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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