In the era of cold weapons, one of the most important measures of the strength of countries is the size of the population. Only when the population is larger can more troops be formed and more talents can emerge. Bai Qi's main contribution to the unification of the world by the Qin State was to annihilate millions of enemy troops and directly weaken the vital forces of the enemy country, such as the Zhao State, after being killed by more than 400,000 troops in World War I, the Zhao State has since collapsed and become a weak country.

Population is the basic guarantee for a country's prosperity, and the larger the population base, even if the probability is low, new talents can continue to emerge.

In addition to that, it is the inheritance of the family.

The Chinese people pay the most attention to inheritance, if a man does not have a son, he tries to pass or adopt one to inherit the incense, so as not to be extinct himself, even the eunuchs. Therefore, there is "only a thousand-year-old family, no thousand-year-old dynasty", the inheritance of the family is older than the dynasty, in the early Tang Dynasty, the so-called five surnames and seven wangs, even a generation of Ming Jun Tang Taizong took them without a rut.

Many celebrities in the Three Kingdoms era, counting up several generations, are also famous, such as Runan Yuan, the most glorious fourth and third dukes, there were already people serving as Situ in the era of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, and it has continued for four generations. Another Hongnong Yang of the fourth and third princes of the family, even more prestigious than the Yuan family, Yang Zhen "known as Confucius in Guanxi", also served as Situ and Taiwei during the period of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, and left a model of incorruptibility of "twilight but gold", his father Yang Bao is also a generation of Confucianism, and is the protagonist of "Title Ring Favor", and then it can be traced back to Yang Chang, the prime minister of Emperor Zhao of the Western Han Dynasty. Cao Cao is also said to be a descendant of Cao Shen or Xiahou Ying; Xun Yu's ancestor is the Xunzi of the hundreds of sons......

That's the power of legacy. Only in this way will the inheritance from generation to generation continue to emerge countless talents and celebrities.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong...... These historical generals who have been subdued are not just one person, but also related to the entire family and the inheritance of future generations. For example, Zhou Yu, the Zhou family moved to Jiangdong, but Zhou Yu was not the only one to join Liu Feng's team, but there was a group of Zhou clansmen, although they were not as good as historical figures in terms of ability, they could be regarded as talents. is already a year of Zhou Yu, although there is no Xiao Qiao in the game, but he already has offspring. Maybe one day, he will be introduced to Liu Feng by Zhou Yu.

Even if these juniors can't reproduce the demeanor of their parents, after all, the famous characters in history are much better than those who are popular, and there is always a suitable place to place.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Feng is happy.

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In the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Feng recuperated for a whole year, but he just let Zhou Yu fight in Jiangxia for a few months, and quickly recovered his strength with the population base he had plundered over the years.

This year saw a further increase in the intensity of the wars between the various princes.

In the north of Youzhou, since the first encounter with the Wuhuan tribe in mid-March, Guan Yu has spent all the way in the fight, all the way to the battle. In May, the First World War broke the Wuhuan Sumuyan Army, and the hundreds of thousands of Sufuyan's army were scattered, leaving only a few thousand people to flee. In June, Nanlou, Wuyan and Su Fuyan's remnants fought a decisive battle with Guan Yu again. This battle is even more tragic, Guan Yu's subordinate generals died in the silver battle, escaped by a stand-in talisman, Tian Yu was seriously injured, and the rest of the generals from Guan Yu and below, all hung colors, but the results were also expensive, Su Fuyan and Wuyan died in battle, relying on the stand-in talisman to save their lives, the million army was defeated again, and Nanlou retreated with 30,000 remnants of the army, and took refuge in Wuhuan King Badun. In August, Guan Yu, who had a hasty rest, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and fought in the White Wolf Mountain, with more than 300,000 troops, broke the millions of Wuhuan army again, this battle Zhao Yun first ascended the assault, taking advantage of Guan Yu's command of the army and Wuhuan to fight, with a team of men and horses, bypassing the fierce army, and rushing to the big tent where the Dun is located, capturing the thief and the king, and killing the Dun in the army. The battle was completely annihilated, and Zhao Yun was only spared and seriously injured. But it was precisely because of this that Guan Yu was able to defeat the leaderless Wuhuan army with difficulty and achieve victory.

From the news that came out one after another, Zhao Yun broke through the seventh order at a critical time and became an eighth-order general, so that he was able to kill Badun, and escaped from the siege under the crazy siege of the guards of Badun later. After this battle, Guan Yu's army was less than 100,000 people, but for the rest of his life, he had become the strongest elite soldiers, and nearly 10,000 people had become elite soldiers in a hundred battles. In terms of combat effectiveness, compared with before, there is not much decline.

Guan Yu, who won a great victory, returned with a load of loot, and the Wuhuan tribes did not take revenge. The power of the Badun, who had died once, was severely weakened, and the individual was also in the weakest state. As a result, Shan Yulouban, who had been suppressed by Bunton, took the opportunity to seize power, and Wuhuan civil strife arose, and it was no longer a threat to Youzhou.

Guan Yu's withdrawal was not only the reason for the great victory in the north, it was not that he didn't want to destroy Wuhuan in one battle, but that the situation in the south was already very tense.

The boundary of Youzhou is too long and narrow, and it is close to the grassland, and all places have to garrison troops to suppress the place, and the millions of troops in the north go out to conquer the outside of the fortress, leaving less strength to guard. Even if he relied on the city to hold on step by step, under Yuan Shao's onslaught, he had already been defeated and retreated. Beixincheng, Fanyang, and Gu'an basically didn't stop for long, and they were broken by Yuan Shao's army; Zhuo County is Liu Bei's hometown, and after only three months, he had to give up, and the entire Zhuo County had been occupied by Yuan Shao two months ago, and Liu Bei gathered a large army in Guangyang County to block Yuan Shao's attack.

Guangyang can't be lost, because behind it is Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou Governance. Once Jixian County is breached, it will almost be announced that Liu Bei's forces are over. So no matter how difficult it is, Liu Bei has to persevere. It was not until Guan Yu returned with his army in October that it began to snow, and Liu Bei continued to send troops to reinforce Guangyang.

But Zhuojun couldn't get it back, and his hometown was lost, and only Liu Bei weighed the gains and losses. If you want to regain your hometown, you can only come next year.

In July, the western Xianbei lord Bugendu was defeated by Lü Bu's army, and the northern part of the state was initially settled. Bu Gendu hurriedly led the tribe to move east, and went to attach to the central Xianbei leader Kirbineng. And Kirby at this time can. At this time, in order to solve the eastern Xianbei tribes as soon as possible, Kirby was able to agree with the interests of the eastern Xianbei and join Bugendu to annex the eastern Xianbei, and finally achieved the goal before the heavy snow, and the grassland presented a situation of two great powers.

In August, the Western Expeditionary Army of Tiance Mansion broke the allied army of Guo Fan Chou, who was resurrected after his death, fled from Yongzhou in a hurry, and set foot on the land of Liangzhou again. However, what awaits them is a ruthless slaughter, and the princes who have already occupied the territory of Liangzhou will not sit back and watch their predecessors expand in their own territory. Within a month, he was defeated by the Liangzhou warlords again, and fled with the last hundreds of remnants. Countless long-awaited players desperately intercepted it, thinking of taking the opportunity to subdue these two remnants. In the end, the Iron Cavalry operating in the Northland was victorious, bringing the two remaining guards to their own territory. Soon after, news came that Guo Yan and Fan Chou had taken refuge in the Iron Cavalry Club to help them train soldiers and horses. Therefore, there are predictions on the Internet that there will be another prince soon.

In the battle of Nanyang, Liu Biao was already a remnant after defeating Zhang Ji, and Sun Jian gained the advantage and attacked under Wancheng, where he has been unable to hold on. Cao Cao's attack on Peiguo was somewhat unfavorable, and Yuan Shu finally took a strong hand and firmly blocked Cao Cao's troops.

Jingnan, Jiaozhou, Yizhou...... The war continued, and the era of the fiercest competition between the princes arrived.

This is an era of chaos, and it is also an era of extinction if you don't make progress, and if you want not to become a stepping stone for others, you can only fight to the end.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, Liu Feng decided to fight.