cause you no anxiety。 Cao Cao is your one enemy and must be destroyed。 Even Liu Biao; though strongly posted on River Han; is none too terrible。 There is Sun Ce on the southeast of the Great River; strong; feared; with wide domain of six territories; a large army; and able counselors and leaders; you should make an alliance there against Cao Cao。〃
Guo Tu won his chief to his view and wrote to Sun Ce; sending the letter by Chen Zhen。
Just as one warrior leaves the north;
Another from the east es forth。
Future chapters will reveal the oute of these dispositions。
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Romance of Three Kingdoms … by Luo Guanzhong … Chapter 29
Chapter 29
The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji;
The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land。
'e' The Yangtze or Yangzi river; which flows from west to east to the Pacific at Shanghai。
Sun Ce gradually became supreme on the southeast of the Great River*。 In the fourth year of Rebuilt Tranquillity (AD 199); he took Lujiang by the defeat of the Governor Liu Xu。 He dispatched Yu Fan with a dispatch to Governor Hua Xin of Yuzhang; and Hua Xin surrendered。 Thence Sun Ce's renown increased; and he boldly sent a memorial on his military successes to the Emperor by the hand of Zhang Hong。
Cao Cao saw in Sun Ce a powerful rival and said; 〃He is a lion difficult to contend with。〃
So Cao Cao betrothed his niece; daughter of Cao Ren; to Sun Kuang; the youngest brother of Sun Ce; thus connecting the two families by marriage。 Cao Cao also retained Zhang Hong near him in the capital。
Then Sun Ce sought the title of Grand mander; one of the highest offices of state; but Cao Cao prevented the attainment of this ambition; and Sun Ce keenly rese