Overlord!

Chapter 52
Although Danyang is not far from Wujun and can go down the river, Sun Ce has no plan to take 5 people to trek all the way to Wujun.

Sun Ce said directly: "More than [-] soldiers and tens of thousands of corvee workers will stay in Shicheng County, and continue to build land reclamation, build water conservancy, and build roads. I will only bring the army and craftsmen, a total of more than [-] people, to Wu County."

To Lu Fan, who was a little bit astonished, Sun Ce smiled and said: "Don't report too much hostility to the Zhou family. As a family of public servants, the Zhou family married me and helped me with tens of thousands of money and food, and thousands of soldiers. We If they are all in one body, even if the soldiers stay in Shicheng County, they will not be harshly punished by the county government. Is it true that Wang Liuyang will dig the foundation of Guangwu?"

Although the father-in-law, Zhou Shang, is more inclined to Yuan Shuhui to sweep the world, he is also politically married to Sun Ce.

The two parties are not only relatives by marriage, they are one.And now they are all generals under Yuan Shu's command, and they want to defeat Liu Yao together.No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for him to destroy Sun Ce's military camp in Shicheng County.

Moreover, the old father-in-law has recently been cleaning up the rebel tyrants in several counties south of Jingxian County, sending money, food and soldiers to Sun Ce's camp in a steady stream, providing him with logistical support, and jointly defeating Liu Yao.

Therefore, Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang, provided Cao Cao with tens of thousands of elite soldiers to assist him in his campaign.

Sun Ce believes that the father-in-law should also have this ability.The number of elite soldiers in Danyang just funded by Sun Ce can reach nearly [-], so it is even more impossible for the Danyang County Government to seize Sun Ce's mere [-] old and weak soldiers.

Lu Fan just asked worriedly: "But we went to Wu County, and the family members of the soldiers stayed in Shicheng County, will it cause the army's morale to be unstable?"

Sun Ce laughed. He forcibly opened the history plug-in, which is really unreasonable.

"It doesn't matter. I am sure that Danyang County will always be within our territory."

The old man may go to Shouchun in a short time. If he is replaced by the prefect of Danyang, then Sun Ce can lead his army back to Danyang without any burden.

Of course, it would be better for the old man not to leave. He manages Danyang and continuously supports Sun Ce, which is equivalent to Sun Ce ruling Danyang.

As long as the attitude is open-minded, there is actually not much difference between Zhou Shang serving as Danyang prefect and Wu Jing serving as Danyang prefect.

In terms of nature, the two of them are actually exactly the same, they are both relatives of the Sun family and the elders of Sun Ce.

And the same support, nothing more than Wu Jing's army support, and Zhou Shang's internal affairs support.

As a prince, it is very important to be open-minded.

Regarding the arrangement of Danyang County, Sun Ce was firm, so Lu Fan stopped talking.After all, there are only more than [-] soldiers in total, even if the judgment is wrong, it will not have much impact. At present, it is indeed Zhou Fujun's support that is more important.

He immediately talked about this aspect: "Mr. Zhou Fu recently sent a lot of grain and equipment to the Niuzhu camp. He pulled out all the tyrants who participated in the rebellion in the five counties south of Jing County, and got more than [-] shi of grain. , gold, silver, money and silk are quite rich."

Sun Ce asked with concern: "Now, do we have a reputation for money and food?"

Lu Fan nodded immediately: "Liu Yao set up a large number of mansions and pavilions in Niuzhu camp. Our money, food and equipment are stored in Niuzhu camp. There are dozens of granaries. There are about [-] stones of grain, more than [-] bolts of cloth and silk, and gold. The total amount of silver is more than three thousand catties."

This food storage is really a scene of troubled times.

In the peaceful world, 15000 shi of grain were accumulated within ten miles of prefectures and counties, and 20000 shi of grain were accumulated within [-] miles.

The [-] shi of grain in Niuzhu Camp is equivalent to the grain reserves of three counties.And there are more than a dozen counties in Danyang County alone.

Lu Fan's face was solemn: ""Book of Rites. Wangzhi" said that if a country has no savings for nine years, it is said to be insufficient; The country is devastated. When we save the time and help the same kind, the most urgent task is to quickly quell the war and restore production."

Sun Ce nodded, his advancing speed was already very fast.

Although it can't be compared with Li Jing's Ping Jiangnan in March, the two sides are fundamentally different in essence.

When Li Jing dispatched troops, there was a powerful force behind him, and his subordinates were elite soldiers formed by generals in Guanzhong, with a scale of tens of thousands.The logistics supply is sufficient, and the rear is stable and worry-free.He just leads his troops to wipe out the enemy.

But Sun Ce wanted to build an army and brigade while fighting the war, while accumulating millet to train troops.

Give Li Jing [-] soldiers without providing food and grass, and let him cross the Yangtze River by force, and try to level Jiangnan in March?

It is not easy to build an army and build a career, but Sun Ce has a heroic spirit, not under heavy pressure, but with high spirits and high spirits, inspiring everyone around him.

"The world is bleeding every day, whoever invites the imperial court. Helping the time becomes a national weapon, and being happy with the way is innocent. To save the time and help the same kind, we will help each other in the same boat."

Hearing Sun Ce's words, everyone's chest was agitated, and they stood up together with him, with great enthusiasm.

Looking at the Jiangdong heroes gathered together, Sun Ce had the confidence to swallow thousands of miles, and began to arrange the deployment: "Lu Fan and Ling Cao, from now on, we will transport food, grass, equipment, soldiers and craftsmen from Niuzhu Camp to Jurong County, and prepare for a decisive battle with Liu Yao."

"Cheng Pu and Jiang Qin tried their best to level the rear, besieged Ruo Rong, and never allowed the main force to escape!"

Sun Ce stopped at the solid rear of Moling, and one of the important contents was to eradicate the Zerong camp.

With more than [-] enemy troops and more than [-] horses behind him, how could Sun Ce be able to fight Liu Yao on the front line with peace of mind?

Sun Ce may not be able to defend against Ruo Rong's light cavalry breaking through, but with more than 2000 horses in his battalion, Sun Ce can't let him escape no matter what.

So after Cheng Pu and Jiang Qin were ordered, they immediately launched a siege on the Ruorong camp again, but this time they changed their strategy and focused on being trapped.

Jiang Qin personally supervised more than [-] captives digging three layers of ditches in front of the Zorong camp, enclosing the Zorong camp completely.

Under such circumstances, unless the war horses of Ruo Rong's troops grew wings, they would never be able to escape the layers of fortifications.

Not every horse can gallop through the city like the red rabbit. It is not a question of whether ordinary war horses can jump over the ditch. .

After Ruo Rong was besieged, Sun Ce paid attention to the movement of another enemy army to the rear.

That is, Fan Neng and Yu Mi.

After the defeat, they did not know where they fled.

Danyang Mountain is full of dangers, it is too easy to hide more than [-] people.

Sun Ce remembered that these two men once gathered an army of more than ten thousand people in history, and wanted to recapture Niuzhu camp.

Sun Ce has actually been waiting for them.After all, who can refuse someone to send him more than ten thousand prisoners.

However, after the defeat of Niuzhu, these two people seemed to have disappeared, and they didn't know which mountain camp they hid in, and there was no news at all.

Sun Ce has already transferred the main force of the army to Moling for almost half a month, and they have not seen them lead Shanyue, men and women, thousands of men and women to seize Niuzhu Camp.

After waiting for many days, Sun Ce did not wait for them, but waited for Chen Wu to recruit troops and return.

For more than half a month, he and his subordinates traveled all over Danyang and Liyang, recruiting heroes everywhere.

When he returned to the camp to meet Sun Ce, Chen Wu had an excited smile on his face: "General, we have recruited a total of 68 young and strong men over seven feet and seven inches tall!"

68 qualified soldiers.

Adding the previous 47 knights, the Xuanjia cavalry can already form a village.

However, Sun Ce is still a little dissatisfied with this number. Danyang is still a little poor, and the people are generally short.

You must know that there are more than 8000 strong men in Liyang County alone, and more than 60 knights are selected from them, which is equivalent to one out of three hundred.

But because of the help of Danyang County, Chen Wu's conscription scope covers the entire Danyang.

Then the conscription ratio is almost one in a thousand.Only one male in a thousand is over [-] feet [-] inches?
Sun Ce felt that it should not be so low, after all, the big man has been in peace for nearly 200 years.

Many powerful families have been rich for generations, and there are also many wealthy households in the village, who are not abjectly poor. They may not enjoy the clothing and clothing of later generations, but their children definitely have no worries about food and clothing since childhood.

The wealth accumulated by a country for hundreds of years should have some background.

Just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, both of them are not considered rich, but they are both tough and burly, and they are the champions of the three armies.There can't be just these two fierce generals all over the world, and they just happened to be picked up by Liu Bei.What is more reliable is that Guanxi big men like Guan Yu and Zhang Liao are not uncommon, but they stand out.

So Sun Ce said to Chen Wu: "A city with ten houses must have some wonderful things. Next time you recruit troops and spread the word among the villages, the number of people will definitely increase."

The advantage of the recruitment system is that it does not need to go through administrative bureaucracy to recruit troops, and it still has a very complete sense of justice.

For example, Qi Jiguang himself recruited and formed the Qi Family Army without the intervention of civil servants. The organizational system is very complete and its combat effectiveness is excellent.

Regarding his recruitment, Chen Wu was very touched during this trip, and said: "This time only more than 60 soldiers were recruited, mainly because the people in Danyang are not familiar with us. If it were not for the help of Lord Zhou, I am afraid that these soldiers It is also difficult to recruit. When the general rules the counties and counties, the kindness of the people is with the people, and the recruitment will definitely be more convenient. By the way, the general, the Lord Zhou also sent thousands of Danyang elite soldiers, who were recruited by the county government in Danyang. They are all Danyang youths with strong bodies and noble vigor."

Hearing this, Sun Ce laughed.The father-in-law is really helpful.Another group of soldiers is funded, and they are qualified young men who can be directly incorporated into the army. Basically, Sha is not too old and weak. It is only necessary to eliminate some treacherous people who are not firm-willed during the training period.

Sun Ce ordered the guards on the side: "Let Han Dang go to command and train this recruit."

Han Dang is very outstanding in terms of qualifications and military exploits. He has been promoted to Sima. Adding these 1000 people, the number of subordinates is almost 2000.

The tricky thing about Sun Ce now is that it is very difficult to promote the officers and men under his command.Veteran ministers like Cheng Pu and Han Dang, with the post of Sima, commanded nearly two thousand soldiers.

If this continues, Sun Ce will have no choice but to brazenly start giving official positions to his subordinates.

The so-called appearances are all nice in name, but in fact they are self-proclaimed official positions.

He is a general who is exterminated by bandits, and his subordinates are captains. It is clear at a glance how much gold this can have.

But in history, Jiangdong has been fooled for many years. Sun Ce called himself the prefect of Kuaiji, and everyone admitted it.Therefore, in this world, the most important thing is to have an elite army in hand, invincible.

Compared with others, Sun Ce still has at least one post of Captain Huaiyi recognized by the imperial court, commanding troops to hunt down thieves, which is justified.

Heroes also feel at ease when they join the army. They are relying on the Han army.

The key is to have strong soldiers and strong horses, so Sun Ce told Chen Wu: "There is no shortage of horses in the army, so you take the cavalry to train in the field. It is not only to quickly improve the cavalry riding skills, but also to patrol the rear to see if there are any traces of enemy troops."

Sun Ce didn't believe it anymore, Fan Neng and Yu Mi could disappear without a trace?

Chen Wu immediately surrendered, and took Xian Yulie to train the Xuanjia knight.

Theoretically, Jiangdong should not have many war horses, but there are many craftsmen in Sun Ce's camp. In addition to making Xuanjia, they also forged tens of thousands of horseshoes to protect the horseshoes of the war horses.

This greatly reduces the chance of horses being injured. If only a hundred or so Xuanjia cavalry are supported, there will still be a surplus of horses.

Cheng Zi even selected hundreds of soldiers who were good at riding among the captives, and expanded the number of rangers.

Now the number of armored cavalry and rangers in the army is about one to two, with more than a hundred armored cavalry and more than two hundred light-armored rangers.

Of course, this light ranger is not a cavalry who can only roam and cannot charge.Their training is actually closer to traditional cavalry, mount their horses to look for opportunities, dismount and shoot at foot.Once the enemy army is in chaos, the cavalry will take advantage of the situation to charge.

There are tens of thousands of apprentices in the whole army, but the total number of cavalry is only more than [-], which is naturally a little less.

Therefore, Sun Ce was more determined, and he was bound to take down the Ruorong camp. With these two thousand horses, Sun Ce's army would have more than three thousand horses in total, and he could form a cavalry force of a thousand men.

Sun Ce thought it would take at least a while to stabilize the rear, but the change in the situation surprised him.

Because of his time travel, the situation in Danyang has been changed beyond recognition.

Not only did Zhou Shang, the prefect of Danyang, become his father-in-law, but Zu Lang, the marshal of Jing County, led tens of thousands of people to attack him fiercely, and was even beheaded by the Yuanyang soldiers.Because of Sun Ce's power, Danyang was shaken, and the mountains were shaken and frightened.

Especially the latter has a very profound influence on all the powerful, Zongshuai, and Shanyue in Danyang.

The enemy is so small that whenever he thinks of Sun Ce's terrifying achievements, he dare not look directly at Sun Ce's reputation.

Zu Lang is one of the strongest Zongshuai in Danyang, but he took advantage of the night attack during Sun Lang's marriage and led tens of thousands of people to besiege more than [-] people, but he himself was beheaded.

Ordinary Hao Qiang and Shan Yue felt chills and terrified at the thought of making an enemy of Sun Lang.Sun Lang has such combat power with 500 men, and now he has tens of thousands of troops, and the Danyang County government is fully supporting him. Zong Shuai and Shanyue really can't figure out how to defeat such a hero.

Therefore, Sun Ce stayed in Moling and stopped attacking eastward, and the commanders immediately guessed that he might have to rectify the situation in the rear.

Everyone was afraid that he would use his massacre knife to plunder powerful people like Yuan Shu and go up the mountain to suppress them, so they took the initiative to send representatives of his forces into Moling to show their favor.

Of course, this can also be regarded as the powerful class sending representatives to negotiate with Sun Ce.

(End of this chapter)