I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 407 General Zuo Will Not Bully Anyone
In fact, Yang Hong was very supportive of Yuan Shu's return to Huainan, so before today's talk, Yang Hong had done a lot of homework on the situation in Huainan, including the current war in Sizhou.

He immediately began to tell Yuan Shu everything he knew.

He informed Yuan Shu that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were currently in a stalemate with Lv Bu. Although Lv Bu retreated on purpose earlier, making Yuan Shao think that there was room to advance, he defeated Yuan Shao once with the cavalry on the plain battlefield, but in the end Yuan Shao regrouped and was able to overwhelm him. Lu Bu hit.

At present, Yuan Cao's two armies and Lu Bu's battle state is that Yuan Cao has the upper hand, and Lu Bu loses more and wins less.

Seeing that Lü Bu was at a disadvantage, Niu Fu also abandoned his past suspicions and sent troops from Xingyang to help Lv Bu deal with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

But Niu Fu's ability is much worse than that of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Lu Bu. Although the Xiliang soldiers under his command are all brave and elite soldiers, Niu Fu's ability to command troops is really limited. The combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army was greatly reduced.

If Dong Zhuo had been in command of this Xiliang army, the effect might have been very different.

Generally speaking, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Niu Fu are still in a stalemate. At this moment, if Yuan Shu goes south to recapture Yangzhou, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao may not have so much energy to deal with Yuan Shu.

At the same time, Yang Hong also reported another matter to Yuan Shu.

That is, there are rumors everywhere in Sizhou that Lu Zhi has personally written a letter, asking Zhu Jun and Wang Kuang to make way for Liu Jian's soldiers and horses to enter Sizhou.

Yuan Shu was very excited when he heard the news.

"If Wang Kuang really gave way to Liu Jian, then Liu Deran entered Sizhou, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would have no spare time to pay attention to me."

Yang Hong kept nodding his head and said, "Exactly!"

Yuan Shu rubbed his hands vigorously, his eyeballs were dripping around.

In the end, Yuan Shu slapped the table heavily and said: "I will immediately give you a list of the famous families in Huainan. These families have a very close relationship with me. You should go to Huainan to contact them immediately, and tell them that I, Yuan Gonglu, are going back to Yangzhou." !"

"Here!"

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Both Yuan Shu and Yang Hong knew that Lu Zhi had written letters to Zhu Jun and Wang Kuang.

Naturally, Yuan Shao also knew about it.

Just curious, how did this news come out?
Who spread it?And why would it spread?
Although there is some suspicion, the matter is of great importance, and the people on Yuan Shao's side can't think so much at the moment.

If Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun really give way to Liu Jian, causing Liu Deran to enter Luoyang, it will become a fight between snipes and clams, will the fisherman benefit?
Yuan Shao and Lu Bu became snipe and clam, and Liu Jian was a fisherman.

Yuan Shao must not be reconciled to letting Liu Jian take advantage of so much effort.

Yuan Shao didn't say anything, and immediately sent someone to send a letter to Wang Kuang, asking him to take advantage of Liu Jian's opportunity to enter Hanoi and use the trick of a grand banquet to get rid of Liu Deran.

Wang Kuang has always been Yuan Shao's hardcore, at least before and after the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Wang Kuang's attachment to Yuan Shao was relatively strong.

Although the areas where Wang Kuang and Yuan Shao live are far apart, the conflicts of interests between the families have always existed, and the degree of tying is extremely deep... Yuan Shao wrote to Wang Kuang asking him to get rid of Liu Jian, but Wang Kuang refused. Too good to say no.

But Wang Kuang was unwilling to get rid of Liu Jian just like this, because if he did this, he would have no way out.

It's not that Wang Kuang will get rid of Liu Jian once and for all, on the contrary, there will be quite a lot of follow-up troubles.

You know, there are still many Liu Jian's direct subordinates and generals in Hebei!

Let alone Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, if they knew that Wang Kuang had killed their elder brother, these fierce generals would definitely lead their troops back from Youzhou and gather all the troops in Hebei to attack Hanoi! !

At that time, Wang Kuang's family will have to be chopped up alive by Zhang Fei and skewered into skewers.

Even if the interests of Wang Kuang and Yuan Shao are deeply bound, he still cannot disregard the lives of his entire clan, unless he is crazy.

Therefore, Wang Kuang immediately replied a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao could change his mind, or change his way, so as not to put himself in danger.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more complicated, Yuan Shao was not in the mood to argue with Wang Kuang carefully, but Wang Kuang's concerns were indeed not unreasonable, so Yuan Shao backed down a step, and he asked Wang Kuang to let Liu Jian's [-] troops cross the border, but afterwards It is necessary to cut off Liu Jian's retreat, and at the same time cut off the food road for Liu Jian's [-] troops.

In this way, even if Liu Jian's soldiers and horses arrived in Luoyang, they could not pose a threat to him. After Yuan Shao defeated Lu Bu and Niu Fu, he went to destroy Liu Jian's [-] soldiers.

This request was still within Wang Kuang's acceptance range, so he agreed.

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Soon after, Zhu Jun, who had received Lu Zhi's letter, discussed with Wang Kuang that Wang Kuang agreed to invite Liu Jian's soldiers and horses to cross the border.

In order to show his sincerity and to show his face to Lu Zhi, Wang Kuang dispatched soldiers and horses from the prefect's mansion to represent himself, personally went to the east of Hanoi to meet Liu Jian, and invited Liu Jian's army to enter the border of Hanoi.

Wang Kuang's job is called Han Hao, who is from Hanoi County himself.

When Wang Kuang entered Hanoi and became the prefect, he enlisted Han Hao immediately. When fighting Dong Zhuo, Han Hao showed his abilities and won Wang Kuang's respect.

At that time, Li Jue was in charge of fighting Wang Kuang, Zhu Jun and others. Li Jue was one of the few warriors under Dong Zhuo.

After Li Jue's deduction, among Wang Kuang's subordinates, the one who can become his own strong enemy is Han Hao, and he reported this matter to Dong Zhuo.

At that time, in order to divide Wang Kuang's power, Dong Zhuo took Han Hao's uncle Heyinling Du Yang as a hostage to threaten Han Hao and make him surrender.

But Han Hao resolutely refused and allowed Dong Zhuo to kill his uncle.

Although Dong Zhuo failed, he still praised Han Hao's bravery.

What a rare good nephew, he was willing to cut his uncle to pieces, and dared to pull Xiangguo off his horse.

Not ordinary people!
But today, this person who was valued by Wang Kuang, Dong Zhuo, and Li Jue came to Liu Jian's barracks on behalf of Wang Kuang, met Liu Jian, and invited him to Luoyang through Hanoi.

The other party came with sincerity, so Liu Jian naturally couldn't wait, especially after he knew Han Hao's name, he respected Han Hao even more.

That night, it happened that Liu Jian was feasting on the soldiers, so he left Han Hao to eat with him, and showed him around the barracks by the way.

As a soldier under Wang Kuang, Han Hao has been assisting Wang Kuang in managing his elite Taishan soldiers, so Han Hao is a man who knows soldiers.

He had heard for a long time that Liu Deran in Hebei used his troops like a god, and he was the No. 1 general of the Han Dynasty. It was a great fortune to be able to see Liu Jian's barracks today.

So that night, Han Hao followed Liu Jian, feasting on the sergeants while visiting his barracks.

The so-called big feast, to the effect that it rewards the whole army.

However, Liu Jian's Sergeant Sergeant Banquet is different from other sergeants who guard the feast.

Due to the relationship between productivity, ordinary herd generals and sergeants generally give rewards to generals and junior officers, while the food rewards to ordinary sergeants are generally given to officers above the senior level, and they are unified. Receive the rewarded food and distribute it to the soldiers.

One advantage of doing this is that it can save some food.

The upper-level people put the responsibility of distributing food on the heads of the lower-level officers. Anyway, they all knew that the food was in their hands. What happened in the process was also the contradiction between the lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers.

As far as the superiors are concerned, they have done a trip to boost the morale of the army and feast on the three armies, and they have done everything they can.

Anyway, everyone has seen it, and if you can't get the reward in the end, you are looking for those lower-level officers, and it has nothing to do with the superiors.

This is the so-called layer-by-layer deduction.

In the end, the upper ranks saved money, the middle ranks got rewards, and the lower ranks might be able to deduct some.

Who is unlucky?

Ordinary head soldiers.

But Liu Jian is different here. Everyone has their own rewards. All the rewards are supervised by the quartermaster and the subordinates of the camp supervisors in each battalion, and they are implemented on every soldier.

In this way, a series of unfair things such as embezzlement, bias, and private possession are eliminated, and every soldier is treated fairly.

Of course, there is also a consequence of this, that is, the food cost paid by Liu Jian's soldiers is relatively high.

This made Han Hao very puzzled.

As Liu Jian patrolled the camp, watching every place where food was distributed to the soldiers, Han Hao finally couldn't hold back and asked Liu Jian for advice.

"The general who feeds the soldiers seems to be different from other people who guard and use soldiers?"

Liu Jian smiled: "Do you think the way I reward the soldiers is troublesome? All the rewards are directly implemented into the hands of individuals through the Chinese military camp, which invisibly increases the cost of manpower, and the cost of rewards, which consumes a lot military supplies?"

Han Hao nodded and said, "Yes."

Liu Jian laughed loudly: "This is my negligence, Yuan Si doesn't need to care."

For a famous general like Liu Jian, Han Hao naturally wouldn't think that he was negligent.

At the moment, Han Hao sincerely asked for advice: "With the general's ability, how could these many disadvantages not be seen in advance, but since the general can see it, but still acts like this, there must be deep meaning in it, and I ask the general to give some pointers." One two!"

Liu Jian was surprised and said: "Yuan Si and I met each other for less than a day, so he asked me for advice, are you afraid that I will deliberately lead you astray?"

Han Hao said seriously: "I have admired the general's name for a long time, and I know the general's benevolence even more. With the general's wisdom, I am afraid that I don't need to bother so much with a small person like me."

"Hahahaha, I have heard for a long time that Yuan Si is a strange man in Hanoi. I saw him today, and his reputation is well-deserved. Okay, then I will tell you a few words of truth."

Speaking of this, Liu Jian stretched out his hand, pointed around the nearby soldiers who were excitedly receiving rewards, and asked Han Hao, "Yuan Si, in your opinion, who are these people?"

Han Hao looked at these people suspiciously, and said, "Of course they are soldiers in the army."

"As far as you are concerned, who is your lieutenant general?"

Han Hao was stunned for a moment: "Of course they are my pawns, my subordinates."

"Yes, they are your pawns, your subordinates, but at the same time they have another identity. They are also your soldiers. They are the people who can protect your life and control your life and death when you are on the battlefield."

Han Hao's expression changed when he heard the words.

Liu Jian continued: "Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. These soldiers are all under your command. They are like a river carrying your weight. Even the power of that can pull you into the bottom of the river, and make you fall into hell!"

"So, when dealing with soldiers, you should not just treat them as subordinates, but also treat them as comrades-in-arms. With them, you will have your life on the battlefield!"

"Why don't I distribute food to junior generals like others?"

"It's because if I do that, my kindness will only end up with the junior general!"

"As for the distribution of these food, the lower-level generals have the final say. They either keep it privately, or they are biased, or they treat themselves as favors, or they have their own likes and dislikes towards the soldiers they manage. It plays a role in boosting the morale of the army, but it cannot make ordinary soldiers have real respect for me, and in terms of sense of belonging, the soldiers will only recognize their commanders and not me as the commander.”

"You know, I am the commander of this army. I am not raising soldiers for others, I am raising soldiers for myself. My kindness will fall on every soldier, and I don't need to do anything to others."

After hearing these words, Han Hao was greatly shocked.

"However, with such a distribution, although the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies can be attributed to the general alone, it will cost too much food..."

"Fee?"

Liu Jian smiled when he heard the words: "In your eyes, these grains may be a great thing, but in my Hebei, the grain is very abundant! And what I sent them is not just grain, today's big feast, everyone has it in their hands. , will be given a small piece of mutton, although it is not much, it is only a small piece, but it is also a piece of meat."

Han Hao was shocked when he heard the words: "So many people share the mutton? How many sheep from Hebei must be killed?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said to himself: "None of the mutton is from the sheep I raised in Hebei. These mutton sheep all came to the grasslands of northern Xinjiang. Since last year, the Xianbei tribes, Wuhuan tribes, and other Huns and Grassland tribes have begun to demarcate water and grass land, and are fully engaged in animal husbandry to supply cattle, horses and sheep for my big man, and my soldiers do not need to eat a piece of meat from the people in the territory, nor do they need to drink a mouthful of soup from the people in the territory... Do you understand?"

"I, Liu Deran, will not treat any soldier in my jurisdiction badly, nor will I bully any citizen in my jurisdiction."

Han Hao was stunned on the spot.

(End of this chapter)