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After the split of Jiangdong, the major forces fell into a temporary deadlock. In order to get the food aid promised by Liu Jing, Sun Quan ordered the stop of military threats to Wujun. This was also his unlucky way. He lacked food and was unable to launch a battle against Wujun.

Sun Shao of Wujun was just a puppet, and the military power was in the hands of Sun Shao, while the government power was controlled by Lu Xun and Gu Yong. Sun Shao's plan was to take Sun Shao and replace him. However, due to the failure of the Lu family and Gu family, his plan was delayed. Before becoming the new lord of Wujun, Sun Shao had no intention of launching a war against Jianye. More importantly, once the Wujun army attacked the north and Wujun was empty, the Kuaiji army might take advantage of the situation, which made Sun Shao dare not act rashly.

As the stability of Jianye and Wujun, Sun Ben of Kuaiji gradually fell into crisis. Sun Ben had originally received strong support from Cao Cao, and he hoped to get Cao Cao's money and food support. For this reason, he recruited a large number of troops, and once the troops reached more than 40,000, which greatly exceeded the ability of Kuaiji County.

But the money and grain aid he was looking forward to did not come. It was obviously unrealistic to transport money and grain from north of the Yangtze River to Kuaiji County. Sun Ben hoped that Cao's army could transport grain from the sea, but Cao Ren's reply was that Cao's army had no warships, so he asked him to persevere in the New Year and build seaships after the New Year before transporting grain, which made Sun Ben disappointed.

Without the substantial support of Cao's army, Sun Ben's subordinates gradually became dissipated, and the huge military expenditures overwhelmed the people of Kuaiji. The uprisings of the Han and Shanyue people broke out one after another, making Sun Ben's overwhelmed. However, he failed several times when attacking Wujun. The army could not survive the Qiantang River. Under the dual pressure of internal affairs and military, Sun Ben let go and drank and had fun all day long, and was trying to entertain him in front of him.

Kuaiji Palace is a small palace built by Sun Ben on the basis of the Qingdao Palace in Kuaiji. It is located on Kuaiji Mountain and is located on the mountain. It is also called the Heavenly Palace. It has a steep terrain around it. The palace is surrounded by high walls. The buildings inside are beautiful and beautiful. It houses 50,000 stones of grain and is guarded by thousands of elite warriors.

Among them, the Tiangong Tower is five feet high, with dragons and phoenixes inside, and is decorated with magnificent decoration. This is where Sun Ben enjoys himself. He raised eighteen beautiful ladies in the Tiangong Tower. He drank and had fun with the ladies all day long, enjoying dances and music, and lived a life of drunkenness and dreams. In just half a year, Sun Ben's weight increased by ten kilograms and was as fat as a pig.

There were music and dances in the lobby on the second floor of Tiangong Building. A group of dancers were dancing gracefully. Sun Ben sat in front of the jade table. The meat and wine were on the jade table. The golden plate and jade plate were filled with seasonal fruits. Sun Ben hugged a beauty on his left and right and left to enjoy the dance, laughing loudly from time to time.

At this time, a guard hurriedly walked in and bowed to report: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, General He has something to ask for a meeting."

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Sun Ben waved his hand and refused the guard's report without hesitation. He Qi's news would only add to his troubles. He did not want to see this person. The guard had no choice but to retreat. One-sidedly, He Qi's angry shout came from outside the lobby, "Who dares to stop me?"

With a bang, the door was knocked open. He Qi strode into the hall. The music stopped. The dance girl was so scared that she retreated to both sides. He Qi swept the hall coldly. Seeing that the musician was filled with wine and meat, he felt heartbroken. The soldiers who died in battle had no pensions. The soldiers could only eat half full, and the people were even exploited to poverty. The tide of escape was higher than that of the wave, but it was so luxurious here.

Sun Ben was furious and slapped the table hard, "He Qi, are you going to rebel?"

He Qi suppressed his anger and said coldly: "I want to report the situation to the Marquis of Wu. Liu Jing and Cao Cao have formed an alliance in order to fight against the Huns together."

"What does this have to do with me?" Sun Ben said dissatisfied.

"If the Han army and Cao army want to fight against the Xiongnu, they will definitely be unable to interfere in Jiangdong. This is a good opportunity for our northern expedition. We have a large number of troops. I heard that there are disagreements within Wujun, so we can take the opportunity to go north and conquer Wujun in one go. Please order the Marquis of Wu."

"I had this idea half a year ago, but is it useful? We can't conquer the Qiantang River. Moreover, Wu County has the support of Jingzhou naval army. We are not opponents, so don't humiliate yourself."

"Mr. Wu didn't know that although there were Jingzhou naval troops cruising on the Qiantang River, they could not cover everything. We could raft and find the enemy's defense empty place, and cross the Qiantang River overnight. As long as we seize grain-producing counties such as Yuhang, our problem of insufficient food will be solved."

Sun Ben's ears were already called out of calluses when He Qi's words. Every time he said he would look for weaknesses, zamupai and cross the river, but in fact, there was no success. Sun Ben was eager to be intimate with the beauty and waved his hand impatiently: "Let me think about it again. You retreat first, and you must not break into my palace at will. Have you heard it?"

He Qi felt very hatred, gritted his teeth, bowed and bowed, and turned around without saying a word. When Sun Ben saw him leaving, he smiled and waved his hand, "Continue"

The sound of silk and bamboo rose again, the dancers danced gracefully, and the hall became laughter and joyful again

Two days later, He Qi led an army of 2,000 people to Qiantang River. At present, the Kuaiji Army stationed 20,000 troops by the Qiantang River. Sun Ben's confidant Li Yuan and He Qi's younger brother He Jing. He Qi rushed to the front of the camp and asked loudly: "Li Yuan is here."

The general guarding the camp came forward to report: "I heard that someone fled, General Li and General He led their troops to intercept them."

"Where did you go?"

“Follow the official road to the west.”

He Qi turned his horse's head and led the army to continue running west. For half an hour, he saw a large crowd of people ahead. He rode up. It turned out to be a fugitive. There were two thousand people, including men, women, young and old. They were all ragged and with their meager possessions, kneeling on the ground and begging with their meager possessions, crying.

More than a thousand soldiers stood on both sides of the crowd, holding swords in their hands, staring at these people with fierce eyes. With a command, they would rush in to grab their property and young women. However, the reason why they did not take action was because there was a problem with the distribution of interests. Li Yuan and He Jing led several personal soldiers to arrive at the same time. How to distribute property became the focus of the two's dispute.

The people were unable to bear the oppression. There was a wave of escape since half a year ago. People generally fled to Qiantang River first, but the river water blocked them and they could not go to Wujun, so they had to turn around and go west to Poyang County. The wave of escape has been continuous, ranging from dozens of people to several people. Today, this group of people is the largest group of escapees to date.

According to Sun Ben's order, those who fled to Jiangbei were killed without mercy, but the soldiers made adjustments when executing the order. As long as they could hand over their belongings and food, they would usually let them go. On the one hand, they were from the same county and could not bear to force each other, but on the other hand, the soldiers would let them go if they took the money.

But today, not only are there many people in this group of escaped people, but there are also many young women. Some women are quite beautiful. Li Yuan and He Jing both have the intention of robbing women, but neither of them is willing to give in.

At this time, a soldier shouted, "The Grand Governor is here."

He Qi led dozens of cavalry to fly over, followed by more than 2,000 troops behind him. He Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to salute his brother. Although Li Yuan was Sun Ben's confidant, He Qi was the Grand Governor and his immediate superior. Helplessly, Li Yuan also stepped forward and bowed to salute, "See General He"

Of course, He Qi knew that the two of them were here to plunder money. When he saw these refugees panic and looked pitiful, he couldn't bear it, so he ordered: "Put down your belongings and let them go, and the food can be taken away."

Li Yuan was anxious and said quickly: "But brothers also want food."

Before he could finish speaking, He Qi glared at him fiercely, "Without food, aren't these thousands of people starving to death? Are there fewer people going west to starve to death? Let me release them."

Li Yuan actually wanted women, and food was just an excuse. Seeing that women were hopeless and food was hopeless, He Qi brought his troops over, and his property was not his own. He stomped his feet and said angrily: "The order of the Marquis of Wu is to escape from the people and kill them without mercy. The Grand Governor dared to resist the order."

He Qi drew his sword and glared at him, "Dare you dare to disobey my orders."

"I only listen to the orders of the Marquis of Wu"

Before Li Yuan finished speaking, He Jing suddenly broke out from behind. He rushed from behind and slashed Li Yuan on the back of the neck with a fierce knife. The head flew out. Li Yuan was killed on the spot. He Jing shouted, "Take it."

The drums were loud, and thousands of soldiers rushed out of the woods on both sides, killing several of Li Yuan's personal soldiers. The fleeing people were in chaos, crying and shouting, scrambling to the west, trampling on each other, countless casualties, but He Qi was stunned. He suddenly realized that this was a trap arranged by his brothers to kill Li Yuan.

He was in a mess and ordered his subordinates to say, "Protect the fugitives and do not trample on them again."

His soldiers focused on fleeing people, protecting them to flee westward and preventing them from trampling on each other. He Jing was obviously prepared. Thousands of people killed several of Li Yuan's personal soldiers so that they could not resist. In less than a quarter of an hour, the battle ended. At this time, thousands of fleeing people had fled, and there were only a few bodies of refugees who were trampled to death. The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield.

He Qi said to his brother He Jing with a gloomy face: "How do you explain to me?"

He Jing sneered and said, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Li Yuan wanted to murder me, but I discovered it. I will take the initiative to kill him."

"But he is Sun Ben's confidant. If you kill him, how can I explain to Sun Ben?"

He Jing laughed, "Brother, now, is it that stupid pig? Kuaiji people are distorted, the military and civilians are angry, and the people of Shanyue have made public statements that they will no longer recognize Sun Ben. Is his brother so pedantic and loyal to a foolish lord who wants to kill him so quickly?"

Although He Qi was not satisfied with Sun Ben, he did not want to betray Sun Ben. He just wanted to attack Qiantang River as soon as possible and seize Wujun to resolve the current crisis. However, his brother did not leave him behind and directly killed Sun Ben's confidant general. How could Sun Ben blame He Jing only and continue to trust himself.

He Qi had no choice but to remember Sun Ben's debauchery and extravagance, which was indeed not worthy of his loyalty. Helplessly, He Qi had to sigh and said, "Control the military camp first to prevent the army from mutiny."

He Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I have bribed Li Yuan's two important subordinates. They will stabilize the situation for me first. The rest of Li Yuan's confidants will gather and lure me to kill him."

At this time, a soldier stepped forward to report: "Report to the general, counted the number of people, and five others missed the net."

He Qi was shocked and made a quick decision: "Run back to the military camp immediately."

In the afternoon of the same day, He Jing lured and killed more than 20 confidants of Li Yuan. He Qi immediately controlled 20,000 troops. At this time, he had made up his mind and led his army to kill towards Kuaiji Mountain.

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The shouts of killing at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain were shocked by the sky. Twenty-five thousand troops surrounded Kuaiji Mountain. At the same time, they launched an attack on the Kuaiji Palace on the top of the mountain from five directions. Two thousand soldiers guarding Kuaiji Palace fought desperately. Although they had terrain advantages, they had few troops and could not resist the fierce attack of He Qi's army.

He Qi was worried that the 50,000 stones of grain stored in Kuaiji Palace would be burned by Sun Ben, so he ordered that he must invade Kuaiji Palace within an hour.

The general who commanded the south attack was He Jing. He led 5,000 men to attack a mountain pass. Above them, five armies were blocking with bows and arrows. If it was a plain, five thousand troops could swallow the opponent with one charge. However, this was a steep hillside, and five thousand people could not fully press on it. The opponent built fortifications on the mountain pass with mud bags. The arrows were like rain, which made the attacking soldiers unable to raise their heads, and even their shields were shot through by heavy crossbows.

He Jing was anxious and called more than a dozen officers and whispered to them: "Who is the first to kill him? Sun Ben's woman and wealth will be chosen at will. I, He Jing, will never go back on my word."

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. He Jing's promise aroused the strength of the generals. They launched wave after wave of crazy attacks. Although the corpses were everywhere and nearly a thousand casualties were killed or injured, the front still moved forward step by step. Finally, half an hour later, several fierce soldiers broke through the defense, and thousands of soldiers rushed forward, and the defenders were desperate and surrendered one after another.

He Jing's army attacked outside the Kuaiji Palace. The defenders on the palace walls were sparse and the attack was not lethal. He Jing waved his sword and shouted: "Breaking open the door for me."

A soldier cut down a big tree and made it into a simple bump. With the sound of earth-shaking collisions, the gate was knocked open by a giant tree. The army outside the palace rushed into the Kuaiji Palace like a tide. On the sky tower, Sun Ben was supported on the railing, watching his soldiers defeat, and watching He Jing lead his army into the palace, his face was pale, and He Qi finally betrayed himself.

At this time, a guard rushed over and knelt down to report: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, the rebels have entered the palace and are rushing to attack the gate of Tianlou. The brothers can't stand it anymore, please let the Marquis of Wu decide."

Sun Ben was desperate. He sighed deeply and said to the guards: "I understand, please step back."
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