In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), three major events occurred: first, the Yidaizhao incident leaked secrets, and in addition to the left general Liu Bei, the rest of the cheqi general Dong Cheng, the partial general Wang Fu, and the Yue riding lieutenant Zhongji were killed by Cao Cao; second, Sun Ce, who had just pacified the six counties of Jiangdong and was just in full swing; third, the Battle of Guandu, which decided to belong to the north, broke out, resulting in cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao, who was in a weak position.
Sun Ce's death profoundly affected the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, other than that, Sun Ce was only 26 years old at the time, if he was not assassinated, even if it could not affect the outcome of the Battle of Guandu, but with him at the helm of Jiangdong, perhaps before Cao Cao pacified the north and went south to Jingzhou, Jiangdong's strength and territory would be further expanded, and Liu Bei would probably be the first to get out.
There are many doubts about Sun Ce's death, such as: First, Sun Ce temporarily went out hunting by accident, and there should not be many people who knew, so why could Xu Gongsanmen know about it and ambush it in advance? Second, the three said that they were Han Dang's subordinates, so where did their military obedience come from? Third, no matter how proud Sun Ce is, it is impossible for him not to have a bodyguard to follow, but when the three assassins assassinated Sun Ce was single, where did those guards go?
It can be said that Sun Ce probably died in an elaborate assassination under internal and external collusion, so who planned the murder of Sun Ce? Today, let's guess the three suspects of Sun Ce's death: Cao Cao can't get rid of it, and Sun Quan is the least likely.
The first suspect: Cao Cao
Cao Cao had the motive to kill Sun Ce, and although the Battle of Guandu had not yet officially begun, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had already engaged each other in a short period of time, and the large army had been deployed, but there were two major hidden dangers in Cao Cao's rear, one was Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and the other was Sun Ce of Jiangdong.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms - Biography of Sun Ce records that in the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Gong and Yuan Shao refused to resist Andu, and Ce Yin wanted to attack Xu. Greeting the Han Emperor, secretly ruling the army, and deploying the generals.
Sun Ce was extremely aggressive, Cao Cao's main force confronted Yuan Shao, the rear was empty, if at this time Sun Ce really sneaked into Xu Du (although the possibility was not very likely from the tactical level, but it was afraid of the case), Cao Cao was likely to suffer a big loss, so in order to stabilize the rear Cao Cao did have the heart to kill Sun Ce.
The "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records: Cexin and Jiangdong, all of them are heroic and heroic, and those who can gain the strength of death are also. Although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains. If the Assassin rises, one man's enemy ears. From my point of view, he will die at the hands of Pifu.
Many people often use this to prove that Guo Jia's strategy is excellent, but this is also too godly, right? The possible reason is that Cao Cao had the intention of killing Sun Ce, and it was Guo Jia who was specifically responsible for this matter, because it was going well, so Guo Jia would say that Sun Ce would die at the hands of Pifu.
Therefore, Sun Ce's death and Cao Cao should be inseparable.
The second suspect: Chen Deng
Chen Deng was the head snake of Xuzhou, after the defeat of Lü Bu in 199, Cao Cao appointed Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling, Xuzhou Guangling County and Yangzhou Danyang County across the river, Sun Ce had the heart to go north, Chen Deng had the ambition to swallow Jiangnan, the two sides fought a big fight, in 199 Sun Ce twice crossed the river to attack Guangling was repelled by Chen Deng.
In addition, Chen Deng and Sun Ce had an old grudge: Chen Deng's uncle Chen Yu once fought with Sun Ce against Yuan Shu, and as a result, the two fought in a nest, and Sun Ce "broke the big yu and obtained 4,000 wives of his officials." ”
The "Biography of Jiang Biao" records: The western expedition before the strategy, dengyin and the restoration of the envoys, with the yin silk and the Yan White Tiger remnant party, the picture is the aftermath, in order to repay the humiliation of the destruction.
Sun Sheng's "Miscellaneous Sayings of Differences and Differences": Although Sun Ce was powerful and had six counties, Huang Zu took advantage of his superiors, Chen Dengjian his confidants, and the deep and dangerous Strong Sect, and did not return to the end.
"Chen Dengjian his confidants" That is to say, sun ce has confidants around him who are bribed by Chen Deng, since he is Sun Ce's confidant, of course, he knows the time and route of Sun Ce's travel, and it is not a problem to arrange assassins in advance, so Chen Deng's suspicions are not small.
The third suspect: Sun Quan
In line with the principle of "who benefits who is the most suspicious", it seems that Sun Quan's suspicion is not small, in fact, his suspicion is the smallest, because Sun Quan was only 19 years old at the time, and his foundation in the military is very shallow, including veteran generals Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zhou Yu, Lü Fan, Zhu Zhi, Dong Xian, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and others are all supporters of Sun Ce, planning such a murder will always show clues, which is too risky for Sun Quan, and from the perspective of Sun Ce's reassuring entrusting Jiangdong to Sun Quan's hands before his death. Jiangdong did not believe that Sun Quan had anything to do with Sun Ce's death.
Sun Ce's death Jiangdong must have provided intelligence, but this person would not be Sun Quan.