With Kong Niao's food and ordnance, the Yellow Turban Army conquered by the pottery merchant finally settled down and officially joined the Xuzhou Army under the pottery merchant's command.
However, in the land of Yingchuan, this army and horses also had another name. They were jokingly called the "Begging Army" by the soldiers and civilians of Yingchuan.
There is no way not to be misunderstood by others. Not to mention the sallow complexion and shabby clothes, I was given food and weapons as soon as I arrived. I was not begging for food...
By being stationed in Yingchuan, the pottery merchant asked Xu Chu to seize the time to prepare and train the Yellow Turban Army.
These remnants of the Yellow Turban army are mainly infantry, all using long spears and bucklers. Although the weapons are all defective products left over from Yingchuan Prefecture, they are still better than nothing.
After several days of training, a powerful army of princes finally arrived at Yingchuan.
Jiangdong Tiger, Wuhuan Hou Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, led many of his capable men such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, etc. to Yingchuan.
Sun Jian is thirty-five years old this year, in his prime!
Looking at the current situation of the Han Dynasty, there are several famous generals who can be called famous. Among them, Huangfu Song is good at dispatching troops and has a magnificent military formation; Zhu Jun is good at defeating more with less and has repeatedly defeated rebel bandits; Gongsun Zan is good at cavalry , used troops for justice and disdained plots and tricks, but he also traveled across the northern land and shocked the barbarians.
But among these people, the most fierce, violent, and direct one is Sun Jian, nicknamed Jiangdong Tiger!
Sun Jian became stronger when he encountered strong ones. He was good at fighting. He defeated the demon thief Xuchang, fought against the Yellow Turbans in Wancheng, conquered Changsha District Star, and defeated the Yichun rebellion. He would hit any strong enemy and bandit he encountered with his fist until he crushed them!
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When Sun Jian arrived at Yingchuan, Kong Min, Mi Fang, Tao Shang and others came out to greet him, which was really a great honor.
But there is nothing we can do about it. In this era where fists are the most important thing, if you are not as strong as others, you will naturally have to lower your attitude. If you don't see that tiger thing Sun Jian passed by Nanyang a few days ago, he killed the prefect when they couldn't reach an agreement. For those who do things without regard to the consequences, whoever has the time to do so has no time to recruit him.
Tao Shang was still very interested in Sun Jian. He really wanted to see what the first of the three generations of the Sun family, who was said to be based in Jiangdong, and the first British master of the Sun family, was like. people.
The rumble of horses' hooves and footsteps intersected and rushed in the direction of Yingchuan. The pottery merchant raised his eyes and looked up.
Sun Jian's front line of soldiers and horses showed a regular formation, slowly advancing towards his own side. Tao Shang didn't recognize the formation, but it seemed to be arranged in a regular manner, with four rows in a five-sided shape. In the middle formation, there were cavalry with flat heads. Stepping in, Sun's banner is tightly guarded in the middle like stars over the moon.
Behind the pottery merchant, Xu Chu stood. Xu Chu looked at it carefully for a long time, then lowered his head and said: "Hey, why do we need to set up formations in front of the army on the march? If we go this way, we won't be able to reach it in eight hundred years." Luoyang, it’s clear that they just set up a temporary formation and came here to demonstrate.”
The pottery merchant smiled: "You see things very highly now, it's impressive."
After a while, he heard the sound of a drum and saw Sun Jian's front army opening a road, leaving a wide passage in the middle, and a group of leading generals came straight towards them on horseback.
There were about a dozen generals at the head, but among them, Tao Shang recognized Sun Jian at a glance.
Sun Jian was wearing a pair of seemingly heavy armor and was extremely tall! He was the tallest person that the potter had ever seen since he traveled back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for Xu Chu. But unlike Xu Chu, who was as naive and reckless as a big bear, Sun Jian was There was a sinister feeling about him. Although he was known as the "Jiangdong Tiger", Tao Shang felt that he was not a pure tiger, but something like a cross between a tiger and a wolf, with a hint of cunning that could not be noticed by others.
"Prince Kong, it's been a long time!" Sun Jian was wearing armor, but he proudly gave a military salute to Kong Ni, and his attitude was obviously a bit arrogant.
Kong Min did not dare to be disrespectful and returned the courtesy hurriedly, saying with a smile: "I have admired Wentai's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, I really lived up to the name of a hero. Looking at the world, if you can talk about it and be on par with Wentai's grace, there is really no one who can do it.
Those who control the public."
As the governor of a state, he was extremely humble to be able to say such words to Sun Jian, but Sun Jian didn't seem to buy his fault at all.
Sun Jian stared at Kong Niao closely and said slowly: "Kong, the governor, is a hero in the world, and we have joined forces to attack the Dong traitors. Since you have responded to the general's imperial edict, why are Chen Bing still holding back? Yuan Gong's actions towards the governor are actually unreasonable.
Very dissatisfied.”
Behind Kong Ni, a group of civil and military officials from Yingchuan who accompanied Jie Feng couldn't help but look angry when they heard this!
This Sun Jian was really too arrogant. He was aggressive towards the governor as soon as he arrived. He was just the governor of Changsha. In terms of official position, he was inferior to Kong Jian. How dare he be so rude?
Kong Min was also very unhappy. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian killed the prefect and the governor successively in less than a year. His popularity was unparalleled and he became the famous "local official killer", killing everyone in the border area.
The big officials are like Pacman. No matter how hard-headed Kong Min is, he is not necessarily much better than Wang Rui and Zhang Zi.
Bear with it, bear with the anger for a while... After all, your head is important.
"Wen Tai misunderstood!" Kong Min shook his head heavily and sighed: "It has been less than a year since I took over the post of governor of Yuzhou. Although I have the desire to serve the country, I am unable to do it. Within the territory of Yuzhou, there are ninety-seven counties in two counties and four countries.
At present, only three points of the county can be directly mobilized by me, but less than one. It is not easy to be the governor, so the date of the advance has been postponed. I also hope that Wentai can explain the difficulties to the general for me. I am very grateful to you.
"
A smile appeared on the corner of Sun Jian's mouth, but it was different from the humble and gentle smile that potters often showed. Sun Jian's smile looked very cold and stern, and said: "The world is in chaos, and the country is in danger of falling...
In this case, if you can't be the governor of Yuzhou, why don't you let Xianye do it?"
As soon as I say this, any idiot will know that it is too serious.
The venue was instantly filled with the smell of gunpowder. Kong Ni seemed to have been struck by lightning, and remained silent without saying a word. Several military attachés behind him were angry and had the urge to go up to Sun Jian for a fight...
I don't dare.
At this embarrassing moment...
"Sun Fujun is famous all over the world for his resoluteness and good fighting skills. We are just mediocre people. How can we compare with Fujun on the battlefield? It is useless to raise troops in advance. If Dong Zhuo defeats him again, I am afraid that the coalition forces will be defeated.
If you don't have the spirit, then the gain will outweigh the loss." The pottery merchant interrupted at the right time, and in the tense situation between the two sides, he offered some softening words.
Sun Jian squinted his eyes and turned around to look. What caught his eye was a young man with a weak crown and a gentle and delicate appearance.
"Who are you?"
The pottery merchant cupped his hands and smiled and said: "Under the rule of Tao Gong, the governor of Xuzhou, the pottery merchant was the supervisor of the Western Expedition. I have met the governor Wen Taigong."
"Oh!" Sun Jian nodded suddenly and said: "I remembered it. I heard that Tao Shijun was in charge of Xuzhou and could not move lightly. He specially ordered his eldest son to accompany the army on the expedition. I must be you, the young master. At such a young age, he represents the alliance of the princes in the town.
, young hero?”
"I don't dare." Tao Shang said with a smile: "In front of the Lord, the boy is nothing more than a child, how can he be a hero?"
"Since you are not a hero, then don't do heroic things!" Sun Jian sneered, but his words were quite rude: "Tao Shijun is old and has a big attitude, so he can't serve the country without his son? Could it be that he is looking at me and other princes?
I can’t afford it, don’t you deserve to form an alliance with him?”
Mi Fang, who was beside the pottery merchant, turned red and opened her mouth to curse back, but the pottery merchant stretched out his hand and pulled his sleeve.
The pottery merchant still kept a smile and said: "My father is good at politics, but in terms of military affairs, how can he be on an equal footing with Mr. Sun Fu? When the boy came, my father specifically told me that all military affairs should be done by General Yuan Gong and Changsha Prefect Wen.
Tai Gong and his horse are looking forward to it. Only in this way can we attack the traitors and help the country. Otherwise, we may fail to achieve anything and only make the world laugh."
Sun Jian nodded majestically, with a bit of amusement in his eyes: "He is a spiritual child, and he knows how to measure what he says, but with just a few words of yours, you are going to send Mr. Sun to the front line."
, What? You still want to sit on the sidelines and preserve your strength? "
Tao Shang shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Sun has misunderstood. I said that if the Master has any orders, the Xuzhou Army will be there without hesitation."
Sun Jian turned to look at Kong Niao and said, "I wonder what you mean, Governor Kong?"
Kong Min said hurriedly: "Kong doesn't understand military aircraft, so he should follow the lead of Mr. Yuan and Wentai."
"Okay!" Sun Jian said solemnly: "Since the two of you have promised here, I will no longer shirk it. As for the matter of challenging Dong, since Yuan Gong and Sun will work together to move forward, you should do what you should
What I'm doing... I'm going to ask Governor Kong to prepare 50,000 shi of food and grass for Sun and Yuan Gong each for military needs. If something happens in the future, it won't be too late to do it again."
"Fifty thousand shi each... This... this is a total of 100,000 shi." Kong Min's face twitched strangely, as if he was unwilling to do so: "Wentai, it is difficult to get together such a large amount of military supplies at the moment, I might as well start with
How about I provide you and Mr. Yuan with 30,000 shi and make up for the rest in the future?"
Sun Jian came forward, stood not far in front of Kong Min, and threatened: "There is no food and grass for me, but there is food, grass and ordnance for the Xuzhou army? It seems that Kong Prefect believed that the main force of the crusade against Dong Zhuo's army should be
Should the Xuzhou Army take the lead? When facing Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others, we must also rely on the generals of the Xuzhou Army?"
Kong Niao was speechless when Sun Jian said this. He really couldn't think of why Sun Jian knew about the fact that he provided food, grass and ordnance to the potter's army so quickly?
The potter's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was suddenly shocked...
After settling for a while.
Tao Shang smiled at Sun Jian and said, "Don't be surprised, Mr. Sun. The food, grass and weapons are just temporarily lent to me by the Governor Kong because he saw that our army is short of troops and horses. Whatever Mr. Sun wants, just take it from my army. I will decide."
No matter what."
As soon as he said this, even Sun Jian couldn't help but be surprised.
Sun Jian couldn't help but reveal a strange look in his eyes: "The weapons and food that have been distributed to the soldiers under his command are now given to others. Baby, can this convince the public?"
The pottery merchant shook his head and said: "Of course this will not convince the public, but I am just telling the soldiers under my command a truth."
"What's the truth?" Sun Jian became interested: "What's the truth?"
Tao Shang stared at Sun Jian and said word for word: "In a great dispute, there is no respect for the inferior; killing superiors and bullying subordinates is helpless; a gentleman is not a king, and a thief is not a thief."
Sun Jian put away the amusement on his face, and his expression gradually turned cold: "What? You are not convinced?"
The pottery merchant smiled and shook his head, saying: "No, I am convinced. The Lord has taken away the military supplies that belong to our army. Although my soldiers will be humiliated, it will also nourish their desire."
Sometimes, the desire to become a strong army may only be taken away from us, but the feeling of shame will increase our strong determination and make us look forward to the day when it will be doubled.
To take back what we have lost from others, and to look down on others while taking it back.”
Having said this, the pottery merchant paused for a moment before continuing: "Just like Mr. Sun Fu did to me today."
When Sun Jian heard this, his eyebrows raised involuntarily, and he wanted to say something, but his lips moved and he didn't say anything in the end.
After a long while, Sun Jian finally spoke: "In addition to serving as the supervisor of Xuzhou's Western Expeditionary Army, what other position does Master Tao currently hold in Xuzhou?"
"Shang is a white body."
Sun Jian nodded and said: "What is Bai Shen... Okay, Sun remembers Mr. Tao! You can use the weapons that Governor Kong gave you, and it has nothing to do with me! Sun still doesn't bother to pick up the leftovers from others."
of."
After saying that, he turned to Kong Niao and said: "Our army has fifty thousand shi, Yuan Gong's army has fifty thousand shi, and one hundred thousand shi of food and grass! I also ask Governor Kong to make preparations as soon as possible, and don't keep us waiting for too long."
After saying that, Sun Jian turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Choose an open place and set up camp!"
He didn't even ask his host Kong Min for his opinion, and just chose a place to camp and rest his troops without permission.
No matter how well-mannered Kong Niao was, he was so angry that he trembled all over.
He was just about to protest, but he saw the pottery merchant coming to him, quietly waving his hand at him, and said: "Uncle Shi, don't be angry, he wants 100,000 shi of food and grass. Uncle Shi, go back and prepare 200,000 shi."
give him."
Kong Min was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground: "Yuan Shu and Sun Jian went too far. They asked me for 100,000 shi of food, and I offered to give them 200,000 shi. My dear nephew, do you think that the world is too big?
Uncle, am I easy to bully?"
The potter shook his head and saw that Sun Jian had left the two of them to arrange the camp, and said: "Today's matter is not just as simple as asking for food. I will explain it to you in detail later. Right now, Uncle Shi is just preparing...
...If uncle Shi can trust my nephew, I will help you get back these two hundred thousand stones of food and grass in large quantities, and there will also be bonuses."
Kong Ni frowned when he heard this, obviously he couldn't trust this little nephew... Children nowadays are not honest at all, they brag when they open their mouths.
Tao Shang didn't seem to notice Kong Ni's questioning expression, and said with a smile: "Although Sun Jian is a military attache, he does not understand the etiquette between alliances. He came here today to show his arrogance and domineering. It was clearly premeditated...
...Uncle Shi, don’t worry, I’ll help you kill these bastards later.”