"My lord, the general is back." When he went to Cai, Wei Yan, who was dressed in a dusty body, saluted Chu Nan.
He was ordered to lead troops to suppress rebellions in various cities. Until now, Cao Cao's reinforcements were trapped in Heilunjian as soon as they entered Runan. It can be said that the overall situation in Runan has been determined by now, but the thirty-six counties in Runan are not.
It can be collected in no time.
Now that the situation is gradually being straightened out and the strategy is getting smoother, he doesn't understand why Chu Nan is so anxious to recruit him back.
"It looks a little more magnanimous than before. How many troops and horses have been lost?" Chu Nan nodded and looked Wei Yan up and down. After more than a month of absence, Wei Yan looked a little more calm than before, his eyes wandering around.
, and a bit more oppressive. If Wei Yan before was a talented and fledgling general, passionate and fierce, then Wei Yan at this time has become a bit like a general who has experienced the baptism of the battlefield, calm and wise.
"The general is incompetent. Twenty-eight people died in the battle for several days!" Wei Yan said with a look of shame.
Chu Nan glanced at him, ignored his Versailles, and nodded: "Wen Chang defeated six counties in a row, some casualties are inevitable, but..."
Seeing the expectant expression on Wei Yan's face, the calmness suddenly disappeared. Chu Nan said with some humor: "There is not much time left for you to repair. Cao Xing, Wei and Yue will continue to be responsible for clearing the counties. You
You and Zhou Cang will follow me north to meet your father-in-law, there may be a big battle to be fought."
"The general's subordinates are all elite men. They can fight when they come, and they can win in battle. The general is not tired and is willing to send troops immediately!" Wei Yan was overjoyed and clasped his fists at Chu Nan.
"Renovate for two days and then follow me to Heilvjian to meet up with my father-in-law." Chu Nan waved his hand. Wei Yan's soldiers were fighting the most fiercely these days and almost never stopped. Even if Wei Yan was relieved, Chu Nan couldn't bear to do this.
Squeeze the soldiers' physical strength.
"It doesn't take two days..." Wei Yan wanted to say something else, but when the words came to his lips, Chu Nan glared back.
"When a man is alive, it is a good thing to be ambitious. Without ambition, you will not think about making achievements; but as a general, you should not only consider your own merits. Have you ever considered the feelings of the soldiers under you who work hard for you?
Chu Nan frowned and looked at him.
The Jianghuai Army only trained for less than three months, but they showed extremely high combat literacy and discipline in this battle. The reason for this is naturally due to Chu Nan's various little stories during the initial training, which helped them establish the correct outlook on life.
s reason.
But what is more important is that the military pay of these soldiers is more than five times that of ordinary soldiers. After the battle, Chu Nan will give rewards, and the family land tax will be reduced to a certain extent based on their merits. It is for this reason that these soldiers are here
He improved rapidly in each battle, showing morale and discipline that were far beyond ordinary soldiers.
Painting cakes is necessary, but benefits must also be given. Chu Nan has given both of these, and at the same time, he has also given respect. If these soldiers are still unwilling to fight to the death to kill the enemy, then Chu Nan should consider changing a group of people and a new team.
This is a training method.
But no matter how good the soldiers are, they cannot be used as livestock. The physical fitness of generals is not at the same level as that of soldiers, right?
Wei Yan was speechless and a little ashamed. I don't know whether it was because he was scolded or because he really felt that he had been too much towards his subordinates. I hope it was the latter.
"Go and rest." Chu Nan waved his hand. There is no need to teach you how to be a good person. Even if the other person is your subordinate, you don't need to teach him. It's useless. Even if you hear it on the surface, you won't really agree with it in your heart. Everyone
Everyone has their own set of logic for doing things, so Chu Nan always only gives orders to Wei Yan, and never teaches him what to do.
Besides, when it comes to the art of war... Chu Nan feels that he can't teach others anything.
In the next two days, Chu Nan continued to arrange for officials from various counties to take up their posts. The rear area was basically leveled by plows now. Officials who took office would not be in danger of being killed. Even if there were occasionally some big families in some places, they would be killed first in case of chaos.
This rule of the wealthy clan also makes the remaining wealthy clans want to protect these officials every day, for fear that if something happens to the officials, they will be exterminated.
"Lord, there is really no need to send troops to guard it?" Seeing that the rear was settled, Zhou Cang looked at Chu Nan with some uncertainty. It used to be the enemy's city, so there was no need to worry about it, but now these cities belong to this side from top to bottom.
, why don’t you assign some people to garrison them?
"It was meaningless not to send troops before, but it is unnecessary not to send troops now." Chu Nan was in a good mood and explained calmly. As for whether he understood or not, that was his business.
Zhou Cang watched Chu Nan leave with a blank look on his face. After a long time, he couldn't come back to feed him. He turned to look at Pei Yuanshao who was standing aside: "Do you understand?"
Pei Yuanshao shook his head, who can understand this?
The two-day rest time passed quickly. Chu Nan and Wei Yan joined forces and led the army to Heilv Stream. With Chu Nan's understanding of the secret of Feng Zi, they arrived at Heilv Stream before noon.
Outside Heilvjian, Zhong Yao led his guards and a large amount of property. There were also more than a dozen cars. In each car, there was a charming woman. This time, he came to persuade Lu Bu no matter what.
Retreat, we can't wait any longer!
The carriage and horses were stopped in front of the military camp, but Zhong Yao had no one to stop him. After all, this was the third time he came. Zhong Yao asked his men to stay outside and look after the carriage and horses. As they got closer, Zhong Yao suddenly discovered that the size of Lu Bu's military camp had increased a lot.
, in each camp, people and horses were going back and forth, carrying supplies, it was not an empty camp. Seeing this scene, my heart sank, and I had a bad premonition.
Why did Lu Bu suddenly increase his troops? Did he not want to talk about it?
Entering the camp with mixed emotions, I saw Lu Bu talking to a young man. Just by looking at Lu Bu's expression, I could tell that the other person was really happy. It was completely different from the perfunctory tone when talking to him.
Zhong Yao recognized this person. The young man who angered Kong Rong to the point of vomiting blood in the palace, Chu Nan!
He must be the one who has been advising Lu Bu behind the scenes during this period!
"Sir, my lord is busy at the moment. Please take a rest!" Song Xian stopped Zhong Yao who wanted to go over and motioned for him to go to the other side with him. Now Lu Bu and Chu Nan were discussing things, and it was obviously not suitable for Zhong Yao to go there.
Zhong Yao frowned when he heard this, but he didn't want to get angry. He just used his skills secretly to hear what the two of them had to say, but he heard nothing. An invisible force isolated the two of them!
This young man...
Zhong Yao glanced at Chu Nan in surprise. He also had the aura of awe, so he could naturally sense it, but the other party's shield could actually block his detection? He remembered that the last time he saw this person in Xuchang, although he had awakened divine power,
He only had some military skills, but now he has both Confucianism and Soldiers skills, and he has become quite a climate, even being able to block his own prying eyes!
Not to mention the ability itself, the speed of progress is really shocking!
"Sir?" Song Xian frowned and looked at Zhong Yao who was paused.
"Oh~ please!" Zhong Yao came back to his senses, glanced at Chu Nan with complicated eyes, and finally followed Song Xian all the way to the tent for him to rest.
"Father-in-law, this Black River has been trapped for some time. Nan thinks that it is time to try to recruit Cao's army to surrender." Chu Nan was not sure whether Guan Yu was still in this Black River. After all, Zhong Yao was gone.
If Guan Yu wants to leave on his own, it shouldn't be difficult. It's not his direct army. Zhong Yao doesn't feel sorry for him, and Guan Yu certainly has no reason to feel sorry for him.
Chu Nan didn't care too much whether Guan Yu left or not, but if Cao Cao's 20,000 troops in the dark stream could be recruited to surrender, it would be of great significance. Even if he couldn't use it immediately, he could weaken Cao Cao and let him take advantage of it.
Cao Cao, who did not have many troops, was even more stretched.
Of course, in fact, the easiest way is to directly massacre the 20,000 people, but it is not necessary. Secondly, Chu Nan does not want to carry out such a large-scale massacre for no reason. Although the people he killed have already exceeded 20,000, but
Chu Nan still thinks that he is a good person.
Lu Bu nodded and thought: "Zhang Fei is dead, and Liu Bei will probably not survive. I just don't know if Guan Yu is still here. If he is, we can try to recruit him to surrender."
Lu Bu still admired Guan Yu very much. It would be great if he could recruit Guan Yu to his side. Although he thought it was unlikely, wouldn't he have a son-in-law? It should be no problem.
"This... is probably no longer here." Chu Nan smiled bitterly and shook his head. Did his father-in-law have some misunderstanding of him? Or did he think too highly of himself?
Not to mention that Guan Yu may no longer be here in Helujian. Even if he is still here, as the person who directly killed Zhang Fei and indirectly seriously injured Liu Bei, how could Guan Yu come here to surrender? Guan Yu may surrender to anyone, but he can never surrender to Lu Bu.
, Chu Nan is extremely sure of this. Unless he can directly clear Guan Yu's memory and then use a modifier to modify the compatibility of Guan Yu and Lu Bu, don't even think about it!
However, compatibility can really change. If Chu Nan is willing to spend a lot of luck to strengthen Guan Yu ten times, he will almost be one of his own. But to strengthen Guan Yu at this level, he will need hundreds of millions of luck at a time, ten times...
"You have to give it a try, Zi Yan. How about I leave the matter of recruiting and surrendering to you?" Lu Bu said with a smile.
"Nan takes the order!" Chu Nan nodded. Guan Yu didn't say anything. He would definitely recruit Cao Yu's 20,000 troops to surrender. As for Lu Bu's expectations for Guan Yu... My father-in-law should wake up early. It's impossible.
"Besides, Zhong Yao sent by Cao Cao has come here for the third time. I don't know how to negotiate with him this time!" Lu Bu sighed.
Since it is a peace negotiation, it is natural that there must be back and forth, constant negotiation of conditions, and finally a condition acceptable to both parties.
But the problem is that they don't want to negotiate peace.
If we really want to negotiate peace, Lu Bu might agree to it the first time.
In the end, according to Chu Nan's request, Cao Cao was naturally unable to agree to the emperor's request. The first time failed; the second time Zhong Yao brought a large amount of property, and the court was willing to give up Runan. According to Chu Nan's words, Lu Bu at least wanted
There are three counties in the land, so it naturally failed.
This time, Zhong Yao not only brought a large amount of property, but also brought a dozen charming women. In addition, Cao Cao must have other things to give, and Lu Bu was a little unsure whether he could withstand the temptation.
"Don't worry, father-in-law, my son-in-law will talk to him today!"