After coming out of the treasury, all the soldiers gathered one after another. When Lu Bu and Chu Nan arrived at the school grounds, the soldiers of the three armies had already assembled.
Lu Bu strode up to the general platform, and the atmosphere of war gathered around him. Lu Bulang said: "This time our army rushed thousands of miles to kill Cao Cao and defeat Xuchang, all thanks to the efforts of our soldiers. Now that Xuchang has been defeated, the national traitor Cao Cao has been killed."
, it’s time to reward all the soldiers!”
After speaking, Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan. Chu Nan stepped forward, took the first volume of meritorious deeds from Zhou Cang, and began to chant loudly:
Among the generals, Huang Zhong shot and killed Xiahou Dun. He also showed great strength in the battle with Cao Cao. He was promoted to Zhonglang General and was rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, ten boxes of jewelry, and a thousand pieces of silk and satin.
Zhang Liao captured all the territory of Pei County, defeated Cao Ren's army, and bought enough time for Lu Bu to capture Xuchang. He was promoted to Zhonglang General, made a Marquis of the Pass, and was rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, ten boxes of jewelry, and a thousand pieces of silk and satin.
Gao Shun captured Renchengguo, defeated Cao's army, and contained the main force of Cao's army. This bought Lu Bu enough time to capture Xuchang, and he was promoted to General Zhonglang.
Wei Yan followed Chu Nan in this battle, fought hard at Cai Yang, captured Runan, defeated Cao Cao's army several times, and even beheaded Cao Cao. He was promoted to General Yamen and was rewarded with five hundred gold, five boxes of jewelry, and five hundred pieces of silk.
Ji Ling followed Gao Shun in this battle and defeated Cao's army several times. He achieved considerable military exploits and was promoted to partial general. He was rewarded with three hundred gold, three boxes of jewelry, and three hundred pieces of silk.
Song Xian, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Wei Yue, and Cheng Lian defeated Cao's army several times and had great military exploits. They were promoted to partial generals and were rewarded with hundreds of gold and hundreds of pieces of silk.
In addition, Wu Shuang and other meritorious generals were promoted to captains and received certain bounties.
In addition to giving these soldiers who went on the expedition, Chen Gong, as the logistics controller, had no military exploits, but kept the Xuzhou army's logistics constant. Lu Bu specially appointed the military adviser Zhonglang to be Chen Gong's official position, with a rank of two thousand shi.
The rewards did not end until the afternoon. The Xuzhou Army and the Jianghuai Army who participated in this battle all received many rewards. When the rewards were over, the officers and soldiers did not expect that even they had many rewards. For a time, the three armies cheered thunderously, and their morale was as high as a
It was an unprecedented height. Even Lu Bu, who was used to big scenes, was a little surprised by the intensity of the fighting spirit at this moment. If he led this army to fight again at this time, Cao Cao's army might be suppressed by Lu Bu that day.
In addition to the generals on Lu Bu's side, Zhang Xiu, as an ally, also sent troops to help vigorously. He contributed a lot, especially in killing Cao Cao, which was indispensable. In this merit-based reward, Zhang Xiu also received a reward, but Zhang Xiu
He was only granted the title of Marquis of Guannei and a large amount of property, but the position of Nanyang Prefect Chu Nan was not given to him, but was left to be determined.
Because Jia Xu refused to take the credit from Cao Cao, he only received some financial rewards, but his official status was not promoted. This is also the reason why Zhang Xiu was not promoted. Regardless of Cao Cao's contribution, Zhang Xiu's contribution this time is really not enough.
Promotion.
However, Zhang Xiu was very satisfied with getting these. Chu Nan still made the decision below and gave several young concubines of Cao Cao to Zhang Xiu, which also allowed Zhang Xiu to avenge his previous humiliation.
After the reward was over, Lu Bu asked the generals to lead their own soldiers back to camp, and then called everyone over.
"The war between Wenyuan and Boping is not over yet." Lu Bu looked at the people in the tent. Apart from Chu Nan, there were only several senior generals left here, including Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Song Xian, Cao Xing, and Wei Yue.
Discussing the matter, he looked at the crowd and said, "How do you think we should fight next?"
Chu Nan reminded: "Besides, before attacking Xuchang, we had received a letter from Jianghuai. Jiangdong once again sent troops to plot our Jianghuai land. However, our army wanted to attack Xuchang at that time and could not divide our troops, so we did not say anything to avoid lest the three armies
The soldiers are distracted. Now that we have descended from Xuchang, we should also divide our troops to rescue in the direction of Jianghuai."
The expressions of Huang Zhong and others changed slightly. They had followed Chu Nan to conquer the two counties of Jianghuai and participated in their governance. Chu Nan became mad, Huang Zhong also served as the prefect, and Wei Yan had done everything in charge of people's livelihood.
Although it sounds like he is almost always busy and never takes a break, he is also watching Jianghuai gradually take on a new look in their hands. Now that he heard that Jianghuai was in trouble, he was naturally anxious.
"The last general is willing to lead the troops to rescue immediately." Huang Zhong and Wei Yan stood up at the same time, clasping their fists at Lu Bu.
Both sides needed reinforcements. Lu Bu didn't know how to distribute them for a while. He frowned and looked at Chu Nan: "Zi Yan, what do you think?"
"Sun Quan is based in Jiangdong and wants to gain fame and power through this battle. With Zhou Yu on his left, he is more threatening. Therefore, my son-in-law suggested that General Huang lead 10,000 elite troops to support Jianghuai!" Chu Nan thought for a moment and said.
"Zi Yan, the remnants of Cao's army should not be underestimated. In addition to Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, there are also Lu Qian, Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu and others stationed in all directions. As far as I know from the surrendered troops, Cao's army is more than 100,000.
Why is he not as good as that kid from Jiangdong?" Song Xian asked with a frown.
"Although Cao's army is large, Cao Cao is dead and Xuchang has surrendered. Except for Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Xiu, the generals of the Cao clan, the other generals only need an edict from the emperor to surrender." Chu Nan nodded and said with a smile.
: "As long as the emperor is in hand, it is not difficult to divide and disintegrate these generals. Yesterday I surrendered Xu Huang. With his intervention, at least generals like Lu Qian can surrender."
"In this way, the only generals of the Cao family we have to deal with are the generals of the Cao family. Our army can send out an elite force to cooperate with the two generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to completely eradicate these remnants of the Cao family."
"Zi Yan, since these people have become stragglers, do you think they will run out of food? Can our army win without a fight?" Song Xian suddenly thought, these people have no foundation, what else can they use to fight?
"No, the local clans will not let them run out of food, especially at this time." Chu Nan shook his head: "So these Cao clans are the ones we must fight, otherwise as time goes by, these people will
If they turn into local bandits, it will be even harder to clean them up."
Lu Bu nodded and said: "Okay, according to Chu Nan's wishes, General Huang will lead his troops to Jianghuai to provide support. As for the Central Plains..."
"Chang Wen can lead five thousand elite troops to cooperate with generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to defeat the remnants of Cao's army." Chu Nan pointed to Pei County and looked at Wei Yandao.
"Is only five thousand troops too small?" Cao Xing asked worriedly.
"Quite a few. Wen Chang's task is to coordinate and assist the attack. The main force is still the two generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun." Chu Nan shook his head: "In Xuchang, our army must have at least 15,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise it will be inevitable.
Someone is coveting it." Chu Nan shook his head, five thousand people was already the limit he could give.
"But in this case, what should generals like Lu Qian do with them? Without a large army to deter them, it would be difficult to surrender!" Huang Zhong said in a deep voice.
"General, don't forget, we still have nearly 40,000 surrendered troops." Chu Nan smiled and said: "As for deterrence, there is no need. I plan to take 5,000 surrendered troops, and then take General Xu Huang to lobby all the non-Cao clans.
The clan generals surrendered to the imperial court."
It was surrender, not surrender, which also gave these generals some dignity.
"The other 30,000 have to be dispatched. We cannot stay in Xuchang for a long time." Chu Nan looked at the other generals and said, "General Song, Cao Xing, and Commander-in-Chief Wei Yue."
"This... 30,000 troops?" Song Xian looked at Chu Nan in astonishment. Although the troops were surrendered, the number was too many. Although he was Lu Bu's trusted general, Song Xian had never commanded tens of thousands of troops. At this moment
He couldn't help but be a little cautious: "I wonder what Ziyan wants us to do?"
"Win the hearts and minds of the people!" Chu Nan looked at the confused expressions of the three people and explained: "What we did in Xuzhou, we will do here, and what I did in Runan, we will do here?
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"This is the land of two states, and Yingchuan is a large county. It is a place where nobles are everywhere. Ziyan, have you thought clearly!?" Song Xian was shocked when he heard this.
In the past, the slaughter of the nobles in Xuzhou was a last resort. If they didn't slaughter them, they would die. But now, it is no longer necessary to do so. Haven't you seen that many nobles have secretly begun to contact Lu Bu?
This is obviously a sign that the nobles are submissive.
"What we want is to rebuild the world. The nobles can use it, but they haven't recognized themselves yet." Chu Nan shook his head. He received many invitations from the nobles yesterday, but he rejected them.
"How can we recognize ourselves?" Song Xian was puzzled.
Chu Nan looked at Song Xian, then at Lu Bu, and said with a smile: "I know that my father-in-law and all the generals are attracted to some extent by this noble family, but if you think about it carefully, how did they win over them? Invite me to attend that meeting.
A banquet where we are incompatible? In addition to showing off their knowledge and etiquette, making us look like monkeys, is there anything else?"
After everyone heard this and thought about it carefully, it was really just as Chu Nan said.
"Isn't this the case for everyone?" Song Xian was puzzled.
"That's their home field. We rarely participate, but they are used to it. No matter how much we cater to their rules, in their eyes, we are still full of ugliness. We may be respectful on the outside, but I'm afraid we can only laugh in our hearts.
Well, if you can't imagine it, you can also think about what it would be like for a group of big and thick men to imitate the dancing girl and dance her graceful dance."
Everyone: "..."
The picture is somewhat beautiful, I dare not think too much about it.
"In their eyes, we are not much different from these guys in our eyes!" Chu Nan looked at the people's faces that gradually darkened and said calmly: "I don't object to using nobles, and I will definitely use them in the future, but I don't like their behavior.
He thinks he is noble and condescends to offer us an olive branch like charity."
Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu and said: "Father-in-law, they will only have two attitudes towards people like us who are from a low background. One is to be as condescending as they are now, which will lead to the consequences of Dong Zhuo back then, and the other is to lower their noble heads."
, to gain our recognition by begging, they will not accept an equal dialogue with us."
Lu Bu straightened his back and said calmly: "Since you don't want to treat each other as equals, then just kneel and speak. According to Zi Yan, use these 30,000 surrendered troops to bulldoze the Central Plains nobles!"
"Here!" The generals had no objections this time, and all of them stood up to answer the order as if their eyes were filled with fire.