Zhu Jun was angry and summoned the generals to the account. He canceled the plan of an immediate attack, ordered the battalions to intensify their training, prepare for battle, and march to Junyi City in turn. It is scheduled to launch an attack on Junyi City in ten days, and those who have merit will be rewarded and those who lose will be punished. At this time, he showed the war horses sent by Niu Fu and Jia Xu, and said to those generals that in addition to the rewards they deserved, the generals who made the most meritorious contributions could also be rewarded with war horses.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. These people didn't ask Zhu Jun where he got the reward money, they were excited when they heard that there was a reward, and when they saw those fat and strong war horses, they were even more salivating.

According to the usual practice, a lieutenant general or lieutenant can lead two or three thousand people, and can have two or three hundred personal guard battalions, including at least thirty or fifty personal guard knights, these people serve as honor guards in peacetime, and are the killer weapon and talisman of the general in wartime. When the situation is favorable, you can launch a charge to deal a fatal blow to the opponent, and when the situation is unfavorable, you can run for your life with the main general.

However, Luoyang has been fighting for many years in recent years, and there is a shortage of war horses, and even Zhu Jun can't get together a hundred personal guard knights, and the vast majority of them only have more than ten horses, and they are all ordinary war horses, even pack horses. There is no one like Sun Ce who has a formed personal guard horse. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Jun is willing to be replaced by Sun Ce. There were only more than 300 knights under Sun Jian's command, less than one-third of Sun Ce's. Also because of this, although Sun Ce was not very obedient, Zhu Jun was reluctant to let him go. As soon as Sun Ce left, his combat power was lost by at least half.

If you can get three or five real war horses, whether you use them for yourself or sell them to others, this is a lot of wealth. The best horse is worth at least 100 gold, and money may not be able to buy it.

After arousing the fighting spirit of the generals, Zhu Jun arranged the order of the generals' advance. Marching is also a technical job, who is the forward, who is the rear of the palace, how to cover each other, how much distance to keep, are very particular, to be arranged according to the specific terrain, not just talk. Fortunately, Zhu Jun did not have many theories on marching and fighting, but he had a lot of practical experience, and the arrangements were well organized.

This time, Sun Ce became the queen of the palace, and Cao Bao and Xu Wei became the forwards.

After the meeting, Zhu Jun left Sun Ce and Cao Bao behind and took care of them a few more words. Cao Bao accepted the task and left first, and in the end, Zhu Jun took care of him again and again, asking him to send a message to Sun Jian immediately, asking him to send as much food as possible.

Sun Ce promised another million stone of grain after the war was over. He knew that Zhu Jun was difficult, and he also knew that with his father Sun Jian's temper, even if he didn't agree, Sun Jian would give it, including Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who would tend to support Zhu Jun and support the imperial court. Fortunately, with Yuzhou in hand, he can afford it. As long as Zhang Zhao, the Taishou of Runan, can do his duty wholeheartedly, with the more than 300,000 households in Runan's current household registration, even if the ultra-low tax amount of 30 taxes is 1, he can collect more than 1 million stones a year, and the entire Yuzhou can collect about 2 million stones.

This is the advantage of a large state, with a large population, more money and food, and a strong economy that can afford to fight for a long time. As long as you don't fight locally, the number of conscripts is not too large, and there is usually nothing to do. Sun Ce helped Zhu Jun stabilize the situation in Luoyang, and also built a line of defense for Yuzhou and Jingzhou. If the war enters Yuzhou and Jingzhou, no matter how many people there are and how strong the economic strength is, the war will be completely abandoned after a few years.

This is true of Qingzhou and Xuzhou in history, this is the case in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and this is also the case in Jingzhou. After Chibi, the area around Xiangyang became the center of the war, and in a few years, the two large counties of Nanyang and Nanjun were left uninhabited, and Guan Yu had to rely on the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River to provide supplies during the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Jun is very satisfied, with this million stone grain, he can support it for more than half a year. If Tao Qian could also be as generous as Sun Jian's father and son, he would be able to stabilize the situation in Luoyang and prevent it from deteriorating. When Luoyang is stable, the people who fled will be able to slowly recover, reduce their dependence on others, and even achieve self-sufficiency.

Seeing that Zhu Jun was excited again, Sun Ce hurriedly slipped away. Otherwise, the old man would not be able to leave when he mentioned topics such as ZTE.

Jiang Gan followed Sun Ce back to the camp, and told the details of Hanoi again along the way. As Sun Ce estimated, although Dong Yue was defeated by Yuan Shao, the loss was not large, and he was able to recover soon. His biggest problem was that he didn't have large ordnance, so he could only rob some dock forts or ordinary people's homes that were not well defended, and he could do nothing about those well-defended manors, and the food he could rob was limited. If they can't be supported, it's hard for them to stay up for long.

"How did Yuan Shao defeat Dong Yue, do you know?"

"I know, I also went to the battlefield to see it again." Jiang Gan took out a roll of paper from his arms. "I wrote a war report for the general's reference."

Sun Ce took the scroll of paper and said sincerely: "Ziyi, it's been a hard journey. ”

Jiang Gan smiled: "It's not hard, it's not hard, I enjoy this kind of life very much." Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy, I am happy in it and do not feel hard. ”

"Then you should also pay attention to your body, if you don't pay attention when you are young, you will suffer when you are old. I hope you can achieve fame like Lu Jia and enjoy a long life again. ”

Jiang Gan laughed and arched his hand: "I am willing to borrow the general's auspicious words, and I will strive to live longer than Lu Jia." ”

The two of them were talking and laughing while galloping, and when they returned to the camp, Sun Ce asked Pang Tong to invite Zhang Hong and Guo Jia, and read Jiang Gan's report by himself by himself. Jiang Gan was indeed very attentive, not only recounting what happened, but also depicting the terrain around the battlefield, and even drawing a picture. Looking at the picture, Sun Ce could easily see the subtlety of this battle.

The first battle of Huaixian was actually not the first time Yuan Shao and Dong Yue had fought each other. After Dong Yue defeated Zhang Yang in Xi County, he marched all the way to the east, and the forward once reached Huojia County, and the first battle took place in Huojia, where more than 3,000 people attacked Yuan Shao's battle formation and lost nearly 1,000 people. After Dong Yue received the news, he personally led the main force of more than 20,000 people to meet Yuan Shao in Huai County, and was defeated by Yuan Shao again, losing more than 3,000 people. Seeing that the situation was not good, Dong Yue took the initiative to evacuate and used the advantage of the cavalry to escape from the battlefield, which avoided greater losses, but most of the heavy grain and grass from the robbery were lost.

The key to Yuan Shao's victory is actually not new, and it is almost the same as the plan prepared by Sun Ce: a strong crossbow. He had a large number of strong crossbowmen under his command, and before the engagement, he first used a large number of strong crossbow shots to block the onslaught of the cavalry, causing a large number of casualties, and then sent elite cavalry to charge and kill, supplemented by foot soldiers to cover a large area. What surprised Sun Ce was Yuan Shao's cavalry. Yuan Shao's cavalry was not much, only two or three hundred, but the equipment was excellent, not only the men had armor, but also the horses had armor, they were not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows, and the impact was extremely strong.

Sun Ce was surprised. He knew that the prototype of heavy cavalry had appeared in the Three Kingdoms, but he had asked many people, but he had never heard of it, but he didn't expect that the initiator was actually Yuan Shao. Thinking about it, there are indeed relevant records in the history books, Cao Cao's "Military Policy Order" said that Yuan Shao had 300 horse armor in the battle of Guandu, and he himself did not even have 10, but he did not explicitly say that Yuan Shao was the first person to use heavy cavalry on a large scale.