Romance of the Three Kingdoms. WU Shu. Biography of Sun Quan (Part 2)

In 222, Lu Xun's general Song Qian and others attacked the five barracks of the Shu army, but all of them were breached and the defenders were killed.

The Shu army occupied dangerous places separately, and more than fifty barracks were set up in front and behind, and Lu Xun sent corresponding soldiers to resist according to the weight of each battalion, and completely defeated the Shu army. Tens of thousands of Shu troops were killed and laid down their weapons. Liu Bei escaped, only to keep himself from dying.

At first, Sun Quan pretended to submit to Cao Wei, but he was not sincere. The State of Wei then sent his attendants Xin Bi and Shangshu Huanjie to Eastern Wu to make an oath of alliance with him, and recruited Sun Quan's son as a hostage, but Sun Quan refused to resign.

The State of Wei then ordered Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba to send troops to Dongkou, Cao Ren to send troops to Fuxuwu, and Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang Guo, and Xu Huang to lead an army to besiege Nan Commandery. Sun Quan sent Lü Fan and others to lead five armies to defend Cao Xiu and others from the waterway, Zhuge Jin, Pan Zhang, and Yang Yue went to rescue Nan Commandery, and Zhu Huan resisted Cao Ren as the governor of Shusu.

At that time, most of the Yang and Yue barbarian minorities had not yet been pacified, and the internal troubles had not been eliminated, so Sun Quan respectfully and humbly wrote to Emperor Wen of Wei and asked for permission to correct his sins.

Sun Quan then changed his era name and defended along the Yangtze River. In November, strong winds blew across the river, and lü fan and other soldiers drowned thousands of people, and all the rest withdrew to Jiangnan. Cao Xiu commanded Zang Ba to lead 500 light warships and 10,000 death squads to sneak into Xuling, burn siege chariots, and kill thousands of people. The Wu generals Quan Chun and Xu Sheng pursued and killed the Wei general Yin Lu and captured hundreds of people.

In December, Sun Quan sent Zheng Quan, the Grand Master of Taizhong, to the White Emperor's City to pay respects to Liu Bei, and shu and Wu were reconciled again. However, sun quan still had envoy exchanges with Emperor Wen of Wei, and it was not until the following year that relations were officially severed.

　　In 223, Cao Zhen allocated a part of his army to occupy Gangneung Zhongzhou. That month, Sun Quan built a mountain castle in Jiangxia.

　　In March, Cao Ren sent the general Chang Zhou to lead 5,000 troops, take an oil tanker, and cross to the small island of Jiangxin in The Woods in the early morning. Cao Ren's son Cao Tai led an army to attack Zhu Huan, who led his troops to resist and sent the general Yan Gui and others to defeat Chang Zhou.

In the same month, the Wei army all retreated. In April, Sun Quan's ministers advised him to quickly claim the title of emperor, but Sun Quan refused. Liu Bei died in the White Emperor City.

Earlier, the Western Kou shou general Jin Zong killed the general Wang Zhi and led his men to flee and surrender to the State of Wei, which appointed Emperor Jin as the Taishou of Puchun, repeatedly violating the borders of the State of Wu. In June, Sun Quan ordered the general He Qi to lead Mi Fang and Liu Shao to attack Puchun, and Liu Shao and others captured Emperor Jin alive. In November, the State of Shu sent The General Deng Zhi of Zhonglang to visit the State of Wu.

　　In 224, Sun Quan sent Fuyi Zhonglang to visit the Shu state of Zhang Wen. In September, Cao Pi went out to inspect Guangling, facing the Yangtze River, and sighed: There are capable people guarding the Yangtze River, and it is not possible to seek it! So I returned.

　　In May 225, Sun Shao died. In June, Taichang Gu Yong was appointed as prime minister. According to the rumors, the trees grew into branches. In December, poyang thief Kou Pengqi declared himself a general and captured several surrounding counties, with tens of thousands of soldiers. There have been consecutive earthquakes in the past two years.

　　In the spring of 226, Sun Quan ordered: after many years of war, the people are barren and peasants, and between father and son, they cannot be considerate and cared for, and the widows express deep sympathy. Now that the enemy in the north had retreated and fled, and there was no more war outside the Central Plains, he ordered the states and counties to guard and implement a policy of tolerance and rest for the people.

At this time, Due to the shortage of grain in the place where he was stationed, Lu Xun asked Sun Quan to order the generals to open up farmland. Sun Quan replied, "Good idea! From now on, my father and son personally received a share of the farmland, which was ploughed with eight oxen and four ploughs for me to drive, and although it was not as good as that made by the ancient sages, it could also work the same labor as everyone else. In July, Sun Quan heard that The Wei Emperor Cao Pi had died, and xing troops conquered Jiangxia County, besieged Shiyang City, and returned without success. Sun Quan divided the three counties into three counties to connect the poor areas on the border, set up ten counties, set up Dong'an County, and appointed Quan Chun as the taishou of the county to quell the rebellion of the Shanyue people. In October, Lu Xun went up to Sun Quan Chen to tell sun quan about the things that should be handled at the moment, and advised Sun Quan to extend kindness, reduce punishment, relax the collection of land grants, and stop the collection of household taxes.

He also said: Faithful and upright words, do not dare to state them all, seek to be a small minister who is tolerant, and always enter into utilitarian words. Sun Quan replied: The purpose of setting up the decree is to suppress evil and prevent evil and prevent troubles before they occur, so how can we not set up punishments to subdue the villains? This is called first restricting by law, and then punishing according to the law, not wanting anyone to commit a crime and break the law. You think the punishment is too heavy, and how could I have been willing to use the punishment as a favorable thing, but I had to do so. Now, according to the letter, it is time to consult again and make sure that it is feasible and practical. Moreover, the ministers of the court around them have the responsibility to do their best to advise, and the relatives of the emperor and the state should also put forward suggestions for making up for the gains and losses, so as to correct the mistakes of the monarch and express their loyalty. There is a saying in the Book of Shang that you must correct my mistakes; if I am wrong, you must not follow them. Aren't widows willing to listen to advice to make up for their shortcomings?

And if you say, 'Don't you dare to make all of them,' how can it be considered faithful advice? If there are opinions among the ministers that can be adopted, can they not be adopted because of the nonsense of others? If it is a flattering pat on the horse's words and deeds, I am ignorant but I can also recognize it. As for the collection of household taxes, it is only because the world has not yet been settled, and the cause must be supported by everyone to succeed. If we only hold Jiangdong and implement a policy of tolerance, the military strength will naturally be enough, so what is the use of more household taxes?

However, sitting in Jiangdong and not seeking progress is really shallow! If the household tax is not levied in advance, I am afraid that temporary expropriation will not be so convenient. In addition, although I have different names from you, I have the same honor and disgrace. To say in the table that I dare not go with the flow of life, this is indeed my true hope for you. Therefore, Sun Quan ordered the relevant officials in charge to write down all the provisions of the decree, and sent Lang Zhongchu Feng to Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin to see, so that if they felt that there was anything inappropriate, they would add and revise it by hand.

In 227, Eastern Wu generals captured Peng Qi and others. In December, Han Zong, the son of Han Dang, led his men to surrender to the State of Wei.

　　In 228, Sun Quan made his son Sun Wei the Marquis of Jianchang and withdrew to Dong'an Commandery. In May, The Taishou Zhou Of Poyang pretended to defect to Eastern Wu and lured the Wei general Cao Xiu. In August, Sun Quan went to Anhuikou and sent the general Lu Xun to lead the generals to defeat Cao Xiu at Shiting.

In 229, the Eastern Wu Gongqing Hundred Officials persuaded Sun Quan to officially declare himself emperor. Sun Quan officially ascended the throne as emperor in the southern suburbs. He posthumously honored his father Sun Jian as Emperor Wulie, his mother Empress Wu as Empress Wulie, and his brother Sun Ce as the Prince of Huan of Changsha. Sun Deng, crown prince of Wu, was made crown prince. The officers and officers were promoted to knighthood and rewarded.

In May, Sun Quan sent lieutenants Zhang Gang and Guan Du to Liaodong. In June, the State of Shu sent the wei lieutenant Chen Zhen to celebrate Sun Quan's ascension to the throne. Sun Quan then negotiated with the Shu envoys to divide the world equally, with the four prefectures of Yuqing and Xuyou belonging to Wu, and the four prefectures of Yanji and Liang belonging to Shu. With Hangu Pass as the boundary, the two countries were divided and the alliance was formulated.

In September, Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye, lived in the original mansion, did not build a new palace, and recruited the general Lu Xun to assist the crown prince Sun Deng, in charge of the affairs of Wuchang after the capital was moved.

　　In 231, Sun Quan sent Taichang Pan to lead 50,000 horses to conquer the Wuling ethnic minority. Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi were sent to prison and executed for disobeying the edict and returning without success.

Wu Zhonglang pretended to surrender Sun Bu to lure the Wei general Wang Ling, who led an army to meet Sun Bu. In October, Sun Quan led a large group of men and horses to lurk in Fuling waiting for Wang Ling's arrival, and Wang Ling found out and led his army to retreat.

　　In 232, Marquis Sun Wei of Wu Jianchang died. In March, Sun Quan sent the general Zhou He and lieutenant Pei Qian to Liaodong. In September, the Wei general Tian Yu intercepted him halfway and beheaded Zhou He at Chengshan. In December, Gongsun Yuan, the Taishou of the State of Wei, sent the lieutenants Su Shu and Langzhong to claim the throne to Sun Quan, and to offer mink and good horses. Sun Quan was overjoyed and was given the title of Marquis of Yuan.

　 In March 233, Sun Quan sent Su Shu and Sun Zong back to Liaodong, and sent Taichang Zhang Mi, Zhijin Wu Xu Yan, general He Da and other leading troops to bring gold, silver, treasures, and strange goods, plus a full set of supplies for the gift of "Nine Tins", to Give to Gongsun Yuan by sea. The chancellor, Gu Yong, the chancellor, all advised Sun Quan, believing that Gongsun Yuan was not trustworthy, and that his grace and courtesy should not be too excessive, and that he only needed to send hundreds of officers and soldiers to escort Su Shu and Sun Chun back, but Sun Quan still did not accept the advice. Later, Gongsun Yuan did indeed kill Zhang Mi and the others, sent them to the State of Wei, and confiscated their soldiers, horses, and belongings.

Sun Quan was furious and tried to personally recruit Gongsun Yuan, and Shangshu's servant Xue Zong and others tried to obstruct it, and Sun Quan suspended this plan. In that year, Sun Quan raised an army to hefei New City and sent the general Quan Chun to requisition Lu'an, but all of them withdrew without success.

　　In 234, Sun Quan issued an edict: the war has not stopped for a long time, the people are suffering from servitude, and the harvest is sometimes poor. It is necessary to relax all kinds of arrears of taxes and taxes, and no longer supervise the collection. In May, Sun Quan sent Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and other garrisons to Jiangxia and Qiukou, and sent Sun Shao and Zhang Cheng to march into Guangling and Huaiyang, and Sun Quan personally led a large army to besiege Hefei New City.

At this time, The Shu chancellor Zhuge Liang led an army on a campaign, and Sun Quan thought that Emperor Wei Ming could not expedition to the south, but Emperor Wei Ming sent troops to assist Sima Yi in resisting Zhuge Liang's attack, and personally led the water army to attack Eastern Wu. Before Emperor Ming of Wei had reached Shouchun, Sun Quan withdrew his troops and returned, and Sun Shao also stopped marching into Guangling and other places.

In August, Sun Quan appointed Zhuge Ke as the Taishou of Danyang to attack the Shanyue clan. In November, Taichang Pan pacified the Wuling ethnic minorities, the war ended, and the army returned to Wuchang. Luling thieves Kou Li Huan and Luo Li rebelled.

　　In 235, Sun Quan sent Lü Dai to lead an army against Li Huan and others. The State of Wei sent envoys to request that horses be exchanged for pearls, jadeites, and tortoiseshells, and Sun Quan said: These things are useless to me, but they can be exchanged for horses.

　　In 236, the Fuwu general Zhang Zhao died. Wu Guozhong Lang captured Wu Cang and Li Huan, and the general Tang Zhi captured Luo Li and others. In February, Lu Xun attacked Peng Dan and others, and that year, he defeated them all. In October, the avant-garde general Quan Chun attacked Lu'an and failed to conquer it. After Zhuge Ke quelled the Rebellion in Shanyue, he led his army to garrison Lujiang.

In the summer of 238, Lü Dai requisitioned the Luling thieves, and after the incident, returned to Lukou. Lady Bu died and was posthumously honored as empress.

At first, Sun Quan trusted the school director Lü Yi, who was harsh and cruel in nature and strict in law enforcement. Crown Prince Sun Deng repeatedly gave advice, but Sun Quan did not accept it, so the ministers did not dare to speak. Later, Lü Yi's crimes of adultery and heresy were exposed and he was executed, and Sun Quan self-criticized and admitted his mistake, so he sent Yuan Li, the zhongshu lang, to apologize to the generals himself, taking the opportunity to ask everyone what kind of changes should be made in political affairs.

After Yuan Li returned, Sun Quan issued an edict rebuking Zhuge Jin, Bu Qi, Zhu Ran, Lü Dai, and others.

　　In 239, Sun Quan sent emissaries Alpaca, Zheng Ji, and the general Sun Yi to Liaodong to attack the Wei generals Zhang Zhi and Gao Wei, capturing many men and women. In October, the general Jiang Binan went to fight the minority rebellion. Jiang's secretarial governor Liao Shi killed Linhe Taishou Yan Gang and others, claimed to be the general of Pingnan, and together with his brother Liao Qian attacked Lingling and Guiyang, and harassed and alarmed the counties of Jiaozhou, Cangwu, and Yulin, with tens of thousands of soldiers. Sun Quan sent the generals Lü Dai and Tang Zhi to the crusade, defeating them all in more than a year.

In April 241, Sun Quan sent the Wei general Quan Chun to attack Huainan, excavate Qianpi, burn the granaries of Ancheng, and plunder the people there. The Weibei general Zhuge Ke attacked Lu'an. Quan Chun fought with the Wei general Wang Ling at Qianpi, and Eastern Wu Zhonglang killed Qin Huang and more than a dozen others. The Che general Zhu Ran besieged Fancheng, and the general Zhuge Jin attacked Mu Andzhong. In May, Sun Deng, the Crown Prince of Wu, died. In the same month, Sima Yi, the Prince of Wei, rescued Fancheng. In June, the Wu army withdrew. The great general Zhuge Jin died.

In 242, Sun Quan made Sun He crown prince, and in August, Sun Quan made Sun Ba the King of Lu.

　　In 243, Zhuge Ke conquered Lu'an, attacked the military camp of the Wei general Xie Shun, and captured the people there. In November, Gu Yong passed away. In December, King Fan Ofan sent emissaries to contribute kabuki and local property. In that year, Sima Yi led an army into Shu County, and Zhuge Ke led an army from Anhui City to Move Tun Chai Sang.

　　In 244, Sun Quan used the general Lu Xun as his chancellor. At that time, Bu Qi, Zhu Ran, and other shangshu said: People who returned from the Shu kingdom said that the Shu state was going to betray the covenant and communicate with the Wei state, build a lot of warships, and repair the city. Moreover, Jiang Huan was stationed in Hanzhong and heard that Sima Yi was leading his troops south, but instead of sending troops to take advantage of the false trap to attack the enemy, he abandoned Hanzhong and withdrew his troops near Chengdu. It is clear that there is nothing to doubt, and it is necessary to prepare for it as early as possible.

Sun Quan speculated that the Shu kingdom would not do this, saying: How did we get to such a point if we did not treat the Shu kingdom thinly, send people to visit, abide by the covenant, and offer property, and there was no place to be sorry for them? Besides, Sima Yi led his troops south into Shucheng, and within ten days he withdrew his troops and retreated, and the Shu kingdom was thousands of miles away, so how could he know that things were urgent and immediately send troops? In the past, the State of Wei planned to invade Hanchuan, but our side was just on guard, and there was no action of sending troops to attack, so could it be that the State of Shu could also suspect us because of this? Moreover, how can people rule the country and boat cities and cities not repair and protect them? Now that we are also training troops here, can we also be suspected of defending against the Shu kingdom? People's rumors are not credible, and you can break the family for everyone to guarantee this kind of thing. After all, the State of Shu did not make that kind of plan, as Sun Quan dissected.

　　In 245, Lu Xun died. In July, the general Ma Mao and others plotted a rebellion and were accused of exterminating the three tribes. In August, Sun Quan dispatched lieutenant Chen Xun to lead Tuntian and 30,000 soldiers who were craftsmen to dig the canal in JurongCheng Middle Road, and from childhood to Yunyang Xicheng, communicate with the commercial city, and build granaries.

　　In February 246, the che general Zhu Ran went out to attack Muhezhong in the State of Wei, killing and capturing more than a thousand people. In September, Sun Quan made the general Bu Qi the Grand General of the Hussars, Zhu Ran the Left Grand Sima and Quan Chun the Right Grand Sima (右大司馬), Lü Dai (Lü Dai) as the Shangda General, and Zhuge Ke as the Great General.

　　In 247, Quan Chun died. In May, He died.

　　In March 249, Zhu Ran died. Sun Quan issued an edict to exempt the arrears of taxes and loaned money to the people to grow grain. Sun Quan deposed The Crown Prince Sun He and let him live in his hometown. Sun Ba, the King of Lu, was given death.

In October, the Wei general Wen Qin pretended to rebel against Wei to lure Zhu Yi, and Sun Quan sent Lü Zhu to Zhu Yi to meet Wen Qin. Zhu Yi and the others were very steady and cautious, and Wen Qin did not dare to enter the army. In November, Sun Quan made his son Sun Liang crown prince. Sun Quan dispatched an army of 100,000 to build the Tutang Dam in Tangyi to flood the road to the north. In December, the Wei general Wang Chang besieged Nan Commandery (南郡), Jingzhou assassin Shi Wang Ji attacked Xiling, Sun Quan sent the generals Dai Lie and Lu Kai to lead an army to resist, and Dai and Lu Du led their troops back.

　　In May 251, Empress Pan was enthroned. After Sun Quan returned from the southern suburbs, he fell ill and was bedridden. In December, he sent a letter to summon the general Zhuge Ke to return and be made crown prince. Sun Quan issued an edict to the province to reduce the levy and relieve the people of the hardships caused by taxation and servitude.

In 252, Sun Quan made Sun He the King of Nanyang and juju Changsha; Sun Fen was the King of Qi and Ju Wuchang; sun Xiu was the King of Lang and Ju Hulin. In February, Empress Pan died. The generals and officials went to Wang Biao many times to ask for blessings, and Wang Biao fled. In April, Sun Quan died of illness at the age of 71, and he was made emperor.