The Nameless of the Common Clans

"General!" It was late at night, and there was a sudden knock on Chen Mo's door.

"General Gao?" Chen Mo opened the door and looked a little surprised at Gao Shun outside the door. Gao Shun should have already set off.

"There is something I need to remind the general, so I rushed back overnight. The troops are still moving forward. After I finish talking about this, the general will leave." Gao Shun saluted Chen Mo.

"What's the matter?" Chen Mo welcomed Gao Shun in and asked with a smile.

"Yanjian is indeed an important taxation area in Hedong, but it is not a major military town. The terrain here is easy to attack and difficult to defend. If you want to take control of Hedong, you must first go to Pu Ban. This is an important place in Hedong. As long as you occupy this place, Sangquan, Wanquan, Ronghe and other places are all under control." Gao Shun led Chen Mo to the map and pointed to the direction upwards of Fenglingdu: "There are mountains blocking the way, and the area to the east of Dayang can be preserved."

"I know, but I didn't ask you to garrison the salt prison for Mrs. Guo!" Chen Mo pointed at the map. The salt prison was only forty miles away from Anyi. Chen Mo looked at Gao Shun and smiled: "General, just defend this city. , I will do the rest!”

"The general only has two soldiers and horses in his hands, this..." Gao Shun frowned.

"Two troops are enough. Once we enter Hedong, we will naturally have ways to recruit soldiers and horses. The general is worried and knows that, but this time our enemies may not only be Mrs. Guo. The general only needs to remember that without my general's orders, any soldiers and horses will be defeated." Don't put it in!" Chen Mo looked at Gao Shun Su Rong and said: "After arriving at the salt prison, just strengthen the city defense and recruit soldiers and horses. In addition, if the surrounding villages can protect themselves, they will. If not, those who are willing to enter the city to spend the winter. , help them provide necessary shelter, in short, just ensure that the salt prison is not broken.”

"Here!" Gao Shun nodded. Since Chen Mo had his plan, he didn't need to say more. He stood up and left.

In the next two days, Chen Mo and Li Qing went to various ministries to ask for food, grass and luggage. As long as someone dared to embarrass him on this matter, Chen Mo didn't say much and just started to rob them. Then he asked Li Ru to deal with it, and spent the night lingering with Yun Si.

Naturally, it was impossible to bring his family with him on this expedition. Even if Chen Mo occupied Hedong, he was not prepared to break up with Dong Zhuo. Yun Si and others would not endanger their lives if they stayed in Luoyang.

However, this time I have been away from each other for at least a few months, and I feel a little bit reluctant to let go.

Three days later, after Chen Mo left Li Qing in charge of transporting grain and baggage, he left Luoyang with two troops and went straight to Xiaopingjin Ferry. The river was already frozen. After trying to run a horse, Chen Mo ordered his generals to cross the river and arrive at Hebei County. .

"How many county guards are there in the county?" Chen Mo asked without circling the city, but led his troops directly into the city, summoned the county magistrate and county captain.

"Who is the general?" the county magistrate asked with a frown.

"Hedong Governor!" Chen Mo took out his seal and showed it to the other party, and then said: "From now on, the county guards of each county accept my dispatch."

"This..." the county magistrate frowned and said, "There are only sixty-seven county guards in the county."

"Leave seventeen of them, and the other fifty, follow me!" Chen Mo said directly.

"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate, the county also needs to maintain stability, and thieves have been rampant recently..." the county magistrate frowned.

"Re-recruit. Besides, even if the thieves come, sixty-seven people can't hold on." Chen Mo directly asked the county lieutenant to recruit all the county guards in the county.

The county magistrate couldn't help it. Chen Mo was obviously not negotiating with him. His arms couldn't twist his thighs. He could only watch as Chen Mo transferred most of the county guards.

After recruiting people, Chen Mo didn't waste any time and took them directly out of the city. He selected five people from Dian Wei's subordinates to serve as chiefs, and the five commanders were selected from among these county guards.

"Bao Geng!" After leaving the city, Chen Mo looked at Bao Geng and said.

"The general is here!" Bao Geng quickly stepped forward and bowed.

"Lead our troops and horses to Pu Ban and arrange for Pu Ban to be guarded. I will arrive in three days at the latest." Chen Mo said.

"Here!" Bao Geng agreed and led his troops to leave. Chen Mo led his men and horses straight to Dongyuan, and captured the Dongyuan County Guards for seventy. Then he turned west without stopping and passed by Hebei County again. When he was in that county, he He ordered the fifty county guards who had just been recruited to be taken away. In this way, within thirty days, Chen Mo successfully recruited four hundred soldiers and horses with some fighting strength. He chose a commander from the army to lead him. The original commander was He was arranged as a team leader, and the team leader was promoted to a garrison general. After such reorganization, Chen Mo had an extra army in his hands.

Chen Mo then sent an order to He.bei, Dongyuan, Dayang and other counties to support another 100 people each, allowing him to gather a total of 2,000 troops.

"General, these new soldiers have little fighting power, what use are they for?" Bao Geng looked at these patchwork soldiers and horses with some disgust. Most of them were brave men who had just been recruited. This made him accustomed to taking the route of elite soldiers. Bao Geng was very uncomfortable with it. If these people were to go to the battlefield, they would probably disperse without even fighting.

"A bluff." Chen Mo heard this and said with a smile: "Mrs. Guo has at least ten thousand soldiers and horses, plus the Huns cavalry, and unlike the Gebei thieves in the past, they are rogue bandits. Even if they break through the city, they will not occupy it. If we want to cut off their food and grass like we did when we fought against the Gebei bandits in the past, it will be difficult to defeat them individually."

Bao Geng nodded. This is indeed difficult, but does bluffing work?

"Your general, all the military lords, garrison generals, team leaders, and army commanders will be transferred to me. You will be responsible for garrisoning here, selecting new generals from the army, and telling them that as long as this battle can be won, after the war They can keep their official positions." Chen Mo looked at Bao Geng and said.

"Here!" Bao Geng agreed.

The military marquises, garrison commanders, and team leaders in Chen Mo's army were basically trained together when Xiyuan selected generals. They were considered to be from the same school. Later, Chen Mo accepted many of them. Their abilities were more than enough to be a military commander. It was just that they had no soldiers before, so they could only take up these positions. Now that he has taken power, these talents are naturally the first batch to be promoted.

"General, what should we do next?" Bao Geng followed Chen Mo and asked with a bow.

"Defend the city." Chen Mo found a map and looked at it, smiling.

"Puban is an important place, so I will keep you here. Your soldiers will be given a new recruit. When there is no war, you can train the new recruits here. They don't need to be very strong, just know the military discipline. Li Qing will also store the baggage sent here, so this place is very important. It is the throat of our army and must not be lost." Chen Mo said at the end, his expression was a little serious.

"I will obey your order. The city is alive as long as the people are alive. If the city is destroyed, the people will die." Bao Geng said solemnly.

Chen Mo did not say anything polite. After nodding, he led Dalang and Dian Wei's troops away and headed straight for Sangquan.

After revealing his identity, unlike before, Chen Mo stationed his troops in Sangquan and then consolidated the city defense.

"Sir, are the bandits coming?" The Sangquan County Magistrate asked with some doubt.

"Not yet, but the bandits come and go like the wind. My troops are temporarily unable to confront them head-on. Now it is winter. I want to use this place as the center to cooperate with Sangquan's ten miles and eight villages to form a joint defense." Chen Mo explained with a smile, and ordered people to go to the Salt Supervision to let Gao Shun promote the military marquises, garrison commanders, and team leaders of each department, and then recall Cui Geng, Zhong Yun, and Yu Sheng. These three people were outstanding talents when Xiyuan selected generals in the past. Gao Shun has occupied the Salt Supervision. The situation is currently stable. It is a bit of a waste to keep all three of them there.

After the three arrived, Chen Mo had reorganized Sangquan County. The original county guards were incorporated, and a part of the troops were recruited from the city. Then he personally traveled to various villages, persuading the clans and elders in various places to cooperate with the county and set up beacon towers. When he was in Dangli, he had helped Zang Hong plan to suppress bandits, and he had a lot of experience in how to unite the villages.

After staying in Sangquan for three days, Chen Mo went to Jie County to follow the law. There were 19 counties in Hedong, among which Linfen, Pingyang, and Xiangling were occupied by the Baibo bandits. Chen Mo was not going to move in Anyi. Chen Mo spent a month to station troops in the remaining 15 counties, but most of them were left with a team leader, and the rest were new troops. The army squadron leader, garrison commander, and military marquis were all promoted by Chen Mo to military Sima, and they were divided into various counties. In this way, Chen Mo had an extra 6,000 troops in his hands within a month.

This does not include the militias gathered by the clans in various places. Most of Hedong was connected by Chen Mo and controlled by him. Although they were all new soldiers, they were enough to defend the city. Chen Mo took Dian Wei's troops to look for the main force of Guo Tai's troops.

At least for now, Chen Mo, the governor of Hedong, has taken control of all the counties through this series of actions, and has established some friendships with the local clans, which can be regarded as a preliminary foothold.

Next, it is time to establish prestige with Guo Tai's bandits, but Guo Tai and others have not shown up recently, which makes many people a little anxious. However, Chen Mo is not anxious about this matter. Just now, Chunyu Qiong's food and supplies, as well as looting gains, should be enough for them to eat for a while, but not too long, they still have to go out to continue looting. Chen Mo has already made joint defenses between the counties and occupied the salt supervision. As long as Guo Tai and other bandits are forced out before the beginning of spring next year, it will be enough.

As for Anyi, the county seat, Chen Mo did not care.

These days, the Hedong Wei family sent people to ask Chen Mo why he closed the salt prison. The words were quite polite. The salt prison was an important source of income for Hedong. As a prominent family in Hedong, the Wei family relied heavily on the trade of the salt prison. Now Chen Mo directly closed the salt prison and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Although the Wei family had some inventory, once the salt prison supply was cut off, the loss to the Wei family would be considerable.

Chen Mo put the fight against the thieves first and said that he would unblock it after defeating them, so he asked the Wei family to be patient.

Since he entered Hedong, there has been no news from the Wei family, until they felt that their interests were damaged, so they came running. Although he spoke politely, it was somewhat questioning. As a prominent family in Hedong, the economy and local officials of Hedong were all inextricably linked with the Wei family. If Chen Mo wanted to maintain his position in Hedong, under normal circumstances, he could only flatter the Wei family, and it would be easy for the Wei family to sideline him step by step. So this time, Chen Mo chose to take an unconventional approach. Hedong, as his chosen foundation, can only have one voice, but Chen Mo cannot afford the reputation of persecuting celebrities and prominent families. However, the reputation of the Wei family must be suppressed. Therefore, from the beginning, Chen Mo's attitude towards the Wei family was very clear. First suppress them, then win them over, and make sure that no one in the world has anything to say.