In the first battle of Xinye, the Wu army lost Ling Cao and Liu Pan, the two generals, and the horsemen were almost scattered, which can be said to have suffered great losses, but in the end, it was still with the advantage of numbers and the concerted efforts of many generals, and finally Zhang Yiren shot to kill the exhausted Pang De, and eliminated Pang De's 3,000 cavalry, and destroyed Wen Ping's rear hand in one fell swoop.

On the second day, Lu Xun personally ordered the Wu army to attack three gates together, in addition to the north that was released, the 10,000 army of Zhu Ran's department in the east, the 10,000 army of Sun Huan's department in the west, and the army of less than 30,000 led by Lu Xun in front of him attacked the city together. Lu Xun, who was a little annoyed by Pang De, ordered thunderbolts and ballistas to bombard the city for a day, and poured all the stones and wooden spears accumulated by the baggage troops in the past few days on the heads of the Wei army. Due to the destruction of the Pang De cavalry, Chen Wu, the governor of Shengcheng who came to command, was not afraid that the Wei army would go out of the city to destroy the siege equipment, so nearly 100 thunderbolts and ballistas were directly pressed against the Wei army's bow and arrow range dozens of meters outside the range of the bow and arrow, and almost smashed the Xinye city wall into a sieve, and the famous general Wen Ping of the Wei army commanded at the head of the city was wounded in the left shoulder with a wooden spear, and the rest of the soldiers were killed and injured countless times, and there were only less than 3,000 soldiers left in Xinye City.

But on the third day, when Lu Xun was preparing to take Xinye, Sun Huan, who was besieging the city in the west, came with the news that Sima Yi of Wancheng led 40,000 reinforcements and was less than 100 miles away from Xinye. Looking at the dangerous city of Xinye, the cautious Lu Xun was afraid of being entangled by Sima Yi's reinforcements, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the army to retreat, so this time the first battle of Lu Dadu ended in defeat without defeat.

However, it was not without good news that the secret west of Jingzhou Assassin Shi Pan Jun successfully persuaded Meng Da, who was surrounded by Wu and Han, to surrender to the new city of Taishou, and finally the three counties of Shangyong and their 20,000 troops all surrendered to Wu.

This news happened to come back when Lu Xun returned to Xiangyang, and Lu Xun was immediately overjoyed, and on the one hand, he invited Pan Jun and Meng Da to take credit, and on the other hand, in the name of Sun Ce, he canonized Meng Da as the Taishou of Xincheng and the general of Zhenxi.

Eastern Front, Shouchun City. The crown prince Sun Shao and Qiao Ren walked slowly for more than three months, and finally arrived in Shouchun City in early February, and at this time, Sun Shao, who had been waiting for a long time, finally waited for Cao Xiu's army that was about to arrive in Qian County. In order to successfully attract Cao Xiu and complete Dai Gang's plan, Sun Shao led 30,000 troops to Qian County almost after Qiao Ren's front foot arrived, and used it as a bait to attract Cao Xiu.

Therefore, Shouchun's defense and size matters were handed over to Sun Shao, the nominal commander of the three armies who came to supervise the army, and Sun Shao's purpose of this trip was two: first, Sun Ce planned to put some good war labels on Sun Shao, not to mention that he at least had to understand military affairs and strategy; Second, it is also to avoid Sun Shao and Qiao Ren, he knows best how bad Sun Ce's body is, especially the matter of drug addiction, as a father, it is too disgraceful, and as an emperor, no one wants his prince to see his side. Therefore, Sun Ce broke up Sun Shao, and I am afraid that he will not recruit him back in advance when he is about to die. Anyway, Huainan has developed water transportation, and you can directly take a boat from Shouchun all the way to Jianye, and it doesn't take half a month on the way. I'm not afraid of running out of time.

At the end of February, Shouchun was a thriving scene. There are countless fertile fields irrigated in Shaobei. In addition, there are many tuntian households that have been incorporated into the Qi people, and the enthusiasm for farming has been greatly improved, and the farmland near Shouchun can be called busy during this sowing season.

And our Taiwei Qiao is pulling Sun Shao to inspect the farmland with him at this time, and he is called persuading farmers to teach farmers and mulberries, and he is a monarch but a herdsman. Of course, there are also Zhuge Ke and Qiao Xun. However, not long after he walked out of Shouchun, a fast horse came to inform him of the news of the Battle of Xinye and the return of Meng Da.

"Are you saying that in the first battle of Xinye, Ling Cao and General Liu Pan were both killed?" Qiao Ren asked incredulously.

"Yes!!"

Qiao Ren bowed his head and was silent. There was a deep sadness in his eyes, Liu Pan also said to himself that Ling Cao was Qiao Ren's old acquaintance, when Qiao Ren led the troops for the first time, Dai Gang's clothes and weapons were still given by Ling Cao, or it was like this when he was old, after all, Qiao Ren's heart was more than sixty years old. After a long time, Qiao Ren sighed with relief: "Hey! The horse leather shroud, the famous generals of the ancients are also wanted, and Brother Ling's death on the battlefield at the hands of Pang De is not a loss of his prestige. By the way, don't tell the prime minister about this matter first. ”

"!!"

Ling Caozhi and Dai Gang are also masters and fathers, and now it is before the war, why bother to let this news disturb his thoughts, and add a little melancholy to it!

"Okay, you go back to Shouchun to rest first." Qiao Ren stood on the gallop road at the edge of the field, waved his hand and sent off the messenger who reported the news, turned his head to Sun Shao and asked, "What do you think!? ”

In addition to reporting on the war on the Western Front, the messenger also had a task, that is, Sun Ce asked Sun Shao to give an order to resettle Meng Da, so Qiao Ren would have this question.

Sun Shao also knew that this was his father's intention to train himself, and now it was the situation of the Three Kingdoms, especially in the last 20 years or so, there were not a few military generals and Taishou between the Three Kingdoms who surrendered to each other, and how to deal with these generals and ministers is a very learned matter.

"Meng Da first Liu Zhang, and then betrayed his lord and Fa Zheng, Zhang Song and others to welcome Liu Bei into Xichuan, and then surrendered to Cao Wei at a critical juncture, and now see that the place is surrounded and take refuge in our country, this Cheng can be described as a capricious villain, if in my opinion, it is better to kill it. However, after all, Meng Da led the army to Shun, bringing a huge territory and 20,000 troops, killing him was afraid of the way for the Japanese enemy to return to Shun, and it was very easy to cause Meng Da to counterattack, which was difficult!! Sun Shao's face was sad, and there was a problem for Pan Jun to persuade Meng Da to surrender.

Of course, Qiao Ren knew that this was a difficult problem, Meng Da had already achieved the rank of General Jianwu and Scattered Cavalry in the Wei State, and now he led his troops to surrender to Cheng Dongwu, and it was impossible for him to give him a smaller official. Moreover, when Cao Wei changed in the future, there were also the famous Huainan Three Rebellions, etc., not to mention that there were many people who came to surrender when Wu revitalized the Northern Expedition in the future, and they all needed to be properly disposed of. However, if it is not well settled, I am afraid that it will also cause the Hou Jing Rebellion in Eastern Wu.

"In your opinion, should you appease or determine?" Qiao Ren didn't give Sun Shao much advice, but asked.

Sun Shao pondered for a long time when he heard this, and finally sighed: "Although I don't like Meng Da as a person, but after all, this is the first person to obey my Great Wu, and I can't handle it properly. ”

Meng Da was originally the first appointment of Xincheng Taishou, but it was just an acknowledgment of his control over Xincheng County, and he was originally a miscellaneous general, but now he has been crowned Zhenxi, and this miscellaneous crown is also considered to be promoted by two levels. In addition, Emperor Wen of Wei was also named a regular attendant of the free cavalry, and the regular attendant of the free cavalry was the emperor's attendant, and Emperor Wen of Wei and the regular attendant of the middle were an official. If you enter, you will be a member of the emperor's advisor, and if you go out, you will ride a horse and scatter your subordinates, and your status is second to that of a high-ranking official in the Inner Dynasty, and Sun Shaojia is also promoted by two levels. Add these items, and then give him a pavilion, which can be regarded as treating Meng Da well.

Qiao Ren nodded when he heard this: "I don't know what I like or dislike, it's not bad!" But that's the end of it? ”

Sun Shao frowned, and after thinking about it, he didn't know what was wrong, so he couldn't help asking, "Uncle, what did the child miss?" ”

"Xun'er, Ke'er, you talk about it!!"

"The child thinks that Meng Da is capricious, but he is an out-and-out villain who cannot be trusted, so he can be rewarded but not reused! Hold it back!! As soon as Qiao Ren's words fell, Zhuge Ke opened his mouth to reply, obviously thinking about it.

And Qiao Xun on the side also added: "The child once heard that Wei Xing Taishou (Xicheng County) Shen Yi and Meng Da had a gap, and Shen Yi's brother died in Wancheng because of Meng Da, so he thought that this person could be used by Dawu." first dismantled Meng Da's forces from within, and then sent Brother Sun Huan to settle in Fangling County to clamp Meng Da in the name of guarding against the Wei army, and then slowly plotted it, and after his forces could not border with Wei, he was transferred to Jianye on the grounds of promotion. ”

"Hmm!! Justified. Qiao Ren nodded, indicating that Qiao Xun's ideas were very comprehensive and planned. Shao'er thought so! ”

"Zidao's words are very good, I deeply believe it."

"Wrong!!" Qiao Ren couldn't help but shake his finger and said to Sun Shao: "From now on, except for your father and queen mother, all of them call themselves Lone, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor of the Prince and Prince in the future, and you can't change your title because Lone is an elder and Ke'er, Xun'er and they are close people." ”

Sun Shao was quite stunned when he heard this, but after all, he knew that Qiao Ren was for his own good, so he nodded yes. "Lone understood."

"Haha!! Well, this is what it looks like to be a king!! (To be continued......)