Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 111: Reunion and Return
Lu Bu and Chen Gong had also crossed the river and landed on the north bank at Guazhou Ferry, where they joined Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's 5,000 men in Guangling.
The prefect of Guangling at that time was Shu Shao, a famous scholar under Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu lacked many things, but he had no shortage of famous scholars. Shu Shao was quite capable as he could become the prefect of Guangling among a large group of famous scholars.
Nowadays, it is a time of chaos, and many celebrities have not changed their mindset. Their political ideas seem outdated, which often leads to bad things when put in local areas.
But Shu Shao is not among them!
Although Shu Shao was a typical celebrity, with a reputation greater than ability, and the classics in his mind far stronger than military and political strategies, at least he knew what was going on...
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 city and cleared the fields - that is, he tried to move as many people as possible outside the city into the city , and dispatched the army to help the people collect food, and those who did not have time to do so would be burned.
With the military discipline of the Huainan Army, after helping the people to harvest food, the military rations will "magically" increase.
Shu Shao also tried hard to correct this behavior, but a three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight. It is difficult for a scholar like him to correct this large-scale military bad habit, and he also needs the army to guard the city for him, so he just allowed this "magical" situation to occur.
After that, no matter how Chen Gong tried to lure him out, even if the soldiers in the city asked to fight, he rejected them all!
Shu Shao didn't know how to defeat the Jiangdong army or how to stop the Xiaopei army from retreating, but he knew that as long as he was stable, even if they had the courage of Lu Bu or the strategy of Chen Gong, they would not be able to enter Guangling.
This level is no exaggeration or understatement. Among the civil and military officials under Yuan Shu, it is more than enough to rank in the top five!
After wandering in Guangling for half a month, Chen Gong had to admit that Shu Shao was as steady as an old dog. Unless he could incite the noble families in the city to respond, there was no other way except to storm.
It's a pity that the second son of the Chen family has been sent back to Xia Pi. Otherwise, we could try to see the influence of the Chen family in Guangling...
As for a strong attack, it was obviously not within Chen Gong's consideration.
Bai Tu had already set the general tone for this year - building high walls and storing up grain.
Therefore, after discovering that there was no chance in Guangling, Lu Bu's army joined forces with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and crossed the river to return to Dantu.
The army then stayed in Dantu. Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun returned to Qu'a to report first, while Lu Bu... took Diao Chan and went to Moling first - his adoptive father wanted to take a vacation.
Among Jiangdong's top leaders, it was no longer a secret that the government of Yangzhou was planned to be moved to Moling, and the land had long been speculated.
Bai Tu was also very happy to see Zhang Liao and Gao Shun again. When they were in front of outsiders, he, like Chen Gong, called them "Bai Gong" and called Lu Bu "Lord". When there were no outsiders around, he directly called them "Hard Drive" or "Fengxian".
Yu Fan expressed his dissatisfaction with this and accused Lu Bu of forming a clique. After that, Bai Tu first appeased Yu Fan and then asked about the Ministry of Revenue - the commercial tax has not been worked out yet, what are you still talking about?
Zhang Liao was usually gentle in temperament. When he first met Bai Tu, it was Zhang Liao who took the initiative to ask Bai Tu to be a captain under his command.
However, it is said that when he went to the battlefield, he seemed like a different person. If Gao Shun was extremely indifferent and rational on the battlefield, then Zhang Liao was unrestrained and wild.
It’s not “reckless”, but battlefield command that truly relies on intuition!
The return of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun not only brought back thousands of cavalry, but also made Bai Tu's manpower more abundant...
In terms of bravery, Zhang Liao is far inferior to Lu Bu. Even after defeating Ji Ling's army, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have broken through to the level of gold and jade soldiers, but the gap between them and Lu Bu is still immeasurable.
But when it comes to his military achievements, Zhang Liao is better than Lu Bu. Hundreds of years later, no matter how the world changes, Zhang Liao is always enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts. Whether it is the Sixty-Four Famous Generals, the Seventy-Two Sons of the Temple of Martial Arts, or the List of One Hundred Generals, there is always a place for Zhang Liao.
During the entire Three Kingdoms era, although there were many brilliant generals, there were only six or seven people who had the same honor. The only one who could surpass them was Zhuge Liang, one of the Ten Sages of the Temple of War.
Especially when Sun Quan's army of 100,000 attacked Hefei, Zhang Liao, who was guarding Hefei, was so powerful in the battle at Xiaoyaojin that the story of "Zhang Liao stops crying" has been passed down for thousands of years.
Now in Xuzhou, facing Yuan Shu's attack, Zhang Liao has begun to emerge and is no longer the "unknown general" under Lu Bu.
"Wenyuan has come back from afar, so I should have let you rest more. But now is the time when we need people, so I won't be polite to Wenyuan..." Bai Tu said a little embarrassedly.
Zhang Liao didn't feel that there was anything wrong. It would be awkward if he was asked to rest for a few months!
"Gongtai previously served as the prefect of Wujun. Now I want to transfer him back. There is still a big vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel. It happens that many of Wentai's soldiers in Wujun are veteran soldiers from Bingzhou. There should be no constraints if Wenyuan goes there." Bai Tu said.
Fortunately, Yu Fan had been retorted by Bai Tu and continued to study his own commercial tax issues, otherwise he would probably accuse Bai Tu of making trouble again - Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao... They were obviously a small group that stuck together, and they even appointed Zhang Liao, who had just arrived in Jiangdong, as the prefect?
Although the prefect of Wujun was only responsible for the affairs of the southern part of Wujun south of Wu County, the northern part of Wujun was within the influence of Qu'a and the prefect did not need to have much say, but the position of "prefect" was still of utmost importance!
Not to mention that they actually had to hand over the Ministry of Personnel to Chen Gong...
On the surface, he was promoted from a prefect to a staff officer in the governor's office, and his official position could be considered to be "all the way down". But in fact, how could Yu Fan not know the importance of the Six Ministries?
But little did they know that Bai Tu had been looking for this Ministry of Personnel for a long time - the subsequent breeding and leasing of official cattle, as well as the promotion of new agricultural tools, all required the efforts of grassroots officials. Naturally, the Ministry of Personnel, as the department for assessing officials, had to get things up and running!
Chen Gong is a person that Bai Tu trusts, and Zhang Liao is stationed in Wunan, which is enough to suppress some powerful people who want to make small moves, so Bai Tu is also very relieved.
Zhang Liao , who was born a military general , has even greater deterrent power. As for the specific policies... Zhang Liao is not required to do it.
Gao Shun was temporarily appointed by Bai Tu as the General of the Central Army of Huaiyue, and stationed in Luling County, which was the southern part of the former Yuzhang County.
Compared to "Pingyue", "Huaiyue" sounds obviously much softer, but Gao Shun was going to Pingyue!
For ordinary armies, once the Shanyue people hiding in the mountains started guerrilla warfare, the army would be exhausted and difficult to achieve success. But for Gao Shun, the Xianzhen Camp was a whole, and no matter whether the Shanyue people harassed or waged guerrilla warfare, they would be helpless in the face of Gao Shun.
With Gao Shun as a deterrent, at least the Shanyue people won't be able to cause any trouble...
