three kings

Chapter 236
Sun Can rushed back to Xiangyang in a hurry, and without going back to the mansion, he went directly into the meeting hall, and said to Xun Yu who was dealing with political affairs, "Wen Ruo, why did Yuan Shao defeat Gongsun Zan so quickly? According to estimates, it didn't take a year. after?"

Previously, Sun Can and several important ministers under his command had summed up the strength of both sides, and believed that although Gongsun Zan was defeated, according to his current strength, it would be absolutely impossible for Yuan Shao to break through Yi Jing within two years.

But only one year later, Gongsun Zan was defeated, and the defeat was complete.It is said that Yuan Shao hung his head on the wall of Yi capital and exposed it to the sun for three days, so as to warn the world of the fate of opposing him.

Although he is crazy, he has the qualifications to be crazy, based on reliable information.After Yuan Shao unified the north, he recruited troops in a big way to prepare for going south to the Central Plains.

Xun Yu responded with a wry smile to Sun Can's question, and said with emotion: "The sky is also looking at Yuan Shao, and no one can stop it."

It turned out that not long ago, Gongsun Zan made an uncharacteristically surprise attack on Yuan Shao's camp. At that time, Gongsun Zan personally led five thousand 'white horses from righteousness' into Yuan Shao's camp.Yuan Shao's army had been at ease for a long time, but they didn't notice for a while, and were killed by Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan's 40 'White Horse Congyi' fought from east to west, breaking through three large villages and nine small villages in a row, freely coming and going among Yuan Shao's [-] troops.

Later, thanks to Qu Yi and Zhang Yun's elite troops, the "First Climb Soldiers" and "Great Ji Warriors" rushed to the battlefield, and Gongsun Zan's troops were repelled.

Yuan Shao was furious at this, and scolded all the soldiers under his command.

Since then, Yuan Jun's officers and men did not dare to vent any danger.

However, Gongsun Zan had already handed in the head with Gongsun Du of Liaodong.Gongsundu led one hundred thousand troops to Yijing to rescue Gongsun Zan.Before the reinforcements arrived, Gongsun Zan secretly sent a letter to Gongsun Du, asking him to attack the rear of Yuan Shao's army at night three days later. Using torches as a signal, he would attack from the front and advance side by side.

But, unfortunately, Yuan Shaojun was under martial law these few days, and the messenger was caught by the patrol team, and the letter was also found.

After Tian Feng read the letter, he immediately came up with a plan to defeat the enemy.He asked Qu Yi and Zhang Yun to lead the elite "first climber" and "euphorbia warriors" respectively to block Gongsun Du's marching speed, and then three days later, he raised the torch as scheduled.Gongsun Zan thought that reinforcements had arrived, so he led his troops to attack.Yuan Shao set up an ambush to attack Gongsun Zan, and surprised Yi Jing after Gongsun Zan left the city.

Gongsun Zan was surrounded by an army of nearly [-], and seeing that Yi Jing had already fallen, he knew that he would be defeated, and when the general situation was over, he committed suicide in the midst of thousands of troops.

When Sun Can learned everything, he couldn't help but feel helpless for Yuan Shao's good luck.

Then, Sun Can told Xun Yu about his father's opinion.

Xun Yu was overjoyed immediately, and said repeatedly: "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, Mr. Sun's method is indeed better than Yu's method of 'recruiting people and farming'. It should be announced to the world immediately."

Xun Yu also told about some things and government affairs that happened after Sun Can left.

The two discussed for a while, and Xun Yu left because he had other things to do.

Later, Sun Can recruited Gao Shun and Guo Jia.

He asked Gao Shun: "Zhengzhong, how is the training of the [-] recruits?"

Since the capture of Jingzhou, Sun Can has incorporated Jingzhou's 15 troops, selected [-] of the elite, and incorporated them into his own army, making Sun Can's total force reach [-], but it was still far from enough. Another [-] recruits were recruited from various places, and all of them were handed over to Gao Shun, so that he, the master trainer, could train them in their most basic and most important basic abilities.

After Gao Shun's screening, 15 of the [-] recruits were eliminated, and the remaining [-] were soldiers that Gao Shun thought had great potential.

Gao Shun replied: "The progress is very smooth. These soldiers have been preserved after strict screening. Everyone has a good foundation. As long as they have been trained for half a year, the foundation of these soldiers will be basically stable, and they can be assigned to various units for tactical training." training."

After hearing this, Sun Can was relieved and praised, "Thank you for your hard work, Zhengzhong. The reason why my Sun Can army can become the most famous army in the world is due to Zhengzhong's contribution, and it should be remembered as the first contribution."

Gao Shun saluted modestly, but hurriedly said he didn't dare.

Then, he asked Guo Jia again, "How are those veterans practicing? Is it effective to integrate formations into the army?"

Recruits must be arrested, and veterans must be arrested even more.In order to allow the veterans to cooperate better, Liu Hua put forward a suggestion to integrate the small formation into the army and form a large formation.

This method actually came from the Beiwei army of Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty. The Beiwei army had a small formation of ten people and a large formation of a thousand people. In the Battle of Yancheng, the infantry defeated the elite "kidnapping horse" of the Jin army. The eight hundred cavalry of the Beiwei army were divided into several formations, and they advanced side by side. Difficult" title.

And Guo Jia, a military genius, accepted Sun Can's order to train veterans in the army with formations.

Guo Jia replied: "The time is too short, the effect is not very obvious, but through practice, the tacit understanding of the soldiers is obviously much stronger."

Just as Sun Can wanted to praise Guo Jia, he was about to say something, when suddenly he came in outside to report, and the director Jia Xu arrived.

Jia Xu strode into the hall.

When he came in and saw Gao Shun and Guo Jia, Jia Xu gave him a slight nod as a compliment, and then stood aside without saying a word.

Gao Shun and Guo Jia knew that Jia Xu had something important to report, so they said, "My lord, I still have urgent matters to deal with, so I will leave first."

After Gao Shun and Guo Jia disappeared at the door, Sun Can asked, "Wen He, is this about Chen Yun?"

"My lord, Shengming, guess right." Jia Xu smiled and leaned forward and said in a low voice: "Everything has been settled, and I have arranged three confidantes in Chen Yun's house in advance, enough to know any of his actions."

Sun Can smiled approvingly and said, "Wen He, you have worked so hard—this is for you." Sun Can took out an ancient red jade from his bosom and handed it to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu's eyes brightened and he asked in surprise, "Ancient Spring and Autumn Jade?"

As the name suggests, the ancient jade of Chunqiu is the jade of the Spring and Autumn Period. Jia Xu is very open to everything, but his only hobby is to collect ancient jade.

Sun Can said with a smile: "Wen He, you really are an expert, you can guess right." Then he whispered: "Is the person you sent trustworthy? Don't show any flaws."

"Don't worry, my lord." Jia Xu looked at the jade in his hand and said, "With Chen Yun's butler taking care of it, nothing will go wrong. The two people chosen by my subordinates are dexterous and calm people, and they will not show their flaws—— When is the lord planning to meet him?"

"Chen Yun is in a hurry to see me?" Sun Can asked suspiciously.

"Of course!" Jia Xu had a joking look on his face, "their merchants have their own sources of information, and when he found them, he found out that the Lord planned to do business with Wulingyi people. How could he fail to see Wuling with his business vision?" The things produced in Yina are sold at sky-high prices in other places. If he wants to get a share of it, who else can he turn to if he doesn't ask the lord?"

"Then let him wait slowly! I'll see him after the Zhen family handles the Wulingyi matter." Sun Can said in a deep voice, "Wulingyi is the key to us subduing the Baiyue people, so we can't let him interfere. .”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "This subordinate understands."

(End of this chapter)