Gong Jin Yaliang

Author: Yang's Liangjiazi

Gong Jin Yaliang

Sun Ce's rectification in Moling involved many things.

Lu Fan was delivering supplies to the front line, Chen Wu was training the army's cavalry, and Jiang Qin was organizing the Embroidered Guards.

These items are very important, but there is no rush. A few days sooner or later or even a few months sooner or later will have little impact and can be carried out calmly and orderly.

The only urgent thing is Gui Lan's assassination of Zuo Rong.

When did he assassinate Zuo Rong and clear the situation in the rear, Sun Ce could lead his army to leave Danyang and go to Qu'a for a decisive battle with Liu Yao.

But on this matter, Gui Lan did not report any information for more than ten days.

However, in mid-March, the right army received good news first. Zhou Yu's army had conquered Danyang and marched eastward, defeating everything they attacked. No enemy dared to take the lead.

More than 4,000 troops set out from Niuzhu camp and fought for hundreds of miles to regain Danyang and conquer Yangxian. They then fought fiercely with Liu Yao's troops in the north of Yangxian, beheading more than 700 people and killing countless people. The enemy army was defeated.

Stretching for more than ten miles, there are tens of thousands of abandoned ordnance flags.

However, after hearing the good news, Sun Ce was not excited, but frowned and asked questions.

"Even if it's such a great victory, it's not like one of your deputy generals from the right army came to report the victory in person!"

Hearing this, Xu Kun's face immediately turned red, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't speak.

Sun Ce raised his head and stared at him: "Hmm? Is there something hidden?"

Xu Kun immediately shook his head and said firmly: "No, there is no secret. I just feel that Gong Jin has such a great victory, and I should personally defeat him."

"Gong Jin?" Sun Ce raised an eyebrow: "When did you become so close to him? I remember that you generals didn't have this attitude towards him before."

Xu Kun's neck turned red when he heard this, he held his breath for a long time, and finally confessed: "I came to Moling because I felt ashamed of myself in the army."

"Oh? Are you ashamed of yourself?"

"That's right, we used to look down on Zhou Gongjin, thinking that he was just a dandy in the county government. He relied on the power of Lord Zhou to hold great power in the army."

"Especially because of his elegant temperament, we, the lieutenants and generals in the army, all thought that he was a good man but a loser. Many generals and generals in the army who were tough were humiliated."

Sun Ce glanced at him: "Our army has strict discipline, how dare a lieutenant general to humiliate the general?"

Xu Kun was silent for a moment and gritted his teeth: "I believe that I have been a general for a long time and have the most seniority, so I led others to humiliate him."

Xu Kun was a partial general, a position that no one in Sun Ce's army had ever reached. It was not until around the Battle of Chibi that Zhou Yu was also regarded as a partial general.

Moreover, Xu Kun was fierce and good at fighting, and was highly respected among the army. He was the deputy commander-in-chief of the entire right route army.

He looked down upon the white-clad Zhou Yu and took the lead in humiliating him. Naturally, the military lieutenant general despised this son of a noble family who had never commanded an army.

"Then you actually call him by his cousin now?" He only calls her by his cousin, but that's something only a very close friend can do.

Xu Kun lowered his head: "Although I humiliated Gong Jin several times, Gong Jin kept trying to accommodate himself and never cared about me. In the battle of Yangxian, we were all in the camp. We refused to obey the orders, were slow to respond, and almost ruined the state affairs.

.It was Gong Jin who inspired the troops and made the three armies fight vigorously, thus defeating the enemy."

"So you are so ashamed that you don't dare to see Gong Jin, and you hide here with me in the name of a victory?" Sun Ce said with a smile.

Xu Kun suddenly turned red until his neck changed color.

Sun Ce stood up with a smile and hit his shoulder with his right hand: "Gong Jin has a magnificent character and extraordinary aura. He can defeat corporals. He is not a tough guy in the army. He will not care about you, let alone laugh at you.

Do not worry."

Xu Kun pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "If other generals in the army return from victory, they will rarely ridicule, provoke, and build grudges from then on. But Gong Jin is indeed magnanimous and looks like an ordinary person."

"Then follow your example. If the commanders of the right army are you and Zhou Tai, and you two get into a fight, the winner will be arrogant and contemptuous, and the loser will be resentful. After a battle, you can't have grudges from then on. Is there disharmony in the army?

You are also an important general in the army. In the future, you will rarely be able to lead an army alone and supervise all the generals to face the enemy. It is not enough to be strong and good at fighting. You must also learn to tolerate people and deal with others."

After admonishing him a few words, Sun Ce asked him to go back quickly.

The right route army marched from Danyang to Yangxian in order to attract Qu'a's attention and prevent Liu Yao's army from leaving Qu'a. The army moved forward to defend Sun Ce's main force from the west.

Otherwise, Zhou Yu's army from the south would march north and surprise the empty Qu'a, causing it to collapse without a fight.

In response, Liu Yao could either gather an army to guard Qu'a and wait for a decisive battle between the two sides. Or he could go south and defeat Zhou Yu's troops in Wu County within a short time.

Therefore, Xu Kun, the deputy general, must return to the army as soon as possible to assist Zhou Yu and improve the military strength to avoid being defeated by Liu Yao.

But Xu Kun stayed in Sun Ce's camp and refused to leave, saying: "Liu Yao's army is large and unorganized, and he cannot use the tactics of moving forward and backward and defeating each other. As long as Gong Jin prepares for it, there will be no difference. But I

But there is no shame in going back like this."

These arrogant and powerful generals are Sun Ce’s confidants. He also has to care for his soldiers, so he asked with a smile: "What do you want?"

Xu Kun immediately became energetic and said: "If I can bring back a hundred war horses, can I straighten my chest and walk in front of Gong Jin? This is something that can improve the combat power of the entire army, and Gong Jin will also greatly appreciate it.

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Fearing that Sun Ce would disagree, he immediately analyzed: "In this battle, Gong Jin defeated the enemy army and killed more than 700 people. The enemy's total casualties were probably several times that. But our army of 4,000 disciples was able to defeat the enemy army, but

The reason why we cannot expand our victory is because of the lack of cavalry."

"Hundreds of war horses?!" Sun Ce glared at him: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Where can I get him hundreds of war horses?

Jiang Qin had previously counted 227 horses in the whole battalion, which was not enough to expand the Xuanjia cavalry.

Counting the more than 100 horses captured in the battle with Zuo Rong, we finally had enough horses for the 100 black armor cavalry and 200 rangers.

Jiangdong was in urgent need of war horses. Historically, it was not until Sun Ce conquered the entire Jiangdong and rewarded the generals that Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu, and Han became first-level generals that they were allotted 2,000 men and fifty war horses.

Although the situation has been changed beyond recognition now, the army has not even defeated Qu'adu, and the main cavalry and horses are not enough. Where can we get hundreds of horses for the generals!

Before Xu Kun had time to speak, Jiang Qin hurriedly walked to the tent and said in an excited tone: "General, there is good news from Gui Lan. Zuo Rong has been killed by his troops here. Yu Zi led his troops to surrender and asked us to send troops."

Heading to take over the camp.”

The news came unexpectedly, and Sun Ce stood up in surprise.

Zuo Rong is really dead!

This famous villain in the late Han Dynasty, a gangster who committed many crimes, left the scene early.

Sun Ce clenched his fists heavily, indicating that his process of unifying Jiangdong was faster now.

This is how it should be! It’s not in vain to reorganize the army vigorously, build mandarin duck formations, equipped assault cavalry, and the three armies have strict military discipline. How can the process not be fast?

Sun Ce immediately said to Xu Kun: "You, Jiang Qin, and Chen Wu will personally reorganize the Zairong camp. Complete the reorganization as soon as possible. The army will march into Qu'a to have a showdown with Liu Yao!"

Xu Kun also heard that there were more than two thousand horses in Zuorong's camp, and he immediately accepted the order excitedly. However, before leaving, he asked: "How should Yu Zi deal with it?"

Sun Ce was extremely disgusted by people who betrayed their master.

But he was about to have a decisive battle with Liu Yao, and Sun Ce wanted to win the hearts of Jiangdong's heroes, so he couldn't treat Yu Zi harshly, lest he lose his popularity.

So Sun Ce ordered: "Treat him as a hero who has taken refuge with you, and give him the position of commander-in-chief of another department. Keep an eye on him personally."

To treat him as a hero is to give him a status like Xu Yi and Liu You.

But Sun Ce specifically asked him to keep an eye on him, and Xu Kun understood Sun Ce's attitude. Needless to say, he already knew how to deal with it.

Not long after Xu Kun and others left, Gui Lan waved her broad sleeves and strode up to Sun Ce. With a proud smile on her face, she calmly handed over his hand.

"Fortunately, we did not disgrace our orders. We have killed the traitor Zuo Rong for the general."

Sun Ce laughed heartily and said: "If you are waiting for Jiangdong County to help me, why should I worry about not being able to bring peace to Jiangdong?"

This warm and masculine smile was very contagious. Looking at Sun Ce's open-minded and heroic demeanor, Gui Lan felt quite infected and her mood became much brighter.

He stroked his chin and beard with his hand, narrowed the corners of his eyes, and said proudly: "It's not just us who are boasting. We raised food and grass for Sun Lang and stabilized the counties. Sun Lang fought in front and defeated all the attacks. Jiangdong was not settled.

.Even if General Yuan and Liu Jingzhou come with their troops, we can work together to ensure that Jiangdong is worry-free."

Gui Lan's attitude is very clear. What he values ​​​​is that Sun Lang and Min Qiu are innocent, can guarantee the interests of the powerful, and protect Danyang from the ravages of war.

Sun Ce also immediately heard the implication of his words, and solemnly said: "This is inevitable. I founded the army to defend my country and defend Jiangdong. Nowadays, the land south of the Yangtze River is vast and sparsely populated, and the population is insufficient.

Millions, if we can work together as one, we can work together. If we waste each other, we will only attract powerful enemies to invade the situation."

As Sun Ce said, the entire prosperous land south of the Yangtze River, half of the country in later generations, and millions of square kilometers of land, now have a population of only about one million.

At this time, things like powerful mergers and acquisitions were almost extinct.

As long as these people do not rebel or do evil, Sun Ce will not maliciously target them at all.

There are absolutely conditions for both sides to coexist harmoniously.

They supported Sun Ce's rule. Sun Ce enforced military discipline and had no infringement with the people, and even protected their interests from intrusion by Shanyue, princes and the like.

Of course, taxes still have to be levied. Any princes who rule Jiangdong have to levy taxes. However, how to collect taxes is still a process of continuous game between the two sides.

Gui Lan then also deliberately tested Sun Ce's attitude towards taxation.

Sun Ce directly made it clear that after winning Qu'a, he would declare his governance plan for the entire Jiangdong.

Qu'a is right in front of him, and now that Zuo Rong has been conferred, Sun Ce is about to rectify the situation in the rear and lead his army eastward for a decisive battle with Liu Yao.

This was indeed not a good time to announce the policy agenda, so Gui Lan didn't ask any more questions. After all, in the past few days, even if Danyang Haoqiang made any moves, it would be too late.
To be continued...