Chapter 20 Excessive Winter

"I didn't expect so many prisoners." Under Guangling City, Zhao Feng chased and killed all night regardless of the battle. After returning, he still count the prisoners of war with Zhang Liao. The main general worked hard, how did the deputy general dare to rest? Song Xian and Wei Xu also accompanied him to check the point. It's just that Zhao Feng and others did not expect that so many people in Yuan Shu's army would surrender, and there was a large group of people squatting under Guangling City.

"General, I have been count. There are a total of 21,8402 people." A civil official came forward to report to Zhang Liao, and Zhao Feng and others couldn't help looking at each other. Why did so many people surrender? It was Song Xian, who was the most urgent surname, who asked directly.

"If I had known that Yuan Shu had no generals, I would have known that his army was so useless today." Zhao Feng sighed. Last time, Lao Cao was defeated so miserably, and in the end, he only captured 5,000 prisoners. He didn't expect Yuan Shu's army to be so exaggerated that nearly half of the people directly surrendered. Thinking of the attack last night, the camp of Lei Book was not in a way, and his soldiers were like headless flies. No matter how large the number of such an army is, it will not be possible to fight a war.

"Huainan is also a Ji Ling, which is still a personal object, and the rest is not very good. The question now is what to do with these prisoners of war? I don't have so much food here to feed them. Zhang Liao said with a wry smile. Zhao Feng looked at the black group of people in front of him, but he didn't react for a moment.

"If the general can't do it, the last general can do it for him." Song Xian leaned forward and said harshly. Zhao Feng shivered unconsciously when he heard this and quickly stopped him, "It has been ominous to kill prisoners since ancient times. Besides, the lord has always been benevolent and righteous. How could he promise me to do such a thing? Well, isn't Xuzhou short of troops? General Wei led 2,000 horsemen to escort these people to Xuzhou and hand them over to the lord. General Song and I stayed here to assist General Zhang in guarding the city, waiting for the lord's next instructions. I can't help it. Although I killed happily last night, I also lost some soldiers and horses. Now the whole Guangling can fight for only 12,000 people. Zhao Feng can't guarantee that Yuan Shu will not make a comeback. Once his reinforcements leave like this, in case Yuan Shu sends tens of thousands of horses to attack Zhang Liao, it will be more dangerous.

"It's so good." Except for Zhang Liao, the other three people all know that Xuzhou is short of troops, and having these two thousand prisoners of war should be a big supplement. At present, everyone returned to the city to rest for a long time. That night, Zhang Liao held a banquet for three people in the government office. All the officers above the lieutenant were also present. At the same time, Zhao Feng also ordered to reward the soldiers. Of course, because they are on the front line of Guangling, everyone still maintained a trace of vigilance in the celebration. It was the night that everyone returned happily. Although Zhao Feng drank amazingly (compared with the people of this era), he was inevitably a little dizzy.

The next morning, Wei Xu ordered 2,000 horses and escorted more than 20,000 prisoners of war back to Xuzhou. All the prisoners were confiscated with weapons and armor, wearing only one suit, lined up in two rows and walking side by side with ropes. At this time, it was almost October of the lunar calendar. The temperature in Xuzhou was already very low, and most people were shivering with cold.

"It's better to be a rich dog than a chaotic person." Zhao Feng stood at the top of the city to see Wei Xu leave. He has been in this world for more than five years. It is not the first time he has seen a similar scene, and he has even seen more tragic scenes than this many times. But every time he saw it, Zhao Feng couldn't help but feel sad for the unfortunate people in the world.

"The sky is coming to the earth, and Hu Wei can't save all spirits? Wanling said that the night was late, and he drank gas and swallowed his voice and was speechless. Zhao Feng couldn't help thinking of this poem of Qiu Chuji in later generations and recited it casually. Unexpectedly, General Zhao Wen Cai was also so good. Liao really admired it. Zhang Liao's voice came from behind. Zhao Feng quickly turned around and greeted him. He saw that Song Xian was also behind him.

"General Zhang is too modest. What's wrong with you two?" Zhao Feng saw that both of them wanted to talk and stopped, and knew that Zhang Liao must have something to do. Zhang Liao looked back at Song Xian, and finally the latter asked carefully, "May I ask General Zhao, is Mrs. Diao Chan in your house?" The tone of the peace is very different.

"That's right." Zhao Feng was stunned, but he still admitted generously. After all, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Seeing that Zhao Feng was so frank, Song Xian seemed to be relieved, and then said, "Lv Bu had a kindness to me in the past. Now Mrs. Diao Chan is already a king, and I hope the general will treat her well."

"It should be like this!" Zhao Feng also agreed, and Zhang Song and Zhang were also relieved to see this. In the next few days, Zhao Feng's day was very leisurely. Zhang Liao took care of the next affairs in Guangling City. Although the latter asked him for instructions several times at the beginning, Zhao Feng did not want to work hard, so he still let him do things cheaply. After several times, Zhang Liao also saw that Zhao Feng was indeed not a manager, so he didn't bother him.

The spies sent out to inquire about the news also came back one after another. I don't know whether Yuan Shu's confidentiality work is really bad, or whether this agent has the talent for telling stories. In short, he said that Yuan Shu was so angry that he vomited blood vividly, and Zhao Feng doubted whether Yuan Shu could survive this year.

"You go down first." Waving to the agent to go away, Zhao Feng and Zhang Liao discussed the future. Yuan Shu was violently restrained by the people and did not care for the people. Although Huainan is a rich place, some people have been running to Xuzhou over the years. I estimate that if it goes on like this, the lord will have a war with Yuan Shu sooner or later. Zhao Feng is half speculating and half telling the truth. After all, Zhang Liao is not an ordinary person. After careful consideration, he feels that it is almost the same thing.

"In that case, we have to be ready. I estimate that there will be a war after the summer grain is harvested next summer." Zhang Liao said in a low voice that once the war starts, the border between Xuzhou and Huainan will be Guangling. Whether it's attack or defense, he is the first to be brunted here. Zhao Feng nodded and stopped talking. In fact, he had never figured out why Yuan Shu dared to be the emperor in history. You should know that the area he really controlled was only the Huainan area. After crossing, Zhao Feng thought about it again and again. It is estimated that Yuan Shu is likely to regard Sun Ce and his six counties of Jiangdong on his side as his side, so he dared to be so bold.

"This IQ actually looks at Sun Ce, and you deserve your bad luck." Zhao Feng said secretly. It is now October of the lunar calendar. In ancient times, due to the ice and snow blocking roads in winter, it was rare to fight too much in winter. It was always necessary to wait for the road to be smooth in summer and there was enough food to start a war. In other words, there is no possibility of a big war this year.

After a few days, Chen Deng and Zang Ba led 5,000 people to Guangling to replace Zhao Feng and Song Xian, who had been stranded to assist in the city defense. They packed up their troops and said goodbye to Zhang Liao and returned to Xuzhou to report to Liu Bei. Because Wei had taken away 2,000 people when he went back before, Zhao Feng and Song Xian were less than 1,000 when they returned to the army. The expedition has been very smooth, but more than 1,000 of the 4,000 people have not returned. If you make a lot of achievements, you will be withered!" Zhao Feng meditated in his heart that after several wars, he should also be very famous. It can be seen from Chen's performance that day. It's just that Zhao Feng couldn't tell whether this reputation was what he wanted or not. Now he just wants to return to Xuzhou early.

"Lord!" No prisoners followed the two of them quickly. They arrived in Xuzhou City that afternoon. After handing over the soldiers and horses, they went to the government office to meet Liu Bei. The two generals have worked hard. Liu Bei also greeted them at the gate of the government office in person. In addition to the old faces Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, there were also a few more strange faces, including civil servants and generals. I don't know if they had just come to join.

"Introduce, Bo Tao, these are Yin Li and Wu Dun in Qingzhou. They have just led their troops to abandon the secret." Liu Bei first introduced the two generals behind him. After looking at General Zhao's name for a long time, I can finally see him today. Both of them gave a lot of salute. Zhao Feng said that he didn't dare to do it, but while returning the salute, he was secretly funny: Lao Liu's art of speaking is really getting higher and higher, and he actually said that he abandoned the secret. If I hadn't been familiar with history, I wouldn't have guessed that these two were also dry yellow hoods.

"This is Pei Yuanshao and Liao Hua from Woniu Mountain." Liu Bei pointed to the other two people and said again, and the two sides had another courtesy. In addition, there are a few civil servants, but they don't seem to be famous, but Zhao Feng doesn't dare to neglect them. At present, they also meet one by one.

"It's hard for Bo Tao to fight. Go home early and have a good rest. It's getting late today. Let's talk about the details of this battle tomorrow." After Liu Bei introduced everyone, he directly announced the dissolution, which surprised Zhao Feng. Third General, the lord seems to be a little not very energetic. Why is that? Zhao Feng quietly pulled Zhang Fei and walked side by side.

"Alas, there was news last night that Sun Zan, the Duke of Liaodong, was attacked by Yuan Shao and broke through Yijing Tower and died. After the eldest brother learned the news, he cried all night yesterday and only got better today. Zhang Fei also whispered the whole story. So that's it!" Only then did Zhao Feng suddenly realize that it turned out that Gongsun Zan had died, and it was normal for Lao Liu to be a little sad.

"Gongsun Zan is dead, and Yuan Shao must be able to integrate the north soon. I just don't know how Lao Cao's expedition to Wancheng is going. If everything goes well, he should immediately pay for his lust. Zhao Feng also kept thinking on his way home.

"The general is back!" It was Xiaomei's chattying voice that pulled Zhao Feng back from her thoughts. Only then did she find that she had arrived at the door of her home, and then she saw a beautiful figure standing there waiting for her. My father-in-law, you will come!" Diao Chan didn't know whether to ask Zhao Feng or to talk to herself, but with a happy face.

"Hmm!" Zhao Feng also quickly got off the horse and stepped forward quickly, took her hand, and the two returned to the house together. The food had already been set on the table. Zhao Feng, who had been sleeping in the open since the expedition, was already very hungry. Now he was wolfing up, and Diao Chan, who saw his deskmate, couldn't help squeaking and smiling.

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