Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 121 The fickle Sun Jian (Happy Chinese New Year to book lovers)

Sun Jian's camp in Guzhang County, Danyang County, Yangzhou.

Sun Jian angrily paced back and forth in the coach's tent, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his originally heroic face was now full of anxiety.

"Have you heard? I'm afraid I will celebrate the New Year here this year..."

The guard on duty outside the tent heard that there was no sound in the tent, so he chatted with another companion beside him in a low voice.

"That's right, the war is unfavorable and you still want to go home for the New Year? Let's save your life!"

The companion also whispered back.

The guard who spoke earlier was about to refute, when the curtain of the big tent was suddenly lifted, and Sun Jian came out with his eyes widened and shouted:

"Come here, drag these two people down and whip them twenty times! Pass down the order, and anyone who speaks nonsense to confuse the army's morale will be punished immediately!"

Hearing Sun Jian's words, several personal guards came immediately and dragged away the two kneeling guards begging for mercy...

In fact, these two guards were telling the truth and not spreading rumors. Of course, Sun Jian also knew that the war might not be over before the Spring Festival, but this statement should not be spread by the soldiers. The combat power of his subordinates was insufficient, so they could no longer affect morale!
Sun Jian led his troops across the border to Danyang County for a very clear purpose, that is to recruit the world-renowned Danyang elite soldiers.

He also knew what happened to the so-called elite soldiers from Danyang. It would be of no use if he just came to Danyang County to recruit some local Han people.

And the real elite soldiers here are those slightly Sinicized Shanyue people.

They are brave and ruthless, and travel through the deep mountains and old forests all year round to fight with humans and beasts. Even if they are new recruits, their basic statistics will completely beat other soldiers...

But strong soldiers are the most difficult to control, and this has been the case since ancient times.

If you go directly to the mountains to recruit, even if you spend more money and food to recruit some Shanyue people, the reliability and morale cannot be guaranteed at all, let alone keep them in military discipline and continue training.

Sun Jian didn't want such a soldier, what he wanted was a strong soldier who really attached himself to him!

In order to achieve this goal, he must first subdue the hearts of the Shanyue people, and he has long planned for this.

First of all, of course, we must first courtesy and then soldiers.

As soon as Sun Jian arrived here, he sent envoys to the Shanyue people's residence to discuss.

Of course, after seeing Zhang Jie, the leader of the Shanyue branch near Guzhang, the envoy proposed the idea of ​​asking the Shanyue people to surrender to the Sun family under his instruction...

This naturally aroused the anger and ridicule of Shanyue. At that time, Zhang Jie ordered the loyal envoys to cut off their ears and noses as a punishment, and arranged for his subordinates to contact Zulang, the leader of Shanyue in Jing County, to come to help, and threatened to fight with Sun Yue. Fight the madmen!
Seeing that his envoy came back completely changed, Sun Jian was furious, and immediately assembled his army to fight!

For this result, he had already expected it. Of course, in order to boost the morale of his own soldiers, he still pretended to be filled with righteous indignation on the surface.

Let's do the courtesy first and then the soldiers, since you barbarians don't take me seriously, Mrs. Sun, then let's just speak for ourselves with our strength!

This is also the plan that Sun Jian made long ago.

But what he didn't expect was that the result of fighting the Shanyue people was very unsatisfactory...

As soon as the two armies clashed, Sun Jian noticed something was wrong.

The newly recruited county soldiers looked pretty good during training, but they would be so stretched in actual combat...

Even if he personally led the team, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others fought the enemy bravely, and it was only a tie with the opponent, barely letting the opponent crush their formation.

Seeing that there was no hope of victory, Sun Jian decisively led his troops back into the camp for a truce.

Fortunately, the camp they built earlier was still very strong. In order to show their strength, Sun Jian ordered his soldiers to dig the river moat...

When the Shanyue people saw that the Han camp was strong, they stopped pursuing them. Of course, they did not forget to taunt before leaving, which caused the morale of Sun Jian's entire army to be somewhat low.

The real failure is not terrible, the key is that this is a battle of fighting spirit. Before the battle, I said a lot of harsh words, and now my face is very bloated...

The cruel reality made Sun Jian understand the gap in his own strength, and he also understood that the so-called elite soldiers must be refined through continuous fighting.

Walking back into the main tent, Sun Jian looked at the long knife on the weapon rack, and murmured a little lonely:
"Soldiers who are good at fighting are successful after a long battle. If you don't fight for three days, your martial energy will be sparse. If you don't fight for three months, you will have no military power. You will know today...!"

But after thinking hard for a long time, Sun Jian fell into a strange circle.

It is precisely because Wu Jun's military source is not strong that he is so eager to recruit these Shanyue people from Danyang. If he has these long-term soldiers, why worry about not being able to secure his foundation and subdue the gentry when he goes back?

But if we can't defeat them now, we can't convince the people of Shanyue, so how can we get these elite soldiers...

Sun Jian became restless again, and subconsciously wanted to call Huang Gai, Han Dang and others to discuss together, but he gave up again when he heard the shouts of soldiers outside the tent.

Huang Gai and Han Dang had discussed with themselves for a long time recently, but there was nothing to do about it. After all, this was a difference in hard power. They could only train their soldiers every day in order to fight again.

Sun Jian actually thought about using some tactics, but he really didn't know much about the surrounding terrain of the old town. It would be easy to mess up but dangerous. In addition, if he relied on tactics to win, these barbarians probably wouldn't be convinced, and might even cause dissatisfaction. Good results.

Neither this nor that, Sun Jian's mentality collapsed.

It is also impossible to withdraw the army, not to mention that if the Shanyue people pursue closely, these recruits in the battalion will easily break up. Even if they can return to Wu County safely, how can they persuade the four major surnames in the county to sit firmly in the county guard?

But it's not a problem not to withdraw the troops to waste food and grass here, not to mention that the Shanyue people's reinforcements are about to arrive, and the situation will be even more difficult then.

He frowned tightly and said nothing.At this moment, Sun Jian suddenly heard a report from a soldier outside the tent:
"My lord, there is a group of people behind the camp rushing to the camp!"

Sun Jian's thoughts were confused, and at first he thought it was the reinforcements from the Shanyue people who had arrived.

"Speech order Huang and Han to gather the whole army and prepare to meet the enemy!"

The messenger was a little stunned when he heard this, and he bit the bullet and replied:

"My lord, come...the people should be reinforcements, Huang Junhou has brought people out of the camp to meet..."

As soon as Sun Jian walked out of the big tent, he immediately reacted when he heard what the messenger said, and then ordered:
"Since that's the case, the rear camp is ordered to prepare a banquet, so let's go quickly."

After dismissing the soldiers, Sun Jian's mood immediately changed. He had already guessed who it would be.

Half an hour later, as he expected, an army marched slowly and had already reached the gate of the camp, holding a large "Wu" character on the flag.

Sun Jian hurried out of the camp gate to greet him, only to see Huang Gai guarding one person to enter the camp.

This person was Wu Jing, the elder brother of Sun Jian's newly married wife Wu. It was only after Sun Jian got to know that he was the commander of the Wu family's reinforcements, and he brought two thousand Wu's children to support him.

Before Sun Jian could say a few words of welcome, another sentry came to report, and an infantry army came to support from the rear...

When the two army horses had entered the camp, Sun Jian changed his decadent attitude and hosted a banquet in honor of the two new generals.

Speaking of which, the two of them are related by marriage now, one represents his wife's natal Wu family, and the other is from the Xu family of his sister's husband's family. They are also [-] soldiers, led by brother-in-law Xu Zhen himself.

Half of the soldiers supported by the two were archers, which greatly enhanced Sun Jian's army's long-range strike capabilities and battle capabilities, and the arrival of reinforcements also greatly encouraged the morale of Sun Jian's soldiers.

For a while, Sun Jian regained his ambition, ready to find the Shanyue people and fight for the victory again!

(End of this chapter)