Jiujiang Shouchun, Yangzhou Prefecture Administration, the base camp of General Yuan Shu of the left, there are 120,000 permanent soldiers here, and 300,000 grains will be consumed in one month.

It had to be two meals a day, and it was without war.

However, due to Yuan Shu's high taxes, life is still passable, which is mainly due to the influence of the Yuan family, so no one makes trouble.

On this day, Yuan Shu was sleeping in the hall, and the chief secretary Yan Xiang asked to see him......

"Lord, the prince has sent a letter and report......" Yan Xiang came to the hall and opened his mouth to report directly, and then he was going to hand the battle report to Yuan Shu......

"Oh," Yuan Shu didn't even open his eyes, and waved his hand directly, "Look." ”

"No." When Yan Xiang heard this, he retreated again, then opened the letterhead and quickly browsed through it at a glance......

"Lord, it's auspicious news, the son has already crossed the river!" Even if it was good news, Yan Xiang's tone seemed to be calm.

"Oh," Yuan Shu replied in a daze, and then suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise, "Huh? What did you say? ”

Seeing this, Yan Xiang solemnly saluted and said: "Lord Qiqi, Gongzi's army has crossed the Yangtze River and successfully occupied Moling County, and this is the battle report a few days ago, Danyang Liu Xuan's tens of thousands of troops have been disabled, which proves that Gongzi has no suspense in taking Danyang County!" ”

"This ...... How so? Didn't you say some time ago that you provoked Liu Biao's army, why did you suddenly cross the river? Yuan Shu finally got up, and then began to question.

"Lord, Gongzi has fought a water battle with Liu Biao's navy, and won a complete victory, capturing more than 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers and dozens of large warships, so our navy has begun to take shape."

Yuan Shu frowned when he heard this: "How can you fight with Liu Biao, it's really nonsense, for no reason to set up such a strong enemy, how can dozens of warships make up for it." ”

Yan Xiang explained: "You can't blame Gongzi for this, then Liu Biao actually conspired with Liu Miao to attack our army Lujiang, but was repelled by Gongzi." Then the two Liu turned against each other and killed each other, and Gongzi saw the opportunity to unite with Liu Xuan's general Zhang Ying, defeated the Jingzhou Navy together, and also captured Zhang Yun, the deputy governor of the Jingzhou Navy Army. ”

Yuan Shu's eyes narrowed and said, "You mean Liu Biao hit us first?" ”

"Exactly!" Yan Xiang nodded.

"What a guts!" Yuan Shu was furious, "Liu Jingsheng doesn't want to live anymore!" How dare you encroach on my territory? My son played well, played beautifully! It can't be so cheap Liu Biao. ”

Yan Xiang answered: "Gongzi proposed in the letter: You can send soldiers and horses from Runan and Lujiang, and the north and south sides will join forces on the Jiangxia border to deter Liu Biao, and he will also send troops to deter the territory south of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia after taking Yuzhang." ”

Jiangxia County in Jingzhou not only borders Lujiang County, but also partially borders Runan County in Yuzhou, so the two places can march into Jiangxia at the same time.

"Deterrence?" Yuan Shu said with some dissatisfaction, "Why don't you just take Jiangxia and rule with Liu Biao across the Han River?" ”

The Han River is the Han River in later generations, which just separates Jiangxia County in Jingzhou from Nanjun where Xiangyang is located.

Yuan Shugang took Xuzhou Guangling County to unify Huainan, and now he will regain Danyang, Jiangdong is all shrouded in his power, and the unification of Yangzhou has been unstoppable, and his confidence will inevitably swell up a little.

"Lord, we have just finished fighting Guangling, and the grain stock is no longer enough to start a dispute."

"......" Yuan Shu frowned frustratedly when he heard this, and then asked, "What else did my son say?" ”

Yang Hong looked at the letter again: "Gongzi now has an army of 50,000, but the grain is only 300,000, so he asks for food; There is also a prince who asked for the power of the governor of the four counties of Jiangdong to facilitate the unification of Jiangdong. ”

"Governor?" Yuan Shu frowned and said, "Okay, don't learn, learn what Liu Jingsheng does, wouldn't it be easy to be set by others in the future after setting this precedent, it's really careless." Give him the right to open the government, and lead the four counties of Jiangdong to be too guarded. ”

"No." Yan Xiang agreed and asked, "What about the allocation of grain......

Yuan Shu said: "How much grain can we allot?" ”

Yan Xiang frowned: "Under normal circumstances, you can't allocate a single grain, and I'm afraid you will have to transfer grain to Runan before the autumn harvest......"

Yuan Shu said impatiently: "Take out 500,000 Hu and transfer it to my son, otherwise you want him to fight Jiangdong hungry?" Since we don't plan to fight any more wars in the near future, let's give the soldiers less food and make more trouble without food. ”

Yan Xiang finally looked startled when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "500,000 Hu? Then our soldiers will have to deduct half of their daily food......"

"Alright, that's it." Yuan Shu waved his hand and continued to pretend to sleep.

Yuan Shu's army has two meals a day, and deducting half of it is equal to one meal a day.

......Seeing this, Yan Xiang regained his expression, bowed and said, "In this way, the subordinates will retire." ”

Yuan Shu no longer talked; Yan Xiang bowed and withdrew.

……

Jiangdong, Danyang County, Jing County. Yuan Yao and Sun Ce sat together, but Sun Ce suddenly mentioned Jiangdong Erzhang, which made Yuan Yao a little confused.

Jiangdong Erzhang is very famous in history, he is one of the best officials in Eastern Wu Wenchen, and he is also a great talent who personally came to the door to invite Sun Ce when he raised his army.

Sun Ce said to Sun Quan before he died: "Foreign affairs are not clear, ask Zhou Yu; The internal affairs are unclear and ask Zhang Zhao. It can be regarded as a legend through the ages, which shows Zhang Zhao's status and ability in Soochow.

Sun Quan was able to sit in Jiangdong, also thanks to Zhang Zhao's assistance. And Zhang Hong is a person with the same name as Zhang Zhao.

On the bamboo slips of famous generals recorded by Yuan Yao according to the memories of later generations, Zhang Zhao's intelligence is 84, and his politics is 97; Zhang Hong's intelligence is 86 and politics is 95. belongs to the first-class internal affairs talents of the three countries, and his political ability alone is probably higher than Lu Su.

Hearing that Sun Ce came all the way to Jing County to ask for a meeting, and even mentioned Jiangdong Erzhang when he opened his mouth, Yuan Yao was a little dumbfounded, and he didn't know what he wanted, so he had to reply truthfully: "I naturally know the name of Erzhang." One person is Pengcheng Zhang Zhao, the word Zibu; One person is Guangling Zhang Hong, the character Zigang. Both of them have the talent to survive the heavens and latitudes, and they live in seclusion in Jiangdong to avoid chaos.

I originally planned to look for an invitation as soon as I arrived in Jiangdong, but Zhaoxian Ling Buqi was not there recently, so it was delayed for a while.

When Bo Fu mentions the two, do you know where they live? In this way, how about bothering Bo Fu to help him and take me to invite them out of the mountain? ”

After Yuan Yao finished speaking, he looked at Sun Ce on the opposite side with some amusement.

Since Sun Ce mentioned Erzhang, it can be seen that they have known each other for a long time, so I am afraid it will not be a good thing for Yuan Yao.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were snatched away by Sun Ce, and Yuan Yao has always been haunted, and now these two souls of Jiangdong's internal political talents seem to be in danger again.

So Yuan Yao couldn't help it for a while, so he was a little cautious and squeezed Sun Ce, and then watched how he reacted......

"The general doesn't have to bother, the last general is here this time to introduce two great talents to the general, and now the two are waiting outside the hall, is the general willing to meet him?"

“？？？”

Yuan Yao clasped his ears and asked again with some uncertainty, "What did Bo Fu say just now?" Can you please say it again? ”

Seeing this, Sun Ce hugged his fists and said: "The last general wants to introduce Jiangdong Erzhang to the general, I don't know if the general is willing to meet him?" ”

“！！！”

"Waiting outside the hall?" This time, Yuan Yao confirmed that he had heard correctly, but he was still a little hard to believe.

"Exactly." Sun Ce clenched his fists again and confirmed.

“……”

"So, please." Yuan Yao was a little confused in his mind and began to act according to instinct.

"No."

As soon as Sun Ce arched his hand, he stood out of the hall. After a while, he led two people who seemed to be over forty years old into the hall, and the image looked like people of the same age as Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao subconsciously got up to greet him......

"Grass people Zhang Zhao Zhang Zibu; Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang met with General Zhengdong. Under the guidance of Sun Ce, the two came to the hall and stood still, and saluted Yuan Yao together.

"I've seen two gentlemen." Yuan Yao returned the salute.

"Don't dare, the general tortures us." The two saluted again.

"Two gentlemen are exempt." Yuan Yao returned the salute again.

"General Xie." Thank-you gifts for two; Yuan Yao returned the salute again.

The three of them were finally polite, and Yuan Yao raised his hand again and said, "Two gentlemen, please take a seat." ”

"No." This time, the two didn't give in again, and after thanking them, they sat down in the guest seat.

After the two of them sat down, Yuan Yao also returned to his seat and sat down. Sun Ce followed and sat on the right side to sit with him.

Then the slaves and maids made tea and served tea, and after some preparation, Yuan Yao also took this opportunity to calm down and let his brain resume operation......

"Sun Ce actually wants to give me such a great talent? How strange! Is there a demon when things go wrong? ”

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