After a day's journey, he arrived at Gebi in the afterglow of the setting sun, and Sun Ce sent Gu Hui to greet him. Ma Riyan and Gu Hui have already met, and the two talked very well when they were in Junyi, and when they met again at this moment, Ma Riyan felt very cordial and extremely relieved. Gu Hui said that General Sun had already prepared a reception banquet when he received the news, but when he heard that Ma Gong's itinerary was in a hurry and the journey was tiring, he decided to let you rest for two days first, and it would not be too late to receive the edict when you recovered.

Ma Riyan is indeed too tired, and he just wants to lie down at the moment. He also knew that Sun Ce was busy with the military at the moment, and he was not interested in anything to do with him, so he was happy to take a good rest. Ma Chao had a heart, and specially took care of Hui to find a few nurses who knew massage to wait for Ma Riyan, and then rushed to the water pavilion with Bai Yushi.

Liu Hu had come back ahead of schedule, Sun Ce knew the general situation, and when he saw Ma Chao, he comforted him a few words and gave Ma Chao two days off to let him have a good rest. Ma Chao responded, and reported some situations along the way to Sun Ce, especially mentioning the things entrusted to him by the people in the post house. After listening to this, Sun Ce became interested, asked Ma Chao to sit down, and explained what happened.

After Ma Chao finished speaking, he said to Sun Ce: "General, I met a lot of young people in the post house, they are all very disgusted by Yuan Shao's incursion, and they also have the intention of killing the enemy. I think the people's hearts are available, but their combat skills are a little worse, and they are powerless. ”

Sun Ce understood. Cangci's implementation of the new Tuntian Law was mainly concentrated around Pingyu County, and had not yet been extended to the north of Ruyang, and the time was also short, and it did not take effect. Other ordinary people also organized to practice martial arts during their leisure time, but they only practiced and practiced, and they had not experienced real battle formations, and compared with professional troops like Ma Chao, who had both actual combat experience and plenty of time to practice martial arts, the gap was definitely large.

But in fact, the gap is not as big as Ma Chao thought, under the military system of all the soldiers, the strength of ordinary soldiers is almost like this, after arriving at the barracks, training will be strengthened, combat effectiveness will be improved, but individual combat skills will not be greatly improved. The reason why all the soldiers are gradually slackening has something to do with the fact that their combat skills are not as good as the recruited professional soldiers. Marked by the abolition of the county capital test, the Eastern Han Dynasty basically abolished all the soldiers and adopted the conscription system since the founding of the country. Yuzhou is located in the Central Plains, and is close to Luoyang, and it is too normal for the people here not to practice the battle formation.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce bad people, and poor mountains and bad waters also produce elite soldiers, but where there are rich places, there are usually many famous people and few famous generals.

However, according to the fort, dozens of people against one or two, hundreds of people against a dozen people, there is still a chance of victory. If someone guides them, they can gather the young and strong and equip them with basic weapons, and they can also exert considerable combat effectiveness.

Sun Ce asked Zhuge Liang to call Guo Jia and say his thoughts. Guo Jia is also having a headache, riding deep into the hinterland of Yuzhou is by no means what Ma Chao has seen, in fact, the situation of Liang Guo, Chen Guo, and Yingchuan is more serious than that of Runan. These rangers have more than 100 people, as few as more than 10 people, or even only three or five people, coming and going like the wind, and there is no way to catch them. Sending a large army to expel him, the foot soldiers couldn't catch up, and there were not so many cavalry, he was tired of running for his life, and he was in Yuan Shao's arms, and he had no practical way, which could only be regarded as an inevitable loss in the war.

He reminded Sun Ce not to have the kindness of a woman, because he was worried that Sun Ce would not bear to be harmed by ordinary people, so he would be angry and raise his army, destroy the established battle plan, consume his precious troops in vain, and lose the ability to fight back in the end.

"The general wants ordinary people to fight back against Hu Qi? The casualties are likely to be larger. ”

"So we don't force, we only encourage." Sun Ce explained his intentions. "Yingchuan, Chen Guo, including most of Chen Liu, there are more than a dozen counties affected, if only rely on the defense of the county soldiers and cantonment troops, can not be comprehensive everywhere, and send cavalry and are tired of running for their lives, it is better to mobilize these people, do what they can, choose the opportunity to move, can kill one is one, at least better than passive defense? When encountering a counterattack, or even being ambushed, these Hu cavalry had to be somewhat restrained. As for casualties......" Sun Ce sighed. "Since it is unavoidable, they can only choose to fight and die, or surrender to death."

Guo Jia shook his feather fan and nodded in agreement. "That's right, the world is in turmoil, the Central Plains has become a place of a hundred battles, no one can be left alone, not only scholars and doctors should emphasize the style of martial arts, ordinary people should also strengthen their armament. Just in a hurry......" His eyes flashed. "General, we can arrange those retired soldiers who are disabled by injuries and can no longer fight to various counties to serve as pavilion chiefs, post chiefs and other positions, they are familiar with battle formations, can guide the people to fight, and can also get a salary, and their lives have been settled."

Sun Ce laughed. This is a brilliant plan, and I will do it accordingly. Hehe, I want Yuan Shao to fall into the vast sea of the people's war, like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats. ”

"Hahaha......" Guo Jia and Ma Chao also laughed.

solved a hidden danger in his heart, and Sun Ce was in a good mood. He's been worrying about it all these days, and now he's finally found a solution, and he's killing two birds with one stone. The appointment of disabled veterans as pavilion chiefs, post chiefs, lieutenant chiefs and other grassroots officials can not only enhance the combat effectiveness of ordinary people, but also allow his influence to penetrate into the people. In every major battle, the scout is a battalion with relatively large casualties, and these people are directly under his command, and the centripetal force is very strong, with them scattered at the grassroots level, his prestige will be stronger, and his rule will be more solid.

"Yuan Shao's cavalry is mainly Hu people, and we call this order the killing of Hu Ling. Chop off a mustache and be exempted from a year's hard labor, don't ......" Sun Ce paused and decided to raise the reward. "The whole family is exempt from a year's servitude, and they don't even have to pay food. More than ten counties, there are always 350,000 households, Yuan Shaocai has more than 10,000 cavalry, I am willing to exchange the income of these more than ten counties for a year for the head of 10,000 Hu cavalry. ”

Zhuge Liang was writing in a hurry, and when he heard this, he interjected. "General, it is convenient to calculate by mouth, but there will be discrepancies in calculation by household, which may lead to unfairness, maybe someone is opportunistic and goes against the general's original intention."

Sun Ce felt reasonable. "Then what do you say to do, I'm afraid it's not enough to reward yourself."

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment. "It's better to be like this, not to stick to households, and limit the number of mouths. With a family of five as the standard, kill one Hu Qi, exempt five people from labor, five people with money, and then reduce the rent of 100 acres of land. These rights are given to the killer, and how he allocates the quota is his business. Zhuge Liang pinched his fingers and quickly calculated. In this way, a Hu Qi head is about two to thirty thousand yuan, even if ten people cooperate to cut a one, each can also get two or three thousand, which can not only motivate the brave to kill the enemy, but also not let the ordinary people take too much risk, so as not to cause too many casualties. ”

Sun Ce glanced at Zhuge Liang and then at Guo Jia. Guo Jia smiled knowingly, nodded and said, "General, I think Kong Ming's suggestion is good." ”

"Whether it's good or not, we have to let the military strategists discuss it again, and then see the implementation effect. Kong Ming, since you made this suggestion, you should go and explain it to the military planners and listen to their opinions. Be careful, someone has a bad temper and a stinky mouth. ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and bowed down to receive the order.