Chapter 244: Hidden Ambition
With Yang Huai's admission of defeat, the competition between Jingzhou soldiers and Yizhou soldiers is over. Liao Hua's face was flushed with excitement, and he didn't know what to say, but he ended up happily and then obediently stood behind Liu Cong.
Liu Cong did not embarrass Yang Huai and Gao Pei, this competition was originally in his own control, and he must have won it, mainly for himself and the Jingzhou soldiers to win the recognition of Jia Meng and Yizhou soldiers and the people. Now that the goal has been achieved, he doesn't want to get too stiff with Yang Huai and the others.
However, there is one thing he has to insist on, that is, the bet contract before the competition, which is the respect for both parties participating in the competition, and it is also another purpose of Liu Cong. "General Yang, General Gao, this is really a newborn calf, to be honest, General Ben didn't know his strength before, please forgive me."
"The skills are not as good as others, why should General Liu be polite."
"The two generals are massive, but this bet is about ......" Liu Cong didn't want to let it go like this.
"Willing to gamble and lose!" Yang Huai glanced at Liu Cong viciously, and thought to himself, you are still thinking about this.
"Don't misunderstand the two generals, what I mean is that the elites brought by the two generals will stay in our camp for three months today, and they will be sent back to the camp after March, and the two generals will be exempted from ...... if they are busy with official business."
Yang Huai and Gao Pei scolded their mothers in their hearts, but there was no way, Liu Cong really wanted to let them train under Wei Yan, they really didn't know what to do? Since there was a gambling contract before the competition, the two of them could not regret it, so they must carefully obey Liu Cong's orders and train carefully.
In the frolicking of everyone, Yang Huai and Gao Pei didn't even want to stay for dinner and left in a hurry.
Liu Cong did not keep it, the purpose he wanted was achieved, dozens of representatives of the wealthy clan and thousands of people watched today's competition, and the Jingzhou soldiers can be said to be a complete victory, which also changed the situation of Zhang Song and Fa Zheng and others who had been criticized before, I have to admit that the Jingzhou soldiers are powerful, and Zhang Ziqiao strongly invited Liu Cong to Shu It seems to be far-sighted.
Of course, what is more important is the 500 elites brought by Yang Huai and Gao Pei, although only 150 of these people participated in the competition, but according to the agreement of both parties, these people must stay in Liu Cong's camp for three months of training. Liu Cong nominally strengthened the combat effectiveness and cooperation of the two sides. But in reality, the purpose is known only to him.
Fa Zheng and Wei Yan were very puzzled, and Wei Yan was the first to ask Liu Cong after Yang Huai left: "Lord, leaving so many Yizhou soldiers in my camp, aren't you afraid that they will understand the truth of our army, and then go back to tell Yang Huai and Gao Pei?" ”
Liu Cong shook his head and said with a smile: "What kind of soldiers are they?" It was selected from the 20,000 Yizhou soldiers, and those who participated in the competition, Yang Huai and Gao Pei were absolutely impossible to adulterate, even if these people were not captains and commanders, they must enjoy high prestige in the team, if we could tame them, not only could we greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the Yizhou soldiers, but also ...... at critical moments."
"My lord!"
"If you know, you will do it seriously, these 500 people will form a separate camp, and you will personally preside over the training, just like the Jingzhou soldiers, strict requirements, I will also find time to train in person!"
Wei Yan nodded again and again, and had to admit Liu Cong's foresight, when he was the Taishou of Nanjun training in Jiangling, he adopted the method of training elites, and now most of the captains, tun commanders, and military marquis in the army have received Liu Cong's personal training, so both combat effectiveness and loyalty are incomparable to Cao Cao and Sun Quan's troops. Liu Cong's purpose in personally training these five hundred people is to establish a relationship with these people, and in the future, he will turn against Liu Zhang, and this Baishui defender is the first to be controlled.
With the infiltration of these 500 people, it was much easier for Liu Cong to control this force. In other words, Liu Cong asked Yang Huai and Gao Pei to select soldiers to participate in the competition, ostensibly to subdue Yang Huai and Gao Pei, but the deeper purpose was here. Liu Cong has absolute confidence in his training methods and skills, and these people are the elite of Yizhou soldiers.
At first, they were definitely not convinced, Liu Cong wanted Wei Yan to train him personally, that is, to let them see it. In the future training, we should use facts to tell them that today's competition Jingzhou soldiers are not tricks, but training, so that these people can follow themselves from today's admiration to admiration to worship in the future!
Based on this purpose, the malicious punishment and deduction of military rations that the Yizhou soldiers were worried about did not happen, on the contrary, they were often able to train with Wei Yan, the general of Jingzhou, in the following days, and Liu Cong's arrival was even more surprising to them, it seems that Liu Cong is going to seriously train them to improve their combat effectiveness. Of course, Liu Cong did not forget to inform Liu Zhang of this matter.
This is also equivalent to saying that Liu Cong thinks that the combat effectiveness of the Yizhou soldiers is too poor, and he does not plan to attack Zhang Lu within three months. Zhang Lu didn't say anything, he was worried that Yang Huai and Gao Pei would not obey the order, but Liu Cong didn't mention it.
In fact, it's not that Liu Cong doesn't mention it, this is an excuse to delay the next three months, and it should be used slowly.
The next Jiameng people often see Liu Cong in the streets and alleys like ordinary neighbors, of course, more often Liu Cong is leading troops to patrol. This made the hearts of the people of Jia Meng a little more steady, with such a general of Zhengnan guarding Yizhou, it must be impossible for Cao Cao to attack it easily.
Of course, these are all superficial work, and Liu Yin has been ordered to come to Jiameng and personally preside over the intelligence collection work in Yizhou.
Liu Cong's main task for him was to win over Dong He's father and son and Fei Yi. At this time, Dong He was the Taishou of Guling County, the word Youzai, a native of Zhijiang in Nanjun, and his ancestors were originally from Jiangzhou, Ba County, Yizhou. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong He moved his family westward, left Nanjun and came to Yizhou, where he served as an official under Liu Zhang, the county magistrate of Yizhou, and successively served as the magistrate of Niuyang County, the magistrate of Jiangyuan County, and the county magistrate of Chengdu.
At that time, Shu was rich and rich, the people lived luxuriously, and the merchants wore the clothes of the princes and nobles, ate rare food, and even went bankrupt for marriages and funerals. As the governor of Chengdu, Dong He intended to promote a thrifty atmosphere in the local area, personally took the lead in frugality, wore coarse clothes, ate vegetable food, and did not exceed the rules in life, so that the local atmosphere was improved, and the people were very respectful of him.
Later, the powerful people in Chengdu County were dissatisfied with Dong He's strict law enforcement, and persuaded Liu Zhang to transfer Dong He to be the governor of the Badong vassal state. Liu Zhang allowed Dong He to stay in office for another two years. Two years later, Dong He was promoted to the position of Taishou of Guling County. This is the border county at the junction of Yizhou and Jingzhou, and it is also the dividing point between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu's forces.
Dong He is still honest and simple, and when he gets along with the local ethnic minority residents, he can be treated with sincerity, so the people in the county love and trust him. Of course, Liu Cong doesn't want to miss such a talent, but more importantly, Dong He is Dong Yun's father.
Dong Yun was born in Zhijiang, since he was a child, he followed his father to avoid chaos in Shu, Dong Yun and Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and called the four heroes in Shu, and Dong and his son are indispensable for governing Yizhou in the future.
Of course, all Liu Cong can do at the moment is to make friends and win over, if he blatantly goes to use it, it will definitely arouse Dong He's disgust, and it may also cause Liu Zhang's suspicion, which is not cost-effective, so it is necessary for Jinyiwei and the Espionage Department to come forward.
As for Fei Yi, he has not yet come out, but because of his special relationship with Liu Zhang, Liu Cong does not dare to act rashly. The people of Fei Yijiang Xia Yan that Liu Cong knew were also (now from Xiaochang County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province). Shao Gu, according to the father of the clan. And his uncle Fei Ren's aunt is Liu Zhang's mother. When Liu Zhang entered Yizhou, he took Fei Ren into Shu, and Fei Ren took Fei Yi to study in Shu.
With this special relationship, as long as Fei Yi is willing, with her talent, Liu Zhang may entrust her with important tasks at any time. Therefore, for Fei Yi, Liu Cong can only take a secret knot.
However, for Dong Yun and Fei Yi, Liu Cong is still confident. At that time, Zhuge Liang did not follow Liu Biao and liked Liu Bei, which is evidence. These people are very smart. I believe that the gap between Liu Zhang and himself will be spread in a short time, and Dong Yun and Fei Yi will definitely know. When the time comes, it may take a lot less to talk about it!
So what Liu Cong has to do now is to regard himself as Liu Bei, who was mixed in Xinye back then, and as the county commander of Jia Meng. Show your might while exercising benevolence on a limited territory! Let Yizhou Shizi fall in love with himself!