Han counter current

Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Sun Quan and others occupy all parts of the Central Plains. It is very difficult to pry out some territory from their mouths, unless we have the strength to smash their teeth.

As far as the current situation is concerned, our strength can only compete with some tribes on the grassland. If the grassland tribes unite, we will have to hide inside the Great Wall. Haha, this is our current situation.

Therefore, since we arrived in western Liaoning, I have been arranging retreat routes for us.

Attacking Liaodong and marching into Sanhan is just the beginning, but these places have been bitterly cold since ancient times, and they are not enough to serve as our rear area. Therefore, I led the army to open up sea trade routes and storm Wa Island.

However, these are not enough. You must have heard some news. After the Xianbei army retreated, our army consumed a lot of supplies.

In particular, our army occupied Youzhou ahead of the original plan, and needed a large amount of food and grass to stabilize the people of Youzhou. This series of changes led to a shortage of food and grass for our army.

Therefore, the plan to march into Wuhuan and clean up the eastern grasslands of Xianbei was temporarily delayed, and even because of this, I cut off the food and grass for the slave army and the slave army.

Hmph, in fact, the food and grass in my hand is enough to support our army to carry out these wars. After all, this year's maritime trade was not done in vain.

Counting the livestock we seized, as well as the harvest of the Navy and coastal fishermen, we will have no problem staying until next summer's harvest. "

Chen Feng paused, looking at the child's clear eyes, he continued to explain.

"However, if you want to survive in this troubled world, you must not let your opponent know your hole cards in advance, otherwise, you will have no advantage in front of your opponent.

We are not short of food and grass now, but in the future, if our army captures Jizhou or Bingzhou next year, where should we get food and grass.

I thought about it for a long time, and the only way to send absolutely reliable people to do one thing, as long as this thing can be done successfully, even if I lose to Cao Cao in the future, I will not die in the Central Plains.

Zhong'er, among all the people around me, only you meet this requirement. Apart from you, I don't know who to entrust this task to. "

"really,,,,,,"

Gao Zhong raised his head, his eyes full of fighting spirit. Before he received Chen Feng's order to slaughter the prisoners, he suspected that his foster father had other intentions.

After receiving the order to transfer away from the leader in the past two days, his feeling became more and more intense.

Now, his adoptive father appeared in front of him, which made this matter even more certain, but what kind of mission was it?

"I told you about the big islands in the southern waters, do you still remember?"

"The two large islands of Yizhou and Zhuya, as well as the two islands in Panyu County, Nanhai County, and other islands that my adoptive father mentioned, I will always remember them in my heart."

"Well, just remember, our current navy is very strong, but it doesn't play enough role. Fighting pirates is not the navy's job, but expanding the territory.

These islands used to belong to the Central Plains Dynasty in history. The First Emperor Yingzheng sent troops to these islands, but after Liu Bang, few people paid attention to these islands. I want you to take these islands in the shortest possible time.

Also, there are Jiaozhi to the south of Soochow, and Linyi, Funan and other countries to the south. I have been inquiring about these places. Do you still remember Manuel?

It was the businessman from the Western Regions captured by Xu Huang. Half a year ago, I sent someone to take him to these places to inquire about news. "

"Does the adoptive father want to occupy these places?"

"Yes, I have prepared a lot of information and materials, and you will understand why I made this decision after a closer look.

In order to have enough food and grass, Linyi and Funan must be taken, but the difficulty will be very high. Originally, I should do it myself. "

"The child is willing to share the worries of the adoptive father."

"Okay, let's go into the cabin, let's chat while eating..."

Chapter 223 Yuan Shang's March 1

After seeing off Gao Zhong and his party, Chen Feng transferred to a sea boat and returned to Youzhou on the way. After all, Youzhou still had too many things to deal with.

As for whether Gao Zhong can achieve the expected goal, it can only depend on luck.In this world, there were things that he was not completely sure of. To be able to send Gao Zhong to carry out such a task at this time, Chen Feng had already done his best.

In order to support Gao Zhong's plan to go south, Chen Feng discussed with him for two days, and a lot of knowledge and ideas that should not appear in this era, and even some concepts, appeared in the discussion between the two of them.

At the same time, Gao Zhong, who has always been prudent and confident, took the initiative to ask for an increase in the number of soldiers under his command this time. He even put forward many requirements in terms of ordnance and warships.

There is no way, Chen Feng's plan is too big, too broad, and involves many scopes and fields. No matter how strong his loyalty is, he cannot execute it smoothly in a short period of time.

Zhuya Island has indeed been found, but there is still a group of pirates on that island, Gao Zhong needs to defeat or subdue them, and this is just the beginning.

The rest of the islands are just a general news. Maybe there are many pirates on them. Even if there are no pirates, the original residents of the islands can be regarded as opponents.

Even if these islands are taken down, if there are not enough reliable manpower stationed there, it will be a waste of effort. Therefore, Gao Zhong's secret departure this time has a long way to go.

According to Gao Zhong's request, at least 2 direct-line naval officers and soldiers are needed, but Chen Feng now has less than [-] direct-line naval officers and soldiers, which cannot meet Gao Zhong's requirements at all.

Of course, this is the number Gao Zhong proposed for the sake of prudence. If he can take risks, maybe the number can be smaller, but the effect is probably not that good.

After the two discussed repeatedly, Chen Feng gave Gao Zhong the right to recruit soldiers and form an army on his own, which was regarded as the greatest support and trust for Gao Zhong.

There is no way, although Chen Feng said that he is very supportive of Gao Zhong's mission, but in fact, he wants no one, no soldiers, except for some basic support, the rest depends on Gao Zhong himself.

With passion, ambition, and all kinds of nautical talents provided by Chen Feng, Gao Zhong set out for the sea area of ​​Xuzhou. Towards the unknown sea area, Gao Zhong took firm steps.

Many people thought that Gao Zhong's departure this time was to avoid the impact of the bringing party incident. Who would have thought that this was completely a play by Chen Feng and his co-stars.

Two months later, when a powerful pirate gang dominated the South China Sea, subdued all pirate forces, and occupied large and small islands along the coast of Jiangdong, many caravans in Jiangdong felt that the sea trade routes seemed to have changed.

However, this is only the thinking of those who do business at sea. As for the aristocratic families and businessmen who are far from the sea, they don't care. As the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Quan doesn't take these pirates to heart.

Until several shipyards in the coastal area of ​​Jiangdong were attacked one after another, all finished and semi-finished ships and craftsmen were robbed.

Even when many people in the coastal areas were looted, Sun Quan, who was dealing with the Wuxi Nanman rebellion, realized the trouble was coming.

However, these are all things to say. Gao Zhong has strong ability and strong execution ability. Most importantly, he is absolutely loyal to Chen Feng. When necessary, this young man will use quite violent means.

Most of the leading troops are in training. If it was placed a month ago, the leading soldiers might have to beware of the attack of the three Korean enemy troops.

But Gao Zhong's method was too ruthless, he directly slaughtered tens of thousands of Sanhan men, robbed tens of thousands of Sanhan women, and then robbed a lot of food, destroying many towns and villages.

As a result, the people of Sanhan, who were seriously injured, dare not come out to make trouble. If they really dare to come, I am afraid that the soldiers leading the party will happily remove the looting again.

The situation in Liaodong became more and more serious. Gongsun Xu sent letters of help to Youzhou one after another. It is estimated that the Wuhuan people were affected by the severe cold this time. They were seriously short of winter supplies and the residents of Liaodong were exhausted.

Finally, in the anticipation of the Liaodong army and people, Youzhou's [-] troops set out in full outfit, led by Zhang Liao, [-] Youzhou elites, [-] slaves, and [-] servants, all cavalry .

What such a powerful army has to do is to find and defeat the Wuhuan people, and then use every opportunity to plunder the Wuhuan people. This is Chen Feng's order, and it is also the favorite task of the soldiers.

More than ten days later, due to the repeated urging and request from the direction of Xudu, Chen Feng had to lead [-] elite headquarters, [-] servants and some captured troops to attack the eastern part of Xianbei.

As General Zhengdong, Chen Feng could not refuse such an order, otherwise, Cao Cao would have an excuse to discredit him and suppress him.What he can do is to clean up the eastern grasslands of Xianbei in the shortest possible time.

After receiving the exact news that Youzhou's troops were empty, Cao Cao's envoys frequently contacted Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. The two brothers were still fighting, and they did not have a good attitude towards Cao Cao's envoys.

So no agreement was reached between the three parties, but Yuan Shang was very interested in the plan to raid Youzhou by taking the opportunity.

Instigated by Cao Cao, he secretly assembled [-] troops in the northern part of Jizhou, apparently wanting to punish Chen Feng who had just occupied Youzhou.