After drinking a bowl of hot porridge, Wang Chong finally regained some strength.

Under Lu Qiling's service, Wang Chong finished dressing, first persuaded Lu Qiling to rest, and then sent people to summon Jinfan Wenwu to the Taishou Mansion.

Soon, Liu Ye, Gan Ning, Wang Shuang, Lei Xu, and Yang Hong arrived one after another.

Seeing Wang Chong, Gan Ning immediately cared: "Shaolin, is your body okay?" ”

"Brother, don't worry, the younger brother is already fine." Wang Chong smiled, then glanced around, and found that Lei Xu was depressed, sitting there in a reluctant manner, Wang Chong was stunned, as if he had thought of something, sighed, and persuaded, "General Lei, mourn"

In the battle with the Jiangdong Army, if you want to say who suffered the biggest blow, that person is undoubtedly Lei Xu, a full 20,000 people who buried in the mountains, but less than 5,000 survived in the end, and most of the dead and wounded, especially his brother Lei Bo, who was also killed by Jiangdong General Chen Wu in this battle, in addition, Mei Qian also died, Chen Lan was also stabbed off the horse by Ling Cao on the battlefield, although he was not dead, but the injury was very serious, I am afraid that he had to lie in bed for at least several months before he could walk on the ground.

In other words, the four generals of the hidden mountain who were high-spirited at the beginning, until now, only Lei Xu is still alive unscathed.

Wang Chong was able to understand Lei Xu's complicated mood at the moment, and only a few days after he chose to join Jinfan, the army suffered such a huge loss, to say that Lei Xu did not regret it at all, and he didn't believe it when he killed Wang Chong.

Lei Xu replied to Wang Chong with a far-fetched smile: "Don't worry, the lord will bear it."

Seeing Lei Xu's appearance, Wang Chong felt uncomfortable: "Hey, it's all my fault, if I hadn't sent Ziyang to Qianshan to recruit you, you Qianshan people would not have fallen to such a point." ”

"The lord doesn't have to blame himself, joining Jinfan is a decision made by all of us after careful consideration, even if Mr. Ziyang doesn't come, we already have the idea of going down the mountain to Jinfan." Lei Xu said with relief, "Besides, how can there be immortals in a war?" Isn't the horse leather shroud and dying on the battlefield the best destination as a soldier? ”

"General Lei has a point." Liu Ye said, "My lord, since everything has happened, it is meaningless to pursue these things at all, and the top priority is to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, these soldiers died for my Jinfan, and we must not let their families feel cold again." Wang Chong nodded solemnly, paused and said, "In this way, General Lei, I will trouble you to work harder, and count all the identities, places of origin, and addresses of these fallen soldiers, so that we can implement the pension as soon as possible." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Chong glanced at Liu Ye again: "Ziyang, this matter will be handed over to you, you must settle these family members, let them have no worries about food and clothing, if there is a family that cannot live independently, they will be gathered together, and we Jinfan will support and raise them in a unified manner, even if it costs more funds, we must do this matter well!" ”

Liu Ye replied with a solemn expression: "No! ”

With tears in his eyes, Lei Xu got up and bowed to Wang Chong, choked and said: "The lord's benevolence and righteousness are really the luck of my Qianshan soldiers and the luck of the people. ”

The reason why Lei Xu's reaction was so big was mainly due to the result of the comparison between the two, Lei Xu, Lei Bo and Chen Lan followed Yuan Shu before, the latter has always only cared about his own pleasure, and paid countless miscellaneous taxes, and never considered the life and death of the soldiers and the people under his command, which is also the main reason why the three finally chose to defect from Yuan Shu.

Compared with Yuan Shu, Wang Chong's compassion for the soldiers and the people made his image in Lei Xu's mind extremely tall in an instant, and his loyalty also rose to the top.

Wang Chong was a little flattered, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Lei Xu: "General Lei is serious, this is just Wang Chong's business!" ”

After calming down Lei Xu's emotions, Liu Ye opened his mouth and asked: "Lord, now that Huainan has been decided, I don't know where the lord plans to place the governance office?" ”

Wang Chong thought for a while and said, "It's in Anhui City." ”

"Wancheng?" Liu Ye was stunned, he originally thought that Wang Chong would move the administrative office to Hefei, after all, although Wancheng is prosperous, due to its proximity to the river, the danger factor is very high, once the enemy army captures Anhuikou, Wancheng will be immediately exposed to the enemy's blade.

"Ah, it's in Anhui City!" Wang Chong nodded, and said with certainty, "There are two advantages to setting the administrative office in Anhui City, one is that it can keep us in a sufficient sense of crisis, and the other is that it is more conducive to our future plan to send troops. ”

Liu Ye finally understood now, Wang Chong looked far away, he had just taken Huainan, his eyes were already coveting Jiangdong, and the ruling office was set in Wancheng, which was undoubtedly a sign of taking precautions.

Wang Chong's ambitions are very big, and it seems a little unrealistic and even ambitious, but for a courtier, it is obviously a good thing for the lord to have ambitions, and I am afraid that I am afraid that I will follow a master who is discouraged, does not seek progress, and is content with the status quo.

Wang Chong's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and seeing that everyone had no opinion on this decision, he began to issue a new round of appointments.

Wang Chong first looked at Lei Xu: "General Lei, from today onwards, I will appoint you as the Governor of Lujiang, and in the future, I will give full authority to General Lei for the city defense and security of Anhui City." ”

Leave the city defense of Anhui City to yourself? Wang Chong's trust moved Lei Xu very much, and immediately got up and responded: "No! ”

Lei Xu then took Gan Ning's turn: "Brother, I will send a letter to Xiang'an later, ordering Huang Yi to return to Anhui City with 17,000 Lujiang soldiers in Xiang'an City, and when the time comes, you will lead 25,000 troops to Wankou, while rebuilding Wankou Port, while training soldiers, and preparing for my Jinfan's next troops to Jiangdong." ”

"No!"

"Ziquan." Speaking of Wang Shuang, Wang Chong sighed lightly, "Now that the cavalry battalion no longer exists, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reorganize it in the short term, so I will wronged you to stay in the Iron Guard Battalion for a while, help Zhou Hu train the soldiers together, and save that guy to poke out some basket for me." ”

"No." Wang Shuang's mood was very melancholy, but there was no way, who made Huainan's war horses scarce?

In the end, Wang Chong's gaze shifted to Yang Hong: "I intend to appoint you as the Cheng of Jiujiang County and be in charge of the people's livelihood of the entire Jiujiang County, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Yang Hong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you for your promotion!" ”

"In this way, you can leave for Hefei one day, I will write a letter to Li Tao, the Taishou of Hefei, you can pass it to him, do it well, don't let me down."

"No!"

Wang Chong named Yang Hong as the prince of Jiujiang County, mainly to replace Lu Su, and in his letter to Li Tao, there will be roughly four contents.

First, Li Tao was appointed as the Taishou of Jiujiang and had full authority to manage the affairs of Jiujiang County; the second is to let Hao Zhao lead the soldiers of the trapped camp to escort Lu Su and Diao Chan to Anhui City; Third, Yuan Yao can be appropriately used; Fourth, the development center of gravity of Jiujiang will be shifted to the south, and it is best to gradually move the people in the north of Jiujiang to the south of Hefei, after all, the Shouchun generation is too close to the Central Plains, Cao Cao will definitely not allow Jinfan to occupy it for a long time, rather than waiting for Cao Cao to send troops to attack, it is better to take the initiative to let it out, so that Jinfan and Cao Cao can form a natural isolation zone.