Chapter 413

As a result, Sun Ce encountered Chen Deng.

Under Chen Deng's tenacious defense, Sun Ce was defeated and returned, even losing over a thousand soldiers.

This defeat also became one of the few defeats in Sun Ce's military career.

And it was precisely because of the failure of this battle that Sun Ce had a new estimate of the combat power of the Cao camp.

Indirectly causing his plan to send troops to sneak attack Xu Chang to become indefinitely far away.

Finally, before Sun Ce could send troops to Xu Chang.

He encountered the assassination of Xu Gong's guest.

At the age of only twenty-six, he passed away in a hurry.

Of course, whether the assassin was really Xu Gong's guest, or came from the hands of the four major aristocratic families of Jiangdong, is already unknown.

But Chen Deng truly defeated Sun Ce in Guangling, disrupting Sun Ce's series of plans to go north.

It's just a pity.

This scoundrel Chen Deng had a bad habit.

He liked eating sashimi very much.

It could be described as "not eating for a meal makes one hungry."

The degree of love for sashimi was not inferior to the love for kimchi in the neighboring kimchi country.

In the late Han era, the processing method for parasites was not yet mature.

Let alone raw fish slices, even cooked fish slices would contain a few parasites.

Chen Deng ate sashimi almost every meal; could this not lead to trouble?

Therefore.

Just one year after the Battle of Guandu, Chen Deng fell ill and passed away due to too many parasites in his body.

What specific disease it was, because of the long time, the theories of later generations were not the same.

But the only thing that could be determined is.

Before Chen Deng passed away, his belly was as big as a pregnant woman's, and his body had been almost completely hollowed out by parasites.

If Chen Deng belonged to a hostile force, Gu Yi naturally wouldn't care about his life or death.

But nowadays, Chen Deng had become an advisor under Gu Yi's command.

What's more, Chen Deng also married his younger sister Chen Yun to Gu Yi.

Our Prime Minister Gu naturally had to prevent Chen Deng from kicking the bucket because he ate too much sashimi.

Therefore.

After listening to Gu Yi's popular science.

Chen Deng no longer dared to treat sashimi as three meals a day like before.

In terms of diet, he made great improvements and started to increase daily exercise to strengthen his body.

Actually, Chen Deng's problem was also a problem that existed in many scholars of this era.

Compared to military generals, most scholars lacked exercise.

Only a portion of scholars from aristocratic families would practice swordsmanship from a young age.

This led to the fact that the physical fitness of most scholars was actually not very good.

For example, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia under Cao Cao's command, two typical sick men.

Take Zhuge Liang for example, although he was a 1.8-meter-tall Langya man (Linyi man).

But the Zhuge Liang of history, due to the toil of state affairs, suffered very great torture in his body.

Compared to the old thief Sima next door, Zhuge Liang lived nineteen years less than him.

Take Fa Zheng for example.

In the original history, he passed away in a hurry at the age of only forty-something.

In order to prevent this group of fierce man advisors under his command from kicking the bucket by accident, Gu Yi formulated a series of exercise plans for them.

Of course, it was not to make them practice like military generals on the battlefield.

But hoping to slightly enhance their physique.

So they wouldn't immediately become weaklings when encountering small illnesses.

……

Just like this, Gu Yi stayed in Peng Cheng for about twenty more days.

In these twenty-plus days, the issue of official promotion and demotion in Xuzhou had all been properly resolved.

The new Inspector of Xuzhou was held by Zhang Song.

As the former Assistant of Yizhou, Zhang Song had quite a lot of experience in handling political affairs within the province.

And at the same time, Zhang Song's original position in the court was not revoked.

Equivalent to holding the position of Inspector of Xuzhou concurrently.

As a native Yizhou person, Zhang Song could not form a force like Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, and others in Xuzhou.

But at the same time, Xuzhou could be well governed in his hands.

Could be described as killing several birds with one stone.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Cao Bao, the three leaders of the Xuzhou aristocratic families, and most of the people in their families, were all transferred to Chang'an.

If they make contributions again in the future, Gu Yi might consider sending them to other places.

But if they wanted to continue to serve in Xuzhou, it was unlikely to be realized.

It is worth mentioning.

Guangling Commandery in southern Xuzhou had always been occupied by the separatist force Zuo Rong and did not belong to the rule of the father and son Tao Qian and Tao Shang.

After hearing the news that Gu Yi occupied Xuzhou, Zuo Rong still didn't show any indication.

Facing this situation.

How could Gu Yi tolerate him?

Under Gu Yi's dispatch.

Zhang He, Pang De, and Yan Xing led ten thousand troops each to march south.

It took less than half a month to beat Zuo Rong until he cried for his father and mother.

But at this time, if Zuo Rong wanted to surrender again, it was already too late.

Soon, the entire territory of Guangling was recaptured by Zhang He, Pang De, and Yan Xing.

Zuo Rong's head was also brought back and hung in Peng Cheng to show the public.

Thus.

Xuzhou was entirely in Gu Yi's hands.

But it is a pity.

Many talents from Xuzhou in the original history had already gone to Jiangdong or Jingzhou to avoid the war.

Among them were the three brothers Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Jun.

Under the leadership of their uncle Zhuge Xuan, they had already set off for Yuzhang Commandery in Yangzhou the year before last.

However.

Holding the mentality of giving it a try.

Gu Yi still recruited two good talents.

One of them was named Bu Zhi.

This person was the third Prime Minister of Sun Quan, Sun Shiwan, in the original history.

The Bu family of Linhuai, Xuzhou, although having a certain influence locally, could not be called a first-class aristocratic family.

Learning the news that Gu Yi wanted to conscript Bu Zhi as an official, the Bu family was very happy.

After Bu Zhi officially took office, Gu Yi immediately appointed Bu Zhi to a not-bad position.

Perhaps to get further promotion.

Perhaps to return the favor.

Bu Zhi introduced his niece Bu Lianshi to Gu Yi.

This Bu Lianshi was the favorite concubine of Sun Shiwan in the original history.

In the way of music, she could be described as quite talented.

Sun Shiwan even praised her as the "number one beauty of Jiangdong."

After Gu Yi saw her, he found that this Bu Lianshi was truly extraordinary.