Chapter 87 Sun Jian must die!
In fact, Yuan Shao's pressure was not only given to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but Sizhou was the first to bear the brunt: as the center of the Han Dynasty, Sizhou was located to the east of the old capital Luoyang and to the west of the new capital Chang'an.

Neither place has been affected by war and remains prosperous today.

There is plenty of oil and water.

If he could take it down, Yuan Shao would occupy five states, which would mean he controlled more than half of the world and would be able to seize the throne - this was something Liu Bei had not expected. He thought that by using Sun Jian, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu to pin Ji Hao down, he could then start to deal with other princes, but instead he gave Yuan Shao the opportunity to rise.

Han Sui, Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng, none of them can fight.

Yuan Shao was almost a crushing force in the north.

Even Ma Chao, one of the "Five Horses", was easily defeated by the army. If Liu Bei had not sent people to rescue him, he would have met his father Ma Teng on the road to the underworld.

The foreign tribes in the north who had been harassing the border were unable to pose any pressure at all when facing Yuan Shao.

Any one of Yan Liang and Wen Chou would be beaten to a pulp, and even their sons were sent out to expand Yuan Shao's army. Guarding the border not only did not become a burden, but a help instead.

Nowadays, Yuan Shao is rising with two goals in mind.

One is Chang'an where the emperor resides, and the other is Luoyang, the old imperial capital and today's economic center.

The former is in Liu Bei's hands, and the latter is in Lu Bu's hands. Both sides jointly control it with Ji Hao's "Chengtiandu" as the core.

"Given Yuan Shao's current momentum, his power is still above ours. I guess Liu Bei will soon issue a call to summon the princes to join forces with other princes to resist Yuan Shao!" Guo Jia said, "But Sun Jian will definitely not go. On the contrary, he will take the opportunity to occupy the territories of Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou. In the end, only Lu Bu and his family will respond to Liu Bei. Liu Biao will have to stay in Jingzhou and will be unable to participate in the war!"

However, it doesn’t matter whether Liu Biao goes or not, as he does not border Yuan Shao.

But Ji Hao must join the battle.

Luoyang and Chengtiandu are the fat pieces of meat that Yuan Shao has been coveting for a long time. It is impossible for him to attack Sizhou without also attacking here.

In this situation, he hoped that as many people as possible would join the war, and he did not want Liu Biao to stay out of it - a certain Eagle Sauce proved with facts that a country that does not participate in the war is equivalent to a victorious country, and will only become stronger and stronger, eventually reaching a point that the victorious country cannot reach.

He could not give Liu Biao a chance, nor could he allow Jiangdong to develop peacefully.

"Does Fengxiao have any way to make Dongwu calm down so that Jingzhou doesn't have to stay behind and can be safely involved in the war against Yuan Shao?" Ji Hao asked.

Hearing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Yes, we just need to kill one person!"

"Who?"

"Sun Jian!"

This name made Ji Hao's eyes light up.

Yes, Sun Jian lived too long.

Although he died early in the original novel, he left a solid foundation for Jiangdong and caused Cao Cao's 800,000 troops to be defeated. Now that Sun Jian is alive, what will happen if he continues to develop?

Such a powerful person was not allowed to exist in the late Han Dynasty.

So, we have to find a way to kill him!
"It's not difficult to kill him, the difficult part is who will kill him!" Ji Hao said, "If he dies in our hands, maybe the whole of Jiangdong will unite against us. Not only will Sun Ce and Sun Quan not fight for the throne, but they will join forces to fight us to the death!"

Why were both Sun and Liu unwilling to kill Cao Cao after the Battle of Chibi?

It’s not that I’m afraid of retaliation from the Cao Group.

Rather, whoever killed him would lose the opportunity to join forces with the Northern Wei, and thus would be inherently weaker than the other family in terms of choice.

This will cause disadvantages in many areas and even affect the final victory or defeat.

Although Ji Hao does not have this concern now, it is necessary to do so if it can divert the hatred. Besides, from a selfish point of view, he wants to "collect cards" and does not want to become the enemy who killed his father.

At least, I don't want to kill him with my own hands.

"I have a plan to kill Sun Jian at the hands of Liu Biao!" Guo Jia said, "But I have to make General Huang suffer a little and prevent him from becoming a regular official for the time being."

Hearing this, Ji Hao immediately said, "Tell me about it!"

"Let Huang Zhong pretend to be defeated and lead Sun Jian into the cement factory to learn the method of making cement!" Guo Jia said, "Then, we will send troops from Xuzhou to cut off his retreat, and then surround him without killing him, forcing him to enter Jingzhou. Liu Biao will definitely send a large army to intercept him for the sake of cement, and will not let Sun Jian return alive!"

At this point, he paused and added: "But the method of firing cement can be fake!"

Just like Sun Jian got the jade seal and was ambushed by Liu Biao.

Did Liu Biao know whether the jade seal was real or fake before he saw it? Until his death, Liu Biao never saw the jade seal even once!
But he still wanted to take it. The same goes for cement. No matter whether the news is true or false, he will not miss the opportunity!

"Okay, then let's do as you say!" Ji Hao said.

……

On the other hand, after learning that Lu Bu was all talk and no action, and retreated after just one fight with Ji Hao, Sun Jian could not help but curse: "Coward, you have no balls, you really wasted the title of 'Lü Bu among men'!"

But he also knew that was the best choice for Lu Bu.

Otherwise, if he fights to the death with Ji Hao, it will be Lu Bu who will be in trouble.

But being nice to Lu Bu is not in the interests of Jiangdong. Now that Ji Hao has been liberated, no one knows when he will suddenly attack with Zhao Yun.

"What should we do? Should we continue fighting?" a general asked.

"Fight! We have been planning for many days and finally forced Huang Zhong into a desperate situation. How can we not fight? Regardless of the final victory or defeat, we must first capture Huang Zhong and the cement factory in Yuzhou!"

These days, Sun Jian has been fighting with Huang Zhong.

They also discovered that the old general who was about to die was, like Lian Po, still strong and brave, as well as resourceful.

Several plots were uncovered.

Not only did he not gain any advantage, he almost suffered a huge loss.

If Huang Zhong had not been reluctant to fight and was unwilling to fight to the death with him, Jiangdong would have suffered heavy losses even at the cost of losing soldiers and generals.

But also for this purpose, Sun Jian devised a strategy to cut off Huang Zhong's source of trouble. If successful, he was confident that he could defeat Huang Zhong in one fell swoop.

"Cement factory? If we can really take it, then it will be worth it no matter what!"

There is no prince in the world who does not covet Ji Hao's "cement", but they have never had the chance to get it.

In addition to restraining Ji Hao, Sun Jian wanted to attack Yuzhou partly for this reason.

"Get ready and take action tonight!"

At the same time, on the other side, Huang Zhong called a group of subordinates and was setting a trap: Sun Jian's strategy was to attack Qiaojiazhuang openly and pretend to be determined to win, but in fact secretly send his subordinates to cross the river in white clothes and lie in ambush first.

When the time was right, Sun Jian landed in person, raised his arms and took the city directly.

At the same time, they cut off Huang Zhong's retreat and trapped him by the river.

Attack from both sides.

Defeat him in one fell swoop.

However, Sun Jian underestimated the strength of the "Datong Society" intelligence organization. On the first day he sent people ashore, Huang Zhong got the news from Wang Er.

And, he used the opponent's own trick against him.

He prepared to ambush his soldiers in the cement factory, and had "flour" and "kerosene" ready, waiting for Sun Jian to come in and give him a ruthless blow.

After fighting for such a long time, Sun Jian was flawless and never gave the enemy any chance.

And he couldn't fight hard.

Also trying to find ways to defeat the enemy with unexpected tactics.

However, Huang Zhong had made all the arrangements, but when it came time to carry out the mission, he received an urgent message from Ji Hao, which told him to fake defeat and let Sun Jian in.

I couldn't help but be completely confused.

"Must we let Sun Jian go?" Huang Zhong secretly thought it was a pity, but he also understood that fighting was only a means, not an end, and any general had to make sacrifices for the overall victory or defeat.

And he is confident enough in his abilities.

It’s just one chance, if you lose it, it’s lost. There will be plenty of them in the future!

"However, my lord only said that Sun Jian wanted to get a fake cement formula and then flee to Jingzhou, but he didn't say how many soldiers he took with him. If he is incompetent and becomes a marshal without troops, then you can't blame me, right?"

(End of this chapter)