Five days later, in a dark room, a young man with a pale face moved his eyes slightly, and then slowly opened his eyes. At this time, the originally silent room suddenly set off waves like a stone into the water.

"The Governor has woken up!"

Qiao Ren slowly opened his eyes and saw that there were not only Huang Zhong, Dai Gang, Xu Sheng, Sun Shao, Song Qian, Sun Lang and others standing in the room, but also a veteran with white hair.

"Uncle Huang?" Qiao Ren opened his lips with difficulty and popped out a few words.

The veteran was Huang Gai, and at this time Sun Lang helped up Qiao Ren, who was lying down, and explained: "General Huang arrived late Mr. Zhang, because the lord heard that you were sick, and he was afraid that the army would have no owner and in order to stabilize the Huainan line, he specially appointed General Gonglu as the deputy governor and rushed to Hefei overnight. ”

Qiao Ren was already sick when the plague broke out, but he insisted on leading the troops to pacify the army, and his excitement caused him to fall into a coma directly in the school field, if it wasn't for Huang Gai's hind foot, no one could guarantee that the Wu army in the Hefei camp would not be in chaos.

"The Grand Duke!" Although Huang Gai is Qiao Ren's martial arts teacher and the most senior general of the Wu Army, he still gives Qiao Ren enough face, at least on the surface, "The lord will add you to the general of Zhendong to divide Lujiang into your fiefdom." At the same time, six counties such as Hefei and Liyang were divided to establish Huainan County, and Sun Lang was the general of Dingwei to lead Hefei Taishou. In addition, Dai Gang was rewarded for his merit in killing Gao Ran, and he was promoted to champion general. ”

Qiao Ren has another title, and now his official official positions include the former general Xingzhong leader, the general Jiazhendong leading the Lujiang Taishou, in addition to the dispatch position appointed by Sun Ce - Huainan Governor. In Jiangdong, it can be said that he has become the second important military minister of Zhou Yu.

It's a pity that none of these are Qiao Ren's concerns, "Good morning, what about Mr. Zhang?" How's the plague going? ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is relieved, Mr. Zhang Ji has already turned to Jianye. The plague has been controlled, and there are only less than 3,000 soldiers who have been plagued by the plague, but it's a pity for General Huang Ce, hey! Sun Lang sighed.

That's right! Huang Ce died of illness, and he also left more than 2,000 Chinese troops directly under Qiao Ren unmanaged. Thinking about this, Qiao Ren opened his mouth and said, "Uncle Huang, can Ren borrow someone from you?" “

"But Ding Chengyuan?" Huang Gai asked with a smile on his face.

"Exactly! Ren was ready to appoint him as Captain Jianwei to take charge of Huang Ce's old department. In addition, the surrendered Cao army was included in batches under the command of the generals according to the township party, Xu Sheng and Song Qian were promoted to Zhonglang, and the number of troops under his jurisdiction was raised to 4,000. "Qiao Rennai is the leader of the line, and he can appoint military positions below the rank of general.

It was used for Qiao Ren to be ill, so the specific affairs were done by Huang Gaiying, the deputy governor of the general. Originally, Qiao Renzhong's army had four divisions, Dai Gang, Huang Ce, Song Qian and Xu Sheng, each with 3,000 people. However, Huang Ce died of illness, and there were losses in the battles of all the departments, and after making up for it from the surrendered army, he became the champion general Dai Gangbu, with 6,000 soldiers; Zhonglang will be Xu Sheng's department, 5,000 soldiers, Zhonglang will be Song Qian's department, 5,000 soldiers; and the 3,000 soldiers of the Jianwei Captain Ding Fengbu, plus the 1,000 cavalry of the Guard Captain Jia Huabu and the personal guards of the 500 foot soldiers, so that the Chinese army directly under Qiao Ren has a full 20,000 people.

And the partial general Sun Shaobu also made up for 4,000 soldiers, 2,000 under Zhu Huan, the captain of Weiyuan, 5,000 under the command of Yangwu General Huang Zhong, 3,000 sailors under the deputy governor Huang Gai and 3,000 under the command of Sun Jiao, the Taishou of Anfeng, and 2,500 people from the Ganning Department in Chaohu, and 5,000 people from Zhou Tai in Weixukou, which is not counting the basis of Sun Lang's integration and digestion of 3,000 soldiers.

On the entire Huainan front, Qiao Ren gathered an army of 45,000 troops, which was 10,000 more than Lü Meng's western front, which was comparable to Jianye's troops, which showed Sun Ce's trust in Qiao Ren, not only loyalty but also ability.

And in Jiangdong, from the dignitaries to the common people, they all regard Qiao Ren as the second Zhou Yu, a metropolitan governor who can protect the north and even expand the territory for Jiangdong.

However, with so many soldiers, it was impossible for all of them to be stationed in Hefei, so after Qiao Ren recovered, Huang Gai went to Mixukou to form the Chaohu Water Army with Gan Ning and Zhou Tai, and the Dongting Lake Water Army on the Western Front. And Sun Shao was also arranged to be stationed in Liyang, as for Zhu Huan, Qiao Ren cherished his ability and worried about his identity, so he asked him to temporarily order Lujiang Taishou to be stationed in Shucheng. The rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed in Hefei with Qiao Ren.

So many soldiers and horses stationed in Hefei, not without nothing to do, on the contrary, there are a lot of things to do, the old Hefei city by the flood rush, has been useless, in desperation Qiao Ren had to build another Hefei new city, so a large number of soldiers and ordinary people put into the ranks of moving bricks. In addition, Hefei has become a Ze country, countless fertile fields have been destroyed, and the soldiers have repaired these submerged lands, which is the Huainan granary built by Cao Ying with an army of 100,000 troops, Qiao Ren didn't want him to be wasted. Fortunately, the soldiers of Soochow under the Fuke leading system need to farm land for the generals and perform all kinds of miscellaneous duties, which are commonplace.

Except for Dai Gang's 2,000 Lujiang Shangjia, Qiao Ren's 1,000 iron-faced cavalry, Huang Zhong's 800 Pu swordsmen, 2,000 Hengjiang archers and Gan Ning's 1,000 Jinfan, which belong to special elites and do not need to serve, and are also good to eat and drink, the remaining 40,000 soldiers are all invested in the Hefei construction plan.

And Shouchun's Xiahou Dun, there has been no news for a month, and Qiao Ren is afraid that he will not be able to go south. The front line of Hefei has hoarded more than 30,000 Wu troops, and Shouchun's Xiahoudun has less than 10,000 people, and he Xiahoudun will not fight recklessly no matter what!

Jiujiang Shouchun City, the originally deserted state pastoral mansion has become lively, the former Henan Yin is now the commander-in-chief of the Cao Army's Huainan defense line, General Fubo Xiahou Yuan, the horse golden knife, sat in the first place, and Yangzhou Mu Wenhui and the bandaged Zhichong general Le Jin also sat in the column with a bitter face, and there were two ragged generals in the hall who kept drinking hot porridge, and explained the battle of Hefei from time to time.

"Wen Yuan, this battle is not your fault, it is really Qiao Ren's poisonous plan that cannot be prevented!" Xiahoudun listened to the whole story and comforted him with kind words.

At this time, the identities of the two rather downtrodden generals in the hall are self-evident, it is Zhang Liao and Li Dian, the Hefei guards who escaped from the heavens, they have not eaten at this moment, although what is in front of them is just a simple meat soup, but in his eyes it is tantamount to delicacies.

Xiahoudun has the right to act cheaply, even if he beheads Zhang Liao and Li Dian at this moment, others can't say anything. After all, the defeat was too miserable, not to mention that the Gao Ran army was completely wiped out and I was beheaded by Dai Gang, Hefei City, including the Cao army in it, was also wiped out, in just one month, the Huainan defense line of the Cao army has collapsed to such an extent, if these two people have no fault, it is impossible.

But fortunately, Xiahoudun was not only deeply trusted by Cao Ying, and was listed as a friend, but he himself was even more reasonable, and his surname was calm and resolute. I knew that this battle was not Zhang Liao's fault, at least I knew that if he was in the same position, he would not be able to make a better choice.

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