Overall, Sun Ce's relatives and Sun Jian's old subordinates all advocated agreeing to Zhao Yun's request.

The reason is simple: killing Huang Zu and avenging Sun Jian is the most important thing at the moment. Killing Zhao Yun is a mess. Although they also recognize that Zhao Yun is a respectable opponent, since he wants to kill Hua Xin, he will definitely die himself, at least he will not be able to appear in Hefei again.

If you don't agree to Zhao Yun or even kill him, the court might start a war with them directly. You should know that the court is not really unable to fight. First, the court is waiting for the autumn harvest, and second, it is because the court's main opponent now is Yuan Shao.

Kill Zhao Yun, Yuan Shao was happy to die.

They didn't want to turn against the court so quickly, and the Han Dynasty's signature was still very valuable.

The direct faction of Sun Ce, led by Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, insisted that he should take the opportunity to kill Zhao Yun and beat Huang Zu for a good reason? Taking this God-given opportunity to fight Jiujiang is the most strategic significance.

After fighting Huang Zu, Liu Biao would never end. The war in the north is imminent, and it is a great opportunity for everyone to unite and divide the Han Dynasty. When Huang Zu's troops leave Nanyang and they march into Xuzhou, they can completely share the world with Yuan Shao.

To take a step back, Jiujiang County guarding the Huaihe River waterway is their lifeblood for their Jiangdong regime. What about Jiangxia? Jiangxia County is full of swamps, blocked from left to right, narrow waterways and unreliable at all, and has no substantial strategic significance at all.

The so-called Han Dynasty is actually just that, and they are not afraid.

In fact, the southern regime has another obvious advantage compared to the north, that is, the winter in the southern area is short, and there is no winter in the Jiangdong area at all.

Without winter, it means there is no obvious seasonality of spring plowing and autumn harvest. They can fight all year round.

The northern regime is different. If the northern regime wants to fight a war, it can only be after the autumn harvest ends.

It was late summer and the autumn harvest of the imperial court was approaching. In fact, he was unable to support Zhao Yun in Jiujiang.

Of course, these are just strategic considerations. In fact, the reason why the two factions have completely different opinions is that their political interests are completely different.

To be precise, Sun Ce's team was divided into three political factions, namely the direct line, the relatives, and the old subordinates of his father.

The relatives were led by Wu Jing and Sun Ben. Strictly speaking, they were more of a cooperative relationship with Sun Ce. They were eager to attack Jiangxia, but first, they were to avenge Sun Jian, but second, they really didn't want to turn against the court.

They are now the princes officially recognized by the court. Sun Kuang also married Cao Cao's niece, and Sun Ben even married all his daughters to Cao Cao's son Cao Zhang, who was the real wife.

Strictly speaking, under the system of the court, they were both colleagues with Sun Ce, and their relatives fought together, which was just that. Killing the governor who was loyal to the court for no reason and following Sun Ce to rebel is not in their interests.

This is even more true for these old subordinates of Sun Jian. Sun Jian was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. They made countless contributions with Sun Jian, and they all had formal officials in the court. Even if the Sun family was destroyed in the future, they could be promoted on the spot.

Of course, I didn't want to turn against the court so easily.

But Sun Ce's direct descendants are different. To put it bluntly, their wealth and glory all come from Sun Ce, and the court did not know them at all.

They even wanted Sun Ce to turn against the court. If Sun Ce was promoted to the king and emperor, they would only be promoted faster as Sun Ce's confidant.

As for avenging Sun Jian, this has nothing to do with them. Most of them don’t even know Sun Jian at all.

Seeing this, Sun Ce probably realized it. Sun Ben had always been a little dissatisfied with him. He always knew that if he killed Zhao Yunming and attacked Jiujiang at this time, it would be detrimental to internal unity.

In extreme cases, if he officially started a war with the court and became a rebel, it would not be completely impossible for Sun Ben to treat him like he did to Yuan Shu.

Thinking of this, Sun Ce laughed boldly and said, "Everyone, do you all underestimate me?"

Underestimate it?

All the generals looked at him with some clues.

"Whether Zhao Yun or the new city of Hefei, there is only one city left. Since the beginning of the army, I have fought more than a hundred wars, and with one thousand soldiers, it has grown to its current scale in just three years. Can he build a mere Hefei?

Zhou Yu is waiting to persuade him again: "But..."

"No need to say, Jiujiang will certainly fight, but it will be better to wait until the court and Yuan Shao officially start the war. It is better to let Zhao Yun kill Hua Xin, so as to save me trouble. Now, I, Sun Ce, want to kill Huang Zu and avenge my father! This matter is settled!"

As he said that, he slapped heavily on the table, and then the generals agreed with gaze.

At this time, Zhao Yun was comfortably enjoying the last happy time of his life with the two maids assigned by Sun Ce.

He was not worried about his situation at all.

He is indeed a dying person, but he will never die tonight.

After all, whether Sun Ce is really filial or fake, no matter how many people he is, he finally started his business with Sun Jian's legacy. Since he has made such a suggestion, Sun Ce must avenge his father, otherwise he will not be able to sit firmly in his position as his lord.

Everything was as expected. Sun Ce originally wanted to fight Huang Zu. This little war god in his twenties was indeed a master who refused to stop for a moment. After conquering Lujiang, the troops did not even disband and rest. He directly issued an order to drive, gathered the warships and headed straight for Jiangxia.

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Three days later, outside Nanchang City.

"My dear Yuzhang Hua Xin, pay homage to the angel."

As he said that, Hua Xin respectfully knelt down at Zhao Yun.

A day ago, he received news that the Emperor Jie Zheng, who was in charge of the military commander of Huainan, had arrived in Yuzhang with the rituals and issued an edict to him.

Although I don’t know how this Jieshuai walked through Sun Ce’s defense zone and arrived directly outside Nanchang City, since everyone has come, as at least the loyal and kind-hearted Han Dynasty, he should naturally act respectfully and go out of the city in person to take his assistant to bow to this angel who represents the emperor.

His officials were also very happy, thinking that his elders worked hard and made great achievements in Yuzhang County over the years, and were even more popular with the people. At present, Sun Ce was in great power, so the court would definitely not be able to sit still. Maybe they would even want their elders to be the governor.

They had long wanted to make the adults be the governor, but they had always ruthless on the grounds that there was no emperor's fate. Look, isn't this emperor's fate coming?

Hua Xin looked at Zhao Yun and asked respectfully, "Angel, what is the emperor's edict?"

A trace of struggle flashed across Zhao Yun's face, and then, this struggling was quickly replaced by perseverance, saying: "The emperor has no edict."

"ah?"

Hua Xin looked confused. What do you mean? Play with me?

But at this moment, the angel suddenly took out a bow from the horse's back, bent the bow and arrow, and shot through his chest with a thud when he was not aware of it at all.

Until he fell to the ground, Hua Xin's face was confused, but before he died, he still smiled bitterly.

It turns out that I, Hua Xin, is already a damn person to the court.

The officials who accompanied Hua Xin were also confused, but saw that Zhao Yun, who had just finished killing the person, had tears in his eyes. While crying, he raised Ma Shuo in his hand and roared: "Kill!"

Hua Xin had to die. He had thought about whether he could just rob food and not kill people, but doing so would be too risky. You should know that they were light cavalry after all, and whether Hua Xin was really loyal to the court or just showing his attitude. Who knows? If he disagreed and organized the troops to resist, it would be enough for Zhao Yun to have a pot of food.

(In history, he surrendered to Sun Ce, and... everyone should know that this old thief is not a good person, right?)

There was no preparation at all, and not only did he not hold weapons, but he held fine wine and food happily to welcome the emperor's envoy to prepare for the army. When facing the emperor's imperial guard who was fully prepared and riding on horseback, he had no resistance at all.

Nanchang changed hands almost instantly, and all the county soldiers in the city were captured.

Zhao Yun's goal was very clear. After confiscating the weapons of the county soldiers, he directly ordered them to be a coolie, opened the treasury in the county, and after a brief count, he distributed all the 600,000 hu of them to the people in the city. Then he emptied all the food, weapons, armor, and wealth that Hua Xin had accumulated over the years, leaving an empty city for Sun Ce, and left.

By the way, he even robbed Hua Xin's family.

It was not until he left the city and went on the road that Zhao Yun came to Hua Xin's family and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to them.

Hua Xin's eldest son Hua Biao asked: "How does the general plan to resettle our orphans and widows?"

"The prefect of Hua is a famous scholar in the country. He can benefit the people as an official position. The emperor has always admired him. After you return to Xudu, your title will naturally be worry-free. So why do you need me to settle it?"

"A general cuts the grass and does not eradicate the roots. Are you not afraid that I will avenge my father in the future?"

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "As a minister of the emperor's false ritual, Yun killed the two thousand stone prefect of the court without authorization. He is already a person who is waiting to die. If the young master wants to avenge his father, he is afraid there will be no chance."

After saying that, Zhao Yun stood up and ordered his subordinates to bring a big shackle to himself.

"General, this..."

"Put it on me, I should be in a guilty state. I should wear a shackle to work. When I send these food, grass and goods back to Hefei, I should go to Xudu to give me the title of the head and pay my life for the prefect of Hua."

When the personal soldier heard this, he also burst into tears in his eyes. He cried and put the shackles on Zhao Yun's neck. However, Zhao Yun got himself a prison car and went in very consciously. Then he directed: "Sun Ce may come at any time. Thank you for your hard work, hurry up and hurry up. If you send this grain back to Hefei, the people will have a way out. Hefei New City will be built as scheduled. Yun will die without regrets."

The soldiers of the imperial guards were all the emperor's personal soldiers. Although they had not followed the emperor and Zhao Yun for a long time, they were deeply impressed by the two of them. When they heard Zhao Yun's words, they all cried and knelt down to Zhao Yun, and even felt a little excited and cried loudly.

"Brothers, I have no regrets when I work with you. After I die, I will ask you to follow the emperor and support the Han Dynasty, so that the emperor's benevolent policies can spread throughout the world, and that the people of the world can live a good life with food and clothing, hahahahaha."

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On the other hand, Tancheng and Liu Xie had already set off to go back.

After all, he had been delayed for too long in Tancheng. Although he had started his new policy, this thing was like a wild horse that had been rid of its reins. Even he himself didn't know where the new policy was now, let alone where he planned to go.

Anyway, Xun Yu had already sent a letter to urge him several times, and the last time he even told Liu Xie directly that he did not agree to move the capital to Tancheng, and that place was really not suitable for being the capital of the country.

In addition to this, there is another more important reason. His own wife Cao Xi has been pregnant for nearly eight months so far. Apart from the time delayed on the road, the child may have given birth directly.

Although Liu Xie has no love for his child, the child is his own after all. Although he doesn't feel anything. Most of the time, he forgets that he has another child who is about to have.

Of course, what is more important is that this child is related to the stability of the entire Han Empire, and the direction and ending of the world. Considering the medical technology level during the Han Dynasty, if the child is difficult to give birth, or even one corpse or two lives, maybe the court that has just entered a stable state will immediately become turbulent.

So although this kind of thing is useless when his father goes back, he still has to go back.

But others were praying that the queen could give birth to a prince, but Liu Xie prayed in his heart that he could give birth to a daughter.

And, on his way back to Beijing, along the way, there were waves of news about other princes sent over.
Chapter completed!