen counties around Xiangyang.


    Such a slight profit is simply incomparable to the destruction of Wu.


    If the State of Chu could destroy the State of Wu, it would not only be able to occupy the Yangtze River defense line, but also to liberate most of the troops in the defense of the Eastern Wu. Since then, there will be no more constraints south of the Yangtze River. It can be said that it can attack and retreat or defend, and the potential of war will explode several times in an instant.


    So, if the news of destroying Wu Liang really appears, Liu Xiu has no second choice except to send troops to destroy Wu.


    For Chu, destroying Wu was not only a matter of maximizing interests, but also a matter of self-protection.


    But once the Chu State sends troops to destroy the Eastern Wu, it will naturally be unable to support the three kingdoms of the Central Plains, while the Qin State can concentrate its efforts to destroy the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming.


    It was precisely with this idea that the Qin Dynasty would protect Sun Ce, and for this reason even offended Sun Quan and rejected Sun Quan''s request to repatriate Sun Ce.


    Ying Hao actually knew about Sun Ce’s plan for this coup, and thought that even if Sun Ce could win Jianye, he would definitely not be able to win Sun Quan.


    After all, the entire Wu Kingdom has been controlled by Sun Quan, and Jianye''s military power is in the hands of Sun Quan. Even if Sun Quan can''t stop Sun Ce, he will not be able to escape even if he wants to?


    Once Sun Quan escapes from Jianye, the Eastern Wu will definitely split, and the State of Chu will definitely attack Wu.


    But what Ying Hao and Daqin''s many think tanks did not expect was that Sun Quan was so bad that he could not beat Sun Ce, but he couldn''t even run away.


    The process of Sun Ce''s coupon was too easy. It took only half a day from the beginning to the end to capture Sun Quan and control Jianye, so fast that neither Chu nor Qin had time to react.


    For the Qin Dynasty, the failure of Sun Ce''s regiment was a bad thing, but if it was too successful, good things could also turn into bad things.


    If Sun Ce was allowed to control the Wu Kingdom so quickly, with the ability of Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Lu Su and others, it might not be enough to enter, but it would be more than enough to defend the city.


    Although Chu State is stronger than Wu State in terms of powerful generals and military strength, it has always been inferior to Wu State in terms of cutting-edge command. Especially Sun Wu, he has defeated the entire Chu State with his own strength.


    If Sun Ce takes full control of Eastern Wu, he will definitely re-activate Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and others.


    Liu Xiu was defeated by Sun Wu many times, so he naturally knew that facing powerful enemies such as Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, and Lu Su, even if the country''s army was full of troops, he would not be sure of winning, so he naturally did not dare to send troops to attack Wu easily.


    At this time, the Central Plains War had begun, and hundreds of thousands of Chu troops would definitely not be idle. If Liu Xiu did not send troops to attack Wu, he would definitely be used to prevent the Qin Dynasty from conquering the Central Plains.


    In order not to allow the Chu State to hinder the Qin Dynasty from occupying the Central Plains, Ying Hao planned this plan behind his back and sent two great masters to rescue Sun Quan, which led to the split of the Wu State, in order to lure Liu Xiu into the bait.


    After all, Liu Xiu must protect one of the Central Plains and Jiangdong. The Central Plains has too many variables. Only by destroying Wu can the Chu State have the capital to compete with the Qin Dynasty.


    Therefore, Liu Xiu had no choice at all. Even though he knew that this was a conspiracy of the Qin Dynasty, he could not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


    In order to successfully conquer the Central Plains, Ying Hao also took great pains to plot both Wu and Chu. The biggest victim was probably Wu, who became a **** for no reason, but Wu was not innocent either.


    The world’s general trend, long-term division will lead to unity, and long-term integration will lead to unity.


    The Qin Dynasty not only possesses the strength of unification, but also initiates the battle of unification. Even if the Wu Kingdom is not destroyed by the Chu Kingdom this time, it will sooner or later be destroyed by the Qin Kingdom.


    If you die early or late, you will die. It is better to contribute some value to the future unification of the Great Qin Dynasty.


    Of course, the Qin Dynasty would not allow the Wu Kingdom to be easily destroyed. It would be better to fight against the Chu Kingdom to suffer both losses and be exhausted from ammunition and food.


    In this way, after the Qin Dynasty arrived in the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, it would not even need to rest and directly send troops to destroy the Wu and Chu countries.


    Jianye, the Palace of King Wu.


    Sun Ce was very worried at this time. It was not that he found out that Sun Quan had escaped, but that he was dealing with his biological mother, Mrs. Wu, uncle Wu Jing, and other Sun elders.


    Mrs. Wu actually prefers her eldest son Sun Ce, and she also hopes that Sun Ce will inherit the position of King Wu, but she does not want her eldest son and second son to be fratricidal.


    After learning that Sun Ce secretly returned to China to launch a coup, imprisoned his younger brother Sun Quan, and killed many generals such as Zhu Cai and Xie Yi, Mrs. Wu thought that Sun Ce was so full of power and was so entangled that he usurped his younger brother''s position.


    Sima Yi was very eloquent and said bluntly that Sun Ce would definitely kill Sun Quan. Mrs. Wu was also moved by him, worried that Sun Ce would really be unfavorable to Sun Quan, so she immediately called her younger brother Wu Jing and other Sun families to come to ask for an explanation for the eldest son, saying that nothing could be bad for the eldest son.


    Faced with the accusations from his biological mother and the elders, Sun Ce also explained his original intention of the coup, which was actually because Sun Quan killed his father and wanted to kill himself.


    But with Sima Yi''s words in front of him, Mrs. Wu took preconceived ideas and only thought that Sun Ce was expelling himself and did not believe that Chunliang''s second son would do such a rebellious thing as killing his father.


    Even Mrs. Wu thought that Sun Ce was deliberately accusing Sun Quan and let him bear the infamy of killing his father for thousands of years, in order to prepare for the next killing of his brother to seize the throne. So she cried and made a fuss and hanged her, asking Sun Ce to release Sun Quan, otherwise she would starve to death, and Sun Ce would bear the infamy of being unfilial. Faced with the forced pressure from many elders such as his mother and uncle, Sun Ce was also very helpless. He could only look at his cousin Wu Fen with help and asked him to pull his uncle Wu Jing and other elders away. He repeatedly assured his mother that he would never kill his younger brother Sun Quan until there was no conclusive evidence, so he barely stabilized Mrs. Wu.


    Next, Sun Ce didn''t care about anything. He handed over all matters to Sun Bin, and he investigated all the movements of Sun Quan over the past three or four years.


    The result doesn’t matter if you don’t check it, but once you check it, you will find out the problem.


    Sun Quan did everything to kill his father perfectly. All the people involved were removed and no evidence was left to survive. However, because he was too clean, there was still a problem.


    "Mother, look at it yourself. Sun Quan began to recruit experts in the world four years ago when he was the prefect of Kuaiji. Many masters such as Jiangzuo Jianjun, Wujun Dao Wang, Jiangnan Badao were secretly recruited by him. Later, these people were all inserted into the Military Information Department by him.


    But after the birth of his father, Jiang Zuo Jianjun and twenty-eight masters, although they were not assigned any tasks, they all disappeared within the same day, and even the list was crossed out from the Military Information Department.


    If the child had not read through all the files, he would not have known that these people were still there in the Military Information Department. ”


    Sun Ce said gritting his teeth. Although he had confirmed Sun Quan''s murder of his father before, he was suffering from no evidence.


    Although the evidence Sun Ce still cannot be confirmed by Sun Quan, it can be speculated that it is almost certain.


    The twenty-eight masters of the Military Intelligence Department disappeared one after another in Jianye City on the day Sun Jian died, and even the list was secretly removed. There was obvious problem here, and it is most likely that Sun Quan was killed in order to cover up his father''s murder.


    "Impossible, how could Zhongmou kill his father? This is absolutely impossible."


    Mrs. Wu is not stupid. After all, there are so many doubts here. Coupled with the remarks of her daughter Sun Shangxiang, she actually believed Sun Ce in her heart, but it was really hard to accept for a while.


    "I have to go and ask Zhongmou in person."


    Mrs. Wu gritted her teeth and said, she still had a bit of luck in her heart. After all, as long as she was not completely beaten to death, a mother would not be willing to believe that her son would do something like killing her father.


    Mrs. Wu could not accept it, how could Sun Ce accept it?


    His father Sun Jian, King Cao Cao of Wei, and Emperor Ying Wen of the Qin Dynasty, were also known as the "Three Heroes of Troubled Times". He was a hero who was worthy of being worthy of being a **** of heaven and earth. How could he accept this absurd way of death by his own son?


    As soon as he thought of this, Sun Ce''s heart was as if he was twisted, his eyes were red, and he said with gritted teeth: "Mother, the child also wants to ask Sun Quan, why did his father feel sorry for him, and he did such a shameless thing."


    Looking at the eldest son''s murderous eyes, Mrs. Wu did not speak for Sun Quan again this time. After all, killing her father is too ruthless. If Sun Quan did it, even if Sun Ce did not take action, she would have to kill the rebellious son himself to sacrifice the spirit of the deceased husband in heaven.


    Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce took Mrs. Wu and prepared to go to the secret prison where Sun Quan was detained, but after arriving, he found that the person had already gone to the prison.


    More than 100 people in charge of guarding Sun Quan, including the strongest master, all died on the spot. Only Sun Quan’s whereabouts were unknown, and it was obviously rescued by someone.


    Sun Ce checked everyone''s corpses and found that they were all killed with one sword. He could kill the master with one move, and killed more than a hundred people without disturbing anyone. This shows that the people who came to rob the prison were extremely powerful and at least one grand master.


    In addition, although the corpses in the prison were already stiff, the sword intent on the wound had not completely dissipated, which also means that Sun Quan should have been robbed for less than two hours.


    "Send the order and block the whole city immediately."


    Sun Ce ordered with a pale face that he was not angry about Sun Quan''s robbery, but about how Sun Quan''s detention was leaked.


    In order to prevent Sun Quan from being rescued, Sun Ce personally detained him secretly, and only a few people knew about Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wu Zixu, Lu Su and others.


    But Sun Quan was detained for only two or three days, but was rescued by someone, which means that there must be a traitor among his own people.


    Sun Ce checked the people he knew several times, but still couldn''t find any clues, because these people had no reason to betray him.


    Sun Wu and Wu Zixu went to Lujiang and Yuzhang to receive military power, while Sun Bin and Lu Su took control of Jianye on their behalf, appeased the prefects of the counties and wooed the major generals.


    They have no reason to betray themselves!


    "You can''t continue to have such unreasonable suspicion. Perhaps Zhongmou may have left behind any move. The most urgent task is to capture Sun Quan again." Sun Ce shook his head and said.


    Sun Ce''s reaction was not slow, but he was still one step slower after all. Before the order was conveyed, Sun Quan had already escaped from Jianye under the protection of Xie An, Zhou Tai and others and headed straight for Wu County.


    After Sun Ce learned the news, he immediately led 5,000 iron cavalry to pursue him, but was hit by Xie Xuan''s plan to escape.


    Xie Xuan offered a suggestion to Sun Quan, leading five thousand soldiers and horses, pretending to be 20,000 troops, followed by Jurong''s direction, and walked closer to Wuxian to attract Sun Ce''s attention, while Sun Quan took the remaining troops and horses to take Yangxian to Wuxian.


    Sun Ce was eager to catch up with Sun Quan, but he did not realize that he had fallen into the trap.


    After a great war, although Sun Ce easily annihilated Zhou Tai and Xie Xuan''s five thousand infantry and cavalry army, he had completely leaked Sun Quan, and Zhou Tai and Xie Xuan even fled back to Wujun by water.


    After Sun Quan fled back to Wu County, with the support of Bu Zhi, the prefect of Wu County, he immediately issued an edict to serve the king and sent a large number of envoys to the generals stationed in various counties and places.


    In the edict, Sun Quan accused Sun Ce of usurping the throne and seizing power, and even prepared to slander himself and kill his father, and asked the prefects of various counties and troops from all over the country to attack Sun Ce.


    After Sun Quan''s edict was issued, it soon received support from the three prefects, Gu Hui, the prefect of Kuaiji, Qian Liu, the prefect of Linhai, and Xie Shi, the prefect of Dongyang. In addition, Bu Zhi, the prefect of Wu County, four of the ten counties in the Wu State were standing in Sun Quan''s camp.


    As for the prefect of Yizhou Zheng Zhilong, as well as the powerful generals who hold military power such as Pang Juan and Tian Ji, they neither expressed their support for Sun Ce nor supported Sun Quan, and most of them were still waiting and watching.


    After seeing the edict that Sun Quan accused him and turned the raid, Sun Ce was naturally furious and immediately prepared to launch all the Jianye army to attack Wujun and capture Sun Quan alive to eliminate future troubles.


    But at this moment, Sun Ce received news that Liu Xiu raised 350,000 troops and divided his troops into four groups to attack Wu.


    (This chapter ends)