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Lu Bu's army gradually advances toward Wancheng city one after another. Lu Bu army when they first come, they are just passing through but now Lu Bu has become de facto master of Wancheng city. Occupying a city, naturally there are a lot of things that need to take care of.
First they must reassure the public. This place is not Huangzhou city. Huangzhou city is only a place for Lu Bu’s army to recuperate a while, that place is impossible to stay for a long period of time. Therefore when Lu Bu’s army arrived there, they did not try anything to reassure the public, making all of Huangzhou city's citizens increase their anxiety. Here is Wancheng city, this is where Lu Bu will set up his true homebase. Therefore they needed to reassure the public.
Second is examination of Wancheng city internal affairs. To govern a homebase, there are lots of things that needed to be taken over. They needed to be clear in order to know more about this Wancheng city.
Currently Lu Bu sat in the Administration Office hall, along with all of Lu Bu’s army’s civil and military officials to discuss official business.
Finally after being expelled from Xu Province. Lu Bu had a nice domain, no longer travelling in four directions.
“Gongtai, the matter to reassure the public. I am counting on you!” Lu Bu said toward Chen Gong.
“Yes, sir!” Chen Gong nodded. From when at Yan Province until Xu Province, Chen Gong's role is not strictly only as a military strategist, but his role also to reorganize all of the internal affairs after conquering a territory. It can be said that Chen Gong was the entirety of Lu Bu’s shadow. He controlled everything from the shadows, he even controlled everything for internal affairs. Having Chen Gong take care of internal affairs, made Lu Bu's mind at ease and can keep thinking about battle.
“Milord, although our army has conquered Wancheng city, we are still surrounded by Qianshan County, Jiashi County, Shiting County and Shucheng County. These four counties need to be conquered and pacified as soon as possible, in order to avoid another chaos. The news of Wancheng city's fall will spread across all of Jiangdong like wildfire. It is only a matter of time before all of Jiangdong is in full alert. Although Jiangdong is scarce in troop numbers, if they close the door to defend, then Lu Bu’s army will need to do siege. Such loss is unnecessary, therefore they must be conquered swiftly.
Lu Bu thought for a while. He also knows that this is a danger that must be solved ASAP. All of his generals right now are looking at Lu Bu with a profound gaze. Chen Gong has said four counties, so the newly surrendered generals which are Huang Zhong, Su Fei and Gan Ning want those merits so they can quickly be entrusted by Lu Bu with heavy responsibility.
But they are doomed to be disappointed because Lu Bu's next words are “Is Zhang Liao and Gao Shun present?!”
“This general is present!” Gao Shun and Zhang Liao come out from formations, those people who were not chosen are oozing with envy.
“Zhang Liao, you bring your Bing Province Heavy Cavalry. Day and night travel with double speed to capture Shucheng County and Shiting County!!!” Bing Province Heavy Cavalry have speed and mobility. They can travel 100-li in one day, so they are able to take down these two places quite quickly.
“This general complies with the order!” Zhang Liao receive the order and retreated.
“Gao Shun, you bring your Formation Breaker to attack Qianshan County and Jiashi County. After you take Qianshan County regroup with Zhang Liao and take Jiashi County.” Jiashi County and Shucheng County is near. With the news of Shucheng County having fallen, Jiashi County will surely closed their door and defend themselves and our army will have to siege. With the Formation Breaker and Bing Province Heavy Cavalry the ones who are doing the siege, the result is obvious. Jiashi County will fall.
Zang Ba is to stay within Wancheng city to practice and train his new recruit. Chen Deng go with Zhang Liao. Shucheng County is not smaller than Wancheng city, therefore it needs a senior general to guard and govern. Chen Deng is capable in military and administration skills, therefore he is the most logical choice.
As for Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and Su Fei. Lu Bu assigned Huang Zhong as the one responsible for the longbow division that has been left by Chen Deng. Huang Zhong’s archery skill is truly terrifying. The rest of the army was given to Gan Ning.
Gan Ning quickly chose his navy units along with Su Fei. Lu Bu’s army generals for land was already too much, but for naval warfare, he only had Su Fei, Gan Ning, two people.
“Okay then, all of you already have your own tasks, please proceed with them! Hanyang, you stay here!” Lu Bu had said all of his plans and then wave to signal them to leave. Everyone else also has something to do, so they quickly held their fist and excuse themselves.
“I heard that Da Qiao died?!” Said Lu Bu casually while waving for servant to fill in his wine glass.
“Um!” Liu Mang also sat down, not waiting for Lu Bu ask him to sit-down.
“You killed her?!”
“Yes, I personally hung her to death!”
Lu Bu watch Liu Mang, his face is really complex, because he was disappointed. Liu Mang just maintained his calmness. Actually Lu Bu did not care whether Da Qiao was alive or not, what Lu Bu is disappointed at is that Liu Mang did not speak the truth with him. He thought “Hanyang, what is a woman's worth in your eyes?!”
“Okay then, I have no more inquiries, you go back!”
Liu Mang also saw Lu Bu's disappointment in him, but he truly tells the truth.
Da Qiao really died and the one who survived is He Yu.