Chapter 568: The 130,000 Army (Third Update)

Liu Feng led Liu Ba, and after Kou Shui said goodbye to Huang Zhong, he returned to Jiangling City and met with Lei Xu and Chen Lan.

Lei Xu is about thirty years old, tall and looks brave. Chen Lan is slightly inferior, but in terms of physique, she is also a general.

These two people were originally Yuan Shu's generals, but later Yuan Shu's power was much weaker, so these two people rebelled against Yuan Shu, and each led his troops in this Lujiang County, Wuthering Mountains and Forests.

I made the Emperor of the Earth.

But when Liu Feng saw them, he didn't see the unruliness of the heroes of the green forest, but saw two pairs of eyes that were very respectful to him.

This was somewhat unexpected by Liu Feng, but then Liu Feng was relieved again. Although these two people have tens of thousands, they are sandwiched between Cao Cào in the north and Jiangdong in the south, and their lives are not easy.

It could be destroyed at any time. Especially in the gap between these two people, it is not that they are currying favor with both sides, but that they are robbing on both sides and surviving.

The relationship with both sides is not good. With the development of the current situation, it will definitely be wiped out. The two of them probably also thought of this, so they led their troops to join him Liu Feng.

It's a bit of a corner. However, Liu Feng didn't care what they were here for, it was good that they came.

It's a strength. And in this luàn world, one more strength, one more power. The more benefits the merrier.

"Greeting General Lei Xu, Chen Lan greeting General Yang Wu." When Liu Feng sat down, the two glanced at each other, and bowed to Liu Feng.

"Two generals are exempt." The two of them came to defect with tens of thousands of people, this is the first time Liu Feng has encountered such a situation, but there are similar situations, so he raised his hand and said with a smile.

The gentle smile on his face seemed to make these two people breathe a sigh of relief, which could be seen from Lei Xu, Chen Lanben's tense spirit, but now he was softened.

"Now I am fighting with Cao Cào, and the winner is not decided. However, the fact that the two generals were able to lead their troops to return to Shun shows their sincerity. I will certainly not treat the two generals badly. Liu Feng faced Lei Xu first, and Chen Lan assured.

"Thank you, Lord." Lei Xu, Chen Lan was even more happy in her heart, and bowed.

Lei Xu even took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve and respectfully presented it to Liu Fengdao: "Lord, this is the roster of soldiers and horses of the people under the rule of me and the others. Please also ask the Lord to read it. ”

This thief actually has a roster of soldiers and horses, Liu Feng was a little surprised, but he felt even more pleased, this saved the jīng effort of counting statistics.

Liu Feng glanced at Kou Shui next to him, Kou Shui understood, and immediately got up and took the roster from Lei Xu's hand and handed it to Liu Feng.

After Liu Feng took it, he took a look at it and felt very satisfied. The account is not only brief, but also very regular.

War horses, food and grass are scarce. Liu Feng skipped it directly, but the number of people surprised Liu Feng. There were 80,000 men under these two men.

You know, Koto is only a million people. These two guys already have one-tenth of the strength of Jiangdong. And, because it's a thief.

Among them, the proportion of jīng Zhuang is extremely jīng.

Of these 80,000 people, there are almost no old people, fùnv has a part, xiǎo children also have a part, and there are about 40,000 people, and jīng Zhuang has a full 40,000 people.

This is the thieves, the strong survived, and the old and weak died.

Of course Liu Feng has to digest these 80,000 people. It is just possible to expand, and the population of Gangneung which became relatively dilapidated under the influence of Cao Cào's southward movement is restored.

"Of these 40,000 jīng strong, I plan to make 20,000 of them soldiers, plus two generals as Zhonglang generals, and each of the 5,000 people belongs to Pang Tong, the general of my left army, I don't know what the two think?" In fact, at this time, no matter what Liu Feng does, Lei Xu and Chen Lan have to bear it. This is the price of submission, but Liu Feng asked in order to give these two people the impression that he was not a person who crossed the river and demolished the bridge.

"I would like to listen to the arrangement of the lord." Lei Xu, where did Chen Lan dare to really have an opinion, and hurriedly hugged her fists. In fact, Liu Feng gave them 5,000 troops and was crowned as a Zhonglang general, which was beyond their expectations. They thought it would be good to be a captain and command a battalion of one or two thousand men, but they didn't expect Liu Feng to be so generous.

The two couldn't help but be glad that they led their troops to obey Liu Feng this time.

The attitude of these two people is very good, and Liu Feng is very satisfied. couldn't help nodding and took out a fold on the case, which was made by Liu Feng according to the specifications of later generations. It is a kind of tool used for official correspondence.

After laying down the folds, Liu Feng began to write the appointment documents. Ordered Lei Xu, Chen Lan was the lieutenant general, and each commanded 5,000 people. And the other 10,000 jīng Zhuang was obtained, and Pang Tong was ordered to increase the number of soldiers to Deng Ai, Xiang Chong, and Xu Sheng.

In this way, Liu Feng's army increased to 130,000.

"Trouble Zichu took the paperwork and the two generals to see Pang Tong." As he spoke, Liu Feng folded the written document and handed it to Liu Badao.

"No." Liu Ba replied.

Just now, Lei Xu and Chen Lan both paid attention to Liu Feng's body, and ignored Liu Ba, only to find that there was a Liu Ba next to them at this time.

Liu Banai is a celebrity, his father and ancestors are all county guards, and his own jīng god appearance and momentum are extraordinary. When they saw it, they both felt extraordinary.

For this defection to Liu Feng, I also feel even more fortunate. Coupled with Liu Feng's generosity, there is a feeling of meeting the Ming Lord.

"This is the main book of my house, surnamed Liu, named Ba, and the word is at the beginning. If there is anything the two generals don't understand, you can ask him. Liu Feng turned his head and said to Lei Xu again.

"I've seen Mr. Liu." Lei Xu and Chen Lan immediately hugged their fists at Liu Ba.

"The two generals don't have to be like this." Liu Ba said with a smile.

The three exchanged a few words, and finally Liu Ba took the two to see Pang Tong.

There were 20,000 Huang Zhong, 20,000 Lei Xu, and 20,000 Chen Lan in a company, and the army increased by 40,000. And in addition, 60,000 people were obtained.

It is possible to expand the dilapidated Gangneung, the population.

Today is a day of great joy. Liu Feng was overjoyed for a moment before he started to do things. Originally, this occupied Gangneung, and it was not necessarily necessary to arrange too many civil officials or something.

If there is an army that can't do anything, after the end of this Northern Expedition, it is okay to make unified dispatch. But this is an additional population of 60,000, and it is not possible to make too strict arrangements.

What Liu Feng needs to do is to order a person to be the Taishou of Jiangling. Gangneung is a strategically important place, and in the future attack on Xicheon, Gangneung will be the base.

It is very important that Taishou must not only be capable, but also loyal.

But at present, civil officials under Liu Feng's account are still scarce, like Sima Yi and Liu Ba, these people are all scholars and doctors, and it is a pity to be too guarded.

Being a courtier and running the whole country is their destination. The rest of Liu Fengzhi still has some candidates, but unfortunately they are all in Jiangdong. Even Gu Yong and Liu Feng were afraid that something would happen to him, so they stayed in Taiwan.

Liu Feng thought for a long time before he remembered someone. The uncle of the future general Xiang Favor, that is, the minister of Shu in history, Xiang Lang.

When these two brothers came to him together, one was sent by Liu Feng to learn the way of using soldiers under Pang Tong's account, and now he is a military marquis, with a battalion of 500 people.

The other is because Liu Feng originally considered that Jiangxia's land north of the Yangtze River was not stable, so he built a big city, called Gucheng.

Xiang Lang is engaged in the operation of Gucheng. It's been several years now.

Xiang Lang's ability is outstanding, and he runs the solid city quite prosperously, and he is loyal. After all, he defected to his descendants very early.

After Liu Feng thought about it, he wrote an official document, promoted Xiang Lang to the Taishou of Jiangling, and ordered him to run the entire Jiangling. In addition, Liu Feng thought about it, and the city of Jiangling had already fallen into his hands.

His territory will definitely reach the whole of Jingzhou from Hannan. The office will certainly move to the north as well. I guess Xiangyang is a good place.

Anyway, it's going north, so it's better to start now. So he wrote another official letter, ordering Jiang Wan to dispatch the entire general's mansion to move north. Enter Gangneung.

After all this is done, it's not over. Liu Feng thought about this Northern Expedition.

130,000 troops is already a lot, but the good and the bad are mixed. Xiang is Lei Xu, the 20,000 people brought by Chen Lan, and the combat effectiveness is still unknown.

And the one who guards Xiangyang is a famous general, I heard that there are 10,000 troops, not counting Cao Cào's possible increase in troops, in addition to Zhou Yu's thousands of remnants, and Lu Suzai.

The combined strength of these people, coupled with the fact that Xiangyang City is already a tall and sturdy city. It's hard to overcome.

"At this time, it depends on who has more back, and who can win." Liu Feng thought about it for a while, and felt that just attacking Xiangyang with an army of 130,000 might cause heavy losses and delay time.

So I thought of my own backhand. After so many years in Jiangxia, Liu Feng has many followers, such as a fire bull formation, as well as steamships, Chu knives, and elephant formations that can only bully and bully foot soldiers, and are relatively narrowly useful. But Liu Feng's back hand still exists.

There are some back-ups, and Liu Feng already has them. But I don't want to use it too much, because it is easy to be imitated, such as stirrups, horseshoes, and other things basically have no technical content.

These things were invented by the Han people, but they were carried forward by the steppe people. Temujin, the *** butcher, used the ancient cavalry equipped with horseshoes and stirrups to destroy the Song Dynasty.

That's tragic.

However, it is still too far to consider the issue of steppe people at this time. Besides, even if these horseshoes don't come out, they will one day be nòng out with the development of history.

It's better to let him eat the crab himself. It was used to defeat Cao Cào, and even invaded the grassland in the coming day, shocking the desert. But it's a pity that Liu Feng doesn't have that ability equipment.

He had 10,000 cavalry, and his horses were pitiful. And how many cavalry did Cao Cào, Ma Teng, and Han Sui have? How many war horses are there? Countless, if a big battle comes down, the secret of this horseshoe and stirrup is cracked. Then Liu Feng didn't need the Northern Expedition. As soon as the army went out, it would face countless attacks from countless iron cavalry.

Therefore, the horseshoe and stirrup are still stored in Liu Feng's head, and Liu Feng has no way to take them out.

But this does not mean that Liu Feng has no other backhand.

Liu Feng thought about it for a while and decided to use it anyway. He sat down and wrote a letter to Mi Zhu, asking him to open the treasury and bring something like that.

After all this, Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and became more confident.

If you don't believe in it, you can't take Xiangyang.