Under extreme anger, Yuan Shu almost immediately sent troops to attack Sun Jian!
This was intolerable!
What was the meaning of beheading his subordinates and sending them back as gifts?
Mocking?
Provoke?
Or a threat?
Yuan Shu slammed his palm on the table and shouted,"
"Sun Jian brat, you're going too far!"
"Men, pass down the order. Quickly gather the troops!”
"Ji Ling, Liu Xun, gather an army of 50,000 and follow me into Yangzhou to capture Sun Jian!”
Even though he was the one who initiated this conflict, his pride would not allow him to be trampled on like this.
In his anger, he couldn't care less and wanted to send troops to fight Sun Jian.
However, just as he finished speaking, he saw that the expressions of the officials under him had already changed.
To fight from Nanyang to Yangzhou, there was a whole Yuzhou between them!
Yan Xiang immediately stood up and advised,
"My lord, we can't be anxious about this!”
"Our army doesn't have enough food. If we send out our troops in a hurry, I'm afraid we won't have any food before we reach Yangzhou!”
Yuan Huan also hurriedly advised,
"My lord, you must not be anxious. This must be Sun Jian's plan to goad us. Our army cannot fall for it!”
Hearing his two subordinates 'continuous persuasion, Yuan Shu's face showed a trace of hesitation as he said,
"Since we are not sending troops, do we have to suffer this hatred for nothing?”
Seeing Yuan Shu's current state, Yan Xiang knew that Yuan Shu knew that it was unrealistic to send troops now. What he lacked was just a way out!
He hurriedly advised,
"Lord, you can't say that!"
"As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common in the military!”
"Since our army has not succeeded in our plan, it can only be considered a small defeat!”
"My lord is someone who wants to dominate the world. This small defeat can ruin the big picture!”
"Moreover, whether Sun Jian enters Yangzhou or not, our army will attack Yuzhou!”
"Now that Sun Jian has successfully entered Yangzhou, our army and Sun Jian will definitely fight in the future!”
"Since we're going to fight sooner or later, why don't we prepare ourselves before fighting?”
"This... Duke Yan's words make sense!"
After being persuaded, Yuan Shu's hatred in his heart was slightly suppressed.
Seeing this, Yuan Huan also advised,"
"My lord, as Yan Gong said, I also think that our army should be well-prepared!”
"Right now, our army has already occupied Nanyang. We have a population of more than a million and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. We just need to wait patiently for a while before we can attack Yuzhou!”
"On the other hand, even if Sun Jian enters Yangzhou, it will still take time to control him.”
"Now that our army is prepared, we don't have to worry about not being able to defeat Sun Jian in the future!”
When Yan Xiang heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said,
"That's right, my lord. Our army is stronger than Sun. Why is my lord in such a hurry?”
Faced with Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan's persuasion, Yuan Shu felt a little better on the surface. He simply said,
"Forget it, let's not get angry with that Sun Jian kid!”
"Let him off for now!"
When everyone saw this, they all bowed and said,
"My lord is wise!"
Then, he began to prepare for the attack on Yuzhou.
......
However, Yuan Shu did not know that just as he was feeling extremely depressed, Sun Jian was extremely happy in Shouchun.
At this moment, in Shouchun City, a large number of talents had already gathered there as Baili Ming spread the word and tried to rope them in.
Sun Jian was sitting in the hall, and Wang Can was sitting beside him. The sound of announcements kept ringing in his ears.
"I'm Shouchun Jiang Qin, also known as Gongyi. I heard that the general was recruiting talents, so I came to seek refuge!”
Everyone looked over and saw a seven-foot-tall man walking in. Although he wasn't very tall, he was extremely burly. His expression was solemn and he looked extremely steady.
"Good warrior!"
When Sun Jian saw this, he immediately stood up and said,
"Hero, please sit!"
He knew that if he could enter this door, it meant that this man had already passed the test outside.
In order to prevent those people from making up the numbers, Baili Ming suggested to use the "examination" method in this recruitment.
Sun Jian personally tested the generals.
As for the civil officials, Baili Ming would do the classification and identification.
As the scale of the publicity grew larger and larger, it had unknowingly expanded to Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou.
During this period of time, there would be people coming to seek refuge every day.
In order to save time, Baili Ming set the interval of identification to once a month.
This time, it was the first time he had done so.
It was only early in the morning, but Sun Jian's side already had several people nominated.
Right now, he had just arranged for Jiang Qin to take a seat when he heard a voice from outside.
"I am Cai Zhoutai, also known as Youping. I have brought 300 local soldiers to seek refuge.”
"General Sun, please take me in!"
Sun Jian heard the voice and looked at the man. He saw a strong warrior with a firm gaze.
"This must be a loyal and brave general!"
If Jiang Qin gave him a sense of steadiness just now, then the feeling that Zhou Tai gave him now was determination!
It was as if this person would not even blink when faced with countless blades and axes!
Sun Jian immediately stood up again and greeted,
"Hero, please take a seat!"
After welcoming Zhou Tai, Sun Jian was overjoyed.
Thinking back to the few people he met today, other than Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, there were also two people called Deng Dang and Song Qian. They were also quite brave. The four of them had the talent of generals!
After absorbing a few people, his subordinates would definitely grow stronger!
As he thought about this, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Sun Jian.
"Advisor Jun is here!"
As soon as this voice was heard, all the generals in the hall stood up and looked at the young man who came out of the hall.
Before the young man could enter, Sun Jian went up to him and said,"
How's the situation on the military counselor's side?"
He had quite a number of generals on his side, but he wondered how Baili Ming was doing.
However, when Baili Ming heard this, he smiled and said,"
"I can't say it's good or bad. I can only say that I'll make do with it!”
"This is the list. My lord, you can take a look!”
When Sun Jian heard this, he quickly took a look at the name list. There were dozens of names written on it, but only three of them had a red mark on them.
They were Lu Fan, Lu Dai, and Yan He.
Seeing this, Sun Jian frowned and said,
"There are so many people. In the eyes of the military counselor, only these three can be used?”
Hearing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"No, it's not that these three people can be used, but that these three people can be of great use!”
"Other than these three people, the rest can be used!”
After hearing Baili Ming's explanation, Sun Jian's sorrow turned into joy and he said,"
"I see. I only have three people I can use!”
"I didn't expect him to be so useful!”
"Since the military counselor said so, then these three must be very talented!”
Other things aside, he was absolutely certain of Baili Ming's taste.
If Baili Ming thought highly of them, then the three of them were definitely not simple!
When Baili Ming saw this, he smiled and said,"
"These three people are talented. Yan He can govern the world and help the people. As for Lu Fan and Lu Dai, they are both skilled in both martial arts and literature.”
"Then why did the military counselor say that it was neither good nor bad?”
Sun Jian was surprised.
Didn't you want talents? Now that three of them have come, aren't you happy?
However, Baili Ming could only smile bitterly when he heard his question.
These three people were indeed the future pillars of the Wu Kingdom. This was what he felt was good.
However, the bad thing was that the real big shots were not here!
Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were nowhere to be found. Lu Su wasn't here either. There were also Bu Zhi, Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, and the others.
Not to mention those people from Yingchuan!
It seems that if you want to get these talents, you first have to fight over them and get them to become officials through the aristocratic families.
Otherwise, those who could be found through the recruitment order could only be scholars from poor families!
Fortunately, these talents could solve the urgent problem!
Thinking of this, Baili Ming quickly smiled and said,"
"Let's not talk about this matter first. What about the lord?”
When Sun Jian heard this, he smiled and said,"
"Although it's not as strict as Ruo Zhong's side, it still eliminated many people. Right now, I only have my eyes on four people.”
"One is Jiang Qin, two is Zhou Tai, three is Deng Dang, and four is Song Qian!”
"I think these people are not bad. I'm prepared to stay in the army and listen to them!”
"That's good!"
When Baili Ming heard the name Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, his eyes immediately lit up.
With the addition of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, almost half of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao were gathered!
There was also Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Zhao Cen, Qiao Rui, as well as Wang Can, Lu Fan, Lu Dai, and Yan He.
With this, Sun Jian's subordinates were already full of wings and talents!
If Sun Jian's relatives and family were included, the talent reserve would be enough!
Just as he was thinking about this, Zu Mao rushed into the hall excitedly and shouted at Sun Jian,"
"My lord, this is great news!"
"Mistress, Young Master, and the others have already come with Zhu Junli!”
"We're less than five miles away from the city gates, we're almost there!”
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Sun Jian's eyes lit up."
"Is Madam arriving soon?"
He quickly turned around and smiled at Baili Ming.
"Ruo Zhong, leave quickly. I'll bring you to see my wife and children!”
Without waiting for Baili Ming's retort, he dragged Baili Ming out of the hall.
As for Baili Ming, he couldn't help but smile as he was pulled by Sun Jian.
Good fellow, whatever he said came true.
Little tyrant is here!
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