Jian'an five years, mid-February.

First, the rebellion of Zhao Fan and Liu Du in Jingnan was destroyed by the local dark department and the common people, and then the rebellion of the families in Jingzhou was also suppressed by Xu Shu.

Wen Chou, who didn't know the situation, finally died in the city because of his rash advance, and almost all of the eight thousand iron horsemen were killed except for a few who escaped, which can be called a big defeat.

With the defeat of the multi-channel rebellion, it also represents the end of Yuan Shao's plan to penetrate Chu Feng's interior from the Western Front, which will undoubtedly plunge Yuan's army into a haze.

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At this moment, in the Xiangyang General's Mansion.

Wen Ping's clothes and armor were stained with blood, and he came in stride, Cai Mao also returned after a while, followed by Yi, and the three of them were the operators of this plan.

Looking at Xu Shu in the first place, Wen Ping hugged his fists and said: "General Qiyu, all the rebel families in the city have been killed, and all the Wen Chou departments have been purged,"

"Good!" Xu Shu nodded.

"General Qiyu, the wealth of the rebel family in the city has been counted, except for some that cannot be ascertained in a short period of time, the rest are all here, including more than one million stones of grain and grass, billions of dollars, and more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land."

Yi is a little excited, these are all resources, I have to say, these families are really rich.

"All confiscated!" Xu Shu nodded.

With this batch of money, he could follow Chu Feng's requirements to make drastic moves, build roads and bridges, dig canals, and increase the income of the people.

"General Qiyu, except for 300 horsemen fleeing from the rest of the Wenchou army outside the city, the rest were all killed, and a total of 7,000 war horses were captured, and there were countless blades and tools of all kinds!"

Cai Mao also said with his fists clenched.

"Very good, the Great War of the North, the most important thing for war horses, if the lord knows that General Cai has captured so many war horses, he will definitely reward the general!"

Xu Shu nodded excitedly, the Cai family did contribute a lot in this war, whether it was acting as an internal family in the city, or docking with Wen Chou, he did a good job.

Cai Mao stepped back.

"General, why don't you take advantage of the victory and pursue it? Wen Chou only led 8,000 iron cavalry to kill, it stands to reason that there should be tens of thousands of foot soldiers, it is better to let the last general lead his troops to intercept and kill these foot soldiers! ”

Wen Ping hugged his fists and wanted to try it.

"No, Xuchang Cao Cao has not left yet, north of Nanyang is the Cao army, if it is not wise to make a feud with Cao Cao at this juncture, not to mention, Yuan Jun has escapees, and the rest of the foot soldiers will definitely withdraw."

Xu Shu waved his hand, he didn't want to make extraneous branches at this juncture.

After all, what he needs to do is to guard Jingzhou, develop Jingzhou's economy and people's livelihood, and stabilize it means victory, and the positive side still depends on Xu Yang.

"But General, is that it..."

"Okay, this slaughter of so many families, Jingzhou's internal instability, pay attention to the inside, don't be greedy. Now that Jingzhou is safe, you can lead your troops to Yecheng to garrison! ”

Xu Shu waved his hand, it was impossible to fight!

"No!" Wen Ping nodded, somewhat helpless, the military merit of garrisoning the frontier is too slow, unless someone from the opposite side comes to attack, otherwise it is just a matter of waiting.

"Cai Mao, feed these iron cavalry for a few days, and then arrange for someone to send five thousand cavalry to Hefei, leaving two thousand cavalry to merge into Zhao Fan's legion, and add one cavalry."

Xu Shu pondered a little, and immediately arranged.

To the north of Xiangyang is Nanyang, and Nanyang is located in the basin plain, so you still need to leave some iron horses.

"No!" Cai Mao nodded solemnly.

"Spring ploughing continues, and the tenant farmers of the various families must not be disbanded, let people continue to cultivate, and at the same time strictly abide by the economic development strategy set by the lord while maintaining production."

Xu Shu looked at everyone and arranged.

"No!" Everyone nodded in unison.

"Alright, let's all go down and prepare." Xu Shu waved his hand.

Watching a few people leave, Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, he finally didn't mess up the task, and now that the western front has won a comprehensive victory, I don't know if the central and eastern parts can win.

Thinking about the military talent of the lord, Yuan Shao shouldn't be an opponent, right?

As for the city of Jingzhou, the smell of blood lasted for several days, and it was completely lost after being washed away by a spring rain, and some of the people in the city only cheered.

Because countless rebels have been suppressed, many of them have been oppressed by families who have been oppressing them all year round.

Compared to the common people, the rest of the families were all in danger, Chu Feng's brutality was unexpected, and this slaughter was tantamount to turning the whole Jingzhou upside down.

Many old families have been completely reduced to history.

This also made those families who were careful not dare to mess around, for fear of setting themselves on fire.

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Yuzhou, in the territory of Peiguo.

In the southwest position of Longkang, Yuan's army marched mightily.

The Chinese army, Chun Yuqiong rode a war horse, the spring breeze was proud, looking at the barren land around him, not only did he not have a trace of pity, but he was even more excited.

"General, the front is less than two hundred miles to Shouchun, why don't you let the army camp and wait for the lord's instructions?" The general looked at the barren land and asked.

"Isn't there still two hundred miles? What's the hurry? Set up camp on the north bank of the Huai River and block Chu Feng in Huainan for me, I want to see what he can do! ”

Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly, with a little disdain.

"General, that Chu Feng is in Hefei, it is said that this person is brave, if he leads the army to fight at that time, won't we throw ourselves into the net?"

The lieutenant swallowed his spit and spoke weakly.

"I'm afraid of a fart, it's just touted by a group of rats, if I meet it, I can take his life with one shot, it's not worth mentioning at all!"

"What's more, the lord asked me to keep an eye on Shouchun, if I set up camp more than two hundred miles away, wouldn't it make people laugh?" Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly: "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will speed up!" ”

The lieutenant wanted to speak, but swallowed it back.

Immediately, the heralds beat their horses and raised their flags and shouted, and the whole army accelerated forward.

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Shouchun, the original capital.

Later, the city wall was strengthened and built to become a border fortress of the Chu army.

At this moment, countless soldiers and horses have gathered in the city in recent days, and a few have twenty or thirty thousand, of which 20,000 are Chu Feng's central army.

10,000 recruits, 10,000 veterans.

In this battle, Chu Feng tried to take the recruits through some battles.

And in the house,

Chu Feng looked at the map with a solemn gaze.

He was waiting, waiting for Chun Yuqiong to arrive, he didn't want to lead his troops to go hundreds of miles to chase and kill, as the so-called, wait for work, at this moment Chu Feng is waiting for Chun Yuqiong to arrive.

At the same time, Chu Feng was also waiting for Jingzhou's battle report.

He knew that Jingzhou was destined to respond to Yuan Shao, but he didn't know if Xu Shu could cope with it.

"My lord, Chun Yuqiong's soldiers and horses crossed the vortex river the day before yesterday, and it is estimated that they are approaching us at this moment, and according to the speed of travel, they should be able to reach the north of the Huai River in five days."

Wei Yan stepped forward and stated.

Chu Feng nodded and remained silent.

"The lord, General Huang, and General Zhao are all training to recruit new soldiers, so it is better to let the last general lead the troops to meet the battle, and set the lord to behead Chun Yuqiong's dog."

Wei Yan was slightly excited, and asked Zhandao.

This time he had a great chance, because Chu Feng went north and left Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun in Hefei, and only brought himself, obviously wanting to cultivate himself.

"There's no hurry!" Chu Feng raised his hand.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and couldn't help but chuckle: "The lord is waiting for news from Jingzhou?" ”

Chu Feng glanced at Jia Xu and couldn't help but chuckle: "That's right, although Jingzhou has laid out all the best measures, I am still worried, in case of a mistake, I'm afraid..."

Chu Feng didn't finish speaking, but the implication was obvious.

Yuan Shao went south, even if Xuzhou won the battle, he would only take Xuzhou, and it was almost impossible to take Yangzhou, but if he took Jingzhou first, it would be over if he went down the river.

"The lord is too worried, with General Zhao and Xu Shu here, Jingzhou is impregnable." Jia Xu chuckled, relieved Chu Feng, and at the same time said:

"Lord, although Chun Yuqiong is brave, but after all, he is Yuan Shao's general, if he waits for Shouchun, I am afraid that he will be deployed strictly, it is better to take it by surprise."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, he looked at Chu Feng.

"Surprise?" Chu Feng replied: "It's not impossible, but our army has a limited number of cavalry, even if I personally lead the army, I may not be able to defeat Chun Yuqiong." ”

The Central Army now has 3,000 iron cavalry, and although the charging ability is strong, it is still not easy to break through nearly ten times the enemy army.

What's more, even if the formation is broken, it is impossible to annihilate them all, it can only be regarded as scattering them.

"My lord, there are a total of 30,000 people in Chun Yuqiong's department, 5,000 in the front and rear armies, and 20,000 in the middle army.

"From what I know about Chun Yuqiong, this person is arrogant and arrogant, and he doesn't take his opponent seriously at all, even if the lord breaks his rear army, he will definitely be even more crazy, but he will be in chaos."

Jia Xu stroked his beard, with a thick ruthlessness in his words.

"So you're asking me to lead my troops to break through the enemy's rear army first, so as to shock the enemy's courage, and then wait for him to arrive and kill him head-on?" Chu Feng looked at Jia Xu and asked.

"That's right!" Jia Xu nodded.

Chu Feng pondered slightly, Chun Yuqiong was indeed as Jia Xu said, arrogant, in the battle of Wuchao, he learned that Cao Cao led his troops to kill, but instead of coercing, he led his troops to kill.

If he relied on the village to defend it, he would not let Cao Cao burn it to the ground, you know, Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrived at the end, but it was just a little bit short.

In the end, as the general of the unified army, he died in battle, so that Wuchao was defeated, so that Yuan Shao had no food and grass, and he could not form an army, and was overturned by Cao Cao in one go.

And now, the messenger is running wildly.

After asking for instructions, he rushed into the palace and shouted: "Lord Qi, Jingzhou is a great victory, General Xu led Wen Ping, Zhao Fan, Cai Mao and other generals not only to kill Wen Chou, but also to capture 7,000 war horses. ”

When the messenger had finished speaking, he handed the letter to him.

"Oh roar, Wen Chou was killed?" Chu Feng was taken aback, unexpectedly,

He thought that it would be rare to defeat the enemy army in this battle, but he didn't expect that even Yuan Shao's general Wen Chou would be killed, and so many war horses were captured.

As he spoke, he took the letter,

The eyes quickly swept, and everyone looked forward to it.

"Good, good, all deserve a big reward!" Chu Feng pinched the letter and said excitedly.

"Lord, talk to us!" Jia Xu is also curious, Wen Chou can be killed, if this is spread, the morale of Yuan Jun will definitely be ahead.

"Jing Nan rebelled first, but was completely destroyed by the people, hundreds of people spontaneously shouted for their sons, and finally Zhao Fan was killed and Liu Du fled overnight."

Speaking of this, Chu Feng was very relieved.

Although he expected Zhao Fan's ill intentions, he did not kill him, but he didn't expect to be sentenced. And this time, although the dark department has made a contribution, it is still the people who are real.

If it weren't for them, the situation in Jingzhou would have deteriorated.

After all, the two counties responded, and Changsha Wuling and other places may not lag behind, and even if Zhao Fan and them can fight again, they may not be able to suppress all roads.

Jia Xu sighed, and commented: "Lord, my subordinates said earlier that the people's will is available, but I didn't expect these people to spontaneously ask their children to stop rebelling." ”

Wei Yan also nodded: "The people of Jingzhou are simple, the lord is so gracious, and hundreds of people respect the lord, and they will definitely not let their children rebel." ”

"Later, Xu Shu and others used a plan, first punished the families in the city, and then set up an ambush to kill Wen Chou, it is said that the food found from which families exceeded one million stones!"

Chu Feng chuckled, millions of stone grains and grass are precious to the troubled times.

"Since Jingzhou has won a big victory, then we can't hold back."

"Order, gather all the iron horses, immediately cross the river with me, repair in the forest north of the Huai River, and wait for tomorrow dawn to follow me behind the enemy and destroy the enemy's rear army."

Chu Feng immediately came to the spirit and said highly.

"No!" The Ministries will respond.

"My lord, at the end of this battle, I will ask to accompany you!" Wei Yan looked at Chu Feng expectantly, he really wanted to prove himself by making war exploits.

"Yes!" Chu Feng raised his hand: "Wenhe, after I leave, all the affairs in the city will be handed over to you to take charge of, and another person will be sent to contact Lu Meng at all times." ”

"No!" Jia Xu nodded in response.

After explaining this, Chu Feng immediately walked and went straight to the barracks.

The Central Army, he is a descendant of the Legion, and many of his soldiers and horses are recruits at the moment, and they can't be used, and this battle is related to the pattern of the Central Plains, so he must fight in one battle.

As Chu Feng came to the barracks, the group of soldiers was crazy, and the momentum of not being afraid of death was definitely not something that ordinary soldiers and horses could look down on, and it also made those recruits more infected.

Coming to the point, Chu Feng looked around the audience.

Countless soldiers began to gather, and they gathered neatly, even those recruits all looked solemn, looking at Chu Feng as if they were gods.

Most of the recruits are from Jingzhou,

Their parents said almost the same thing when they came, take care of themselves, and at the same time said, don't disgrace them, don't be a deserter, otherwise they won't recognize this son.

The Central Army is a symbol of honor.

"Soldiers, I have good news and bad news for you!"

"The good news is that Wen Chou, the general under Yuan Shao, died in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is impregnable. Many of the parents present asked me to bring you a message and not to embarrass them. ”

"This sentence is very good, remember, not only can you not disgrace your parents, but you can't disgrace me, this military uniform, or the Central Army."

"Since you are wearing this military uniform, then you represent the Central Army, and you represent the strongest soldiers under my command Chu Feng, in my opinion, each of you is the king of soldiers."

Chu Feng paced and looked at everyone, especially at those recruits, these recruits were very good in physical fitness, and the key will was enough, and they would definitely become elites in time.

These soldiers all looked at Chu Feng solemnly, and the spontaneous sense of responsibility and pride made their every pore open.

"As for the bad news, it's that Yuan Jun is here. In this battle, some people are destined to sacrifice, and some people will shed blood, are you afraid? Chu Feng asked everyone with a roar.

"Fight, fight, fight!"

"Okay, bloody. Remember, in troubled times, if you want to exchange peace and stability for your family, you must pay a price, and you must be doomed to shed blood and sacrifice. ”

"When we finish the battle, then our wives and children can live in the spring breeze and be upright."

"There is a good saying, since there are no martyrs, let us become martyrs, become the pride of the rejuvenation of the Han nation, and become the unshakable cornerstone."

"Maybe I can't let everyone go down in history, but there will be eternal deeds in history, and future generations will be proud and proud of you!"

Chu Feng looked at those people, and every sentence was sonorous and powerful.

In the same way, every sentence makes these people clench their teeth, and they are by no means afraid of death.

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