With 20,000 troops, even if most of them are rabble, they will not be completely powerless to fight back, at least they can find some trouble for Sun Ce and let him not be so arrogant. Ｘ

But it's a pity that Guo Yi and the others are all peace officials, and it's okay to sit and talk about the Tao, but they can barely deal with a few bandits, and they are helpless in the face of generals like Sun Ce, who are capable of conquest. They themselves don't know how to use soldiers, and they look down on people who are familiar with military affairs, they are simply idiots, otherwise how could Sun Ce be smuggled from Chadu and copy the back road of Guling.

These pedantic people with eyes above the top usually only know how to raise their heads to the sky and talk highly, how can they take a serious look at the road under their feet, and when the catastrophe comes, they will naturally only cry out in vain. It's really nice to look at them like this.

Shen Zhi's face was calm, and he tried not to be overjoyed. In fact, he couldn't figure out the details of Sun Ce, in case Sun Ce just sat on the ground and raised the price, scaring these people for a while, and then released after achieving his goal, wouldn't these people hate him to death? In the future, he will make a comeback, and he will definitely not be let go.

Leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future. Shen Zhi didn't want to do things perfectly. Sun Ce has Sun Ce's plans, and he has his ideas.

Guo Yi and the others argued for a long time, and finally accepted Shen Zhi's persuasion. With no grain reserves inside, no reinforcements outside, and no courage to fight hard, they can only choose to surrender, save their lives first, and then find a way to get out. As Shen Zhi said, it will take at least two months from Huiji to Chang'an, and the imperial court and Sun Ce do not deal with each other, and there is a great possibility that they will be pardoned, so many relatives and friends can't sit back and watch them be killed. Maybe if they don't go out of Yangzhou, Sun Ce will let them go.

After all, Zheng Hexie is a big family of Huiji, and Wang Sheng is Sun Jian's best friend.

Shen Zhi returned to the camp and reported to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was still touring in the lake, and when he heard Shen Zhi's report, he couldn't help but laugh. "Yang Dezu, you see, I have made another contribution. How do you think the court will reward me? ”

Yang Xiu put his hands behind his back, pretending to enjoy the scenery, pretending not to hear Sun Ce's words. Awards? The imperial court doesn't know how to have a headache when it receives the report, it is possible to scold Sun Ce, don't think about the reward.

Sun Ce didn't pay attention to him, and immediately arranged for him to surrender. He asked Ling Cao to load the cart by boat, transport it to the shore, and ask Guo Yi and the others to go to prison by themselves. He sat on the boat, and the drums played in unison, playing the music of victory. Gu Hui sat on the desk on the side, spread the paper, and wrote the report. When Guo Yi and the others set off, they sent Song Shu to Chang'an on a fast horse, giving Yang Biao and Xun a headache first.

Always make trouble for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will also make some trouble for you, depending on whether you kill or not.

It didn't take long for Gu Hui's article to be written and presented to Sun Ce for review. Sun Ce read it hastily and didn't care too much. Up to now, presumably Gu Hui doesn't dare to play any tricks, unless the Gu family wants to send Chang'an to Chang'an like Guo Yi and Wang Sheng.

Seeing the boat carrying the cart sailing to the shore, the soldiers on Hucheng Mountain already knew what it meant. Counting the number of cars, everyone's mood is very different. Needless to say, Guo Yi and the others knew that there was one of their own in those threshold cars, and there was nothing to look forward to, those with official positions took off their official uniforms, went to the crown belt and robes, and those without official positions took off their coats, and went down the mountain one after another, walked to the boat, and got into the threshold car. They lowered their heads, ashamed, and didn't even notice the roughness of the car, thinking in their hearts how to get out, and how to retaliate against Sun Ce after getting out.

It is a great shame to become a prisoner in front of everyone. If you don't take revenge, you can't do anything.

The first evil is bound, and the next is the surrender of the other bandits. Sun Ce asked Dong Xi and Ling Cao to go up the mountain and negotiate with Huang Longluo, Zhou Bo and others. Sun Ce's conditions were very strict, after these commanders surrendered, they were awarded official positions according to their different strengths, but at most they were awarded the position of captain, and they could only retain one-tenth of the troops, about 500 people, and the rest of the men and horses were all disbanded and placed by the Taishou Mansion.

Sun Ce announced the order, but Shen Zhi was silent. He said that Yan Baihu had descended, and Yan Baihu had not changed anything except for his attachment, and his subordinates were still his subordinates, living in the mountains and still in the mountains. Sun Ce's treatment of Huang Longluo and others in this way was obviously dissatisfied with him and set an example for him. If he didn't deal with it according to this standard, the credit for persuading Yan Baihu to surrender might not necessarily be his.

But he wasn't going to bow down. He felt that this was unrealistic, Huang Longluo and the others were all sect commanders with thousands of people, and they were suddenly reduced to only a few hundred people, who could be willing? Even if they are forced by the situation at the moment and have to surrender, when the crisis is resolved, they will wait for the opportunity to rebel again.

Not only did Shen Zhi disapprove, but Yu Fu also disagreed, and raised objections on the spot, believing that this was not feasible and was not a long-term peace and stability plan.

Sun Ce was not in a hurry. Before making this decision, he had repeatedly discussed it with Guo Jia and Pang Tong. It is a fact that thieves are easy to rebel and difficult to settle down, and he must face it, but facing it is not the same as passively accepting. If these sect commanders are allowed to retain their strength, there will also be troubles in the future. One by one, who can really take his orders seriously?

From the moment he accepted Zulang's surrender, he was ready for this. Zu Lang is the marshal of Jing County, and his subordinates claim to have 350,000 people, but he only gives Zu Lang 2,000 people. The strength of these Huiji Sect Marshals is not as good as Zu Lang, and it is already the limit to be able to retain five hundred people. Du Wei can have his own personal guard battalion, which is already counted as a mid-level military position, which can be regarded as saving a little face for these sect commanders. If their emotions were not taken into account, Sun Ce only planned to give them a two-hundred-man establishment and let them all be Qu Junhou.

Shen Zhi reserved his opinion and waited to watch the play, but Yu Fan fiercely objected, and the difference between the two was already clear at a glance.

"Zhong Xiang, don't be impatient." Sun Ce signaled Yu Chuan not to worry, and patiently explained. It is not only to explain to Yu to listen, but also to Shen Zhi. "Forgetting the war will be dangerous, the belligerent will die, how to choose, care about a scale. This scale is to live within your means. If there are too few soldiers, it will not be able to defend itself against the enemy, and if there are too many soldiers, it will increase the burden and cannot afford to raise them at all. The material is to reduce the burden while maintaining the combat power as much as possible. Those bandits are often thousands, tens of thousands, tens of thousands, how many elites are really capable of fighting? One percent is already good, and nine percent is a bluff. Instead of wasting money and food, it is better to let them farm the land, in addition to supporting themselves, they can also produce something. ”

"Where did the land come from? Huiji is mountainous and watery, but lacks land. ”

"If there is a lack of land, we can find a way to reclaim the wasteland, or let them engage in other industries, do business, go to sea and fish, you can do it, and you can't conscript young people into the army because of the lack of land." Sun Ce said faintly: "Besides, there are many mountains in Huiji, but there are not many Wu counties, as long as the water conservancy is in place, it is not a big problem to double the area of cultivated land within a few years." What is the value of tens of thousands of households? Don't worry, if the Huiji can't settle these people, I will transfer them to Danyang and Wujun, and I won't let them be idle. Two days ago, Xian Yucheng also sent a message, saying that spring ploughing is imminent, time is tight, and a lot of labor is needed, and the more the better. ”

Yu turned his mind and was silent. Shen Zhi was startled, and broke out in a cold sweat. He glanced at Yan Yu, but Yan Yu didn't look at him, he was distracted, his eyes turned around, and the corners of his mouth smiled,