In the end, Tian Feng said that at the end of the year, taking advantage of the low morale of Cao's army, Xu Huang cooperated with Hua Xiong, who seized the opportunity and led less than 5,000 cavalry from his headquarters to withdraw from Chenliu County.

was almost completely surrounded and suppressed by the tens of thousands of troops of Chen Liujun.

Among the more than 10,000 cavalry killed in the battle, 6,000 of them were killed in the battle with Cao Ang.

The other more than 4,000 horsemen were slowly consumed by Cao's army when Chen Liujun was tossing and turning.

Even the cavalry has been consumed more than 4,000 horsemen, which shows how dangerous Huaxiong's lone army is to go deep into Chenliu County.

After reading the paperwork.

Zhao Feng looked at the sentry horseman: "Go back and tell Tian Feng and ask him to give the order to Hua Xiong, and then cooperate with Xu Huang to take Dongjun!" ”

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

After speaking, he turned around and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

Time flickered, another half a month passed, and it has entered the beginning of February.

In the past half a month, because the end of the year has passed, and the morale has almost recovered, Hongnong County, Henan Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and Dongjun have begun to attack Cao Cao again.

this day.

Xiong Da walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qiqi!" ”

"Jingzhou sent a message, saying that Gan Ning led the army and took Yuzhang County, Aixian, Jianchang, Yichun, Jiancheng, Chaisang, Liling, Haidu, and Nanchang!"

After Zhao Feng heard this, he secretly said, Gan Ning is really powerful.

You must know that Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan led the army, took Huang Zhong, a lieutenant general, to fight Zu Mao in the area of Ai County, but was defeated.

And Gan Ning's leadership this time, in terms of lineup, is obviously not as good as Liu Pan, and the number of troops is even worse.

After all, Liu Biao's purpose, Zhao Feng can also guess one or two.

At the beginning, Liu Pan lost to Zu Mao, but Gan Ning took the eight county towns of Yuzhang, and his ability was fully revealed.

Of course, Gan Ning's ability to achieve such a big credit may be related to the fact that Jiangdong has not yet determined who is the master.

But those in the upper echelons usually look at the results.

As a result, Liu Pan was defeated by Zu Mao in Ai County, but Gan Ning took half of Yuzhang's small county.

If it weren't for the limited number of troops, it would not be impossible for Gan Ning to take Yuzhang County in one go.

Of course, although the current strength is limited, Gan Ning did not say that he would not continue to attack Yuzhang.

Zhao Feng sighed: "After this battle, Gan Ning is only afraid that he will become Liu Biao's general!" ”

Zhao Feng's exclamation is not untargeted.

First, Gan Ning embodies his own ability and is worthy of being reused.

Second, Liu Biao's army is basically controlled by the Jingzhou family and the strong.

This is related to Liu Biao's original riding into Jingzhou.

Today's Liu Biao is naturally unwilling to be in the military and political power, and is shared by the family and Haoqiang.

Therefore, it is natural to reuse Gan Ning to win back some military and political power, so as to compete with the family and the powerful.

Otherwise, as soon as Liu Biao dies, it is unknown who Jingzhou belongs to.

Then.

Wei Yan walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qi!" ”

"After a month of training, the 50,000 cavalry have basically taken shape, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they are still very poor."

"Is the lord ready to continue training these 50,000 cavalry, or is he preparing to launch an attack on Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers?"

Zhao Feng pondered for a moment: "Now the advantage is in our hands. ”

"As long as Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan don't make any changes, you can continue to train recruits!"

Wei Yan bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

After speaking, he turned around and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

After Wei Yan left, Zhao Feng looked at Xiong Da: "Send someone back to tell Tian Feng and ask him to send the newly trained 15,000 female soldiers to Hanoi County first." ”

Xiong Da bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

After speaking, he turned around and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

In fact, the training speed of female soldiers is faster than that of male soldiers.

After all, female soldiers are basically training archery, and they have more than half a year of training time, which is more than enough to deal with archery skills that do not require any accuracy to defend the city.

The next day, at noon.

A sentry rode into the big tent of the Chinese army and bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Lord Qiqi!" ”

"Tian Beijia's subordinates sent a copy of the paperwork."

After speaking, he handed over the paperwork in his hand with both hands.

Xiong Da walked to the sentry horseman, took the paperwork with both hands, and then handed it to Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng opened the document and looked at it, the content was very simple, only a dozen words, 'Dongjun has been taken by General Xu and General Hua'!

Zhao Feng was instantly overjoyed: "Okay! Good! Good! ”

"Dongjun has been taken, Hongnong County and Zuo Fengyi will naturally be soon."

After all, the areas around Yin and Dongjun in Henan were specially deployed by Cao Cao, and the difficulty was naturally greater than that of Hongnong County and Zuo Fengyi.

So on the whole, the time it takes to take half of Dongjun should be similar to that of Hongnong County and Zuo Fengyi.

What's more, if Xu Huang hadn't fought for a chance for Hua Xiong, maybe at the end of the year, Xu Huang would have been able to take Dongjun.

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Tian Beijia asked his subordinates to relay a message, saying how the lord is going to reward General Xu and General Hua. ”

"This move can improve the enthusiasm of General Zhang, General Dian, Lu Taishou, and Captain Zhang."

"But we still need to consider the issue of rewarding in the future, I hope the lord can consider it carefully!"

After Zhao Feng heard this, he groaned.

It stands to reason that taking a county is indeed a reward.

But at present, in the Han Dynasty and Kyushu, Zhao Feng also occupies four and a half states, and there are still four and a half states that have not been won.

If the reward is too high, how will it be rewarded in the future?

You must know that the reason why the founding kings of the past dynasties wanted to eradicate some meritorious heroes was because the reward was too high at the beginning, so there was nothing to reward later.

Once nothing can be rewarded, and you are worried that some ministers will have dislike and other thoughts, they will pose a threat to their own throne, so they will be eliminated.

This is also the main reason why Tian Feng let himself consider carefully.

After all, that's what Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, did.

But there are too few rewards, and the generals feel that it is not easy to get ahead, and they may have other thoughts now.

Zhao Feng pondered for a long time: "Go back and tell Tian Feng that Xu Huang and Huaxiong are the marquis of the capital and have three hundred households!" ”

The sentry knight bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

After speaking, he turned around and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

There is also a reason why Zhao Feng was so rewarded.

First of all, Xu Huang and Hua Xiong were originally named Duting Marquis, but they were not sealed by Zhao Feng.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Feng to keep their marquis unchanged, otherwise it will be like not being rewarded.

However, Xu Huang, Hua Xiong and other generals who took refuge in the middle of the way, although they were themselves named Duting Marquis by other princes, they did not have food.

After all, their fiefs were not under Zhao Feng's rule, and it was impossible for other princes to hand over the food of those fiefs to these generals!