Sun Ce originally thought that the Central Plains were fighting and the road would be uneasy, but when he left the door, he realized that it was not the case. After leaving Shucheng and heading west along the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, they encountered a team of Yellow Turban troops in the bleaching water and Dujin. However, these Yellow Turban troops were not fierce, but they set up a checkpoint to collect taxes, which was no different from other checkpoints, and were even more polite than those in the government. I heard that he was Sun Jian's son, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were very polite and almost humble. After talking, Sun Ce realized that these Yellow Turban troops were Liu Pi and Gong Du, and Liu Pi and Gong Du are now Sun Jian's alliance, so they were also Sun Jian's subordinates.

Sun Ce had a little impression of these two Yellow Turban Generals. These two were Runan Yellow Turbans, and they did rely on Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, but later defected to Liu Bei and were eventually killed by Cao Cao. Sun Ce was quite impressed by their experience of following Liu Bei, but he was not very clear about their experience of relying on Sun Jian. He didn't even expect them when he was planning before.

It seems that my father, the governor of Yuzhou, is not completely empty-handed. Sun Ce immediately started to think that I was going to start a business and was worried that there would be no soldiers. Since you came to your door, how could you let it go?

"Take me to see General Liu, General Gong."

Liu Pi was in his forties, with a white face and a round face. He didn't look like a thief at all, but instead looked like a rich man. Gong Du was in his thirties and was not as good as Liu Pi. He had a bit of rough and boldness, but he didn't look like a thief at most. He was a powerful man in the village at most.

In fact, they are not born bandits. They are all small local tyrants in Runan, and they have no worries about food and clothing. The reason why they followed the Yellow Turban Army to make a revolution is not because they can't survive, but because they can't see the future. In terms of the new era, there is no room for growth, so they want to change the dynasty with Zhang Jiao, gain a founding hero, and improve their class.

The sky is dead, the Huangtian should be established, and the Han family has been exhausted. This is not Zhang Jiao's invention. There has been such a saying since the Western Han Dynasty. According to various prophecies and divinations, "Those who replace the Han Dynasty should have a high way" is just one of the more famous ones. Not only ambitious believers, but the emperor also believes that the famous gay emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Ai, once called himself Emperor Liu Taiping, and Emperor Guangwu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also seriously discussed with Gongsun Shu, who was in charge of Yizhou.

So this is really not Zhang Jiao’s invention, Zhang Jiao is suspected of robbing beauty.

Although Liu Pi and Gong Du still believe in the destiny of heaven, they no longer expect that destiny of heaven has anything to do with them. Seven or eight years have passed since that vigorous revolution. The Yellow Turban Army now has no momentum as it was. They just want to survive. Whoever can give them a way out will depend on whoever they are. If not, they would never have the same camp as Sun Jian. When Sun Jian followed Zhu Yan to conquer Nanyang, Runan Yellow Turban Army, and had a deep feud with the Yellow Turban Army. It can be said that at least half of Sun Jian's official titles were piled up with the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army.

Seeing Sun Ce, Liu Pi was very polite and tried his best to prepare a sumptuous reception banquet and invited Sun Ce to sit down. Since he set off on the road, Sun Ce was alone and had neither the official identity of the Shangjian official nor the grandeur of Zhou Yu. Now that he has arrived in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, he has become the most important guest. Zhou Yu can only sit with him, and the Shangjian official simply has no seat and can only eat outside.

"Sun Lang's young hero is no less than General Sun." Liu Pi raised his wine glass politely. "Please wait for General Sun."

Sun Ce raised his glass to return the gift. The two of them politely asked, "Sun Lang went to Nanyang, is he going to help General Sun attack Liu Biao?"

Sun Ce was about to ask this question. Sun Jian fought against Liu Biao in Nanyang. How could Liu Pi and Gong Du remained in Runan and did not help. "That's the point. General Liu, what are you doing in Runan? Why didn't you go to Nanyang?"

Liu Pi and Gong inadvertently exchanged a glance and concealed: "We are stationed here on the order of General Sun to guard against the governor of Yanzhou Liu Dai. Sun Lang didn't know that Liu Dai relied on Yuan Shao and had always had bad intentions towards Yuzhou. Zhou Yu, who came to seize Yuzhou some time ago, was originally Yuan Shao's person, and it was a great battle. If General Sun Jian had not been brave, Yuzhou would have changed hands."

Sun Ce knew about the battle not long ago. This battle only had a few strokes in history, and not many people paid attention to it. In fact, the impact was far-reaching and has not been fully revealed yet. Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Yue died in that battle. Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao's turn against each other has a lot to do with this matter. However, he has no time to think about the subsequent development now, and he noticed that Liu Pi had obvious perfunctory intentions.

He understood after thinking a little. Liu Pi and Gong Du entertained him, not really how good they were with their father and son, but more of being polite. This politeness was based on fear of Sun Jian's force. From the heart, Sun Jian did not believe them, nor did they believe in Sun Jian. Everyone was guarding against each other, so they simply divided their troops to station them without overturning the river.

It cannot be said that Sun Jian handled it improperly, but this is obviously not the best choice. What is the Yellow Turban Army? It is the population and the source of troops. The reason why Cao Cao was able to emerge and occupy Yanzhou and finally compete with Yuan Shao was the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that were reduced by the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. The strong replenished troops and the weak resided farming. This was Cao Cao's first pot of gold in the true sense.

It was a waste of Sun Jian's resignation to the Runan Yellow Turbans and let them die for themselves. The most scarce strategic resources in Sun Wu established the country, besides war horses, the population. Where does the population come from? Conquering Shanyue. Why should Shanyue fight for you? If you don't accept it, fight. For this reason, he fought with Shanyue for decades, and it was not until Sun Quan's later period that he truly resolved internal troubles.

Sun Ce had aroused his thoughts. He analyzed that Liu Pi and Gong Du stayed in Runan and did not leave was not only to guard against the harassment of Yanzhou by Sun Jian, but might have another intention: to go north and meet with the Heishan Army. This is the last hope of the Yellow Turban Army. The millions of Yellow Turbans entered Qingzhou to achieve this strategic goal, but they were intercepted by Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan. The meeting failed, and in the end, only Zhang Yan was left to support him in Heishan.

The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou are too far away and cannot be caught for the time being, but Runan Yellow Turbans are at their mouths. It is unreasonable not to eat them. If you want to really win over the Yellow Turbans in Runan, you must first cut off their hope of going north. Compared with the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, Runan Yellow Turbans have weaker power and have never dared to go north. They first depended on Sun Jian, and after Sun Jian died, then attached to Liu Bei, and were finally conquered by Cao Cao. Their psychological defense line was far less solid than the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

"The Central Plains is a place where there are hundreds of battles, and the strong cannot live. Although Zhou Yu was defeated, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would definitely come again. Yuan Shao has strong troops and horses. Although Cao Cao is not as good as Yuan Shao, he should not be underestimated. The two generals must be prepared for battle."

Zhou Yu was drinking silently, but he raised his ears to listen to Sun Ce's words. He could see that Sun Ce was scaring Liu Pi and others, but he couldn't think of why Sun Ce did this. As a family, he had no good feelings for the Yellow Turban Army. From the bottom of his heart, he had no intention of joining the Yellow Turban Army, let alone giving advice for them. Judging from the current situation, Sun Jian must have thought so, and it was a bit difficult for Sun Ce to do this.

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