"I didn't expect that Zhou Xin would really surrender without a fight!”
"There really is such a person in this world!”
At this moment, outside Wanling City, Sun Jian's main army and Zhao Yun's cavalry had already gathered.
When Sun Jian and the other generals saw the kneeling aristocrats outside the city, they were convinced that Zhou Xin had really run away!
Sun Jian laughed heartily as he watched the aristocratic family present the prefect's seal.
When the family head heard this, he immediately smiled and said,
"The Provincial Governor's might has come down south. Zhou Xin brought his brothers and family, packed their luggage, and left the city yesterday!”
As he spoke, he hurriedly went forward and whispered,
"Provincial Governor, this person disobeyed and fled without fighting. It's not too late for Provincial Governor to chase after him!”
"You just left yesterday?"
When Sun Jian heard this, he subconsciously turned around and said to Baili Ming,
"Ruo Zhong, look at this. Should we move?”
His meaning was very obvious. He wanted to eliminate the two Zhou brothers.
Hearing this, Baili Ming shook his head and smiled."
"My lord, there's no need for our army to kill them all!”
"These two brothers are originally from Kuaiji. The elder brother Zhou Xin is a person who talks nonsense and is unrealistic, but the younger brother Zhou Yu has some practical talent!”
"When our army occupies River East, talents will be scarce again!”
"Such a person can be the prefect of a county!”
"Furthermore, these three Zhou brothers are not from the same clan as Gongjin. They have distant relatives and are quite prestigious in Yangzhou.”
"My lord, the military counselor is right!"
At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was behind Baili Ming, heard this and hurriedly cupped his hands."
"The Zhou brothers became famous at a young age. Although they didn't contribute much to the governance of the county, they had a wide range of friends and were friends with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao!”
"When Cao Cao raised his army that day, it was Zhou Xin who helped him.”
"If our army kills him, we might anger Cao Cao and Yuan Shao!”
"Since they've already left, why don't we let them go!”
"Alright! I was just asking!"
When Sun Jian saw Baili Ming and Zhou Yu's words of advice, he dismissed the idea.
After all, he really did not have any enmity with the Zhou brothers!
After chatting with everyone for a while, a general walked out from behind the clan head and cupped his hands at Sun Jian.
"Greetings, Envoy!"
Seeing this, Sun Jian smiled and said,"
"General Chen, there's no need to be so polite!"
"Now that Brother Zhou Xin has left, I wonder what plans General Chen has?”
Hearing this, Chen Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly.
What other plans could he have?
Now that he had met the two Zhou brothers, there was no chance for him to make any plans!
Seeing Sun Jian's question, he knelt on one knee and said,"
"This general is willing to follow Ming Gong and listen to your orders!”
"Good!"
Seeing this, Sun Jian was delighted. Now that Zhou Xin and his brother had left, there were still 30,000 soldiers in the city. Since the general was willing to surrender, they could take over the 30,000 soldiers!
He laughed and hurriedly helped Chen Ji up."
"With the help of the general, I have won against 100,000 soldiers!”
After saying that, he exchanged some pleasantries with Chen Ji and took over the thirty thousand people from Dan Yang.
Following that, Sun Jian officially took over Pill Yang under the leadership of the great clans in the city.
The carriage traveled all the way into the city, and when it reached the prefect's manor, the big tent was raised again.
Sun Jian sat on the main seat and said with a smile,
"Everyone, now that our army has taken control of Dan Yang and has more than thirty thousand soldiers, the first step of our strategy has been successful!”
"The next step is to go to Wu County!”
As he spoke, he did not ask for the opinions of the other generals. He looked directly at Baili Ming and said,
"In your opinion, what should we do next?”
Seeing this, Baili Ming didn't refuse and stood up with a smile,
"In my opinion, our army has three things to do now. After finishing these three things, we can go north and send troops to Wu County!”
"Oh? Three things?"
Sun Jian smiled and said,"
"Those three things?"
Baili Ming extended three fingers and said,"
"First, my lord can send a letter to the direction of Lu River and order General Sun Xiang to come and take over Pill Sun!”
"In the shortest amount of time possible, unify Elixir Yang and restore order here!”
"That's a good idea!"
Sun Jian nodded in agreement.
Sun Xiang was his nephew, Sun Ce's elder brother.
If this year has reached the crown, this person is both civil and military.
It shouldn't be a problem to use it to temporarily take over Pill Sun!
After thinking for a while, he said to Sun Ben,"
"Ben 'er, you will stay here until Wen Yang comes. When he comes, you two brothers will take charge of Pill Sun together!”
As soon as Sun Jian finished speaking, Sun Ben stood up and cupped his hands.
"I accept your orders!"
This Sun Ben, also known as Boyang, was the son of Sun Jian's elder brother, Sun Qiang. He was also a brave man.
After Sun Ben accepted the order, Sun Jian looked at Baili Ming and said,
"Advisor Jun, continue. What is the second point?”
Hearing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"I won't hide it from my lord. We're thinking the same thing!”
"My second point is to leave General Sun Ben here to lead the thirty thousand Elixir Yang Soldiers and prepare to support our army at any time!”
"As for the original garrison general, Chen Ji, my lord can bring him with the army. Our army will head to Wu County together!”
"Advisor Jun, are you trying to seize Chen Ji's military power?”
Sun Jian narrowed his eyes and said,"
"Don't tell me you don't trust Chen Ji?”
"No!"
Baili Ming shook his head and said,
"It's not that there's a problem with Chen Ji, but that our army must firmly grasp the Scarlet Yang Soldiers!”
"Why?"
Sun Jian hurriedly said,
"Since Chen Ji is fine, why should we start taking control of the Scarlet Yang Army now?”
Hearing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"Because Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are strong, good at fighting, noble strength, this place is good at producing elite soldiers!”
"Our army is not only concerned about the current strategy, we also need to consider the future situation!”
"Although our army has a lot of soldiers, we don't have a single elite soldier. These thirty thousand Scarlet Yang Army soldiers will be the source of elite soldiers for our army in the future!”
During the Three Kingdoms period, all kinds of elite soldiers could be said to be endless.
For example, Gongsun Zan's white horse followers, Yuan Shao's halberd warriors, Dong Zhuo's flying bear army, the Breaking Formation Camp, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei's tiger leopard cavalry and white horse soldiers!
Right now, they weren't fighting for hegemony with the dukes, so they couldn't use elite troops for the time being. However, once they fought for hegemony in the future, an elite troop might be the key to determining their strategy!
His intention was simple. He wanted to use these 30,000 Elixir Yang Soldiers to form an elite unit that was unique to Sun Jian's army!
This army did not need to be too many, but it had to be the elite of the elite!
And these Danyang Soldiers were the best source of elites during the Three Kingdoms period!
This was because regardless of whether it was in the early or late stages of the Three Kingdoms, the combat strength of the Danyang soldiers was terrifyingly high!
The first was naturally Cao Cao's initial army!
When Cao Cao attacked Dong, the soldiers under him were actually the Danyang Soldiers that Zhou Xin had helped!
Because of this army, Cao Cao was able to quickly attack everywhere after entering Yanzhou.
Similarly, when Liu Bei entered Xu Prefecture, he received 3,000 Dan Yang elite soldiers under Tao Qian.
After that, they were defeated again and again, and they were able to survive thousands of miles because of this Dan Yang elite army.
Even before the Three Kingdoms, the 5,000 men of sacrifice under Li Ling of the Western Han Dynasty were elite troops of the Pill Sun Empire.
When Li Ling attacked the Xiongnu, he used 5,000 men to fight against 80,000 elite Xiongnu cavalry!
They fought to the death without reinforcements, and in the end, only 400 people retreated back into the pass. Although they retreated, they killed the Xiongnu people until they were almost terrified!
From these simple examples, one could see how powerful the Scarlet Yang soldiers were!
With this thought in mind, Baili Ming continued,
"My lord, you have to know that after our army unifies Jiangdong, we might have to fight with the other vassals!”
"If we can pick out the elites from these thirty thousand soldiers, we don't need too many, just three thousand people, and train them into the elites of the elites, then when our army goes north, wouldn't we have a sharp sword!”
As soon as he said this, Sun Jian and the other generals trembled.
Good heavens, they were still fighting in River East, and the military counselor was already considering the problem of going north in the future!
What kind of foresight was this!
However, they had no choice but to agree with Baili Ming's suggestion!
An elite troop could be a decisive factor in the battle situation and strategy!
Sun Ce thought for a while and immediately stood up.
"Father, this is a good idea. Our army should have an elite soldier!”
While Zhou Yu was hesitating, he could not help but smile bitterly and say,"
"Mister's foresight is really shameful! That's a good idea!"
When the generals heard this, they naturally stood up to express their agreement!
"We agree!"
Sun Jian nodded in agreement and said,
"However, since we're going to select elite soldiers, Ben 'er might not be able to do it. We'll have to leave a general here to train the elite soldiers!”
Then, he looked at Baili Ming and said,"
"Do you have a candidate for the military advisor?"
When the generals heard this, except for Zhao Yun, they all looked at Baili Ming eagerly.
After all, there was no general who did not like to bring elites!
From Baili Ming's words, it was obvious that he wanted to form an elite among elites!
Who wouldn't want to lead such elites?
Right now, the decision of the commander of this army was clearly in Baili Ming's hands.
When Baili Ming saw this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and say,"
"My lord has given me a difficult problem!”
The problem wasn't that he didn't have a candidate, but that this was a job that would offend people.
Now that all the generals were willing, who should he choose?
However, one should not give up eating because of choking.
After hesitating for a while, he looked at a general at the last seat and said,
"In my opinion, this position cannot be given to anyone but General Zhou Youping!”
"Zhou Tai?"
Hearing Baili Ming call out the name, everyone was shocked.
Even Zhou Tai was shocked.
He didn't expect that a person who had just joined Sun Jian and wasn't a trusted aide or relative would be appointed by the military counselor to lead the elite troops!
Facing everyone's shock, Baili Ming smiled faintly.
He chose Zhou Tai because he was extremely loyal, taciturn, and steady.
In his original journey, he had protected Sun Quan's safety many times during the chaos of war, and his body was riddled with dozens of wounds!
It could be seen that he was extremely loyal and brave!
Right now, he had an elite troop. What he needed was a general who was unmoving like a mountain and dared to fight.
Zhou Tai was obviously the best choice!
With a smile, he looked at Zhou Tai and said,"
"I will recommend You Ping because I like your calm heart. I wonder if You Ping is willing to take this position?”
"This... How dare I refuse to be valued by the military counselor?”
Zhou Tai suddenly felt like dying for his friend. He quickly stood up and said,
"I'm willing to take on this responsibility!"
Seeing Zhou Tai agree, Baili Ming turned around and smiled at Sun Jian.
"My lord, I can guarantee that within half a year, our army will have an elite force!”
"That's great!"
Sun Jian smiled and said to Zhou Tai,
"Since You Ping is valued by the military counselor, then you just have to do it. I don't care how much money and food you need. I just want to see an elite soldier.”
At this moment, he still had Dong Zhuo's wealth, so he could be said to be rich and overbearing. His words were naturally very heroic!
When Zhou Tai heard this, his eyes lit up!
Regardless of money and food, that meant that he could have the best armor!
The best weapon!
And the strongest soldiers!
With these three conditions, if he still couldn't train an elite troop, then he really wouldn't be able to stay under Sun Jian anymore!
Thinking of this, he immediately expressed his stance,
"Don't worry, my lord. If the elite troops are not formed within half a year, this subordinate will bring his head to see you!”
"Hahahaha... I don't want your head!"
Sun Jian laughed out loud when he heard that.
"All I want is a sharp sword, a sharp sword that can cut off any enemy who comes to attack me!”
As he spoke, he was already in a good mood. He looked at Baili Ming again and said,
"Advisor Jun, two things have been decided!”
"What about the third thing?"
When the generals heard this, they looked at Baili Ming again, waiting for the military counselor's instructions.
Seeing this, Baili Ming smiled at Sun Jian and said,
"As for the third matter, our army is going to write a letter to Sheng Xian in Zhou Xin's name, saying that our army is heading south on a large scale. He is resisting our army and is asking Sheng Xian for help!”
"Ask Shengxian for help?"
Sun Jian and the others were stunned when they heard this. Zhou Yu's eyes lit up as he said,"
"Advisor Jun, you mean to confuse the people of Wu County again and make them think that our army has not occupied Dan Yang yet?”
"That's right!"
Baili Ming smiled at Zhou Yu in admiration, then turned around and said,"
"My Lord, our army is about to set off and attack Wu County. By the time Sheng Xian receives this letter, our army will be here!”
"At that time, we only need to take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack and we can settle it in one battle!”
"Ruo Zhong's plan is really brilliant!”
Sun Jian stroked his beard and smiled.
"If we do this, Sheng Xian will probably be scared to death by the time our army arrives!”
"Alright, let's do this!"
Then, he looked at Wang Can and said,
"Zhongxuan, you should write!”
"Yes!"
When Wang Can heard this, he hurriedly stood up and agreed.
When Sun Jian saw Wang Can agree, he couldn't help but stroke his beard. This Wang Can was young, but he was really handy!
After looking at Wang Can for a while, he didn't hesitate and ordered his generals to prepare.
After leaving Zhou Tai and Sun Ben behind, he once again led the main force of the army towards Liyang in the north.
Their destination was to enter Taihu Lake and launch a surprise attack on Wu County!
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