Lu Bu and Chen Gong had also crossed the water, landed on the north bank of Guazhou Ferry, and joined Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's 5,000 people in Guangling.
The prefect of Guangling at this time was Shu Shao, a famous scholar under Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu lacked many things, but he did not lack celebrities. To be able to become the prefect of Guangling among a large group of celebrities, Shu Shao also had two skills.
Nowadays, in troubled times, many celebrities cannot change their mentality, and their political ideas appear to be very outdated, which often leads to bad things when put in place.
But Shu Shao is not among them!
Although Shu Shao is a typical celebrity, his reputation is greater than his ability, and his moral principles are far stronger than military and political strategies, but at least he knows something about it...
After learning that Zhang Liao and Lu Bu had entered Guangling from the north and the south, Shu Shao first asked Yuan Shu for help, and at the same time he fortified the walls and cleared the country - that is, he moved all the people outside the city into the city as much as possible. The army was dispatched to help the people grab food.
Just set it on fire.
With the military discipline of the Huainan Army, after helping the people harvest food, the army's food supply will also "magically" increase.
Shu Shao also tried hard to correct this behavior, but it took a day to freeze three feet. It was difficult for him as a scholar to correct such a large-scale bad habit in the army. Moreover, he also wanted the army to defend the city for him, so he acquiesced to this
A "magical" situation occurs.
Afterwards, no matter how Chen Gong tried to lure him out, even if the soldiers in the city asked for a fight, they were all rejected by him!
Shu Shao didn't know how to defeat Jiangdong's army and how to rob Xiaopei's army of returning home, but he knew that as long as he was sure of it, not even Lu Bu's bravery or Chen Gong's conspiracy could even think of entering Guangling.
This level is nothing to boast about, and it is more than enough to rank in the top five among Yuan Shu's martial arts!
After wandering around Guangling for half a month, Chen Gong had to admit that Shu Shao was as stable as an old dog. Unless he could incite the aristocratic families in the city to respond, there was no other way but to attack by force.
It's a pity that the second son of the Chen family has now been sent back to Xiapi. Otherwise, he could have tried the Chen family's influence in Guangling...
As for a strong attack, it was obviously not within Chen Gong's consideration.
Bai Tu has already set the general tone for this year - build walls high and accumulate grain widely.
Therefore, after realizing that there was no chance here in Guangling, Lu Bu's army joined Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and then crossed the Yangtze River to return to Dantu.
Then the army stayed in Dantu, Chen Gong and Zhang Liao. Gao Shun returned to Qu'a first to resume his life, while Lu Bu... took Diao Chan and went to Moling first - his adoptive father wanted to take a vacation.
Among Jiangdong's senior officials, it is no longer a secret that the Yangzhou Administrative Office plans to move to Moling, and the land has long been speculated.
Bai Tu was also very happy to see Zhang Liao and Gao Shun again. When they were in front of outsiders, they would call him "Baigong" just like Chen Gong, and he would call Lu Bu his lord. When there were no outsiders, they would directly call him "Hard Drive".
”, “Fengxian”.
Yu Fan expressed dissatisfaction with this and accused Lu Bu of running a small group. Afterwards, Bai Tu first appeased Yu Fan and then asked about the Ministry of Household Affairs - a business tax has not been established so far, what are you talking about?
Zhang Liao usually has a gentle temperament. When he first met Bai Tu, it was Zhang Liao who took the initiative to let him serve as a school captain under him.
However, it is said that when he went to the battlefield, he seemed to be a different person. If Gao Shun was extremely cold and rational on the battlefield, then Zhang Liao was unrestrained and wild on the battlefield.
It's not "reckless", but a real reliance on intuition for battlefield command!
The return of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun not only brought back thousands of cavalry, but also enriched Bai Tu's manpower...
In terms of bravery, Zhang Liao is far inferior to Lu Bu. Even after defeating the Ji Ling Army, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have already broken through to the Golden Jade Soldier Talisman, but the gap with Lu Bu is still huge.
But when it comes to generals' achievements, Zhang Liao is better than Lu Bu. Hundreds of years later, no matter how time changes, Zhang Liao will always be worshiped in the Temple of Martial Arts, whether it is the 64 famous generals or the 72 sons of the Temple of Martial Arts.
Zhang Liao’s place is indispensable in any list of hundreds of generals.
Throughout the Three Kingdoms era, although the generals were shining brightly, there were only six or seven people with the same honor, and the only one who could surpass him was Zhuge Liang, one of the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple.
Especially the battle in which Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army attacked Hefei and Zhang Liao, who was guarding Hefei, shocked Xiaoyaojin, made "Zhang Liao stop crying" an allusion that has lasted for thousands of years.
Now in Xuzhou, facing Yuan Shu's attack, Zhang Liao has begun to stand out, and is no longer the "unknown young general" under Lu Bu's command before.
"Wenyuan has come all the way back. I should have allowed you to rest more, but now is the time of employment, so I won't be polite to Wenyuan..." Bai Tu said a little embarrassed.
Zhang Liao didn't feel that there was any trouble. It would be awkward to let him rest for a few months!
"Wentai served as the prefect of Wu County before. Now I want to transfer him back. There is still a big vacancy in the official department. It just so happens that many of Wentai's sergeants in Wu County are also veterans of Bingzhou. Wenyuan has gone.
There shouldn't be any constraints." Bai Tu said.
Fortunately, Yu Fan has been dismissed by Bai Tu and continues to study his business and tax affairs. Otherwise, he would probably accuse Bai Tu of his nonsense - Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao... They are obviously a small group that sticks together, but they will still come here just now.
Zhang Liao of Jiangdong was appointed as the prefect?
Although the prefect of Wu County is only responsible for the affairs of the southern part of Wu County south of Wu County, and the northern part of Wu County is within Qu'a's influence, so there is no need for the prefect to comment too much, but the position of "prefect" is still a top priority.
!
Not to mention actually handing over the staff to Chen Gong...
On the surface, from being a prefect to a staff officer in the Prefectural Mufu, the official position can be regarded as "one step at a time", but in fact, how could Yu Fan not be clear about the importance of the six ministries?
But he didn’t know that Bai Tu had been looking for the Ministry of Personnel Department for a long time - the subsequent work of official cattle breeding, leasing, and the promotion of new agricultural tools all required the efforts of grassroots officials. Naturally, as the Ministry of Personnel Department of the official evaluation department, he must
Just make it work!
Chen Gong is Bai Tu's trusted candidate, and Zhang Liao is in charge of Wu Nan, which is enough to suppress some powerful rightists who want to make small moves. Bai Tu is also relieved.
Zhang Liao, who was a military general, was even more intimidating. As for the specific administration... Zhang Liao did not need to do it.
Gao Shun and Bai Tu were temporarily appointed as Huaiyue Zhonglang General and garrisoned in Luling County - the southern part of the original Yuzhang County.
Compared with "Pingyue", "Huaiyue" sounds obviously much softer, but Gao Shun went to Pingyue!
For ordinary armies, if Shanyue retreats into the mountains, once they start guerrilla warfare, the army will be wasted and it will be difficult to achieve success. But for Gao Shun, the camp is a whole, whether it is harassment by Shanyue or guerrillas, facing Gao Shun
Shundu can only deliver food.
With Gao Shun intimidated, at least those Shanyue wouldn't be able to cause trouble...