The matter of Nanyang's annexation is a big deal, not just Lu Bu can nod his head, the delivery of military power, the deployment of generals, those generals under Lu Bu must be settled, some will go with Lu Bu, and some will continue to stay in Nanyang, who will stay and who will go is a problem, in addition, according to the rules set by Chen Mo, the families of the soldiers are to move to Guanzhong, and all aspects of things need to be coordinated, and the most important thing is the migration of family members.

In official terms, it is not to threaten the family, but most of the fields that the imperial court rewards for meritorious soldiers are in Guanzhong, and there is also the problem of children enrolling in the academy, Nanyang Academy is more inclined to the professor of military, art of war and martial arts, and not everyone is willing to continue to follow the old path of military generals.

In addition, some veterans under Lu Bu will be promoted, such as Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Cheng Lian, Cao Xing, Wei Yue, these generals who have followed Lu Bu for many years, will have some promotions in their official positions, which can be regarded as helping Lu Bu appease people's hearts.

As for who left with Lu Bu and who stayed, Chen Mo gave Lu Bu great respect at this point, except for Zhang Liao, who Chen Mo personally wrote to Lu Bu to ask for, everyone else's decision was Lu Bu's decision, which made Lu Bu very comfortable, what he needed was the feeling of being valued and recognized.

"Wen Yuan is the Nanyang guard general personally set by the lord, and the general is difficult to seal and guard Nanyang, this is the lord's handbook." Lu Bu showed Chen Mo's letter to everyone, and there was nothing to twist about recognizing Chen Mo as the lord, holding the letter, he was even a little proud in his heart, and then looked at everyone: "Outside of Wenyuan, whether you will continue to stay in Nanyang or go to Luoyang with me to meet the lord, it is up to me to decide, you have been with me for many years, and if you are willing to go with me, you will go to Luoyang with me, and if you don't want to go, you will stay, and it can be regarded as helping Wenyuan." ”

"After all these years of wandering with the lord, the last general wants to go back with the lord to have a look." Hou Cheng grinned and said, when they followed Ding Yuan to Luoyang, they were in the prime of life, and now more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and they also have some identities, and now they want to go back to see how their hometown is doing.

"I've been with the lord for half my life, and now I'm running under Wen Yuan, it's not a taste in my heart." Wei Xu shook his head, although his ability is not as good as Zhang Liao, but he used to be on the same level as Zhang Liao, and he could even press one head, but now Lu Bu voted for Chen Mo, and he judged the level by his ability, but he couldn't compare and didn't want to be below Zhang Liao, so he still followed Lu Bu.

Song Xian and Cheng Lian also had similar thoughts, each saluted Lu Bu and was willing to follow Lu Bu.

Cao He and Wei Yue finally chose Lu Bu, but the two of them didn't have so many ideas, but they were used to following Lu Bu and following Zhang Liao's side, so it was inevitable that they would not be adaptable.

"Zhou Cang (Hu Che'er) is willing to follow the lord!" Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er on the side suddenly saluted Lu Bu and said, when they came to vote, they came for Lu Buwei's name.

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Bu with a wry smile, all of a sudden, the backbone of Nanyang is gone, but fortunately, there is no shortage of generals in Nanyang, and there are many generals among them who can be promoted, otherwise if Lu Bu leaves like this, Nanyang's army may have to be chaotic.

"Don't call me the lord in the future." Lu Bu saw that these old subordinates and two personal guards were willing to follow him, and he was also happy in his heart, and shook his head and said, "It's okay to call me a general." ”

"Whoa!" The generals bowed in agreement.

Lu Bu turned his head, looked at Xu Shu on the side and said, "Yuan Zhi, is there anything else?" ”

"Nanyang and Jizhou are the places where our army and Cao's army are directly bordered." Xu Shu nodded, looked at Zhang Liao and said: "Especially Nanyang, east of Yuzhou, south of Jingxiang Liu Biao, the most vulnerable to a two-sided attack, our army and Cao Jun will have a battle sooner or later, Wen Yuan can try to get along with Jingzhou Liu Biao, try not to have a conflict, he will fight together, Nanyang is the important place for our army to capture the Central Plains, Wen Yuan should train soldiers and horses diligently, and respond to the main force of our army at any time." ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Liao said solemnly.

"General Wenyuan don't be in a hurry, there are still many things to do in Nanyang, this time I will go back to the court to discuss with the lord, and I will start to migrate the families of the soldiers when I come back in a few days, and there will be a group of people transferred at that time." Xu Shu smiled.

Now Chen Mo and Cao Cao can be said to be fully bordered, the forces of the two sides are staggered, border conflicts will occur from time to time, and a war is inevitable, which is also the reason why Chen Mo left Zhang Liao behind, in a short period of time, Chen Mo is not a more suitable candidate than Zhang Liao to guard Nanyang.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Liao intervened and saluted, and said solemnly.

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Luoyang, General's Mansion.

"Lord, even if Wen Hou has always been friendly with the lord, but Zhang Liao is a general after all, and I am afraid it will be ...... to let him guard Nanyang directly" Li Ru looked at the list of Nanyang garrisons, Chen Mo only sent one Cui Geng to be the Taishou of Nanyang, and other military affairs were handed over to Zhang Liao for deployment, so it was too dangerous to use people in this way.

Even if the situation on Lu Bu's side is a bit special, Zhang Liao is a surrender general after all, and he will use one to defend a major town in the future, and it is also an important town that is likely to become the focus of all parties in the future, not to mention the first time when Chen Mo was under his command, looking at the world and even looking at the past and the present, this is a very rare exception, even if Li Ru rarely opposes Chen Mo's decision, but this time, Li Ru still thinks that the choice of Nanyang guard should be replaced by another person.

"Who does Wen You think is competent?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"This ......" Li Ru was also a little distressed when he heard this, there are many fierce generals under Chen Mo, but there are only a few who can take charge alone, Xu Rong suppressed Qianghu in Xiliang, Tai Shici has returned to Yunzhong, guarding the border pass, Xu Huang and Yu Sheng are stationed in Hebei.

As for the Jizhou generals to Gao Lan, Han Qiong, Zhang He, and the ability to recruit these people, but they are also generals, Gao Shun and Wuyi, one has to stay in Beijing, and the other is responsible for the rear training, which is the defense force of Luoyang and Chang'an, and it cannot be moved lightly or handed over to others.

As for Ma Chao, Pang De, and Zhang Xiu, although they have shown their means, they have their own shortcomings, and they are still worse after all.

"First, there is no one available in the urgency, and second, Zhang Liao has followed Fengxian to garrison Nanyang for so many years, as far as I know, almost all the military and political affairs have to be managed by him, if you are familiar with Nanyang things, no one is more suitable than him, and I have seen this person's previous records, he is brave and strategic, and he can be a general." Chen Mo put down the bamboo slips, looked at Li Ru and said with a smile: "As for loyalty, nothing in this world is certain, Wen You should look at it this way, if Zhang Liao can defend Nanyang for me, then I will have one more person under my account who can be alone and loyal, even if he can't, Nanyang is for nothing, and he has not lost anything if he loses us." ”

How else can you think so?

Li Ru didn't know whether to admire Chen Mo's mentality or be speechless.

"Things in this world are like this, if you want to take it, you must give it first, Zhang Liao's talent, Wen You should be clear, he is a general, not only to let people do things for you, but also to guard against others, no problem can force you to have problems, and you don't use people like this." Chen Mo smiled.

Employing people without suspicion, suspecting people don't need to, this is, no one can do it, but the gains and losses are good, as long as you can bear the loss, give your subordinates some trust, if the other party has an anti-heart, you are useless to defend, but if not, such a use, you will receive the heart of a general.

Loyalty is not something that comes for nowhere, and if you don't believe in people, why should people be loyal to you?

Nanyang is naturally useful to Chen Mo, but it is a bit too much to say that the key to determining the outcome is too much, and the loss does not have much impact on Chen Mo himself, if it weren't for Lu Bu handing over the watch, Chen Mo would not even accept Nanyang at this time, which is undoubtedly provoking Cao Cao's nerves.

If Zhang Liao can withstand this test, then Chen Mo will have another general who can be used with confidence, if not, Chen Mo's foundation will not suffer any losses, why not?

Li Ru nodded speechlessly, it's really such a truth, but ordinary people are afraid that this is not what they think about first, right?

"Now that Youzhou is new, the Youzhou guard has not yet been decided, only let Bao Geng be a general who protects Karasuma, a little thin, the choice of the general has not yet been decided, and then distracted Nanyang at this time, it is inevitable that there are some shortcomings, try to believe him." Chen Mo said with a smile: "Feng Xian will come back in a few days, Yuan Zhi wrote that this time he found a good master craftsman in Nanyang, who can teach Yuan Zhi to appreciate, and he is not weak in his ability. ”

On the issue of Nanyang, Chen Mo didn't want to talk about it, for Zhang Liao, Chen Mo himself was very appreciative, and Chen Mo still had some confidence in using him as the guard of Nanyang.

"Then I'll arrange the reception here, I don't know what kind of courtesy Wen Hou should treat when he returns to the court?" Li Ru asked. 、

"The gift of the three dukes, this is the first prince in the world to take the initiative to attach himself to the court, and it should not be treated lightly." Chen Mo said with a smile, not to talk about personal feelings, Lu Bu attached to the court as a prince, which is of great significance to Chen Mo, and in terms of etiquette, there must be no mistakes.

"Understood." Li Ru nodded, he also had a similar idea, although the courtesy of the three princes was a bit high, but whether it was Lu Bu's status as a prince or his own official title, he was worthy of it, not what Chen Mo said casually.

"In addition, this winter is coming, the border is bitterly cold, and the materials for the border soldiers to survive the winter must not be the slightest mistake." Chen Mo got up and said as he walked out with Li Ru.

"Confucianism understands that the first batch of supplies has already been delivered." Li Ru nodded, especially in the direction of Youzhou, now the defense of Youzhou is relatively weak, and if you want to fill the troops, you have to wait until next year, not to mention that you have to choose a general who is enough to garrison the border, which is not easy.

"Eating together?" Chen Mo looked at the sky and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord." Li Ru nodded.

"Thank you, it's rare to be quiet." Chen Mo shook his head with a smile and said, "Go and call Gongda and them, and eat Gu Du Cook today." ”

"Lord, I'll call!" Dian Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, leaving Zhao Yun with a blank face and running away, the speed was like a galloping horse.

"Zilong, go get a dog!" Chen Mo looked at Zhao Yun and said with a smile: "If you want a big meat, let's be together later." ”

"Whoa!"