At the beginning of June of the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Yao, who had recruited 2,000 soldiers and conducted preliminary training, set out from Pingyu City with 5,000 soldiers under his command and embarked on the road south to Xiangyang.

Before Yuan Yao left Pingyu, three more people stepped into Pingyu, boarded the golden platform, obtained a thousand taels of gold, and were reused by Yuan Shu. And these three people are Zhao Yan, Zhao Boran, Du Xi, Du Zixu and Fan Qin and Huber. These three people were all important ministers under Cao Cao in the original trajectory, but in this life, because Yuan Shu steadily occupied Nanyang and Yuzhou, which led to a great rise in prestige, and there was another time to build a golden platform in Pingyu City, so that Zhao Yan, Du Xi and Fanqin were put into Yuan Shu's command, and because they successfully climbed the golden platform, they obtained a thousand taels of gold, and were reused by Yuan Shu.

Zhao Yan, Du Xian, Fanqin three people are really good, in the original trajectory, in the fourth year of the first peace, Yuan Shu was defeated under the attack of Cao Cao and Liu Biao, lost Nanyang, defeated Shouchun, expelled Chen, occupied the Huainan area, and Cao Cao's momentum also rose sharply, and a few years later, Du Xian, Fanqin, Zhao Yan, Xun You and others were all invested in Cao Cao's command and became Cao Cao's political backbone. In Yingchuan, there are four famous men, it is worth Chen Qun, Xin Bi, Zhao Yan, Du Xian four people, now Chen Qun is under the command of Cao Cao, several years earlier than the original historical trajectory, and Xin Bi is also under the command of Yuan Shao, as for Zhao Yan and Du Xian, it is to ascend the golden platform and enter the command of Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu gave Yuan Yao an establishment of 5,000 people, which will basically not change for a long time, but 5,000 people can be regarded as a large force. His subordinates became 5,000 people, and Yuan Yao also had two more military horses, so in addition to the original three military horses of Wei Yan, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua, Yuan Yao had two more military horses, one was Pei Yuanshao, who defected to Yuan Yao at the same time as Zhou Cang, and the other was Huo Du, who was subdued by Yuan Yao last year. As for Huo Jun, he was too young and was arranged by Yuan Yao to serve as a military marquis under Huo Du.

Yuan Yao led 5,000 troops from Pingyu, first to Nanyang, and then to Xiangyang, it took almost a month, but because Yuan Yao was not in a hurry along the way, but maintained a normal marching speed, and rested when he arrived in Wancheng, it took almost a month to arrive in Xiangyang City.

Stepping into Xiangyang City under the greeting of Pan Feng and Xun Yan, Yuan Yao looked at the first city of Jingzhou, with a look of admiration, last year Yuan Shu let Pan Feng and Xun Yan stay in Xiangyang City, leaving 20,000 people for Pan Feng and Xun Yan, allowing Pan Feng and Xun Yan to recruit 30,000 people, and later after the fourth year of Chuping, Yuan Shu asked Pan Feng and Xun Yan to continue to recruit 20,000 people in Xiangyang, so that the number of troops in Xiangyang City reached as many as 50,000, so that Xiangyang City can be called impregnable.

Although most of the 50,000 Yuan Shu troops guarding Xiangyang were recruits, there was no problem in defending the city. Moreover, with the support of the Xiangyang family led by Xiang Lang's Xiang family, and Xun Yan, who was born in the Yingchuan Xun family, has stabilized Xiangyang City.

Yuan Yao led 5,000 troops into Xiangyang City, and did not do anything unnecessary, and after resting for the night, he found Pan Feng and Xun Yan.

Pan Feng and Xun Yan are now joining forces to control the military and political power of Xiangyang City, but they still dare not be too lazy with Yuan Yao. Who under the command of Yuan Shu now doesn't know that Yuan Yao is Yuan Shuhu'er, Yuan Yao defeated 10,000 Zhang Chao's army with 3,000 people in the first battle of Peiguo, and beheading Zhang Chao and capturing Zang Hong has long become a good talk, which also makes Yuan Yao have a lot of prestige in Yuan Shu's army. As for Shilin, although Yuan Yao does not have too high a reputation, he also has no bad deeds, which can be regarded as decent.

After Yuan Yao saw Pan Feng and Xun Yan, he didn't beat around the bush, and asked bluntly: "General Pan, Mr. Xun, what is the situation in Xiangyang City now?" ”

Pan Feng and Xun Yan glanced at each other at this time, before Yuan Yao came to Xiangyang City, the two of them received the order of Yuan Shu to arrive first, knowing that Yuan Yao was going south to Xiangyang at this moment to experience, and at the same time to use the fire of war to train the five thousand soldiers under his command. And Yuan Shu also made it clear to Pan Feng and Xun Yan that Yuan Yao could go to practice, but he must not be in danger of his life.

Pan Feng said: "Childe, Hugh Ruo is in charge of the government affairs in Xiangyang City, and I am in charge of military affairs, although we have not had any big conflicts with Liu Biao during this time, but there are constant small conflicts, especially the contest between scouts, it can be said that there have broken out in all parts of Nanjun, from last year to now, we have lost more than 100 scouts." ”

The separation of military and political is the policy designated by Yuan Shu, although Yuan Shu has enough trust in the people under his command, but let one person be in charge of the military and political power, and now among the civil and military forces under Yuan Shu's command, I am afraid that only Ji Ling and Yan Xiang have such qualifications. The rest of the people are either only in charge of military affairs or only in government affairs.

In Nanyang, Yang Hong is in charge of government affairs, and Yu Shi and Xia Houlan are in charge of military affairs; In Xiangyang City, Xun Yan was in charge of government affairs, and Pan Feng was in charge of military affairs. The separation of military and political affairs was Yuan Shu's policy towards the localities, in order to prevent some people from supporting the army and respecting themselves.

In fact, the question of whether the military and political affairs are in charge or separated is a big problem at any time, and the Cao Wei regime in history, the people who can be in charge of the military and political affairs of a place are the Cao family or the Xiahou family, because other people The emperors of the Cao Wei regime really can't be trusted, so they can only be selected from their own families.

Now in Xiangyang City, Pan Feng, who is in charge of military affairs, and Xun Yan, who is in charge of government affairs, have guaranteed their loyalty to Yuan Shu, and the relationship between the two is not bad, so this is the case.

Listening to Pan Feng's words, Yuan Yao nodded slightly.

In the battle between the two armies, the first to fight must be the scout, and it is not easy for an elite scout to be trained, and more than 100 scout players have been lost in more than half a year, which is indeed a bit of a big loss. However, for Liu Biao, such a loss is also acceptable.

In last year's battle, although Liu Biao was beaten out of Xiangyang City by Yuan Shu, he had to retreat to Jiangling City, but the Jingzhou Sailor was almost unscathed and was still in the hands of Liu Biao.

After Pan Feng finished speaking, Xun Yan continued: "There is no big problem in Xiangyang City, every move of those families is under our supervision, if they dare to make a move, they will be killed." ”