"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 finished 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 an important 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 down 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, pointed to the upward direction of Fenglingdu and said: "And there are mountains blocking it, so we can keep it as far east as Dayang."

"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 said with a smile: "General, just defend this city.

, I will do the rest!"

"The general only has two troops in his hands. This..." Gao Shun frowned.

"Two troops are enough. Once we enter the east of 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 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 supplies. 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.

But this time, let alone a few months, 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.

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"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 people, 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 was helpless. Chen Mo was obviously not negotiating with him. His arms could not 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 the troops and horses of our headquarters 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 the river again. When he was in Beixian County, he also captured that county.

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.

Then Chen Mo sent an order to He.bei, Dongyuan, Dayang and other counties to support each other with 100 people, allowing him to gather 2,000 troops.

"General, these new soldiers have little combat power, what use are they?" 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. These people were going to the battlefield, and they would probably disperse without even fighting.

"A bluff." Chen Mo heard this and said with a smile: "Mrs. Guo has at least 10,000 soldiers and horses, plus the Huns cavalry, and unlike the Gebei bandits 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 just 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 princes, 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 princes, garrison generals, and team leaders in Chen Mo's army were all trained together when Xiyuan selected generals. They were considered to be in the same sect. Later, Chen Mo recruited many of them. The abilities of these people are more than enough to at least be army commanders.

, but in the past, I had no soldiers and could only hold these positions. Now that I have taken power, these talents are naturally the first batch to be promoted.

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

"Defend the city." Chen Mo found a map, looked at it, and said with a smile.

"Puban is an important place, so I will keep you here, and your officers and soldiers will be added to your army. When there is no war, you can train the new soldiers here. They don't need to be very good. They only need to know military discipline. Li

The baggage brought by Qing Dynasty will also be stored here, so this place is very important, it is the throat of our army, and we must not lose it." Chen Mo said at the end, with a somewhat serious look on his face.

"At the end of the day, the general received the order. The city is there and the people are there, but the city is destroyed and the people are dead." Bao Geng said solemnly.

Chen Mo didn't say any polite words. After nodding, he left with Dalang and Dianwei's troops and went straight to Sangquan.

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

"Your Majesty, are the bandits coming to kill you?" Magistrate Sangquan asked with some confusion.

"Not yet, but bandits come and go like the wind. Our soldiers and horses are temporarily unable to confront them head-on. It is winter now. I want to use this place as the center and coordinate with Sangquan to form a joint defense." Chen Mo explained with a smile.

, while ordering people to go to the salt prison, Gao Shun asked Gao Shun to promote the military princes, garrison generals and team leaders of various ministries, and then recalled the three generals Cui Geng, Zhong Yun and Yu Sheng. These three people were all outstanding in the selection of generals in Xiyuan in the past.

Talent, Gao Shun's side has already occupied the salt prison, and the situation is currently stable. It would be a waste to put all three of them there.

After the three arrived, Chen Mo had already reorganized Sangquan County. The original county guards were incorporated, and he recruited a team of troops from the city. Then he personally traveled to various villages and persuaded the clans and elders to negotiate with the county.

He set up beacon towers for defense. He had helped Zang Hong plan to suppress bandits in the past, and he had considerable experience in how to unite the countryside.

After staying in Sangquan for three days, Chen Mo went to Jie County to process according to law. There were nineteen counties in Hedong, among which Linfen, Pingyang, and Xiangling were occupied by Baibo thieves. Chen Mo in Anyi was not prepared to move. The remaining fifteen counties, Chen Mohua

In January, all the troops were stationed, but most of them left one team behind. The rest were new troops, army squadrons, garrison generals, and military princes were all promoted by Chen Mo to Army Sima, and they were divided into counties. In this way,

, Chen Mo had an extra 6,000 men and horses in his hands in just one month.

This does not include the civilian bravery gathered by clans from various villages. Most of the river east was connected by Chen Mo and controlled by Chen Mo. Although they were all new soldiers, these people were enough to defend the city. Chen Mo took Dian Wei's troops and started

Looking for the main force of Mrs. Guo’s department.

At least for now, Chen Mo, the governor of Hedong, has taken all the counties in his hands through this series of actions, and has some friendship with the local clans, which can be regarded as an initial foothold.

Next, it’s time to use Mrs. Guo’s bandits to establish their power. However, Mrs. Guo and others have not shown up recently, which makes many people a little anxious. However, Chen Mo is not anxious about this matter. He just received more food and supplies from Chun Yuqiong.

, as well as the proceeds from plundering, the food and grass should be enough for them to eat for a while, but it will not be too long, they still have to come out to continue plundering. Chen Mo has already set up joint defense among the counties and occupied the salt prison. As long as

Before next spring, it will be enough to force out those bandits like Mrs. Guo.

As for Anyi as the county governor, Chen Mo did not take care of it.

During these days, the Wei family from Hedong sent someone over to ask Chen Mo why he closed the Salt Supervisor. His words were quite polite. The Salt Supervisor is an important source of wealth in Hedong. As a prominent family in Hedong, the Wei family relies heavily on the Salt Supervisor's trade.

Yes, now Chen Mo has directly closed the salt prison, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Although the Wei family has some inventory, once the supply of the salt prison is cut off, the loss to the Wei family will be considerable.

Chen Mo, on the other hand, prioritized getting rid of the thief, and once the thief was defeated, the seal would be unsealed, so that the people of the Wei family could calm down.

Since I entered Hedong, there has been no news from the Wei family. It was not until I felt that my interests were harmed that I came here. Although I said it politely, it was somewhat suspicious of questioning. As a prominent family in Hedong, Hedong's economy, and local officials all have relations with the Wei family.

The relationship is inextricably linked. If Chen Mo wants to sit firmly in Hedong, under normal circumstances, he can only support the Wei family. It is easy for the Wei family to oust him step by step. Therefore, this time, Chen Mo chose to take a different approach and choose Hedong.

The foundation can only have one voice, but Chen Mo cannot afford the reputation of persecuting famous people, but the reputation of the Wei family must be suppressed, so from the beginning, Chen Mo's attitude towards the Wei family has been very clear, suppress it first, and then suppress it.
Chapter completed!