Xu Huang and Zhang Liao stood side by side in the hall, and said loudly to Deng Ji: "The people of the four armies in Sizhou, the vicious battles have been endless within two years old, and they are all damaged, but I should be the most and mighty, and more than half of the soldiers have been lost!" The lord has thousands of new soldiers, and he will make up for Kou and Wei Lie first, so Taishi Ziyi and Zhao Zilong should have no objections when they learn about it. ”

Since the gap with the Shangdang Pang Zhen, Deng Ji let go to contain the Black Mountain thieves, after all, he has been mixed in Taihang for a few years, and his appeal among the Black Mountain thieves is far stronger than that of the Yellow Turban, Taishan, Bai Bo, etc., which is fully reflected at this time.

Waiting for the Dundina people, the original Montenegrin departments, including the old thieves who had followed Pang Zhen for many years, especially those who could choose to join the soldiers with their own martial arts, abandoned Pang Zhen and went south to Sizhou.

The sudden loss of soldiers under his command made Pang Zhen unable to stop it, so he had no choice but to recruit nearly 10,000 new troops to defend the party after occupying Taiyuan, Yanmen and other counties, and the old thieves of the old department and Montenegro were sent north, and the situation was slightly better.

Even if this is the case, it has not completely stopped this wave, and even in the new army of the party, there are some homeless people who are looking for opportunities to go south.

By this time, the real gap between the two thieves Deng Ji and Pang Zhen was clearly reflected.

Although Pang Zhen was angry, he also felt that his family had lost money before, and he couldn't really offend Deng Ji to the end, so he could only endure the depression.

His son Pang Qian rushed to Luoyang, and when Deng Ji summoned him, he naturally denied that there was a recruitment, and did not leave him as a hostage.

In fact, in recent months, among the old thieves in Montenegro who went south to Sizhou, more than 2,000 soldiers have been singled out, and all of them are stationed in Luoyang City.

Coupled with the 3,000 soldiers selected from the previous Cao army's prisoners, Deng Ji had more than 5,000 soldiers at this time. Although it is not yet possible to fully compensate for the losses of the armies. But it's also a big entry. It's just that each family has been looking forward to it for a long time. Deng Ji, the lord, did not act like before, and immediately replenished these new soldiers to the army, and did not even send sword and shield soldiers to the Wuwei army.

Except for the rock, all the armies were injured, only this little soldier, there were more others, and there were fewer of them, and Deng Ji did not distinguish between people. Naturally, the generals could not sit still. Taking advantage of Tai Shici and Zhao Yun's absence to aid Xiliang, the main generals of the two armies, Wei Lie and Dangkou, who were the most damaged, made an appointment to pester Deng Ji and Tian Feng, wanting to divide up these thousands of soldiers first and not give other families a chance.

Faced with the request of the two favorite generals, Deng Ji shook his head and disagreed: "The soldiers obtained this time will not be added to the Fourth Army." ”

As the main force, the four armies suffered such a big loss, and the new soldiers were not replenished? Xu Huang and Zhang Liao were both surprised and unbelievable, and Tian Feng interjected on the side: "Not only this year's income, but also the young soldiers who will be selected at the right age tomorrow." It is also not allowed to be added to the four armies and military guards. ”

"Why?" This is a bolt from the blue, and it has been a bitter battle for nearly two years. The armies of Sizhou were the most severely injured by the might, and although Pao Ze died on the battlefield without complaint or regret, the whole army was looking forward to the injection of fresh blood and the regrouping of the army.

Although the data of the Dangkou army is slightly better than Wei Lie, but the Guo Yi school led by Che Huang is still in Liangzhou with Jia Xu to quell the rebellion, and I don't know how it will be damaged, Xu Huang, a general who usually does not ask for rewards, also expects the army to be replenished, but he doesn't say much, and Zhang Liao looked at it after speaking.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two generals, Deng Ji could only explain in detail: "The land of Xiliang, this time it will be peaceful and Hansui, and it also needs a permanent army to defend the land to be safe, although this army is similar to the rock and the guard, but Liangzhou is vast, and the whole army needs to be ridden, which is also one of them." ”

Rock guards Hanoi, military guards guard Hedong, are to guard a county with an army, Xiliang is a state land, now Deng Ji has ruled several counties, even if Han Sui is destroyed, there is no external worry, but also to prevent many Qiang tribes to rebel, only one army to guard it is already the limit, and it must be cavalry.

"In addition, I am waiting for a big victory today, and it is expected that Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Pang Zhen will not dare to commit it in two or three years, and they will take it from the outside! However, the waterway of Jingzhou is blocked, Yanzhou cannot be defended, and Yuan Shao is connected to the state, which is unacceptable. The left and right military divisions and Xu Beijia all said that at this time, they were going all out to seize Hanzhong in order to hope for Yizhou. Only the mountains and rivers of Long and Shu are continuous and steep, which is not conducive to the cavalry, if you want to use soldiers, you need to form a foot army for use! ”

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were stunned, Deng Ji took a breath, and said helplessly: "The horse army and the infantry army are indispensable, so there are no soldiers to supplement you and the other four armies." ”

The formation of a new cavalry to defend the territory and an infantry army to attack Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang were indeed necessary at this time.

"If this is the case, it will be difficult for the armies to complete it in two years!" Knowing that the situation was like this, Zhang Liao was still a little unwilling: "Could it be that the lord doesn't need us to serve his life?" ”

Deng Ji shook his head again and said, "If you wait for the four armies, there will be no supplement, and it will be enough to deter Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!" And if you are willing to change to Liangzhou to defend the territory, or the whole army to change to foot warfare, you can make up for it first, otherwise you need to wait for Hanzhong to be occupied, and then add the soldiers selected from the local army and civilians. ”

Han Sui is already alone, Huya and Xiaoqi will fight again, and the defeat is imminent, there should be no major war in Liangzhou for a long time, the four main forces, who wants to change to defend the land? Accustomed to cavalry warfare, who wants to give up their beloved war horse and become an infantryman?

Even if the generals are willing, the soldiers below will oppose it.

If you don't want to change the status of the main cavalry, and if you want to fill the army in a short period of time, you can really only wait for Hanzhong to talk about it, and Zhang Lu will have five or six hundred thousand people, and it must be no problem to pick out more than 10,000 soldiers.

Xu Huang and Zhang Liao were not very satisfied with this result, but at this time, they could only think about the overall situation and choose to acquiesce.

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Autumn is foggy, and the wide Jiangmen is shrouded in dense fog at this time, and you can't see three feet away.

Dozens of huge ships approached Jiangbei in the dense fog, and someone on the ship rang the gong, alarming the sergeants on the two nearby beacon towers, hearing that it was the unique rhyme of their own army, and the sergeants on the beacon towers responded with the sound of drums.

In the sound of gongs and drums, the ships docked.

Dozens of armored sergeants on the shore hugged and waited for Sun Ce's Lujiang Taishou Li Shu, and when the gangway was put ashore, Li Shu led the people on the shore to bow down and shouted: "Welcome to the general!" ”

In the midst of the greetings, a famous armor soldier jumped down from the side of the ship and assembled in a column, and soon there was a large group of black presses.

After the armor soldiers, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Han Dang, and Dong attacked the fish.

This land is Lujiang County, which belongs to Yangzhou, but is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. After the defeat of Yuan Shu. Liu Xun, who was appointed by Lujiang Taishou, was defeated by Sun Ce. This was also under Sun Ce's rule. However, across the river from Jiangdong, there is no time for reinforcements in peacetime, Sun Ce is busy fighting with Jingzhou, this Jiangbei enclave is only entrusted by Li Shu to govern, Sun Ce gave 3,000 soldiers, and he may give up at any time.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were born in the same year, and they are all twenty-five years old this year, and the monarchs and ministers are all young. Zhou Yu is suave, Sun Ce is heroic, and there are beautiful wives at home, and he is the most freehand time in his life.

After Sun Ce summoned Li Shu and the others, Zhou Yu sighed lightly while walking forward with him: "We are busy begging Liu Biao, and we are also afraid of the strong north of the river, so we rarely dare to cross the river, and I don't want to return to the county today, but I don't know if I can get the opportunity to return to Shu County to explore?" ”

"Gongjin is homesick? I also miss Shu County! ”

Zhou Yu is a native of Shu County, Lujiang. When he was young, he became friends with Sun Ce. At that time, Sun Jian went on an expedition, and the Zhou family was a prominent clan in Shu County. Zhou Yu invited Sun Ce's family, who lived in Shouchun, to move to Shu County, and also made the clan give way to the Lunan mansion for the Sun family to live in, and took care of it.

Therefore, Sun Ce also lived in Shu County, but although Shu County was once the seat of Lujiang governance, it had changed several times at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun and Li Shu paid more attention to the construction of Anhui City, which was more important in terms of defense strategy, and almost gave up on Shu County, and now Li Shu's 3,000 soldiers and horses are all in Anhui County, which is regarded as the county seat here.

This time to cross the river, for a major event, will only temporarily enter the garrison of Anhui City, I don't know if there is leisure to go back to Shu County to have a look, Zhou Yu sighed, Sun Ce also agreed, but it made Li Shu feel uneasy.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu didn't have any dissatisfaction with Li Shuzhong's Anhui City and Qingshu County, and continued to move forward as usual, and the thousands of armor soldiers who came down from the ship were all escorted around under the orders of the officers, and they moved forward together.

In the previous words, Han Dang became a lot old, and he didn't open his mouth to answer, but Dong Xi couldn't help but say more: "Cao Mengde was defeated in Henan, and his momentum was greatly damaged. At that time, the general and Gongjin wanted to return to Shu County, wouldn't it be easy? ”

Sun Ce seemed to be moved, and said with a smile: "What Du Wei said is very true. ”

Dong attacked the character Yuan Shi, and later generations avoided Li Shimin and changed his name to the Yuan Dynasty, but he was older than Sun Ce, so it was not good to call the word directly, so Sun Ce called him by his official position Yang Wu Duwei.

Speaking of this topic, Zhou Yu didn't have much joy: "Although Cao's army is newly defeated, we still need the enemy Liu Biao, and the available army is not enough." All parts of Jiujiang are gone, only Shouchun was the capital of several countries, the city is difficult to overcome, and it is not easy to seek it! And our Jiangzuo army, riding no more than 2,000, this time crossing the river and not with it, if Cao Cao tried his best to help, he could also worry! ”

Shouchun Spring and Autumn is the capital of Cai State, Warring States period is the capital of Chu State, to the two Han Dynasty, Yingbu and other Huainan kings before and after this are the royal city, indeed the city is high and strong. However, only by winning Shouchun can Jiujiang County, the northernmost county of Yangzhou, be controlled, so strategically charged, if Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army wants to go north, it must be taken.

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he sighed again: "It's a pity that the road is far away, and it is difficult to go back and forth, and we can only know about the big and small things in the north in the near month, and it is very difficult for us to plan thoroughly." ”

Sun Ce smiled "haha" and said as if nothing happened: "The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky!" Why should Gongjin worry too much? Having heard that Pang Zhen occupied the state, it was enough to push Yuan Shao to move south! Cao Cao's great enemy is not ours, and in this defeat, there will be no Yuan army to destroy the southern invasion of the alliance, how can we take precautions everywhere? If we have the opportunity, we may still be able to enter the north into Dingtao, welcome the Son of Heaven to the left of the river, and take the Cousin's Festival! ”

When they heard this, everyone laughed.

Sun Ce turned around and instructed Han Dang: "We don't need to cover up our troops to Jiujiang this time, we should make a big fanfare, slow down the map, and then we need to send more scouts and scouts to and fro!" ”

Han Dang: "No! ”

In the autumn of the fourth year of Jian'an, Sun Cebing went out of Lujiang, known as 30,000 troops, and invaded Jiujiang in the north.

The nearest reinforcement was Cao Ren, who was stationed in Guangling, and he had 3,000 horses in his hands.

Note: 艨艟, also known as 艨 Chong, 艨艟. Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty "Release? "Release the ship" contains: "The outer narrow and long is called Mengchong, and the enemy ship is also in conflict", the boat shape is narrow and long, the speed is fast, it is dedicated to assaulting the enemy ships, and it is the main ship of the ancient navy. This ship "covers the back of the boat with raw cowhide, opens the hole on both compartments, has crossbow windows and spear holes on the left and right, the enemy cannot enter, and the arrow and stone cannot be defeated", covers the back with raw cowhide, has good defensive performance, opens the crossbow window spear hole, has the combat ability to attack and return fire to the enemy ship, and uses the oar as the power to have the performance of fast sailing. (To be continued.) )