Because this young Lord Sun had screened everyone from the beginning, specifically targeting those who were extremely poor, extremely miserable, and unable to survive. As for those who had some capital in the rebel army, even some minor officials, they were all killed with a single blow.
Lord Xiao Sun selected some prestigious people from among these soldiers and directly trained them into an army.
All of a sudden, the team's number of people was almost 30,000. If this continued, once they reached Chongqing, it wouldn't be a sneak attack or a surprise attack, it would be a snowball-like crushing defeat.
Looking at Lord Sun walking over, Qi Yuangong didn't know what to say.
After seeing Qi Yuangong, Sun Chuanting smiled. Although he looked a little tired, he was very happy. He was on the right path and doing well.
"I have something to discuss with you." Sun Chuanting looked at Qi Yuangong and said slowly.
Qi Yuangong was stunned and felt helpless.
This young Lord Sun has been doing his own thing these days, so why is he suddenly looking for me to discuss something?
However, Qi Yuangong dared not neglect it, because this young Lord Sun was deeply trusted by the Lord of the Capital. This was not the most important thing, Qi Yuangong came from the capital, so he knew very well what position this young Lord Sun held in the capital.
He is the most trusted confidant of the current emperor. Everyone says that the current emperor values him very much and must promote him.
Although Qi Yuangong knew that his father was also favored by the emperor, the other party was a civil official while he was a military general, and he could not afford to offend such a person.
It's nothing bad, as long as you are happy.
Qi Yuangong then asked in a simple and honest manner, "What instructions does Lord Sun have?"
"I want to find a big city to attack." Sun Chuanting said slowly, with confidence in his eyes.
Qi Yuangong was stunned.
Find a big city to fight in?
Didn’t you say before that we should go around big cities?
Why did you think of fighting?
Qi Yuangong asked, somewhat confused, "Why?"
"There are several main reasons." Sun Chuanting was not in a hurry. For the first time in many days, he explained patiently: "The first reason is to train the troops. We are going to attack Chongqing. Although these people have experienced some battles and have been trained for a while, in my opinion, it is far from enough."
"We are going to fight She Chongming in Chongqing. We must be prepared for Chongqing to be captured. By then we will have attacked Chongqing. Chongqing is a big city. I am afraid that they will fail and that will be troublesome."
"Secondly, I want to get some equipment for them. They have equipment, but it's too poor. The rebels in the big cities are probably elite. They must have seized a lot of our equipment before, and now I want to take it back."
"Also, the rebels must have looted a lot in the big city and have a lot of good stuff. I want to take it back. I'll use half of it to reward the soldiers and return the other half to the civilians who were robbed. Those good things probably belong to the wealthy. If I give them half, they probably won't dare to complain. We can use these things to boost morale."
Qi Yuangong looked at Sun Chuanting and was speechless again. He really didn't know what to say.
Is this okay?
After thinking for a moment, it seemed that stopping him would be futile, so Qi Yuangong asked directly, "What is Lord Sun's goal?"
"I want to attack Luzhou," Sun Chuanting said firmly. "Luzhou is in the southeast of Sichuan, at the junction of Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Yunnan, and at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Tuojiang River. The terrain here is very important."
Qi Yuangong certainly knew that Luzhou was very important. It is now called Luzhou, and was formerly called Jiangyang. This place has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
Since the rebels had occupied Luzhou, they naturally had to heavily guard it. Moreover, after fighting their way here, they must have received the news and might have already gathered a large force there. How could they be so easy to defeat?
"If we can capture Luzhou, we will strangle the rebels. They will be trapped in Sichuan and it will be impossible for them to come here."
"Moreover, Luzhou has well-developed waterways. We can transport supplies by water, and Luzhou can become our logistics base. As long as we deploy heavy troops here, the rebels will have no chance of fighting back. At the same time, we can also build warships here and travel by water." Sun Chuanting became more and more excited as he spoke, with an excited look on his face.
"Lord Sun, the question is, can we take it down?" Qi Yuangong said hesitantly, "If the rebels gather a large force here, it might not be that easy to defeat them."
"A bunch of dirt-poor, traitorous people," Sun Chuanting said with disdain. "You've seen it all along the way. These rebels may seem powerful, but they're actually weak and worthless. They're just sitting in a well in the southwest, thinking they're so great, but they're actually nothing."
"This time, let's teach them a lesson and let them know the true power of heaven." Sun Chuanting said with a stern face, "We'll just attack Luzhou, and your men will just watch from behind. After all, this is a training exercise, so let the new troops go and give it a try."
Qi Yuangong thought about it and decided that since his Tiger Roar Battalion would not be used, it didn't matter. Even if they died, they would not be his own men. As for how many of the new troops died, it didn't matter. He could just fight them off and collect them later.
Qi Yuangong nodded indifferently and said, "Then I'll listen to you, Lord Sun."
"Okay, let's set off now and go to Luzhou to do something big!" Sun Chuanting stood up, rubbed his hands and said excitedly.
So the army began to march towards Luzhou, with chariots and horses deployed along the way, with great momentum, and there was no intention of launching a surprise attack or approaching cautiously.
In reality, a surprise attack was no longer possible. If there were only 5,000 or 10,000 people, sneaking through would be fine; but now that the force had swelled to nearly 30,000, how could they sneak through?
Since I can't get a big advantage from it secretly, I might as well take advantage of it openly and have a good time.
The army marched towards Luzhou in a mighty force.
Sun Chuanting also specifically asked Qi Yuangong to lead the Tiger Roar Battalion to cover the rear.
Qi Yuangong, who was standing behind the army, looked at the long dragon-like team and felt helpless.
Because after this conversation, Lord Sun went to mingle with the newly recruited soldiers.
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