Since joining the army with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu led the army independently for the first time.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are in the same year, and they are like brothers, and they are called Shuangbi, but Zhou Yu is also a very proud person, watching Sun Ce become a general with thousands of troops in just a few months, he is happy for Sun Ce, and he feels a little regretful in his heart. It's just that Sun Ce has a famous father, who is close to the water, and he only has envy. The Lujiang Zhou family is a family, and there have been eunuchs, but his father is only a Luoyang commander, and it is impossible to give him thousands of men and horses at once like Sun Jian supported Sun Ce.

Now, Sun Ce fulfilled his wish and gave him two battalions.

Zhou Yu was unwilling to give up any opportunity, and after the banquet, he invited Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng to his big tent, ordered people to put tea and leisure food, and had a long talk. He first explained to them the situation in front of them, the opportunities and difficulties faced by Yuan Shu, then analyzed the plan to attack Wancheng, and finally told them about Sun Ce's training outside the He family's manor and the destruction of Lou Gui and Cao Cao.

"Two, in extraordinary times, will treat extraordinary people. Don't miss the time, don't miss it again. ”

Zhang Chen and the others did have some doubts, worried that there would be fewer soldiers and not enough. Now that I have listened to Zhou Yu's explanation, and Sun Ce's own battle example, compared with those generals under Yuan Shu who seem to have a lot of troops, but their combat results are not very good, even stupid people know that elite soldiers are a wise choice. Sun Ce's defeat of Lou Gui with more than 2,000 people not only proved that elite soldiers can win more with less, but also proved that Sun Ce was by no means an ordinary person, he not only inherited his father Sun Jian's courage and good fighting, but also saw even better.

Look at Yuan Shu's command, although there are many generals, and many of them are even from families, but who has Sun Ce's brilliant record? If the powerful faction under Yuan Shu is the father and son of the Sun family, the most promising general is undoubtedly Sun Ce. If you hesitate at this time, you will not be able to live with your future.

The two bowed to Zhou Yu. "I am willing to follow the general's orders and never give up."

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With the full cooperation of Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu, Zhou Yu completed the selection of soldiers in only one day. He not only personally checked the gates, but also met with more than 100 officers, including the captain, one by one, asked them about their experience and opinions in commanding the troops, and finally singled out more than 30 people who were coarse and well-versed in writing and ink, organized them into a class, and asked Yin Duan to give them individual lectures.

Yin Duan was a veteran general who was killed in the ranks, and it took more than ten years to be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a captain, and the lessons in this are not available in any military book. It was up to him to give lessons to these commanders and military marquis, and to answer the questions they encountered in training and combat, and the effect was wonderful. Many people wake up from a dream after listening to a few sentences, and they shout that they are reasonable, and there are almost no obstacles to apply them to practice.

Training during the day, listening to lectures at night, and combining theory with practice, these middle- and lower-ranking officers who have been in the prime of life are full of enthusiasm.

At the same time, Zhou Yu did not relax his encouragement of the morale of ordinary soldiers. Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng originally had a total of nearly 5,000 people, and Zhou Yu singled out more than 2,300 people, with an elimination rate of nearly half. Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng each led 1,000 people, and Zhou Yu led more than 300 people as a personal guard battalion. He personally participated in training, ate and rested with his soldiers. Every night, after the ordinary soldiers fell asleep, he had to patrol the big tents one by one to make sure that every soldier could be properly arranged before he was willing to rest.

Zhou Yu is young and handsome, talks about elegance and vulgarity, and has the background of the children of the family, and suddenly won the support of the soldiers, usually called him a general when they met, and mentioned him in private as Zhou Lang, quite fortunate to be his subordinates, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu even ran to Zhou Yu's big tent when he had nothing to do, which was much more cordial than when he was in Xiangyang before.

The skills and tactics of more than 2,000 people may still need to be improved, but their mental outlook is the same day by day.

Sun Ce was very pleased. He knew that Zhou Yu was a talent, but seeing Zhou Yu grow rapidly with his support, he still had a sense of accomplishment.

It was not only Sun Ce who was satisfied with Zhou Yu, but Yuan Shu was also very concerned. He went to Zhou Yu's camp once, and then he came almost every day, eager to live in Zhou Yu's camp. While watching Zhou Yu practice, scolding Zhang Xun and others for their incompetence has become a compulsory course for him. Yan Xiang persuaded him a few times, but he only temporarily restrained himself, and it didn't take long for him to relapse.

Two days later, 5,000 Changsha soldiers arrived. Yuan Shu ignored Yan Xiang's strong opposition and handed over the five thousand people directly to Zhou Yu. After receiving the order, Zhou Yu was very embarrassed and rushed to Sun Ce's camp to report as soon as possible.

Sun Ce was also a little crying and laughing. Yuan Shu is really not light, if it is a discord plan, it is too obvious. If it weren't for the discord scheme, then his heart would be too big. Even if Zhang Xun and others kept sending prisoners back, Liu Xun and Le sent four or five thousand soldiers from Nanjun and Jiangxia respectively, and Yuan Shu's total strength was only 30,000 now, while he and Zhou Yu's total strength alone exceeded 6,000 elite soldiers, all of which added up to more than 10,000, accounting for nearly half. If you talk about combat power, he is already the pillar of Yuan Shu's command.

At this time, he also gave him more troops, not to mention that Yan Xiang was worried, if it were him, he would also be worried.

Of course, worry is worry, he is not Yan Xiang after all, Yuan Shu gave him soldiers, he has no reason not to. As for Zhou Yu's worries, he is very open. Whether it was Yuan Shu's discord plan or not, he didn't have to worry about Zhou Yuwei's big deal.

This is not because he believes in Zhou Yu's character, but because the technical advantages are all in his hands. If Zhou Yu wanted to dig up Huang Chengyan or the craftsmen of the baggage camp, he would definitely suspect Zhou Yu's intentions, but Zhou Yu was very measured in this regard, and he kept his distance from Huang Chengyan and rarely had private contact. If he can't rest assured of Zhou Yu in this way, he may not be too small.

"I'll give it to you." Sun Ce put his arm around Zhou Yu's shoulders and laughed. "You are also slandering for me, I can't ask for it."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, even more embarrassed. He is Sun Ce's confidant, but Yuan Shu doesn't seem to think so, and has always treated him and Sun Ce side by side, and when the two of them are mentioned, Zhou Lang is often in front and Sun Lang in the back. Yuan Shu repeatedly gave him additional troops, and it was difficult to say that he did not mean to use him to balance Sun Ce, which made him very worried that Sun Ce would have ideas.

"Okay, between you and me, do you need to be so vigilant?" Sun Ce smiled. "Take it, I'll take care of the ordnance matter. When the 1,500 new knives from Xiangyang arrive, you take 500 and equip the guard battalion. ”

Sun Ce turned around and walked to the inner tent, took out a golden silk brocade armor and stuffed it into Zhou Yu's hand. "From now on, you are not allowed to take this off except for taking a bath. Your martial arts are so bad, don't be stabbed to death. Also, you are not allowed to learn from me to rush into battle, it is enough for me to be an impulsive person, you have to be the mainstay and the anchor of the sea. ”

Zhou Yu held the golden silk brocade armor and nodded solemnly.

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