It is said that Yi Pu and Yong Ji, one a high-ranking official and the other a middle-ranking official, had the merit of supporting and establishing themselves, were deeply trusted by the king, and had many fiefdoms and people. With such status and wealth, they only had one or two chariot drivers. Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng took great care of them, and they were still not satisfied?
Yuan Sima was about to persuade the two of them to get acquainted with each other, when Yi Pu said, "May I ask Doctor Shen how many times you can take the car?"
Wu Sheng held up his hand and said, "I'm ashamed. Mangdang Mountain was established not long ago, and its foundation is not thick and weak. It can only afford five vehicles."
Yi Pu slapped his thigh: "Come on! Doctor Shen's fiefdom is remote. I heard that it is mainly composed of refugees, savages, and tribesmen, and there are only a few disciples. In such a predicament, I am willing to take five chariots. How dare I stay behind?"
Yong Ji immediately echoed: "Don't dare to stay behind!"
Yi Pu said: "Someone wants to come up with the Eight Vehicles!"
Yong Ji stretched out his hand and said, "Someone comes out of the Five Vehicles!"
Wu Sheng couldn't help but remind him: "This is a battle between Chu and Wu. The two officials must know that the troops are in danger and the battle is fierce. The troops have traveled thousands of miles. If there is a loss, the vitality will be damaged."
Yi Pu and Yong Ji both had no problem, and they were full of confidence in Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng. After a banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
After the two left, Yuan Sima said: "They are all waiting for you to make them rich."
After all, it was still the incident caused by the Southern Expedition a few years ago. Yi Pu and Yong Ji actively sent out troops and vehicles, and also got rich spoils. This time they heard that Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng were still leading the troops, so they rushed to deliver them to their door. coming. According to the example of the Southern Expedition, the war profits will be divided according to the number of troops sent. If the number of troops sent is small, the share will be small. .
Wu Sheng smiled bitterly: "How can such a good thing happen? Will this battle be the same as last time? I don't have the final say in the war."
Yuan Sima said: "Your family has five chariots, how can others be willing to fall behind?"
Wu Sheng said: "Don't worry about victory, think about defeat first. Sima, this expedition is very dangerous. The Wu army is not easy to deal with. What should happen if the Chu army loses in this battle?"
Yuan Sima looked at Wu Sheng for a long time and suddenly smiled: "Why is it so? The outcome of the war is unpredictable, so you just have to do your best, strive to win, and bring back more captives, otherwise how can you strengthen the country? I heard, You traveled before..."
Wu Sheng corrected: "Traveling, not traveling, is to break the boundary!"
Yuan Sima smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's travel...I heard that you once pointed out the country on Mount Ji, divided the princes of the world into five classes, and planned a five-step road to a strong country for Dayong. I was very excited. I thought that this The five-step road to building a strong country must not adopt ordinary methods, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve results with the current trend of Dayong."
Putting away his smile, Yuan Sima said solemnly: "I am not warlike, but I can only fight. I look for good opportunities in constant battles and accumulate national strength. If I don't fight, I will always be a vassal of Chu. Maybe in a few years For ten years, I wanted to be a vassal but couldn’t get it!”
Wu Sheng was moved: "Sima is right, Shen is willing to work hard with Sima!"
Now we continue to discuss the share of troops sent by each company.
If everyone thinks about the problem like Yi Pu and Yong Ji, it is estimated that all the officials of Yong State will compete first to seize the share of sending troops. The remaining twenty-seven chariots were allocated by more than twenty officials. Each person could only be assigned one chariot, and a few could get two chariots. I'm afraid there would be complaints.
"If it doesn't work, give us seventy-five times!" Wu Sheng said: "According to inside information, Zuo Tufu originally planned to let us give this number. I was worried that the Chu army would be defeated and wanted to preserve the vitality of the country, so I offered a heavy bribe. This It has been reduced, but now it seems that it has been wasted. Sima's words shocked me greatly. Indeed, with the current situation of the mediocre country, it is not advisable to keep a low profile. If you want to achieve leapfrog development, you must let go. Fight...even eighty times!"
With the number of troops increased, it will be much easier to allocate the remaining important officials. Each family of the remaining important officials will take four chariots, three chariots for the middle magistrates, and two chariots for the lower magistrates. In this way, everyone's desire to win can basically be satisfied.
But before the final order was given, something happened again. Young Fu Yanbing came to the gate and said that he wanted Sima Mansion to reduce their troop deployment.
Yan Bing said: "All the scholars in my sect are in a bit of inconvenience now. Some of them are in seclusion to meditate, and some of them happened to be sent out by me to do things. They traveled far away and couldn't be called upon..."
Wu Sheng asked directly: "How many times does the old doctor want to send troops?"
Yan Bing said: "Can you not send troops? It's really difficult for me here..."
Wu Sheng and Yuan Sima looked at each other, and Yuan Sima immediately agreed: "Yes! But there are two conditions. First, the doctor needs to provide five carts of grain and five taels of gold to help the military."
Yan Bing nodded: "Okay!"
Yuan Sima added: "Secondly, if there is any capture in this battle, the doctor will not participate in sharing the profits."
Yan Bing hesitated: "This...I also gave out grain, money..."
Yuan Sima said: "You didn't send troops!"
Yan Bing gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, we won't separate if we don't!"
Yuan Sima took out the silk and said, "Doctor, please write it down."
Yan Bing was displeased and asked, "Isn't my word counted?" But he still wrote, threw away the pen, and left angrily.
Yuan Sima sneered: "This old guy, he thinks that the Chu people are going to be defeated, and is worried that he will lose his disciples if he defeats him!"
The disciples are the foundation for Doctor Qing to stand in the world. In a sense, they are more important than the people of the fiefdom. If more than half of them die in the battle, it will indeed greatly weaken their vitality. If Yan Bing is really not optimistic about this battle, he will not resign. It's natural to go out.
It is not just Yan Bing who is not optimistic about the war between Chu and Wu. Facts have proved that most people are not optimistic about it. Supervisor Ma Yin, Le Yin, Master of Ceremonies, Zuo Lang, etc. all came to the door and said that they were unwilling to send troops. Even Situ Zhong Gu wanted to reduce the number of troops by half, which made Yuan Sima and Wu Sheng's previous calculations come to nothing. They saw that they could not even get fifty vehicles together.
Yuan Sima said: "Yi Pu and Yong Ji were too proactive, which made us think things were too smooth. Whatever, if you don't want to go, don't go. If you want to, don't let them go! It's better to take fifty. I have two more Cheng, you have five vehicles, Yi Pu has eight vehicles, Yong Ji has five vehicles, Yong Zifu has five vehicles...At the critical moment, the old man still has some character. If I ask you to come up with ten vehicles, there are still five vehicles left."
Wu Sheng said: "Let Doctor Lu come out."
Doctor Lu is Lu Fang, the mountain envoy who will never return to his country. Now he is working part-time as a worshiper in Mangdang Mountain. He will definitely not be able to send out five chariots, at most two chariots. Wu Sheng is ready to send troops on his behalf.
Wu Sheng himself didn't have that many disciples, so his plan was to let Lianshan, Cangwu, and Nuoxi contribute their efforts, each with a cart.
The discussion was finalized and an appointment was made for fifteen days to meet at Yuan Sima's fiefdom. Wu Sheng said goodbye to Qingyu and returned in a hurry.
I have to rush to the state to go to the battlefield in mid-February, and the days are still very tight.
After returning to Mangdang Mountain, Wu Sheng began to mobilize troops. Yong Zhi, Lu Kuang, Uncle Yong, Dong Da, Ding Ran, Suo Laoliu, Zhang Xiaokeng, all seven disciples must go, otherwise they will not be able to gather five chariots. Lu Fang had six disciples under his command, which made him thirteen people.
The Ying brothers did not leave, but opened a new Ying Pavilion in Mangdang Mountain. After Wu Sheng had a serious talk with them, the two brothers did not say anything. They did not want the status of disciples, but money. Wu Sheng accepted them as scholars. , the two brothers were restrained, and it can only be said that they have their own ambitions.
Now there are fifteen people, and they can make up five cars, which is still less than half.
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