Chapter 307 Using the Fate of Sun Jian (2/2)

Sun Fang clapped his hands, ”Right! I forgot about that.”

”There's more. When we join the coalition, it won't happen like in the novel version where we would get stuck on the Hulao Gate with Lu Bu. Realistically, we will eventually join forces with Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in Wan City to attack the Wu Gate, so the southern forces can capture Hongnong while the other forces would be busy attacking Luo Yang and Hulao Gate.”

”But, what if Yuan Shu betrays us and stops sending us supplies like in history.”

”That's why I demand remuneration in the meeting. Zhang Tong is good at managing food, so we will extort the supplies from his army first. Without the food, we will make an excuse that we are out of provision and won't move. This will force Zhang Tong to send us supplies instead of Yuan Shu.”

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In history, year 190, Sun Jian abandoned his Changcha Governor position and joined the Anti Dong Zhuo Coalition, becoming Yuan Shu's subordinate.

In 191, Sun Jian led his forces north toward Luo Yang City, but he was outnumbered and routed by Xu Rong's troops. As Sun Jian's soldiers were scattered by the assault, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, and Hu Zhen led their forces to pursue Sun Jian.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu and Hu Zhen were not in a good term. Sun Jian exploited the weak coordination between Dong Zhuo's men and routed the pursuing army. In this battle, Sun Jian captured Hua Xiong and executed him.

With this deed, Sun Jian gained fame, and the piece of news reached Yuan Shu. Unfortunately, many envied of his glory and spread bad rumors around.

The rumor reached Yuan Shu's ears eventually. Because of Yuan Shu's envy and his paranoid nature, he suspected that if Sun Jian took Luo Yang, he would be able to control the Sun Clan anymore.

As a result of Yuan Shu's over-paranoid, he stopped sending supplies to Sun Jian's camp. Later, Sun Jian returned to Yuan Shu and scolded his lord for being shortsighted and foolish in front of his subordinates.

In shame, Yuan Shu resumed sending supplies to Sun Jian.

With enough supplies, Sun Jian continued his campaign north to Luo Yang.

Dong Zhuo attempted to bribe Sun Jian into a truce, but Sun Jian refused and continued chasing after Dong Zhuo Army.

By then, Dong Zhuo already bought enough times to loot everything in the Capital. He employed the Scorched Earth tactic by burning Luo Yang, so the ally forces could not gain anything from capturing the Capital City.

Upon getting inside Luo Yang, they encountered Lu Bu Army and routed them. Dong Zhuo also attempted to fight back against Sun Jian, but he was defeated and fled toward the west to Chang'An.

Upon surveying the damages in Luo Yang, Sun Jian discovered that tombs of previous emperors were robbed by Dong Zhuo. He ordered his men to reseal the tombs and restore the order of the city. During the process, they found the Imperial Seal inside a well in the south of the city.

Despite his success in the coalition, the ally forces no longer had any intention of continuing the war as they schemed to expand their territories.

Internal conflicted happened.

Turning his attention to his territories, Yuan Shao plotted with Gongsun Zan. They attacked Han Fu and forced him to surrender, taking Ji Province as his own.

At that moment, everyone retreated to their own territories to protect their home base from the greedy neighbors.

Yuan Shao did not stop expanding. He planned to destroy his own kin, Yuan Shu, so he allied with Liu Biao and sent troops to attack Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu heard about the news. He allied with Gongsun Zan and attacked Liu Biao while Gongsun Zan attacked Yuan Shao. Sun Jian, who was Yuan Shu's subordinate at that time, was sent to attack Liu Biao.

Sun Jian managed to rout Huang Zu Army of Liu Biao forces. However, he was ambushed and killed when Sun Jian was alone.

Because of his death, Sun Ce, the eldest son of Sun Jian, had no choice but to continue serving Yuan Shu.

In the novel version, Sun Jian did not kill Hua Xiong, but Guan Yu did in a duel in front of Hulao Gate.

Sun Jian also did not rout Dong Zhuo Army to the point that Dong Zhuo fled west. Instead, Dong Zhuo fled Luo Yang first before Sun Jian Army arrived.

After Sun Jian found the Imperial Seal, this news leaked to Yuan Shao, which he demanded the seal from Sun Jian.

Hearing the unreasonable demand, Sun Jian refused and withdrew his troops back to Changsha.

In furious, Yuan Shao allied with Liu Biao and plotted against Sun Jian. They set up an ambush in Jing Province in Liu Biao's territory.

While Sun Jian was returned to Changsha, passing through the Jing Province of Liu Biao, Huang Zu ambushed his forces and killed him in the battle.

Sun Ce was still young and had no place to return to, he decided to join forces with Yuan Shu after that.

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The history of the power struggle between lords was an important reference to the overall situation in the current timeline.

Li Jing could sense that Tong wanted to make the coalition battle happen again in this world, but he changed the actors from Dong Zhuo to Xiongnu King, and the leader of the coalition from Yuan Shao to himself.

With this understanding, Li Jing plotted to make use of this event to gain profits.

Instead of serving Yuan Shu, she wanted the Sun Clan to take the leading role and steal Luo Yang!

Since Dong Zhuo had been killed and the city had not been razed, it was possible for Sun Jian to restore it after he occupied it.

”Fang, what will happen if we help Sun Ce capturing Jianye and the entire Yang Province while Sun Jian happened to be a dominant figure in Luo Yang?”

”Won't Zhang Tong attack us? His borders will connect with ours, and his attention might shift to us.”

”Well, that can happen if his army is in perfect condition. Say, how about we join the fight, but we sabotage Zhang Tong forces while we're at it?”