—179 A.D.——

Xuzhou, Xiapi County.

"Captain of the thief?" Sun Jian, who was the county commander of Xiapi at the time, looked at the order sent by the imperial court: "Is it high or low compared to the county order?" ”

"There is a difference between civil and military, and it is not easy to compare, but some school captains can serve as county lieutenants, while others can only be county lieutenants." The county responded.

"Well......" Sun Jian was quite hesitant, because this "recruitment" was not the previous "flat adjustment", and the recruitment order clearly stated "go to the post and change and relocate".

In other words, he had to get rid of this "county order" errand and go to Liangzhou as a "school captain" to quell the rebellion, and then decide on a new official position after the meritorious service, either because of a big victory or because of a big defeat.

This time, the imperial court recruited the "Three Rivers Knights", the coverage originally did not include Xuzhou, and this unique conscription order was obviously deliberately sent to him Sun Wentai by some people in the imperial court, and the implicit content was about "Your kid refuses to pay money every time he should be promoted, so he has been standing still, and this time he will directly give you a chance to be promoted without paying money, no thanks." ”

Sun Jian, who had already learned about those "rules" from Zhou Yi's mouth, just wanted to flip the table, he didn't want this kind of "opportunity" at all!

The "donation" required for promotion has been prepared, just three years old, the tiger-headed son Cheng Huan is on his knees, and his wife Wu Rong is pregnant again, Sun Jian doesn't want to fight with Xiliang traitors at all now.

At this time, he deeply understood why his father Sun Zhong was reluctant to become an official - as long as there are people on the head, they can transfer you wherever they want, it is better to stay in Jiangdong, the emperor is far away, and he is at ease.

Moreover, Sun Jian can't guarantee whether this is another conspiracy of "Yu Ji", that "immortal" always targets their husband and wife, and from time to time he tosses some troubles, making him feel that out of thin air there is an old man who is very dissatisfied with himself - in other words, the Wu family of Wu County is very satisfied with him.

"Brother Zhou, it seems that I will trouble you a lot this time." In the end, Sun Jian put down the conscription order and surrendered his hand to Zhou Yi.

"Where, Wentai doesn't have to be polite, I originally wanted to go back to Lujiang." Zhou Yi replied with a salute.

Because Sun Jian and Zhou Yi both have their hometowns in Jiangdong, but they unexpectedly met in the Central Plains of Xiapi, they were like-minded with each other and became good friends, not only did the two ladies become close friends, but also the aged Sun Ce and Zhou Yu also hit it off at first sight - the three-year-old little doll can't seem to use this word?

This time, Sun Jian was ordered to go to Xiliang to quell the rebellion, the mountains are high and the road is far away, so naturally he can't bring his family with him, so he asked Zhou Yi to bring them back to his hometown in Yangzhou together, presumably the old father who has been talking about his grandson in the family letter will be very happy.

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"Master Sun." "I've seen the prefectural order." "Bundai-sama."

On the way from the county government to the barracks, many people and officials he met saluted and greeted him, and Sun Jian responded one by one because he was not in a hurry.

As for why Sun Jian was so loved, because he was re-elected as the commander of the three prefectures, he already had a lot of experience in how to govern a county, in short, he only needed to ensure that the people were not attacked by thieves and wild beasts, strictly punish those who broke the law and discipline, and let the people develop on their own without interference, and when everyone performed their duties, the city would prosper on its own.

Seeing the subtle knowledge, a county is like this, presumably a county, a state, and even a country, and the chaos in the Han Dynasty is undoubtedly caused by those greedy eunuchs and officials who bend the law for personal gain...... Heh, as a small county magistrate, what's the use of thinking about this.

In addition, if there are not enough talents to maintain this "each performing his own duties", he may be like those small county orders that have no one under his command and are overturned by the major families, and when he turns a corner and sees the military camp appear in front of him, Sun Jian thought so.

"I've seen the young master." Before Sun Jian was about to step into the barracks, a thin man wearing dark armor and holding two knives jumped out of the woods beside the road and saluted him.

"Da Rong, ......" Sun Jian sighed: "The art of war is cloudy, every time the forest is not entered, ordinary people will guard against the woods no matter what the situation, even if you practice again, there will not be much success." ”

This person's surname is Zu Mao, and he is one of the four "unequaled generals" sent by Sun Zhong to listen to Sun Jian's orders.

If the enemy refuses to enter the woods, he will have to jump out and attack, and then the "Musou" will automatically fail...... So what's the point of it?

"The young master is right, the young master is going this way." Zu Mao probably heard too much of this, and he didn't refute it at all.

"Spike! Raid! Keep the momentum going! A few of you! Didn't eat! As soon as he entered the barracks, Sun Jian heard a rough voice scolding the soldiers.

It was a sturdy man in simple leather armor, with a sparse hair, named Huang Gai, with a strange blade on his back that could barely be called "Yue", and it seemed to belong to a type that would hurt itself if it was not used well.

Huang Gai is a little old, but he is very good at training soldiers, I don't know where his father recruited the veterans, his "Wushuang" and "bitter meat" are a bit indescribable, "the more serious the injury, the stronger the combat effectiveness" just sounds good, but this "injury" must come from friendly troops or yourself, so ...... It is said that he praised the Taiping Dao's runic water and the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill.

Sun Jian didn't interfere with Huang Gai's training, and went straight to the military tent, and then saw Cheng Pucheng Demou, who was processing a bunch of books and making arrangements for the long-distance march in the tent.

This is among all the generals sent by his father Sun Zhong, the one who is most like a civil official, although he is tall, but he looks elegant, his manners are graceful, and he is very good at leading troops, strategizing, and governance.

However, no one is perfect, and the weapon used by Cheng Pu is a strange double-headed crescent shovel, which is resolutely not changed even if it is ridiculed by Huang Gai, and the awakened Wushuang is called a "water monster", and its function is to hold his breath underwater for a long time...... It's useless at all, isn't it?

"Cheng Gong," Sun Jian paused at the door, and then took two "peerless generals" into the tent and saluted Cheng Pushi: "The imperial court is very urgent, I don't know when our department can leave?" ”

"Young master," Cheng Pu's expression was very serious, this veteran who usually always managed Sun Jian's Xia Pi in an orderly manner, as if there was nothing that could stump him, said in a heavy tone: "The old man must let you know that this trip to Liangzhou is likely to suffer a big defeat." ”

"There is a cloud in the art of war, 'for a general, do not think about victory, first think about defeat, so you can not be defeated in a hundred battles'" Sun Jian responded: "But we are still three states away from Liangzhou at this time...... Could it be that this is called 'strategizing and winning thousands of miles away'? ”

"That's not it," was praised by Sun Jian without a trace, and Cheng Pu's serious face showed a slight smile: "The old man just analyzed according to the information he came up with, and the 'Zhenxi General' Zhang Wen was ready to send all the generals to the rebel sword." ”

"Oh...... Not an accident. Sun Jian nodded.

Even in Yangzhou, Jiangnan and Jiangdong, it is very clear what happened in Luoyang, after all, because the power is not covered, there are more people who dare to speak ill of the "Ten Standing Servants" or use them as talking points - although some of them are not timely.

Specifically, although after two party disasters and more authority in the plague incident, those eunuchs never had the opportunity to reach out to the army, which is also related to the ridiculous situation that every time the imperial power is turbulent, there are always generals who are killed by eunuchs.

The main force that went to Xiliang to quell the rebellion was Huangfu Song and the Three Rivers Knights, no one dared to use their brains at this point, if the battle was lost and the former Han Emperor's tomb was dug up, the people who engaged in small means, no matter who they were, could not run away, even if you could get the "Ten Standing Servants" and the emperor, how would you deal with an angry sword master?

However, if Zhang Wen, who was named Ceying and actually picked peaches with mixed credit, wanted to support and use his authority to gather an additional group of troops, but because he fell for the rebels' tactics and lost a group of men and horses and generals who had no impact on the main battle, Wang Yue would not have looked at them at all.

"The official conscription envoys of the imperial court have already completed the edict in the land of the Three Rivers, and all the recruitees will go to the Luoyang camp to report to the general of Zhengxi, Huangfu Song," Cheng Pu continued: "However, most of the additional batch of conscripts who reported to the Zhenxi general Zhang Wen were disobedient and disgusted with the ten permanent servants or eunuchs, and the rest were those who were 'ignorant of current affairs' like the young master. ”

Very good, there are traces of "Yu Ji" meddling now, Sun Jian thought, he just didn't get through the accident, and he didn't hand in the "donation" when he was promoted several times, and those big people could never have the mind to embarrass an upright county order.

"In this way, presumably Cheng Gong already has a solution to it?" Sun Jian thought about it himself, but he didn't know the point, and finally decided to ask the smart man.

"This 'strategy' is behind the young master." Cheng Puyang raised his chin.

Sun Jian turned his head to look at Zu Mao, but found that he was pointing to the side with an embarrassed expression, so he suddenly turned to the other side: "Of course, of course, Yigong's 'Wushuang' is just right at this time. ”

Han Dang, Han Yigong, tall and strong, wearing a red battle armor, holding a huge horse chopping knife, with a fierce appearance, and a strange hairstyle and mustache, but he is always ignored intentionally or unintentionally, the reason is that his peerless, "Shadow Escape": if he doesn't speak, he will be subconsciously ignored by everyone around him.

Dahan exhaled embarrassedly: "Young master, it's good if you just say that you forgot about the last general, the last general - get used to it." ”