After Cai Mao got Liu Biao's order, he immediately went to a large camp hundreds of miles south of Xiangyang City to see Wen Ping.

This large camp is located in the east of the Hanchuan River, with the Hanchuan River in the west and the Xiangjiang River in the east.

The soldiers and horses of this battalion can be said to be holding on to dangers, and one man should be closed. It is a checkpoint set up by Liu Biao in order to prevent the northern army from suddenly going south, Xiangyang cannot be guarded, and the migration to Jiangling County.

Cai Mao, as a military advisor, and holding Liu Biao's warrant, the soldiers guarding the door did not dare to stop him, and while ordering someone to go in to inform Wen Ping, he invited Cai Mao in.

Soon, Cai Mao was welcomed by the soldiers into the vicinity of the Chinese army's big tent, and along the way, Cai Mao only felt that the momentum was solemn and the military appearance was good.

If you want to say that the first general in Jingzhou, it should be Wenpin. At this point, Liu Biao really has the wisdom to know people, and handed over the most elite 10,000 foot soldiers under his account to the commander of Wenpin.

Just as Cai Mao was admiring, a man came from the front. This man is in his thirties, and his figure is not burly, but his face is cold, and his eyes are full of essence. It is the general who is hired.

"Meet the Strategist." Wen Ping hurried to Cai Mao's side and bowed down.

"You don't have to salute in the barracks." Cai Mao gently helped Wen Ping up and said. After a pause, Cai Mao explained again: "Jiangxia has been attacked, and I am here on the orders of the lord to lead your troops south and take back Jiangxia." ”

"The army is ready to go." Wen Ping couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that Jiang Xia was attacked, but he quickly calmed down and bowed in a deep voice.

"That's very good." Cai Mao was very satisfied. This is the general, who is not alarmed at all times, and waits for orders at any time.

Wen Ping bowed and immediately went down to arrange. In just a moment, the drums in the barracks were beating, and a group of non-commissioned officers gathered in the camp and colonel.

Wen hired Cai Mao to give orders on the stage, and a quarter of an hour later, the army went south.

Xiling County is the seat of Jiangxia and the old nest of Huang Zu. But after the death of Huang Zu, the master, no matter how solid the old nest is, it is just an empty shell.

In the second day after the Battle of Xiakou, Liu Feng led hundreds of elite soldiers, and arrived here with Huang Zhong, Zhang Gui, Zhou Shun, Chen Da and others with countless soldiers.

The defenders surrendered without a fight.

At this moment, it was the fifth day that Liu Feng occupied Xiling County, and within these five days, Liu Feng sent his subordinate army of more than 100 people under the command of Zhang Guiling, as well as hundreds of soldiers, enough to gather 1,000 people to go south to Wuchang, a heavy city in Jiangxia.

On the one hand, he pacified the people in the city in Xiling County, disrupted the original civil official system, installed Xu Tian, and Zhang Dao entered.

Subsequently, Xu Tian was ordered to issue an order, and the county orders remained unchanged. to appease people's hearts.

In the end, they counted the soldiers and quickly incorporated them.

Liu Feng used Xu Tian, Zhang Dao, Zhang Gui, Deng Ai, Huang Zhong, Zhou Shun and others to quickly pacify Jiangxia within five days.

Although it is said that it will take a lot of time to completely control it, nominally, the current Jiangxia is already Liu Feng's.

The integration of the army was very smooth, this time Huang Zu was completely dead, and the soldiers of Jiangxia had no resistance at all and were absorbed by Liu Feng.

More than 7,000 people were killed.

Gan Ning guarded Xiakou and trained the navy. It turned out that Huang Cai's 5,000 soldiers, the soldiers who were still left behind after defending the city, and the remnants of Zhang Gu's soldiers were all handed over to Gan Ning when they were in Xiakou. A total of three thousand people.

This time, Liu Feng recruited 7,000 people, of which hundreds followed Zhang Gui south to Wuchang.

Of the remaining 6,000 people, Liu Feng divided 5,000 people into command with Huang Zhong. Hundreds of people were given to Deng Ai, enough for a battalion of 1,000 people. In addition, Chen Da was ordered to select elites and expand the broken military camp to 800 people.

In this way, Huang Zhong has 5,000 troops. Gan Ning 3,000 sailors, Deng Ai, Zhang Gui 1,000 each, and 800 broken barracks. The army is 200 people.

In a short period of time, Liu Feng's army swelled to 13,000 men.

However, Liu Feng knew that these thirteen thousand soldiers were now just a mess of mud, and anyone could clean it up. It is necessary to accumulate from time to time, so that Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Deng Ai, Zhang Gui, Chen Da and others can be trained into an army.

Compared with the many talents accepted by Liu Feng in terms of troops, in terms of civil officials, Liu Feng's strength is much weaker. Xu Tian is ordinary, he was only left under Liu Feng because of his extensive knowledge, and Zhang Dao himself was born as a junior official in the army, and his talent is also very ordinary.

The two cooperated, from busy to night, it took five days, and they were not able to complete the statistics of the current affairs in Jiangxia, not to mention various personnel appointments, as well as the future of Liu Feng's inspection of talents and the placement of county orders in various places.

Liu Feng could only go out in person and direct the two to deal with the affairs of the county. I can't find time to focus on the things I have in mind, such as developing a powerful blade. and arranging the creation of iron armor.

In private, Liu Feng misses his teacher Xu Shu very much, with Xu Shu's talent, let alone governing the county, even if he governs a large state, he can be orderly and stable.

I really want to write a letter and ask Xu Shu to come here. But after Liu Feng thought about it for a while, he dispelled this idea, not to mention whether Xu Shu was willing to come, and Liu Feng didn't want Xu Shu to be scolded by the world, saying that Xu Shu was a minister who betrayed the lord, and Liu Feng wanted to invite Xu Shu over when Liu Bei was the most depressed and had nowhere to live.

Compared with civilian officials, Huang Zhong, Deng Ai, Zhang Gui, and Chen Da are either veterans in the army, or extremely smart. It was very quick to get started, and in five days, the army had been basically integrated and could be trained decently.

It's a pity that the momentum is insufficient.

This said, Liu Feng was in a small military camp in the south of the city.

This military camp is very small, just like the small military camp when Liu Feng was in Xinye. This is a battalion of soldiers and horses commanded by Chen Da.

That is, the broken barracks.

Now the people guarding Xiling County include Huang Zhong, Zhou Shun, Deng Ai, and Chen Da.

Among them, Zhou Shunwei has an army of only 200 people, and there is no military camp itself. Huang Zhong led 5,000 soldiers and horses, and is currently stationed on the Yangtze River in the north of Xiling.

Deng Ai led a thousand soldiers and horses to be stationed in the east of Xiling.

The remaining Chen Da led 800 troops and was stationed here.

In the camp, Liu Feng and Chen Da stood on the podium together, frowning and looking at the soldiers below.

A total of 800 people, of which nearly 200 troops, stood solemnly and orderly, and the momentum was like a rainbow. The remaining 600 or so people looked listless, and from time to time looked at the 200 imposing soldiers with fearful eyes.

Today, Liu Feng also took a rare time to take a look at the former trump card in his hand to break the military camp. But now this group of soldiers obviously can't satisfy Liu Feng.

Although there are more people, the combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the previous three hundred.

In fact, the 600 soldiers in front of him were also selected to enter the broken barracks, and they were also considered elite in the army in the past. But compared with the soldiers of the broken army camp who eat meat every day and train hard, it is like a phoenix and a pheasant.

It's unsightly.

As for the battalion, the number of soldiers and horses was 800, not 1,000 like Deng Ai. It's because Chen Da's vision is very tricky, and only these 600 people have fallen into his eyes.

It's not that Liu Feng has any bad taste in his heart, for example, he wants to imitate the almost invincible 800 trapping camp led by Gao Shun, the general under Lu Bu's tent in the past.

Liu Feng's goal of establishing a broken military camp is to break everything, even if he is trapped in the camp and resurrected, Liu Feng can imagine defeating it by breaking the military camp.

"Hey, it will take at least half a year to become an army." Liu Feng looked at it for a while, shook his head at Chen Da and said.

"Yes, this group of people is the elite of the Jiangxia army, and they have a fighting army, so they don't need to exterminate the water thieves to boost their courage, as long as they train hard and eat well. The broken barracks can be restored to their former glory in half a year. Chen Da agreed with Liu Feng's judgment and nodded.

Even with Chen Da's approval, Liu Feng still felt a headache. Jiangxia's current army is really like a piece of. Even when he was the most vulnerable, the neighbors around him were like Cao Ying, and Sun Quan was not as ferocious as a wolf. As soon as they moved their troops, Liu Feng was greatly injured.

Wish you could give me three months.

Liu Feng sighed in his heart.

Let's not talk about finding a famous minister who can preside over Jiangxia's government affairs in these three months, and he will also restore the vitality of the army in these three months.

There is a good saying, it is called saying that Cao Ying Cao Ying will arrive.

Just when Liu Feng was thinking about how to restore the vitality of the army, several pawns rode into the barracks, and after entering the camp gate, they went straight to the school field. came to the point of the general.

After coming to the point general's platform, the rest of the people waited, and only one of the leading soldiers hurriedly walked up to the point general's platform.

"Lord, Xiakou Gan Sima reported urgently, saying that Wen Ping led the army to Xiakou, I'm afraid it will arrive today."

Liu Feng's color changed, this time it was really unexpected, Liu Feng knew that he had captured Jiangxia, and Liu Biao would definitely not give up. However, Liu Feng calculated from Liu Biao's slow surname, and thought that Liu Biao was reacting, and it would take at least 20 days to dispatch the army.

And now when he captured Jiangxia, it was only five days. It's really fast.

But fortunately, Liu Feng was quite well prepared for Liu Biao's arrival. Therefore, after his complexion changed greatly, he immediately put away his expression. instructed: "You go back and return to your life, just say that I will not enter Xiling, and rush directly to Xiakou." The rest of the armies did not have to move lightly. ”

Liu Feng's order is the general order.

"No." The pawn made a promise, quickly got off the platform, and went back to Xiling to resume his life.

"I'll leave it to you." After the pawn left, Liu Feng instructed Chen Da and left quickly.

"No." Chen Da looked at Liu Feng's departing back and bowed. His expression was full of calm, for him, starting a family with Liu Feng was simply dreamy.

With hundreds of people in the headquarters, combined with thieves, Jiangxia can be conquered. Sitting on Jiangxia. Liu Feng's ability is three points stronger than Liu Bei.

Even if Liu Biao led the army here, he trusted Liu Feng to withstand it.

Half a year, it only takes half a year to break the barracks and become an army again, the arm of the lord. Chen Da clenched his fists and said silently in his heart.

After leaving the school field, he immediately ordered Kou Shui, the captain of the pro-soldiers, to organize his pro-soldiers and go to Xiakou with him.

Since the last battle, the number of personal soldiers has been reduced from twenty-one to a dozen, and Liu Feng ordered the army to be selected, and there were enough fifty people.

This time Liu Feng traveled, and these fifty people also came with him.

Kou Shui has always been meticulous and thorough in implementing Liu Feng's orders. Soon, some soldiers moved to Liu Feng's dark cloud horse, surrounded Liu Feng out of the barracks, and headed west.

After a half-day journey without stopping, Liu Fengcai came to the outside of Xiakou City.

At this moment, Xiakou is no longer the miserable appearance of five days ago.

The city was cleansed of blood, arrows, and weapons. The bodies of soldiers killed on both sides were also buried.

It can be said that it has a new look.

The city has also recovered its original prosperity a little, and the number of travelers and people who enter the city to sell has also increased.

It's just that Liu Feng came unfortunately, and now the war has started again. This Xiakou City is a little deserted.

Because it was a time of war, the inventory of entering the city was also very rigorous. Near the city gate stood some ordinary people, travelers, waiting to be checked.

But to say that Liu Feng, the lord of Jiangxia, was stopped by his own soldiers, it would be really ridiculous and generous to say it.

After Liu Feng and the others approached the city, Kou Shui had already sent someone to tell the people guarding the door. Therefore, Liu Feng and his entourage entered the city smoothly.

Liu Feng took a large group of people into the city together, and there was no need to check it, and some of them immediately knew which general or nobleman this was. Of course, there are also some eyes that don't look long.

You must know that on this cold day, it is definitely not a pleasant thing to be interrogated outside the door.

After Liu Feng swaggered in, he began to grind with the soldiers guarding the door a little bit, wanting to enter the city without checking.

It's just that in the cold look of the soldier, these people obediently shut up without exception. It's just that many people secretly curse in their hearts, this person is really angry compared to others.

Of course, Liu Feng didn't know the little episode he caused in order to enter the city quickly. As soon as he entered the city, he went to the Taishou Mansion.

After reporting it outside the gate, he waited patiently.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Gu, who was fully armored, walked out. Zhang Gu himself is a water thief, how can he have any armor, and the fingers on his body may not be scavenged from where to wear on his body to call the scene.

But not to mention, after Zhang Gu put on this armor, he really had a little bit of the momentum of a fierce general all over his body.

Zhang Gu came to Liu Feng's body, and without waiting for him to salute, Liu Feng asked, "How is it ahead?" ”

Liu Feng's question made Zhang Gu swallow the words of the visit. He replied: "After Wen Pin led the army south, he did not immediately attack the city, but stationed in Hanyang to correct the army and prepare ships. The Gan family....Gan Sima led a thousand men and horses in the headquarters, and was closely monitoring the movements of Wen Ping in the water village. ”

"The two sides are not at war yet?" Liu Feng was overjoyed and said.

"There hasn't been a battle yet." Zhang Gu replied, looking at Liu Feng a little strangely after answering, everyone is in the city, and the battle is only a matter of time, I don't know why Liu Feng is happy because the two sides have not yet fought.

Do you still want to force the civil service to retire without blood?

Unlikely, Zhang Gu shook his head in his heart, Wen Ping is menacing, he should have received a death order to take back Jiangxia. War is simply inevitable.

(To be continued)