"When you are diligent and meritorious, you will be accompanied by troops and subordinates, and you will be assigned to heroes, so the title will not be added." [Three Kingdoms·Wu Shu]
After Xu Huang made arrangements, he began to disrupt the organizational structure, preparing to break up and reorganize the soldiers and horses under the generals, and reorganize them into an army. As the only regular army of the imperial court in the southeast, peace can be expected in the future.
The emperor only gave him 35,000 soldiers.
In addition to Gan Ning's 10,000-strong naval force, which was expanded on the existing basis, Xu Huang also had his own 10,000-strong Chinese army, commanded by Xu Shang, Xu Ding, and Guan Ping. The remaining troops were allocated to Sun Ce and Zhang
With Xiu, Wenpin and others on top, it is natural that they are stretched thin.
Zhang Xiu was a close confidant of the emperor, and he was going to Kuaiji to conquer Shanyue, so Xu Huang generously allocated him 5,000 troops, of which 3,500 were selected from various armies, and the rest were in Kuaiji.
Recruitment. The troops brought by Wenpin were carefully selected when they came from Jingzhou and were not large in number. Xu Huang still asked him to reduce them to two thousand after quelling the Runan rebellion.
In contrast, Huang Zhong, who also came from Jingzhou, was very embarrassed. He had no power and power. In the past, he only followed Cai Mao and Huang Zu on expeditions as an ordinary general. When Cai Mao and others were transferred to Qingzhou, the governor of Donglai, Heng
Huang Zu, the captain of the sea school, transferred a large number of elites from the two armies and brought them to Donglai to form a navy army. Most of the remaining soldiers and horses were old and weak and were placed in farming. Only a few hundred people remained under Huang Zhong's command.
It would be fine if Huang Zhong's military position was not high, but he has now reached the rank of Zhonglang General. Xu Huang gave him 2,000 troops according to Wenpin's treatment, which meant that Huang Zhong had to mobilize more than 1,000 people from others.
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As the general with the largest number of troops except Xu Huang, Sun Ce can accept the choice of the best, but he cannot accept that his carefully trained son-in-law is just handed over to others. Although Huang Zhong looks calm and reliable, he still has a reason to do it.
I didn’t trust him and subconsciously objected a few words.
"Are your soldiers soldiers of the Sun family or soldiers of the imperial court?" Xu Huang said something very serious directly. He held the knot used to issue orders on behalf of the emperor, as if holding a long spear with a sharp handle: "I know you
Two generations of the Sun family have run the business, and their soldiers and horses are ready to fight with them. They are elite and courageous. But the court wants not only soldiers who can fight, but also people who can be dispatched."
He now legitimately owns the 'False Festival' given by the emperor, instead of Zhu Jun borrowing the scepter from him. After Zhu Jun moved to the post of General of Chariots and Cavalry and returned the Yak Festival, Huangfu Song was the only one in the world.
Xu Huang and his two men possess "jie". With "jie", they can not only control the generals and issue orders on behalf of the emperor, but also have limited freedom to enforce the law.
For example, the "Fake Festival" in Xu Huang's hands, although it is the lowest level among the emperor's rights to hold festivals, it can also behead those who violate military orders in battle.
As a rebellious general, Sun Ce could not be dealt with by Xu Huang in just a "holiday", but in front of Xu Huang, Sun Ce still did not dare to offend him. He repeatedly accused him, clasped his fists and said: "Stop your anger, the general will be gone."
This means that the general will soon send his troops to Runan, which is the time when strong troops under his command are needed. If he withdraws at this time, the army will be reduced by half. How can the group of thieves in Runan be wiped out with only the bravery of the general?"
"I will give you three thousand soldiers." Xu Huang refused to say anything else. He stroked the tail of the yak and began to distribute: "You have Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu and other schools under your command, as well as a thousand elite soldiers. Allocate Huang Zhong to lead them.
"He also transferred hundreds of people from Wenpin and his own subordinates, and pieced them together and gave them to Huang Zhong.
This time Sun Ce learned a lesson and did not dare to raise any objections. He just listened to Xu Huang and said again: "Capture General Wu Jing, lead three thousand troops, march to Runan with Sun Ce, and let him control it."
Wu Jing is Sun Ce's uncle and Sun Ce's staunchest supporter. Sun Ce started his army from Jiangdong. In addition to the original troops, he also accepted Liu Xun, Qiao Rui and other Yuan Shu's old troops along the way, with a force of nearly 30,000. However, he was defeated by Xu Huang
After splitting up and abolishing the company, there were still 6,000 people left.
These six thousand people are basically the backbone of the Sun family. For example, Sun Bi, Sun Fu, Sun He, etc. are all members of the Sun family. Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Lu Fan, etc. are also old tribes of the Sun family, and they all have deep connections with the Sun family.
People with this brand are neither easy to deploy nor continue to reduce their troops.
Xu Huang thought that maybe this was Sun Ce's bottom line, and the emperor would be satisfied with such a result.
After some splitting and reorganization, the original number of more than 70,000 people under Xu Huang's command was successfully reduced by half. Although the number was reduced sharply, the situation of good and bad in the army was fundamentally solved, and the army was not only more elite than before.
, Xu Huang's control over this mixed force has also been unprecedentedly strengthened.
The disarmament operation in Huainan is in full swing. Those who are not strong enough are mostly placed in the fields in the counties and counties of Huainan. Among them, those who are relatively strong are relegated to the second line and serve as local county soldiers. There are more or less discordant voices among them.
However, it did not cause any major turmoil. This was not only due to Xu Huang's personal prestige, but also to the active cooperation of Sun Ce and others, especially the emperor's authority that Xu Huang relied on behind his back.
There has been a lot of movement outside Shouchun City in the past two days. The generals who will be transferred to other places have hurriedly packed their tents and packed their bags and set off early to leave. They will soon be transferred to Youzhou and will join the two veteran generals Cheng Pu and Han under the command of General Zhang Liao.
At the end of the time limit, he said goodbye to Sun Ce with a tangled heart:
"Major General." After so long, Captain Han Dang still couldn't change his words. He raised his eyes and looked up and down at this young man who had almost watched him grow up. His eyes were full of reluctance: "If he were younger, I would wait for him.
Why don’t I want to fight for the young general to kill the enemy and protect his left and right sides? It’s just..."
At this time, he and the school captain Cheng Pu were riding on horses respectively. Not far away were more than two thousand troops preparing to be transferred to Zhang Liao's command. At this time, the troops were resting outside the city, waiting for a few people outside the pavilion.
Say goodbye.
"Han Gong, Cheng Gong." Sun Ce had always respected these two uncles very much. Although the two elders were about to leave, his expression was very calm: "You two followed your father around, trapped in battle and captured the enemy.
, it has been more than ten years. You two have been thousands of miles away from home. Now that you are older, you are in love with your family and miss your old things. This is human nature. If you are unkind, how can you force yourself on others?"
Han Dang breathed a sigh of relief. After looking at each other, Han Dang clasped his fists and said, "Major General, you are generous!"
In fact, the two of them could not resist the imperial court's orders from the bottom of their hearts. This was not only because they could return to their long-lost hometown, but also because they could step out from under Sun Ce and move towards another vast world.
Despite this, he was still reluctant to let go, and Han Dang said angrily: "Don't worry, young general, we have been greatly favored by Sun Gong, and we vow to assist the general. Even if it is difficult to defeat the fate today, I have trust in the future, no matter what the general says!"
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Cheng Pu also took up the conversation, stroking his beard and said: "So, I have been leading troops in Jianghuai these years, and I have thought a lot about naval warfare. If Jiangdong wants to build a large naval army in the future, I can also recommend myself. Please give me orders.
Southern tune.”
He has always been very wise. The emperor's quota for the Jianghuai army was only 35,000. With such a small number of troops, 10,000 were squeezed out for Gan Ning to organize a navy. This shows that the emperor saw the characteristics of the Jiangdong water system.
.What's more, Cheng Pu also got a glimpse of the emperor's future planning for the future navy from Huang Zu's additional appointment as captain of Henghai and training the navy in Donglai.
Han Dang didn't know what Cheng Pu was planning, and even if he knew it, it would be meaningless. He was only good at bow and horse riding, and Jiang Huai had no use for this skill. Only in Youzhou could there be enough horses for him to show off his talents.
Therefore, he thought that Cheng Pu said this to comfort Sun Ce, and then said: "The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is pleasant. When I get old, I will come here often to drink and reminisce in front of Sun Ce's cemetery."
"I know, I know." Sun Ce said repeatedly, he also raised his fists and bowed solemnly to the two of them: "You two don't think you are scoundrels, and you have been helping me with all your heart over the past few years. It is my late father who has a spirit under the spring, and he also
It’s a relief.”
After a few more words, they were about to say goodbye, but Cheng Pu suddenly remembered something from the navy, and the hand that was about to pull up the reins immediately dropped: "Yes, I have something to warn the general." He said.
He immediately leaned towards Sun Ce and said softly: "Huang Zu seems to be quite trusted by the emperor recently. From now on, we will serve as officials in the same court. No matter how unyielding the general is, he cannot act willfully... Be careful!"
After saying that, Cheng Pu took a deep look at Zhou Yu and Lu Fan, who were on Sun Ce's left and right, and seemed to assign the heavy responsibility of guiding Sun Ce to them in the future.
Zhou Yu didn't say a word, with a faint smile on his face. He followed Sun Ce to see Cheng Pu and Cheng Pu off today. He acted like an ordinary guest and refused to explain anything. But Lu Fan didn't care about his position.
The man on the side agreed readily and said with certainty: "Don't worry, Mr. Cheng, Huang Zu is extravagant and ignorant. Even if he cannot be lynched for revenge, there will always be time in the future."
His words were not only a guarantee to Cheng Pu, but also an advice to Sun Ce. Now that both of them were officials, Sun Ce could not take the risk no matter how much he wanted to avenge his father's murder.
Han Dang was also reminded that outside Xiangyang City, both Liu Biao and Huang Zu were the masterminds of Sun Jian's murder. However, now that the Liu family has re-established the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao's status as a clan relative is more noble than before, far from
Sun Ce can plan.
In contrast, only Huang Zu still had opportunities to take advantage of. His greed for pleasure and mediocre ability would be the main reasons for his death. Han Dang advised from this: "Confucius said, 'A small person cannot bear it.
It will mess up the whole plan. The Sun family has not yet prospered, so why should we risk our future for a common man? It is better to wait and see."
"That's a good thing to say!" Sun Ce's eyes quickly flashed with a sinister look, and then he regained his clarity. He nodded, as if he had listened.
Cheng Pu sighed quietly, lifted the reins with his right hand, and prepared to drive the horse away: "It's getting late, I'll leave as soon as possible!"
Sun Ce nodded quietly. He looked at Cheng Pu and Han Dang quietly as they returned to the team. They shouted at the soldiers who were resting by the road to start moving. They watched the team walk towards the horizon and gradually formed a line.
A long line with no end. The two familiar figures at the head were getting farther and farther away, and scenes from the past appeared in Sun Ce's mind like a tidal wave;
From when Han Dang helped him mount his horse and taught him how to ride and shoot, to when Cheng Pu explained to him the scenery outside the Great Wall, the beauties of Yan and Zhao... it was they who first opened Sun Ce's vision beyond the small Jiangdong and realized this vast world.
; It was they who led the old troops after the death of their father Sun Jian, united around him unswervingly, and assisted him with all their heart...
‘Cheng Gong Cheng Gong, where is You Beiping?’
"In a place far north, past the Huaihe River, there are still several large rivers to cross. The men there often gather to play games, sing tragic songs generously, and be brave and courageous."
‘What about Liaoxi?’
'Now we have to go further north... You can see many Wuhuan people there, and the Wuhuan horse is the best horse I have ever seen... Why are you asking about the hometown of me and Han Yigong?'
'This way I can go to Youzhou to find you.'
Now this old friend whom he treated like an uncle since childhood is about to go away and return to their hometown. Sun Ce, who endured the pain, can no longer bear it because he has realized that what he has lost is like two relatives.
characters, rather than subordinates like Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.
"Bo Fu, we can go back..." Lu Fan whispered from the side.
Sun Ce didn't seem to hear him. He suddenly raised his riding whip, whipped it hard, and galloped forward. Years of experience had made him an adult who would not grieve easily and knew how to hide his emotions. Sun Ce lost control this time.
He chased the team in the same way, and finally he reined in his horse and stopped on a small hill. Looking at the team below, he suddenly shouted: "Mr. Cheng, Mr. Han!"
There seemed to be a slight stagnation in the orderly team. Even so, the team that had not received military orders still moved forward slowly. Cheng Pu and Han Dang, who were walking in the front, ignored Sun Ce's shouts and did not look back.
"Take good care of me, Kotojiro!"
Most of the people Cheng Pu and the others took away were the tribesmen they had recruited in Jiangdong. Sun Ce couldn't say something coy about asking them to work hard to get more food and take care of themselves, so he could only say it in this way.
After a while, just when Lu Fan, who was chasing after him, thought they hadn't heard, Cheng Pu, who had his back turned to them, suddenly raised his right arm high, with a clenched fist pointing forcefully at them like an oath.
sky.
Seeing this, Sun Ce raised his face and smiled. He laughed loudly and arrogantly, as if he had put something down and found something again.
Han Dang, who was in the distance, looked ahead and suddenly sighed and said, "You are so like your father, I will feel relieved."
At this time, Cheng Pu had lowered his raised right arm, picked up the horse's rein again, and said quietly: "If it weren't for Zhou Gongjin beside him, I would not dare to leave."
"Zhou Lang grew up with him, and he is the princess's son-in-law. He will take care of him in the court. As long as Bo Fu is less frivolous and impetuous in the future, his achievements will definitely surpass Sun Gong." Han Dang said, full of hope for Sun Ce's future.
He gained confidence: "When I go to Youzhou, even if I don't achieve anything, I won't have any regrets."
"That's not what I meant." Cheng Pu shook his head slightly and looked into the distance with a blank look: "The further away we are, the safer he will be in the future... Zhou Gongjin knows the truth, so I
Don't worry about him. As for us..."
Chengpeng, who was once the most strategist under Sun Jian, paused and then said: "There will be time in the future."