"The last general will be killed first and then reported. Please forgive me, Governor!"
Zhang Kai said something about apologizing, but he didn't show any sign of apologising.
He always stood upright, looking straight at Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao didn't care at all and just nodded casually.
"It's okay, it's just three military princes, kill them if you want."
"In addition, according to a confession bought by the last general, this mutiny may have something to do with the partial general named Xu Kun under Sun Ce."
Zhang Kai once again told Yuan Yao everything he had learned last night.
Yuan Yao frowned, surprised to hear Xu Kun's name again.
Yuan Yao expected that someone among the Jiangdong soldiers was plotting a mutiny, which was why he never went to the military camp.
After all, how could it be possible that among these 8,000 people, there were no people assigned by Sun Ce? In addition, these 8,000 people were all descendants of Jiangdong, so how could there be no generals who were interested in Sun Ce?
Although Sun Ce led his army to attack Kuaiji County, he would definitely not let Yuan Yao get involved in Danyang County.
The importance of Danyang County is also self-evident to Sun Ce.
With a dangerous place like Danyang serving as a barrier for the entire Jiangdong, Sun Ce will have enough confidence to break with Yuan Shu's forces in the future.
Yuan Shu also saw this, so he recalled both Zhou Shang, the governor of Danyang, and Sun Bi, the captain of Danyang, to Shouchun, and appointed his cousin Yuan Yin as the governor of Danyang.
Although Shu's father is arrogant, he is not stupid. It's just that as the "bones in the grave", most of the civil and military personnel under him are stupid, loyal and mediocre people with limited abilities. In the end, Yuan Yin's role in Danyang cannot be said to be negligible, it can be said to be none!
"Is this Xu Kun the same person as the Xu Kun who attacked you last time?"
"Does the Governor want me to deal with him? The money is calculated separately!"
Zhang Kai saw Yuan Yao's shock and took the initiative to ask for orders.
"You don't know where he is, how are you going to deal with him?"
Yuan Yao said doubtfully.
"It's simple. He is the general commanding the army under Sun Ce and has his own tribe. As long as the governor gives me a month and I find out where his garrison is, then I will have a way to deal with him."
Yuan Yao's eyes flashed, but he quickly shook his head.
"Forget it, he's not enough to cause trouble."
"He is against you, why don't you kill him?"
This time Zhang Kai was confused again.
Yuan Yao said with great confidence: "What tricks can he come up with?"
"The top priority is to deal with the bandits in southern Danyang first!"
"You go back to the camp. Tomorrow we will leave the camp and go south to attack Tai Shi Ci!"
"promise!"
Seeing that Yuan Yao had made up his mind, Zhang Kai stopped trying to persuade him and turned around and walked out.
What Yuan Yao didn't know was that Xu Kun quickly made Yuan Yao pay for his contempt today.
Zhang Kai didn't walk a few steps before turning back and spreading his hands towards Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yaozheng was wondering when he heard Zhang Kai's next words: "You only gave me ten pieces of horseshoe gold and two land deeds. When I bribed those four people, I had to give a total of twenty gold pieces and four land deeds. Shouldn't you Make up for it..."
Yuan Yao: "..."
Although Yuan Yao looked down upon those who betrayed their companions after seeing wealth, he had his own principles.
Since someone has done something for him, he should also honor the promise he made.
Isn't it just some money and houses? I have plenty!
"Yao'er!"
Yuan Yao shouted to the back hall.
"Why!"
Liu Yao responded inside and quickly walked out.
"Why do you call me home, husband?"
Liu Yao obediently saluted Yuan Yao and Zhang Kai.
"Last month you wrote two land deeds to Captain Zhang. Write two or three more copies to Captain Zhang and stamp them all with my seal."
"Take another thirty gold and give it to Captain Zhang."
"promise."
While waiting for Liu Yao to go get the Tian Deed and Horse Shoe Gold, Zhang Kai raised his hand again and said: "Have the Governor considered the candidates for the various military commanders and the three vacant military princes?"
Yes, for the eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers, Yuan Yao has not assigned a general above Sima for a month since he arrived. It is not surprising that Zhang Kai asked several times.
Yuan Yao slapped his head: "Hey, look, I forgot about this again!"
Zhang Kai was a little speechless, but he always remained calm when faced with problems, but he had some doubts and worries in his heart.
After arriving in Danyang, the young master from an aristocratic family who has stayed at home for more than a month and only played with his wife and concubines every day is really the same as the powerful general who attacked Chen Yu, wiped out Yuzhang, and defeated Xiakou. Is Yuan Xianneng a person?
Does he really have the ability to lead troops in war?
Yuan Yao seemed to have been racking his brains for a while, but then seemed to have thought of nothing, and said casually: "Do you have a candidate for Captain Zhang?"
Zhang Kai shook his head: "Before I became the captain, I was just a small army commander. There is no suitable candidate."
"You won't know until you try whether it's suitable or not. Whatever candidates you have, just arrange to try them out first."
Yuan Yao's words were astonishing.
Zhang Kai lost his temper and said, "Although the general is from a rough background and does not understand the art of war, he also knows that leading troops in war is no joke. Only capable generals can lead the soldiers to inspire them and achieve victory."
"Besides, it is really inappropriate to pay homage to the generals before the battle... How about we postpone sending troops for a while, and wait until the governor has promoted generals at all levels, and then start the conquest."
Yuan Yao waved his hand: "What are you afraid of? Didn't you send scouts to find out?"
"The Taishi Ci has less than 2,000 soldiers, and they are all newly recruited soldiers with incomplete weapons and armor, but we have 8,000 people, 8,000 people! We can kill them just by the sheer number of people."
Zhang Kai was a little anxious: "But..."
"There's nothing wrong with that."
Yuan Yao said without any doubt: "There is no need to set up a military commander, just listen to me!"
"For the three vacant military princes, I will send Xu Ding and Yuan Wu to fill two positions. You can find someone to fill one of them. That's it. Let's execute!"
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The next day, Yuan Yao officially sent troops south to attack Taishi Ci in Jing County!
Of the 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers, 6,000 were dispatched, leaving 2,000 soldiers to guard the camp.
And because of the issue of being sent to stay behind, Zhang Kai almost quarreled with Yuan Yao again.
After more than a month of observation, Zhang Kai wanted the two military princes he considered the most unreliable to stay and guard the camp together with Xu Ding and Yuan Wu.
In this way, Xu Ding and Yuan Wu, as the new military princes, can first slowly control the five hundred soldiers under their respective command. And even if the two Jiangdong military princes want to cause trouble, with Xu Ding and Yuan Wu supervising the camp, and the prefect Yuan Yin stationed in the city as foreign aid, there will not be any big trouble.
Yuan Yao directly rejected his suggestion and insisted on incorporating Xu Ding, Yuan Wu and the two unreliable military princes into the army, while leaving the four most reliable Jiangdong military princes to guard the camp.
The reason given by Yuan Yao was that it was best to keep the two unreliable Jiangdong Junhou with him so that he could better monitor them; and Xu Ding and Yuan Wu were his confidants, loyal and reliable, and they should be kept with him. . Danyang City is a place where grain and grass are stored in the rear area. There must be no loss, so reliable people must stay in the rear area.
At first glance, the reasons given by Yuan Yao are reasonable and somewhat difficult to refute. But in fact, if you look carefully, it is not as reasonable as Zhang Kai's suggestion.
It was just that his arms couldn't hold his thighs, so Zhang Kai had no choice but to follow the orders angrily.
In the end, 6,000 Jiangdong soldiers, plus 1,000 Huainan soldiers sent by Yuan Yin to Zhang Kai, and 1,000 soldiers under Xu Gan's command, a total of 8,000 people, marched towards Jing County in a mighty manner.
At the same time, news of Yuan Yao's dispatch of troops also spread like wildfire, and soon reached the ears of Tai Shici of Jingxian County.
Facing Yuan Yao's 8,000-strong army, Taishi Ci, who was diligently training his troops, could not help but show worry in his heroic eyebrows.
That night, the "Prefect's Mansion" in Jing County.
This was originally the county seat of Jingxian County. After Taishi Ci came, he called himself Danyang Prefecture in the name of Liu Yao. He drove out the Jingxian County magistrate and changed the county magistrate's mansion to the prefecture's mansion.
Hundreds of county soldiers in the county were also recruited by Taishi Ci by force and became "Danyang County soldiers".
There were rumors at the time that Taishi Ci was just an inconspicuous young general under Liu Yao. On the way Liu Yao fled from Dantu to Yuzhang by boat, he took dozens of people off the boat from Wuhu, and then left Wuhu. The person who went to Jing County in the mountainous area to occupy the king's land was not the Danyang governor formally appointed by Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou.
Suddenly, rumors spread inside and outside Jingxian County, and the people talked a lot, and they all became suspicious of Taishi Ci's identity.
Some people even say that Taishi Ci turned his back on Liu Yao in a fit of anger because he had not been favored by Liu Yao for a long time, and went to this remote Jing County to call himself the prefect. After Liu Yao arrived in Yuzhang, he even issued a wanted notice for him. !
The rumors became more and more outrageous, and some people even spread rumors that Taishi Ci had actually defected to Sun Ce a long time ago. He and Sun Ce had an affair with each other during the Shenting battle. It was he who betrayed Liu Yao, which led to Liu Yao's repeated defeats. He came to Jing County now and was sent by Sun Ce to conquer the southern part of Danyang for Sun Ce.
However, just when Taishi Ci's iron-blooded rule in Jing County was unsustainable, a group of Shanyue people unexpectedly helped Taishi Ci a big favor.
There were thousands of Shanyue people in this group. Because the grain harvest in the mountains was poor and they couldn't survive the winter, they organized a group to go out to plunder.
This group of Shanyue people could have chosen to plunder in three places, namely Wanling in the northeast, Jingxian in the middle, and Lingyang in the southwest.
But Wanling is the governor of Danyang County. Although the current prefect Yuan Yin has never sent troops to station here, there are many armed Han people with powerful surnames in the area, which is very difficult to mess with.
And Lingyang has long been occupied by another Shanyue armed force, and this Shanyue armed force is also not something they can afford to offend because they are hungry, because the leader of this Shanyue tribe is called Zulang!
Looking left and right, Jingxian County, where the public sentiment is turbulent and the defenders are insufficient, is the best to take action.
And at the beginning, they did succeed, robbing the granaries of several large households in Jing County, and looting the food rations of several villages.
However, when they were about to run back to the mountains, they were blocked by Tai Shici leading five hundred "Danyang County soldiers".
One side wants to avoid starving to death, while the other side wants to establish prestige and fame in the local area, so a war is inevitable.
There is no doubt that this Shanyue tribe with average strength was defeated by the brave Taishi Ci with an astonishing battle loss ratio. Taishi Ci's "Danyang County Soldiers" won a complete victory!
Even when the people of Shanyue who survived described Taishi Ci, they often used "the courage of ghosts and gods" to describe Taishi Ci's bravery that day.
You know, Danyang sent out elite soldiers because of the existence of Shanyue people.
These Shanyue people have lived in the deep mountains and old forests for a long time, leading an almost primitive life of slash-and-burn farming, and their physiques are extremely strong! In addition, because there are many copper- and iron-containing ores in the mountains here, it is easy to smelt steel, and they often "cast their own armor." Therefore, these Shanyue people are not only physically different from ordinary people, they can climb mountains and wade in water as well as walking on flat ground, and the thing they hold in their hands is also very good.
Being able to be beaten by Taishi Ci with inferior troops and even inferior equipment shows Taishi Ci's courage.
After a bloody battle, the Shanyue tribe was completely defeated. They abandoned the food they grabbed and fled.
Normally at this time, normal officers and soldiers would not pursue him.
Because the Shanyue people are very good at running in the mountains, even if the officers and soldiers chase for a while with their own strength, they will definitely lose their physical strength if they pursue further. Instead, they are in danger of being led astray by the Shanyue people who are familiar with the terrain and falling into a trap set in advance.
The southern part of Danyang and even the area bordering Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County are full of steep mountains and ridges, where Shanyue people live together. Maybe there is another Shanyue tribe armed force hidden in some inconspicuous ravine that even the current Shanyue tribe doesn't know about.
But Taishi Ci greatly exceeded the Shanyue people's expectations. Even if the Shanyue people threw away all the food they had grabbed, he still pursued them.
The most critical issue is that for some reason, Taishi Ci and his men were extremely good at running in the mountains.
This Shanyue people collapsed.
The leader had no choice but to order his men to take off their simple armors and run away lightly.
But Taishi Ci still bit them in the back.
The Shanyue people had no choice but to throw away their weapons.
And Taishi Ci is still behind them!
The Shanyue people took advantage of the terrain and circled several times, but they could not escape Tai Shici.
At the end of the race, the hungry stomachs of the Shanyue people finally made them lose their strength, and they could only lie there and wait for Taishi Ci to catch up and pick up the corpses.
But the strange thing is that after Taishi Ci caught up with them, he did not kill them all like the previous officers and soldiers.
Instead, he gasped and asked them if they were willing to follow him from now on and live a life of eating food and serving as soldiers.
Faced with life and death, Leader Shanyue immediately made a choice - fill his stomach first!
So Taishi Ci directly distributed all the small rations of his subordinates to these Shanyue people.
This group of Shanyue people was really moved.
Compared with the empty promises and painted cakes, this bite is enough for them to shed tears for a day and a night.
The leader of Shanyue held back his tears and immediately made a decision that went against his ancestors.
He asked Tai Shici again in half-baked Chinese if he could let them go back to the mountains first and pick up their wives, children, and children at home.
I thought that the "Prefect of Danyang" would refuse, or hesitate for a while, but I didn't expect that the young and strong "Prefect of Danyang" would directly agree.
They also promised that as long as they moved their whole family to the plains, they could live a peaceful life like ordinary Han people, working as farmers and paying rent for generations.
Moreover, Tai Shici also said that as long as someone in the family joined the army, they would be exempted from land rent and corvee service.
…
So, when Taishi Ci led thousands of Shanyue people out of the mountainous area again and appeared in front of the people of Jingxian County, they almost frightened the hearts of the people of Jingxian County.
Everyone thought it was the Shanyue people who were trying to kill him again!
However, upon closer inspection, the leader was Tai Shici, the "silly governor" whom they thought had been kidnapped and killed by the Shanyue people!
