Guan Yu and Xu Shu integrated 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, 16,000 with Gan Ning, 6,000 from Deng Ai, 8,000 from Zhao Lei, plus 5,000 cavalry from Longyou, and handed over to Guan Ping to take over a total of 55,000 soldiers and horses assembled in Dangyang.

In addition, the Pangde Department of Fancheng selected 5,000 elite soldiers and horses to be reorganized on the spot, waiting for the army to pass through Fancheng and go north with it. On the eve of New Year's Day, the army gathered, and the soldiers talked a lot.

In order to appease the hearts of the soldiers, Guan Yu gathered all the soldiers to give lectures to encourage everyone to give up their homes and go north with him.

60,000 soldiers and horses surround the high platform, Guan Yu is neatly draped, crosses the sword and holds the knife, stands on it, and Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Gan Ning, etc. stand behind Guan Yu.

Guan Yu saw that it was almost there, and arched his hand and said loudly: "Soldiers, Guan is polite." ”

All the soldiers and soldiers said in unison under the leadership of the partial general: "Meet the prince!" ”

Guan Yu said: "Thinking about it, the soldiers have seen the order issued by Guan to send troops, and Guan understands that everyone is worried about their families, and they are very reluctant.

Two days later, it was New Year's Day, the day of reunion. Helplessly, the world is unpredictable, the war is urgent, and he was forced to recruit everyone to go north with Guan to fight. Guan felt guilty! The audience was in an uproar.

Suddenly, one of them shouted: "My brother has followed the prince for three years, and the prince treats my brother very well, as long as my brother has a life, no matter whether it is difficult or not, he will follow the prince!" ”

Then several people in the audience also shouted, and the generals refused to show weakness and took the lead in shouting.

Pang Tong and Xu Shu on the stage glanced at each other, and they all understood in their hearts that the personal guards of Guan Yu, Gan Ning, Zhao Lei and others among the 60,000 soldiers and horses had been instructed to mobilize the strength of the soldiers and let them take the lead in responding.

In addition, Guan Yu does not deceive and treats soldiers well, and it seems that the effect is excellent.

Guan Yu raised the knife in his hand with one arm, and the soldiers in the audience immediately quieted down.

Guan Yu clasped his hands into fists and said: "Everyone gives Guan this face, Guan is happy!" However, Guan has never had the habit of being a strong man, and the situation in everyone's family is different, and Guan can't fully take care of it.

Therefore, this choice is given to everyone, there is a concern or a reason for it, even if it is just thinking about your family, it is difficult to give up, you can leave!

Guan has now issued an order that 'all partial generals and colonels are not allowed to stop the soldiers who leave the team, let alone punish them privately or secretly, otherwise they will be punished by military law.'

Homesickness, wanting to be with family, there's nothing to be ashamed of. Many people join the army just to live a better life for their families, human nature?

Two hours later, the riverside ferry meets, and the boat goes north with Guan, and the New Year's Day to Xiangyang listens to Hou's orders! ”

After speaking, he pointed at Pang Tong, and Pang Tong stepped forward to show his face with his fists.

"Listen to the dispatch of the Pang Overseer Army!"

Guan Yu continued: "What Guan wants to say is that no matter whether you come or not, you will entrust your lives to Guan when you join the army, and Guan Mou is already grateful for this!" ”

Guan Yu's guards in the audience shouted: "We followed the prince to fight in the north and south, and we never fell behind. ”

Gan Ning's partial generals shouted, they turned out to be mostly with Gan Ning's rangers and river thieves, and they shouted with a bold personality: "Since you join the army, you have to obey the order, and we will fight wherever the general's order flag is pointed!"

Do those mothers-in-law and mother-in-law who love their families still have the face to hold knives and guns and wear armor? It's boring to stand guard at the head of the city for so long, it's boring! This year, take a knife and a gun to the north to go shopping, see what good things are available, stock up on some New Year's goods, and bring back the family to see a fresh, happy and happy! ”

Guan Yu nodded lightly and said loudly: "Everyone is a man, good!" Two hours, the riverside ferry, don't be left behind if you want to go, if you come late, there will be no boat! ”

Guan Yu just ordered the disbandment, only to hear the crowd shouting: "Let's go, go to the ferry!" ”

Gan Ning scolded: "This group of rabbit cubs is foolish! ”

Guan Yu smiled: "I want this momentum!" Xingba, you are here to arrange for the soldiers and horses to rush to the ferry in an orderly manner, and I will go to the ferry! Gan Ning agreed.

The soldiers dispersed for the time being, Guan Yu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu first led their guards to the ferry, and Gan Ning, Guan Ping, Deng Ai and others maintained order and organized soldiers and horses to move in the direction of the ferry.

The blockade of the Han River has been completed, and there are only ships on the river that are under surveillance, in order to beware of the spies secretly planted by Cao Pi to ventilate the news and reveal the news of the assembly place of the army to Nanyang and other places.

At the riverside ferry, Guan Yu discussed with Xu Shu and Pang Tong, and soldiers and horses came one after another. Pang Tong said: "Yun Chang, it looks like they're all here!" ”

Guan Yu squinted and said, "Before the recruitment, the soldiers and horses have been screened. First, there are young sons under the age of two and elderly people over 65 years old, second, newlyweds, third, fathers, sons, and brothers are in the army, and fourth, all seriously ill family members have been eliminated.

The soldiers who come don't have any worries, they should be homesick if they don't come, and it's understandable, New Year's Day! Don't be strong! ”

Xu Shu said: "This is the best, this time we actually have no advantage in going north, the soldiers must be strong-willed, in order to give full play to the maximum strength of the whole army and deal with the hard battle!" People who love their families will only do bad things and affect the morale of the military, but it is better not to come! ”

Guan Yu said: "Shiyuan, are the cattle and sheep enough to reward the soldiers, 60,000 people are 180,000 heads?" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Yun Chang rest assured, the king bought nearly 500,000 cattle and sheep, and the Yizhou warehouse is empty.

Yun Chang, as soon as you send out the army, the cattle and sheep will continue to be transported, and it happens that the northern winter is cold and freezing, and when the time comes, I will slaughter the cattle and mutton as military food.

This time, the whole army is waiting to drink mutton soup and eat beef! Not only cattle and sheep, but also horses will come with 20,000 or 30,000! ”

Guan Yu sighed: "It's a pity that I don't have time to train cavalry, but even if the training is of limited use, it's winter now, the horse's hooves are slipping, and the role of cavalry is greatly reduced!" ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "I have my own use for horses, I can't fight to scare people!" ”

Xu Shu said: "Yun Chang, Yang Gongwei (Yang Yi) has arranged for Sun Wolf from Luhun, Li Kuan from Luyang, and Zhu Ye from Yexian County to sneak into the north with more than ten fine Dubo and Shi Chang to see if we can encourage old friends and relatives to take advantage of the chaos to help our army attack the county seat!" ”

Guan Yu said: "According to Guan's meaning, why take the risk, the three of them are all lieutenants, and it is not easy to do this official position."

Yang Yi insisted on convincing Guan Mou, ten people, once they were exposed, they would definitely die, even if they succeeded, how many people could they be persuaded to get up, few people were useless, it was too risky! Shi Yuan, Guan Mou sees that you like this set quite much, and you also help Yang Yi speak! ”

Pang Tong smiled: "I'm a good bet, I always want to gamble with a small one, a bet, haha!" ”

Guan Yu said: "Opportunism can't be on the table after all!" ”

Two hours later, as Guan Yu expected, almost all of the 60,000 soldiers and horses rushed to meet, although Guan Yu said that he didn't care.

But most people know that if they want to stay in the army, they really don't dare to leave the team unless they have a full reason, but this full reason has long been eliminated.

Guan Yu was not in a hurry to give the order to cross the river, reorganized the soldiers and horses again, climbed the high platform and said: "Soldiers, everyone give Guan a face, leave his family and come here to follow Guan to the north in the cold, thank you, thank you!"

Everyone gives Guan a face, Guan can't let everyone follow Guan like this to fight hard, otherwise Guan will have the face to order everyone!

For all the soldiers who went out with Guan, the king ordered to reward each of them with two sheep and a cow. And this time your family will be before New Year's Day. That is, in these two days, he will receive five catties of beef, ten catties of mutton, and 3 buckets of rice (36 catties), which is Guan's gratitude to everyone, and it is also the king's heart to everyone. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and I don't know who started and shouted: "Xie Wang, Xie Junhou!" ”

Xu Shu said to Pang Tong on the side: "This set we discussed is very effective!" ”

Pang Tong said: "If you say the rewards together in Xiangyang City, the effect will be greatly reduced!"

In Dangyang, the soldiers made up their minds, and when they insisted on coming here, they would show some kindness, and the unexpected joy would make them feel that their choice was extremely correct, and they were more determined that it was right to go north with the army, and their morale immediately rose! ”

After saying that, Guan Yu had already turned around and walked in front of Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan, the morale of the soldiers is high, and the morale is very high!" ”

Pang Tong responded: "The effect is much better than expected!" But no matter how nice the words are, you still need to fight with real knives and guns, and you have to win!

The army hurried north along the Han River and arrived at the Fancheng ferry, where I sat in Fancheng and was responsible for transporting grain and grass in the rear. The battle of the strikers will be extremely fierce, Yun Chang and Yuan Zhi, leave it to you, be careful! ”

Guan Yu said: "Shiyuan, rest assured, the two of us have our own measure!" ”

While the three of them were talking, several horses galloped in, and the flags planted behind them made people avoid them. Guan Yu looked at it and said, "The post man in the direction of Jiangling, is there something wrong?" ”

As he spoke, the post man rushed over and handed over the bamboo slip and said, "Junhou, Jiangling is in a hurry!" ”

Guan Yu took it and opened it to watch, Danfeng's eyes suddenly opened and said, "Cao Thief An dares to do this!" ”

Then handed it to Xu Shu on the left, Pang Tong came over to look at it together, and the two of them were shocked. Guan Yu waved his hand, and the postman left.

Guan Yu turned over to the riverside and said to Pang Tong and Xu Shu: "Han is dead!" Cao Cao didn't dare to take this step, Cao Pi milky smelly child dared! ”

Pang Tong calmed down and said, "It's not surprising that sooner or later! Emperor Han has long been a puppet, Cao Pi has just suppressed us militarily in Longyou, and it is understandable to take the opportunity to carry the throne! ”

After speaking, Pang Tong tilted his head, touched his beard and thought about how to deal with the current situation.

Guan Yu looked at the waves of the river, calmed down, and said in his heart: Big Brother Ancient City Yuxian (Chapter 1) implied to replace the Han Emperor, and now it seems that the Han Dynasty has no emperor, and the most qualified person in this world to continue the Han Liu family is the eldest brother.

Providence, I don't know how the eldest brother will choose, do you want to wait first, and then make plans after reporting to the eldest brother?

Thinking about it, Guan Yu said: "Yuan Zhi, Shi Yuan, how about we suspend our actions?" ”

Pang Tongyi heard the cry and said: "No, send troops immediately, now is the opportunity, a godsend."

Cao Pi is the emperor, and he must first brake with static to see if there are any changes in the states and counties. Even if the loyal ministers of the Han family are looted in turn, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no thieves who take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters by taking advantage of the name of the Han family.

Moreover, it is now a cold winter, which is not conducive to the action of the army, Cao Pi just took the opportunity to trim, and when the states and counties fully accept the change of dynasty, the next step is to act against the king who is the king of the Han Dynasty.

We are now doing it, in addition to delaying or destroying the spring ploughing in Yuzhou, Sili, and Nanyang as mentioned before, mobilizing Cao's army to encircle and suppress the exhausted army, diverting Cao Pi's attention, reducing the pressure on Hanzhong, and enabling Yizhou to ease its strength next year.

Now there are two more benefits, one is that the Han family has been usurped, and the king bears the name of the Han family, so how can the thief be justified.

The second is to correct the name of the soldiers sent to the north to stir up trouble, before that, they were rebellious, and now the incident is to crusade against the Han thieves, the people have not fully adapted to the change of dynasties, the influence of the Han family is still there, and the impact must be wide, so take this opportunity to mess up the north! ”

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