Yuan Yao said that he would take the 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers outside the city for his own use, but he had not even been to the military camp once after living in Danyang City for more than a month.
He just sent Captain Zhang Kai to lead a thousand Huainan troops to the camp outside the city to reorganize military discipline.
Zhang Kai's rectification efforts were not very strong. After taking office, he only reiterated military discipline, but did not severely punish the scum of the soldiers who had committed crimes before, nor did he strictly restrain the soldiers. The so-called rectification of military discipline seems to be just a show.
However, the military danger in Danyang County has been reduced a lot.
This is mainly because Yuan Yao transferred Xu Qian's thousand soldiers and horses stationed in Niuzhu to Danyang City, and ordered Chen Dao and Xu Chu to take turns leading patrols around. If they caught the soldiers who caused trouble and disturbed the people, they would directly report them as the governor of Yangzhou. Killed on the spot.
Although this method treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, it is very useful.
Within a few days, Jiangdong soldiers all stayed in the military camp, and it was rare to see groups of stragglers doing evil in and outside Danyang City.
In fact, this is the correct way to improve military discipline.
If Yuan Yao directly brings powerful generals like Xu Chu and Chen Dao to kill people in the military camp to establish authority, it can only be said that he is an extremely conceited idiot!
To deal with new recruits who have just joined the army, prestige can be established immediately by imposing a command on them as soon as they meet.
But against these 8,000 veterans, most of whom had been on the battlefield, there was not much effect.
Moreover, these soldiers were abandoned by Sun Ce not long ago. It was at a time when morale was low and people's hearts were scattered. If you kill people indiscriminately as soon as you meet them, and after you kill them, you set up a lot of rules. Who will have a good impression of you?
It will only give people a feeling of showing off their power!
And this is not "establishing authority", but "demonstration".
Even if everyone is temporarily intimidated by your power and dare not speak out, if the soldiers' spirits are in a state of tension for a long time, it is very likely that a camp roar or even a mutiny will break out.
You know, camp roars and mutinies are very scary things. It's scary because you don't know when it will happen, and when it happens, it's difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, or between the masses. It causes great panic to everyone in a very short period of time. You can't figure out whether someone is making noise, or whether most people are making trouble and you are a small group, or whether there is a sneak attack, etc. .
Many soldiers who were not originally rebels would be inexplicably involved in the flow of soldiers, and even be coerced into rebellion by the rebels.
Even though he was as strong as Lu Bu, he had no choice but to climb over the wall and run away when his soldiers rebelled!
Therefore, it is more appropriate to choose to treat the symptoms first and then the root cause, and rectify the eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers from the shallower to the deeper.
A month has passed like this, and Yuan Yao has initially stabilized the morale of the army.
If Yuan Yao can use both kindness and power next, it won't take long for him to be able to use it for his own purposes.
But Yuan Yao could no longer wait, because news came from Kuaiji County that Sun Ce had already started a battle with Wang Lang in Guling.
Soon, Sun Ce will defeat Wang Lang. If he cannot annex Danyang County before Sun Ce takes over Kuaiji County, he will be in trouble when Sun Ce turns around and comes back.
Therefore, without warning, Yuan Yao suddenly announced that he would send troops south to attack Tai Shi Ci, who claimed to be the governor of Jing County.
When the military order was given, the troops were in an uproar.
It was night, in a military camp outside the city, an ordinary tent.
By now the evening trumpet had been blown and it was curfew time. Logically speaking, except for the patrol guards, all soldiers should turn off the lights and sleep, let alone make loud noises, otherwise military law will be imposed.
But in this tent, which accommodated ten people sleeping, there were more than twenty people crowded, talking non-stop.
Several of them were dressed differently from others, either with feathered helmets or armor on their shoulders.
Of course, these people are not ordinary soldiers, but a few middle and low-level military attachés. The highest-ranking military officers were two centurions, and there were seven or eight people including the commander, captain, and corps commander.
"Marquis Chen Jun is here."
I don't know who whispered something, and everyone looked towards the entrance of the tent.
A man wearing fine armor strode into the tent.
"Go, send someone out to keep an eye on it."
After Chen Junhou came in, he gave orders to a chief minister.
This chief was the military leader of the military tent. Hearing the sound, he immediately sent one of his soldiers to watch outside the tent.
"Marquis Chen Jun!"
Everyone saluted Chen Junhou.
Chen Junhou glanced at everyone and said coldly: "No need to be more polite."
"It has been decided now that we will break camp the day after tomorrow and go to Jingxian County to attack Tai Shici!"
"Captain Zhang will announce this in public tomorrow!"
Everyone was in an uproar and almost exploded.
"What? Are you really going to fight?"
One of the corps commanders looked surprised.
"They have only been in Danyang for a few days and they want us to fight to the death for them. What do they think of us?"
Another village chief said angrily.
"In the eyes of the Runan family, we Qiu Ba, what is the difference between us and others?"
One team leader said Yin and Yang strangely.
"Marquis Chen Jun, is this serious?"
There are still some people who don’t believe it.
Chen Junhou gave the doubter a roll of his eyes: "Why, you don't believe me?"
"I and fifteen other military princes have just come out of Captain Zhang's camp. Will I send you false news?"
"I don't dare!"
The doubters quickly bowed their heads and confessed.
Chen Junhou had no time to argue with him and scanned the crowd again: "I came here just to see what you guys mean?"
Most of the officers present were usually very arrogant, but at this moment they looked at each other, but no one said a word.
Military law is strict, and those who gather a crowd to mutiny will be punished by the three tribes.
Naturally, no one dares to be the one who stands out.
Chen Junhou snorted in his heart and secretly cursed these people as worthless waste.
"Ahem~" Chen Junhou broke the embarrassment and added: "A few days ago, I received a message from General Xu. He said that as long as we return to Wu County, General Sun will recruit us as Wu County soldiers. .”
"Those who no longer want to join the army can return to their hometowns and continue farming. Governor Zhu will also give each person two acres of more land."
The General Xu mentioned by Chen Junhou was none other than Sun Ce's general Xu Kun.
Everyone in the tent is from Wujun, and they are from Xu Gong's old tribe. After surrendering to Sun Ce, he was assigned to Xu Kun as a subordinate.
The Xu family is a wealthy family in Wu County, and Xu Kun, who fought with Sun Jian in his early years, is well-known and is Sun Ce's cousin. Chen Junhou moved him out, and everyone immediately believed his words.
"What? Will General Sun accept us again?"
“Can I get two more acres of land when I go back to farm?”
"Nonsense, I've said it a long time ago. General Sun was not willing to send us out at the beginning. It's just that others had to bow their heads under the roof, and there was nothing he could do."
"It's better for General Sun and Governor Zhu. Why were we so unlucky at that time? We were chosen by lots!"
Everyone had a way out, and their thoughts became more alive.
In the end, the angry and dissatisfied village chief couldn't hold back his emotions and was the first to stand up: "If you ask me, forget it!"
When he said this, someone immediately echoed: "That's right, in this stinky place in a remote mountainous area, my uncle doesn't care about what grandma doesn't love, but he still has to work hard to survive for others. Why?"
"Why don't we kill the man named Zhang and leave the camp? Let's go back to our hometown in Wu County together!"
"It's against! It's against!"
"..."
Seeing that everyone was rebelling, Chen Junhou immediately made a decision and said: "Since everyone agrees like this, the matter is settled!"
"Someone, get the bowl!"
A water bowl that had been prepared long ago was handed over. Chen Junhou took the lead and bit his finger and dripped blood into the bowl.
Everyone in the tent also dropped blood into the bowl one after another to express their feelings.
