Late at night, in the city of Xuzhou, in Zhao Feng's house.

Fierce wheezing came from Zhao Feng's room, and it took a long time to come to an end. "Husband, are you going to go on an expedition again?" Lying in Zhao Feng's arms, Diao Chan asked faintly.

"Yes, we will send troops tomorrow. But this time I'm going to Yuzhou, so there shouldn't be any big battles to fight. Zhao Feng replied, but his hands were still dishonestly roaming Diao Chan's delicate body.

"You're out on the road, husband, you'd better be careful, I'll wait for you to come back at home." Under Zhao Feng's teasing, Diao Chan was also wheezing more and more urgently. After barely saying this, he was pressed under Zhao Feng to start a new round of fighting.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Zhao Feng and Guan Yu gathered at the school according to the agreed time. "Second General morning!" Zhao Feng saw that Guan Yu had come earlier than himself, and then saw that he was followed by a teenage young man.

"Bo Tao is not too late." Guan Yu didn't just nod to Zhao Feng, he usually responded at least a few words. As Zhao Feng guessed, a madman like Guan Yu would only respect those who really have the ability. For example, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang in history, and Zhao Feng now.

"Ping'er, I haven't seen Uncle Zhao yet." Guan Yu turned to the young man behind him and beckoned. "I've seen Uncle Zhao!" The young man stepped forward and saluted. "Little brother doesn't have to be polite, Second General, who is this?" Zhao Feng vaguely guessed who he was, but it was better to be sure.

"He is my eldest son, Guan Ping, who moved to Xuzhou from his hometown in Hedong last year. I'm 15 years old this year, so I'm going to take him into battle this time, and I have a lot of experience. Guan Yu looked at Guan Pingdao with a loving face, and his expression was completely unfilled with the arrogance of Ping Yu (Guan Ping was Guan Yu's eldest son in history, and he was the righteous son in Romance, here is still according to history, after all, it is impossible for Guan Erye to pass five passes and kill six generals).

"I see!" Zhao Feng also understood, at this time, Liao Hua, Hao Meng, Hou Cheng, Jian Yong and other civil and military officials who should go on this expedition also arrived one after another, and the last officials who stayed behind also came to see them off under the leadership of Liu Bei.

"The second brother has worked hard all the way, be careful, everything is more than Xianhe, Bo Tao and they discussed. Every time we go to a county, we must send someone back to tell us, so that we can feel at ease. Liu Bei finally gave a thousand instructions, and Guan Yu also nodded again and again, listening carefully.

"Big brother, third brother, take care, I'll go!" Guan Yu finally arched his hand to say goodbye to everyone, and then turned over and got on the red rabbit horse, and Zhao Feng and the others also followed closely. The dispatch of troops to Yuzhou this time was to first pass through the three places of Lu, Pei, and Liang that had been controlled by Liu Bei, and then pacify Qiaojun, Chenjun, and Ruyin in turn from near to far, and finally meet with Liu Pi and Gong in Runan, and open up the entire Yuzhou.

"That's all there is to it!" Zhao Feng sighed. Originally, according to his idea, it was best to take Qingzhou in the north and connect it together. But now Qingzhou was defended by Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi with an army of 100,000, and it was difficult to break through for a while. However, it is precisely because this Ju Yi is so powerful that Wu Dun and Yin Li, who were originally in Qingzhou, were beaten to the sky and the earth a while ago, so they came to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei. Coupled with the previous Guan Hai, Sun Guan and Chang Xi and others, the army obtained by Liu Bei's inclusion of the Yellow Turban already has **10,000. Zhao Feng knew that this also meant that Lao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers, who fought the world, were dug up by himself for nearly 100,000 yuan.

"Not bad!" Zhao Feng pondered carefully, with Lao Liu's family background, this development speed is very fast, and no matter how fast it is, it will backfire. If nothing else, let's just say that Yuzhou is now laid, and the corresponding left-behind personnel are also a little stretched. Before sending troops, Zhao Feng and Liu Bei discussed, and the other counties in Yuzhou were returned, only Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Cao Ying of Yanzhou in Runan were the most important, considering the ability and loyalty of the people in Xuzhou now, I am afraid that Guan Yu could only be guarded.

Without saying anything all the way, the 50,000 army left Xuzhou, passed through Pengcheng to Peiguo, and then to Liangguo. "It seems that Zifang and Zhongfu are doing a good job!" The counties that I saw along the way, which were already deserted, have gradually had smokers. The people working in the fields knew that Guan Yu and they were the army of Xuzhou, and the military discipline was strict, so they were not afraid, and there were even bold children who ran with the team.

"Hahaha!" Seeing a child fall on his buttocks, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing. "Second general, I didn't expect Brother Zifang to have this ability. You look at Liang Guo, you are about to catch up with our Huaiyin County. After arriving at the boundary of Liang Kingdom, seeing that the places he went were becoming more and more prosperous, Zhao Feng was also very surprised, but he didn't expect that this secret recipe would also have a hand in governing the place.

"It's not what Guan expected." Guan Yu also nodded in acknowledgement. He came here with an expedition a year ago, when the Liang Kingdom was very barren, but he didn't expect it to have developed to this point now. Although it is not as good as Langya, the most prosperous county in Xuzhou, and the counties of the East China Sea, it is no worse than Huaiyin County.

"Brother Zifang, it's been a long time!" Under the city of Liang Guo, Mi Fang actually went out to greet him more than 30 miles in person, he was Liu Bei's brother-in-law, Guan Yu and Zhao Feng were not slack, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. "Second general, General Zhao, the two of you must be able to calm down Yuzhou this time!" Mi Fang smiled. Not seen for a year. Mi Fang has lost a lot of weight, but she is obviously much more capable, and she is no longer the fat general in Xuzhou City.

"Zifang, I saw the people of Liang living and working in peace and contentment along the way, and the city is thriving, it seems that Brother Zifang has worked hard this year!" Zhao Feng sighed first, but it's normal to think about it, Mi Fang is a member of the Mi family, a big businessman in Xuzhou, so he should have a little talent in internal affairs.

Unexpectedly, Mi Fang's face turned red, and then he said to Guan Yu and Zhao Feng: "The two generals smiled, Liang Guo can have such a situation now, it is not my Mi Fang's credit, but it is thanks to one person." ”

"Who?" Guan Yu and Zhao Feng glanced at each other and asked in unison. Joking to be able to build Liang Guo to such a point within a year, it is definitely a talent.

"This person is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, surnamed Li Mingyan, and the word is square. A year ago, the lord left me to garrison Liang State, this person was originally Liu Biao's account under Zigui County, and then I heard that the lord had marched into Yuzhou to defect. I saw that he was very good at political affairs, so I asked him to help manage it. I don't want this to be both civil and military, and in a year, Liang Guo not only revived its industry, but also recruited 4,000 new troops, and is stepping up training. Mi Fangle said.

"Such a talent is really rare!" Zhao Feng said it easily, but in his heart he was in turmoil: Li Yan, the Shangshu Order of Shu in history, one of the important ministers of Liu Bei Tuogu in the White Emperor City. This person is also a civil and military all-rounder, if he is a scholar, during the period when he served as Shangshuling, Zhuge Liang took care of every Northern Expedition, and he took care of all the domestic government affairs; In terms of martial arts, he can fight with Huang Zhong for dozens of rounds without winning or losing, and he has quelled the rebellion of Nanbang with thousands of county soldiers, at least he is also a quasi-first-class talent. Zhuge Liang once used him as the assassin of Jiangzhou to resist Lu Xun of Eastern Wu, who was known as not inferior to Zhou Yu, Li Yan could actually be compared with him, and his ability should not be underestimated.

In history, Li Yan fled to Shu during the Battle of Chibi, why did he come to Yuzhou now? Zhao Feng thought about it for a long time, probably because this guy can't be reused under Liu Biao, so he ran Liu Bei's potential stock here to seek development. After all, in history, Li Yan was under Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, and the largest official position was the county order.

"This kind of talent, if it is only confined to one county, it will really be buried, Zifang, let this Li Yan follow us to pacify the entire Yuzhou." Guan Yu now also obviously feels that there is a shortage of manpower. Although they brought Liao Hua and others this time, they were only military generals, and it was okay to defend the city, but it was difficult to govern, so Jian Yong led a large number of civil officials to come. If you can have a person who is all-rounder, it should be much easier.

"The second general is invited, and he should obey it." Mi Fang hurriedly ordered someone to call Li Yan to come. Not long after Li Yan came, Zhao Feng took a closer look at Li Yan, this guy looks like he is in his twenties now, he looks very capable, and at a glance he knows that he is a person with some ability.

"Zhengfang, the second general wants you to pacify Yuzhou with him, you want to be effective!" Mi Fang said with a smile. "Be strict and obey your orders!" Li Yan looked at Guan Yu and Mi Fang hugging their fists.

"Zhengfang, what is the situation in Yuzhou now?" Guan Yu didn't say much, just busy asking about the detailed situation, and by the way, he took Li Yan's test. "It's not too bad, right now Chen County is guarded by Chen Jiao, an official under Cao Ying. This person is a civilian official, and his soldiers are only three or four thousand county soldiers. Qian County was guarded by Du Yuan, a yellow turban thief who had just defected to Cao Ying, and he had more than 10,000 people under him. In addition, the two counties of Runan and Ruyin were occupied by the Yellow Turban, Liu Pi and Gong, but Anfeng and Yiyang were in the hands of Yuan Shu, Xiangcheng was now deserted, and Yingchuan was occupied by Cao's army. Li Yan said in detail.

"In other words, as long as we take Qiaojun, then most of the entire Yuzhou will be in our hands." Zhao Feng analyzed Li Yan's words, and this is probably what he meant. "It is precisely like this, Qiaojun is located in the middle of Yuzhou, if it cannot be taken, it is difficult to connect the entire Yuzhou. If you take the county, there will be eight counties in Yuzhou, and the second general will be able to occupy at least five counties. Li Yan also agreed.

"In that case, then let's take the county. Du Yuan, hey, Yuan Jian, this Du Yuan seems to have heard you before? Guan Yu suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked Liao Hua.

"Exactly, this Du Yuan originally fell into the grass with me in Woniu Mountain, and when I went to Liu Yuanjun, I strongly persuaded him to go with him, but he was told by Cao Ying at that time, and refused to go with me. Liao Hua is also a little unbelievable.

"To take Yuzhou, Yuan Jian is still afraid that he will not be able to be a Taishou?" Zhao Feng smiled, and everyone around him also laughed, and Liao Hua scratched his head embarrassedly. This time they marched into Yuzhou, Hao Meng and others who went out with the army were all bright-hearted, as long as they could win the state and county, then they would be able to make a fortune.

"In this case, after our army rests for two days, we will immediately march into Chen County and Qian County, and after taking these two counties, we will contact Liu Pi Gongdu in Runan and Ruyin." Seeing that the situation was almost clear, Guan Yu also made a decision immediately. So they all went back to their headquarters

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