Zhao Feng told Huang Zhong and Wei Yan in detail about the battle in Yin, Henan, and then asked: "What do you think our army should do at present?" ”

Huang Zhong bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Continue with the original plan." ”

"First, you can create pressure on the Xiahou brothers and buy some time for General Hua."

"Second, I can also use this to create some opportunities, maybe I can defeat the Xiahou brothers' coalition army!"

Zhao Feng nodded in approval.

Wei Yan bowed his hand to Zhao Feng: "Now Cao Cao has been defeated and retreated. ”

"Since the lord sent General Xu to Chenliu County to pick up General Hua, then General Hua should not have any problems."

"And according to the movements of the Xiahou brothers, perhaps, as the lord expected, he was indeed strictly forbidden to fight by Cao Cao's order."

"Since the Xiahou brothers will not fight, it will be difficult for us to create fighters."

"What's more, even if a fighter plane is created, with our current situation, the outcome is still unpredictable."

"It just so happens that tomorrow 50,000 war horses will arrive in Jiqiu, we might as well take this opportunity to train our troops!"

"As long as we can train 50,000 cavalry, we will be able to gain the upper hand in the future war with Cao Cao."

After Zhao Feng heard this, he groaned.

Because what Wei Yan said is also quite reasonable.

You must know that the reason why you were able to take such a big advantage in this battle with Cao Cao was able to take advantage of it.

In addition to Zhang Yan lurking beside Cao Cao, it was Hua Xiong who led the cavalry of his headquarters to go deep into Chenliu County alone and attract half of Cao's army in the past.

Otherwise, Zhang Yan could only continue to lurk beside Cao Cao, waiting for the next fighter.

Cao Cao seemed to be defeated this time, but in fact, the loss of soldiers and horses was not too much.

That is, when Zhang Yan suddenly rebelled, he was caught off guard, and the loss of troops was not small, and then when the army was cut off, when Zhang Yan was blocked, the loss was not small.

But this so-called loss is not small, and it is only calculated against Cao Cao's army of about 25,000.

If the 50,000 or so troops of Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan and the 30,000 or 40,000 troops sent to encircle Huaxiong are calculated together, these lost soldiers are nothing.

After all, if an army of 25,000 is killed about 15,000, it means that sixty percent of the army is killed, and the entire army will be broken!

If it is an army of 12 or 30,000 and about 15,000 troops are killed, then it will lose more than 10% of the soldiers, and naturally it will not hurt the muscles and bones.

Therefore, after Cao Cao goes back, as long as he rests for a while, he can lead the troops again!

It's just that with all this time, Henan Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and Hongnong County must have been taken down by Zhao Feng.

But it is precisely because Zhao Feng has just taken these counties that the family, Haoqiang, the people, and the defense lines deployed by all parties are not in place.

Therefore, it will be easier for Cao Cao to regain it.

Otherwise, the longer the delay, the less likely it is that Cao Cao will recapture it.

And after Cao Cao reorganizes his army and goes out, this newly trained army of 50,000 will be able to play a greater role!

For example, this time, let Hua Xiong lead the headquarters and go deep alone, suspected of attacking Xudu, Cao Cao only sent 30,000 or 40,000 troops to intercept it.

Next time, if he sends 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry to attack Xudu, is Cao Cao afraid? Do you want to stay behind to guard Xudu?

This is to indirectly contain part of Cao Cao's army.

Zhao Feng pondered for a long time: "The opinions of the two are quite good. ”

"In this way, let Zhang He and Wen Chou continue to provoke Xiahoudun after the year to see if they can create fighters."

"As for the two, as soon as the 50,000 war horses arrive tomorrow, they will immediately start training the recruits in the direction of the cavalry!"

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan bowed their hands to Zhao Feng: "No! ”

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

Time passed slowly, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

In the past half month, because it was the end of the year, the soldiers of the princes and armies had a homesickness and their morale dropped greatly, so the fighting on all sides stopped.

this day.

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 directly to the sentry horse, took the paperwork with both hands, and then handed it to Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng opened the document and looked at it carefully.

It is roughly a report on some of the things that happened in the governance during the end of the year.

Tian Feng can handle other small things by himself.

The main ones are Jinyang, Qixian, Yuanshi, and Jiumen, the four counties that were the first to implement the law change, and it has been five years since this year.

To put it simply, the tax reform law has come to the implementation year this year.

At that time, the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the counties and territories added up to about 50 percent.

In some counties, there are more corrupt and criminal officials, and miscellaneous taxes will be a little higher, which will be higher than 50 percent, and in some counties, there will be more clean and good officials, and miscellaneous taxes will be a little less, which will be less than 50 percent.

But no matter where the excesses and miscellaneous taxes are, at least they are more than 45 percent!

This is from the top down, and there is no way for local officials to reduce it.

Zhao Feng's tax reform law only stipulates a grain protection tax of 20 percent, as long as the tax is paid continuously for more than five years, and in the future, if there is a disaster year or accident, the government will subsidize it.

Similar to the afterlife's insurance.

The purpose of this move is to let the government and the people have their own responsibilities and obligations.

It is the duty of the people to pay taxes, and it is the responsibility of the government to protect the people.

This may reduce the situation of the common people.

The other is the collection of 20 percent of the war tax.

But this tax, as long as there is no war, will be reduced by five per cent every five years.

That is, as long as there is peace for twenty years, the war tax will be gone!

This will make all the people want peace!

In the future, if a reactionary force such as the Yellow Turban Uprising emerges, it will affect the interests of the people of the whole country.

Naturally, the benefits go without saying.

The only downside is that this will lead to a significant reduction in taxes, and after 20 years of domination, all officials will have to tighten their belts to get by.

Of course, this is a shortcoming for others, but not necessarily for Zhao Feng.

After all, after twenty years of peaceful development, Zhao Feng will naturally launch a lot of new things.

The document sent by Tian Feng means that after the tax reduction in the four counties of Jinyang, Qixian, Yuanshi, and Jiumen, there will basically be no impact.

But in a few years, Taiyuan County, Changshan County, Julu County, and Shangdang County will all start to reduce taxes.

This move may affect the recruitment plan in the future.

I hope Zhao Feng can make plans early.

Zhao Feng knew that this was Tian Feng's kind reminder.

After all, now that Taishan County and Langya County have been additionally won, with the taxes of these two counties, they can offset some of the taxes reduced by Taiyuan County, Changshan County, Julu County, and Shangdang County a few years later.

What's more, the land of Hongnong County, Zuo Fengyi, and Henan Yin County is also about to be taken!