The smell of the letter was very strong and disgusting, but Zhao Hui still read it.

Although the taste is very strong, it is nothing to Zhao Hui.

What smells worse than this, Zhao Hui has also smelled it.

After reading it, Zhao Hui wrote a reply letter to Zhen Tu.

After the mute messenger took it, he hid it in his shoe.

During this time, Zhao Hui and Yuan Shao were at a stalemate at the boundary bridge.

Zhen Tu took advantage of this opportunity to quietly transfer the Zhen family's industry to Youzhou.

As long as Zhao Hui retreats, he passes through Zhongshan and brings the people of the Zhen family.

After two months of confrontation with Yuan's army at the boundary bridge, Yuan Shao finally attacked again.

The problem in Yanzhou has been resolved.

Yuan Shao only needs to deal with Zhao Hui with all his strength now.

Zhao Huitun's troops were at Jieqiao, cutting off the connection between Yuan Shao and the four counties in northern Jizhou.

Jieqiao is the throat of Jizhou.

Zhao Huitun's soldiers are here, and Yuan Shao is like a fish in his throat.

He had to pull out Zhao Hui's thorn.

The recruits have been training for a month.

Although it is not as good as a veteran, it can already be thrown into battle.

Yuan Shao didn't care much about the casualties of these recruits.

Recruits become veterans only if they survive the battlefield.

If you haven't been on the battlefield, even if you train for a year, you're still a recruit.

After going to the battlefield, in the face of real blood and fire, they still have the same problems as recruits.

Yuan Shao did not let the generals fight again.

Instead, he directly led the army and attacked Zhao Hui's military camp.

Since the personal strength of the generals is not comparable, there is no need to carry out the generals' heads-up.

The generals are single-handed, just to reduce the casualties, and at the same time, if they can kill a few local generals, they can also weaken the enemy's strength.

But not all wars have to start with a military general.

Yuan Shao mobilized a total of 50,000 troops, of which 20,000 were recruits.

Although the number of soldiers and horses that launched the attack was less than Zhao Hui's 100,000 army.

But in one battle, 50,000 people cannot all be thrown into battle at once.

The terrain here of the boundary bridge also does not allow more than 100,000 people to participate in the battle at the same time.

Yuan Shao didn't think about it all at once, and broke through Zhao Hui's military camp.

It's just for the recruits to exercise, and at the same time consume Zhao Hui's troops.

Zhao Hui went deep into Jizhou, and it was relatively difficult to replenish the troops.

And Yuan Shao can continue to recruit new recruits at any time.

Eliminate hundreds of Zhao Hui today, and eliminate hundreds of people tomorrow, and accumulate in a month, and there will be tens of thousands of losses.

In three or five months, even if Zhao Hui still had food and grass, he had to retire.

Even if Yuan Shao's casualties are greater, Yuan Shao's troops can be replenished all the time. Then move on to the fight.

After one battle, two battles, those recruits become veterans.

No matter how much you train, it's really not as good as the last real battlefield.

can survive from the battlefield, those who don't understand, basically understand.

Zhao Hui's camp was very strong.

In the past two months, the camp has been being reinforced.

Even if Yuan Shao launched a strong attack, it would only consume each other's troops, and it would not be able to defeat Zhao Hui's camp.

But this has already achieved Yuan Shao's purpose.

Every day, Yuan Shao would have people come and attack the camp.

Although Zhao Hui's casualties were smaller, hundreds or thousands of people were injured in battle every day, and Zhao Hui couldn't stand it.

Zhao Hui's side suffered 100 casualties, and Yuan Shao's army suffered at least 200 casualties.

However, Yuan Shao could easily recruit another two hundred recruits.

Zhao Hui can't.

He recruited troops in Jizhou, and many of those ordinary people did not dare to enlist.

This is Jizhou, even if Zhao Hui is now stationed at Jieqiao.

But who will have the final say in Jizhou in the future is still uncertain.

At least for now, many people see that Jizhou will eventually belong to Yuan Shao.

Zhao Hui sent people to recruit troops among the mountains and rivers in Changshan, but even if very favorable conditions were given, not many people signed up.

Many people have families, and they are worried that if they become Zhao Hui's soldiers now, they and their families will be punished after Zhao Hui fails or retreats in the future.

The conscription offices set up by Zhao Hui in the four counties will be discussed and publicized every day.

What Yuan Shao has ordered, everyone is not allowed to work for Zhao Hui.

If they dare to become Zhao Hui's soldiers, then when Yuan Shao regains control of the four counties in the future, these people will be distributed and will become slaves.

With these threats, most people with families are afraid to enlist in the army.

Even if you want to quietly enlist in the army, the neighbors around you will definitely find out.

After all, it didn't show up for a day or two, but if you enlist in the army, you won't show up for at least a few months.

Only those who did not have a family dared to enlist and become Zhao Hui's soldiers.

In this troubled world, there are many people who are alone.

But a large part of these people are not physically fit.

There are also some people who have always been just displaced people.

Although Zhao Hui was in great need of replenishing his troops, he would not recruit everyone into the army.

Recruited recruits must meet the standard of physical fitness.

If you are really willing to enlist in the army and meet Zhao Hui's requirements, after excluding those who do not match, there are very few people Zhao Hui can recruit.

It takes a long time for a county to recruit a thousand people.

When there are more than a few dozen people a day, there are only a few dozen people.

When there are few people, only a few people can be recruited.

It was difficult to recruit soldiers, but Zhao Hui had no good way to solve it.

It's not a matter of benefits.

Unless Zhao Hui can guarantee that if he retreats, his family will be taken with him.

Otherwise, even if the benefits are doubled, the number of people who can be recruited will still be very limited.

Really doubled the benefits, and these veterans in Zhao Hui's hands will definitely have opinions.

On the contrary, the gains outweigh the losses.

However, Zhao Hui's current strength is quite sufficient, although he can't recruit many new soldiers, he can still continue to confront and entangle with Yuan Shao.

"Let Yan Liang fight today."

Yuan Shao once again asked Jiang Yiqu to lead his troops and horses to attack the camp.

Zhao Hui decided to let Yan Liang make a move.

"Lord, with Yan Liang's current state, he may die in battle." Zhao Yundao.

If Yan Liang couldn't cheer up, it would be useless for Zhao Hui to ask him.

"Let him try."

Zhao Hui did not change his decision.

Even if he dies in battle, this is Yan Liang's own choice.

Zhao Hui couldn't help him.

Now such a Yan Liang, there is no difference between living and dead.

Zhao Hui will give him two choices now.

Or pick yourself up on the battlefield and fight your way to the enemy.

Either they will sink on the battlefield and be killed by Yuan Jun.

Zhao Hui didn't want to watch Yan Liang go down.

If I had known that this would be the case, maybe it would have been better to kill Yan Liang directly when I captured him alive for the first time.

Zhao Hui was not willing to torture a fierce general.

Nearly three months have passed since Zhao Yun brought back Yan Liang.

In the past three months, Yan Liang didn't even have training to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he didn't even eat a bowl of rice every day.

If this continues, even if Yan Liang cheers up in the future, his body will be useless.

As a military general, a fierce general, when the body is not good, then you have to leave the battlefield.

(End of chapter)