After Chen Feng took over Xuzhou Mu, he reorganized Xuzhou's military strength. In addition to Xuzhou's original 4,000 Danyang soldiers, plus 10,000 Yangzhou soldiers and 1,000 Tangjia sword soldiers brought from Yangzhou, Xuzhou's total military strength is now Fifteen thousand soldiers.
As for Yangzhou, there are a total of 40,000 troops (30,000 navy and 10,000 cavalry). Chen Feng does not plan to mobilize any more troops from Yangzhou, but focuses his attention on Zang Ba, the leader of Xuzhou Langxie...
Xuzhou
Langye Kingdom (County)
Chen Feng only asked Zhou Tai to lead a hundred Tangjia swordsmen to follow him, and came to Langye Kaiyang City in person.
"I am Chen Feng, the shepherd of Xuzhou, and I have come here to pay homage to General Zang. Please give me a report, all heroes!"
At the foot of Kaiyang City, Chen Feng showed his identity to the defenders on the city wall.
Soon, two sturdy figures appeared on the city wall, and one of them shouted to the city:
"I am Zang Ba. I have heard the name of Chen Zhoumu for a long time. Please come in quickly."
After saying that, the gate of Kaiyang City slowly opened.
"Haha, okay!" Chen Jianshuanglang responded and prepared to ride into the city.
At this time, Zhou Tai, who was beside Chen Feng, reminded: "My lord, be careful of fraud!"
Chen Feng disagreed and said: "I have heard about General Zang's deeds, so I don't think he is such a person. Besides, we have no ill intentions in coming here this time. A real man handles things aboveboard. Only people with a purpose will behave like this." Abnormal, look at the soldiers inside the city gate, their faces are full of heroism, and their actions are not unnatural, which shows that they welcome us, let's go."
After hearing this, Zhou Tai admired Chen Feng even more and followed Chen Feng into Kaiyang City.
The fact is just as Chen Feng speculated, Zang Ba did not intend to ambush him, but really welcomed Chen Feng into the city and hosted a banquet in honor of Chen Feng and others.
At the banquet, Chen Feng said to Zang Ba and Sun Guan:
"General Zang, General Sun, you are both generous people, so I won't pretend to be pretentious and will get straight to the point. I am here this time to invite you two to follow me. Do you have any intention?"
After hearing this, Zang Ba cupped his hands and replied: "We originally belonged to Xuzhou. Now that General Chen is leading the pastoral care of Xuzhou, we should also obey General Chen's orders, but I have a request."
"Oh? What's the request?"
"I have heard that General Chen is very skilled in martial arts, so Zang Ba wants to have a showdown with General Chen. If General Chen can beat me, then I, Zang Ba, will only obey the general from now on."
"Haha." Chen Feng laughed: "I also want to see General Zang's skills!"
At that moment, the two left their seats and came to an open space outside the house to have a discussion.
"General Chen, you're polite!"
Zang Ba took the two mountaineering axes presented by his men and raised his hands to Chen Feng.
【Zang Ba
Zi Xuangao
Force: 88 [Second rate]
Intelligence: 62 [approachable]
Politics: 37 [not popular]
Commander: 78 [Third rate]
Talent: Man of integrity (resolute and unyielding, dare to face injustice, +2 force when using double axes in combat.)
Attitude: Friendly
A native of Huaxian County, Taishan County, he was a filial man. He fled to the East China Sea with his father when he was eighteen years old. He is now the imperial cavalry captain and the overlord of Kaiyang in Langye County. 】
"General Zang, please." Chen Feng held the Qijue Plum Blossom Spear in his hand and motioned for Zang Ba on the opposite side to take action.
I saw the two mountaineering axes in Zang Ba's hands flashing, and he took the lead in attacking Chen Feng...
After a quarter stick of incense
As Zang Ba's two mountain axes were knocked away, Zang Ba half-knelt on the ground and gasped for air. The winner of this competition was self-evident.
Zang Ba immediately expressed his allegiance to Chen Feng: "I am willing to admit defeat. From now on, I, Zang Ba, will follow my lord to the death."
[Ding dong, it has been detected that Zang Ba’s loyalty to the host has changed. The loyalty has increased from 0 to 75. 】
In this way, Zang Ba led his five thousand Langye army to submit to Chen Feng. At this point, the last county of Xuzhou, Langye Kingdom, also fell under Chen Feng's banner.
[Ding dong! The side mission [Danger of Xuzhou] is completed. 】
[Rewards obtained: Monarch Charm +20, the current host’s total Monarch Charm is 65, “Free-Range Chickens” × 1000, “Clown Ducks” × 1000, and “Black Swans” × 1000. 】
Chen Feng then appointed Zang Ba as Huben Zhonglang General and Sun Guan as Yingyang Xiaowei, and led five thousand Langxie troops to guard Kaiyang.
Appointed Cao Bao, the cavalry captain of the former Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian (a third-rate military general in the Force 76), as the captain of Zhechong, and assisted the left army Zhonglang General Cheng Pu to lead four thousand Danyang soldiers to guard Xiapi.
Chen Feng led 10,000 Yangzhou soldiers to guard Pengcheng, assisted by Zhou Tai and Huang Gai.
The important places on the three sides were heavily fortified to guard against the two tigers and wolves in the north, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
"The order of the shepherd of this state is passed down, and Mi Zhu is appointed as the Zhonglang General of Diannong, and Chen Deng is appointed as the Zhonglang General of Fumin. From now on, Xuzhou enters a truce to stop the war and cultivate health!"
"promise!"
In today's world, the surname is still Liu. It is easy to break if you are too strong. If you send troops rashly, you may lose the support of the people.
Chen Feng thought to himself: The reason why Tao Qian and the officials of Xuzhou made him the pastor of Xuzhou was to hope that Xuzhou would be stable. If he took the initiative to provoke a war as soon as he took office, there would be a lot of opposition, and the loyalty of his ministers and generals The speed will also drop significantly, and the 25 points of monarch charm that I finally saved for Xuzhou may also come to naught.
It is better to first learn from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty. They stayed on the sidelines and reformed and farmed the land. Only by stabilizing the territory first, taking deep roots, and slowly making the people of Yang and Xu have a sense of belonging to themselves, can they Can be discussed again.
What? As Xuzhou Mu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he didn't want to assist the emperor, but wanted to establish himself as king? So rebellious?
Not to mention the fact that the Han Dynasty is over now, how difficult it is for me to wholeheartedly support the Han Dynasty with the surname Liu again. Just in terms of human nature, I don’t know how many loyal bones have been buried.
A hero like Yue Fei can die, which already shows that foolish loyalty is not advisable.
Rather than assisting a monarch with unknown abilities, it would be better for him, a man with a system, to become the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.
My, Chen Feng,’s ultimate goal after traveling through time is to seal the wolf as Xu! It is to expand the territory of the big man! It’s about admiring cherry blossoms in the east, looking at the Atlantic Ocean in the west, climbing Greenland in the north, and crossing the extreme cold of the world in the south!
Therefore, no matter who the emperor is, he is the destined emperor.
Click!
Let’s digress, let’s get back to the topic
After Chen Feng recruited Zang Ba, he returned to the governor's office in Pengcheng.
Xuzhou
Pengcheng
"Husband, you are back~"
Mi Zhen was wearing an apron and was cooking in the kitchen. When she saw Chen Feng coming back, she immediately wiped her hands with the apron and poured Chen Feng a cup of warm water that was 30% hot and 70% cold.
On weekdays, the servants would do all this, but on the days when Chen Feng would come back, Mi Zhen would cook for Chen Feng herself.
"Husband, sit down first and have a glass of water. The food will be ready in a while."
"Okay." After several years of fighting, Chen Feng suddenly had such a considerate woman at home, which made Chen Feng a little uncomfortable.
When you get home and open the door
What comes into view is a neat and clean hall.
Two steps into the door, I found my wife with her hair tied up, wearing a simple home clothes and a cartoon-pink apron, preparing hot meals in the kitchen and waiting for her return.
"You're back~" When she noticed the movement and knew it was you who was back, she turned to you and smiled. She subconsciously wiped her oily hands clean on her apron, pausing what she was doing to help you after a tiring day. A glass of warm water.
"There's still one dish that's not ready yet. Just sit down for a while and drink a glass of water. That'll be it soon." Then he turned around and continued preparing the meal.
This is simply the life Chen Feng has dreamed of.
Love should not be one-sided
So Chen Feng slowly stood up, came to the kitchen, and hugged Mi Zhen from behind who was cooking seriously.
"Husband, I have a lot of oil stains and dirt on my body now. You'd better sit outside for a while and let me do it." Mi Zhen smiled and turned to persuade Chen Feng to wait outside.
Chen Feng didn't care about this. He summoned a red tulip from the system that he got from signing in every day. He held it in his hand and motioned Mi Zhen to turn around and look:
"Madam, look, what is this?"
"What..." Mi Zhen muttered, turning her head in confusion as she didn't know Chen Feng's intention. Suddenly, a fragrance hit her nostrils, and then she saw a beautiful, strange red flower that she had never seen before.
Mi Zhen was surprised: "Wow! Husband, what kind of flower is this? It's so beautiful."
Chen Feng replied seriously: "The name of this flower is tulip. It is from the Western Regions and is rare in the Central Plains. I got it by chance and thought it was very beautiful, so I took it back and presented it to Madam."
"Really?"
"certainly."
"Thank you husband, I like it very much." Mi Zhen received flowers from Chen Feng for the first time, and she was as happy as a child weighing more than 90 pounds.
