After the success of the grain reform, Chen Feng carried out military reforms, gathering a total of 60,000 troops from the two states of Xu and Yang. Soldiers with a strength of more than 50 were retained through systematic testing, while those with less than 50 were sent back to their hometowns to farm.
At the same time, he personally recruited troops, and only recruited those with a strength of 50 or more, replacing the original 60,000 troops.
Then this new-look force was divided into 60,000 troops, reaching 50,000, and divided into two, 30,000 as the Yangzhou Army, and 30,000 as the Xuzhou Army. There is no longer any Danyang Army or Langye Army, and they are all collectively called Yang, Xu Erjun.
There are 30,000 Yangzhou troops, with Zhou Yu as the Commander-in-Chief, and Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Sun Bi, and Jiang Qin as the Zhonglang Generals. (Sun Ce, the governor of Yangzhou, and Lu Su, the chief secretary, are not included for the time being.)
The 30,000 Xuzhou Army is temporarily commanded by the bandit general Chen Feng himself, with Zang Ba, Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai as the Zhonglang Generals.
After the military reform was completed and Yangzhou and Xuzhou were stabilized, Chen Feng slowly set his sights on Jiaozhou below Yangzhou...
"Zhou Yu obeys the order."
"exist!"
"The current governor of Jiaozhou, Zhu Fu, has imposed excessive levies and made the people of Jiaozhou miserable. I order you to lead the Yangzhou army south to attack Zhu and eliminate the harm to the people of Jiaozhou!"
"promise!"
"Lord...Lord, what about me?" Seeing that Zhou Yu was about to go on an expedition, Sun Ce couldn't sit still and wanted to go. Rather than staying as a caretaker governor, he was more excited to command an army.
"Well... OK, it's enough to have Zijing and Zibu in Yangzhou. If you want to go, just go with your third brother. Again, the battlefield is no child's play. This battle is your first battle. I won't I hope you fight well or not, the most important thing is the lives of you and the soldiers, don’t let me take any risks."
"No! We must remember what brother said."
At the beginning of the second year of Xingping (195)
The bandit general Chen Feng listed all the atrocities committed by Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, to the court. Under the slogan of eliminating harm for the people, he ordered Sun Ce, the governor of Yangzhou, and the righteous soldiers of the governor Zhou Yu to enter Jiaozhou and prepare to take over the management of Jiaozhou.
The reason why Chen Feng attacked Jiaozhou first was because, compared with other states, Jiaozhou was easier to fight, and he could bring the newly integrated 30,000 Yangzhou Army to train.
The second reason is that the current governor of Jiaozhou, Zhu Fu, has indeed exacted excessive taxes, causing extreme dissatisfaction among the people of Jiaozhou. Sending troops on this point can be regarded as justified. It will not cause a backlash from the people of Jiaozhou, and it will not be difficult to attack.
Chen Feng thought to himself: Instead of letting Zhu Fu waste such a good piece of land in vain, it would be better to take it and grow grain as soon as possible, so that the people of Jiaozhou can at least have enough to eat...
at the same time
Yanzhou
Puyang
After months of fighting, the powerful Lu Bu finally lost to the cunning Cao Cao.
With the help of local nobles, Cao Cao once again took back the counties of Yanzhou one by one. After the defeat, Lu Bu led the remnants of his troops to flee eastward and entered Xuzhou...
Xuzhou
Pengcheng
"Report! My lord, Fenwei General Lu Bu led 3,000 cavalry to the outside of the city, saying that he wanted to come and join my lord."
"Well...Zang Ba Zhou Tai, come with me out of the city to have a look."
"promise."
After learning that it was Lu Bu who had come to defect, Chen Feng led Zang Ba, Zhou Tai and others out of the city to welcome him.
Outside the city, when Lu Bu saw Chen Feng coming out, he immediately shouted with a smile on his face:
"Chen Zhoumu, do you still remember me?"
【Lu Bu
Zi Fengxian
Force: 99-1 [Superior]
Intelligence: 62 [approachable]
Politics: 54 [not in the mainstream]
Commander: 95 [Superior]
Talent: Bingzhou Flying General (Proficient in riding and archery.)
Talent: Lu Bu among men (when facing two enemies, force +1, when facing three or more enemies, force +2.)
Talent: Specially poke at the adoptive father (I like the wine that the adoptive father likes, and I like the women that the adoptive father likes. In short, I like the things that the adoptive father likes more. If you don’t want to give it to me, then I will give it to you.)
Status: Injured by alcohol and sex (due to excessive indulgence and drinking, force -1.)
Attitude: Friendly
A native of Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County, he was born with supernatural powers and was invincible in bravery. He killed countless enemies in his life. He is now General Fenwei (General of Miscellaneous Numbers) of the imperial court. 】
"General Lu is brave and invincible. Who doesn't recognize him in the world today?"
Lu Bu said: "Chen Zhoumu has given you the award. Alas~, you and I are both from humble backgrounds. I had no choice but to follow Dong Zhuo and almost made a big mistake. Later, with the help of Wang Situ, I killed Dong Zhuo to eliminate thieves for the country.
But after I killed Dong Zhuo and escaped, none of the generals in Guandong accepted me. They were all afraid of me and wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to come and seek refuge with you, Chen Zhoumu. "
At this time, Zhou Tai, who was next to Chen Feng, reminded Chen Feng in a low voice: "My lord, I heard that Lu Bu is so capricious that he even killed his adoptive father. He is like an unfed white-eyed wolf. If we take him in..."
Chen Feng smiled and waved to Zhou Tai: "It's okay, I know your good intentions, but I may have plans for this Lu Bu."
Of course Chen Feng knew that Lu Bu was capricious, but he was very rare among the generals under Lu Bu, so he thought of taking Lu Bu in first, and then slowly looking for opportunities to see if he could recruit Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.
Thinking like this, Chen Feng turned to look at Lu Bu opposite: "General Lu, I can take you and your Bingzhou Army into custody."
Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this.
"But General Lu needs to fight me again. Last time we left Hulao Pass, a few years have passed. I want to test whether my martial arts has improved compared to before."
"Haha, now that Chen Zhoumu has spoken, Bu will be more respectful than obey."
"Bring me my gun." Chen Feng took the strange plum blossom gun brought by Zhou Tai, then shook the reins and galloped forward on Taxue Wuhen.
Seeing this, Lu Bu, who was in front of the Bingzhou army, also rode out with Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand.
Two shadows, one white and one red, met again. In the blink of an eye, dust billowed on the ground, and spears and halberds clashed tit-for-tat.
"Dang~!"
"Dang-dang-dang-dang~!"
In just one breath, the two of them were already fighting each other.
Upon seeing this, the soldiers on the east wall of Pengcheng immediately beat drums to cheer for their lord, and the sound of drums resounded through the clouds.
Compared with that time at Hulao Pass, Chen Feng was as good as Lu Bu this time. After the system permanently added a little force, his force was as high as 98.
But now Lu Bu is no longer at his peak state. His strength due to injuries caused by drinking and sex is reduced by one, and he can only exert a strength value of 98.
This makes the two people's force values at the same level, which is why Chen Feng proposed to challenge Lu Bu again. He wanted to test himself and Lu Bu under the same force to see who could be better in speed and strength.
The two of them were fighting inextricably in the field. White was extremely fast and Red was extremely powerful. They fought fiercely for more than a hundred times, with no victory or defeat in sight. All the soldiers of the two armies around them cheered.
Inside the Bingzhou Army behind Lu Bu
A heroic young girl looked at the white-horse general in front of her who was facing her father without losing any of his strength. A different kind of light that was not easy to detect flashed through her eyes: This person is so strong! His martial arts skills are not inferior to his father's.
