Chapter 63
On the fifth day of the eighth month of the sixth year of Jian'an, after joining Kuai Liang, the remnants of Kuai Yue who escaped from the sky, rushed to Jiangxia City at an astonishing speed for 7 hours.
Jiangxia, County Magistrate's Study Room
"Brother, I really want to thank you this time!" Kuai Yue, who was haggard, said to Kuai Liang in harmony.
"Brother, why are you talking about these things?" Kuai Liang replied with a faint smile.
"Huh~~!" Kuai Yue shook his head, sighed lightly, his face turned dim, "It's a pity that tens of thousands of Jingzhou men were buried under the city of Chaisang, but I..."
"Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, so don't worry too much!" After interrupting Kuai Yue's words, Kuai Liang said calmly, "What's more, this war is not the same, and the life is not with you!"
"It's a pity that Cai Mao had ruined the major affairs of Jingzhou with his own personal selfishness! If he could fight with him, Jiangdong would have settled early, so why would he end up in such a situation..." There were only two brothers from the Kuai family in the study, and Kuai Yue expressed his resentment towards Cai Mao without any scruples.
"You and I don't know how good Cai Mao is, you and I have only known one or two days..." Kuai Liang also said a little helplessly.
"Brother, who did the series of "speaking east and attacking west" strategies I used when retreating?" Suddenly thinking about something, Kuai Yue asked in a tone of surprise and sigh. With Kuai Yue's understanding of his brother, he knew that this unexpected strategy should not have been thought of by Kuai Liang.
"It's Kong Ming!" Kuai Liang said with a light smile, "If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to pick you up so easily!"
"So it's him!" Kuai Yue nodded suddenly, and then said with a little confusion, "Have Kong Ming started his army from Duke De (Duke Pang De)?"
"Not yet!" Kuai Liang shook his head and said in a harmonious voice, "After I made this plan, he will return to Lumen Academy!"
"This kid..." Kuai Yue stroked his chin and said sadly, "If he and Shi Yuan were willing to serve in Jingzhou, our burden would be at least half lighter!"
"Ha..." Kuai Liang smiled helplessly, "Shi Yuan may be possible, Kong Ming... already has the intention of being like Liu Bei. If he wants him to serve in Jingzhou, there is probably no hope!"
"Liu Bei?" Kuai Yue said in confusion...
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On the evening of the fifth day of August, the remnants of the Shengyu, Shen and Zhou clans arrived in Wucheng with the first batch of supplies and 800 private soldiers, and delivered all the personnel and supplies to our army. They promised to send the remaining supplies to Wucheng within two or three days.
Although I had all the people, money and things, I specially asked Quan Fan to secretly explore the identities of Sheng Yu, Shen and Zhou clans to prevent any fraud. After Quan Fan confirmed that it was correct, I truly felt relieved about Sheng Yu and appointed him as the county Cao (one of the county magistrates' subordinates, assisting the county magistrates in handling county affairs). At the same time, Shen He, the new patriarch of the Shen and Zhou clans, and Zhou Zhao, worked as county Cao, and served as deputy vice presidents of Sheng Yu.
At noon on the sixth day of the eighth month, Quanfan's fourth son Quancheng led 2,000 soldiers from Qian Tang to Wucheng and joined our army. I immediately appointed Quancheng as the chief lieutenant, and he and Quan Cong each led 1,000 of them.
Wucheng, County Governor's Office Conference Hall
"Konghua, can you be willing to condescend to serve as the position of Wujun Dianxue (Note: Dianxue is responsible for the general of the academic administration of a county)?" I said to a middle-aged Confucian scholar in the hall with a heart of 30 years old.
"Since General Zhang is unabandoned, Jun is willing to take this important task!" The middle-aged Confucian scholar is Lu Jun, the current leader of the Lu clan (named Gonghua, and the third son of the former leader Lu Kang).
"Okay! With the help of Quan Gong and Gong Hua, it is almost time to restore the peace of the people!" I laughed loudly. The night before yesterday, Quan Fan and I visited the Lu Mansion together. After nearly half an hour of secret talks with Lu Jun, the leader of the Lu clan, and finally successfully convinced him - to make him accept the support of the clan to surrender to his elder brother. During the persuasion process, Quan Fan, who had made great contributions to the Lu clan, made me feel very grateful. This made me feel glad that if it were not for the chance to persuade Quan Cong to surrender, I would not have been able to get the support of the Quan clan so smoothly. And without the help of the "old fox" Quan Fan, it would be unimaginable to make the Lu clan surrender to our army.
After persuading the Lu clan, the only thing that made me feel regretful was that I was not able to see Lu Xun (Note: Lu Xun's name was "Lu Yi". Historical records show that it was around 230 AD that Lu Xun changed his name from "Yi" to "Xun". In order to facilitate everyone's reading, this book is directly the name "Lu Xun" that everyone is familiar with.), the most outstanding talent in the Lu clan, Lu Xun, who was 18 years old at the time, died early. Since his parents died, he followed his uncle Lu Kang since he was 8 years old. After Lu Kang's death, he followed him.
My cousin Lu Jun moved to Wujun and lived with Lu Jun's family. From Lu Jun's mouth, I learned that one month ago, as his parents' ten-year sacrifice was approaching, Lu Xun said goodbye to his tribe and went to Lujiang alone to pay tribute to his parents' grave. In such a chaotic world, Lu Xun, a weak scholar, dared to go to the "enemy" alone, and this courage is quite amazing. With such courage, it is no wonder that he can become a Confucian general in the future that shocked the Three Kingdoms. Unfortunately, I met him at first sight!
"Taota..." Just as I was discussing with Quan Fan, Lu Jun, Sheng Yu and others how to stabilize the situation in Wu County as soon as possible, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded from outside the conference hall.
"Report to General, 600 miles of speed!" Liao Hua strode into the conference hall, bowed and presented it to me, holding a small bamboo tube in both hands.
"Six hundred miles to speed up?" I frowned slightly, stepped forward to take the bamboo tube, and squeezed the solid bamboo tube with a little force, then took out a silk book from it and quickly browsed it.
The people in the conference hall were all calm and staring at me straight, with a look of desire for knowledge clearly on their faces.
After browsing the contents of the silk book twice, I gently placed the silk book on the table in front of me, closed my eyes and started to think.
"Yuan Jian, immediately summon the captains of the army and the captains to come to the conference hall to participate in the conference!" After a while, I looked up and opened my eyes and said to Liao Hua in a deep voice.
"Yes, I will leave!" Liao Hua immediately strode away from the hall after receiving the order.
"General Zhang, you want to convene a military discussion, let's avoid it for the time being!" Lu Jun stepped out and said cautiously.
"Haha..." I smiled slightly and said loudly, "You don't have to worry about Gonghua! You are not outsiders, and the content of my military discussion is related to you, so there is no need to avoid it!"
"Thank you for your trust in General Zhang!" Lu Jun showed a hint of gratitude on his face and retreated back into the queue.
Soon, Liao Hua, Lin Xue, Guan Ping, Quan Cong and others entered the conference hall one after another, and lined up in teams on the left side of the hall according to the military vocational level.
"This military discussion is related to the 600-mile emergency military information I just received!" I picked up the silk book on the table, raised it lightly, and said in a deep voice, "This emergency military information was conveyed by Gan Ning, the captain of the Hengjiang Army of the Navy (since many people are new to our army and do not know the name of Gan Ning, I can only explain Gan Ning's name and military position together). Gan Ning's return, the Kuai Yue army, who had fought fiercely with the Jiangdong Army outside the city of Chaisang for more than ten days, began to organize a breakthrough the night before yesterday and prepared to return to Jingzhou. Regardless of whether Kuai Yue can break through successfully, the battle between the Jingzhou army and the Sun family will be over. To this day, the war may have ended. Once the war on the Western Front is stopped, the Sun family will inevitably move to the Eastern Front to fight our army, in an attempt to restore its lost territory."
"Ah..." Listening to me expressing the content of the rushing military situation, a slight noise sounded in the chamber immediately. It can be seen that this news is still quite shocking.
After a pause, I quickly observed the reactions of the people in the hall: After experiencing the initial shock, the lieutenant generals and collaborators on the left quickly showed an excited expression on their faces, as if they were excited about the general's ability to confront the real elites in the Jiangdong army. Quan Fan, Lu Jun and others on the right had different expressions - Quan Fan's "old fox" still had the same expression, and only the slightest flashing in his slightly closed eyes could show that he was thinking about and digesting the news; Lu Jun, Sheng Yu, Shen He, Zhou Zhao and others could not compare with Quan Fan's calmness and calmness, and the face was more obviously worried. The difference was that Sheng, Shen, and Zhou three had more resentful expressions than Lu Jun.
"General, now the troops of the two counties of Danyang and Lujiang are relatively weak. If the Sun family returns to the army to counterattack, it is probably difficult for the defenders to resist! It seems that we must return to Danyang!" Liao Hua said in a deep voice.
"Yeah!" Nodded, I agreed with Liao Hua's suggestion, "I have the intention too! But it is important to return to Danyang to resist the Sun's counterattack, but the affairs of Wu County should not be ignored. Therefore, we are summoned together at this moment, in order to arrange all the affairs of Wu County first, and then I can return to the army with peace of mind!"
"Quan Gong, you are highly respected and have a wide range of connections in Wujun. If you can take charge of the overall situation in Wujun, I will most relieve me! I wonder if Quan Gong is willing to share my worries?" I said sincerely to Quan Fan first.
"Although I have no talent or virtue, since General Zhang has refused to abandon me, I am willing to take this important task!" Quan Fan also knew that it was not a polite time, so he nodded slightly to respond.
"Okay, from today on, Duke Quan will be temporarily appointed as the prefect of Wujun, and will be in charge of Wujun government affairs!" I slapped the table in front of me, and I stood up and said loudly.
Immediately, I picked up the seal of the prefect on the table, walked up to Quan Fan, presented it solemnly, and said a little apologetically, "Quan Gong, now you can only aggrieved you for the position of prefect first. After Fei will report to your brother in the future, you will be formally appointed by your brother!" As for now, besides Quan Fan, I can't find a second person suitable to preside over the overall situation of Wu County - with strength and influence, the entire clan is in Wu County; with ability, he has been the leader of the entire clan for a long time, and it is absolutely no problem to be in charge of a county; with reliability, two sons (Quan Ru, Quan Cheng) and one grandson, and 2,000 soldiers of the clan are all in my control. I think Quan Fan will never have any irresponsibility.
"Haha..." Quan Fan respectfully took the seal and laughed, "I am already an old man, and I am about to be silly. I just want to put in a small amount of effort for the emperor's uncle and general to stabilize Wu County. Their status is nothing!"
I know--What Quan Fan really hopes is that his descendants can become the prefect of Wujun in the future. Instead, he himself does not care too much about whether he can officially serve as the prefect of the county magistrate.
"Don't worry, Quan Gong, Fei will never make a mistake!" I bowed to Quan Fan Gong, and said in a punctual manner——I said that I would not break my promise and that "I would like to express my remarks to be the prefect of Wu County." But secretly, I said that "I will definitely recommend Quan Fan's descendants to guard Wu County in the future."
"Thank you, General Zhang!" Quan Fan heard the meaning of the pun in his speech, bowed and thanked him.
When I stepped back to my seat, I continued to say to Lu Jun, Sheng Yu, Chen He, Zhou Zhao and others, "Gonghua, Chengxian (Sheng Yu), Ziyuan (Sheng He), Wen Xiu (Zhou Zhao), I hope you will help all the public security and stabilize Wujun. I will take care of you here as your brother!"
"Please don't worry, General, we will do our best to assist the whole minister!"
"I'm sorry!" Then I turned to face the lieutenant general and said to Guan Ping in a deep voice, "Dingguo, you and I immediately set off for Moling to replace Wen Changzhang to guard Moling, and then ordered Wen Changxing to come to Wucheng at night to be in charge of military affairs in Wujun!"
"Yes!" Guan Ping stepped out of the lien to take the order and said earnestly, "I am about to leave now. Does Uncle San have any instructions?"
"Yeah!" I said after a brief thought, "Take a few cavalry from my personal soldiers back. After arriving in Moling, I will order the people who are most familiar with the path to lead the way for Wen Chang. In addition, be careful on your own road!"
"Yes, Uncle San!" Guan Ping saluted me respectfully, turned around and strode away from the hall.
"Yuan Jian!" I turned my gaze to Liao Hua and said in a deep voice.
"The last one will be here!"
"Before Wenchang arrives in Wujun, you will be in charge of the military affairs of Wujun. I will leave 3,000 military and horses, as well as Chengxian, Ziyuan and Wenxiu's house to provide 2,000 private soldiers (actually only 800 people have returned to our army). Follow your call, you must be sure to defend Wujun with me! After Wenchang takes over the defense of Wujun, you will immediately arrive at Moling and join me in the Sun army and horses!"
"I will obey the order!" Liao Hua responded with a clear and neat response to the transitional role he played.
"Zifeng, go and clean up the army and prepare for the dry food required for the march. Two hours later, the army set off and returned to Moling!"
"I will obey the order!" Lin Xue went out and responded in a deep voice.
"The other generals, each of them, returned to the camp to assist Zifeng in purging the army and horses!"
Chapter completed!