You must know that the purpose of recruiting those 20,000 recruits in the early days was to select elites from them to expand Zhao Feng's personal guards.

After all, the current army of generals from all walks of life is an army of 10,000 at every turn.

If Zhao Feng's personal guards are not expanded, in case the generals of a certain army want to rebel, then Zhao Feng will have a great crisis.

If all the 20,000 troops are sent away, then the purpose of expanding the personal guards will naturally not be achieved.

Therefore, Lu Su would ask Zhao Feng to select two thousand recruits first and integrate them into the personal guard, that is, into the tiger battalion.

In this way, Zhao Feng's personal guards have more than 6,500 people, plus the school captain sent by the King of Zhongshan, there are a total of 8,500 people.

Originally, 2,000 people were to be selected from various armies, and 2,000 people were selected from the Cradle Academy, but for various reasons, the follow-up expansion plan could only be temporarily shelved.

The main reason is that the age of the students of Cradle Academy is uneven, and some time ago, most of the generals were promoted, and now their establishment is still in a state of dissatisfaction, and Zhao Feng is embarrassed to order the elite to be transferred.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

In this month, Liu Yu's old troops Xian Yufu, Qi Zhou, and Xian Yuyin, together with the Wuhuan army led by King Wuhuan and the Xianbei army led by Yan Rou, once again surrounded and suppressed Gongsun Zan in the Baoqiu area.

Gongsun Zhan lost more than 20,000 soldiers, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and there was basically no possibility of fighting for Youzhou.

Meantime.

Because Zhao Feng increased his troops in Hanoi County and was still on alert, Yuan Shao thought that Zhao Feng was ready to lead his troops across the river to attack him.

Therefore, Yuan Shao, who originally joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Lü Bu, chose to withdraw his troops and return to Henan Yin.

After all, Yuan Shao's conditions are not as good as the current Zhao Feng.

If you don't use the Yellow River to resist Zhao Feng, if you really have to fight hard, Yuan Shao will only have one way to lose.

Not to mention anything else, just by virtue of Zhao Feng's ability to recruit 20,000 troops a year, Yuan Shao can be consumed alive.

You must know that the current Henan Yin, although it has recruited a large number of displaced people from Chang'an, the population is still insufficient.

Of course, this is mainly due to food shortages.

According to the various decrees checked by Zhao Feng, Zhao Feng learned that Tian Feng took in more than 100,000 displaced people who fled from Chang'an last year.

Most of the displaced people who can escape to Zhao Feng's land belong to the young and strong category.

Therefore, Tian Feng was directly resettled in Qinghe Kingdom, Le'an Kingdom, Hejian Country and other places.

In these places, judging from the grain tax, the population is not very large.

Placing more than 30,000 people separately is all trivial.

After all, these places are the fiefdoms of the prince, and the specific population data, the local prince is unwilling to tell Zhao Feng, and Zhao Feng can't force it.

After all, the fiefdom depends on the number of people to provide food.

The local prince, it is normal to want to make some articles with this.

In order to avoid trouble, Zhao Feng also went with them.

Anyway, for more than ten years at most, after the death of the old batch of princes, the new successor to the throne, Zhao Feng can handle it as much as he wants.

What's more, whether there will be a new king to succeed to the throne, that's still a question mark!

For the sake of the stability of governing the land, it is better to spend more food and raise these princes.

Otherwise, if these princes are really in his territory, making some small moves will also bring Zhao Feng a lot of trouble.

After all, with these princes, it is impossible for Zhao Feng to directly send troops to pacify.

So more, it still depends on Huairou's political means.

And after Yuan Shao evacuated Yanzhou.

Lu Bu reorganized the army, and in Xiaqiu, he fought another battle with Cao Cao.

The result was still defeat.

However, Lu Bu was in Yanzhou, after all, with the help of Zhao Feng, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Chen Gong and others, so he still had the strength to fight again.

It's just that Zhao Feng is not very optimistic anymore.

After all, two consecutive failures have greatly reduced the morale of Lu Bu's side.

As long as Cao Cao seizes the opportunity, Lu Bu's third defeat is not far off.

And with Cao Cao's ability, he will obviously seize this opportunity.

On this day, Tian Feng walked into the conference hall and waved at Zhao Feng: "Enlighten the lord!" ”

"There's an urgent report from Chang'an."

"After months of fighting, Chang'an was almost reduced to ruins."

"The Son of Heaven, under the escort of Yang Feng, Niu Fu, Dong Cheng, etc., the former generals of Li Dao's department, got rid of the control of Li Dao and Guo Yan, fled to Hongnong, and entered Anyi."

After Zhao Feng heard this, he immediately stood up, walked to the national map behind him, and then looked at Hongnong County.

Just watched it for a long time, saw Zhao Feng stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Tian Feng: "Why didn't I find Anyi in Hongnong County?" ”

Tian Feng pondered for a moment: "Anyi should be the seat of Hedong County!" ”

Zhao Feng turned his head, looked at the map again, and then shifted his gaze to Hedong County.

Sure enough, I saw Anyi!

Zhao Feng carried Tian Feng behind his back and said in surprise: "Is the news wrong, or is it the fake news deliberately released by the Son of Heaven in conjunction with Yang Feng, Niu Fu, Dong Cheng and others?" ”

"He said that he went to Hongnong County, and he said that he was stationed in Anyi."

"So the Son of Heaven is in Hongnong County now? Or is it in Anyi, Hedong County? ”

Tian Feng pondered for a moment: "Yang Feng, Niu Fu, Dong Cheng and others, in order to get rid of the pursuit of Li Dao and Guo Yan. ”

"The possibility of releasing fake news to mislead Li Dao and Guo Yan is relatively large!"

"It doesn't matter if the Son of Heaven is in Hongnong County or Hedong County, one thing can be confirmed, that is, the Son of Heaven has begun to return to the east."

Zhao Feng returned to the main seat and sat down: "What is the use of confirming that the Son of Heaven has returned to the east?" ”

"Hedong County was occupied by the Baibo Army, and Henan Yin was occupied by Yuan Shao."

"With the strength we have deployed in Hanoi County, at most we will be able to contain the army of a certain county."

"And if you divide the troops, even if you welcome the Son of Heaven, you won't be able to rob others in the end!"

Tian Feng pondered for a long time: "In Yifeng's opinion, the Son of Heaven is likely to be in Anyi in Hedong County!" ”

"Under the escort of Li Dao's generals Yang Feng, Niu Fu, Dong Cheng, etc., the Son of Heaven was out of the control of Li Dao and Guo Yan."

"And Yang Feng, who was originally a general in the Baibo Army, surrendered to Dong Zhuo after Guo Tai's death, and later returned to Li Dao."

"Now that Yang Feng is taking the Son of Heaven to Hedong County, he can successfully recruit the Baibo Army in the name of the Son of Heaven."

"Not only can you get the credit of subduing Hedong County, but also get the credit of saving the Son of Heaven, and it is not impossible to rank among the third dukes."

"At the same time, with the help of the Bai Bo Army, then Li Dao, Guo Yan and others want to pursue the Son of Heaven, but I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

"And if you go to Hongnong County, it is estimated that not only will you not get help, but you will get a large number of intercepted troops."

"After all, Hongnong County is also under the control of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others!"

After Zhao Feng listened, he groaned: "There is some truth in the analysis. ”

"How sure is Yuan Hao?"

Tian Feng thought for a while: "There is about seventy percent certainty!" ”

Zhao Feng shook his head: "At this time, seventy percent of the certainty is too low. ”

"Once we make a mistake in judgment, not only will we have to fight with the White Wave Army, but the Son of Heaven will not count on it!"