Chapter 268: Declaration of War
Sun Yang's words can be regarded as poking Zhou Jian's weakness, today's Nanyang can not be said to be peaceful, even if two years ago a large-scale extermination of the remnants of the Yellow Turban, but with little effect, at least there are still tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, once they find that Nanyang's troops are empty, they will definitely not be able to help it! With his own 3,000 Jianghuai troops and 10,000 newly recruited new troops to deal with those Yellow Turban remnants who have experienced a hundred battles, Zhou Jian is very weak-hearted!
"Hehe, Sun Gongzi, you are joking, it is true that the 10,000 Jiangdong Army is the defender of Nanyang, but this official has no choice, Nanyang is indeed very short of food, and it really can't afford the consumption of 20,000 troops." Hard doesn't work, Zhou Jian plans to use the soft one, he naively plans to use reason, and know how to persuade Sun Yang.
"Lord Zhou, although Yang understands your difficulties, let's sum it up, how about reducing the new army in Nanyang to 3,000 people? This will not only facilitate the formation of the new army as soon as possible, but also save a large amount of food for the Jiangdong Army, after all, the Jiangdong Army is now the backbone of guarding Nanyang. ”
Since Zhou Jian said that there is no food and only enough for the new army, it is easy to do, instead of spending a lot of grain and grass and energy to train the new army, it is better to directly dismantle the new army and give all the grain and grass to the Jiangdong army, isn't this solved?
Sun Yang's move went the opposite way, which made Zhou Jian suffer a dumb loss, and he didn't reply to Sun Yang for a long time.
In fact, now Zhou Jian is a little secretly hated for his own debts, saying that he can feed 10,000 new troops, doesn't that prove that he still has grain and grass in his hands that can feed 10,000 troops? What's more, now that the new army is still in Sun Yang's hands, if he wants to dismantle some new troops, Zhou Jian has no way to stop it!
But no matter what, Zhou Jian must not let Sun Yang dismiss the new army, those new troops are the necessary strength for him to actually control Nanyang, from 10,000 to 3,000, and he only has 6,000 people in his hands, it is impossible to fight with 10,000 Jiangdong troops!
"Sun Gongzi, this Nanyang New Army has now become an army, if there is no reason to dismantle, I am afraid it will cause riots in the army, and this matter is very wide-ranging, it is not a good way to act rashly......" In any case, he does not intend to give up this army that Wan Zhou Jian is most likely to turn into his own strength, and he hopes to use the current situation in Nanyang to warn Sun Yang not to mess with the new army.
Sun Yang smiled faintly, Nanyang New Army is very involved? This week, Jane is also enough to talk about, what kind of situation is the Nanyang New Army, can Sun Yang not know? Speaking of which, Sun Yang himself felt that the Nanyang New Army was a joke, when he was recruited, Sun Yang wanted to buy people's hearts, and most of the backbone generals of the New Army were from the Nanyang family, and it was precisely because of this that the New Army could gather more than 10,000 people, because seventy percent of them were the children of the Nanyang family.
The reason why Sun Yang wanted to recruit this army at the beginning was only when the Jiangdong Army went out to fight, not to mention that these Gongzi troops that had come together played a role, at least it was enough to hold Wancheng, and it was precisely because of this that Sun Yang never cared much about this new army in his heart.
There is only one point, no matter how much Sun Yang does not attach importance to this army, Sun Yang will never hand this army into the hands of Zhou Jian, with these 10,000 people, the combat effectiveness is not much, but at least there is a little bit of the meaning of being outnumbered.
"Lord Zhou, I won't bother you about how to dismantle the new army, General Huang Zhong naturally knows what to do, but there is one thing, Yang can tell you very clearly, don't expect those families who are difficult to protect themselves to stand up and oppose it!" Sun Yang said to Zhou Jian very confidently, it was not that he hit Zhou Jian, but that it was the case. If the original Nanyang Army is still there, the Nanyang family still has some right to speak, but the army has been taken away by Sun Jian, and the current Nanyang family is just a paper tiger with a strong surface!
"You...... You! Sun Yang's somewhat sarcastic appearance was a great insult to him in Zhou Jian's opinion, what did he say not to expect from the Nanyang family? What is it that the Nanyang family does not dare to stand up against it? Zhou Jian, who knew the energy of the family, had already regarded Sun Yang's words as a word of intimidation, because since he became an official, matters involving the family with real power were a good opportunity for Zhou Jian to flatter, and his administrative philosophy was to have a good relationship with the family, which would naturally make the territory safe and sound.
Of course, Nanyang is no exception, in the more than a month since he took office, Zhou Jian not only dealt with all the big families in Wancheng, but also sent a good letter to the families in Nanyang counties, and the natural echo also satisfied Zhou Jian.
With the support of the family, Zhou Jian feels that he can fight with Sun Yang on the biggest capital! He still didn't believe it, Sun Yang, who had only arrived in Nanyang less than twenty days earlier than him, could his strength be comparable to that of a family that had been operating in Nanyang for at least decades?
"Hehe, Sun Gongzi doesn't have to speak so fast, don't forget that this is not the Jiangdong that your Sun family says is the same, this is Nanyang!" Thinking about this, Zhou Jian also strengthened his belief, this is not the Jiangdong land where the Sun family calls for wind and rain, this kid is just a newcomer who has just arrived, what kind of fight does he take?
Looking at Zhou Jian, who didn't know the depth, Sun Yang suddenly felt a sense of pity in his heart, I am afraid that when he launches, the families that Zhou Jian trusts and relies on will be the first to announce his departure from Zhou Jian, and in turn pronounce Zhou Jian's sentence! How cunning are the people of the family, and how can they be persuaded by Zhou Jian's words? The so-called support for him is just a perfunctory child in Sun Yang's opinion, and now in the form of Nanyang, unless they are fools, they will really support Zhou Jian, an arrogant person who does not know the height of the sky!
"Lord Zhou, listen to Yang's advice, instead of relying on others, it is better to rely on yourself, don't regret it when you taste betrayal!"
Is this Sun Yang reminding Zhou Jian? Of course not! Sun Yang knew that the more he said this, the more Zhou Jian would definitely trust his judgment, and he would think that Sun Yang was afraid of the family, so he used these words to provoke and make him suspicious of the family.
"Humph! Sun Gongzi, are you a three-year-old child when you are the official? Which is right and which is wrong, this official has his own measure, and he doesn't need you to remind him! This official also reminds you here, but you have to be careful, don't do those foolish things, and don't run to your father Wu Chenghou to cry when you encounter a gray nose! After speaking, Zhou Jian sneered and smiled, even if he was a teenager, he dared to fight him?
Zhou Jian's sarcastic words did not make Sun Yang feel any discomfort, it just made Sun Yang's smile deeper, Zhou Jian at this time was just an idiot who was still dreaming, and when it was dawn and after waking up, everything would be revealed.
"In that case, if you don't speculate for more than half a sentence, it's useless to talk more, then you and I'll wait and see! Lord Zhou, Yang will take his leave first. "Zhou Jian's meaning, Sun Yang is already very clear, and there is no point in talking to him here anymore.
Similarly, Zhou Jian also understood Sun Yang's meaning clearly enough, it turned out that Sun Yang never gave up recapturing Nanyang from beginning to end, and the determination of this point can be regarded as the achievement of Zhou Jian's purpose of setting up a banquet today.
"Hehe, Sun Gongzi go slowly, please forgive the official for not going far!" Zhou Jian responded to Sun Yang's farewell without being salty.
Sun Yang didn't care that when he got up and walked to the door to open the door and was about to open the door, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned around and smiled at Zhou Jian evilly, "By the way, Lord Zhou, Yang forgot to tell you that the Jiangdong Army in Wancheng is not 10,000 people, but 15,000 people!" After speaking, Sun Yang didn't wait for Zhou Jian to react, he chuckled and left.
"Fifteen thousand? Sun Yang, you can hide deep enough! Sun Yang's words finally stimulated Zhou Jian, there were originally only 10,000 enemies, but now there are 5,000 more people, can Zhou Jian not be angry?