Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 77
When Zhou Cang came back from Chenliu, he didn't go to Xuzhou immediately, but came to Pengcheng, the base camp. Zhou Cang regarded Zhoujiabao as the old camp.As he approached the Zhangja camp, he heard the sound of orderly footsteps in the camp, the sound of war drums, and the sound of shouting and killing one after another. Wei Yan showed a look of fascination on his face.Zhou Cang looked very satisfied.

Zhou Cang entered the big tent and invited Zhang Jai and others.Zhang Ja, Hua Xiong, Xu Sheng and a young general whom Zhou Cang had never seen before, Zhang Shuang was also in the camp to escort the food.

"It's been a few months, generals. I just saw that the army is neat, high-spirited, and well-trained. With you here, I don't have any worries." Zhou Cang looked around: "This time I came to Beijing, and I was honored by the emperor's favor. General Dangkou. I hope that in the future, all the lords will work together with me to achieve great things together."

"Congratulations, General. This is my duty, and I am willing to serve the General." Everyone was smiling, and everyone knew the truth that as the tide rises, all boats rise. Zhou Cang's status has risen, and he will naturally lead more soldiers, which is beneficial to everyone.

"When did you add a general, why didn't you introduce me?" Zhou Cang asked.

"Exactly, I'm here to introduce you, from Runan, Chen Dao." Xu Sheng pulled Chen Dao down in front of Zhou Cang.

Zhou Cang was overjoyed, and picked up another treasure, haha, the commanders of the Bai Mu soldiers have come.This is Liu Bei's confidant bodyguard and personal bodyguard, Zhou Cang does not want to waste such a talent.

"Chen Dao pays homage to General Dangkou", Chen Dao bowed and saluted, very typical professional soldier.

"You don't need to be too polite. It's my good fortune to have a general to help you." Zhou Cang helped Chen Dao up.

Xu Sheng went on to say: "General, the last general is fortunate enough to fulfill his mission. This time we have recruited a total of [-] Danyang soldiers, all of whom are good men. When we met Chen Dao on the way, we were on good terms with each other. He heard that I was recruiting soldiers for the general. Vote for general after my persuasion."

Zhou Cang was very pleased, "Well done! This is a credit to you. And Dian Wei, who recommended Hua Xiong last time. Although you will mainly lead troops to fight in the future, finding and recommending talents is also an important task for you. We don’t have many people now, and we still need a lot of talented people.”

Zhang Jah suddenly said: "Just as I was about to report to the general, there is a local scholar whose surname is Zhang Mingzhao and styled Zibu. He is known for his talent. I once asked him for help but he refused."

"Zhang Zhao? I see. This time, I have to go back to Xuzhou to meet Lord Tao, and I will come to invite him in person." Zhou Cang asked Zhang Jaw again: "How is the training of soldiers and horses? Is the military capital ready?"

"Back to the general, we now have 800 people. The old soldiers have been well-trained, but they have not seen the battle. Although they cannot be compared with the trapped camp, they can be surveyed. After coming to Pengcheng, respect the general's order and recruit With 2000 troops, the last general dare not boast, and he dare not compare with others. He can be called a strong soldier in Xuzhou. The new Danyang soldiers were recruited for a short period of time, but the soldiers are brave and brave. They only need to train for a few months before going into battle. Their combat power is not high. It will be weaker than the old soldiers. Now there is no shortage of military rations, but there is not enough supplies, only enough to equip 2000 men and [-] horses."

"Very good. Jun Yi, Xu Sheng, you all worked hard." Zhou Cang was very pleased, these generals are all outstanding.

Zhang Shuang said: "General, do you want to go down to the northern border?"

Zhou Cang pondered for a while, "Oh, we are short of money now. The cost of buying horses and raising horses are quite a lot. Yes, I will send Chen Zhong over to meet you after I return to Xuzhou. You can go and find them with my letter. Gongsun Zan borrowed fifty horses, and he has too many horses to use, so he should give me this noodle. Well, it’s a little bit of savings.”

"By the way, Niu Fu promised to send me some military supplies. Zhang Shuang, tell Pei Yuanshao to take someone to Luoyang. Niu Fu recognizes him, and he can bring back about 2000 people's equipment. There are still shortages We rely on our own craftsmen to build it."

All the generals wanted to have fun, and the general really knew how to calculate. Thinking about it, it was really not easy to feed [-] soldiers and horses without taxes and court subsidies.Wei Yan had a black line on his face. It turns out that there are so many things to consider when leading troops.

"Come on, let me introduce you again. This is Wei Yan, my new disciple." Zhou Cang waved to Wei Yan again, "Come on, let me introduce some generals to you." He introduced the generals to Wei Yan one by one .

"You don't need to go to Xuzhou with me. I will visit your teacher's wife later. You can learn from the generals here." Zhou Cang said to Wei Yan, and then said to the generals: "Junyi, you come to teach the art of war, Hua Xiong, you Come to teach sword skills, and pick ten people for Wei Yan to lead." Wei Yan was very happy to be able to stay in the barracks and have ten subordinates, and from now on the camp will call Wei Yan Commander Wei, and everyone can't find another suitable title.

"Order: From now on, Zhang Jai will be the governor's capital, and he will command 1000 people in the Central Army and 500 people in the old man's barracks. Two thousand soldiers; Hua Xiong is the captain of the cavalry and the captain of the assault. The cavalry battalion is based on the number of horses, and the same number of auxiliary soldiers is provided; Dian Wei is the captain of the personal army. "Zhou Cang issued the first military order, and seeing that everyone was happy, only Hua Xiong grinned secretly. "Don't worry about the horse, Hua Xiong, I'll add it to you later."

"Our main task at present is to train troops. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have already left Luoyang. After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he went to Chenliu. I predict that they will join forces to attack Dong Zhuo in a short time. Although we may not be involved at that time Among them, we must make preparations in advance. Our current financial resources are enough to maintain the current troops, so we will not replenish them for the time being, and we will talk about them when our financial resources grow stronger. But you have to call on the strong labor force of Pengcheng to carry out during the slack season. Training, as a reserve, can replenish the source of troops at any time."

"promise."

The night before leaving, Wei Yan found Zhou Cang. "I have already considered the homework assigned by my teacher."

"Well, then tell me and listen."

"Uncle Dian Wei said that he would definitely go to his mentor if he had something to do. He said that he trusted you the most. I don't think this is the answer. I think you should go to someone who has helped you."

"Why is that?"

"The teacher must have intentions in asking this question. This question sounds circumstantial, but it contains the way of life. The people who help me are naturally good to me. If I have something, they may help me; the people I have helped may not necessarily Can you help me, I don't know if I'm right?"

"That's right, I didn't live up to my expectations. I just want to explain a truth to you in this assignment: don't do things for the sake of rewards, let alone do things for the rewards. You must stick to your original intention when doing things. Things, interactions with people, and confrontation between the two armies, you must also remember that what is taken for granted may not necessarily be what will happen.” Zhou Cang explained patiently.

"Yes, disciple. Write it down. Disciple ask again, why did your mentor help Cao Cao?" It seems that this has always been Wei Yan's knot.

(End of this chapter)