Sun CE

Sun CE

Sun Ce (175 - May 5, 200), a native of Fuchun, Wu Prefecture, was born in Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The eldest son of general Sun Jian and the eldest brother of Emperor Wu. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the warlords in the area of Jiangdong, one of the heroes in the late Han Dynasty, and one of the founders of the Sun Wu regime. In the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Yong is called "little overlord" just like Xiang Yu.

In order to inherit the legacy of his father Sun Jian, sun CE made a contribution to Yuan Shu. In 195, with the permission of Yuan Shu, sun CE crossed the Yangtze River to attack fan Neng and Yu MI, and attacked Zhang Ying at danglikou. Taking qu'a as a stronghold, he fought a decisive battle with Liu you, the governor of Yangzhou, and defeated Liu you. In the first year of Jian'an (196), he led his troops to attack Wang Lang and Yan Baihu of Wujun. In the second year of Jian'an (197), after Yuan Shu became emperor, sun CE broke up with Yuan Shu. In the summer of the same year, sun CE was appointed as the commander of Qi Du by the imperial court. He took over his father, marquis Wu Cheng, and concurrently served as the prefect of Kuaiji. In the third year of Jian'an (198), the imperial court appointed sun CE as a general to fight against rebellion and appointed him Marquis Wu. In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), sun CE defeated Liu Xun and Huang Zu.

At the beginning of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), after seizing Yuzhang Prefecture, he unified Jiangdong. In April of the same year, when sun CE was preparing to send troops to the north, he was injured by Xu Gong's three disciples while hunting in Dantu, and died shortly after. He was only 26 years old. His younger brother Sun Quan took over Sun CE's power, and after he became emperor, sun CE was named king Huan of Changsha.

(photo source: Nanling wushuangpu by Jin Shi)

Life of the characters

Young and famous

In 184, the first year of Zhongping reign of Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty, sun CE's father, Sun Jian, was recommended by Zhu as the assistant army Sima to attack the Huangjin army. Sun CE and his family stayed in Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Huainan City, Anhui Province). When sun CE was a teenager, he made friends with famous people in Shouchun, and his reputation gradually spread. Zhou Yu, a native of Shuxian county (now Lujiang County, Anhui Province), admired sun CE's name and made a special visit to Shouchun. Both Zhou and sun are of the same age, and both of them are young, ambitious, outstanding and open-minded. As a result, at first sight in Shouchun, they treat each other sincerely.

In 189, Sun Jian went to fight against Dong Zhuo. Zhou Yu advised sun CE to move to Shu county (now Lujiang County, Anhui Province) with his mother and brother, and sun CE agreed. In Shu County, sun CE made friends with a lot of high-class people, and celebrities from the Yangtze and Huaihe regions came to join him.

In 191, Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu, a subordinate of Mu Liubiao in Jingzhou. Sun CE was 17 years old. After his father Sun Jian was buried in qua (now Danyang City, Jiangsu Province), his family moved to Jiangdu (now Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province).

Go to Yuan Shu

In 193, after the end of filial piety, sun CE went to Shouchun to find Yuan Shu to recover his father Sun Jian's former achievements and revenge for his father. After listening to his words and observing his behavior, Yuan Shu knew that he was flexible and outstretched. But Sun Jian's old department should be returned to him immediately to let him stand on his own, and he is not willing to. So Yuan Shu said, "I have appointed your Uncle Wu Jing as the prefect of Danyang and your cousin sun Ben as the captain. Danyang is a place for elite soldiers. You can go to them and summon the soldiers. " Because Mu Tao Qian in Xuzhou is very afraid of sun CE, and now sun CE's Uncle Wu Jing is the prefect of Danyang, sun CE and his mother move to qu'a, join Lu Fan and sun he, and rely on Wu Jing to recruit hundreds of people. Later, he crusaded against zulang, a mountain thief in Jing county (now Jing County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province), and beat him away.

In the first year of Xingping (194), sun CE took hundreds of people to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu then handed over more than 1000 of the thousands of people in Sun Jian's old Department to sun CE. In Shouchun, Taifu Ma RI Li called sun CE with ceremony and appointed sun CE as the commander of Huaiyi school. The generals of Yuan Shu, such as Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun, all showed great respect for sun CE. Even Yuan Shu often sighed, "if I had a son like sun Lang, I would die with no regrets." There was a cavalry under sun CE's command. After committing a crime, in order to avoid punishment, he fled to Yuan Shu's barracks and hid in the stable. Sun CE sent people to hunt down the criminals and went straight to Yuan Shu camp to find them out and behead them on the spot. After the incident, sun CE went to Yuan Shu's office to make amends. Yuan Shu said: "the mutiny of soldiers should be punished. What can I plead guilty to?" Since then, the army has been more in awe of sun CE.

However, Yuan Shu's character is capricious, and his words are often untrustworthy. He once promised sun CE to be the governor of Jiujiang, but later he changed to his own confidant. Chen Ji from Danyang took the post, and sun CE was very disappointed. Later, Yuan Shu prepared to attack Xuzhou and asked Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang (Zhishu County, now southwest of Lujiang in Anhui Province), for 30000 mu of military supplies, but Lu Kang refused to give it, which made Yuan Shu furious.

Sun CE visited Lu Kang when he was in Shu County before. Lu Kang looked down on Sun CE and only let his master receive him, but he did not come out to meet him. For this reason, sun CE also held a grudge against Lu Kang. Yuan Shu sent sun CE to attack Lu Kang and promised, "I used Chen Ji wrongly before, and I often regret that I used the wrong person. If you can capture Lu Kang this time, Lujiang County will really belong to you. " Sun CE was ordered to attack and take Lujiang County.

However, Yuan Shu appointed Liu Xun, his old subordinate, as the governor of Lujiang, which made sun CE even more disappointed with Yuan Shu.

Pioneering Jiangdong

In the first year of Xingping (194), Emperor Xiandi of Han Dynasty sent Liu you to be the governor of Yangzhou. The former governing place of Yangzhou was Shouchun, and Shouchun had been occupied by Yuan Shu. With the help of sun CE's Uncle Wu Jing and his cousin sun Ben, Liu you crossed the Yangtze River south and set up a governing place in qua. Liu Yao was worried about sun CE's attack on Lujiang because he knew that Wu Jing and sun Ben were appointed by Yuan Shu, and they were sun CE's own people. He was worried that they would join hands with Yuan Shu and sun CE to annex themselves, so he forced them out by force. Wu Jing and sun Ben had to retreat to Liyang (now Hexian County, Anhui Province). Liu Yao sent his subordinates fan Neng and Yu Mi stationed in hengjiangjin, and Zhang Ying stationed in danglikou to fight against Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu appointed Huiqu, an old subordinate of his, as the governor of Yangzhou, and Wu Jing as the commander in chief. He led his troops to attack Zhang Ying with sun Ben, but failed to conquer Zhang Ying for several years.

Zhu Zhi, the Duwei of Wujun, was Sun Jian's old subordinate. He used to be Sun Jian's Xiaowei. Taifu Ma RIYUAN appointed Zhu Zhi as an adjutant in Shouchun, and later was appointed as the Duwei of Wujun. He found that Yuan Shu's political morality was not established, so he persuaded sun CE to take advantage of the opportunity to collect Jiangdong. So sun CE went to see Yuan Shu. Sun CE said to Yuan Shu, "my family used to be very kind to the people of Jiangdong. I'd like to lead the army to help my uncle to conquer Hengjiang. After the capture of Hengjiang, I can recruit soldiers in the local area, about 30000 people. At that time, I will lead them to help you calm down the world and achieve great success. " Yuan Shu knew that sun CE was dissatisfied with himself, but he thought that Liu Yao occupied qu'a and Wang Lang occupied Kuaiji, so sun CE might not be able to do anything. He agreed to his request and indicated that the imperial court appointed sun CE as Zhechong captain and acting as general SUKOU. He only provided him with more than 1000 soldiers and corresponding military supplies, dozens of war horses, and hundreds of guests willing to follow.

Along the way, people constantly came to Sunce. By the time Wu Jing was stationed in Liyang, Sunce's army had grown to 5000 or 6000. Sun CE's mother had moved from qu'a to Liyang, and sun CE moved her mother to Fuling. Then he crossed the river and turned to fight. No one dared to fight against him. The military order was very strict, and the people attached themselves to him. Sun CE is handsome, humorous, open-minded, open-minded, open-minded, willing to accept opinions, and good at employing people. Therefore, soldiers and people are willing to follow him.

In 195, sun CE crossed the river from Liyang and defeated Liu Yao. Liu Yao gave up Dantu and fled to the West. So sun CE ordered Zhu Zhi to attack Wujun from Qiantang. The governor of Wujun, Xu Gong, resisted Zhu Zhi with his fist. Zhu Zhi defeated Xu Gong and Xu Gong fled. Xu Gong attached himself to the mountain thief Yan Baihu. Zhu Zhi acted as the governor of Wujun.

After learning that sun CE had attacked Liu Yao in Shouchun, Yuan Shu invited sun CE to be the general of Zhuo Kou, recalled Zhou Shang to Shouchun, and sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as the prefect of Danyang.

In 196, sun CE attacked Kuaiji. After Wang Lang's defeat, he surrendered, so Kuaiji was pacified. After occupying Kuaiji, sun CE replaced all the former chief officials, and concurrently served as Kuaiji's prefect. He also took Wu Jing as Dan, Yang as prefect, and sun Ben as Yu Zhang's prefect. He divided Yu Zhang into Luling County, Sun Fu, sun Ben's younger brother, as Luling prefect, and Zhu Zhi as Wu Jun's prefect. Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng, Zhang Hong from Guangling, Qin song and Chen Duan were counselors. In the same year, sun CE sent Fengzheng Duwei Liu you and Wuguan Gaocheng to pay a tribute to the Xudu court with sun CE's Memorial.

Breaking Yuan Shu

In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu took possession of the imperial seal, and formally overstepped the title of emperor. Sun CE wrote to Yuan Shu and advised him not to do so. Yuan Shu refused to listen to his advice, so they broke up with each other and no longer had any contacts. In the same year, Cao Cao sent King Chen of Yilang to bring the imperial edict of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to sun CE, appointed him as the commander of Qi Du Wei, followed his father as Marquis Wu Cheng, and concurrently served as the prefect of Kuaiji, and ordered him to fight against Yuan Shu together with Lv Bu and Chen Zhen. Sun CE felt that he was a little low in the position of commander of so many troops, and he wanted to be a general. Wang Pu immediately announced in the name of the emperor that sun cequan would replace general Ming and Han. At that time, Chen Yu's army was stationed in Haixi (now Donghai, Jiangsu Province). According to the requirements of the imperial edict, sun CE reorganized his troops and went to meet with Lu Bu and Chen Yu to plan military aircraft and participate in the situation. But when he led the army to Qiantang, the situation changed. It turned out that Chen Yu wanted to seize sun CE's territory. He sent people to cross the river secretly with more than 30 seals to the generals of Danyang, Xuancheng, Jingxian, Lingyang, Shi'an, Shexian, Shexian, Jiaoji and Wucheng yanbaihu of Wujun. They were asked to act as agents. As soon as Sunce's troops moved out, they immediately captured his counties

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