Overlord!

Chapter 12 I present General Sun with [-] steps!
Jianghuai heroes often lead hundreds or even hundreds of people to defect to Sun Ce's command.

It is not uncommon for Liu You to seek refuge with the whole family's children, disciples, and trilogy.The only thing worthy of attention is that after Liu You became a royal family, regardless of his reputation, wealth is absolutely rich, and he dedicated thousands of people to Sun Ce's trilogy at one time.Pushed Sun Ce's trilogy directly to the scale of 4000 people.

Sun Ce was naturally curious about the level of another hero he recommended.

If this level is also achieved, I am afraid that Sun Ce will have more than 5000 people in history before he has left Junqiu County.

Liu You immediately replied: "This hero is definitely a warrior from Jiangbiao. He is fierce and aggressive. He is a salt dealer. His surname is Yuan and his last name is Gongzhao."

Needless to say, Sun Ce immediately had a clear image of him.

Since ancient times, salt dealers have been fierce and desperate people in dangerous and remote places.

However, Sun Ce didn't have a bad impression of this salt dealer leader, because he did not break the law in this era.

The economic foundation and taxation system of the Eastern Han Dynasty were different from those of the Western Han Dynasty, which is also a typical aspect.

The Western Han Dynasty was famous for its official salt and iron camps, but the Eastern Han Dynasty allowed private sales of salt.

Of course, it was impossible for feudal society to completely release salt and iron to the people.This liberalization is only a partial liberalization, and at most the imperial court will not engage in monopoly.However, the government still set up a large number of salt officials, and the governor's salt farms and private salt sellers levied extremely strict salt taxes.

Heavy taxes in the Eastern Han Dynasty were commonplace, and the salt tax was the most important thing. Basically, you can imagine how fierce the people involved were.

Basically, everyone forges weapons privately, and they all make their own private soldiers when they die.

Sun Ce has no doubts about this kind of person who is brave and good at fighting, but he asked curiously, "How did Xianyuan get to know such a hero?"

Liu You laughed and said, "Because I'm traveling with more than a hundred carts, and I want to trade coarse salt with them."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing, feeling that Liu You had kidnapped his business partner.

The Lianghuai salt field is one of the most important salt fields in the Central Plains. It is known as "the benefits of cooking salt since ancient times are more important than those in the southeast, and the Lianghuai salt field is the most."

This Yuan Xiong is able to sell salt in Lianghuai, which can be regarded as having some foresight.

Sun Ce asked, "How is he?"

Liu You seriously commented: "He is generous and generous, and he also manages the salt industry. Therefore, he often gathers young people and invites them to die. He privately works for smelting and casting. There are about [-] people in his tribe, all of whom are equipped with swords and halberds. They are brave to fight to the death. If you watch It looks like a group of thugs, but after interacting with them many times, I can affirm that this Yuan Xiong actually has great ambitions, and he has always restrained his trilogy. The Jianghuai tycoons traded with them, and they have never been bullied and invaded."

Sun Ce suddenly had some understanding. It seems that this Yuan Xiong is also unwilling to be a salt seller all his life and die in obscurity.

If this kind of person can convince him, he will definitely lead his troops to serve, and the whole army will be included in the battalion.

But this is obviously a challenge, not something that can be decided after a fight.After all, everyone is not a hero in Liangshan, and they robbed by force.

To subdue the opponent, what really needs to be shown is to be able to lead the crowd to defeat the enemy, expand the territory, and make contributions.

Liu You is also aware of all this, but he still expects Sun Ce to impress everyone with his peerless heroism.By the way, he also tested his vision.After all, this kind of investment that bets the whole family, he also needs the help of others to confirm whether his vision is right or not.

Sun Ce and his party all rode tall horses, and under the personal guidance of Liu You, they quickly traveled for more than ten miles and arrived at the place of transaction.

Hundreds of disciples have already been stationed here, all of them wear swords at their waists, and what's more, a group of private soldiers actually carry such heavy weapons as halberds in their hands.

Privately forging, it never refers to short weapons such as swords and swords. This thing has not been controlled much in the past dynasties.

But the long halberd is absolutely forbidden. With this thing in hand, there is no room for sophistry. It cannot be used for farm work or self-defense.As a heavy weapon in the army, his only use is to kill and fight.

A group of teenagers held hundreds of halberds and lined up side by side to stand guard in place. Even a fierce general like Sun Ce had to lead a group of knights to stop within an arrow.

The deterrent power of hundreds of halberds is completely different from that of hundreds of swords.

If it was hundreds of bandits, they would stand there with swords in their hands.More than a dozen knights dared to fight without any pressure.

However, if hundreds of halberds are reloaded in array, any cavalry commander must take it seriously.

The same is true for the other party. They saw more than a dozen fully armed elite knights riding straight to this place, and they didn't dare to slack off.

If they were allowed to disrupt the formation, a dozen or so knights could cause terrifying damage.

Fortunately, the tense atmosphere of confrontation only existed for a very short moment. Liu You rode forward and shouted at the halberd phalanx: "Yuan Gongzhao, don't you know your old friend?"

There was a commotion in the team of salt sellers, obviously many people recognized this powerful man who often traded with them.

The teenagers stepped aside one after another, and a burly man with a strong figure came out holding a heavy halberd, and asked in surprise with a vigilant look: "Where did Xianyuan make his fortune recently, and he recruited so many people?" What a brave knight? I have been selling salt in Huainan for many years, but I can barely raise six fine horses."

He was also probing secretly, selling salt is licking blood from the knife edge, and in this troubled world, everyone hangs their heads on their belts.

Not only the bandits and bandits, but also the stragglers of the chaotic army will kill people.The hero parts will also merge with each other.

Liu You this suddenly brought more than a dozen knights, obviously different from usual.He was also vigilant whether Liu You had united with other people to attack and kill the salt team.

Liu You said with a smile: "Gong Zhao misunderstood, this is not the guest I recruited. This is the Jianghuai hero Sun Bofu, Sun Lang. I have led the whole family into Sun Lang's account today."

Hearing that Yuan Xiong's already somewhat relaxed attitude suddenly became highly vigilant again, he immediately clenched his halberd tightly, looked around, looking for a place to ambush.

But obviously, they chose this place as the trading place because the terrain here is flat, and neither side can ambush soldiers, so they don't have to worry about the other party's sneak attack and deceit.

He frowned, and asked seriously: "Xianyuan invited me to do business, but why did he bring Sun Lang's army over? Could it be..."

Liu You instantly understood the other party's concerns. After all, he had never witnessed the scene where Sun Lang's army was strictly disciplined and did nothing wrong with Min Qiu. Anyone who thought of the army of this era would have the first impression of looting and killing.Yuan Xiong was worried that he would lead an army to surround and kill them.

Liu You immediately explained: "Gong Zhao, don't think too much. I just want to introduce you to the hero Sun Lang. I have communicated with you several times in the past, and I know that Gong Zhao has great ambitions and integrity, and wants to build a career. But Sun Lang is the hero of the world. I am a hero who will be able to clean up the heaven and earth and eliminate the filth. Why don't Gong Zhao join me in taking refuge in Sun Lang, so that he will not lose his position as Marquis in the future, and the country will be safe and the people happy, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Hearing Liu You's patient explanation, Yuan Xiong finally put down his guard.

No other, the name of a person, the shadow of a tree.

The name of Sun Lang has such an immediate effect in Jianghuai.

Even Yuan Xiong believed that if Sun Lang hadn't planned to rob, then he, as a famous general who was crowned with a thousand men, would not have made a deceitful and sneaky attack.

So he handed over the halberd to his subordinates, walked up to Sun Ce in person, cupped his hands and said, "Yuan Xiong, a country man, pay homage to Sun Lang."

Sun Ce also jumped off his horse, bowed his hands in return with a smile, and said, "Xianyuan is in front of me today, but he is full of praise for your Excellency. Seeing him now, he really has a heroic demeanor, how can a reckless man compare it?"

Corporal, every magi is useful.

In particular, Yuan Xiong couldn't help but be delighted to praise a fierce general who is brave and crowned in the world in person.

Cao Cao, a traitorous hero, was commented face to face by the celebrity He Yong: "The Han Dynasty is about to perish, and the one who will put the world in peace must be this person", and he couldn't help being proud.This world implements the probation system, and a positive comment from a high-ranking person can affect a person's fate.

However, Yuan Xiong didn't get carried away, instead he inquired about why Liu You would think that Sun Ce was the hero of peace in the world.

Liu Youren was middle-aged, and he was already proficient in human affairs and sophistication. Hearing the words, he immediately heard the voice of his words, and immediately introduced to him in detail the scene of encountering Sun Ce's army today.

When they heard that their troops were dispatched, the people did not know.

Yuan Xiong was immediately shocked.

Only those who have truly commanded a stalwart division will know how difficult these few words are!
This shows that the military discipline of the whole army is strict, and the lineup is neat, all of which are far away from Meilun and others.

At least he, Yuan Xiong, couldn't do this step, and even any princes and heroic troops he knew couldn't do this step.

This was enough to deter others. Hearing this, Yuan Xiong did not have any confidence to lead his army against Sun Ce's soldiers.

And this method of running the army, which is not to take money, and not to plunder, is obviously very much in line with what he thinks in his heart.

So Yuan Xiong shouted directly and proudly: "Xianyuan subsidized more than a thousand people for the general, and I can't be weak. I will donate 500 horsemen to General Sun!"

Liu You asked in surprise: "Where did you get the [-]-step rider?"

Sun Ce also looked at him in surprise, not expecting him to be so reasonable.Why did you just say goodbye?And didn't Liu You say that he only gathered hundreds of teenagers?What happened to the extra thousand people?He was talking about fifteen hundred steps!
It explicitly includes cavalry.Although I don't know the exact size of this cavalry, but since it is called a cavalry, it shouldn't be less than ten cavalry, right?

Yuan Xiong squinted his eyes at Sun Ce, pointed to the east with his thick finger, and said, "There are more than a thousand horses on the Tang and Hou Mountains. General Sun needs to recruit them."

Liu You stared at Yuan Xiong with a strange expression on his face and asked, "Tang and Hou Ershan? Yuan Gongzhao, you are being generous to others."

Yuan Xiong laughed and said: "I heard from the Buddhists who came over from Xuzhou that this is called borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. But General Sun is the most outstanding hero in the world, so this is a trivial matter, right?"

Sun Ce probably understands a little bit, he, Yuan Xiong, uses this as both a gift of promotion and a test of his feelings.

If he can successfully take down the two mountains of Tang and Hou, he can get more than a thousand riders on the mountain.

And if he can't take it down, this Yuan Xiong has to think about whether Sun Ce is like Liu You said, who can make the world peaceful, who else is better than him.

After all, An Tianxia must include Tang and Hou Ershan, right?
So Sun Ce asked directly: "What is the situation of Tang and Houshan?"

Liu You frowned slightly, and said, "It's a bit complicated to explain. General, have you ever heard of Song Jun, the name of Lord Song?"

Before today, of course Sun Ce had never heard of it.

But coincidentally, Sun Ce actually heard Lu Fan talk about it today, and immediately asked, "Is it the Song Fujun who ordered the tiger to cross the river?"

Liu You raised his head in surprise, a look of admiration flashed in his eyes, and said: "I only thought that the general was talented in martial arts, and he was brave enough to win the sixth army. I didn't expect the general to be knowledgeable. That's right, it was the Song family who ordered the tiger to cross the river. Jun."

Sun Ce asked, "What is the relationship between this Song Fujun and Tang and Hou Ershan?"

Liu You said with emotion: "For hundreds of years in Junqiu County, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to the two mountains of Tang and Hou. So all the witches thought that the two mountains married the daughters of the common people, and they changed every year, so that the common people did not dare to marry. Several prefects before and after did not dare to ban it. Until the emperor of the Song Dynasty took office as the prefect of Jiujiang, he ordered that from now on, anyone who marries a wife for the mountain will take the children of the Wu family, and do not disturb the good people."

"Thus, the custom of marrying a wife for the mountain has just been eliminated."

Sun Ce praised: "The Lord of the Song Dynasty eliminates harm for the people. This is a good government. The custom of offering men and women to the mountain gods is a vulgar custom, not to mention changing them every year, which is completely poisoning the people. This is completely a lich. It should be forbidden." However, Sun Ce asked curiously, "Why does this Zhuang story involve the present?"

Liu You said with emotion: "Tang and Hou Ershan are troublesome to explain because of these witches. Does the general know about the prevalence of witches?"

Sun Ce nodded immediately, and said, "In Xipingzhong, demons and thieves are on the rise."

Regarding witches, other princes and generals at the end of the Han Dynasty may not know much about them, but Sun Ce really couldn't understand them better.

Because of the administration of prophecy, the Eastern Han Dynasty has always had a very strong religious color.

From Xiping's middle age, these religious witches began to make trouble everywhere, such as Luo Yao in Sanfu, Zhang Jiao in Dongfang, Zhang Xiu in Hanzhong, and Xu Chang, a demon in Kuaiji.

The Sun family started their business by suppressing the rebellion of Xuchang, the demon thief in Kuaiji.

The Xuchang Rebellion of the Kuaiji Demon Bandit was not an anonymous rebellion. In fact, the scale of this demon bandit rebellion was very large and formal.

The demon thief Xu Chang launched a rebellion with the prophecy "Yinghuo enters the South Douzhong".The meaning that Yinghuo represents is war, "Yinghuo's defense is military chaos", and the six stars of the Nandou are compared with the land of Wu and Yue, so the astrology of Yinghuo entering the Nandou represents war between Wu and Yue.A similar situation is also the first rebellion among the famous "Three Rebellions in Huainan" in history. Wang Ling saw the astrology of "Ying Huo Shou Nan Dou" and decided to revolt against Sima's rule.

After the demon thief Xuchang had such a far-reaching prophecy, the uprising continued very continuously.Zang Min, Chen Kui, Sun Jian, Zhu Jun and a series of well-known generals in the late Han Dynasty worked together and it took a full three years to suppress the rebellion, which took longer than the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

From this battle, the Sun family launched a long military war against the religious lich.

It can be said that the Sun family has played all the religions in the Central Plains.From the Yellow Turban Rebellion, to the Buddhists in Ruo Rong, and finally, Sun Ce personally urged the soldiers to execute the demon Yu Ji before his death!
On the strong religious color in the late Han Dynasty, no one understands better than Sun Ce!

(End of this chapter)