Sun Ce's Attack on Liu Xun at Lujiang 孫策攻劉勳盧江之戰

When Yuan Shu died, his Chief Clerk Yang Hong, his senior general Zhang Xun and others tried to bring his followers over to Sun Ce, but Liu Xun, the Administrator of Lujiang and a former subordinate of Yuan Shu, intercepted them on the way, took them all captive and carried off their treasures. Yuan Shu's wife and children also took refuge with Liu Xun. Liu Ye's biography records that Liu Ye beheaded a man who led a following at Chao Lake and handed his followers over to Liu Xun, and that at this time Liu Xun's army was the strongest between the Yangtze and the Huai. Records, Wu 1 §34Records, Wei 6 §80Records, Wei 14 §86–88

Sun Ce, who resented Liu Xun, sent an envoy with humble words and lavish gifts, saying that the clan communities of Shangliao had slighted his state for years but the roads made it impossible to attack them, so if the great state would attack them he would help from outside. Liu Xun was delighted at receiving the pearls and treasures, but Liu Ye tried to stop him, saying that Shangliao, though small, had strong walls and deep moats and could not be taken within ten days, and that if the army wore itself out abroad while the state lay empty at home, Sun Ce would strike from behind. Liu Xun did not listen. Records, Wei 14 §88–90Records, Wu 1 §34

When Liu Xun set out to attack Shangliao, Sun Ce raced there day and night with a light force and surprised and took Lujiang. Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce and attacked and took Wan County, and at this time they obtained the two daughters of Lord Qiao; Sun Ce took Daqiao and Zhou Yu took Xiaoqiao as wives. Sun Fu followed Sun Ce when he struck west at Liu Xun and won merit by personally leading the soldiers, and the Biography of the Lord of Wu records that Sun Quan also followed Sun Ce in attacking Liu Xun. Records, Wu 1 §34Records, Wu 9 §5–6Records, Wu 6 §31Records, Wu 2 §3

Liu Xun's followers all surrendered. Zhou Yu's biography and Cheng Pu's biography record that they followed Sun Ce and defeated Liu Xun near Xunyang, and Sun Ce next attacked Huang Zu, the Administrator of Jiangxia, then returned and pacified Yuzhang and Luling. Cornered, Liu Xun took refuge with Cao Cao along with several hundred of his men, and the Annals of Emperor Wu record that when Liu Xun, Administrator of Lujiang, surrendered with his followers, he was enfeoffed as a full marquis. Sun Ce took Yuan Shu's wife and children back under his care, and picked the best of the people of Lujiang and put them under Chen Wu's command. Records, Wu 1 §34Records, Wu 9 §6Records, Wu 10 §4 · 34Records, Wu 6 §27Records, Wei 14 §90Records, Wei 1 §57Records, Wei 6 §80