Huang Zhong's archery skills were almost the best in the Three Kingdoms, and Ling Feng instantly felt locked by a ray of sunshine. With an indifferent expression, he took out the Hunyuan Bow and a golden divine arrow, which were also of the Sun attribute.
At the moment when the crimson blazing sun arrow turned into a crimson stream of light and struck rapidly, Ling Feng's Zhiyang Divine Arrow suddenly shot out, turning into a stream of light and shooting towards the blazing sun arrow.
The golden and red streams of light collided in the air, and with a bang, the air waves rolled. Immediately, the golden stream of light penetrated the red stream of light, and continued to shoot towards Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong immediately shot another arrow before knocking down the golden arrow.
When Han Xuan saw this scene, his expression changed drastically, because Ling Feng did not possess him with a fighting spirit just now to bless him. The other party actually defeated Huang Zhong, who was blessed by a fighting spirit, with his own strength. This kind of strength has far exceeded his imagination. Even Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu are far behind.
Only Huang Zhong, a top powerhouse who was at the peak of the early stage of the Heavenly Realm, understood Ling Feng's terror even more. He knew that this battle would be lost, but he was responsible and could not retreat, and was preparing to attack again.
At this time, Han Xuan suddenly said loudly: "Everyone disbanded the battle formation and prepared to surrender!"
Han Xuan's decision to surrender was not accidental. Firstly, Brother Cai Mao came to talk to him. Secondly, although Liu Biao had many soldiers, they lacked the elite Taoist soldiers and were no match for him in a fight. Therefore, he decided to use these five million troops as his starting point.
Many soldiers were already demoralized and unwilling to fight because of the successive losses of Jingzhou's four roads. When they heard the surrender, they disbanded their battle formations and laid down their weapons without any resistance.
Huang Zhong felt that the power of the fighting spirit in his body was disappearing quickly, and he looked up to the sky and sighed.
Ling Feng looked at Han Xuan and smiled: "You won't regret it!"
Immediately, Ling Feng looked at Huang Zhong, who was silently disappointed. Ling Feng guessed that it might be because his son Huang Xu was still in Liu Biao's hands and he didn't dare to surrender. Therefore, he just sealed his cultivation so that the soldiers could take good care of him.
Following Han Xuan's surrender, Ling Feng's military strength increased greatly and he quickly occupied Lingling Road.
When Liu Biao got the news, he was so angry that he vomited blood and lay ill in bed, looking like he was about to die soon. This is the symptom of luck backlash. Liu Biao separatized Jingzhou and was the leader of one side. He usually relied on the power of luck to practice, and his cultivation was rapid, and everything went smoothly. But now, with repeated defeats, the power is about to disappear. As the leader of the power, the backlash of luck will lead to various diseases, disasters, and eventually death.
At this time, Liu Biao knew that he was about to die soon, so he summoned brothers Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Huang Zu and others to give instructions.
He stared at Cai Mao and said, "Degui, after I die, you can hand over Jingzhou's capitulation form to Yizhou on Cong'er's behalf. You are his uncle, take good care of him for me."
Cai Mao nodded in agreement, he still understood this sentiment.
Immediately, Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue and said, "Xidu, if you want to surrender to Cao Cao, you can go yourself."
Cai Mao's expression suddenly changed and he stared at Kuai Yue. If Kuai Yue was allowed to defect to Cao Cao, Ling Feng knew that he would definitely hold a grudge, so it would be better to kill him for meritorious deeds.
Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and said: "Yue Yue thought Cao Cao was the master of the Ming Dynasty before, but looking at it now, Cao Cao is far from Lingzhou Mu's opponent, Yue Yue should stay."
At this time, Ling Feng was preparing to capture Zhangling Road, which was located below South Road and Nanyang Road, and between Wuling Road and Jiangxia Road. Ling Feng had skipped this place before in order to cross the river quietly. Immediately, Ling Feng received the message from Cai Mao and couldn't help but look overjoyed. However, he did not relax to prevent Liu Biao from stalling for time and playing tricks. In addition, he must be careful of Jiangdong's Sun Ce.
Three days later, Liu Biao died of illness, and Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Huang Zu surrendered to Ling Feng on behalf of Liu Cong.
And Ling Feng did not treat them badly and left a place for each of them. Although they are not the top talents, they are all excellent or above, so they must be reused.
Following Liu Cong's surrender, Huang Zhong and Wenpin also surrendered, as well as Wei Yan, Gan Ning and others.
With the acquisition of Jingzhou, the contact area with other states has greatly increased. Jiangdong Sun Ce, Yanzhou Cao Cao, and Yuzhou Yuan Shu will all become the targets he needs to guard against, so it is imperative to expand the army!
First, Ling Feng formed four Taoist legions with a quota of 100,000 with four generals: Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, and Wenpin. Of course, the current framework is only a rough one. The soldiers are all warrior-level elites selected from the Jingzhou Army. Whether they can be trained into Taoist soldiers depends on their respective abilities.
Others Han Xuan, Huang Zu, Huo Jun, and Su Fei also each gave quotas of 50,000 Taoist soldiers.
In addition, Jumen and Lianzhen return. At first, the two of them faked their own deaths and were given the true seed of Yuanli by Ling Feng. They were arranged to join the army in the south, so they joined the army in Changsha Road. The two of them obtained Ling Feng's Yuanli True Seed and were soon promoted to the Grandmaster realm. Now they have reached the late Grandmaster stage and have also reached the position of General Pi.
The progress of their cultivation over the years is naturally far inferior to that of Qisha and others, but they are very familiar with the strength of the barbarians in Changsha Dao. Ling Feng was going to let the two of them go to destroy the barbarians.
The strength of the Southern Barbarians was stronger than Ling Feng expected, and there were countless ethnic tribes, large and small. Mainly distributed in three areas: Wuling Road, Lingling Road, and Changsha Road. Among them, Wuling Man is the strongest and often rebels.
Ling Feng has just unified Yizhou, and the people's hearts are not yet stable. The plan to conquer the southern barbarians will have to wait for two years, but the army can be trained now. He asked Jumen and Lianzhen to practice the Shura Blood Demon Technique, helped them upgrade their cultivation to the realm of Grand Master, and gave each of them a quota of 100,000 Taoist soldiers. Let them select warrior-level elites from the Jingzhou soldiers. Ling Feng will give them blood seeds and train them to become Shura Blood Guards. Then they will take some elites from the Shura Blood Guards and serve as officers, and they will soon be able to form combat capabilities.
In addition to training Taoist soldiers, it is also about conquering wealthy families from all over the country and stabilizing people's hearts.
It will take at least three years to completely digest and master Jingzhou, so the next few years will require recuperation.
At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but look gloomy when he learned the news that Ling Feng had unified Jingzhou.
Next to him, Xun You said: "My lord, why don't you make Sun Ce the shepherd of Jingzhou and let them fight on the Yangtze River? Moreover, although Ling Feng's troops are strong, the navy relies entirely on the old troops of Jingzhou, so they are definitely no match for Sun Ce, but it will give him a big blow." Loss. If we instigate Yuan Shu to march from Runan and attack Jingzhou, it will definitely make Ling Feng miserable and delay his development. Our army can take the opportunity to seize the Qing and Xu states."
Cao Cao nodded in agreement. The difference between him and Ling Feng now was the Dao soldiers. In terms of quantity, they were not much different, but in terms of quality, they were much different. He had to find another way to recruit. And all of this requires time and territory, so he must first capture Qing and Xu states.
Three days later, Jiangdong.
When Sun Ce received the news that he had been canonized as Jingzhou Mu, he couldn't help but ask Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, what do you think of the imperial court's canonization?"
Zhou Yu said: "This is obviously Cao Mengde's provocation plan, but Ling Feng has taken Jingzhou and is indeed our future enemy in Jiangdong. At this time, Ling Feng's footing is not stable, so it's time to attack him, otherwise he will be able to gain a foothold." It’s hard to do anything about it.”
