Wanling County, Danyang County, Yangzhou.

Geographically speaking, it is located in the middle of the entire Danyang County, and from a political and economic point of view, Wanling County is a small county on the edge of Danyang.

Because Wanling County is the edge of the Han concentration area, its southern and eastern parts are the sphere of influence of the Shanyue people, and the degree of development is very low.

Although these places nominally belonged to the Han Dynasty, in fact neither the imperial court, nor the local counties nor scholars had control over them.

The de facto owners of these places are the local ethnic minorities.

In fact, this is the case in many border areas of Dahan, such as Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou and southern Jingzhou.

It has been almost a month since Jianwei's lieutenant Qiu Yi arrived in Wanling, and he was stationed at the mouth of a valley more than 70 miles east of the city with 200 soldiers.

This is one of the entrances to the Vietnamese residential area, and Biqiu Yi camped here to communicate with the Yue people nearby.

That's right, he is also here to recruit Danyang elite soldiers.

Moreover, he has the official edict of the imperial court, and he is very cooperative from Danyang County to Wanling County.

Not only did they arrange guides and interpreters to follow, but they also sent a lot of supplies for the labor army.

There are Shanyue people in Huiji and Wujun and other places, but only the Shanyue people in Danyang can become elite soldiers and be recognized by the world, and there is a reason.

In addition to the fact that the Shanyue people in Danyang County are more brave and ruthless, more importantly, the Yue people here have a higher degree of sinicization.

Because of the lot of contact with the Han people, the Yue people in Danyang learned some of the Han people's tactics and the essentials of battle battles, otherwise they would not be able to meet the requirements of elite soldiers by relying only on their personal martial arts and fighting separately.

In addition, Danyang produces iron, and the Yue people here have also learned some iron-smelting techniques from the Han people, and with sharp armor, the combat power is naturally very different.

And Biqiu Yi's recruitment of Shanyue people also has his own unique advantages, in addition to recruiting for the imperial court is more justifiable and more secure, he also brings enough money and food.

So it went very well after I came.

In order to win the trust of the Yue people, Biqiu Yi also entered the Yue people cottage alone to negotiate.

So far, his work has achieved remarkable results, and 3,000 Yue elites have been stationed in the camp, and a large number of Yue people will come in the future.

Completely different from Sun Jian's bumpy road, Shanyue people prefer Biqiu Yi, who has a wide export, and if he is brave in battle, he can also be rewarded by the imperial court, and even become an official and change his life!

How could Yue Ren refuse such a big temptation, so they agreed to go out of the mountain......

"General, according to the agreement, there should be more than 1,000 Yue people from Chiyan Village today, and now they are nowhere to be seen, how to deal with them?"

One of the soldiers under Biqiu Yi inquired that this group of new Yue people was to be led by him temporarily.

The process of recruiting Yue people is very smooth, but it does not mean that there will be no problem after recruiting.

However, the Vietnamese people disobeyed discipline, ignored military discipline, and fought and brawled from time to time.

However, this kind of matter belongs to Biqiu Yi's forte, and he has done similar work.

If he commands a battle as a commander or charges into battle as a vanguard, he can only be regarded as mediocre in ability, but when it comes to training, coordinating barbarian soldiers, purging and educating military discipline, Biqiu Yi is the best!

"It's okay, this is also expected, you can wait with peace of mind, and you can deal with it when the person arrives."

Biqiu Yi comforted.

These Yue people came in batches, which is exactly what Qiu Yi meant.

He happened to be domesticated and reorganized in batches, and if the Yue people all belonged to the same tribe or came together, it would not be a good thing.

The task given to him by Shangfeng is to recruit 20,000 Danyang elite soldiers, if this is not done well, once the Yue people mutiny, it is not a trivial matter.

"Report, the lord, the two groups of Yue people in the back camp are fighting because of uneven food, please go to the main body to deal with it quickly!"

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Wucheng County, Wu County, Yangzhou.

Because of Yan Baihu's rebellion, Sun Jian hurriedly led the army and returned, so he also gave up a great opportunity to recruit Danyang elite soldiers.

Speaking of which, Sun Jian's county guard is really not good.

After marrying the Wu family and the Xu family, he finally had some foundation, but the entire plan was completely disrupted by this rebellion......

During the march, Sun Jian was naturally furious, and vowed to break the corpse of Yan Baihu, who took the lead in the uprising, into ten thousand pieces!

However, anger did not solve the problem, and after Sun Jianjun arrived outside Wucheng City, he failed to fight even after repeated challenges and insults.

"This Yan Hu calls himself the White Tiger, he is so cowardly, why should he rebel if he is so cowardly!?"

Sun Jian scoffed.

can be ridiculed and ridiculed, and it is reasonable for the other party to hide in the city and use the city to defend.

Sun Jian had to order his soldiers to test the siege, but the other party seemed to have been prepared and defended very tightly.

In desperation, he had to order people to camp on the spot, and at the same time cut down wood to build engineering equipment, preparing to forcibly attack the city.

The siege is impossible, so the consumption of grain and grass is too great, and after a few months of fighting, there is not much food for his army.

But who knew that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the siege equipment was not ready, and there was bad news from the rear:

The baggage convoy where his nephew Sun Ben ordered people to transport grain and grass was robbed by thieves, and 50,000 stones of grain and grass were looted!

Hearing this news, Sun Jian couldn't laugh anymore, this was the last family in his county treasury, and if he wanted to be replenished, he would have to wait at least three months after the grain harvest of this season......

And the surplus food in his military camp is only enough for a month, even if he can immediately put down the rebellion and return to Wu County, this military food is still insufficient.

To this end, Sun Jian convened an emergency meeting in the Chinese army's big tent to discuss countermeasures.

"Lord, this matter is very strange, how dare ordinary thieves rob us and other county guards, and the southwest of Wu County has never heard of thieves hiding, there must be someone who has already planned, it should be investigated in detail!"

After everyone sat down and Sun Jian explained the situation, Huang Gai got up and said.

What Huang Gai said was indeed reasonable, but no one responded to him, and now the focus is not to investigate the robbery of the grain, but to find out the source of the follow-up military rations!

Sun Jian looked at Wu Jing and Xu Zhen, who were sitting on the side, frowning and not saying a word, and immediately regretted it.

Only then did he realize that he was a little flustered, this matter should not be discussed by Huang Gai, Han Dang and others, and this was not a problem that they could solve or come up with.

"That being the case, the public will take the headquarters to investigate the place where the incident occurred first, if there is a clue to report it quickly, Yigong will continue to urge the soldiers to make instruments, and you two will retreat first."

"Whoa!"

Sun Jian sent the two out of the account, and asked the two people in the account for help:

"Now that the situation is very urgent, I hope that the two of you will help each other, and we will repay you afterwards!"

“…… Lord, there is still a little bit of this grain and grass in our two clans, but these materials are all common to the clan, but I am afraid that even if we want to help, it will be difficult to convince the people of the clan, and besides, we have already sent the soldiers' money and food to the front of the army......"

For Sun Jian, Wu Jing and Xu Zhen naturally have the heart to help each other, otherwise they would not personally lead the troops to come to help, the Wu family and the Xu family have already bet on this, and will support Sun Jian as a weight against the four major counties of Wu County in the future.

But this kind of support is not unlimited, let alone gratuitous.

The scholars have always been interested in interests, and now they have invested so much, and they have to invest more before they see the benefits, which is really not in line with the rules of the scholars.

"I also know that the two of you are in a dilemma, and I ask you to communicate with the clan again, if you have any requirements, you can discuss......"