Han counter current

Not long after, Gongsun Xu led more than [-] elite horses to the outside of Xiangyang City. Looking at the sky-filled flags, the countless strong horses and mighty soldiers, Cai Mao and others naturally lowered their heads.

"Brother Degui, you have worked hard..."

One sentence, six words, Gongsun Xu got off his horse and hurried forward to help Cai Mao. The two didn't say much, but Gongsun Xu gave Cai Mao enough face.

Half a day later, Chen Feng led the follow-up soldiers and horses to arrive, which also meant that the forces of the Northern Border Army entered Xiangyang City. Right now, except for Jiangxia Huangzu who has not yet expressed his attitude, and Liu Bei occupying the south of Changsha, other sites in Jingzhou are also Under Chen Feng's control.

In the evening, after the celebration banquet, Chen Feng was discussing matters with the generals in the living room. Generals from Jingzhou, including Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Wen Pin, were honored to participate.

"Liu Bei is entrenched in Changsha, and his thieves are not dead, and Jingnan is still in his hands. It is rumored that this thief intends to unite with Jiangdong Sun Quan. If he is not defeated as soon as possible, there will be troubles later.

Han Sheng, you followed General Liu Pan to guard Changsha in the early years, so you are familiar with the situation there. After Liu Pan died, most of his old troops refused to accept Commander Liu Bei and dispersed among the people.

I want to join you with three thousand elites, plus three thousand Jingzhou soldiers, and order you to guard the police and replace Meng Qi.Your task is to build a public security line of defense, gather the elite soldiers scattered in the local area, step up training, and form a navy in the local area so that our army can go south to fight. Do you dare to go south to confront Liu Bei's army? "

"The last general takes orders."

When he arrived at his door, Chen Feng arranged such a task, Huang Zhong's excitement can be imagined.There was no other way. After all, we had already arrived in the south, and it was no longer a northern plain where war horses could gallop freely. If Huang Zhong were not sent south, it would be impossible for Ma Chao to command the cavalry to jump into the Yangtze River.

Chapter 752: Power of Public Complaints 1

In Xiangyang, what used to be the Liu Mansion is now the Chen Mansion. All the major families in the city have sworn allegiance to Chen Feng. Those who haven't made a statement yet are now locked in their homes to think about the next way out.

Chen Feng personally led an army of tens of thousands into Xiangyang, and Zhang Liao was sitting in the north. Under such circumstances, Xiangyang's change of ownership was already a certainty.

After taking control of Xiangyang, while rectifying Jingzhou's troops, Chen Feng sent people to calculate the supplies and count the fields. Next, he had to win the hearts of the people.

"My lord, after these days of statistics, the number of troops near Xiangyang has been counted. In addition to the northern Xinjiang elite brought by my lord, there are still 10 local troops in Jingzhou.

Among them, there are about [-] infantry and cavalry near Xiangyang, and no less than [-] sailors from the police, western Jiangxia, and various water villages along the Yangtze River. "

In the living room, Cai Mao reported the news to Chen Feng respectfully.As the patriarch of a down-and-out family, he was able to return to Xiangyang and avenge his revenge, all thanks to Chen Feng's support.

After going through those painful experiences, Cai Mao has also seen through many things, and now, he has no other thoughts.Although Chen Feng had helped him regain the position of head of the Cai family, he still regarded himself as an ordinary general.

"It is rumored that there are 20 sailors in Jingzhou. Is it possible that over the years, Jingzhou's local food and salaries have been severely deducted, so that the number of sailors has dropped significantly?"

Others may not know the importance of navy, but Chen Feng definitely knows it.Next, we have to attack Jiangdong to rule the world, and the navy is definitely the most important.

In addition, in the early years, Chen Feng sent people to train soldiers by the sea, build or buy warships, not only for the land in the Han territory, but his eyes had already drifted to those overseas worlds.

The Jingzhou navy has been famous all over the world in its early years, and it has a long history in terms of shipbuilding technology and battle skills.Although these years have been suppressed by the Jiangdong Army, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and the strength of the Jingzhou Navy should not be underestimated.

"My lord, Mingjian, the 20 navy in Jingzhou refers to the fleet of the navy when Jingzhou was the most powerful. In these years of melee in the Central Plains, the imperial court has not brought in half of the food and wages.

Relying entirely on Jingzhou's local financial support, the 20 navy, plus those warships and supplies, are really unbearable.If it weren't for the Sun family's father and son guarding Jiangdong these years and constantly provoking Jingzhou's defense line, I am afraid that the number of Jingzhou navy would have decreased a lot.

Most importantly, the so-called Jingzhou navy refers to the number of all navy in Jiangxia, Gongan, Xiangyang and other places.The navy near Xiangyang is all in the hands of the lord.

The naval divisions in Changsha, Gong'an and other places were General Liu Pan's former troops. After General Liu Pan was murdered, no one was able to command them. In addition, Liu Bei deliberately split up.

According to reports from spies, the total number of Liu Bei's navy in Changsha is no less than [-], and there are about [-] sailors living in public security, Changsha and other places.

In addition, Jiangxia, as an important water defense area in Jingzhou, has always been guarded by a large number of sailors. Huang Zu has guarded Jiangxia for many years and has already made this place his own private property.

According to all the previous information, there are no less than [-] soldiers in Jiangxia alone, of which there are more than [-] navy troops. Huang Zu relied on these soldiers and horses to occupy Jiangxia.Reject Liu Biao in the north and Sun in the south. "

Cai Mao is very familiar with the situation in Jingzhou. After all, he was the captain of the Navy. He must know about the things of the Navy. Since Chen Feng wants to know, he must tell the truth.

Before that, Chen Feng had also learned about the composition of Jingzhou's local troops, especially Jiangxia Huangzu, who was definitely a wonderful figure.

In the early years when the world was not chaotic, he occupied Jiangxia. Even if Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, he still failed to change the status of the Huang clan in Jiangxia.

Later, Liu Biao could only rely on righteousness and food and supplies to control Huang Zu, and imprisoned him in Jiangxia forever.Later, Sun Jian went north to Jingzhou, and as a result, an irreconcilable conflict broke out with Huang Zu. Sun Jian, the fierce tiger in Jiangdong, was killed by Huang Zu.

After that, Sun Ce also wanted to go north for revenge. With the assistance of Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others, and the support of Jiangdong's elite, the little overlord didn't take much advantage.

Later, Sun Quan also had plans to defeat Jiangxia and take over Jingzhou, but those dreams were extinguished by Huang Zu.It can be said that Huang Zu is a capable and courageous character, but all his talents and energy are invested in Jiangxia territory, which is doomed to his end.

"If you want to capture Jiangdong, you have to capture Jiangxia. Now there is Liu Bei from Changsha. Hehe, it's really hard for me to make a decision."

Chen Feng showed a sneer. No matter how powerful Huang Zu was, he was only in Jiangxia territory. Liu Bei had already fled to Changsha, so he was not afraid. None of them are worried.

The key issue is that in the face of the mighty military power of the Northern Border Army, these three families are very likely to join forces. If that is the case, the situation will be much worse.

"My lord, things may not be so bad, we can approach from another angle."

As a native of Jingzhou, and Jingzhou was famous for his intelligence in his early years, Pang Tong had to speak at this time. After all, he was in his hometown, so he had to show his performance no matter what.

"What is Shi Yuan's opinion?"

"Huang Zu has not shown any hostility so far, which means he is still waiting and watching. Moreover, Jiangdong Sun's and Jiangxia's Huang's are deadly enemies, and there is absolutely no possibility of the two sides joining forces.

What Huang Zu wanted was glory, wealth and family inheritance. As for military power, he didn't think so highly of it. If he hadn't been in troubled times, I'm afraid he wouldn't have invested so much money and materials to run Jiangxia.

As for Liu Bei, although he wants to win over Sun Quan, he doesn't have the strength to be on an equal footing with Sun Quan. Unless our army's elite forces overwhelm the border and threaten Sun's core interests, they will not join forces for the time being. "

After listening to Pang Tong's analysis, everyone nodded. The reason is very simple, and many people also want it, but only Pang Tong dared to say so.

Chen Feng smiled, he naturally understands these principles, but it is one thing to understand, and another thing to see through.

"Wenhe, do you have any tricks?"

"Hehe, I don't dare to take a clever plan, but there is a way. General Han Sheng is also from the Huang family in Jingzhou, and he is of the same clan as Huang Zu, so my lord can use this to persuade Huang Zu to surrender.

As for Sun Quan and Liu Bei, spies from our army came to report that the two sides really intend to join forces, and Sun Quan is also planning to marry his sister, but it's just that the main force of our army has never gone south, so Sun Quan has been watching.

My lord, the main force of our army has fought from the grasslands to Jingzhou, from north to south, and achieved such great results, but also accumulated many problems and contradictions. Right now, solving these contradictions and problems is more important than attacking Jiangdong. "

Jia Xu's meaning is obvious. Chen Feng has been wondering whether to continue going south. After all, the defense line of the Yangtze River is there, and in addition to the famous battle in his memory, he is not sure whether to attack Jiangdong. Now Jia Xu When Xu said this, Chen Feng seemed to have realized something.

Chapter 753: Power of Public Complaints 2

With Jia Xu sitting in the battle, Chen Feng would naturally not lose his position. Even if Sun Quan and his three families joined forces, they would not be able to threaten Chen Feng's interests. However, the longer the war dragged on, the more unfavorable Chen Feng felt.

Whale swallowed such a large territory, from north to south, it has been killing all the way to the territory of Jingzhou.The entire Central Plains, Hebei and other places are in the hands of Chen Feng. This is indeed a grand victory, but at the same time, it is also a big burden.

The reason why Chen Feng entered Xiangyang in such a hurry to frighten the surrounding nightclubs away from Liu Bei was actually for the food storage in Xiangyang city.

Liu Biao has managed Jingzhou for so many years, and the local aristocratic families in Jingzhou have enjoyed the peace for these years, and they have already filled up the local granaries in Jingzhou.

These years, the reason why Liu Biao was able to assume the position of Jingzhou Mu, the reason why he was able to resist Cao Cao in the north, resist Sun Quan in the south, and stabilize Huang Zu in the interior was also because of the inexhaustible food and grass.

As for Liu Bei, in such a short period of time after acquiring Jingzhou, why he was able to recruit his own troops so quickly to fight against the local soldiers in Jingzhou was also due to the food reserves.

Although the war during this period consumed a lot of food stored in Jingzhou, after Chen Feng took over Xiangyang, he still made a lot of gains.With these grains and grass, he can temporarily help all parts of the Central Plains and stabilize the hearts of the people.

But in the same way, he can also choose to use these food and grass to attack and annex Jiangxia and Jiangdong, in order to unify the world as soon as possible.However, although there is a lot of food and grass, they can only be used for one purpose. What Chen Feng struggles most is which one to choose.