Chapter 343

Su Xuan received the news of Yuan Shu's army moving just after meeting the imperial court's envoy, accepting the appointment, and becoming the Governor of Jingzhou.

He immediately summoned the civil and military officials who were still in Jiangling City and announced: "Yuan Shu has dispatched Ji Ling and Sun Jian, leading a total of 50,000 troops to kill toward Xinye;"

"Time waits for no one! Zhang He, Xu Chu, you immediately go to reorganize the troops of the Brave Cavalry Battalion and the Personal Guard Battalion. We will set off later and rush to Xinye at the fastest speed to fight Yuan Shu's army."

"Yes!"

Zhang He and Xu Chu accepted the order solemnly.

They didn't wait any longer and went out directly to reorganize the army.

Su Xuan continued to say to everyone: "I am now the Governor of Jingzhou, so naturally I must control the entire Jingzhou as soon as possible;"

"Zilong!"

"This subordinate is here!"

"I order you to lead the 6,000 troops of the Green Dragon Battalion, with Xia Houlan, Gan Ning, and Wei Yan as deputy generals, to take Wuling Commandery and Lingling Commandery at the fastest speed;"

"And cooperate with Zhicai, Yuanhao, and others to arrange for officials to take over the government offices and power of all counties in these two commanderies, ensuring that these two commanderies do not fall into chaos. Can you do it?"

"This subordinate accepts the order and will definitely not fail the Lord's heavy trust!"

Zhao Yun immediately accepted the order excitedly.

"We are the same!"

Xia Houlan, Gan Ning, and Wei Yan also stepped out and accepted the order together.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Gao Shun and Huang Gai: "Boping! Gongfu! I order you to lead the 2,000 troops of the Trap Battalion and the 8,000 troops of the Jiangling Water Navy respectively, cooperate with each other, and take Changsha Commandery and Jiang Xiajun at the fastest speed;"

"Afterward, cooperate with Zilong to take Guiyang Commandery;"

"And cooperate with Zhicai, Yuanhao to let our officials smoothly take over the government office power of these commanderies, understand?"

"Yes!"

Huang Gai and Gao Shun also stepped out and accepted the order together.

Su Xuan then said: "Cai Mao, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin will temporarily serve as Huang Gai's deputy generals, listen to orders by his side, listen more, watch more, and learn more!"

"Su Zhan will serve as Gao Shun's deputy general, listen to orders by his side, listen more, watch more, and learn more. There must be no mistakes, understand?"

"We accept the order!"

Cai Mao, Su Zhan, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin stepped out and accepted the order together, their faces full of excitement.

They finally had a chance to perform meritorious service and pay off their debts!

Great!

That's right! Su Zhan also owed a lot of merit points.

This was Su Xuan's intention. Even for his three younger brothers, he didn't provide everything for free, but gave them certain convenience in authority, allowing them to exchange for the resources they needed across levels when their merit level was not enough.

At the same time, the credit limit was slightly higher than that of ordinary generals, and they could enjoy the 'Overlord' discount when exchanging.

The purpose was to prevent them from being pampered and to stimulate and force them to constantly strive to improve themselves.

Lest they become dandies or have to be eliminated because they couldn't keep up with his pace.

His three younger brothers all had good aptitude, so he naturally wouldn't relax his cultivation of them.

He wanted to cultivate his three younger brothers and even his father into existences that surpassed the clan relatives and family generals like Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and Xia Houyuan under Cao Cao in the future.

Next, Su Xuan looked at Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng, Xun You, Li Yan, Cheng Yu, and others: "Gongda! Zhicai, Yuanhao! The subsequent official arrangements and stable governance issues for the four commanderies of Jingnan and Jiang Xiajun will be left to you to take charge of!"

"Zhengfang, you cooperate with Gongda and the others;"

"After taking these four commanderies, Zhicai will serve as the Administrator of Nanjun, continue to sit in Nanjun, maintain the stability of Nanjun, and at the same time allocate grain, military equipment, and officials for various armies and commanderies... etc. It will be hard work!"

"I will let Zhengfang come to help you and be your assistant!"

Saying this, Su Xuan looked at Li Yan: "Zhengfang, it will be hard work for you! For a period of time, the pressure on you and Zhicai will be great!"

"We will definitely not let the Lord down!"

Li Yan and Xi Zhicai stood up and bowed together.

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