Since Liu Feng's expedition, he has always paid attention to balanced development, and he has never thought of leaving these places because he has occupied them, which will provide him with a steady stream of wealth and provide impetus for his continued development and growth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he went out of Huiji, he brought out 2 million troops, and when he occupied Yangling and went out to Jing County, he could only mobilize 2 million troops. For each county he occupied, the army he recruited, in addition to replenishing the losses, was the same as the number of troops he stayed behind to garrison, except that the newly recruited soldiers would be taken away, and the actual combat training would be carried away while hurrying, and the ones who stayed behind to defend the defense were all veterans.

However, because the stay in Jing County was too short, when the army marched towards the breakdown, there were only 1.7 million people left, and now, the breakdown has just been taken, and if you want to continue to send troops, you can only mobilize 1.5 million people, which is only half of Wu Jing's. And this is only Wu Jing's current army, and no one knows whether Wu Jing will continue to recruit soldiers.

It can be said that half of Liu Feng's soldiers were recruited after conquering these counties, and they did not go through a major war, and attacking a county with an army of 2 million was too simple and could not play much of a role in training at all.

stayed in his hometown for another two days, and just when Liu Feng was hesitating whether to stay on the spot to rectify or continue to send troops, suddenly a guard came to report that Zhou Xin's envoy had arrived.

"The messenger sent by Zhou Xin?" Liu Feng was a little puzzled, "What did Zhou Xin send an envoy to do at this time?" Liu Feng thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he sent someone to invite Xun You.

"Why bother with this, just summon and ask directly, even if you have any plans, it's not too late to discuss them after you understand it." Xun You said, "According to the speculation of his subordinates, it will not be a bad thing. ”

"Why do you say that?" Liu Feng asked.

"Just looking at Zhou Fujun's transfer of Jing County and the faulty defenders to the northern defense, you know that he doesn't have much hostility towards the lord." Xun You said.

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"Hey, Brother Renming, why are you?" Seeing Zhou Xin's envoy, Liu Feng was taken aback, this person was actually Zhou Xin's younger brother, Zhou Qiao, who attacked Sun Jian in Yuzhou and killed Gongsun Yue, which led to the fuse of the battle between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.

Liu Feng met Zhou Qiao when he was in Luoyang, and the three brothers were all in Luoyang at that time, and they were also He Jin's staff, and they had a close relationship with Yuan Shao. When Cao Cao rebelled, Zhou Qiao followed Cao Cao, and then Yuan Shao appointed him as the assassin of Yuzhou, captured Sun Jian's Yuzhou, and fled to Yinling after being defeated by Sun Jian, assisting Zhou Ang in guarding Jiujiang, but was defeated by Liu Xun not long ago, and fled back to Wanling Zhou Xin with his brother Zhou Ang.

Now, he was actually sent to Liu Feng by Zhou Xin, you know, Wu Jing has already launched an attack on Wuhu, and Liu Feng really can't understand what Zhou Xin thinks. Even if Zhou Qiao suffered a few defeats, he was still a talent, and Zhou Xin had no capable people under him, so he didn't need this younger brother of his own, so he actually sent him to himself.

"What, Brother Zhiyuan doesn't welcome me? Or is it that Brother Zhiyuan has developed, and now he is a parent official in the countryside, and he looks down on him? Zhou Qiao said.

"Where, where, I just didn't expect it to be Brother Renming here, I thought Brother Renming was helping Taiming worry about the war, but I didn't expect Brother Renming to be so leisurely." Liu Feng said with a smile, "We have known each other for several years, although we have lived on one side recently, but the friendship will not change, the younger brother still thinks of Brother Taiming to write to the family to help the younger brother, when he went north to meet the alliance, Brother Taiming also gave the younger brother 10,000 soldiers and horses to support the younger brother, and now I think about it, I still remember it vividly." ”

"As long as Brother Zhiyuan still recognizes it, then I won't come in vain this time." Zhou Qiao said with a smile.

"Brother Renming, where is it, you are the guest of the Yuan League, that is something that a little person like me can offend, if the Yuan Leaguemaster knows, there will be good fruit for me to eat?" Liu Feng joked, "I don't know what happened to Brother Renming here?" ”

"Entrusted by the eldest brother, I would like to invite Brother Zhiyuan Wanling to meet!"

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"My lord, at this critical moment, how can you take risks at will? The subordinates did not agree with the lord to go to Wanling. Zhou Qiao's intention surprised Liu Feng, and also attracted the attention of Liu Feng's generals.

"Zhou Taiming has the style of a gentleman, and if he dares to come and invite the lord to an appointment, there should be no malice." Kan Ze said.

"That can't put the lord in danger!" Wang Ying retorted.

……

There was a lot of discussion, but most of them were against, and even fewer were in favor.

"Gongda, what do you think?" Liu Feng looked at Xun You, who had been silent.

"The subordinates agree that the lord will go to the appointment, and there may be unexpected gains." Xun You came back to his senses.

"Military ......" Bai Jian also wanted to win Xun You's support, but was interrupted by Liu Feng waving his hand.

"Why did Gongda say that?" Liu Feng asked.

"Of course, from Zhou Xin's performance." Xun You replied, "When he first captured Yu Qian, he just protested, and then the lord went south to capture She County and other places, he didn't even ask, and recently transferred Jing County and the faulty army, isn't it obvious?" What's more, the roots of the Zhou family, in Shanyin, they would never dare to be unfavorable to the lord. ”

"Gongda is right, I think so too, and I have another reason, this reason, maybe you won't agree, that is, I am a stranger, even if I really die, I can be resurrected again." Liu Feng looked around at the generals, "So, I have capital, and they can't afford to gamble, once they make a mistake, it will be the end of the annihilation of the whole army." This time, I had to go. ”

"Even if the lord wants to go, he must bring enough guards." Bai Jian took a step back.

"It doesn't take too much, it's enough for Ziju to bring my personal guard." Liu Feng said confidently.

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With few people and no equipment, 5 days later, Liu Feng entered Wanling and saw Zhou Xin again in the Taishou Mansion.

Perhaps because of the war, he looked a little haggard. Liu Feng also heard that Wu Jing was very urgent to attack Wuhu, and Wuhu only had 1 million troops, no generals, and no one knew how long he could hold it. Besides, many counties under Zhou Xin's rule came by political means, and not everyone may be of the same mind as him.

The Zhou brothers are not well-known in history, if it weren't for Liu Fengren in Huiji, it is estimated that they would not have known, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Xin is a dragon who was stabbed to death by Sun Ce, but in fact, he is a literati, and he is too rich and well-read. Chen Lin praised him in the essay as "the world's Junyan, virtuous and bright", Cao Cao raised troops, and he also had a lot of support.

"Zhiyuan, I didn't expect you to really come!" Seeing Liu Feng, Zhou Xin said with emotion.

"Brother Taiming invited, how can the little brother not come! I just don't know, Brother Taiming invited his younger brother to meet, what's the big deal? Liu Feng asked.

"Liu Fujun, Zhou wants to entrust him with a county, I don't know if he dares to accept it?" Originally, Liu Feng's joking sentence actually led to Zhou Xin's cautious answer, and the content surprised Liu Feng even more.

With the land of one county, that is, Danyang County will be abandoned. Could it be that Zhou Xin's mental endurance was so small, and Wu Jing only attacked here, he felt that he couldn't stop it and wanted to get out?

Historically, when Wu Jing had not yet captured Danyang, he let go of cruel words to the surroundings, and the people dared to die from Zhou Xin. Zhou Xin sighed, "I'm not virtuous, what's the crime of the people?" So he disbanded the soldiers and horses and returned to the village by himself. When Sun Ce was going to be in the meeting, Zhou Xin helped Wang Lang fight and was killed by Sun Ce.

Now, he is ready to stage the historical play again, but the object is changed to himself. (To be continued.) )