On that day, the three thousand army was divided into two parts by Lu Su. Among them, Zhao Yun was in charge of one thousand people. He was the most elite part of the army and was responsible for defending Liu Feng.
The remaining two thousand people, as ordinary soldiers, were directly led by Lu Su. In this way, the three thousand troops were fully allocated. As long as they were trained and adjusted for a period of time, they would be put to use.
The military matter is only one of them. There are more than 20,000 civilians in Chaohu, as well as the soldiers who have been eliminated from the army. But it is the second thing. The people will not talk about it. Those soldiers who have been eliminated are in the army.
Their physical strength and quality are low, but among ordinary people, they are definitely the prime-age labor force.[
If Liu Feng returns Xu Du in the future, these can all be used as field soldiers.
Therefore, in the next period of time, Liu Feng temporarily handed over the entire army to Zhao Yun's control, and appointed Lu Su to temporarily serve as a civil servant, working with some of the original civil servants from Chaohu to appease the people and the soldiers who had been eliminated from the army.
This allowed the soldiers to get along with the original people and become a whole tribe.
At this point, Liu Feng's tribe had 23,530 people, and his army had increased to 3,000.
After staying in Chaohu City for half a month, Liu Feng considered going to Jingchu. On the one hand, because the food was running out, he would starve to death sooner or later if he stayed any longer.
On the other hand, according to the news from the north, the opportunity for Yuan Shao to go south will be soon. And although he has recruited 3,000 troops, he even has more than 23,000 troops.
But Sun Ce and Liu Biao have not taken advantage of it yet. Only by attacking together can they break through Cao Ren's defense in Wancheng and enter Xudu.
It is imminent to go to Jingchu.
However, before that, Liu Feng still needed to fully understand the degree of integration of the army and the ownership of the people.
So Liu Feng summoned the only two talents under his command, Lu Su and Zhao Yun, in the prefect's mansion.
At this moment, in a room in the backyard of the prefect's mansion, Liu Fenggao was sitting on the throne, with Lu Su and Zhao Yun sitting on both sides. Although there were a few talents, they were all the best.
Liu Feng glanced at the empty room and didn't care.
"Zilong, how is the army?" Liu Feng asked Zhao Yundao.
"Your Highness, the training of the army has been quite successful." Zhao Yun raised his fist and replied, paused, and sighed: "Although Zheng Bao is not talented, he has been in troubled times for some time. His army is very lethal.
, after eliminating the old and weak and retaining the best, the sharpness of elite soldiers has initially shown. And the military regulations that merit must be rewarded and demerits must be punished make them work very hard. If the combat effectiveness is compared, they should be as good as Cao Jun.
The two masters are fighting each other."
"Okay." Liu Feng beamed with joy when he heard this. Although Zhao Yun's evaluation was a bit low and he could only fight with ordinary Cao Jun's partial troops, in Liu Feng's ears, it was like the sound of nature.
Don't underestimate Cao's army's partial division. In today's world, Cao's army's combat effectiveness is unparalleled in the world. A partial division can destroy the weaker Liu Zhang.
In addition, his army started from scratch and has reached this point in half a month. If according to the original plan, he had to recruit new soldiers from among the people, how long would it take to form combat effectiveness.