Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 180 Emperor Gaozu Should Have Defeat Overlord

The first year of Jian’an, the ninth day of the second month of spring.

Just when Liu Bei reached a consensus with the nobles of Pengcheng and confiscated the land of his followers and farmhands.

Liu Chong, the King of Chen County in Yuzhou, was assassinated and killed, which shocked the officials and noble families in Yuzhou.

Chen Wang Liu Chong was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaoming. When Dong Zhuo caused chaos in Luoyang, the princes in Guandong rose up in arms to attack him. Liu Chong also led his troops to station in Yangxia, calling himself the General Assisting Han and becoming famous for a while.

He also had the ambition to restore the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately, to the north of Chen State was Liu Dai, a relative of the clan, and to the south was Yuan family of Runan. The other two sides were either fiefs of clans or Yingchuan, which was full of prominent families.

Liu Chong had no choice but to stay in Chenjun and wait and see what would happen. He stayed there for several years until he was assassinated.

When Yuzhou was shocked by the death of King Chen, another piece of news came that made them even more shocked.

Sun Bofu of Yuangong Road in Runan led more than 4,000 troops in Zhongli to the north to capture Pei, and appointed Sun Ce as the prime minister of Pei.

Chen Gui quickly wrote a letter asking for help from Xuzhou. When Liu Bei received the letter, Sun Ce had already led his troops to Yicheng County, near Pei State.

"Sir, Peidi must not fall into the hands of Yuan Gonglu. In the past, Emperor Gaozu conquered the world by punishing the tyrants from Peigong. The prophecy of Dangtu Gao, who is now replacing the Han Dynasty, is widely circulated. If Yuan Shu takes it, his reputation will be even higher."

After hearing this, Lu Su stood up and gave advice with his hands clasped.

At this moment, Yuan Shu has not done anything rebellious overtly. As a relative of the Han royal family, you must stop Yuan Shu.

"Zijing, rest assured. Regardless of the relationship with the Xiapi Chen family or the importance of Peidi, I will not let Yuan Gonglu take over this place so easily."

Liu Bei said solemnly.

First he won over the Yellow Turbans, then he sent people to assassinate Chen Wang Liu Chong, and now he let Sun Ce attack Pei State. Others may not know what Yuan Shu is planning, but could he not know it?

Yuan Gonglu was already paving the way for becoming emperor, and with the imperial seal in his hand, he could hardly hold back.

Liu Bei pondered in his heart, walked over and patted Lu Su on the shoulder, chuckled and said: "Zijing, I was just thinking about cutting off Yuan Shu's arm, but I didn't expect him to come to me on his own."

"I have mobilized the Elite Battalion and some of the Huben Cavalry, totaling more than 2,500 men, and also recruited 4,000 auxiliary soldiers. Including the Ruichong Battalion, I will send 7,000 troops to Pei State. In this campaign, I will not only make Yuan Shu return empty-handed, but also march straight to Jiujiang County and defeat the tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops that he relies on until they collapse at the first sight of the enemy."

There was no other way. Since Cao Mengde had not taken any action for a long time and even sent troops to Yuzhang County to attack Liu Yao, it could only be said that Xin Pi was not doing his job well. So he had to give it a try and start with Yuan Gonglu.

Besides, they were all descendants of the Yuan family of Runan. Yuan Benchu ​​was surrounded on three sides by him in Yecheng. If Yuan Shu did not enjoy the same treatment, people in the world would only say that he, Liu Xuande, bullied Yuan Shao.

I heard that Sun Ce is as brave as Xiang Yu, so let him fight with Emperor Gaozu and see how durable the little overlord is.

Liu Bei looked towards the south and grinned.

He is looking forward to...

However, Liu Bei didn't know that at this moment a huge quarrel had broken out in the south over an incident, and Sun Ce and Yuan Shu's generals almost drew their swords against each other.

……

In the main tent of the military camp on the outskirts of Yicheng County in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, there was a lot of noise at this time.

Sun Ce's generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Lu Fan, Sun He, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and others all glared at Yuan Shu's trusted general Zhang Xun. His subordinates Li Feng, Liang Gang and Le Jiu also looked at him with displeasure.

"General Zhang, Lord Yuan had already agreed to appoint me as Prime Minister of Pei State. Why did he suddenly change me to a captain? Isn't this just teasing me, Sun Bofu, over and over again?!"

Sun Ce, who looked majestic, suddenly slammed the table and stood up, very dissatisfied. As the Yuan family of Runan, he broke his promises three times. The first time was to give the post of Jiujiang governor to Chen Ji, the second time was to promise to make him the governor of Lujiang as long as Liu Yao was driven out of Lujiang, and now it is the third time to promise to make his Sun Bofu the prime minister of Pei as long as Yuchuan and Pei were conquered.

As a result, before the army set out, Zhang Xun was sent as prime minister and he was appointed as a captain, which made Sun Ce angry on the spot.

Yuan Shu was truly a shameless person. His grandson, Sun Bofu, had never suffered so much humiliation before, all thanks to Yuan Gonglu.

The more Sun Ce thought about it, the angrier he became. He clenched his sword tightly and glared at the generals sent by Yuan Shu.

"Bofu calm down, this matter is mostly to blame for He Yi of the Yellow Turbans. After he surrendered to Lord Yuan, he actually wanted the position of prefect. After asking everyone, they all felt that Bofu was too young to be a prefect, so he asked for the position of the Prime Minister of Pei State, a 2,000-stone official. Since he had just surrendered to Lord Yuan, it would be bad to disappoint him, but he was even more afraid of disappointing Sun Lang."

As Zhang Xun spoke, he paused and glanced at Sun Ce. He saw that although Sun Ce was still angry, his hand holding the hilt of the knife had relaxed. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as well.

He had only brought two thousand men with him, and he was really afraid that Sun Ce would lose control of his temper and kill him directly in the tent.

Even if Yuan Gong took revenge later, he would not be able to die in peace.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xun continued, "Therefore, in order to shut He Yi up, Lord Yuan first let me lead the Pei State to help Sun Lang take Pei as soon as possible, and then change me to Bofu after half a year."

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Sun Ce tighten his grip on the hilt of his sword again, and Zhang Xun hastily added, "This is what Yuan Gong swore to heaven, and I saw it with my own eyes, and it is absolutely true."

"Hahaha!"

Sun Ce smiled, then gritted his teeth and said, "While I can still hold back my blade, hurry up and get your men out of the camp. If you are even a little late, I will leave this place littered with corpses."

"Sun Lang, I'm leaving right now. I'm leaving right now."

Zhang Xun quickly laughed.

Among Yuan Gong's subordinates, apart from Ji Ling, he and Qiao Rui still admired Sun Ce for his courage to lead the army to charge and his bravery and good fighting skills, and he was worthy of being the son of Sun Wentai.

After Zhang Xun left, Sun Ce roared angrily, drew his sword and chopped the table until the blade broke.

Old generals such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang did not dare to approach to dissuade them, and the newly affiliated Lu Fan, Jiang Qin, and Zhou Tai were even more afraid.

Only Sun He, who was also a member of the Sun clan and a close confidant of Sun Jian in the past, came out to persuade him: "Bofu, anger is harmful to your health. Now the Sun clan depends on you alone. You can't let Yuan Gonglu's fickleness make you angry and hurt your health."

Sun Ce stabbed the broken blade heavily on the table, turned around and cursed: "Yuan Shu is a man of three generations of nobles. My father-in-law and I fought for him to the death, but he refused to give us the position of county governor. If we are old officials, I will kill all of Yuan's troops today to relieve my hatred."

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai could not help but nod their heads. Yuan Shu was indeed too bullying. He was nice to other people but he was bullying the Sun family.

Lü Fan in the crowd was silent for a while, then he cupped his hands and said, "Captain Sun, we cannot break up with Yuan Gonglu now, but we can do so later. It would be better to break off the friendship with him and not give him any chance to be criticized."

"Ziheng, do you have any good advice for me?" Sun Ce asked, looking up.

When Lu Fan glanced outside the tent, Sun Ce immediately understood and ordered Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to guard outside the tent and prevent anyone from approaching.

Seeing this, Lü Fan boldly said, "Bofu, have you ever heard that many places in Huainan are saying that Dangtu Gao, who succeeded the Han Dynasty, pointed to Yuan Gonglu?"

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Of course I know that the Yellow Turbans in Runan surrendered for this reason."

Didn't Yuan Shu use the Yellow Turbans as an excuse to seize his position as county premier?

It’s hateful just thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)