Sun Jian returned to Rencheng, and Sun Ce communicated with him about the roughly drawn plan. Sun Jian was very happy, and in addition to adjusting Lu Su to before Dong Xi, he completely accepted Sun Ce's suggestion. After ventilating with Guo Jia and other military advisers, a meeting was held to discuss merit.

Zhu Huan got his wish and ranked among the top three, but he was not Sun Ce or Sun Jian in front of him - neither of them nor father and son were among the merits. For the imperial court, they are generals, and for themselves, they are the sovereigns, and they do not need to compete with the generals for merit - but Tai Shici and Huang Gai.

Tai Shi Ci entangled the thieves of Mount Tai into Dongping, effectively contained Cheng Yu's forces, and cut off Cao Ang's retreat, which caused huge pressure on Cao Ang psychologically, and laid the foundation for Cao Ang's final voluntary retreat. He became the commander of the third battlefield in addition to Sun Jian and Sun Ce, and when Sun's father and son did not participate in the meritorious discussion, he was a well-deserved first meritorious service.

The secondary power is the yellow cover. Huang Gai did not behead much, but he captured Yuan Tan's baggage battalion and captured a large amount of baggage, which not only dealt a fatal blow to Zhu Ling at that time, but also provided a solid material foundation for the next battle, greatly reducing the pressure on logistics and supply. Before the soldiers and horses moved, the grain and grass went first, and this skill was more important than the decapitation work, and it was listed as a secondary skill.

Zhu Huan led a crowd of 4,000 people, first guarded Kang's father for more than ten days, and then broke 13,000 people from Lu Qian and Li Gan, and the number of beheadings exceeded his own troops. With its subordinates, it is sharp, and it is given the name of being undeserved, and it is brave to be brave.

Lu Su first helped Zhu Zhi to assist in the defense of Feng Kai, and then blocked 10,000 people with a battalion of 2,000 people, causing Zhu Ling to be isolated and helpless, beheading more than 1,000 people, and his own losses were not more than 100. With its strict and indestructible department, it is given the name of resoluteness.

Dong attacked and defeated Li Jin, and restrained more than 5,000 people from Zhu Ling with a battalion of 2,000 people, accumulating the merits of Pu Gupi, ranking fifth. With its sleepiness but not chaos, it is in the name of folding.

Zu Mao broke Zhu Lingzhong's army and broke the sixth.

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As soon as Gu Hui finished reading out, Huang Gai stood up and bowed his hand again and again. "Thank you, General, but I don't dare to do it. I was ordered by the general to block the reinforcements with Captain Lu, but Captain Lu was the sole responsibility, but I was allowed to take advantage of the weakness. To be honest, I didn't think much about it at the time, I just wanted to burn it. It's just that as soon as the fire was lit, it rained heavily and didn't burn. The general listed me as my second merit, I deserve it, please share the credit with Captain Lu. ”

Sun Jian glanced at Sun Ce. Although there is already a tacit understanding between their father and son, he is still the main general on the surface, so he is the one who presides over the meeting, but it is Sun Ce's decision to list Huang Gai as the second merit, which has the meaning of taking care of Sun Jian's old department. Now Huang Gai refused to accept it, and asked for a share of the credit to Lu Su, so he naturally asked Sun Ce to explain.

Sun Ce slowly stood up. "Captain Huang refuses to take advantage of others, and is honest as an elder. However, the merit is only about the battle record, no matter the plan, Captain Lu planned, Captain Huang adopted, he acted as a strategist for you, you can thank him privately, you don't have to share the credit. Just like Feng Xiao, Wen Biao and others are military strategists, every battle has merit, I can't list them as the first meritorious, right? The rain has extinguished the fire and preserved these burdens, do I still have to share the credit with heaven? ”

Everyone laughed and gossiped in agreement. Huang Gai scratched his head, unable to refute Sun Ce for a while.

Sun Ce glanced at everyone, especially for a moment on Zhu Huan's face. Tai Shi Ci listed the first merit, Zhu Huan had no opinion, listed Huang Gai as the second merit, and he was not convinced, and he was not the kind of person who had any thoughts hidden in his heart, and anyone could see the change in his face. If it weren't for Huang Gai taking the initiative to concede credit, he would definitely raise an objection. If he didn't take this opportunity to let him understand that Sun Ce didn't care if he had to fight for merit, it was very unfavorable to him. No one likes to be too competitive, aggressive with their colleagues, and Guan Yu is an example of this.

Zhu Huan blinked his eyes and stalked his neck, obviously not very convinced.

Sun Ce continued: "The two armies clashed, the generals contended, and the soldiers competed for bravery, but first of all, they fought for strength and heart. Zhu Ling has more than 10,000 soldiers, and if the trapped beast is still fighting, even if he can kill more than half, the losses of our army will be extremely amazing. Can you force Cao Ang back next? If we can't force Cao Ang back, will we storm Rencheng or abandon Rencheng? Captain Huang's capture of the baggage not only played a vital role in defeating Zhu Ling's troops at that time, but also had a great impact on the subsequent wars, and it was listed as a secondary merit, which I think is very reasonable. ”

Zhu Huan frowned slightly, and the expression on his face eased slightly. When the generals listened, some nodded in agreement, some stroked their beards and groaned, and some exchanged heads and whispered with their colleagues.

Sun Ce waited for a while, and then said, "Zhu Wudang, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Huan was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while, until Dong Xi next to him stabbed him, he realized that Zhu Wudang was him, quite embarrassed, and hurriedly stood up and said casually: "What the general said is reasonable." ”

"Really?"

"Uh...... Of course. ”

"Then I'm going to criticize you a few words now, I hope you can still feel that every sentence is reasonable after listening to it."

Zhu Huan's face turned red. He knew that Sun Ce had an opinion on his attitude, but he didn't expect Sun Ce to criticize him in front of so many people, and he was a little anxious all of a sudden. It took so much effort, and I was seriously injured, and I didn't succeed in the first achievement, so I gave a name, but the result was not unique to anyone, why?

Everyone was also a little surprised, and they closed their mouths one after another, Zhu Zhi got up and prepared to play a round, but was stopped by Sun Jian.

Sun Ce remained motionless, looking at Zhu Huan quietly, and when everyone was quiet, and all eyes were focused on his face, he said unhurriedly: "Zhu Xiumu, what are your casualties this time?" ”

Zhu Huan crooked the corners of his mouth. "One thousand seven hundred and sixty-one were killed, three hundred and fifty-five were seriously wounded, and the rest were wounded."

"You're one of the seriously injured, right?"

Zhu Huan bit his lip and said nothing.

"You led your troops to garrison Kang's father, and like Tai Shici, he is a general in the front, so he will allocate an additional battalion to you for command, and send another battalion of personal guards to assist you. You treat yourself as a fighting general, charge ahead, but throw the heavy responsibility of command to Guo Xijiu, is this a dereliction of duty? Is the credit of your ministry part of Guo sacrificial wine? ”

Zhu Huan's face turned red, and he was speechless. He himself has a battalion of 2,000 people, Sun Ce also allocated another battalion to him, in addition to Guo Jialing's 2,000 personal guards, the third merit is actually the merit of these 6,000 people, he asked for the name of a battalion, but plundered the credit of the other 4,000 people, especially robbing Guo Jia's command. If you really want to judge merit, Guo Jia, as a commander, is more qualified to say merit. Guo Jia hasn't said anything yet, what qualifications does he have to make irresponsible remarks?

According to the standards of the generals Sun Ce said, he is not qualified at all.

"General, since it involves me, I'll say a few words." Seeing that Zhu Huan was silent, Guo Jia shook his feather fan and stood up. "At that time, the situation was urgent, Lu Qian had not been broken, and Li Gan had arrived, if he could not make a decision immediately, our army would be unbearable and would be destroyed. It stands to reason that Captain Zhu should be in the middle of the command, and the generals will charge into battle, but I am a scholar, and the others are not as brave as Captain Zhu. ”

He paused and laughed softly: "If you want to say that you think of yourself as a fighting general, you can only say that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, and you can't complain about Zhu Xiumu alone." Zhu Xiumu, you don't learn so many advantages of the general, do you prefer to learn this? ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment and burst into laughter.

Zhu Huan endured it for a while, but he couldn't hold back, and he laughed "poof". He arched his hand. "General, I was wrong, I won't make an example."