"I didn't expect there to be so many captives." Under the city of Guangling, Zhao Feng pursued and killed all night despite the hard work, and after coming back, he still counted the prisoners of war with Zhang Liao. The main general worked hard, how dare the deputy general rest, Song Xian and Wei Xu also accompanied them to check the count. It's just that Zhao Feng and the others didn't expect that so many people from Yuan Shu's army would surrender, and there was a large group of people squatting under Guangling City.

"General, the count has been counted, and there are twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-two people in total." A civil official stepped forward to report to Zhang Liaoyu, and Zhao Feng and the others couldn't help but look at each other when they heard it. "Why did so many people surrender?" It was Song Xian, who was the most anxious with the surname, who asked directly.

"I knew that Yuan Shu didn't have any generals, but today I realized that his army was so unhelpful." Zhao Feng sighed. Last time, Lao Cao was defeated so badly, and in the end, he only captured 5,000 prisoners, and he didn't want Yuan Shu's army to be so exaggerated, so nearly half of the people surrendered. Thinking of the night attack last night, Lei Shu's camp was certainly out of order, and his soldiers were like headless flies. Such an army, no matter how large the number is, will not succeed in a war.

"Huainan is also a Ji Ling, and the rest are not very good. Now the question is what to do with these prisoners of war? I don't have that much food here to feed them. Zhang Liao smiled bitterly, Zhao Feng looked at the black pressure in front of him, and he didn't react for a while.

"If the general can't do it, the general can do it for him." Song Xian stepped forward and said fiercely, Zhao Feng shuddered unconsciously when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped: "Since ancient times, killing prisoners is ominous, and besides, the lord has always been benevolent and righteous, how could he promise me to do such a thing." In this way, isn't Xuzhou short of troops, so General Wei will lead 2,000 men and horses to escort these people to Xuzhou and hand them over to the lord, and General Song and I will stay here to assist General Zhang in defending the city, waiting for the lord's next instructions. "There's no way, although I killed happily last night, I also lost some soldiers and horses. Now there are only 12,000 people who can fight in Guangling, Zhao Feng does not dare to guarantee that Yuan Shu will not make a comeback, once his reinforcements are gone, in case Yuan Shu sends tens of thousands of horses to attack Zhang Liao, it will be more dangerous.

"That's very good." Except for Zhang Liao, the other three knew that Xuzhou was short of soldiers, and having these 20,000 prisoners of war should be a big addition. At that time, everyone went back to the city to rest for a long time, and that night Zhang Liao set up a banquet in the government to entertain the three of them, and all the officials above the school captain were also present, and Zhao Feng also ordered to reward the soldiers. Of course, because they were on the front line in Guangling, everyone still maintained a trace of vigilance in the celebration. It was the night when everyone returned happy, and although Zhao Feng drank an amazing amount of alcohol (compared to people in this era), he was inevitably a little dizzy.

Early the next morning, Wei Xu ordered 2,000 men and horses and escorted more than 20,000 prisoners of war back to Xuzhou City. All the captives were confiscated with weapons and armor, and they were dressed in a single coat and walked in two rows with ropes. At this time, it is almost the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and the temperature at the boundary of Xuzhou is already very low, and most people are shivering from the cold.

"It's better to be a rich dog than a chaotic person." Zhao Feng stood on the head of the city and watched Wei Xu leave, he had been in this world for more than five years, and it was not the first time he had seen a similar scene, and even many times he had seen a worse scene than this. But every time he saw it, Zhao Feng couldn't help but feel sad for the unfortunate people in this world.

"The sky is on the ground, why don't you save all souls? Wan Ling said that the night was late, and he was speechless when he swallowed his breath. Zhao Feng couldn't help but think of this poem by Qiu Chuji in the later years, and recited it casually. I didn't expect General Zhao's literary style to be so good, and Liao really admired it. Zhang Liao's voice came from behind, and Zhao Feng hurriedly turned around to greet him, and saw that Song Xian was also behind him.

"General Zhang is too modest, is there anything wrong with the two of you?" Zhao Feng saw that the two of them were about to speak and stopped, and knew that Zhang Liao must have something to do. Zhang Liao looked back at Song Xian, and finally the latter cautiously asked, "May I ask General Zhao, is Mrs. Diao Chan in your mansion?" The tone was very different from the casual tone of the plain words.

"That's right." Zhao Feng's heart sank, but he still generously admitted, after all, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Song Xian seemed to be relieved to see Zhao Feng so frank, and then said: "Lu Bu had the grace of knowing us in the past, and now that Mrs. Diao Chan is already a king, I hope that the general will treat her well." ”

"That's how it should be!" Zhao Feng also nodded solemnly and agreed, and Zhang Song and the others were also relieved when they saw this. In the next few days, Zhao Feng's life was very leisurely. Zhang Liao took care of all the affairs of Guangling City, although the latter also asked himself a few times at the beginning, but Zhao Feng didn't want to overstep his responsibilities, let alone work hard, so he still let him act cheaply. After a few times, Zhang Liao could see that Zhao Feng was indeed not a person who loved to take care of things, so he didn't bother him.

The spies sent out to inquire about the news also came back one after another, I don't know if this Yuan Shu's secrecy work is really poor, or this spy has a talent for storytelling, in short, he said that Yuan Shu was so angry that he vomited blood vividly, so that Zhao Feng doubted that Yuan Shu could survive this year.

"You go down first." Waving his hand to signal the spy to go away, Zhao Feng and Zhang Liao discussed the future. "Yuan Shu is tyrannical to the people and does not care for the people. Although Huainan is a rich land, there have been people running to Xuzhou all these years, I estimate that if this continues, the lord will have a battle with Yuan Shu sooner or later. Zhao Feng is half speculating, half telling the truth. Zhang Liao is not an ordinary person after all, and after thinking about it carefully, he feels that this is almost the case.

"In that case, then we have to fight hard and get ready, I estimate that after the summer grain is harvested next summer, there will be a battle." Zhang Liao said in a deep voice, once the war starts, the border between Xuzhou and Huainan will be Guangling. Whether it's offensive or defensive, he's the first to do it here. Zhao Feng nodded and stopped talking, in fact, he had always been a little puzzled, why Yuan Shu dared to risk the world's disapproval to claim the emperor in history, you must know that the area he really controls is only the Huainan region. After crossing over, Zhao Feng thought about it again and again, and estimated that Yuan Shu was very likely to regard Sun Ce and the six counties of Jiangdong under his command as being on his side, so he dared to be so bold.

"This IQ, I actually looked away at Sun Ce, and you deserve to be unlucky." Zhao Feng said secretly. It is now the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and in ancient times, due to the snow and ice blocking the roads in winter, the traffic was not smooth, so there was rarely a big battle in winter, and the roads were always smooth in the summer and the food was sufficient before the war could start. In other words, there is no possibility of a major war this year.

After a few more days, Chen Deng and Zang Ba led 5,000 men and horses to Guangling, replacing Zhao Feng and Song Xian, who had been stranded to assist in the defense of the city. Since Wei Xu had already taken 2,000 people with him when he returned, when Zhao Feng and Song Xian returned to the army, they had less than 1,000 men and horses. The expedition had gone well, but more than 1,000 of the 4,000 men had not been able to return. "One will be a success, and ten thousand bones will wither!" Zhao Feng thought silently in his heart, after a few battles, he should be very famous, and it can be seen from Chen Zhi's performance that day. It's just that this reputation, whether it is what he wants or not, Zhao Feng can't say for a while. Now he just wants to return to Xuzhou as soon as possible.

"Lord!" No captives followed the two of them quickly, and they arrived at Xuzhou City in the afternoon of the same day, and after handing over the soldiers and horses, they went to the government to meet Liu Bei. "The two generals have worked hard." Liu Bei also personally greeted them at the door of the government, in addition to the old faces Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, there were also a few more unfamiliar faces, civil officials and military generals, I don't know if they just came to defect.

"Introduction, Bo Tao, these are Yin Li and Wu Dun from Qingzhou, and they have just led their troops to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light." Liu Bei first introduced the two generals behind him. "I have admired General Zhao's name for a long time, and now I can finally see it." Both of them gave salutes again and again, Zhao Feng didn't dare to take it, but he was secretly funny while returning the salute: Lao Liu's art of speaking is really getting higher and higher, and he actually said anything to abandon the dark and turn to the light. If I wasn't familiar with history, I really wouldn't have guessed that these two people were also dry yellow scarves.

"This is Pei Yuanshao and Liao Hua of Woniu Mountain." Liu Bei pointed to the other two people and said, and the two sides saluted again. In addition, there are several civil officials, but none of them seem to be famous, but Zhao Feng does not dare to slack off, and they are meeting one by one at the moment.

"Bo Tao said that the battle has been hard, go home early and have a good rest, it's getting late today, let's talk about the details of this campaign tomorrow." After Liu Bei introduced everyone, he directly announced the disbandment, which surprised Zhao Feng. "Third general, the lord seems to be a little unethical, why is that?" Zhao Feng quietly pulled Zhang Fei as he walked.

"Alas, there was news last night that Gongsun Zan of Liaodong was attacked by Yuan Shao and had died. After the eldest brother learned the news, he cried all night yesterday, and only got a little better today. Zhang Fei also explained the truth of the matter in a low voice. I see! Zhao Feng suddenly realized, it turned out that Gongsun Chan was hanging, and it was normal for Lao Liu to be a little sad.

"Gongsun Chan is dead, presumably Yuan Shao will soon be able to integrate the north. It's just that I don't know how Lao Cao's expedition to Wancheng is, if everything goes well, he should immediately have to pay the price for his lust. Zhao Feng also kept spinning his brain on the way home.

"The general is back!" It was Xiaomei's chirping voice that pulled Zhao Feng back from his thoughts, and then he realized that he had arrived at the door of the house, and then he saw a pretty figure standing there waiting for him. "Xianggong, you're coming!" Diao Chan didn't know whether to ask Zhao Feng or talk to himself, but he just said with a relieved face.

"Hmm!" Zhao Feng also hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward, took her hand, and the two returned to the mansion together. The food has already been set up on the dinner table, and Zhao Feng, who has been sleeping in the open since the expedition, has already been hungry, and it is a gobble at the moment, and the Diao Chan at the same table can't help but purse his lips and smile.

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