Overlord!

Chapter 309: Shoujia Jiuxi

Jiankang expelled Yuan Shao's envoys, and Sun Ce returned to Jiankang from Bailuzhou, where he formally held the ceremony of accepting the Duke of Song and adding Jiuxi.

This time the court sent Sun Ce's old acquaintance Zhao Yan no longer. He had been killed by Cao Cao for being a monster and should be punished.

The one who came this time was Zhong Yao, who had been working for Cao Cao in the imperial court. As a Taichang, he went to Jiangdong to confer the title of Sun Ce.

This time Jiankang filled the city with festoons, sprinkled water to clear the way, and welcomed Zhong Yao into the Zhaoming Palace.

Zhong Yao also held the festival and announced the edict in public: "The Han envoy holds the festival, adds an ax and ax, is the great commander, and is in charge of the minister. He leads the shepherd of Yuzhou, supervises the Chinese and foreign armies, records the affairs of the ministers, and assists in the administration. The Marquis of Nanchang: the world is out of order, and the emperor is extremely If it is not built, the original evil will be great and will harm the people. The sea will fall apart and all living things will be destroyed. Although the people are still alive, there are still survivors. Today, there is so much chaos."

"I have been told by history that I have conquered all kingdoms, and have fought day and night with the intention of overcoming difficulties. If I have waded into the deep water, I have no idea how to save myself. So I use my stick and ax to eradicate the evil and evil, from the east to the west, and stay in peaceful places. As far as we can do, there will be no disaster for the people. Although the thieves captured the remaining seeds, they were not killed, but they were still tied to dead trees to be killed in due course."

"Only generals are talented in nature, possessing both civil and military skills. They can observe the changes in the situation, judge the situation before going, overcome dangers, show their sincerity, and initiate great plans. They are the first in the world, and their great achievements are outstanding among the ancients. Although Dou Rong abandoned Long in the past On the right, the soldiers occupied the Xihe River in order to establish Guangwu and give up his reputation, beauty and realism. How can this be considered excessive? Qinjia is elegant and elegant, and I really appreciate it."

"Since ancient times, holy emperors and kings have established the system, praised virtues with titles, and rewarded merits with salary; those with great merits will be rewarded, and those with great virtues will be worshiped. Therefore, the Duke of Zhou has the work of supporting others, and the Taishi has the merits of the eagle. Open up earth and earth, and receive supplies at the same time.”

"Now the general has planned a plan for ten thousand years, built an unparalleled strategy, eliminated the tyrannical captives, obeyed the rule of nature and people, and helped to achieve great achievements. His achievements are unparalleled. What happened in Qilu is enough to be ridiculed! "Poetry" is not It goes like this, "There is nothing to say but nothing to say, nothing to be repaid without virtue."

"Today, the four counties and forty-two counties in Yuzhou are granted the title of Duke of Song Dynasty, and the envoy Zhong Yao, Taichang Zhongyao, is awarded the emperor's seal and ribbon strategy book. The golden tiger talisman is the first to the fifth, and the bamboo envoy talisman is the first to the tenth. Xijun Xuan Tu, the bamboo is made of white grass, the turtle is Xiqier, and the Xizhongshe is used. There are military affairs, Dian is in charge of the soldiers and horses, and the chief minister and the minister are responsible for leading the herdsmen of Yuzhou, supervising the Chinese and foreign armies, recording the affairs of the ministers, and assisting the government as before."

"Now I will add you Jiuxi, and I will listen carefully to your future orders. I will inherit the two generations of the king, protect Sui, Ning will gather the seven states, teach the foreign customs, and the people will settle down, and there will be no chance to bring them with you. I will use Xijun's big chariot, Rong and chariots, and two horses of black and white horses; the monarch's duties are to persuade the farmers, the stingy people are successful, the storehouses are full, and the officials and the people are prosperous. They use the robes of the king's crown and crown, and the red saddle and auxiliary skirt; the monarch is righteous with virtue, and the subordinates are treated with courtesy , Dunyi is respectful and modest, and internal and external are harmonious, it is the joy of Xijunxuan County; the king spreads the wind and protects the remote areas, and when people from afar look back, they all follow him, so Xijun Zhuhu lives in it; the king transports it Talents, official appointment of virtuous people, showing integrity and wrongdoing, and doing good deeds among the people, use the Xijun and hundreds of men with tigers and fierce men; the ruler's troops and horses are in order, and the power is powerful, correcting the punishment of piety, and revealing the guilty, use the Xijun and the iron axe. The ruler is harmonious internally, and the military trust is external. If you want to fight against rebellion, or break through to cover up troubles, you should use the Xijun Tong bow with one bow and hundreds of Tong arrows. , Ming Yun and sincerity, I feel deeply in my heart, I use Xijun's scorpion, how can I use it, and Gui Zan is the pairing? Oh my god! I have been ordered by heaven, and I will live long and prosper, and serve my country, and I will die forever."

Jiuxizhong gave him the uniform of Gunmian, tiger warriors, iron axes, soldiers and horses, strong bows, etc., which means that even if Sun Ce raises three thousand dead soldiers, it is basically legal.

Gunmian robes are the formal attire worn by emperors, princes and other nobles during major celebrations such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth and ancestral temples.

Basically, wearing this costume, there is not much difference between him and the emperor. According to the Han system, the emperor's crown was crowned with nine feathers. And Sun Ce, as the Duke of Song Dynasty, was crowned Qilai. In terms of other sacrificial rituals and military authority, Sun Ce was almost identical to the emperor within the fiefdom.

Therefore, we can know how close Sun Ce was to the emperor at this time.

Zhang Zhao was made Prime Minister by Sun Ce, Zhang Hong was made Sikong, Zhou Yu was made the General of the Auxiliary State of the Song Dynasty, and Lü Meng was made the General of the Xingguo of the Song Dynasty.

When Li Guang received the seal of the King of Liang, it was difficult for Li Guang to find a title all his life.

From this we can see how big a difference there is between receiving the seal and ribbon from the emperor and the princes.

This was an absolute expression of position. From then on, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhou Yu, Lu Meng and others were no longer ministers of the Han Dynasty, nor did they receive Han Dynasty salaries. It can be said that this is Sun Ce's direct team, and they will have no burden in trying to persuade Sun Ce to join him in the future.

Of course, these are only the first batch of civil and military officers to be transferred to the Song Dynasty. In the future, more civil and military general schools will be transferred to the Song Dynasty.

When it comes to proclaiming the prince, the follow-up process must be accelerated, otherwise the power will not be at ease, and those officials who are still subordinate to the Han Dynasty, such as the governor of Qingzhou, the governor of Xuzhou, and the governor of Yanzhou, will definitely feel anxious.

At this moment, even if Sun Ce doesn't want to move forward, officials from other states will push him forward to calm people's hearts.

Therefore, after accepting the title of Duke of Song and Jiuxi, Sun Ce left Zhong Yao behind and asked, "I want to immediately raise three armies and launch an expedition to the north. What is the intention of the court?"

After becoming the Duke of Song, Sun Ce had to speed up the process of proclaiming himself emperor and strive to complete the process of proclaiming himself emperor within one or two years.

We must not be like Cao Cao, who dilly-dallyed, and eventually suffered the infamy of being a powerful official and a traitor. In the end, he was still unable to infiltrate the Yuan Dynasty and only divided himself into one party.

There are obviously only two quickest ways to become emperor.

The first is to destroy the Han Dynasty, and the second is to defeat Yuan Shao.

But to destroy the Han Dynasty, Sun Ce could not send troops by himself, but Yuan Shaoxing's army was needed. But with Yuan Shao's indecisive temperament, he doesn't know how long it will take to complete it.

After all, according to Zhang Hong and Sun Ce's inference, Yuan Shao should immediately raise troops and attack Luoyang southward after becoming emperor.

But from the time he became emperor to now, he has never been so decisive. Since Sun Ce did not keep his promise, he immediately supported him in proclaiming himself emperor. Instead, he recruited troops on a large scale, immigrated to the border areas, accumulated grain and trained his army, and was ambitious.

Therefore, he was always worried that if he attacked the Han Dynasty, it would give Sun Ce an excuse to send troops. Therefore, he was indecisive and the date of sending troops was delayed for several months.

Now Sun Ce asked about the court's intention, Zhong Yao immediately replied: "Song Gong wants to raise a righteous army, and the court will give full support to summon the righteous people from all over the world to fight against the national calamity! Now the world is in a commotion, loyal ministers and righteous people are all waiting for Song Gong to raise their arms, and they will gather to respond! "

"Yuan Shao has no outstanding merits and no good deeds, but he is arrogant in the times. He is arrogant and unruly. His power is unstable, people's hearts are uneasy, and it is easy to defeat him."

"He also abolished the elders and established younger ones, and made Yuan Shang the eastern palace. This caused the civil and military affairs of the government to be incompatible and to divide itself."

"This is the trend of overthrowing. Song Gong only needs to march forward and defeat Yuan Shao for a while, and then he will inevitably fall apart!"

"Now that Song Gong is promoting great righteousness to save the people, he must first enter Yecheng and give orders to the world. If he refuses to march forward, he will fear that the followers of righteousness will be disintegrated in one day. If he still guards the land south of the Yangtze River, he will be a thieves. It is not only difficult to enter Huan Wen Hegemony, and it’s hard to be self-sufficient!”

Sun Ce nodded approvingly, what Zhong Yao said was true.

Now Yuan Shao is in a state of chaos, and his people are in turmoil. At this time, he sends his army to attack him, and he can defeat him in a single battle.

If he refuses to move forward and allows Yuan Shao to stabilize the situation, it will appear that Sun Ce, the Duke of Song, is the least powerful among the three parties in the world and is the traitor of the world.

So Sun Ce said: "A single general controls the armies of the world and supervises all armies at home and abroad to fight against thieves. What is the current situation in Guanzhong?"

The battle against Yuan Shao was a decisive battle concerning the general trend of the world.

It is definitely not a small fight, limited to one or two counties.

Instead, it started from Longshan and Guannei in the west, went out from Luoyang, Yan, and Henan in the middle, and reached Qingzhou and Donghai in the east, launching a comprehensive fierce attack on Yuan Shao.

Although Sun Ce's army only has a few hundred thousand, the number of troops participating in the Northern Expedition against Yuan Shao may not be less than two hundred thousand.

He attacked Hedong and Bingzhou from the Guanzhong area, attacked Hanoi and Dongjun from the Luoyang area, and Sun Ce's army left Yanzhou and Qingzhou, spanning thousands of miles across the battlefield. This will greatly weaken Yuan Jun's military strength and reduce Sun Ce's military pressure.

This prevented Sun Ce from attacking Yuan Shao on his own and allowed the court to reap the benefits.

Moreover, this situation will cause Yuan Jun to lose its advantage in strength.

Yuan's army has more than 100,000 elite soldiers, but the defensive force should be more than 200,000. After all, Yuan Shao has always claimed to dominate the four states and has hundreds of thousands of people. He has Hu Gong and his horses in the north, and the heroes of Yan and Zhao in the south.

With hundreds of thousands of people, Sun Ce felt that he was bluffing.

But like Dou Jiande, there are 100,000 elite soldiers capable of fighting in the north and south, and 100,000 ordinary soldiers guarding the local area, a total of more than 200,000 should be no problem.

If Sun Ce fought alone, not only would the outcome be unpredictable, but the army would also suffer heavy losses.

If there are a few generals in Yuan's army who are good at fighting and occupy the fortified city to resist the powerful enemy, and the hundreds of thousands of troops from the east of the Yangtze River are forced to attack the fortified city, the situation will be difficult to determine.

Sun Ce hoped that Guanzhong and Hanoi would attract at least 20,000 to 30,000 elite main force of Yuan's army to leave.

Zhong Yao had been supervising Guanzhong before and had a close relationship with the generals in Guanzhong. He should know the situation in Guanzhong best.

Zhong Yao did not boast about Haikou, but said matter-of-factly: "The generals in Guanzhong are still afraid of Yuan Shao's power and dare not move lightly. After all, if Song Gong does not move, once he raises his troops and is attacked by Yuan Shao's army, he will definitely Defeat is certain."

"Now is the time for Song Gong to take the lead in the world and command the heroes."

Sun Ce nodded and understood the fear of the generals in Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao's army may not be able to defeat Sun Ce, but it is really easy to deal with them.

Tens of thousands of troops came out of the Weishui River. Even if they were diverted without fighting, it would be enough to collapse the generals in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Sun Ce said: "The generals in Guanzhong are powerful, but they are in short supply of food. I hope that when you return from Jiankang, you will not go back to Luoyang. Instead, you will go to Nanyang and send 200,000 shi of food to Guanzhong. Supervise the generals in Guanzhong to mobilize troops immediately!"

Zhong Yao's eyes lit up and he asked in surprise: "Two hundred thousand stones of military rations?"

"That's right!" Sun Ce said calmly: "These two hundred thousand stones of military rations are the food and grass given by Gu to the generals in Guanzhong to help them raise troops and promote great righteousness. What I want is only Wuguan! Wuguan is under my command. Guarding it with soldiers, we can successfully transport 200,000 stones of grain and grass to Guanzhong."

It was already expected that Yuan Shao would proclaim himself emperor, so why didn't Jiangdong make preparations earlier?

Jingzhou, which had been accumulating grain for military training, had already transported hundreds of thousands of grain and grass to Nanyang on the front line.

Whether Sun Ce chooses to help the Han Dynasty or Yuan Shao, Guanzhong is a battleground for military strategists.

If Sun Ce chooses to help Yuan Shao, there is no doubt that Sun Ce's army will immediately set off from Nanyang, leave Wuguan and go up the Dan River. This was the route planned by Cao Cao to defeat Dong, and it was also the road Yuan Shu, who occupied Nanyang, should march on. .

As a good general, Cao Cao's vision is unquestionable. The troops leaving here will cut off the connection between Luoyang and the pass.

If Dong Zhuo and his coalition forces hadn't been unwilling to make progress and Yuan Shu decisively sent troops out of Wuguan to threaten Guanzhong, there would have been no such thing as Dong Zhuo burning Luoyang and moving the capital to Chang'an.

This plan is obviously the optimal route of advance that Sun Ce's side will undoubtedly take.

But now that Sun Ce has chosen to help the Han Dynasty, the army does not need to come out from now on. He only needs to provide food and grass to the generals in Guanzhong.

Frankly speaking, if the generals in Guanzhong really raised 100,000 troops, then these 200,000 shi of food would only be enough to feed them for a little more than a month, definitely less than what they needed for two months.

But Sun Ce absolutely did not believe that the generals in Guanzhong would bring out a hundred thousand Qiang and Hu troops in the attack. In order to defend, they may go all out, but in order to attack, it is absolutely impossible for them to use all their strength.

If they can really organize an attack with 100,000 men, then it is definitely not Yuan Shao that Sun Ce has to guard against now, but them!

Gathering 100,000 troops in a defensive battle is definitely not the same concept as raising 100,000 troops, crossing states and counties, and sending troops hundreds of miles away.

After all, so far, even Sun Ce has not organized a hundred thousand elite troops for the Northern Expedition.

Cao Cao only organized 100,000 people to resist Yuan Shao and confront him along the Jishui River.

Yuan Shao was the only one who actually organized an army of 100,000 to attack.

Therefore, Sun Ce asserted that the generals in Guanzhong could send at most 20,000 to 30,000 troops, so these 200,000 shi of food would be enough for them to meet their needs for at least half a year.

The flanking response for half a year was enough to affect the general trend of the confrontation between Sun Ce and Yuan Shao.

But the two hundred thousand stones of food and grass given to them by Sun Ce was not free. Sun Ce had to ensure that Wuguan was under his control.

After Yuan Shao is defeated, the army can leave Wuguan and attack inside the pass at any time.

Wuguan is actually very far from Chang'an, but it is very close to Nanxiang, the important town of Nanyang.

The main forces of the Guanzhong generals are located to the west of Chang'an. In the southeast of Chang'an, only Liang Xing's troops are in Lantian and Liu Xiongming's troops are in Shang County.

Among them, Liu Xiongming in Shang County is the closest to Wuguan. This was a mountain bandit who was born as a commoner. He rarely used to collect medicines and shoot hunting. Later, he gathered in the mountains and settled in the Nanshan area.

His ambitions and vision are only in the area around his mountain. He has not even settled in Shang County, and he is probably even less concerned about the importance of Wuguan a few hundred miles away.

So Zhong Yao thought for a moment and replied to Sun Ce: "A certain meeting went to Guanzhong and persuaded the generals in Guanzhong for Duke Song to state the pros and cons and order them to cut off the Wuguan area and give it to Nanyang."

Sun Ce immediately stood up and said, "According to Zhong Qing's words, Gu Zhiyi's army will be able to extend across thousands of miles and be invincible! Gu Yi will mobilize the three armies and set up troops on the border, waiting for danger. Soon he will swear to the Northern Expedition to kill the national traitors!"

(End of this chapter)