Overlord!

Chapter 140 Jiangdong Army Strength
After the new Wuxing County was established, Sun Ce's territory reached five counties, and government affairs became awkward all at once.

After arranging the important military and political affairs of Wuxing County and Yuzhang County, there are still three big counties of Danyang, Wu County, and Kuaiji that need attention.

This also truly shows the growth of Sun Ce's power today, and it will no longer be the situation where he could die and be destroyed at any time because of the First World War.

Now that the five counties are in hand, even if they encounter a major setback in a certain direction, they can retreat and rely on the vast territory to re-stabilize the situation and accumulate strength.

Especially Danyang County, where the dangerous mountains and mountains are the core of the entire Jiangnan defense line.

The southern dynasties of all dynasties built their capitals here to control the main channel of the Yangtze River.

Now that Sun Ce controls the land in the south of the Yangtze River, he has to seriously consider moving the capital to Danyang County and establishing Jianye City.

Wu County is too far away from the Central Plains, and now Guangling on the other side of the river is doing well.

In the future, whether it is to attack Huainan, attack the Central Plains, unify Jingzhou, or even unify the world, Wu County seems to be too partial.

To send troops from Wu County, no matter where they attack, they must first cross the long Jiangdong waterway and span thousands of miles.

And from the perspective of strategic layout, from Taihu Lake to Ningshao Plain, from Wuxi to Wu County and other places are the land of abundance, fertile land, land of fish and rice, and the economic, agricultural, and fishery centers of Jiangnan.War must not be allowed to break out here, the defense line must be pushed outward to keep the enemy at the outskirts of this prosperous hinterland.

Even the current Jiangdong strategy is the same.The army must stop Shanyue in the Danyang Mountains in the west at any cost, and in the south of Zhejiang in the south, and never allow the Shanyue rebels to cross the mountains and rivers and threaten the essence of Jiangdong on the Wujun Plain.

So Sun Ce turned his head to look at Xu Kun, and said: "I take Qing as the prefect of Danyang. Qing should implement civil rule, moralize the people, and calm the people. He also needs to subdue Shanyue by force so that he will not dare to cross the thunderbolt halfway." step."

"Gu Weiqing is assigned a famous general in the world, and he must block Shanyue within the territory of Danyang at any cost."

"Famous general?" Xu Kun was surprised.Is there anyone else in Jiangdong who can have such a high evaluation?

Sun Ce turned his head to look at Xu Huang, and said, "Captain Xu was transferred to Captain Danyang, and together with the prefect of Danyang, he ruled Shanyue. The affairs of Danyang are all entrusted to Yu Qing!"

When Xu Huang came to vote, Sun Ce was not suspicious and ignored, but reused him instead.

This is one of the five good generals, a famous general with the style of Zhou Yafu.

Moreover, he abandoned Yang Feng and went to Jiangdong, upright and upright, not for any greedy ambitions, either forced by the situation, or believed that Jiangdong could become the foundation of a king.

This is a righteous act comparable to Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie's defection to Li Tang.

Sun Ce wanted to compete with Li Shimin, so he was naturally open-minded, and he would not distrust Xu Huang just because he was a surrendered general.

Xu Huang has no foundation in Danyang, and Sun Ce is not worried that he will rebel at all.Even the more than a thousand troops he brought were not deprived, and they were still handed over to him as commander, but the soldiers were selected, and the old and weak were dismissed and resettled.

At the same time, Sun Ce handed over the two thousand recruits Danyang recruited to him.

These two thousand recruits were recruited by Gao Cheng in the north of Danyang before the tribute.They are led by school lieutenant Rui Xuan and school lieutenant Sun Fu respectively.

Rui Xuan is Rui Liang's younger brother, and now the second son of Cheng Rui Zhi of Wujun County.

Since Sun Ce raised his army, their brothers have served Sun Ce in the army. They are absolutely loyal generals, and there is no possibility of rebellion.

And Sun Fu is Sun Ben's younger brother, Sun Ce's cousin, he is much older than Sun Quan.The eldest son Weicheng, his upper limit can be Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County in the Tang Dynasty, and the second-ranked hero of Lingyan Pavilion.

The lower limit can also be comparable to Cao Wei's Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xia Houshang and others.

With these two men leading the army, Sun Ce absolutely does not have to worry about the stability of Danyang County.

There is also an army in the south of Danyang County, which is more than [-] county soldiers formed by Yuan Yin, the prefect appointed by Yuan Shu.

Sun CE sent Xu Kun to lead an army to drive him out. Yuan Yin was very practical and fled back to Shouchun without fierce resistance.

This army was also composed of Danyang soldiers. Zhang Hong personally selected the elite. Sha was too old and weak, leaving only 500 people, and then handed them over to Sun Ce's brother-in-law Chen Bao.

Chen Bao, a relative, was finally appointed by Sun Ce as the Sima of another department. In addition to the trilogy drawn from the Chen family, he also had more than [-] subordinates.

Sun Ce did not have high requirements for Chen Bao, as long as he could be a qualified foreign relative.He himself is ambitious, saying that he wants to follow the example of Captain Yao.They are all leaders of eight hundred soldiers, and they are all relatives. He can also be a general of hussars.

Sun Ce threw him directly to Xu Huang, and asked Xu Huang to drill him hard.

Not paid, belongs to Xu Huang.That is to say, Xu Huang drilled the troops very strictly, and the soldiers complained that they could not eat enough.Then Xu Huang asked with a smile, did I break your tungsten?

And Xu Huang's defeat of Guan Yu in history was also with the few recruits he trained.

It can be said that only in terms of military training ability and strict military management, Xu Huang is absolutely worthy of the praise of Zhou Yafu's style.His troops, with strict military discipline and well-trained training, are by no means weaker than Zhou Yafu's Xiliu camp.

Handing over the Danyang recruits and Zheng Bao's troops to Xu Huang for training, he can definitely train a strong team of steel.

Of course they are recruits, but Rui Xuan and Sun Fu have been training this army for more than half a year.

The recruitment of troops in the north of Danyang began when Sun Ce attacked Kuaiji County.These two school lieutenants have been training troops in Danyang since they took office.After half a year of training, a troop has enough combat power to take shape, not to mention against Shanyue, even against the armies of the princes, it can guarantee its superiority in combat power.

It's just that these people are all professional troops recruited. If there is no war, they only do one thing, training how to kill people.

Handing over the four thousand step cavalry to Xu Huang for continued training will further improve his combat effectiveness.

And Xu Huang was entrusted with such a heavy responsibility by Sun Ce, commanding four thousand cavalry, and supervising the war on one side, he was even more excited and moved.

He was very fortunate that he was persuaded by Liu You to choose Sun Lang, who recruited handsome and handsome people from all over the world.

Sun Lang is so heroic and bold to reuse.

The governor rides four thousand steps!Xu Huang is sure that no matter which other princes he seeks refuge in, it is impossible for him to be entrusted with such an important task.

Under Yang Feng's subordinates, the sky is even darker, and he doesn't even know if he can keep his [-] plays, or if he can survive this year!

So Xu Huang bowed his hands solemnly, and said: "If there is a certain breath left, I will never let Shanyue take half a step out of Danyang!"

Sun Ce nodded with a smile, and said, "Qing is too modest and cautious. I thought Qing was a famous general in the world, and he would be able to suppress all rebellions in Danyang alone. All military affairs in Danyang are entrusted to Qing. You can decide on your own whether to attack or defend, and you don't have to stick to it." Yu asked for instructions. If you think that the mountains are rebellious and gathering, you can take the initiative to attack and attack first. If you want to gather rebellion and lead the mountains out of the mountains, you can also set up your own defense line without considering material arguments."

Regarding the situation in Danyang County and Yuzhang County, Sun Ce has no hope now.

There is no requirement at all that they must maintain peace in the counties.

Without a few battles with Shanyue, it is impossible for Shanyue to submit.

The current situation here is actually very similar to the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

The Hu tribe gathered, and rebellion arose.

Hu Feng is fierce and wild, rebelling for years, which is the norm.

At this time, Sun Ce completely regarded the two counties as the governor's office. Since the generals were given the power to supervise one side, they were allowed to start a war without asking for instructions.

Only relying on passive defense, can it conquer Shanyue?
Only by taking the initiative to conquer and accept their men and women can we weaken Shanyue and strengthen counties and counties.

It happened that Shanyue was captured, and Sun Ce found a good place for them.

Sun Ce looked at Zhuge Jin, who was in charge, and said: "I plan to build a new city in the north of Moling County, beside Zhongshan Mountain, and on the bank of the Yangtze River. It will be used as a government office to build the great cause of Jiangdong, so it is named Jianye City! This is related to the entire city. The peace of Jiangdong and even the world forever. I wish to entrust this important task to Qing, and Qing will take full responsibility for it."

Zhuge Jin immediately cupped his hands and said: "Jin will live up to the entrustment of the Ming Dynasty, and will conduct a detailed survey of the water pattern terrain and design a city plan."

Sun Ce said: "The Shanyue captured from Danyang and Yuzhang, as well as the criminals from Jiangdong will be handed over to Qing. You can build roads, bridges, and city walls."

"Hanshu Criminal Law Chronicles": "The sinner's prison has been decided, and it is finished as a city."

This city Danchong is for sinners to build the city.It's not Sun Ce's new method.

Sun Ce absolutely believed in Zhuge Jin's ability.

This is the brother of Wuhou Zhuge Liang!
Both political and military capabilities can be called heroes of the world.He often leads the army with Lu Xun, Bu Zhi and others.

Let him supervise the captives, build the capital and build the industry, and Sun Ce absolutely trusts him to do his best.

Of course, there is no rush for this matter. After all, Jiangdong is still in the midst of a thousand wastes. This year Zhuge Jin began to go to Danyang to investigate the site of Jianye Jiancheng, and construction will start next year.

This year Jiangdong's focus is still to send troops from Wu County, cross the Yangtze River north, and directly enter Guangling County.

The stability of Wu County is the most important thing now.

However, the deployment of the three counties of Yuzhang, Danyang, and Wuxing already took up [-] elite infantry.

The rest of the elite Sun Ce took away and the troops stationed in Kuaiji, the troops that can be used for the defense of Danyang must be very limited.

Therefore, Sun Ce said: "This time, my Northern Expedition will focus on the elite. I will only lead the Beifu army and a thousand cavalry. The main force in the Jiangdong area will be led by Cheng Pu, the general of the Dangkou Zhonglang, who will guard Kuaiji. In the land of Wujun, only soldiers will be left to guard Yuhang. Promote Lu Meng to the rank of Lieutenant of Diannong, and supervise the military affairs of Yuhang and Qiantang."

Jiangdong's army, all the soldiers supported by Sun Ce's five counties, that's all.

More than a thousand embroidery guards will be stationed in Wu County to stabilize people's hearts.

However, there are still more than 6000 soldiers left in Lu Meng's army. In addition to farming, the focus is on the construction of the Qiantang River and the Hanhaiyan embankment on the Yuhang line. It is a hundred miles away from the sea, and it will probably be completed in another three or four years.

At that time, the long embankment of hundreds of miles away from the sea will be built, and with the West Lake, flood discharge area, gates, etc., the flood in Qiantang will be greatly reduced.

Now there are only three to four thousand households in Qiantang County, and the population will at least double to seven to eight thousand households by then.

With the continuous improvement of Jiangdong water conservancy, Qiantang will gradually realize the prosperous scene of Qiantang since ancient times. It is by no means a dream that there are 10 households in Qiantang and Yuhang counties.At worst, it is within reach that these two counties will become large counties with over [-] household registrations.

The people in Wu County can clearly distinguish which princes are benevolent to the people, including those powerful and aristocratic families.

No prince's rule would be more in line with Wu Jun's interests than Sun Ce's governance.

The people of Wujun, from the people of Guizhou, to the powerful scholars, and finally to the aristocratic families, all benefited greatly from Sun Ce's rule of Wujun.

This is also Sun Ce's greatest confidence, and it is his confidence not to station a large number of troops in Wujun.

He believed that as long as the heroes of Wu County were sane, they would not be able to launch a rebellion.

Of course, there is no need to overestimate politics.Many people act impulsively, and the so-called rebellion has no strategic plan and far-reaching conspiracy. It is because of the impulsiveness and ambition of one or two people that they riot.

But Sun Ce believed that such an impulsive person might not be able to leave the village or the county, so he was stopped by other heroes.There may even be a hero who directly assassinated him, and the owl sent his head to the county government to ask for credit.

Be aware that rebellions can arise on the spur of the moment.

But Jiangdong's people's will is the trend of the times, and it will not be changed by anyone's subjective will.

As long as people are attached to Sun Ce, there will be no chaos in Wu County.

Therefore, as long as you guard Danyang and Kuaiji on the outskirts of Wu County, you can be safe and secure.

The army in Kuaiji County is commanded by Cheng Pu, and the number is only 3000. After all, the main force has gone south to Wuxing County.
Even among the 3000 people, [-] were recruited from Li Yang.

Li Yang has been conscripted twice, and the training time has been as long as two years, no matter what, it's time to make a move.

So Sun Ce directly transferred 500 people to Cheng Pu's command.

The other 500 people were the elite young and strong selected from the surrendered army in tens of thousands of Kuaiji counties.

Kuaiji County is the second line against Shanyue, with Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Quan Cong and others commanding the [-] elites, which is enough to subdue the Zong bandits and Shanyue and maintain a military advantage.

More importantly, it was Yu Fan who governed Kuaiji.

The brightest talent in Jiangdong's early stage took the post of meritorious service officer to act as prefect on behalf of Sun Ce and govern Kuaiji County. With his literary talent and military strategy, he will surely make Kuaiji County safe and secure.

This is the great sage of Jiangdong. If he can't manage Kuaiji County well, then in the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there will be no stable county in the world.

In the end, this is the total military garrison situation in the 21 counties of the five counties in Jiangdong. Except for Yuzhang County, which is the largest county with 1 counties and [-] troops, the other counties are between three and five thousand.

There are a total of 5000 troops stationed in the five counties and seventy counties!

There are 5000 counties in five counties, and [-] soldiers are not many.

In fact, the pressure is still quite high, there are more than [-] people more than expected when they first entered Kuaiji County.

The increase of more than [-] people is mainly due to the addition of Yuzhang County.

Regardless of the fact that there are 21 counties in Yuzhang County, it seems that Sun Ce's power has been greatly strengthened.

But most of these 21 counties are small counties with less than [-] household registrations, and there are many bandits and water bandits in the mountains and fields, and the people's hearts are not at ease.The wealth that can be provided to Sun Ce is very limited.

These more than [-] people are completely supported by the wealth of Wu Jun and northern Danyang.

At least until next year, when Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County are stabilized, Sun Ce will not be provided with taxes.

PS: County information: Wujun 21 counties, Danyang [-] counties, Kuaiji [-] counties (originally [-] counties, divided into a Dongye county), Wuxing [-] counties, Yuzhang [-] counties

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