Chapter 065
Traveling to Huihu starts with arrows and ends with the joy of the host and the host.
Seeing that his two sons admire Sun Ce, Yang Jie also felt that Sun Ce was different from ordinary young people. He was both as teenagers and as calm as a young man. Although his knowledge was a little worse, his vision was superior. No wonder Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan praised him very much.
Even so, Yang Jie did not give up his intention to bargain with Sun Ce. The Yang family's land did not fall from the sky, and it was impossible to give it away for free. It was a little benefit to win.
Huang Chengyan had received Sun Ce's briefing before. He knew that Sun Ce did not intend to do everything well and wanted to leave some trouble for Yuan Shu, so he pretended to be a vague reminder Yang Jie that the last time I came here, I wanted to join forces with you to negotiate. Only when all the families in Xiangyang united can they have enough strength to compete with Sun Ce and gain more benefits. Talking to him one by one will only be defeated by him and take advantage of it.
Yang Jie understood it.
Huang Chengyan then said that the world is in chaos, and Nanyang is the most important place in the world, and in the future, it will inevitably be a major place for all forces to compete for. Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang, and the supplies of tens of thousands of troops were provided by the army. Arms were a big business, and even if you get a piece of the pie, it could make Xiangyang's families full. Once a war broke out in Nanyang, Xiangyang would inevitably be affected. Even for the sake of Xiangyang's own stability and peace, Xiangyang should cooperate with Sun Ce's plan and serve as a strategic buffer for Nanyang.
After listening to Huang Chengyan's analysis, Yang Jie finally let go of his last bit of entanglement and expressed his willingness to insist on supporting Sun Ce, settle the moved Yellow Turban Army, and resolve the war in Xiangyang as soon as possible and restore peace.
Sun Ce returned with satisfaction.
Yang Jie lowered his head, and the Xi family naturally changed their attitude. Huang Chengyan visited again and finally reached an agreement with the families. Finally, he raised more than 1,300 hectares of arable land for Sun Ce. Considering that winter is approaching and there is still some time for spring plowing, the specific conditions can be discussed slowly. Each family took the initiative to remind him that he could borrow 100,000 stones of grain to Sun Ce for the Yellow Turban Army to spend the winter.
Although he knew that each family was not a good person, these were not free lunches, Sun Ce did not refuse and accepted it with a happy smile.
Because he really needs this land and food, and it's very urgent.
Three days later, Liu Pi led the first group of Yellow Turban Army soldiers to Xiangyang. Sun Ce was ordered to welcome him at Wankou. Standing on the Feilu, he saw the Yellow Turban Army coming and immediately snorted, feeling very unhappy.
The Yellow Turban Army is limited in number, with a maximum of three or four thousand people, which is a big gap from the estimated 10,000 people he estimated.
Sun Ce did not get off the boat and ordered people to tell him that Liu Pi was on the boat to meet. After half an hour, the Yellow Turban Army soldiers stopped on the shore. A large area of vast areas, Liu Pi came to the shore slowly. After getting off the horse, he did not get on the boat. In front of Sun Ce, he scolded several subordinates.
Guo Tung, Lin Feng and others were furious, and even Huang Chengyan shook his head. Liu Pi did this naturally for Sun Ce to see, and expressed dissatisfaction with Sun Ce's failure to greet him personally. Lin Feng asked Sun Ce several times to ask Sun Ce for instructions to teach Liu Pi a lesson, but Sun Ce stopped him.
Sun Ce was not happy either, but he would not simply scold Liu Pi. That was something that a shrew could do, and the level was too low.
Seeing Sun Cean sitting on the flying hut, not moving as if a mountain. Huang Chengyan was very satisfied, stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word. Huang Yueying snuggled at her father, glanced at Sun Ce from time to time, and then glanced at her father with a smile on her lips. Xiao Shuzuo Pang Tong, who had just joined the job, stood behind Sun Ce, his eyes dripping, and he wanted to say something but never dared to say it.
After procrastinating for a while, Liu Pi finally got on the boat, immediately changed his smile and bowed to say hello from a distance.
"What kind of virtue is there to be? He actually came to me by the Major General. General Sun is really giving me face."
When Liu Pi walked in front of him, Sun Ce got out of the table and walked to the side of the boat. He seemed to see the Yellow Turban Army, showing a little surprise. "General Liu, are there ten thousand people here?"
Liu Pi said with a smile: "The Major General was joking. There were only three thousand people here, but there were no ten thousand people."
Sun Ce said "Oh", pondered for a while, and said, "You are all these people?"
"Major General thinks it's too young?"
"Of course I think there are too few." Sun Ce turned his head and looked at Liu Pi for the first time. "Three thousand people, even if one person can plant thirty acres, they can only cultivate 900 hectares of land, and they will be too busy to train troops. Once there is a war, can they still go into battle?"
Liu Pi's smile froze. "The Major General has a thousand hectares of arable land?"
"To be precise, it is one thousand three hundred hectares." Huang Chengyan walked over and took over the topic. "This is only within 50 miles of Xiangyang. Once Xiangyang is conquered, the general will discuss with the powerful people in the Yicheng area of the country and Yicheng, and it will be no problem to raise another three or five thousand hectares of land."
"It's..."
"Miannan Huang Chengyan."
Hearing the three words Huang Chengyan, the expression on Liu Pi's face immediately became extremely complicated. After receiving Sun Jian's order, he and Gong discussed for a long time, thinking that Sun Jian and his son should have made them use to be cannon fodder, and land and other things were simply bait. They are not gods, so how could they get so much land so quickly, unless they killed all the powerful people in Xiangyang.
If this is true, they will not be able to go there. If they go there, they will not accept the land, but will fight with the powerful people in Xiangyang.
At the end of the discussion, they decided to perfunctory Sun Jian, and Liu Pi led 3,000 infantrymen to Xiangyang. The three thousand people said that there was no more or less, and that there was no less. It would not be so easy for Sun Jian to swallow him in one bite. Even if he lost it, the Ruying Yellow Turban would not seriously damage his vitality.
But Huang Chengyan said that Sun Ce not only obtained 1,300 hectares of land, but also could get more in the future. If Sun Ce himself said, he might not believe it. He still knows a little bit who Huang Chengyan is. Just because Huang Chengyan stands beside Sun Ce and looks like an aide is enough to prove that Sun Ce’s words are true.
One thousand three hundred hectares of land are enough to support 13,000 strong men or two thousand families of five. In any case, Sun Ce’s promise to them was not discounted, but they failed Sun Ce’s wishes and brought only three thousand soldiers.
"Major General, three thousand men... are not enough." Huang Chengyan turned around and whispered to Sun Ce, his voice just enough for Liu Pi to hear it. "The Xiangyang families united, and there are also three or four thousand troops. With the advantages of weapons and food, the three thousand Yellow Turbans could not defend these lands at all. Otherwise... let them go back."
Sun Ce turned his head and looked at Liu Pi, nodded. Before he could speak, Liu Pi immediately knew that something was wrong. He was quick to learn that he was wise and rushed forward. "General, these three thousand people are only a part of them. In order to arrive in Xiangyang as soon as possible and assist the general in siege, these three thousand people are carefully selected elites. More people are on the way and will arrive in a few days."
"How many people are there?" Sun Ce's face looked a little better.
"Yes..." Liu Pi looked at Sun Ce, raised a finger, and slowly raised another one. Seeing that Sun Ce's face was still not good, he raised another one, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said timidly: "Three... ten thousand, if not enough, we can also contact the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and invite them to come together."
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Chapter completed!