Overlord!

Chapter 20 Recruiting Youzhou Tuqi
General Li Yang didn't know what was going on in Xuzhou, so he could only follow the words of Sun Ce who came from Shouchun, the governor's office.

More than [-] troops are real and fake, and it is impossible to tell.But Liu Bei used to fight against Cao Cao with a small number of people.Now there is the whole of Xuzhou, and there are more than [-] cavalry as Sun Ce said.

Wu Jing and Sun Ben looked at each other. If Cao Cao was used as a reference, Yuan Shu's army and Liu Xuande's army might really face a stalemate in the Guangling and Huaihe areas.

If they can conquer Jiangdong at this time and use the Yangtze River as a natural moat, it is indeed possible to achieve some power.

"But the question is, how to cross the Yangtze River natural moat?" Wu Jing asked with a frown.

Sun Ben also said: "Liu Yao's defense in Yangzhou is solid. Opposite Liyang, a large number of Liu Yao's troops have set up fortifications along the river. I will not be able to cross the river after a year of hard work."

Sun Ce can look down on Huiqu, but he really can't look down on Liyang's army.This is the main force Yuan Shu used to attack Jiangdong.

Among them, Wu Jing and Sun Ben were all led by Sun Jian's old army. At the peak, there were more than [-] people, and together with Huiqu's men, they had a total of tens of thousands of riders.

They fought bloody for a year, but they were unable to enter Jiangdong.As a result, there were only about 2000 people left under Wu Jing and Sun Ben's subordinates.

In such a tragic battle, how effective would it be to have more Sun Ce alone or a thousand veterans under Sun Ce's command who are really capable of fighting?
Sun Ce said with a firm tone, "There are so many troubles in this world, and it's time for heroes to rise up. Who is the world's lord who is not righteous and brave, and fights bloody battles to create a great cause? I want to withdraw troops from Wuhui, as the foundation of the king. Hope uncle Boyang and Boyang can help me, if the success is successful, we should be like-minded and help Jiangnan together!"

It is very important to withdraw troops from Wuhui.

Because at this moment in the three counties of Jiangdong, Danyang, Wujun, and Kuaiji, the prefect of Danyang is exactly the Wu scene played by Yuan Shu.Before Liu Yao expelled Yuan Shu's forces, Wu Jing ruled this place for a long time, and Sun Ce went to Danyang to recruit soldiers and was still his uncle.

Therefore, Sun Ce's attitude is very clear. If he invades Jiangdong, he himself will withdraw from Wuhui, and Danyang will still be ruled by Wu Jing.In exchange for his support.

Both Wu Jing and Sun Ben had longings for Sun Ce's words about helping the south of the Yangtze River.

According to the morals of the world, the feudal lords are all nepotism. If they can reach Jiangdong, Wu Jing and Sun Ben can obviously be the prefects of any county.

His own family is stronger than under Yuan Shu's command.

It's just that suddenly he was about to tie his wealth and life to Sun Ce, a junior who had just grown up. Wu Jing still hesitated and said, "Only the Yangtze River is the first natural moat that is difficult to cross. Is Bofu sure to cross the Yangtze River? The battle is not going well, and we have broken with General Yuan. I will be trapped to death in the county of Liyang."

Sun Ce replied directly: "The army is fierce and the battle is dangerous. No one can guarantee victory. But only by fighting hard and fighting to the death can we have a chance to cross the Yangtze River. Does uncle plan to live in this small Liyang city for the rest of his life?"

Even if Wu Jing agrees to this kind of thing, Yuan Shu probably won't agree.

Wu Jing had no choice but to say: "Bo Fu's words are justified. No matter what, we have to fight the Yangtze River. Bo Fu led the army to help the war. I will prepare troops, train soldiers, and fight Liu Yao with Bo Fu."

When Wu Jing and Sun Ben left, Chen Wu angrily kicked away the porcelain bowls and lacquer plates spilled on the ground, and roared in a low voice: "General, what Wu Zhonglang said is grand, but in fact he didn't say anything! Standing on the sidelines."

Sun Ce glanced at him and said calmly, "The porcelain bowl you kicked is worth dozens of grains to Hao Qiang."

Dozens of stones of grain!
Chen Wu instantly felt his anger being suppressed forcefully.

In Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought for thousands of miles, and a stone of grain has soared to more than 50 yuan.

Although the weather in Huainan is good this year, dozens of shi of grain is also a fortune.Besides, there is a severe drought in Yanzhou this year, who knows if it will be Huainan's turn to suffer a severe drought next year.In this troubled world, food becomes more and more precious every year.

This kick destroyed dozens of shi of grain, Chen Wu seemed to pour a basin of ice water on his head, and all anger disappeared completely.

When Chen Wu calmed down, Sun Ce continued: "My uncle is just old and used to it, that's why he made such a statement. There is nothing wrong with advancing and attacking, retreating and defending. Will you listen to your nephew and nephew's words and help with all your strength? ?”

Chen Wu opened his mouth, but held his breath in his chest. After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "I help my nephew? He's a junior, and he listens to me pretty much."

Sun Ce stood with his hands behind his back, holding a long knife in his hand, and looked in the direction where Wu Jing left. Obviously, this uncle's mentality was no different from that of ordinary people.

"If I want my uncle to lead his troops to help me and become a member of the power, I still want me to wait until I show the general trend of sweeping Jiangdong."

Standing beside Sun Ce, Chen Wu asked unwillingly, "General, why don't you let Wu Zhonglang and General Sun stand by like this? If you don't merge them, there are only more than a thousand princes and lords in our battalion. They are all untrained, they are mobs, how can they beat Jiangdong?"

Sun Ce glared at him angrily, and asked, "Merger! How to merge? Wu Zhonglang Yusi is my uncle, Yugong is the prefect of Danyang, the governor of the army Zhonglang. Boyang is the governor of Yuzhou. General Captive."

This is Sun Ce's little lieutenant Huaiyi, can General Xingkuo annex him?After the forced annexation, how will people in the world think of him, Sun Bofu?Can't even tolerate blood relatives, can you tolerate other heroes?

Chen Wu frowned and asked: "Then we will fight alone and ignore them?"

Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "Although it is difficult to merge the two of them, it does not mean that we are doing nothing. There is really a strong man here in Liyang, who can be drawn into my camp."

Chen Wu immediately asked with concern: "Who is it?"

"Pian general Xu Kun."

"Partial general!" Chen Wu immediately looked sideways.

Among the senior generals and schools of the Han Dynasty, the lowest rank is the school lieutenant, represented by the fifth school of the Northern Army.In Dahan, one has reached the rank of lieutenant and is already a high-ranking official in the army.Among the famous princes in the world today, Yuan Shao was born as a lieutenant in the Chinese Army, and Cao Cao was born as a lieutenant in the Dian Army.

Above the captain is General Zhonglang.Before the world was in chaos, this level was already the ceiling for warriors.Even the Yellow Turban Rebellion swept the world.The several generals of the Han Dynasty who suppressed the rebellion also commanded the army as Zhonglang generals.Successfully suppressing the rebellion was directly promoted to the top generals such as the top chariot general and the right general.Miscellaneous generals are basically not permanent.

And with the chaos in the world, generals with miscellaneous names above General Zhonglang began to appear one after another.General Pian is the lowest rank among miscellaneous generals, and it is also the most common title.

Sun Ce said: "Xu Kun is the son of my aunt and also my cousin. When my father was alive as General Polu, my cousin was promoted to General because of his bravery and skill in fighting!"

Chen Wu took a deep breath and said, "Isn't that the number one in the army under the king?"

Sun Ce nodded, no matter in terms of seniority, seniority, or prestige, Xu Kun was much worse than Wu Jing.However, as a junior, he had overwhelmed everyone in the army as early as Sun Jian was alive, and was promoted to a partial general, so one can infer his bravery and military exploits.

One must know that until now, Wu Jing has been cast under Yuan Shu's command, but he is only a Zhonglang general, and he has not achieved Xu Kun's former position.

Historically, until the Battle of Chibi broke out, Zhou Yu's official position was also worthy of being a partial general.

Chen Wu asked: "Is General Xu in the army?"

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Not only is he here, but my aunt is also in the army. I have to visit my aunt later."

Sun Ce's aunt was married by Sun Jian to Xu Zhen, Xu Kun's father.

After Xu Zhen's early death, Mrs. Sun had a strong personality and never remarried.

Historically, Sun Ce lacked enough boats to cross the river. She also proposed to cut down reeds and use boats to cross the army.That is to tie up the reeds and float them on the water, and the soldiers hug them and cross the river with the boats.

To be honest, this suggestion is really amazing.

Sun Ce felt that none of his soldiers had the ability of Bodhidharma to cross the river with a single reed.It is really unreliable to float across the mighty Yangtze River with a bundle of reeds in your arms.In case the hemp rope binding the reeds were broken, the soldiers would disappear directly into the vast river.

While talking, Jiang Qin walked in, and excitedly said to Sun Ce, "General, we have controlled the treasury in the city. According to the treasury register, there are tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass left in the treasury, enough for the army to last for nearly a month."

Sun Ce's eyes lit up when he heard the words, Liyang really deserved to be an important military town that Yuan Shu had run for a long time, and the grain storage was actually enough for the front line to spend more than a month.

The surprises were more than that, Jiang Qin continued: "There are more than [-] catties of gold and silver, more than [-] stones of salt, more than [-] knives, guns, swords and halberds, and more than [-] feathers and arrows."

More than [-] feather arrows are not many, and a soldier with [-] arrows can barely arm [-] soldiers.But these things are consumables, and the size of the archers that can be supplied must be reduced by at least half.

But with so many supplies, it is no problem to form an elite team!
Sun Ce now has tens of thousands of troops under his control. In addition to more than a thousand old troops, he can finally form another elite army.

Then Sun Ce asked another more critical question: "How many ships are there?"

"There are more than [-] warships and fighting ships, which can carry more than [-] soldiers. However, it is said that they have been building ships for more than a year, and about [-] ships are about to be completed."

With the size of the navy, it's no wonder they can't defeat Jiangdong!

On the contrary, Sun Ce became even more excited, and said to the two, "It's too hasty for the northern princes to prepare for a year to cross the Yangtze River. If we can invade Jiangdong, at least we won't have to worry about the strong northern enemies for several years."

The matter of shipbuilding alone can seriously trouble all the powerful enemies in the north.

Historically, the south had to do a good job of defense, and if the northern powers wanted to conquer the south, it would take at least several years to prepare.

Jiang Qin rubbed his head and asked: "General, isn't this also a bad news for us? We have fewer elites, and we must rely on more to win. If the navy cannot transport a large number of troops across the river, How can we stand firm in Jiangdong?"

Sun Ce said with a smile: "The size of the elite is too small, so we need to train another strong army. No elite is born. If you don't train, how can you get elite soldiers?"

"Chen Wu, how is your selection of Jingqi going?"

Chen Wu immediately stood up and said, "General, I have selected eight mighty soldiers with a height of seven feet and seven inches from the entire army, and they will give them a bucket of food every day!"

The daily food ration is one bucket, which is already twice that of ordinary pawns.In order to prove that he is still able to eat, Lao Lianpo fights for food.But that was a small fight in the Warring States Period, far smaller than the present.

In other words, the dietary standard of a qualified knight in the army is already comparable to Lian Po, a general of the Warring States Period.

Military weapons have always been expensive.If you want to raise elite soldiers, don't think about saving money.

Sun Ce said: "There should be thousands of people in Huiqu's army. You should also go and pick out strong soldiers and fill them with knights."

Chen Wu immediately left happily. Now that there are more horses in the army than qualified knights, he naturally hopes to expand his troops quickly.

Sun Ce didn't stay in the mansion for long, and went to the county government instead.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of the mansion, he met Cheng Pu who had returned.

Cheng Pu excitedly said to Sun Ce: "General, the recruitment of Huiqu's troops went very smoothly. There are more than [-] disciples, more than [-] archers, and more than [-] cavalry!"

Sun Ce paused, looked at Cheng Pu and asked solemnly, "Are you sure it's Tuqi? There are more than forty people?"

"It's definitely a sudden cavalry!" Cheng Pu said firmly: "I have talked with them. They are all from Youzhou. They used to be under the command of General Jihou Gongsun. They are the most elite cavalry in the world today who can ride horses into battle."

Jihou is the White Horse General Gongsun Zan.In other words, these forty cavalry were all Youzhou Tuqi.

Sun Ce said, "Yuan Shu has many elite soldiers."

Cheng Pu nodded and said: "When the Marquis and Yuan Shao's Yuzhou Inspector Zhou Ang fought in Yangcheng, Gongsun Yue, the younger brother of Marquis Ji, commanded more than a thousand Youzhou cavalry to help in the battle. I am still impressed by the sharpness of his soldiers. Gongsun Yuezhong Liushi After his death, Yuan Shu annexed them all. These thousands of Youzhou Tuqi are the elite cavalry under Yuan Shu's command."

Sun Ce said with a smile: "Which army in Liyang is not an elite?"

Even an elite soldier depends on who is appointed. In Yuan Shu's hands, he could only be beaten by Cao Cao and fled all the way from Yuzhou to Yangzhou.I don't know how many of the thousand Youzhou Tuqi are left, it should be more than the few forty people, right?Others may have been dispersed to Yuan Shu's other generals.

Sun Ce ordered: "Select the elite and let them train our cavalry."

With the Takahashi saddle, Sun Ce was sure that as long as there were veterans of Youzhou Tuqi who trained strictly, he would soon have a more powerful Tuqi under his command.

After all, Huainan has produced elite soldiers since ancient times, Sun Ce's direct descendants, and even the later Beifu Army, Later Zhou Imperial Army, and Ming Army were all Huaisi elite soldiers recruited.

After Cheng Pu agreed, he asked: "General, who should be the commander of Huiqu's more than [-] men?"

Sun Ce waved his hand, took Cheng Pu to the county government office, and said, "Wait for a while, I have already prepared candidates for the commander. The current strategy is to first choose the strong and strong from the old and weak in the army, and then give them to the army." Equipped with complete banners and weapons, they will form an elite force."

(End of this chapter)