three kings

Chapter 334
Jian'an ninth year, June [-]th.
Xuchang Chamber of Commerce.

Liu Hua is reporting to Sun Can the military strength in the army.

Since Sun Can entered the Central Plains, a new round of recruitment began.Because of Sun Can's virtuousness, the people under his rule are all grateful and virtuous to him. In addition, Sun Can's army is famous far and wide, and those who are not physically strong cannot enter.Not only was the treatment good, but the sense of honor was also strong, and young and middle-aged people from all over the country joined the army one after another.Within three months, nearly 20 young and strong soldiers joined the army.

Combined with Yuan Shao's 25 soldiers, there are a total of 45 soldiers.

For this reason, Sun Can dismantled the Xutian hunting ground built by Cao Cao, built a large training ground, and handed over all the 45 soldiers to Gao Shun for training.

Gao Shun's military training was extremely strict, and those who were weak in physical strength were eliminated; those with weak willpower were eliminated; those who could not endure hardship were eliminated;For two full months, after a series of screenings. Among the 45 soldiers, more than 23 were eliminated, and the remaining 22 were soldiers with unlimited potential. As long as time is given, it is not difficult to become an elite army.

Today, the new and old soldiers of Sun Can's army have a total of 30 troops, and their strength is the highest among all the princes.

In order to facilitate management, Sun Can completely reorganized his army.

Yuwei's army expanded to 2000 people, and all soldiers were selected from various battalions. That is to say, the strong men selected from the 30 army were equipped with Tang swords and chain mail. Shan, Xu Weifu.

The number of strong crossbow guards has been reduced to 3000. All of them are wearing light leather armor and a sword hanging on their waists. They are vigorous and agile. Fan Tian is the deputy commander. When practicing bow and arrow, he was favored by Sun Can, so he took it as a heavy responsibility.

The commander of the two armies is Sun Can, who is Sun Can's guard and protects his safety at all times. He is only dispatched by him and directly under his control.

In addition, the leaders of "Ruijin Camp", "Qingmu Camp", "Shuishui Camp", "Fire Fire Camp" and "Houtu Camp" remain unchanged. They are still Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Chen Dao, and Li Tong, but all of them It expanded to [-], and formed an army, named "Shence Army", with Liu Hua as its commander.

The remaining 25 troops were also effectively reorganized and divided into five armies named after five beasts: dragon, tiger, bear, wolf, and leopard.They are Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong's Dragon Sparrow Army; Fan Wu, Fan Xingqiang's Tiger Roaring Army; Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide's Violent Bear Army; Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan's Wild Wolf Army; Xu Huang, Xu Gongming's War Leopard Army.

Each army has eight battalions, and each battalion has five thousand people.

The Jianghuai water army remains unchanged, and the camp has also expanded to [-], and the remaining [-] are scattered in other states and counties.

Liu Hua said: "Now that the Central Plains has been governed, the people have settled down. The armies of the Dragon Sparrow, Tiger Roar, Violent Bear, Wild Wolf, and Zhan Leopard have all been reorganized, and the old weapons and armor have been replaced with new ones. The government has enough money and food for three years. For the use of the year, it is time to take several counties in the east of the Yangtze River to strengthen our foundation in the rear."

Sun Can nodded secretly. Jiang Dong was behind him, and it had always been his heart disease.It's just that the war opportunity is fleeting, and the Central Plains has a lot to do with it.Although Jiangdong is good, it is far inferior to the Central Plains in terms of strategic significance and economic level.If you don't take it first and fall into the hands of others, it will be too late to regret, and you have to let Sun Ce sit on the throne.

But for Jiangdong, Sun Can is always on his mind.After breaking Liu Biao in Jingzhou, he let the "Secret Camp", "Business League" and "Poison Camp" start to collect information about Jiangdong. In recent years, he has increased his penetration into Jiangdong. , I can't hide it from my own army's eyes.

Now, it's time for him to settle down in the treasure land of the Central Plains, and go south to solve the future troubles.

Sun Can pondered slightly at this moment: "Is there any news from our army's legion at the front line?"

Sun Can's deputy, Ma Liang, who was in charge of organizing the military administration, said: "Yesterday, General Zhang Liao sent a memorial. It said that Sun Ce had successfully lured Yan Baihu out of Moling and set up an ambush to kill him. The whole of Jiangnan has fallen into Sun Ce's hands. Now , General Zhang Liao has changed the deployment of the Yangtze River according to the situation. The six corps of the Wild Wolf Army led four battalions to garrison Wancheng, Hao Meng led a corps to station in Xianxi County, and Song Xian led a corps to station in Liyang. Zangba led two corps to station in Guangling. The Yangtze River defense line was defended by soldiers, and he stated that Sun Ce would never let Sun Ce take advantage of it."

Liu Hua said with a smile: "Wen Yuan is both wise and brave, and has already prepared everything. The legions of Dragon Sparrow, Tiger Roar, Violent Bear, and Zhan Leopard are also ready to fight. If you don't send troops now, when will you wait?"

At this time, Xun Yu and Lu Su also persuaded Sun Can to send troops to Jiangdong. Lu Su said: "Jiangdong is an important area behind our army, and it is our army's elbow and armpits. If it is not in our army's hands, our army will have no peace. Today, Sun Ce has no way. In order to seek self-interest, when he pacified Jiangdong, all the clans who disobeyed him were killed. He seized Jiangdong by force, violence, and killing, and the people's hearts were naturally unstable. This is the time when the lord is fighting against rebellion. If we win Jiangdong, our army will have no worries, and the unification of the world will be just around the corner. I hope the lord will make a decision soon."

At this time, a battle report came from outside.

The messenger entered with his head held high, saluted briefly, and then reported the battle.

Sun Can opened it and saw that it was the battle report that Cao Cao had conquered Nanzheng and occupied Hanzhong. He shook his head and smiled wryly. It was because of his arrogance that he sent troops to Xiliang, making Zhang Lu lose his guard, and then used Xiahouyuan to surprise Qishan's defense line, and then broke Hanzhong in one fell swoop.

Just as Sun Can put down Cao Cao's battle report, a new battle report came from the north.He opened it and smiled wryly again. Liu Bei in the north was unwilling to be lonely. Since he broke with Yuan Shao, he accelerated his strategy of attacking Liaodong. With Guan Yu and Qu Yi as the two pioneers, he was invincible all the way, and had already obtained half of the land in Liaodong.

Sun Can secretly said: "These two powerful enemies are already working hard to expand the territory, and I can't just sit idle." He looked at the Chinese officials and generals in the hall, and said: "What Yafu and the two gentlemen said makes sense. Wen Ruo , you quickly prepare food and grass, and the army will set off soon."

Xun Yu saluted and said, "Yes, this subordinate is taking orders. I don't know how many troops and horses my lord will bring on this trip, so my subordinates should be prepared."

Sun Can pondered for a while, and said, "One hundred thousand is enough to deal with Sun Ce."

Xun Yu asked in surprise, "Why don't you bring more troops?"

Sun Can said without hesitation: "Compared to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Sun Ce's strength is much worse, not to mention that Sun Ce's rear is not stable. He occupies only a small amount of land. Our army occupies Renhe and is 2 more than them Why are you afraid of Sun Ce? But Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can't be sloppy. Cao Cao is extremely cunning. He may lead his army to attack our army's fortress when the main force of our army is not there to prevent our army from developing. We have to guard against it. The most worrying thing is Yuan Shao. We can be sure about Cao Cao. He is cunning and will not mess around. At most, he will send a large army to harass him, and he will not confront our army as an enemy. , lead the army south again, and take advantage of the emptiness behind our army, and plan to compete with our army for the Central Plains again, won't our army be in a dilemma at that time?"

"This..." Xun Yu was speechless for a while, Cao Cao would never do such a ridiculous thing rationally, but Yuan Shao is moody, and there is indeed the possibility that Sun Can said.

Sun Can is so strong, he likes to win but not to lose, he is very resistant to the strong bullying the weak, and he doesn't want to be the strong bullying the weak from the bottom of his heart. Seeing that Xun Yu didn't speak, he said with some pride: "So, The army going south is more expensive than elite, and a hundred thousand troops are enough to deal with all kinds of accidents."

"Let's decide like this!" Liu Hua stroked his beard and said, it's not that he doesn't know that Sun Can is so strong, but no one is perfect, and there is always a flaw.Just like Cao Cao, with his intellect, it is impossible not to know that he has a suspicious personality, but what can he do with his nature, he will still involuntarily doubt this and that when it comes to critical moments.Fortunately, Sun Can was just so strong, not arrogant, and would not be so stupid as to use [-] to deal with Sun Ce.The one hundred thousand army happened to be no more, no less, more so the strong bullied the weak, and less was a disadvantage.

Seeing that Xun Yu was not at ease, he said, "Why don't we let Gongjin go south together, the water is Gongjin's world, there is a lot of water in the east of the river, and with the Jianghuai navy, it is not difficult to defeat Sun Ce."

Xun Yu nodded. Having Zhou Yu go with him really greatly increased the odds of winning.

Afterwards, everyone discussed the trivial matters of dispatching troops.

Ten days later, Sun Can led the main battalion of the two battalions of the "Shen Ce Army", the Dragon Sparrow Army, the Tiger Roar Army, and the Violent Bear Army. A total of [-] troops went south, and gathered [-] of the Wild Wolf Army, a total of [-] troops went south. To fight against the enemy, Zhou Yu was also ordered to go south by water.

After several days of marching, they arrived in Wancheng smoothly. Zhang Liao and Guo Jia came out to greet them from afar when they got the news. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were very happy to see each other again.

Everyone came to the meeting hall.

Sun Can suddenly noticed a strange face behind Zhang Liao, and asked, "Wen Yuan, who is this?"

Zhang Liao immediately replied: "This man's surname is Shang, his name is Nan, and his style name is Renyuan. He is from the south of the Yangtze River, and he is the younger brother of Liao. He is proficient in the art of war, and his martial arts are also quite extraordinary. The general is about to introduce him to the lord."

Guo Jia also nodded in praise and said, "This Captain Shang is indeed quite talented."

"Good man?" Hearing this name, Sun Can suddenly had the urge to laugh, and later he saw that this person had won the approval of Zhang Liao and Guo Jia, so he couldn't help but look carefully.I saw her dark skin, small stature, a pair of big black eyes are particularly bright, there is a heroic look between her brows, and a scarf around her neck, she secretly praises her, in terms of appearance, she is indeed quite capable .Nodding his head, he said, "Since you are Wen Yuan's brother-in-law, then you should be his lieutenant general, and you will be deployed after you have made military achievements."

A trace of joy flashed in Shang Nan's eyes, he nodded and said, "Thank you, General."

Sun Can turned to Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, how is the army assembled?"

Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, my lord, the [-] army is already ready. If you need my lord's orders, all members of our army will fight to the death."

(End of this chapter)