Liu Feng's arrival made Yuan Shu overjoyed, although he often scolded Liu Feng in front of his subordinates for not knowing how to lift, and repeatedly refused his kindness, but he naturally smiled at the assistance sent to his door for free. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info As for the Xuzhou refugees requested by Liu Feng, there is no problem at all, the most important thing for the second generation of Yuan Da is the low-level commoners, and he also sent an order in front of Liu Feng to let his generals not stop Liu Feng's move to recruit the refugees.

Although Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others also discussed Liu Feng's purpose in private and reminded Yuan Shu to pay attention, Yuan Shu thought that Liu Feng was apologizing for rejecting him before, so as to ease the relationship between the two parties, and he didn't care at all about Yan Xiang and others' move to restrict Liu Feng from gathering the displaced people.

With satisfaction, Liu Feng returned all the way to Dantu, which was the gathering place for Liu Feng's expeditionary army. An army of three million, hundreds of warships, and thousands of transports of all sizes gathered here, ready to go on the expedition.

Three million troops, of course, it is impossible to put into the Xuzhou battlefield at one time, although Liu Feng's ships are enough, but all the way to the East China Sea, there are still thousands of miles away, while transporting troops, it is also necessary to bring a large amount of food, weapons, armor, equipment, etc., of course, the most important thing is that the battleship needs to be in full bloom at any time in order to deal with a possible war.

Because although Xuzhou has experienced many wars, the naval army under Tao Qian has not suffered much loss, and now they are all gathered in the ports of the East China Sea. Although the strength of the Xuzhou Navy may not be strong, Liu Feng will never dare to ignore it. If he went over directly without probing and lost a large number of land forces at sea, then Liu Feng would have to laugh and be generous.

Although the operation of the expedition was prepared for a long time and kept secret, such a large-scale operation still could not escape the eyes of people with intentions, and when Liu Feng's first fleet set off, the news that Liu Feng was going to attack Xuzhou was exposed on the forum.

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"The first city lord is really unwilling to be lonely, and every time he wants to take advantage of the Xuzhou War." Some players complained on the forum.

"That's because people have strength, if I have such strong strength, I guarantee to be more high-profile than the first city lord."

"Thousands of warships, does the First City Lord have so many sailors? It is said that over the years, although the first city lord has repeatedly attacked the city, the navy does not seem to have any big achievements, and the last time he was beaten by yellow shooting on the Ganshui River, he had no power to fight back. If it weren't for Yuan Shu's support, maybe the whole army would have been wiped out. ”

"Who said that the first city lord's water army has suppressed bandits in Huiji, and now there are basically no water thieves in the entire Huiji County."

"After all, the water thieves are not successful, and compared with other princes, the first city lord's water army really has no advantage."

"Who said that, apart from Liu Biao, is there a strong naval army among the princes?"

"The first city lord marched into Xuzhou, not by land, but by sea, this is to fight with Tao Qian! There is a Tao Qian's navy in Qu County, I don't know if I can block the first city lord from the sea? ”

"Really? Then I really have to go and see if I went to Qu County, and witnessed the miracle together. ”

"Count me in, but I don't have to witness miracles, and Waterloo doesn't have to!"

"Go together, go together, and say that you will definitely get some benefits."

"Isn't it too late to go? The East China Sea War is in full swing, and the road is impassable, can you still get there? ”

"Whatever, let's go first, maybe I can see an idol again?"

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Liu Feng naturally didn't know that his behavior once again caused a wave of players - after deciding to go to Xuzhou, he hadn't been offline for a long time.

For more than ten years, Liu Feng's navy has been growing, although it is not as large as the army, but it is far more than the number of cavalry, nearly 2 million capable fighters, hundreds of warships, only medium-sized building ships, there are about 30 ships, and the consumption of supporting the navy is several times that of the army, it can be said that the cost of the nearly 2 million navy is not at all below the army of up to 10 million.

As a liege, raising troops is one of the most expensive expenses. Although Liu Feng only uses two or three million troops in each war, he has more than enough to feed. Because the territory is relatively stable, Liu Feng used to garrison 50,000 troops in each county town to maintain law and order, and later with the growth of the player's strength, it doubled to 100,000, of course, this does not include the army of each township pavilion, otherwise it would be more. Liu Feng commanded more than 60 counties in four counties, which amounted to more than 600 troops, and in addition to the county seat, the number of soldiers in the county seat far exceeded this. But on the whole, compared with the other princes, Liu Feng is still a little weak, and the other princes, each county has at least three times more than Liu Feng's troops, and the important county can have millions of troops.

Now what Liu Feng is entangled with is not that the people under his rule are too few to recruit troops, but that the four counties of Jiangdong are relatively too barren to support so many people. The development of Jiangnan will take hundreds of years before it can become the envy of everyone in the future.

Therefore, the three million army attacking Xu is already Liu Feng's best efforts, after all, he still needs more troops to protect his territory.

As for the navy, Liu Feng dispatched half of it, hundreds of troops, and eighteen medium-sized building ships. They preceded the troop carriers and the escort fleet, quietly left and sailed to the open sea, and they must pass the eyes and ears of Yuan Shu's naval army on the opposite side and go to the East China Sea Kingdom.

Only when they defeated Tao Qian's navy and did not pose a threat to the troop carriers, would the army behind them get on board and go to Xuzhou.

Waiting is anxious, but Liu Feng has to be patient, and even he goes offline and stays on the forum, because there are always players who can participate in it, and it is faster to get news here.

Even so, Liu Feng waited for two days, and finally found that a player had posted on the forum, saying that there was a tragic battle off the coast of Qu County, Xuzhou.

Liu Feng didn't find any information about the battle situation, and the person who wanted to post it couldn't get the inside story. But things have happened, the ending is doomed, and Liu Feng can't help even if he worries about it, so he returns to the game and waits for the final result.

After a few days, a few warships finally returned, and these warships, covered with wounds, still had the breath of the aftermath of the war.

Victorious, and even occupied the base of the Xuzhou Navy Division outside Qu County, a large island, Zhou Tai is currently clearing the remnants, but the troop transport ship can already set off.

Although it was successful, the cost was also huge, of the eighteen medium-sized building ships, only seven were preserved, and none of them were intact, not to mention other large and small warships, which lost more than half, and did not get too much booty, but captured some prisoners.

The Xuzhou Navy was not famous in the first place, or in the entire Three Kingdoms era, only the Jingzhou Navy and the Jiangdong Navy were relatively strong, and the Xuzhou Navy could not be on the stage at all. But that's the case, Liu Feng invested heavily to build this water division, and lost nearly half of it under the First World War, which can be said to be the heaviest loss since Liu Feng became an army.

There are so many building ships, all of which are exchanged for money.

But there was no time to feel heartache, Liu Feng immediately ordered the troop carrier to set off, and even in order to escort the convoy, Wang Ying in Huiji was recalled, personally participated in the escort mission, and sent three more medium-sized warships in case of accidents along the way.

If Zhang Zhao is not brought back this time, it will be a big loss. Liu Feng thought to himself.

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And Zhang Zhao, who was nagged by Liu Feng, was in Tancheng at the moment, sighing for a long time.

At this time, Tancheng was rumored, but there was no war yet, Hexiang and Changshu were occupied by Cao Cao before, Yuan Shu went east again, Tao Qian was caught off guard, Yinping and Chengxian were broken by Yuan Shu's army, and now they are attacking Lanling, but according to the information fed back from the front, I am afraid that Lanling will not be long after, and now Tao Qian has gathered heavy troops in Xiangben, repaired the city, hoarded materials, and prepared to snipe Yuan Shu here.

Zhang Zhao didn't look down on Tao Qian, he had always been like this, otherwise he would not have repeatedly rejected Tao Qian's expedition, so that Tao Qian was angry and sent him to prison. After being rescued from prison by Zhao Yu, Zhang Zhao never came here again.

But now, he really wants to leave Xuzhou, but he has to stay here and wait for the final outcome.

"I knew this was the case, I should have listened to Brother Zigang's advice and left Xuzhou. A hesitation left the whole family in this chaotic place. Zhang Zhao muttered to himself.