"The first thing is to choose the location of the cottage."
Liu Chan started with something easy to understand and told several village leaders about "the self-cultivation of bandits."
"First of all, we must ensure a certain degree of self-sufficiency. We must have a certain amount of arable land, sufficient water sources, and the minerals needed to make our own weapons."
The people of Shanyue in Wudi are no strangers to making weapons. Although the quality cannot be said to be very good, as long as there are mines, at least everyone can be guaranteed to have weapons.
"Changsha County does not have these points. In my opinion..." Liu Chan said, unfolding the map in his hand and pointing his finger to the northeast, "It is better to choose here."
Liu Chan's finger finally stopped at the junction of Lujiang County and Danyang County.
"There are many copper and iron products in the mountains here. Although there are rivers running through them and there is no shortage of water sources, the water channels are not wide enough to allow warships to travel.
"And it is located on the boundary between two states. The terrain is complex. If one day we are defeated, we can still attack it by swimming. You can choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack to build a stronghold."
Several village leaders nodded repeatedly. Chai Rong stared at the place Liu Chan pointed to, trying to imprint the map and what Liu Chan said firmly in his mind.
“After choosing a location, the second thing is how to support yourself.
"It's impossible to feed so many of you just by farming. As a bandit, robbery is the top priority." Liu Chan said, looking around at the several village leaders, and asked with a smile, "Then what are your plans for robbery in the future?" Is there anyone?"
Several village leaders looked at each other in confusion, thinking that we are familiar with this job, what's so difficult about it?
"We usually rob the merchants who pass by alone. If any county is empty, we can naturally rob the villagers..."
"You can't rob the villagers."
Before the village leaders could finish speaking, they were decisively interrupted by Liu Chan.
"But...if we don't rob the villagers, where will the money, food and manpower come from?"
"I said you can't rob the villagers." Liu Chan said seriously.
"Yes." Several people nodded in agreement, but it was still difficult to understand in their hearts.
Seeing that several people agreed, Liu Chan's face softened slightly: "It's okay if you don't understand, I'll tell you why.
"How much money and food can the lone merchants and poor people have? This is just one of them, the more important thing is..."
He took out several things and placed them on the table, including a piece of silver, a copper plate, and a handful of earth.
"This is the Sun family of Soochow, these are other powerful families, and these are the common people.
“Even if you are a bandit, you must have a position and someone to rely on, otherwise you will be like a tree without roots and will perish sooner or later.
"Of these three, who do you plan to rely on?"
The other village owners still looked confused, but Chai Rong was thoughtful.
Liu Chan pointed at the silver piece: "Relying on his Sun family? Those people must voluntarily go down the mountain, farm hard, join the army young and strong, pay taxes, kneel down and beg for food... What a joke!"
"Let me ask you, why do we go up the mountain to become bandits? Isn't it because our legs and feet are weak and we can't kneel down?"
Liu Chan slapped the case and said, "Aren't we just going to stand and make money?"
"Yes! I can't kneel down!"
"If you want me to be an obedient citizen, unless you are a wise master like General Gongming, his Sun family is nothing!"
Liu Chan pressed his hands down, and the angry village owners gradually calmed down. He continued: "What about relying on powerful families? Are we of any use to them?"
Chai Rong shook his head first. He understood those wealthy and aristocratic families, whether they were bullies who roamed the countryside and exploited the common people, or famous families who helped the poor and maintained law and order.
In their eyes, people like themselves are trash.
"When you rob the people, you are competing with the Sun family for resources, and you are destroying the soil that makes the family powerful. They will not let you go. The people have suffered greatly, and they will not tolerate you. When the time comes, you will be the enemy of the whole world. How can you do that? Immortal?"
"Hiss..." The village leaders took a breath of cold air. This time they understood clearly and couldn't help but feel scared.
Hu Li, who stood silently behind Liu Chan, was also filled with emotion. No wonder he, Hu Li, was able to stay in Mount Emei for many years without falling. It turned out that he had chosen the right path unintentionally.
Seeing a few people finally taking a sip, Liu Chan said slowly: "Since you are born among the people, you must base yourself on the people, so that you can rely on the people in the future.
"You can rob the government, you can rob large-scale officials and businessmen, and you can even rob the tyrants in the evil countryside. Even if this is more risky, you can't rob the common people, because it seems safe, but it is the only way to risk death. road.
“Instead of plundering the people, you must share some of the proceeds from the plundering with the poor people.
"In this case... as long as the wealthy families and the government make one wrong step in the future, your manpower will come from all directions in an endless stream.
"Although he is a thief, he is a righteous thief. Only by relying on others can he survive for a long time."
Chai Rong's originally confused and chaotic eyes became brighter, as if someone had cleared away the heavy fog ahead for him.
He stood up and respectfully bowed his head to Liu Chan: "After listening to General Gongming's words, Chai Rong suddenly felt enlightened. If Gongming does not give up, Chai Rong is willing to follow the general from now on, in front of the horse and behind the horse. If you have two minds, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"
Although several other village leaders still did not fully understand, they were also greatly shocked. At this time, they also bowed down: "I am willing to follow the general."
Liu Chan helped Chai Rong up: "Today I am not only trying to clear up your doubts, but also saying goodbye. I want to follow you, but I still can't do it."
Chai Rong was shocked when he heard this: "General is leaving?"
Liu Chan nodded: "I have something important going on and I can't help myself."
"What do you want to ask, general? If you can be of any use to us, we will do our best to repay you!"
"Yes, General Gongmei."
"General, you can kill whoever you want. As long as I say no, I will be no better than a dolphin or a dog!"
Liu Chan smiled delicately: "Song, I appreciate your good intentions. If you can find a treasure land, build a stronghold, practice diligently, and grow stronger, it will be the greatest help to me."
The other village owners wanted to persuade him again, but Chai Rong tasted something different.
He stopped the others, stepped forward and handed over his hands: "General Gongming has been very kind to us. We say goodbye today, and I don't know when we will meet again. If the general has an assignment in the future, no one dares to disobey."
Liu Chan nodded: "Everyone is interested. Don't worry, before we arrive at Lukou, we are on our way. I can teach you some more methods of commanding troops and field warfare. However, time is limited. How much you can understand... it depends on your talents. .”
Several people were overjoyed and thanked him profusely.
After resting for a day, Liu Chan and the bandits hurriedly evacuated Chaijiazhai, fearing that a large number of officers and soldiers would come to retaliate, and headed northeast through mountains and rivers.
On the way, he taught a few people some simple military formations that were easy to learn and practice, as well as some common sense about guerrilla warfare.
When the large army was approaching the land entrance, they said goodbye to them.
Liu Chan has been out for almost half a month, and it's time to go back.
…
Jiangxia County, Xiakou, Duhufu.
Sun Quan's cousin Sun Jiao is now in his thirties. He is philanthropic and treats his officials and generals well.
Among the Sun family clan, he was considered to be one of the more capable young people, and he originally had a bright future.
It's just that he is young, but he often feels tightness in his chest recently. He often feels tightness and pain in his left chest after being tired and excited.
I saw many doctors and drank a lot of medicine, but I still didn't get better.
I heard that Cao Cao was forced to retreat and Liu Bei had already led his army to capture Hanzhong, which made his condition even worse.
Guan Yu's troops in Jingzhou were well-prepared, and now their rear was stable. Yizhou, which held Hanzhong, was almost monolithic, and Cao Wei lost troops and generals again.
If he takes advantage of the situation and launches the Northern Expedition to invade the Central Plains, if this happens... Where in the world can there be opera singers from his Sun family?
Sun Jiao, who was worried, felt more and more severe pain in his chest.
"Alas..." With a long sigh, Sun Jiao picked up the medicine bowl.
"General, there is news from Changsha County..."
Sun Jiao looked up and saw that the visitor had a dejected look on his face, and felt bad.
Changsha? Mr. Guan Yu wouldn't have gone crazy and suddenly sent troops to attack Wu, right?
So what bad news can there be for Changsha?
"What's the news?"
"Changsha..."
Sun Jiaoyi frowned: "But it doesn't hurt to talk."
"General Wu Shuo of Changsha's expedition against Shanyue was not successful. Almost all the two thousand men under his command were wiped out. Only the soldiers who stayed in Linxiang were spared." The postman did not dare to look at Sun Jiao's face, lowered his head and said quickly, "General Wu He went out to fight in person and died in the army.”
"What?!"
With a clang, the medicine bowl fell to the ground, and a piece of medicine soup was spilled.
Sun Jiao covered his chest, feeling the pain getting more and more intense, but he still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
"The Changsha bandit can only fight with only a thousand soldiers, and they are scattered in various villages, and they don't know the battle tactics. I have two thousand people with him. Even if the bandits are not suppressed, how can his entire army... be wiped out? "His chest was heaving, his lips were ashen, and he felt a little out of breath.
"Trash, trash!"
Two thousand foreign troops were gone, and even though it was distressing, it was not a traumatic experience.
Although Wu Shuo has some skills, he is not a famous general, so he will die.
But it was so embarrassing when it reached the ears of my cousin and the court!
He has always wanted to make some achievements, hoping to surpass Lu Meng and become the biggest talker in the western theater of Soochow.
It's good now, because I have lost such a big face at this time, my hope is completely ruined.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angrier he became, the more his chest hurt.
"Well……!"
Suddenly, severe pain hit his left chest. Sun Jiao's eyes immediately rolled up, his limbs straightened and he fell backward, his face turned livid.
"Hey, General! General?! Someone come quickly~!"
…
Historical records: Sun Jiao, courtesy name Shulang, died in the 24th year of Jian'an...
When Liu Chan and others hurriedly ran away, they thought they would be chased and intercepted, but they didn't expect it to be peaceful all the way.
It was as if the annihilation of two thousand Soochow troops had not happened.
Little did he know that the Protector and General Zhengru, who was in charge of this matter, had no time to send troops... He had already been mourned.
And the soldiers under his command will not go out for a short time... because they have already begun to prepare for the funeral.
