Chapter 326

Ji Ling bowed and took the order.

At the same time, he swore in his heart that he must complete the task beautifully this time to wash away his shame.

Otherwise, he would never be able to hold his head up in front of other warlord generals.

After all, he has been captured twice.

"Besides,"

At this time, Lord Yuan Shu looked at Yang Hong and asked: "How is the situation with Sun Sun Jian? Is he still unwilling to hand over the Imperial Seal?"

"Hasn't that trash Liu Biao dealt with a Sun Sun Jian yet? If not, I will send someone to do it myself, humph!"

No matter what, he is determined to get the Imperial Seal.

"Uh... it should be soon!"

Cold sweat broke out on Yang Hong's forehead: "Currently, Sun Sun Jian and Liu Biao are still fighting in Kuaiji Commandery and Danyang Commandery;"

"Both sides have had victories and defeats;"

"However, the local scholar-gentry and powerful families in Yang Province clearly support Liu Biao much more than those who support Sun Sun Jian;"

"Therefore, Sun Sun Jian should have no chance of winning in the end."

The main reason is that Sun Sun Jian's background is too low.

And he is a local of Yang Province.

If Sun Sun Jian really became the master of Yang Province and rode on the heads of those local scholar-gentry in Yang Province, what would those local scholar-gentry think?

No matter how you think about it, they would feel aggrieved and unconvinced, right?

Why should you, Sun Sun Jian, the son of a melon farmer, be able to ride on our heads?

Our families have been passed down for hundreds of years, and we have been pivotal in this Yang Province for generations, controlling the right to speak.

If we let you ride on our heads, what face do we have left?

Therefore, at this time, Sun Sun Jian's identity as a local of Yang Province not only failed to become his advantage, but also became one of his major disadvantages.

Of course, Sun Sun Jian's reputation and deeds are still quite attractive to the poor scholars and common people in Yang Province.

Therefore, he still has many supporters in Yang Province.

It's a pity! Yang Province is a place completely controlled by deep-rooted scholar-gentry, a place absolutely dominated by local scholar-gentry and powerful families.

It is simply impossible for Sun Sun Jian to control Yang Province and gain a foothold by relying on these local poor scholars and common people supporters.

Therefore, Sun Sun Jian, who felt aggrieved, could no longer endure it and had to wield his butcher knife against the local scholar-gentry of Yang Province, especially the scholar-gentry and powerful families in the parts of Wu Commandery and Danyang Commandery he occupied.

Using killing to deter, killing the chicken to scare the monkey, in order to gain the awe of the local scholar-gentry of Yang Province and gain their support.

As for the result!

Sun Sun Jian succeeded to a certain extent; relying on killing, he did deter a group of people from the Yang Province scholar-gentry, making the scholar-gentry under his rule temporarily dare not resist or target him on the surface.

But in the dark, the undercurrents were already surging.

"Is that so?"

Lord Yuan Shu frowned upon hearing Yang Hong's words: "Solve him as soon as possible! Didn't he kill quite a few scholar-gentry in Yang Province and offend quite a few people?"

"Go and secretly bribe and contact these people, and secretly take action against Sun Sun Jian;"

"In short, kill Sun Sun Jian for me as soon as possible;"

"But remember, you must never let anyone discover that this has anything to do with me;"

"Besides, after Sun Sun Jian dies, it is best to bring Sun Ce and those generals of Sun Sun Jian back to me;"

"I want the Imperial Seal, and I also want Sun Ce and those generals of Sun Sun Jian."

"I finally understand! I still lack peerless fierce generals like Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong under my command;"

"If I had such peerless fierce generals, I wouldn't have been captured and threatened by Su Xuan time and time again."

"Since it is this Sun Ce, you should also pay more attention to whether there are any unrecruited fierce generals in the world on weekdays, and recruit them all back for me. I will reuse them, understand?"

Having suffered such losses several times, Lord Yuan Shu finally gained some memory.

This made Yan Xiang and the others very gratified, and they bowed: "Yes! We have noted it!"

Even Ji Ling and the others did not say anything to refute.

Nor did they feel angry because of this.

Because, having suffered losses several times, they also thought so!

If they could have a few peerless fierce generals under their command, would they have lost back then?

In order not to suffer such great humiliation for the third time, they would rather have more peerless fierce generals to share the military power in their hands than to suffer humiliation in the future.

Moreover, only if they continue to win will Lord Yuan Shu's influence and territory expand, and their power will also become greater.

They can still see this point clearly.

Another day or more passed,

After the Jiang Jiang Xiajun navy passed through Lujiang and Jiangxia quietly, Lord Yuan Shu and Lu Kang of Lujiang breathed a sigh of relief.

They understood that Su Xuan's troop movement this time was not aimed at them.

Afterward, when the Jiang Jiang Xiajun navy entered the coast of Danyang Commandery and Wu Commandery, Sun Sun Jian also received the news.

For a time, Sun Sun Jian also became nervous and ordered his navy to be on guard and keep an eye on the Jiang Jiang Xiajun navy.

"What does this Su Xuan want to do?"

Sun Sun Jian muttered in confusion after seeing the Jiang Jiang Xiajun navy pass through Danyang Commandery and Wu Commandery, go directly out of the Yangtze River, and sail toward the sea.

"My lord! News from Xu Province says that the Mi clan of Xu Province is preparing to marry into Su Xuan's family. Perhaps this Jiang Jiang Xiajun navy came for this matter."

At this time, Zhang Zhao spoke.

He is from Xu Province, and although he came to Yang Province to avoid disaster and is now serving under Sun Sun Jian, he still has connections and relationships in Xu Province and can get intelligence from Xu Province in time.

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