Chapter 364: Huaxiong Challenge
"The general doesn't need to worry too much, the number of soldiers and horses in the seventeen towns is not advantageous, but Dong Zhuo's army has a large number of cavalry, and their grain and grass will not be able to hold out for a long time." Cao Cao shook the beard on his chin and smiled.
Chen Mo nodded and said:
"Since everyone is confident, then ask Lord Yuan to arrange it, Chen Mo will obey the command of the alliance leader."
Yuan Shao was worried that Chen Mo would not listen to his command, but he was more worried that Chen Mo had never been defeated in battle, if he was allowed to have great merit, it would be more difficult for Chen Mo to be in a high position to criticize him in the future, he smiled and said:
"Lord Chen is the mainstay of our army, the Qingzhou army is brave and difficult to attack at the most critical time, and now our army is advancing layer by layer, and a team is needed to raid Bishui Pass, I don't know who can lead the army there."
Yuan Shao's intentions were at least half understood by most of the people present, but no one would say it, and when he heard his inquiry, Sun Jian, who was dedicated to making meritorious contributions to the country, stood up with a huge ancient ingot knife and said:
"Sun Jian is willing to lead Jiangdong Erlang to kill the rebels."
Chen Mo secretly enjoyed himself with the Yitian Sword with both hands, as long as he didn't interfere with everything, it wouldn't change, this Sun Jian would also be cannon fodder, Xu Shu behind him kept scanning everyone present, and suddenly he saw three people standing with his hands hanging down on Gongsun Zhan's side, and he stared down and thought.
"Okay, since Sun Wentai is willing to be the vanguard, I will order you to lead your men to attack Bishui Pass, and our army will then press on you." Yuan Shao's eyes were happy and he said loudly.
Sun Jian retreated and went to point up the soldiers and horses, Chen Mo and the others all retreated to the army and set up camp, and only halfway did Xu Shu say to Chen Mo:
"The few people that my lord asked me to observe are really interesting, Tao Qian is scheming but there is no one under him, Gongsun Chan has an arrogant personality and will suffer sooner or later, behind Gongsun Chan, Liu Bei does not show his expression and is heavy-minded. And although Cao Cao laughed casually, his eyes were full of the depth of seeing through everything, Yuan Shu jumped into the clown, Yuan Shao did not become a big weapon after all, Sun Jian was okay if he didn't come up, and now it is estimated that he has been calculated by many people. As for the people who are doing nothing, sooner or later they belong to someone else's meal. ”
Chen Mo, who was riding on a war horse, nodded with a heavenly stick and said:
"Yuan Zhi's analysis is good, when the world is in turmoil, no one will really think about the royal Han family, everyone has their own plans to come here;
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's families need them to make great contributions to the world, and even replace the current Han family, Cao Cao is okay at the moment, but once he has a huge force, he is not willing to be lonely, Sun Wentai just wants to revive the prestige of his ancestors. Tao Qian has begun to get old, and now he just wants to seek a way out for his two sons to make a name for himself;
Among the others, Gongsun Zhan's army and horses are strong, but the battle between the two armies does not only rely on the strength of the army, there is not enough strategy to fail sooner or later, then Liu Bei is just a plain minister to get involved in this matter, do you think he really cares about the identity of the Han royal family? Everything in the world is based on profit and profit, but this time I will let his calculation not be so loud. ”
Xu Shu smiled, and after he arrived in Qingzhou, he went to Donglai, Beihai to take a look. Qingzhou, which was originally peaceful and stable, already felt very good, and he saw hundreds of people farming in Beihai. When asked, the land was allocated to them by the government for planting, and the seeds were all arranged by the government, and in addition to the high yield, the government only collected 10 percent of the grain.
Along the way, there are canals and ponds built everywhere, all of which were built by the government. It's just that the care is managed by the people, and the most important point is that a large amount of land belongs to the government, even if someone wants to buy it, they can't do it.
Chen Mo collected countless amounts of land and collected all of it to the government, and he did not distribute the land to anyone, and farmers had to sign a contract with the government for many years if they wanted to plant. In addition to avoiding the emergence of land-hoarding families, the common people had a large surplus after planting high-yield crops, and then the government purchased them, and finally the grain produced in these two counties was enough to feed the army of more than 100,000 people fighting continuously.
Qingzhou now has less than 50,000 troops, Chen Mo rarely expands the army, and some veterans have retreated to various tuntians over the years, so if you can know how much grain you have in Qingzhou, there are only people who have been in charge of the granaries for Chen Mo.
The land under Chen Mo's command is rich, and the people of Qingzhou are brave, but until now he has not been as reckless as Dong Zhuo and others, Xu Shu can see that Chen Mo is recuperating and waiting for the opportunity.
The so-called good birds choose trees to perch, Xu Shu is just a son of the Han family, seeing the decay and decay of this big man, he has long lost the so-called loyalty, and following Chen Mo, he saw the hope of the people's stability, so he has made up his mind to give advice to Chen Mo to complete his ideals.
Chen Mo's Qingzhou army and other soldiers and horses went to Bishui Pass in parallel, and other soldiers and horses were stationed, Chen Mo also let Huang Zhong take down the army and horses, and after two days, hundreds of thousands of troops had not yet arrived outside Bishui Pass, but Sun Jian, as a vanguard, was stationed outside Bishui Pass with the remnants of the defeated army.
When everyone rushed to the gate to set up a horse, Yuan Shao summoned all the princes, Chen Mo asked Xu Shu to temporarily lead the army, and he rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army with Huang Zhong, who was wearing red bronze armor.
When Chen Mo arrived, Liu Bei's guy had already proclaimed that he was King Jing of Zhongshan again, as the imperial prince Yuan Shao could only give him a seat, Chen Mo glanced at Guan Yu standing behind Liu Bei when he entered, and he must not let him play any warm wine and kill Huaxiong today.
Chen Mo had just sat down and before he could speak, a sergeant entered the big tent and reported:
"Enlighten all your lords, Hua Xiong, the general of Bishui Pass, challenged under the pass with a knife with a red scarf of General Sun's helmet."
Chen Mo was once again amused by the fact that in this era of cold weapons, the main general of the army came out to play heads-up, and the morale of the whole army was completely lost as soon as the general was hanged, and this kind of war would only benefit him and not harm him;
The Qingzhou Army was built in accordance with the rules of later generations, although it was still based on the unit, Shi, Tun, school, battalion, and army, but Chen Mo set the rule that the superior officer was hung up, and the secondary officer immediately replaced the command, even if the general died in battle, the deputy general immediately became the general to lead the army, and finally killed until there was no one left.
Chen Mo is the general of the army at this time, Huang Zhong is his deputy general, even if neither of them is there, Xu Shu is the third commander, and then the captain of the first department is in charge, of course, these settings can only be used as a last resort, but they can avoid chaos in the army because of problems with the general.
Hearing Hua Xiong come out to fight alone, Yuan Shao shouted angrily with anger on his face:
"Whoever goes to war destroys the other's prestige."
The princes of this camp all brought their own generals, and Yuan Shao was angry that one of his thirty generals came out and said:
"The youngster is willing to cut off Huaxiong's head." (To be continued......)