The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 379 Preparation
Tai Shici finally surrendered. Dongfang Sheng didn't force the old lady to submit by coercion, but managed it by reasoning and following the old lady's wishes to find a wife for Tai Shici.

Of course, it cannot be said that Tai Shici betrayed the Lord and begged for glory. After all, his real lord Sun Ce is dead, and the most important thing is that his old mother also prefers the more reliable Dongfang Sheng and does not trust Sun Quan, who is only eighteen or nineteen years old.

There are only two counties that Dongfang Sheng wants: Weixing County and Shangyong County. These two counties happen to be adjacent to Hanzhong County and Berkshire in Yizhou.

Obtaining these two counties will make it easier to control, and secondly, Dongfang Sheng will be equivalent to clearing the checkpoint with Jingzhou, and it will be easier for him to take over Jingzhou in the future.

Although Liu Bei was unwilling, but after all, his foundation was not stable, so he could only knock down his teeth and swallow in his stomach, allowing Dongfang Sheng to cut off the two counties of Jingzhou.

But in general, the biggest winner of this Jingzhou change is Liu Bei instead of Dongfang Sheng. He occupied the five counties again, which was the result of Pang Tong's strategy. Of course, if Dongfang Sheng hadn't made an alliance with him at the end, I'm afraid Liu Bei wouldn't get a hair at this moment.

Of course, this world is like this. He is grateful when you help him, but once the help is over, he will feel that you are in the way, and may even bite you back.

Dongfang Sheng left Tai Shici to sit in these two counties, and rushed back to Yizhou because he received a message that Cao Cao's battle in Jizhou was coming to an end.

Cao Cao captured Jizhou, what will he do next?Although Dongfang Sheng couldn't guess it, he also understood that the pattern of the big man was about to be settled, and there might be a few tough battles to be fought in the future, and if he couldn't make it through, he would be wiped out.

After Dongfang Sheng returned to Yizhou, the first thing to do was to expand the army, which was the basis of the battle. Of course, the army in this era must assist the cavalry, so this time Dongfang Sheng also ordered Tuobahan to be responsible for recruiting the cavalry.

Moreover, Dongfang Sheng also personally drew some sketches and sent them to Ma Jun, hoping that he could speed up the research and development of some patterns. It looks like a newly married little daughter-in-law.

Dongfang Sheng was personally responsible for the conscription. He also wanted to find some capable people from the crowd and select them. On the one hand, he could supplement Wang Hu's tiger and leopard cavalry, and on the other hand, he could supplement the scout battalion.

However, the biggest achievement in the past few days is that Dongfang Sheng has gained a veteran. That day Dongfang Sheng was sitting at the conscription office to check on the young and middle-aged men who had come to enlist, when suddenly an old man broke into him from outside.

The old man looked a bit older, but his eyes were piercing, his stature was tall, and he walked like a tiger, obviously not what an ordinary old man should look like.

"Where is your lord? Hurry up and report that Huang Zhong is here." The old man shouted at the top of his voice.

As soon as Dongfang Sheng heard Huang Zhong's name, he immediately stood up, stepped forward and said, "I have admired the old general's name for a long time, and I don't know why the old general wants me?"

Huang Zhong is one of the five tiger generals rumored in later generations. Of course, even if he does not have the title of the so-called five tiger generals, he is still a famous general in the late Han Dynasty. There is no doubt about this.

As soon as Huang Zhong saw Dongfang Shengna's head, he bowed and said: "A certain is recommended by Junshi Cai to come to serve the Lord. Here is a letter from Junshi Cai. Please check it."

After Huang Zhong finished speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Dongfang Sheng. Dongfang Sheng quickly helped Huang Zhong to sit down, and then opened the letter in front of Huang Zhong.

In his heart, Cai Mao first praised Dongfang Sheng, then expressed his loyalty, and then gave a rough explanation of Huang Zhong's situation. At this time, Huang Zhong's reputation was not obvious, so Cai Mao naturally wanted to speak well for him.

After reading the letter, Dongfang Sheng showed a sincere smile and said, "With the help of General Huang, why worry about the big things not being done?"

Huang Zhong has experienced many things in his old age, so he naturally knows whether a person's words are true or false. There is no hypocrisy in Dongfang Sheng's words, which has to move him.

"My lord thinks highly of me so much, how can Huang Zhong not be ashamed of my lord?" Huang Zhong said with tears in his eyes, thinking that he made his debut after the death of Dong Zhuo in the third year of Huang Zhong's Chuping, and has remained silent until now, under Liu Biao's command It's also the feeling of not being taken seriously that makes him feel aggrieved all the time.

It's not that Huang Zhong is incompetent, it's just that he doesn't have the opportunity to show it. Dongfang Sheng's attention has made Huang Zhong see new hope.

Originally, Dongfang Sheng felt satisfied after recruiting Huang Zhong, but then he met a young man during the conscription, which made Dongfang Sheng a little embarrassed.

This young man was named Wei Yan. This was the person who was rumored to have a traitor behind his head. Of course, this was just a rumor. The real cause of Wei Yan's death was the failure of the faction struggle after Zhuge Liang's death.

In history, Wei Yan and the chief official Yang Yi were at odds. Wei Yan once held a sword and gestured at Yang Yi's face at a banquet, and Yang Yi cried like an angry little daughter-in-law.

The final result was that Wei Yan was killed by Yang Yi, who looked like a little daughter-in-law. This was a lesson not to underestimate any enemy.

Of course, the Wei Yan that Dongfang Sheng saw at this time was still very young, and he looked very energetic, a little impulsive but sharp-edged.

"Follow me and act as my personal soldier for now." Dongfang Sheng decided to recruit him after thinking for a while, after all, Wei Yan's ability is not bad.

Wei Yan accepted Dongfang Sheng's arrangement with some dissatisfaction. He thought he should be a small official like a corporal chief.

Dongfang Sheng also saw it, and immediately added: "If you have the ability, promotion is naturally not a problem."

"Here!"

Only then did Wei Yan respond with a smile.

After the conscription ended, Dongfang Sheng immediately conducted a three-month training. This period of time was also a process of survival of the fittest. Once a recruit could not accept this kind of training or performed well, Dongfang Sheng would make appropriate arrangements.

Just as Dongfang Sheng was intensively preparing for the war, the land of Jizhou was basically filled with Cao Cao's military flag, and Yuan Shang was also trapped in an isolated city and was unable to fight back.

When Cao Cao attacked, Yuan Shang hid his face and committed suicide. Cao Cao looked at the fire in the city and sighed in his heart: You gave birth to two dogs at first, which is really useless.

In the first battle of Jizhou, Yuan Shang was defeated and committed suicide, and Yuan Tan surrendered directly. The entire Jizhou, except Bohai County, fell into the hands of Cao Cao. However, there are still two unstable factors, one is Yuan Tan, and the other is high-level cadres. .

(End of this chapter)