After Sun Ce and the others left, Tai Shici and the others also returned to the camp, and took Sun Ce's helmet to report to Liu Xuan. When Liu Miao learned of his battle with Sun Ce, he immediately promoted him to the rank of lieutenant and allocated 1,000 people for him to command.

Speaking of the person who went with Tai Shici before, his surname is Chu Mingyi, the word Lingyun, and he is from Qu'a of Wujun. Because he was in the same county as Sun Ce, he recognized Sun Ce as soon as he heard him speak. And this time, Tai Shici was promoted, and he was also promoted to his subordinates as deputy lieutenant.

Soon, Sun Ce sent Lü Fan, Huang Gai, and Song Qian to lead the army to attack the camp east of Maoshan Mountain, and Tai Shici asked to send troops to the rescue. Liu Miao felt that this might be Sun Ce's plan to lure the enemy, so he planned to use the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", personally leading the army to attack Jurong City, where Sun Ce was located, and letting Tai Shici stay on guard.

Then, when Liu Miao marched to a place a few miles east of Jurong, he was attacked by two armies of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu from the north and south. At that time, Cheng Pu, who was stationed in Jurong, led a group of soldiers and horses out of the city to help the battle, and Lu Fan, Huang Gai, and Song Qian also suddenly led their troops back, and Liu Xuan's entire army fell into an embattled situation.

Immediately, the two armies fought, and Liu Xuan's army was defeated on all fronts. Fortunately, Tai Shi Ci learned the news and led the army to rescue in time, and then Liu Miao broke through under the protection of Tai Shi Ci, Chu Yi and others, and retreated to Dantu City in the north. So, Sun Ce led his army to capture Qu'a, and divided his troops to break the army east of Maoshan Mountain.

At that time, when the people of Jiangdong heard that Sun Ce was coming, they were immediately frightened, for fear that he would plunder in all directions. In this regard, Lü Fan suggested: "At first, Lü Fengxian fought with Cao Mengde for Yanzhou, and his subordinate Shao Chenglian strictly ordered the soldiers not to disturb the people, so he could get a response from the whole state; Generals can do the same, and it must be effective. ”

Sun Ce adopted Lü Fan's suggestion and ordered strict military discipline, and did not allow soldiers to touch a single rice or grain from the people, if there was a violation of the order. Severe punishment will not be granted. When the people of Jiangdong learned of Sun Ce's military order, they were immediately overjoyed, and then spontaneously took wine and meat to serve his subordinate soldiers.

Subsequently, Sun Ce issued a notice on the four texts, saying: "All relatives, friends and subordinates of Liu Miao and others who voluntarily come to surrender will not be investigated; Those who are willing to come to serve under my command can be exempted from all the original taxes of their families, and those who are unwilling to come will not be forced. ”

Forthwith. As soon as the document was promulgated, the conscripts immediately came from all over the country, but in ten days, Sun Ce recruited more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 war horses. Later, Yuan Shu learned that Sun Ce had defeated Liu Xuan, so he presented Sun Ce as the general of the Kou Dynasty. Yuan Shu also heard that Zhou Yu had a lot of merit in planning and planning for Sun Ce's attack on Liu Xuan, so he appointed Yuan Yin as the Taishou of Danyang and recruited Zhou Yu and his uncle Zhou Shang to return to Shouchun to serve.

For Zhou Yu's departure. Sun Ce felt a little worried.

At this time, Lu Fan said to him again: "Don't worry, general, although Gongjin has left, there is still me Lu Ziheng; Now the general's career is growing day by day. The number of subordinates gradually increased, but the discipline in the army was not perfect enough; Ziheng is willing to serve as the governor of the general and be responsible for improving military discipline. ”

Sun Ce couldn't help but say: "Ziheng, you are originally a scholar, and your subordinates command soldiers and horses. and made military exploits outside; How can I allow you to be relegated to such a petty official position to manage such trivial matters? ”

Lu Fan said: "The general's words are wrong; Ziheng abandoned his hometown and followed the general to Jiangdong, not for his wife and children at home. but to calm the troubled world; Discipline in the army is particularly important for the unification of the army to fight a war, which is like everyone going to sea in the same boat, and if one person makes a mistake in his duties, it will harm all the people on board; I'm doing this for my own good, not just for the general. ”

Sun Ce smiled disapprethoughtly and shook his head, but said, "Let's discuss this matter again." ”

Lu Fan was silent in his heart. Xuan even had no choice but to change into a military uniform, came to the army with a horsewhip, and claimed that he had been awarded the post of governor by Sun Ce, responsible for standardizing the discipline in the army. Sun Ce felt a little helpless about Lu Fan's stubbornness, but he had no choice but to grant him the Dudu Talisman.

Lu Fan is a native of Runan, because he is relatively close to Sili and Yanzhou, so he is very clear about our deeds in Fengxian. He also knew in his heart that the reason why we failed was not because we were not strong enough, but because it was an accident.

However, Sun Ce didn't seem to think much about military discipline in his heart, and felt that as long as the soldiers and horses in his hands were strong enough, he would naturally be able to conquer the world. And the reason why he thinks this way is also due to the example of our failure to fight for Yanzhou with Cao Cao. The discipline in our army was all moved by me from later generations, which can be described as very strict, but in the end it was defeated by the combined forces of Yuan and Cao, plus Zhang Ji's help for a while. Such a vivid example made Sun Ce think that strict military discipline does not seem to be the key to the success or failure of the war.

Before we knew it, we had been settled in Peicheng for more than two months, and it was the end of December, and it would be the New Year in a few days. At this time, the people of Xuzhou are buying New Year's goods and preparing New Year's money for their children. However, we are now poor and white, and we can't even afford to prepare New Year's money for our children, let alone buy any New Year's goods. Zhang Pan is far away in Bingzhou at the moment, although he has learned about our situation from Zhang Yang, but he can't rush to support for the time being, so he can only take care of the people in the village first.

At this time, Liu Xie's edict summoning the two of us to protect the car had also been delivered, but at this time, our army did not have enough military funds, and we dragged our families with us, so we couldn't go for a while. Immediately, Feng Xian and I discussed it and decided to borrow a little military money from Liu Bei, and return it to him when we have savings in the future.

In this regard, Liu Bei sighed apologetically: "Alas, Bei Zhen is very sorry; Cao Cao had attacked twice before, and all the places he passed were looted and destroyed; Now that the treasury is empty, even the military expenses of this state need to be borrowed to maintain expenses, and there is really no extra money and food, and I hope that Brother Feng will forgive me; By the way, Shouchun's Yuan Highway has enough money and food, why don't you ask Brother Feng Xian to borrow it? ”

Regarding Liu Bei's remarks, Feng Xian couldn't help but feel very depressed, but it was not easy to attack for a while. Then he had to say: "Since it is inconvenient for Xuande to borrow each other, Nabu will no longer force it." ”

With that, Bong Xian turned around and left. At this time, Liu Bei's cousin Liu Zhi on the side couldn't help frowning, as if he was sighing.

After returning to Xiaopei, Feng Xian couldn't help but say angrily: "This Liu Bei is really unrighteous!" It was just a matter of refusing to send troops to help before, but now I refuse to borrow even a little military money, which is really a loss to me for marrying someone like him before! ”

I didn't care, but said, "Most people in troubled times are like this; Many people are good enough to take care of themselves and not harm others, and we can't force others to be good to us. ”

Chen Gong couldn't help but say: "What the young general said is yes; Nowadays, the world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient; There are many things that can only be done by ourselves, and we cannot be forced by others. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, now His Majesty wants us to lead troops to protect us, but we can't borrow military funds, so how can we get it?" ”

I said, "It's okay, I have another solution." ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Brother Xian, if you have any countermeasures, let's talk quickly." ”

I replied, "Although we do not have enough military funds at the moment, it is sufficient to send an envoy to the audience; You can send someone to discuss with Uncle Zhi, welcome His Majesty to Hanoi Dingdu, let's find some business here first, and when we have earned enough military expenses, we will send the whole army to Hanoi; At that time, we can rely on the two territories of Bingzhou and Hanoi to develop our own forces, and in less than three or five years, we will definitely have an army that is enough to sweep the world. ”

When Chen Gong on the side heard this, he couldn't help but hurriedly say: "The young general's proposal is very good; Bingzhou is located in the northern frontier, and is at war with foreign races all the year round, and there are many brave and strong men in the state; The land of Hanoi is backed by Taihang, and according to the benefits of Qinshui and the danger of the Yellow River, it was the foundation of Emperor Guangwu's success; If you can rely on these two, you should be able to compete with the others. ”

Feng first listened to my suggestion, and then listened to Chen Gong's analysis, and couldn't help but nod and said, "Well, it seems that we still have a glimmer of life; It's a great credit for having both of you on my side, otherwise I would have been. ”

Chen Gong smiled and said: "General Lu has an upright temperament, so he cares too much about such trivial things in his heart. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but say generally: "What the public platform said is yes; To survive in troubled times, you have to be tactful. ”

Feng Xian can say such a thing, which means that he has made progress again. Maybe it's better to be upright, but it also depends on who you get along with. The so-called wise who knows others, and those who know themselves are clear. To be a human being, we must not only understand others, but also understand ourselves, so that we can better adjust our position. (To be continued......)