Three Kingdoms

When any army is engaged in battle, it needs reserves. There are only two situations for not keeping a reserve team. One is that you really don’t understand this, and the other is that you understand but are forced to do so.

Tall buildings rise from the ground. It takes a long time to build, but it only takes a moment to collapse. Maybe it's because the load is too large, maybe it's because of illegal operations, large and small hidden dangers are piled up in one place, and in the end, maybe just a screw is moved, and a chain reaction occurs, which is out of control.

Cao Hong knows Cao Cao's difficulties, so he has a stronger motivation than ordinary people to help Cao Cao solve the problem. Is this wrong? However, it was precisely because of this motive and the fact that Cao Hong felt that Liao Hua and Zhuge Liang were unknown junior figures, that Cao Hong took the initiative.

If Tai Shici or Xu Huang personally led the troops, Cao Hong would most likely choose to stay in Fancheng.

The more you lose, the more anxious you become, the more you want to recover the previous losses, the more you invest, and finally, with a crash, all your chips are lost.

What to do after losing all your chips?

Most people would go home dejected.

But what do gamblers do? Borrowing money, borrowing usury, and then pretending that the borrowed usury is his capital, and then taking a chance, is like Cao Hong lighting five hundred bonfires at night, but not taking any precautions before the bonfire, expecting Liao Hua Zhuge Liang It’s like you can’t help but take the bait.

In order to let Liao Hua and Zhuge see them, Cao Hong even sent some men to deliberately create some noise as a lure. The remaining Cao Hong's soldiers, the only remaining soldiers of Cao's army, were all wearing helmets and armor, and were waiting in full formation.

Cao Hong has already mobilized the entire army to boost the final morale of his soldiers. Now he can only win in defeat! This is the so-called sad army must win.

Cao Hong was sitting on the stone, fully clothed and holding a sword in both hands. He was completely shrouded in shadows, leaving only a pair of eyes reflecting the firelight, staring into the distance.

The dotted bonfires are like ignited hopes and like a big net spread out. In the middle of the net is Cao Hong sitting. The surrounding fields were quiet, and the surrounding insects seemed to be frightened by the murderous aura and did not dare to sing wildly.

Time passes minute by minute and never stops.

The bonfire gradually extinguished and the sky gradually became brighter. The thin dew of early autumn condensed on the iron plates of the armor. From the tiny water droplets at the beginning, they finally gathered into large water droplets, and then rolled down the slope one after another, just like the tears flowing down in Cao Hong's heart. tears.

An old crow flew out of nowhere, flew diagonally past, and then made a quacking sound, breaking the silence...

"General...general..." The guard looked at the sky gradually getting brighter and asked tentatively, "Are you still waiting..."

Cao Hong slowly raised his head, revealing his face that was originally in the shadows. It showed a look of exhaustion, even a bit old, "...withdraw." 』

The last bonfire was extinguished, leaving only a pile of ashes.

Cao Hong couldn't figure it out why there were so many generals under General Hussars who appeared to be sophisticated and fierce in military matters whenever they appeared on the scene? Before, Zhang Lie and Zhu Ling jumped out of a tight siege in an almost desperate situation, but now Liao Hua and Zhuge are dealing with it calmly and calmly. How could this be possible? how so?

Could it be said that the energy in this world...

Cao Hong lowered his head, his helmet tilted to the side, and he didn't bother to straighten it and tie it up, revealing his slightly gray temples.

Not long after Cao Hong's soldiers left the military base and retreated to the direction of Xinye, a group of troops came from the direction of Fancheng, headed by Zhang Lie. The light cavalry scouts shuttled back and forth as nimbly as swimming fish. The cavalry of the brigade moved forward briskly, with their flags flying high. The three-color flags above their heads and the identification flags on their backs complemented each other. When they arrived at the place where Cao Hong originally set up an ambush, they Discovering the remaining anomalies on the ground, the whistle suddenly transformed into three formations, one team moving forward, one team going sideways, and one team staying behind...

After confirming that the surrounding area was safe and there was no abnormality, the entire cavalry array resumed its marching state and then arrived under the military fortress.

Liao Hua gave Zhang Lie a general description of the battle.

"Pity! oops! Pity! ” When Zhang Lie learned about the previous situation, he stamped his feet repeatedly.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, his face stained with some dust and blood. His originally crescent-white robe was now streaked with gray in the east and black in the west, wrinkled, mixed with the stench of blood, mud and sweat, and he looked like a They were like big-headed soldiers, completely different from those in Chang'an in the past. But when Zhuge Liang smiled like this, that chicness and elegance resurfaced, "The world is so big and there are so many meritorious deeds, so why be in a hurry?" There is ample time……"

Zhang Lie was stunned and couldn't help but smile, "Yes, that's true. The days ahead are long and long..."

The three of them laughed at the same time. As for whether "Fang Chang" could withstand the bullying of so many people, it was irrelevant.

Compared to the pleasure in the north of Xiangyang, the Sun family's mansion in Wucheng, Jiangdong, is a different scene.

A year or two ago, the Sun family's residence was very lively for a while, and then quickly became deserted. Now, for some reason, it's as if someone suddenly remembered the Sun family of this branch, and they came to visit one after another... …

The Sun family in Wucheng was Sun Hao, the son of Sun Jing.

The high sun is called Hao, the high mountain is called Song. Sun Hao has always believed that he should have a higher position and a higher position, instead of just being a bullshit title of "Dingwu Zhonglang Jiang".

Every time he thought about this position, Sun Hao felt a little hot in his forehead and a little sore in his eyes. If he is an ordinary person, that's fine. After all, he is a "Zhonglang General", but the question is, can Sun Hao compare with ordinary people?

And what kind of "Zhaoyi Zhonglang General" his father is?

Sun Hao's father, Sun Jing, was an older generation who started the army with Sun Jian. When Sun Jian first raised his army, he had no more than a thousand soldiers and no more than ten generals. However, Sun Jing supported Sun Jian with five or six hundred people. It can be said that the employee shares accounted for a large proportion of the original shares.

However, after Sun Jian's death, Sun Jing didn't have much desire to fight for power. Perhaps she had been through the storm for a long time and could keep her composure, so naturally she didn't fight with Sun Ce. After Sun Ce came to power, he reciprocated and expressed Sun Jing as " "Fenwu Colonel".

Later, Sun Ce died again, and Sun Quan came to power. He quickly changed Sun Jing's name to "Zhaoyi Zhonglang General", and then gave Sun Hao the title of "Dingwu Zhonglang General", which means "Zhao" and "Yi", and so on. What kind of "strength" can be achieved through "determination"?

Sun Hao was seeing a guest off, and the two held hands at the door with a smile for a while before saying goodbye. After all, we give away a lot of things, and we always want to make the guests feel that they are worth the money spent.

Seeing the guests leaving, Sun Hao turned around and saw his son Sun Gong approaching, and whispered: "We have guests coming." 』

Sun Hao was stunned for a moment, then understood, nodded, and walked inside.

Serious guests all go through the front door, but guests who don’t go through the front door...

This guest who walked through the back door was also a direct descendant of the Sun family. Naturally, he was considered a relative of his family. It wasn't a big deal if he walked through the back door. However, this guest's father was a big deal.

The guest at the back door is Sun Xing.

Sun Xing is the eldest son of Sun Fu, and Sun Fu is the second son of Sun Jian's eldest brother Sun Qiang. He is a descendant of the Sun family who assists Sun Jian in another house.

"Good nephew, come here, let your uncle see, well, I have grown a lot taller..." Sun Hao said to Sun Xing with a smile, "I just look a little thinner..."

Listening to the usual greetings, Sun Xing's nose became sore and he almost shed tears.

After Sun Fu was put under house arrest by Sun Quan, his family was in a state of desolation and sorrow. The doors were closed everywhere and everyone looked down upon him.

Sun Gong also stepped forward to greet him and called him eldest brother. Sun Xing quickly returned the greeting with a straight face. At this moment, Sun Xing had the warm feeling of truly entering the Sun family's home, and the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time slowly came out.

"Alas..." After Sun Hao exchanged greetings, his emotions came to his face and he sighed, "Uncle, I heard about the national rites and wrote many times, but it was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and there was no more content..."

When Sun Fu was mentioned, Sun Xing could no longer bear it. He left the table and knelt down with a bang, tears streaming down his face, "Please uncle, please save my father..."

"Child, get up, get up..." Sun Hao said to Sun Gong, who was sitting beside him. Sun Gong quickly stepped forward and helped Sun Xing up and sat down again.

Sun Xing sobbed, "My father, my father definitely has no intention of rebellion...no..."

Sun Hao said: "Let's talk slowly..."

Sun Xing's father, Sun Fu, originally followed Sun Ce. When Sun Ce conquered Danyang, Sun Ce once ordered Sun Fu to garrison Liyang to resist Yuan Shu, lure the people who stayed behind, and reunite the separated soldiers. Later, Sun Fu followed Sun Ce to conquer Lingyang and captured Zulang and others alive, which was also a great success.

Later, Sun Fu followed Sun Ce to attack Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. Sun Fu took the lead in the battle with Liu Xun's army and made military exploits. Sun Ce appointed Sun Fu as the prefect of Luling, asking him to pacify the county and recruit officials. Later, Sun Fu was promoted to General Pingnan and served as governor of Jiaozhou during holidays.

According to Sun's official statement, Sun Fu and Cao Cao secretly communicated, and then Sun Quan knew about it. Sun Quan first pretended not to know, and when they met with Zhang Zhao, they summoned Sun Fu together, suddenly questioned him face to face, and took out Sun Quan's As evidenced by the letters exchanged between Fu and Cao Cao, Zhang Zhao had nothing to say. Sun Quan immediately ordered the killing of all Sun Fu's close officials, reduced his tribe, and exiled him to the east for confinement.

"My father has absolutely no rebellious intentions!" Sun Xing said sincerely, "My father only paid tribute to the court as the governor of Yuzhang. Cao Cao deliberately framed my father... I swear to God, my father has absolutely no rebellious intentions... 』

Sun Hao generally understood.

Didn't Sun Ce also go beyond Yuan Shu and pay tribute to the court? So is it wrong for Sun Fu to go beyond Sun Quan and pay tribute to the court? The purpose of paying tribute to the court is naturally to gain a certain degree of recognition. After all, although the court is no longer the Han Dynasty court at the time of Heng Ling, its appointments are still more popular, at least more senior than the positions appointed by Sun Quan. Fragrant.

Who would refuse "really fragrant"? So strictly speaking, Sun Fu may not have any intention of treason at all, nor may he. To put it simply, it is just "unnecessary".

Paying tribute at a higher level is not the biggest problem. After all, if you are a local governor under a normal court, you must pay tribute to the central court every year and submit it for audit. This is originally part of the duties of the local governor, but because of the The separation of princes made things that should have been normal become a little abnormal.

Sun Fu's biggest problem was actually questioning Sun Quan's inheritance rights.

Sons inherit their father's inheritance to a certain extent to ensure the stability of class and social stability, because the socioeconomic status provided by parents is actually a natural resource for the next generation, and the innate differences in these resources will Let children from different walks of life take extremely different growth trajectories from before birth to adulthood. Such rules not only meet the needs of the feudal dynasty, but also meet the needs of human nature.

If the father had worked hard to save his whole life, and then suddenly declared in court that he could no longer leave it to his children, the world would definitely be in chaos. Father and son, ruler and minister, father's inheritance and son's inheritance, this is an important node since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and even from the time of ancient China, and the nomadic people moved into a different sequence, and it is naturally unshakable.

Therefore, after Sun Jian died and Sun Ce succeeded to the throne, the Sun family did not have any major opinions and did not take any special actions. Even though Sun Ce had a bad temper and wanted to have fun and kill people at every turn, the Sun family still had Sun Ce as the leader. The reason for advancing and retreating with Sun Ce is very simple. Protecting Sun Ce's inheritance rights is to protect the inheritance rights of all children to inherit their father's inheritance.

As a result, Sun Ce, a fool, really played himself to death.

Sun Ce died after being assassinated. Normally, this piece of the Sun family's inheritance would of course be left to Sun Ce's posthumous son.

But the problem is that when Sun Ce died, the child had not yet been born, which gave Sun Quan an excellent opportunity to ascend to power. In the eyes of many people in the Sun family, this opportunity violated the rule of "son inherits the father's legacy."

When Sun Jian died, Sun Ce inherited it. After Sun Ce died, Sun Ce's son should inherit it. Now that Sun Ce's son has been born, Sun Quan should hand over the Sun family's inheritance to Sun Ce's son...

Of course, this is "as it should be". It should be something that should be done but is often not done. Just like when there are no capital interests, representatives can still represent, but when capital invades, representatives may not necessarily be representatives.

After Sun Quan took control of the power, on the one hand, it was "true fragrance", but on the other hand... So it was impossible for Sun Quan to delegate power to Sun Ce's son, which was equivalent to breaking the Sun family's rule of "son inheriting the father's inheritance" and using his uncle's As an elder, he took over the family property belonging to his nephew.

So, since Sun Quan has done this, can Sun Quan’s uncles, or Sun Ce’s son’s uncles’ descendants, be able to...

This is the fundamental reason why Sun Fu was finally imprisoned by Sun Quan.

"My dear nephew, please don't be sad..." Sun Hao sighed, "Guoyi suffered such injustice, and I feel the same way... Nowadays, there are constant disputes in the world, and my Sun family can't work together... This is really... chilling. ...』

Sun Xing quickly bowed down and said, "Uncle, please have mercy!" Save my father! My nephew is willing to do everything he can to repay his uncle's kindness! 』

"Child, get up, get up! ” Sun Hao personally stepped forward this time, pulled Sun Xing up, patted Sun Xing’s shoulder, and said, “This matter is very important. As for you, go back for the time being... Don’t worry, I have arrangements... Gong’er , as a gift for my father..."

Sun Xing seemed to want to say something else, but seeing Sun Hao like this, after opening his mouth, he followed Sun Gong helplessly out of the hall and left through the corner door of the backyard...

Not long after, Sun Gong came back, raised his hands and said, "Reply to Father, let's go." 』

"Can others see it?" ” asked Sun Hao.

Sun Gong said: "There is no one waiting... Even if I see it, what can I do?" Covered by a cloak and without a mark, who could know? 』

"Um. But it's better to be careful..." Sun Hao pointed to the side and said, "Sit down. 』

"Thank you, Father..." Sun Gong sat down, and after a while, he asked Sun Hao, "Father, this matter... I'm afraid it won't be easy..."

"oh? Tell me. ” Sun Hao raised his chin.

Sun Gong said: "Since they are detained, they should be guarded, not to mention that Uncle Guoyi has an eldest brother... Naturally, it is impossible to be defenseless. If there are few people, it will be difficult to accomplish anything. If there are too many people, it will inevitably be exposed... Therefore, if you want to save Uncle Guoyi from prison, it may be very difficult..."

Sun Hao burst out laughing, "That makes sense!" Indeed! 』

Sun Gong was stunned, "Then...if that's the case, why should father..."

Sun Hao suddenly changed the topic and said, "Gong'er, do you know why there are so many guests these days?" Do you know that Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan? 』

"My father's intention is..." Sun Gong said hesitantly.

"Hahaha..." Sun Hao smiled but did not answer.

When Sun Quan just inherited Sun Ce's business, Sun Hao also had some thoughts. However, the entire Jiangdong gentry were hesitant at that time and were not unanimously opposed to Sun Quan. So when Sun Hao led his troops into Kuaiji, Yu Fan immediately stepped forward to stop Sun Hao.

On the one hand, Sun Hao did not directly raise any banner at that time. On the other hand, because of Yu Fan's obstruction, Sun Hao realized that he did not have the support of the Jiangdong nobles. After weighing the balance, he changed the direction of the army and then declared Suppress the bandits, kill some guys who are "unwarranted" to be responsible for the bandits, and lead the troops back.

Sun Quan knew there was something wrong with this, but it was difficult to trace, so he just let it go.

But this matter will become a hidden danger sooner or later.

It is impossible for Sun Hao himself to forget this matter, so it is naturally impossible for Sun Quan to forget it. If it does not happen now, it does not mean that it will not happen in the future...

Now that Sun Quan has sent troops to Jingzhou, Cao Cao's army went south first, and the Yue people in Linchuan rebelled. Changsha County was in a hurry, and the new city of Hefei was also unstable. For a while, Jiangdong seemed to be full of loopholes, and the pressure on the Jiangdong nobles naturally increased a lot. It also aroused dissatisfaction with Sun Quan's rule, so Sun Hao thought he could test it out.

Having learned the lessons from before, Sun Hao would not act on his own this time, and Sun Fu, who had been imprisoned before, naturally became the best target for testing.