Vol 2 Chapter 2550: Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, Sun Ce entered Qin

Chapter 2550: Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, Sun Ce enters Qin

Chapter 2546: Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, Sun Ce enters Qin

 Zhuyazhou, also known as Hainan Island in later generations.

Zhuya Prefecture in this era actually did not have a large population. Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there were only one or two thousand people in total.

After the Chu State captured Jiaozhou, a large number of Baiyue people who were dissatisfied with the rule fled to Zhuya Prefecture and survived here, allowing Zhuya Prefecture to gradually gain vitality.

After the Chu State completely pacified Baiyue in Jiaozhou, it did not let go of Zhuya Prefecture. It only used a thousand soldiers and horses to occupy this place and established Zhuya County, also known as Zhuya Prefecture.

Then Zhuya Prefecture became the base of the navy of Chu State and a prison for the exile of important prisoners. Sun Ce, the former crown prince of Wu State, was imprisoned here.

After Sun Ce was captured alive by Guo Ziyi in Jiangxia, he was initially imprisoned in the prison in Xiling City.

When Sun Wu's army approached Xiling, Sun Ce was in the city. However, behind the high wall of Xiling City, Sun Wu did not bring any large siege equipment, so he failed to break through Xiling City, so he missed Sun Ce.

After Liu Xiu rescued Xiling City, he was worried that the Wu army would follow Sun Wu's example and repeat the siege of Xiling again, so he simply transferred Sun Ce to the capital Changsha.

Just on the way to **** Sun Ce to Changsha, Wu State carried out three rescues, and all the spies lurking in Chu State became active.

However, Liu Xiu was obviously well prepared for this and did not let Sun Jian's rescue plan succeed. Moreover, he ambushed and killed many masters of Soochow.

After Sun Ce was transported to Changsha, Sun Jian also focused his attention on Changsha. He sent a large number of spies to inquire about the situation and wait for an opportunity to rescue Sun Ce. However, he did not know that Sun Ce had been transferred again by Liu Xiu, and had also been transferred to Zhuyazhou, which was isolated overseas.

In order to rescue Sun Ce, Sun Jian sacrificed a large number of spies and broke through the Changsha Heavenly Prison twice, but still could not find any trace of Sun Ce.

When things developed to this point, Sun Jian was slow and realized that Sun Ce had been transferred away again, so he gave up sending people to secretly rescue him and instead negotiated with the Chu State to redeem Sun Ce.

Sun Jian has never given up on saving Sun Ce, and Sun Ce has been thinking of ways to save himself, but the Chu State's supervision of him is too strict.

Liu Xiu not only blocked Sun Ce's power, but also drugged his food to make him weak. He also monitored him 24 hours a day, so Sun Ce had no chance of escaping.

After trying several times and failing, and suffering a lot of hardships, Sun Ce realized that it was impossible to escape on his own, so he had no choice but to give up on escaping and wait for rescue from the outside world.

The reason why Sun Ce thought it was a rescue, not a redemption, was that after knowing the conditions of Chu State, even he felt that Liu Xiu's appetite was too big and there was no sincerity in peace talks at all.

If the State of Wu really cedes the three counties of Yuzhang and Lujiang County, it will be completely surrounded by the State of Chu. What is the difference between that and the subjugation of the country?

Even if his father, Sun Jian, was willing to agree, it would be impossible for all the civil and military officials of Wu to agree.

Hence, Sun Ce felt that it was unlikely that he could redeem himself through negotiation, and Wu would probably choose to send someone to rescue him.

Sun Ce waited and waited. He didn't wait in Changsha, nor in Jingnan, until he was transferred to Zhuya Prefecture, and he was completely desperate.

 Where is Zhuyazhou?

That is an isolated island south of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, a barbaric land isolated offshore.

 How could the father have guessed that he was imprisoned in this place where birds don’t shit?

  Why is it said that it is connected to Guangzhou and Guangzhou?

Sun Ce only found out after he was imprisoned in Zhuya Prefecture that not long ago, Chu State had divided Jiao Prefecture into two prefectures.

After the Chu State occupied Jiaozhou, it first conquered Baiyue, and then implemented the New Deal. After many years of governance, and the absence of war for a long time, even the poor Jiaozhou gradually prospered, and its economy and population grew rapidly.

Today, the total population of the Han, Baiyue, and other barbarians in the seven counties of Jiaozhou, as well as the captive and plundered Ruanyue slaves, has reached more than 2.7 million;

  It is no longer the poor state it once was, with a total population of less than one million.

 In order to more conveniently govern Jiaozhou, Liu Xiu decided to follow the example of Ying Haohe and establish Hezhou, and Yang Guang established Haizhou, dividing Jiaozhou into two states: Jiaozhou and Guangzhou.

 Four of the seven original counties of Jiaozhou, including Nanhai County, Cangwu County, Hepu County and Yulin County, were assigned to Guangzhou.

In addition, Nanhai County was divided into two counties, Nanhai and Longyan.

Cangwu County was divided into two counties, Shaoguan and Cangwu.

 Hepu County was divided into three counties: Guangzhou, Hepu and Zhuya counties.

 Yulin County was divided into two counties, Yulin and Nanning;

  Guangzhou, which has been redesigned administratively, has: Guangzhou, Hepu, Zhuya, Nanhai, Longyan, Shaoguan, Cangwu, Yulin, Nanning, a total of nine counties and 96 counties, with a total population of 2.2 million;

As for the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, which are too geographically remote, and the Honghe County that was snatched from Ruan and Yue, a total of four counties and 36 counties still belong to the new Jiaozhou, with a total population of 500,000.

Jiaozhou was divided by Liu Xiu, and the sixteen Chinese states became seventeen states, namely: Sili, Ji, You, Bing, Liang, Qing, Yan, Xu, Yu, Yang, Jing, Yi, Jiao , Guang, sea, river, win;

 The territory of Chu State has also become: two counties in northern Jingzhou, four counties in southern Jingzhou, half a county in Yangzhou, nine counties in Guangzhou, and four counties in Jiaozhou;

 Since Liu Xiu divided the state on the basis of the original Jiaozhou, only one Honghe County was expanded, and not much territory was opened up.

On the other hand, Yang Guang's Haizhou was taken from the Qiang people, and Ying Hao's Hezhou was taken from the Xiongnu.

 So, when Liu Xiu established Guangzhou this time, he did not receive system rewards like Yang Guang and Ying Hao.

If Liu Xiu can expand Xinjiao Prefecture to the size of seven or eight counties in the future, which is equivalent to gaining a new state, then the system will also reward him.

However, Liu Xiu has laid down so many bases in Siam, but only retained one Red River County as a strategic buffer. So far, he has not had any interest in the barren Nanyang.

Getting back to the topic, after Sun Ce was imprisoned in Zhuya Prefecture, he knew that no one would come to rescue him, because no one could guess that he was being imprisoned here.

What Sun Ce never expected was that Sima Yi guessed where he was being held, but the people sent by Sun Quan were not here to save him, but to kill him.

In order to get rid of Sun Ce smoothly, Sun Quan sent two master-level killers, two half-step master-level killers, and eight super-first-class killers to Zhuya Prefecture to search for traces of Sun Ce.

Before Sun Quan came to power, the strongest person under his command was only half a master.

 But when he became the King of Wu and took over the power of the Wu Kingdom, he could easily dispatch two master-level assassins, as well as ten half-step masters and super-first-class masters, which shows that the Wu Kingdom has a very deep foundation.

Twelve killers successfully landed in Zhuya Prefecture. After a search, they quickly located a prison, and Sun Ce was imprisoned in the prison.

When Sun Ce learned that someone had robbed the prison, he shouted excitedly and revealed his location. But when the man was imprisoned and swung his sword at him without saying a word, Sun Ce was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

 At this time, his skills were blocked, and his body was weak and weak. He was no match for any of the killers.

At the critical moment, the Mohist Supreme Elder Meng Sheng, who was hiding in prison and was a swordsman at the level of half-step grand master, took action in time to save Sun Ce and killed all the assassins cleanly with his sword.

After Meng Sheng returned the sword and sheathed it, he sneered and said: "Sun Quan has experts around him, so he was able to find this place."

Sun Ce looked at the corpses in the prison, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't even think about driving a wedge between our brothers. This assassin must have been sent by Liu Xiu."

Meng Sheng rolled his eyes at Sun Ce and said indifferently: "Just deceive yourself and others."

After saying that, Meng Sheng ignored Sun Ce, returned to his cell, and began to exercise his energy and regulate his breathing.

As the supreme elder of the Mo family, the reason why Meng Sheng and Sun Ce were imprisoned together was naturally because Liu Xiu did it deliberately.

The purpose is to keep an eye on Sun Ce to prevent him from escaping from prison, and at the same time to protect Sun Ce's safety.

Meng Sheng originally thought that there was no need for force in this trip. He only needed to stay in prison with Sun Ce for a few months before returning to the Mohist family to continue to take care of his old age.

After all, Zhuya Prefecture is too remote. No one would have thought that Sun Ce would be imprisoned here, but they didn't expect that the masters from Wu State would actually come here, just to kill Sun Ce.

After Meng Sheng left, Sun Ce's face suddenly turned pale. How could he not see that the assassins used Jiangdong's swordsmanship.

Although Sun Ce has been locked up in prison, it does not mean that he does not know what is happening in the outside world. Liu Xiu will regularly send people to tell him what is happening in the outside world.

 So, Sun Ce knew that his position as prince had been deposed, and he also knew that his father Sun Jian had died and that his second brother Sun Quan had succeeded him as the new king of Wu.

For this, Sun Ce also blamed himself in pain for a long time, and for the first time, he felt regret in his heart.

Why didn't he listen to Wang Shusun Wu's words? He went in so recklessly alone just for Wu Zhiqi. As a result, the Jiefan Army, the most powerful force in Soochow, was completely annihilated, and even he was captured alive by the Chu State and imprisoned.

 Just because Jiangxia was defeated this time and captured alive this time, Sun Ce lost too much.

 After all, the position of King Wu should be his, but none of this belongs to him.

The position of prince is gone, his father is dead, and everything that should belong to him is gone, and all this is because of his recklessness.

 So, every time he thought about this, Sun Ce felt extremely guilty and even a little discouraged.

He wanted to atone for his sins and make up for his mistakes, but his second brother Sun Quan had succeeded to the throne and became the new King of Wu. Even if he went back, he would have no choice but to succumb to him.

Sun Ce knew that his second brother Sun Quan had just succeeded to the throne, and it was a critical period for establishing his prestige. If he went back now, it would undoubtedly be the biggest obstacle to Sun Quan's rise to power, so the other party would have the possibility of getting rid of him.

 It’s just that Sun Ce didn’t want to believe this from the bottom of his heart. He was more willing to believe that this might be Liu Xiu’s deliberate move.

Liu Xiu found several masters of Jiangdong swordsmanship to assassinate him, and then deliberately asked Meng Sheng to save him in order to drive a wedge between himself and Erdi.

 That’s right, that’s definitely the case. Sun Ce comforted himself in his heart.

 A few days later, the Wu-Chu negotiations officially ended, and Wu agreed to withdraw from six cities including Wan County in exchange for Chu releasing Sun Ce and prisoners of war.

The Chu State secretly escorted Sun Ce, who was imprisoned in Zhuya Prefecture, to Lujiang County. After successfully taking over the six cities, Sun Ce was released to Sun Wu as agreed.

The moment Sun Ce saw Sun Wu, he was so excited that he almost cried. But when he looked at the other released prisoners of war, he couldn't help but change his color and said, "Wait, where is Lilu?"

Seeing that there was no Li Lu among the prisoners of war released, Sun Wu couldn't help but said coldly: "Please keep your promise and release General Li Lu."

Hearing this, Pang Tong couldn't help but smile and said: "Our country of Chu has not violated the agreement. All the prisoners of war are already here. General Lilu has surrendered to our country of Chu, so naturally he is not included here."

"You fart, how could the second brother surrender?" Li Yang said angrily.

“That’s the truth, believe it or not.” Pang Tong chuckled.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Li Yang wanted to have a fit, but was stopped by Sun Wu.

 “Okay, I’ll think of a solution later, let’s go back first.”

After returning to Shucheng, Sun Wu met Sun Ce alone and said with a serious face: "Bo Fu, you can't go back to Jianye."

Sun Ce’s expression suddenly changed and he asked hurriedly: “Uncle, why is this?”

"The Soochow now is no longer the Soochow it used to be. You should understand that going back now will not be a good thing for you, Zhongmou, or Soochow." Sun Wu said with a complicated face.

Sun Ce understood the meaning of Sun Wu's words, and after a long silence, he said, "If I don't go back to Soochow, where will I go?"

"Go to Daqin. Xiang'er is in Luoyang now. You go to Luoyang for a year and come back after Xiang'er gets married."

 Sun Wu said with a serious face, he was doing it for Sun Ce's good. After all, if Sun Ce goes back now, he will only become a thorn in Sun Quan's side. Whether he can survive is a question.

When Sun Ce heard this, he couldn't help but clenched his fists, but in the end he loosened them weakly, and said in pain: "What about father's funeral?"

Sun Wu did not answer. A line of clear tears flowed from the corner of Sun Ce's eyes, and he said bitterly: "Okay, my nephew is willing to join Qin."

Hearing this, Sun Wu was relieved. He was really afraid that Sun Ce would be as reckless as before and would return to Soochow desperately, but now it seems that Sun Ce's temperament has indeed become much calmer after being captured this time.

 (End of this chapter)