In the afternoon of the next day, Ling Feng led his army back to Tanzhou City. At this time, news about Nanyang Road and Hanzhong Road came one after another.
The first was Nanyang Dao. Among the three million troops led by Ji Ling, 200,000 were Dao soldiers. They were powerful and conquered seven or eight states in succession from the beginning.
Subsequently, Qisha and Pojun led 200,000 Shura Blood Guards to arrive. Together with Zhang Lu's 50,000 Dao soldiers and Nanyang Dao's 3 million state and county soldiers, they defeated Ji Ling and beheaded General Yuan Shu Lei Book. Nearly half a million, and more than two million prisoners.
In the end, only about 200,000 of the three million troops led by Ji Ling escaped, and more than half of the Taoist soldiers were lost.
After this battle, the Shura Blood Guard absorbed enough blood essence and vitality, and its strength increased again. Ordinary Shura Blood Guards have basically reached the peak of the innate middle stage, and their strength has once again improved to a higher level.
Next was the battle on Hanzhong Road. Hua Xiong only led two million troops. Everyone thought this was just Dong Zhuo's exploratory attack. However, the real situation is that Hua Xiong came with a flying bear army of 200,000 Dao soldiers, and their strength was terrifying!
Although the White Tiger Legion and the Vermillion Bird Legion are both Taoist soldiers, with 200,000 soldiers in total, they are not of the same cultivation attribute. The power of the battle souls condensed by the two cannot be superimposed. If they really fight, they will not be 200,000 flying bears at all. military opponent.
Fortunately, Greedy Wolf arrived. Although he only brought 100,000 Shura Blood Guards, they included 10,000 Grandmaster-level Shura Guards. After the expansion of the Shura Blood Guard, the 90,000 Shura Guards were dispersed into four legions, but the 10,000 Shura Guards were not dispersed. To be on the safe side, Ling Feng temporarily transferred these 10,000 Shura Imperial Guards to the Greedy Wolf Legion.
The strength of the 10,000 Shura Imperial Guards is several times more powerful than the 100,000 Taoist soldiers. Together with the other 90,000 Shura Blood Guards who are above the mid-level innate level, the increase is much greater than that of the 200,000 Flying Bear Army. What's more, there are 200,000 Dao soldiers such as White Tiger and Suzaku.
In this battle, Hua Xiong lost miserably. Not only was he injured by the Greedy Wolf Sword and his arm was broken, but nearly half of his Flying Bear Army was also lost. As for the ordinary army, it was completely wiped out.
After this battle, the 90,000 ordinary Shura Blood Guards devoured a lot of blood essence and vitality, and their cultivation basically reached the late stage of Xiantian, and the strength of the Shura Imperial Guards also improved slightly.
At this time, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce were all repelled, and Ling Feng could finally breathe a sigh of relief. When it came to fighting, he was not afraid of anyone. However, Jingzhou has only just come under his rule, and it must take a period of time to recuperate and stabilize people's hearts before it can be completely controlled.
However, although he is not preparing for a war during this time. But there are still some plans that need to be made in advance, such as the conquest of Jiangdong.
Immediately, he summoned Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Yi Ji, Liu Ba, Huang Quan, Zhang Song, Fazhen and other advisers to discuss the matter. He did not directly express his attitude and plan, but asked: "Now Jiangdong Sun Ce is plotting against me in Jingzhou, causing the people of Changsha Road to be massacred. I want to raise five million troops to destroy Sun Ce and capture Yangzhou. What do you think?"
Zhang Song said: "Now Sun Ce has lost 200,000 Taoist soldiers, lost his arm, killed tiger generals, and his strength has been greatly reduced. There is nothing to be afraid of, and we can attack him!"
However, Huang Quan's expression changed and he advised: "Absolutely not. The master's foundation is not stable now. If he rushes to capture Jiangdong, there will be many hidden dangers!"
Ling Feng looked at Huang Quangao in his heart, but then looked at Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.
Both of them nodded, and Kuai Yue said: "What Gong Heng said is reasonable. The battle in the world does not depend on the victory or defeat at the moment, but on the foundation. Now, the Lord's new visit to Jingzhou is about to accept the hearts of the wealthy families and stabilize the foundation. Train Taoist soldiers and accumulate strength. Jiangdong is indeed going to be captured, but it will take two or three years."
Ling Feng listened and smiled: "What Yidu said is true, but Jiangdong is rich and the power of the wealthy families cannot be underestimated. If all the major families give their full support, Sun Ce's strength will definitely recover and even become stronger within three years. Therefore, we must make preparations early. I have two prisoners here, named Cheng Pu and Xu Sheng. They are both fierce generals from Jiangdong. I plan to make Sun Ce pay a certain price to redeem them. What do you think?"
Kuai Yue pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "My lord is planning to offer a price that far exceeds the value of these prisoners, which makes Sun Ce unable to agree. As long as we do a little publicity, it will definitely chill the hearts of his soldiers. This is a plan to attack the heart." , it is indeed feasible. However, the price must be set higher, otherwise even if he endures the pain, Sun Ce will exchange the captives back and win people's hearts."
Ling Feng smiled and said: "The price is indeed not low, one hundred thousand bottles of Yuan-Guating Pill!"
Everyone present took a deep breath. Gu Yuan Dan, as the name suggests, is an elixir used by masters who have just advanced to stabilize their true energy. But in this era, there are not many types of elixirs. This kind of Gu Yuan Dan is also often used to help the most acquired masters to open the mysterious door, communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and break through the innate realm. If the practitioner has outstanding qualifications, one pill is basically enough. If the practitioner has lower qualifications, three or five pills will be enough.
There are nine grains in a bottle of Guyuan Pill, and one hundred thousand bottles of Guyuan Pill can cultivate at least 200,000 Dao soldiers. Not to mention that Sun Ce can't get it, even if he can, he will definitely not do such a thing.
At this time, Kuai Liang suddenly said: "After hearing the lord's strategy, an idea appeared in my mind. I wonder if it is feasible?"
Ling Feng smiled and said, "Zi Rou, just speak out!"
Kuai Liang said: "We can send a large army to attack Jiangdong and threaten revenge. Then we can send someone to send a message to Jiangdong. If we want peace talks, Zhou Yu's wife Xiao Qiao must be sent to Jingzhou. Given the nature of the Jiangdong family, they will definitely agree to this. Even the Han Dynasty has been making peace with the Xiongnu all the year round in order to stabilize the border. How could they refuse to agree if one woman could save the crisis in Jiangdong. But with Sun Ce's character, he would never agree. Zhou Yu is his right-hand man, brother and sister, Zhou Yu How could he give his wife away after she just died? This will definitely cause a rift in the relationship between the two parties."
Ling Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Zirou's plan is indeed a good one, but it will make Benzhou Mu also have the reputation of being a licentious woman, which is a mixed blessing. What do you think?"
Everyone glanced at Ling Feng and hesitated to speak, but Fazhen suddenly said: "My Lord, you led the Shura Blood Guard and killed millions of enemy troops. Now you are known as a murderous butcher, Shura from Hell! It’s just a name for lust, so what’s the harm!”
Ling Feng's face froze slightly. No wonder these guys hesitated to speak. It turned out that his reputation was so bad. This means that if you have too much debt, you don’t have to worry about it, since it can’t get any worse anyway. Immediately, he coughed and said, "In that case, let's do this!"
