Chapter 110: Pre-War Prologue
A day later, Sun Quan, who couldn't bear it, secretly went to Lu Su's mansion, because Zhou Yu lived here at the moment.
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After Zhou Yu saw Sun Quan passing Li, he asked, "Dare to ask the lord, how many troops do we have left now?" β
"There are less than 50,000 troops left." Sun Quan replied a little depressed.
"Less than 50,000." Zhou Yu muttered
Sun Quan explained: "My brother raised 30,000 elite soldiers and marched into Lujiang. There were 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the two counties of Moling and Yuzhang. Originally, because the three counties of Wujun, Huiji, and Danyang were in the rear, and the eldest brother had always insisted on taking the elite route, he didn't have many troops left. Therefore, there are less than 30,000 elite soldiers left in the three counties, and the rest are newly recruited recruits. β
"Gong Jin."
Sun Quan finally became the master of the six gods, and he no longer had the momentum he had in front of the ministers yesterday. He turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"Don't panic, my lord, we still have the Yangtze River moat available, and there are 50,000 sailors to send. Zhou Yu said in a low voice.
"Okay."
Sun Quan's heart suddenly perked up when he heard this, and he nodded again and again.
"We should hurry up and train new recruits now."
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu said again.
"Okay."
Sun Quan nodded heavily. Immediately, these orders were issued by Sun Quan. The power of the entire Soochow began to operate.
And Zhou Yu began to calculate, and now there are still 50,000 sailors in Jiangdong.
Among them, 30,000 refined sailors have strong combat power, and there are Yangtze River moats, so they will definitely be able to compete with Liu Xun.
Thinking about it, Zhou Yu gradually had some confidence in his heart.
"Success or failure is not divided, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer." Zhou Yu clenched his fists.
Just when Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others were actively preparing for the war, intending to rely on the Yangtze River moat to block Liu Xun in Moling
Liu Ye in Shouchun City also received the news.
"Hehe, the lord will definitely be able to capture Jiangdong in one fell swoop."
In the hall of Shouchun City's Taishou Mansion, there was a document on Liu Ye's case, and he let out a laugh.
Immediately, Liu Ye walked out of the hall, came outside, and looked up in the direction of Jiangdong Huiji.
At this moment, the sun was still in the east, Liu Ye looked directly at the scorching sun, and the strong light couldn't help but make him squint his eyes.
In Liu Ye's mind, he also recalled the scene when he parted with Liu Xun.
At the beginning, the lord was only in the land of Lujiang and one county, but now it has only been a long time before he has defeated Sun Ce's army, and now he has the land of three counties. In addition to his own Shouchun, there are already four counties.
At that time, he was not very satisfied with Liu Xun in his heart. But now he is determined and sincerely begins to work hard for Liu Xun.
Recalling the scene at that time, Liu Ye couldn't help muttering to himself.
"At the beginning, I just expected that the lord might at most barely protect Lujiang County by virtue of the danger of the city, and save his life under Sun Ce's attack. But what was unexpected was that the lord actually killed Sun Ce, who was rampant in Jiangdong, and now there are three counties, and the south is dominant. I thought it was the extreme. No, the lord has such ambitions and wants to capture the entire Jiangdong. β
Immediately, Liu Ye shouted at the soldiers at the door of the hall. "Spread the word that General Liu Jie came to see me."
"No."
After a while, Liu Jie came to Liu Ye's study, and the two sat opposite each other. Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "General Liu, the lord is about to capture Jiangdong, and we can't be idle. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we will capture Liu Pi in Runan, and when the time comes, the lord will stabilize Jiangdong and will definitely send troops to conquer the world, and then we will be the front station of the lord to enter the world. β
When Liu Jie suddenly heard the news, he was naturally ecstatic. He stayed here and wanted to go out and fight for a long time. There was nothing wrong with Liu Ye's words, so the two hit it off and went to prepare separately.
After watching Liu Jie leave, Liu Ye thought about things, and the smile on his face became stronger and stronger, and then he turned to the south, his eyes crossed the city, as if he was devoted to Jiangdong Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Lu Su.
Liu Ye said secretly in his heart. "The three are also heroes, why don't you take the time of trial early and return to my lord?"
With Liu Ye's order, the generals of the entire Shouchun were overjoyedγγγγγγ
said that Liu Xun came to Moling, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.
Don't underestimate this short period of more than ten days, but the entire Moling has undergone earth-shaking changes.
First of all, the people of Moling, who had accepted Liu Xun's rule. No, not to accept, but to accept gladly. Because Liu Xun used the simplest and most brutal way to buy people's hearts. After he entered the city, he did not disturb the peace of the people, and he also thought about the people everywhere.
Compared to Sun Ce's previous rule, life is too easy now.
In the past, when the Sun family ran Moling, the taxes were heavy, which led to the people's discouragement.
Now, as soon as Liu Xun arrived, he immediately reduced the tax burden in Jiangdong a lot, and it can be said that the tax rate is extremely low. It is conceivable that the people in Moling City are naturally happy. After all, compared to the previous tax burden, it is simply cheering.
Moreover, Liu Xun is generous and benevolent, and he has no offense with the people. Moreover, their beloved Liu Dataishou would rather offend the family than make them happy, and took out a large part of the confiscated family land and distributed it to them, the ordinary people.
The little people don't care whether this city is surnamed Sun or Liu, as long as they are really good to them, they will naturally be happy to submit to whom. Nowadays, many people are offering Liu Xun as a bodhisattva at home. It can be said that although Liu Xun's reform offended the family, the people's hearts really belonged to him.
Secondly, it is Moling City.
In the past, although Liu Xun ordered the Moling City to be cleaned up, the continuous battles, the smell and messiness were really difficult to remove at once.
After all, Liu Xun came from later generations and knew that such an environment was easy to cause plague. Therefore, Liu Xun's requirements for the environment have almost reached the point of harshness.
Under his insistence, today's Moling City is very tidy, whether it is on the ground or on the city wall, there is no bloodstain, let alone the smell.
On both sides of the street, shops have also reopened.
Although the streets are not bustling with traffic, they are still a little popular, and everything exudes vitality.
If the biggest change is definitely the army outside the city.
After continuous battles, and all of them were consecutive victories, now Liu Xun's army of 30,000 has gradually matured, and at a glance, the generals are full of energy and momentum.
In addition to tens of thousands of Sun Ce's surrendered troops, although they are surrendered troops, these surrendered soldiers are all experienced in a hundred battles. It's just that the old owner who is attacking them now, although he has bought them with the land, but Liu Xun still can't bear to let them fight in the same room, if one of them is not good, such a huge captive will not only be a burden at that time, but also a source of disaster.
If they didn't join the war, Liu Xun had absolute confidence that they wouldn't rebel.
After all, Liu Xun also spent a lot of effort on them. One is to send people to do their ideological work, promising them that they will not let them come forward to attack Jiangdong, and they will not let them fight in the same room.
The second is that they are forgiven for their crimes, and those who do not want to be soldiers can also be discharged from the army, but there is no land.
Thirdly, all those who participated in his Liu Xun's team were given preferential treatment, military salaries, and land divisions. Through these generous treatments, this huge number of captives was instantly reorganized one by one.
Of course, although Liu Xun believed in them, he was not defenseless. The first is that they were not given any armor or weapons for the time being.
Second, the vast majority of their generals were raised, and they were reused in the name of reuse. But the real situation is that they are all gathered in one place and organized into an elite army. If it is used well in the future, it is really possible to become a trap camp, and the tiger and leopard ride such a powerful special army.
Third, the meritorious officers and soldiers in the army were sent to the barracks to serve as generals at all levels, from the youngest army commander to the largest 1,000-person general, who were basically old subordinates. Since the original generals have been transferred elsewhere, the rest are themselves small soldiers, so naturally they have no opinions. As a result, they simply do not have the ability to gather crowds to make trouble, and the conditions for making trouble.
At this moment, most of Liu Xun's army was stationed outside the city, and in the east of the city, there was a large camp that stretched for more than ten miles.
There are many tents in the camp, soldiers are like clouds, and the flags are displayed, which is really strong.
The people were obedient, the city was tidy, the prisoners were settled, and the army was replenished.
This change is only a short period of time.
On this day, the sun is empty. The city gate in the south of Moling City was opened, and Gan Ning was waiting outside the city gate in the face of the red sun.
"Da-da-da-da."
It didn't take long for footsteps to be heard. Immediately afterwards, a group of people appeared in Gan Ning's line of sight.
"Da-da-da-da."
A moment later, several fast horses came out of the line and rushed towards Ganning.
"General Huang." Gan Ning saw one of them from a distance, this person was Huang Xing, so Gan Ning smiled and raised his fist and saluted.
"General Gan." Huang Xing laughed loudly and also dismounted and returned the salute.
Both of them were the most prominent generals under Liu Xun, and they were the talents recruited by Liu Xun when his power was declining, and they admired each other.
"Hahaha."
When the old people saw each other, they were naturally happy, and they couldn't help but let out a loud laugh in unison.
Immediately, the two exchanged pleasantries at the gate of the city. Until Gan Ning noticed the change in time, so he smiled and said: "We only care about our own pleasure, but I am afraid that the lord is already impatient to wait." β
Immediately, Gan Ning said to Huang Xing: "Let's go, go see the lord." β
"Wait a minute, I'll settle the soldiers." Huang Xing said.
Immediately, Huang Xing went down to settle the soldiers, and then went to see Liu Xun with Gan Ning.
They hadn't seen each other for a while, and on the way, Huang Xing's mood couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Huang Xing couldn't help but think of the beginning, when he was under Liu Xun's command, he was depressed and even imprisoned in a prison cell. In the end, because of the sudden change of the lord, he became a captain, and the power of the lord at that time was just a county. The foundation is very shallow, and the enemies are all around, and if they are not careful, they are afraid that they will perish.
At that time, he thought that the lord had a strong talent, and he had the grace of knowing himself, but he also sincerely worked hard for the lord, but he didn't expect that with today, the land in Jiangdong is now monopolized by half.
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Huang Xing remembered the original scene, admired Liu Xun more and more, and looked forward to seeing Liu Xun again.
At this moment, Liu Xun is in the hall.
"Da-da-da-da."
Just then, footsteps rang out. Liu Xun suddenly perked up, looked up, and saw two people with the same majestic figure walking in.
One is Gan Ning, and the other is Huang Xing.
"General Huang." Without waiting for Huang Xing to salute, Liu Xun laughed and said.
"My lord."
Huang Xing was quite excited when he heard this, and stepped forward to bow down. Next to him, Gan Ning also smiled slightly and saluted.
"Sit, sit."
Liu Xun pointed to the desk next to him and said in a loud voice.
"No."