Seeing that Liu Feng agreed to his request without hesitation, Xu Shu said no more and immediately bowed:"Your Majesty, Xu Shu, pay homage to your lord!"

Liu Feng waited for Xu Shu to finish speaking, immediately helped him up and said:" Yuan Zhi, please come quickly. I am really lucky to have a great talent like you to help me."

Xu Shu said,"My lord, you are ridiculous. My lord does not mind that I have served two masters and can still take in a concubine. You are the lucky one."

Liu Feng listened to Xu Shu's words and laughed again:"Yuan Zhi, don't underestimate yourself.

Although you have indeed served three lords including me, there was a reason for it, and Cao Cao deceived you into his subordinates. , and it’s not your fault that you threatened your mother’s life.

And even under Cao Cao, you still remained loyal to Liu Bei. This is definitely an act of loyalty. Who else can say that you are disloyal?

" With Liu Feng's guidance, Xu Shu put down the burden in his heart and devoted himself wholeheartedly to Liu Feng's command.

After another two days of rest, Taishi Ci had found out all the officials who were still loyal to Cao Cao and imprisoned them all.

As for all the Qingzhou officials who remained neutral, Liu Feng secretly sent people to pay close attention to their every move while keeping their original official positions unchanged.

Two days later, the entire Qingzhou was completely under Liu Feng's control, and the situation stabilized.

Subsequently, Liu Feng announced his appointment to Qingzhou. He appointed Taishi Ci as the shepherd of Qingzhou, taking full charge of the military and political power of Qingzhou.

At the same time, Xu Shu was appointed as Qingzhou's special commander. When war broke out, he was directly transferred to the accompanying military advisor to assist Taishi Ci in jointly governing Qingzhou and guarding against Xuzhou and Yanzhou.

Later, because Qingzhou was secured and the war in Jizhou reached a stalemate, Zhao Yun's army encountered tenacious resistance from Zhang He.

So Liu Feng left Tai Shici and Xu Shu to guard Qingzhou. He took three thousand red-blooded dragon cavalry north to Jizhou alone, and joined forces with Zhao Yun to encircle and suppress Zhang He's troops in Jizhou.

As cavalry, the Red Blood Dragon Riders have very strong maneuverability, and their war horses are top-notch sweat-horses trained at the Goguryeo Racecourse. They are fast, have strong endurance, and can travel thousands of miles a day.

So after two days of rapid march, Liu Feng and three thousand red-blooded dragon riders arrived in Jizhou and joined Zhao Yun's army.

The arrival of Liu Feng greatly encouraged Zhao Yun's Baima Yicong and the 50,000 Youzhou army. The morale that had been gradually sluggish due to the long-term inability to attack was once again improved.

At this time, Zhang He, who was staying in Jizhou, also learned from the scouts' reports that Liu Feng had captured the entire territory of Qingzhou and had joined Zhao Yun.

Although Zhao Yun was distressed because he was blocked by Zhang He's army at the border between Youzhou and Jizhou, Zhang also took great pains to resist Zhao Yun.

The strength of the Jizhou army was not as good as that of the Youzhou army, and Zhao Yun also had"special forces" like Baima Yicong under him. In addition, Zhao Yun always focused on stability in his military use, and never gave Zhang He a chance to win a big victory.

Moreover, Zhao Yun's own martial arts far surpassed Zhang He's, so Zhang He had exhausted all his energy to keep Zhao Yun out of Jizhou.

And as the battle between the two sides continued, the superiority in capabilities of the Youzhou army, especially Baima Yicong, became more and more obvious.

Originally, Zhang He was able to resist Zhao Yun's attacks and often achieve some victories. In addition to his own understanding and skillful use of the art of war, it also relied on the strength of his troops.

However, there will always be casualties in wars. As the number of battles between the two sides increased, the number of casualties also increased significantly because Zhang He's Jizhou army was in a weak combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the number of capable warriors Zhang He can call upon continues to decrease, and the pressure to defend Zhao Yun increases.

Even if Liu Feng didn't come, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

The battle between Zhao Yun and Zhang He was almost evenly matched. The two sides were victorious at first, but later one side suffered serious casualties, and the other side's morale was low and there was no intention to fight.

It can be said that this is a war without a winner.

But the appearance of Liu Feng changed the situation for both parties.

Although Liu Feng only brought 3,000 cavalry for reinforcements, Liu Feng's personal prestige was enough to push the morale of the army to its peak. Although there were only 3,000 Red Blood Dragon Riders, their combat effectiveness would definitely not be worse than 30,000.

The Jizhou army had already seen the powerful combat effectiveness of the Red Blood Dragon Riders, and Zhang He had personally witnessed Liu Feng's one-on-one battle with Lu Bu in front of Hulao Pass.

Therefore, neither Zhang He nor his Jizhou army had any chance of winning when they knew that Liu Feng had led the Red Blood Dragon Riders to the battlefield.

Zhang He had no choice but to ask the judge, but the judge was helpless. In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy had no chance of success.

Shen Pei even suggested that Zhang He surrender directly to avoid death.

However, when Zhang He heard the advice of the judge, he became furious and shouted loudly:"A man should die on the battlefield, and his body should be wrapped in horse leather with his ears buried. How can there be any reason to surrender without a fight?" After

Zhang He said this, he sent an order to the army. After leaving the city, I wanted to fight Liu Feng and the three thousand red-blooded dragon riders while they had not recovered their physical strength after a long journey, hoping to inflict maximum damage on Liu Feng.

Seeing that Zhang He's persuasion was ineffective, Shen Pei tried to escape alone, but was discovered by Zhang He and was forcibly dragged to the battlefield.

Seeing that Shen Pei was an important adviser to Yuan Shao, Zhang He wanted to escape. He was worried that all his soldiers would be defeated in one blow, so he imitated Xiang Yu's last-ditch attitude and ordered the army to set up the battlefield on the boundary bridge.

Zhao Yun originally felt guilty for failing to complete the task of conquering Jizhou assigned to him by Liu Feng. When he saw Zhang He taking the initiative to attack, he asked Liu Feng for orders and led 3,000 white-horse followers and 50,000 Youzhou troops to fight alone.

At this time, Zhao Yun's Baima Yicong and the Youzhou army had already had high morale due to Liu Feng's arrival, and they were completely different from when they were blocked by Zhang He.

Therefore, Zhao Yun is confident that he can defeat Zhang He in this decisive battle.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

Jieqiao was the place where Gongsun Zan was defeated and died. Fighting here deeply stimulated Baima Yicong's fighting spirit.

Facing the Jizhou army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, morale and strength, Baima Yicong showed no mercy.

Even without Zhao Yun's command, they used the tactics they were most familiar with and launched round after round of shooting at the Jizhou army from a distance.

Baima Yicong was only a hundred steps away from the Jizhou army, but these hundred steps were filled by Baima Yicong's bows and arrows.

Subsequently, Bai Mayi rushed into the Jizhou army. After being shot by bows and arrows, the Jizhou army, which had no fighting spirit, showed symbolic resistance and surrendered directly.

Zhao Yun also challenged Zhang He to a duel.

Although Zhang He knew that he was no match for Zhao Yun, he no longer had any plans to escape at this time and fought desperately with Zhao Yun.

However, the difference in strength between the two men was indeed too great. In less than thirty rounds, Zhang He was captured alive by Zhao Yun.

Shen Pei panicked and tried to escape by jumping into the river, but was drowned by the strong current.

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