How could Sun Ce not understand the reasoning behind this?

Does surrendering pawns count as one's own troops? Of course it does!

However, true trust cannot be established overnight.

Even if Sun Ce is convinced that Liu Yao is sincerely loyal to him, what about the soldiers?

The enemy who was still fighting one moment has suddenly become his comrade-in-arms. Who can trust the other person's back?

Zhou Tai said: "If you can give me two or three months, I can guarantee that these soldiers will become troops loyal to the lord. But..."

Zhou Tai looked around at everyone and continued: "Not to mention two months, even these two days, we all have trouble sleeping and eating. Now we have removed the weapons, armor and stomach of the soldiers and confined them in the military camp, but this is not

This is a long-term plan. After all, my lord has accepted Liu Yao's surrender, so Liu Yao's army can be considered one of ours. As time goes by, the soldiers will definitely have complaints and there is a possibility of mutiny."

In the past few days, not only were they and the generals unable to sleep, but Sun Ce could not sleep either.

Sun Ce knew that Huang Gai and the others meant that half of the soldiers should be demoted and returned to the fields, while the other half would be randomly assigned to their own teams, thus keeping the situation within control.

But is Sun Ce willing?

He couldn't bear it.

Let's not talk about fighting for world hegemony, he still has his father's blood revenge to avenge. After these two years, Liu Biao now has 120,000 troops. How many troops will he have when Sun Ce reorganizes Jiangdong and points his troops at Liu Biao?

Revenge is an obsession of Sun Ce. It can even be said that this is one of the motivations for him to embark on the road to hegemony.

"I think Liu Yao has no objections anymore." Sun Ce frowned.

Zhou Yu and Ji Shu know best what Sun Ce is thinking.

A king whose heart is filled with hatred is not a qualified king.

But what can they say? The hatred of killing the father is irreconcilable.

This is human nature and the right principle in the world.

Zhou Yu and Ji Shu looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. Then let's find a way. After all, this is the job of a counselor.

"My lord, please forgive me for my rough words. People's hearts are separated from each other. Liu Yao's new arrival may not mean that he has no dissatisfaction in his heart."

Liu Yao and Taishi Ci will have to attend such meetings in the future, so Han Dang has something to say and is unhappy about it now.

"Taking a step back, even if he really has no different intentions, if those under his command turn against him and he is unable to dismount, and he has more soldiers and horses than us, what will he choose then? Who can say clearly? The lord trusts, some trust.

Things have to be guarded against.”

Sun Ce sighed. He knew he had to make a decision.

He gritted his teeth and was about to speak when Xu Sheng, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly said: "My lord, the general... there is a way. I don't know if it is feasible."

"Huh?" Everyone couldn't help but look at the newcomer in surprise.

Xu Sheng, also named Wenxiang, began to follow Sun Ce when he was recruiting troops in Lujiang. With his extraordinary martial arts, he achieved great success as soon as he joined the army. After capturing Wuhu, Xu Sheng was selected into the elite of Sun Ce's army - Huxiao Camp.

After the Huxiao Camp captured Qu'agang, he was favored by Zhou Yu, who promoted him to the post of camp commander and led hundreds of famous soldiers to lurk in Moling City in batches.

He lived up to expectations and led the army to control the city gate without spending a single soldier. This allowed Zhou Yu's army to quickly control the situation after entering the city, and finally captured 4,000 enemy troops.

Xu Sheng made great achievements and was promoted to commander, finally entering the core of Sun Ce's army.

At this moment, Xu Sheng felt a little nervous. He was the most junior general in the army.

"My lord is troubled because he doesn't want to cut down his troops. But if we don't cut down our troops, we have too few soldiers and horses who are loyal to our lord. Doesn't that mean we don't need to cut down our troops if we have enough soldiers and horses who are loyal to our lord?"

Zhou Yu and Ji Shu couldn't help but their eyes lit up. Zhou Yu said, "Wen Xiang, do you mean to recruit troops in Moling?"

Xu Sheng nodded.

Ji Shu looked at Sun Ce, hesitated for a while, shook his head slightly and said: "Lujiang has been operating for a long time, but it has only recruited 4,000 troops. We came across the river and just captured Moling, how many people can we recruit?"

Xu Sheng smiled confidently, left his seat, half-knelt down to Sun Ce, clasped his fists and said: "The fathers of Jiangdong have been waiting for my lord for a long time. Moling is the center of Jiangdong. As long as the lord sends a recruitment letter, the heroes of Jiangdong will definitely gather to respond."

Sun Ce actually agreed more with Ji Shu's statement that if Moling was newly settled, it would be enough to recruit a few hundred new soldiers, but it would not solve the fundamental problem. And he could not allow this unsettling factor to continue to exist. It seemed that it would be a good idea to let some of the soldiers who had been demoted disarm and return to their fields.

It was inevitable, but Xu Sheng's words gave him a glimmer of hope.

At worst, if the soldiers were sent home after two days of delay, and if they were given more money, they wouldn't mutiny so quickly.

"Okay, let's post the recruitment list today!"

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The next day, Sun Ce was sitting in his study waiting for news.

"Brother! Let's go!" Ji Shu rushed into the study happily, pulled Sun Ce and walked out.

Sun Ce knew there was good news by looking at Ji Shu's expression, he breathed a sigh of relief and followed him out.

The recruitment office was crowded with people, and the noise around him made Sun Ce a little surprised and a little dazed.

He quickly grabbed an old man next to him who was sending his son to join the army, and asked: "Uncle, you are so old, why are you sending your son to join the army?"

The wrinkles on the old man's face relaxed and he said with a smile: "Hey, you kid, why are you so ignorant? Do you want this kid to serve me, an old man, for the rest of his life? Sun Hou was an upright and upright big man. Although Sun Hou is no longer here,

But General Sun Ce is back, he is the son of Marquis Sun, and as my son, there is nothing wrong with following him!"

Sun Ce was stunned: "But, father...no, it is said that Marquis Sun was not hiding the jade seal secretly, had the intention of rebellion, and was killed by Liu Biao? Why did you..."

Before Sun Ce finished speaking, the uncle interrupted unhappily: "You kid, why are you talking nonsense! Is Marquis Sun like that? So what if Marquis Sun hid the jade seal? Anyway, if you can't give it to the emperor, you can give it to someone else.

If the princes take it, don't they also take it? Don't listen to the rumors in the market, they are all released by the officials to slander Sun Hou. Let me tell you..."

The uncle in turn grabbed Sun Ce and talked for a long time, and Sun Ce also listened blankly for a long time.

He walked blankly among the crowd, and Ji Shu followed him quietly and slowly wandered in the sea of ​​people.

"Hey, Huang San, why did you come to join the army? The land is no longer cultivated?"

"Forget it, that land was clearly given by the Marquis who ordered to open up new land, but as soon as the Marquis left, the land was occupied by those aristocratic families. Liu Yao only wants to please the aristocratic families and secure his position in Moling. Who cares about our life and death?

I have been working part-time for others for a year, barely enough to make ends meet. As soon as I heard that the Marquis's son came back and was recruiting troops, I rushed over immediately."

"I heard that General Sun Ce, like Sun Hou, loves the people like his own children. Although Lujiang is a small county, it is well governed and the people live and work in peace and contentment."

"Hey, that's right. Not only that, I heard that General Sun is also a god in his military use. You see, Liu Yao has nearly three times the number of soldiers and horses of General Sun, but he was beaten by General Sun to the point where he gave up his weapons and surrendered. Let me tell you, 'Long

A dragon begets a phoenix, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse's son can dig holes. General Sun is the son of Sun Hou, so he is naturally a tiger's son."

"Son, our family survived because Lord Sun Jian wiped out the Yellow Turban bandits. When you get to General Sun Ce, you have to fight hard to kill the enemy to repay the great kindness!"

"Yes, mother, I remember."

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Sun Ce didn't even know how he walked back to the study.

Zhou Yu had been sitting here waiting for some time. He smiled and said: "Bo Fu, as Xu Sheng said, Mr. Jiangdong has been waiting for you."

"Yes... yes!" Sun Ce suddenly couldn't help but shed tears.

"Brother?"

How sad is it for a grown man to cry? Especially for someone like Sun Ce.

Zhou Yu and Ji Shu were at a loss for a while. They didn't know whether to comfort or do something. In the end, they just put their hands on Sun Ce's shoulders and said nothing.

Sun Ce ignored them. He just sat there in shock, choking.

"father!"

"I thought you worked hard all your life."

"The Han Dynasty has abandoned you!"

"Jiang Dong also abandoned you!"

"I didn't expect that!"

"Father Jiangdong has not forgotten you!"

"The people of Jiangdong are waiting for your return!"

Ji Shu and Zhou Yu were a little happy when they saw Sun Ce wailing inconsolably. Perhaps it was only today that Sun Ce was finally saved, not in terms of strength, soldiers and horses, but in his heart.

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Standing at the city gate, looking at the newly engraved words.

Zhou Tai asked in confusion: "My lord, what's going on? Why do you suddenly want to change Moling's name to 'Jianye'?"

This is because something in his heart has changed.

Ji Shu smiled slightly: "When he sees his subjects, a true king will understand his vocation."
Chapter completed!