Liu Wei saw that Liu Ye actually knelt down and pleaded with Liu Wei for such a young man, which made Liu Wei a little strange. You must know that Liu Ye was still in charge of Yangzhou's government affairs before, and Liu Ye even went to war with Liu Wei , it can be said that there are very few in this world who can compete with Liu Ye. ! . .
Originally, Liu Ye still had the idea of competing with Xu Shu, but after Liu Mang gave him those books, Liu Ye completely abandoned the idea of development in the military and politics, and instead devoted himself to these books. Among the books, Liu Ye didn't give much face to anything. Unexpectedly, Liu Ye knelt down in front of him because of this young scribe, and he was still a stammer.
What is this man capable of? Liu Mang knew that Liu Ye came here alone when he took refuge in him, and he didn't have any relatives, so there were no relatives or anything.
Then there is only one possibility, that is, this person is very talented, and Liu Ye will intercede for this person.
"Get up and talk!" Liu Mang waved his hand, half of the industrial area was blown up, and the place was miserable, so Liu Mang could only shake his head and asked his subordinates to find a place to sit down. Liu Ye and others followed Liu Mang and left.
After finding a place to talk, Liu Mang made it above the main seat, with a few seats on the side. Liu Mang waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
"This young man Ziyang is your right servant of the Ministry of Industry, isn't he?" The Ministry of Industry has one secretary and two assistants, which is equivalent to a principal and two assistants. The ancients respected the left, and the left servant of the Ministry of Industry has someone else Choose, this person is a person named Ge Luo, although this person is not a great talent. But this person focuses on solidity. The Ministry of Industry needs to collect a lot of things. If someone who is dishonest and greedy is the host, Liu Mang will not feel at ease.
Liu Ye was mainly responsible for turning the things in those books into reality, so Ge Luo was taught the basic affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and there was also a right servant of the Ministry of Industry, who was the young scribe in front of him.
"Yes!" Liu Ye nodded, "Ma Jun hasn't come to see the lord yet!" Liu Ye said to the young man beside him.
"Gong, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, Ma, Ma Jun, see you. I have met the lord." It turned out that the young man was called Ma Jun.
"Ma Jun?" Liu Mang sounded familiar with the name.
"You are Ma Jun?" Before Liu Mang could speak, Xu Shu beside him was surprised.
"Yuan Zhi, do you know this Ma Jun?" Liu Mang asked Xu Shu strangely.
"I know! How can I not know!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang with a wry smile, "My lord, do you still remember the time when Liu Bei of Yuzhou and the Zhangxiu Alliance of Nanyang besieged Yangzhou?"
Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu teamed up to attack Yangzhou, so Liu Mang can't remember it, but that time was a crisis in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou was almost overthrown by them.
"That's it?"
"When I was guarding Shouchun, those bed crossbows on the top of the city were knocked down by Liu Beijun's catapults, and those catapults allowed Liu Bei's army to come up to the city wall. General Deng Chao was also killed Zhang Fei killed him with one blow, and Shouchun almost fell into my hands!" Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang.
"I know this? But what does it have to do with this Ma Jun?" At that time, the bed crossbow was still the second generation. The range is low, and it is easy to damage. It has little power beyond 300 steps.
"Those, those trebuchets, just, I, Ma Jun, did it." Ma Jun also said to Liu Mang stiffly.
"What, it's his catapult?" Behind Xu Shu, there are still many veterans who have survived the Shouchun defense battle. Naturally, Liu Bei's catapult has a deep memory. The defense of the city, the river and the bed crossbow on the top of the city must have prevented Liu Bei's army from climbing the city wall, but who knew that Liu Bei's army even took out a trebuchet.
That's why the casualties on the top of the city were heavy, and it was also for this reason that Liu Bei's army went up to the city wall, and the casualties of the Shouchun defenders increased. Many of those who died in battle died from the stone throwing machine In his hands, there were their robes and their brothers, so they all looked at Ma Jun with anger.
"Ma Jun!" Liu Ye glared at Ma Jun and turned pale in shock. He was the one who caused so many casualties to Yangzhou with Ma Jun's catapults, so Liu Ye tried his best to cover up this matter. was discovered. "My lord, Ma Jun was young and ignorant at that time, I hope my lord will forgive me!"
"You made those catapults?" Liu Mang also thought of those Liu Bei's catapults, not only in the battle of Shouchun, but also in the attack on Yuzhou.
"Yes!" Ma Jun stood up straight away, looking directly at Liu Mang with a stubborn look in his eyes.
"My lord, Ma Jun and I were our masters at that time, so my lord, please spare Ma Jun."
"My lord, it's hard to let those dead robes rest in peace if this person is not killed." A general jumped out and wanted Ma Jun to die.
"That's right! My lord, I, Yangzhou, have died in the hands of this man with a stone throwing machine. I killed this man thinking that my brothers are in heaven."
Liu Mang didn't speak, just looked at Ma Jun like this, and Ma Jun also looked at Liu Mang.
Suddenly Liu Mang laughed.
"My lord, Ma Jun, is not bad in nature, please be merciful, don't kill Ma Jun to spare his life." Liu Ye begged Liu Mang.
"Uncle, if you tell him to kill him, kill him, uncle, don't beg him" Ma Jun suddenly stopped stuttering.
"Kill? Who said I'm going to kill him." Liu Mang said with a smile to Liu Ye and Ma Jun, "He, Ma Jun, is the right servant of the Ministry of Industry in Yangzhou. He is a talented person in Yangzhou. Why should I kill him?" What about him?"
"Then before you, my lord?" Liu Ye asked suspiciously.
"Before me?" Liu Mang thought for a while and said, "Zi Yang, until now I haven't said that I want to take down this Ma Jun. It is Zi Yang who has been pleading for Ma Jun."
"Ah!" Liu Ye just remembered that Liu Mang has been asking about gunpowder since he came here, but he didn't mention Ma Jun.
"But your anger, my lord?" Liu Ye was still puzzled, because he saw the anger on Liu Mang's face, so he revealed Ma Jun's identity in a panic.
"I'm angry with you, Liu Ye! I'm angry with you. Didn't I say it? Tell me immediately after you make gunpowder. Even if you want to test it, take your time. I won't talk about these industrial areas. If you If Liu Ye has something good or bad, where can I find a second Liu Ye to take charge of my work department?" Liu Mang was full of responsibilities to Liu Ye.
"Master!" Listening to Liu Mang's reprimand, Liu Ye not only did not feel flustered, but felt a sense of peace of mind.
"And this Ma Jun, why didn't you tell me that you Liu Ye got such a talent? Are you really afraid that someone is not tolerant? If there is an explosion this time, there will be a good or bad between you two. It's not me Yangzhou's biggest loss, Liu Ye, do you think I should punish you?"
"Yes, yes!" Liu Ye nodded and said.
"Originally, you should be punished to go back and face the wall and think about the past. When will you figure it out? When will you come to the Ministry of Industry again? But seeing this gunpowder came out, so I made up for it. But if there is another time, I will never forgive you lightly. You will be dismissed from office." Light." Liu Mang said sternly.
"My lord, it's not my uncle's fault. It's me, Ma Jun, who is too eager to succeed." Ma Jun is about to speak to help Liu Ye again, and the two nephews still talk about loyalty. People who have studied Mohism. Liu Ye is not entirely from the Mohist school, but he is also very concerned about the Mohism school, and Ma Jun was born in the Mohist school. When Ma Jun saw Liu Ye, he reported his family, and Liu Ye was shocked when he heard it. Because Ma Jun's master's master is the old man Liu Ye once studied under. That's why these two people were able to recognize their uncle and nephew.
This time, it was the nephew and uncle who made the gunpowder after practicing their hands. Unexpectedly, something happened after it came out. Ma Jun was too anxious. He looked at the books that Liu Mang brought back and felt itchy in his heart. , what kind of cannon, what kind of musket, he wanted to try, which made the industrial area explode. Fortunately, the two of them still knew to stay away from gunpowder, otherwise neither of them would be able to escape and both of them would have to go to see their ancestors.
"Ma Jun back down!" Being reprimanded by Liu Mang, it's too late for Liu Ye to like it. If Liu Mang doesn't scold you, it will explain two things for a long time. The first is that you are not far from death, because Liu Mang won't scold you You, he is directly going to kill you, and the other is that the lord is going to alienate you and doesn't want to use you anymore. No matter which one it is, it is not what Liu Ye wants.
"Hmph, Ma Jun, do you think you can run away! You made a trebuchet before, and it hurt me so much!"
"My lord, you?" Liu Ye asked suspiciously. Didn't your lord Liu Mang say that he doesn't care about it
"But before training you, everyone is the master, so the death penalty can be avoided and the life penalty cannot be escaped. I will punish you. You will stay in Yangzhou for the rest of your life and work for me in Yangzhou. If there is any rebellion, you will be killed without mercy." Listening to Liu Mang's words, Liu Ye said I just breathed a sigh of relief, this Liu Mang is completely lifting the board heavily, and then lowering it gently, it doesn't hurt the skin and bones at all. Don't talk about him Ma Jun, no matter who it is if you want to betray Yangzhou
"Ma Jun, thank you, my lord!" Liu Ye said to Ma Jun who was still in a daze.
"Oh, Ma Jun, bye, thanks for meeting my lord, my lord, no, for the grace of killing." Ma Jun immediately knelt down and he recovered his stuttering expression.
"Hehe, I know that Ma Jun is absolutely sincere!" Liu Mang said to Ma Jun and others with a smile.
"Okay, let's all get up."
"Ma Jun is the leader of Fufeng." Liu Mang's sudden question made people very dazed.
"You, how do you know." Ma Jun admitted that he had never met Liu Mang, King of Shu, and this was the first meeting.
"Haha, I knew it." Liu Mang didn't explain much, at least he confirmed one thing, this Ma Jun should be the great inventor of the Three Kingdoms in history, Ma Jun, stuttering and Fufeng man, isn't it Ma Jun Ma Deheng Well.
This man is amazing. When Ma Jun was young, his family was poor and he had a stuttering problem, so he was not good at talking but good at ingenuity. He made a compass cart and improved the silk weaving machine, which improved the work efficiency by four or five times. Ma Jun also developed a keel waterwheel (rollover), a tool for agricultural irrigation. After that, Ma Jun also restructured the Zhuge Liannu, which made contributions to scientific development and technological progress.
Even Zhuge Liang and others may not be Ma Jun's opponent even if they are more advanced in mechanics.
Only Ma Jun was left thinking about where he had met His Highness the King of Shu, and the other Yangzhou civil and military people were no longer surprised.
"Zi Yang, how far has the gunpowder gone?" Liu Mang asked Liu Ye.
"My lord, the gunpowder has been made, but how can I have a container to launch it? As for the cannon that the lord said. Hey, Ziyang is not talented. I am really helpless." Liu Ye said to Liu Mang, the gunpowder It was built, but Liu Ye and the others had a problem during the test firing.
The appearance of the artillery written in the book is to use an iron barrel to burn, put gunpowder in it, and then put projectiles in it. They followed the instructions in the book, but when they finally ignited, they found that the enemy had not been destroyed, and they had killed themselves. Blown away.
Where is this weapon to kill the enemy? This is obviously a weapon for suicide.
"Have you also made the cannon barrel?" Liu Mang asked Liu Ye and the others suspiciously.
"Yes!" Liu Ye nodded.
"Go get it and let me have a look," Liu Mang frowned, and if he followed the words written in the book, then it shouldn't explode.
It's really not easy to get this cannon barrel, it's huge, and it's all made of fine iron with a cold light.
Liu Mang stroked the surface of the cannon barrel, what a giant. Liu Mang nodded involuntarily.
"Did you put too much gunpowder?" Liu Mang asked suspiciously, if you put too much gunpowder, it might indeed explode.
"No!" Liu Ye shook his head. Although they wanted to put more gunpowder in order to hit farther, Liu Ye gave up conservatively. This time it was just put in properly. "It was okay at first, we fired two cannonballs. It was indeed possible to bombard it, bringing powerful destructive power, but when the third cannonball was fired, it exploded immediately."
"En?" Liu Mang turned around and looked at the cannon barrel. The outside was really well done. Liu Mang stroked it gently with his hand, and suddenly frowned, because there was a depression on the cannon barrel, which made it hard to touch. Very uncomfortable.
Liu Mang lowered his head, and put his hand directly into the gun barrel.
"My lord, be careful!" When Liu Mang took out his hand, it was scratched, and blood flowed from the wound. Guan Hai and others were about to help Liu Mang bandage up, but they were stopped by Liu Mang.
Fighting on the battlefield can hold back such a big wound, let alone such a small one.
Liu Mang sucked out the dirty blood from the wound on his hand with his mouth and left him alone.
"There is a problem with this barrel." Liu Mang said to Liu Ye and Ma Jun.
"Cannon barrel?" Liu Ye stepped forward suspiciously. The cannon barrel was built under his supervision, and there is absolutely nothing missing.
"It's not the problem, but the gun barrel is too brittle, and the inner chamber of the gun barrel is full of air bubbles. This is because it was not handled well during quenching, so that air entered when the steel was solidified. The burrs in the gun barrel are usually fine, but if you really try the gun, the gun itself is brittle, and it will be a ghost if it doesn't explode.
"Then what kind of barrel?"
It's not easy for Liu Mang to explain to Liu Ye that there are all air holes in the gun barrel, and the willingness to produce air holes means that the fire is not easy to control and cannot be decided. The number of air holes is the reason for fluidity, and there are other reasons for insufficient melting. These are the reasons for the cannon blast.
If such a barrel is taken out, it can only harm one's own people.
"Change to copper products." Liu Mang said to Liu Ye and Ma Jun beside him.
"Bronze cannon barrel?" Liu Ye and Ma Jun were both stunned. Steel is obviously better forged than copper, and you must know that copper represents money. Copper coins, copper coins, this cannon weighs a thousand catties Among them, if you want to use copper, then it must be a thousand catties. How much is a thousand catties of copper, and you don't have to cast one.
"Is this too extravagant?" Liu Ye asked.
"My lord, compared with iron, this copper is better than iron." Ma Jun immediately stopped stuttering in his profession, and his tone became more impolite during the discussion with Liu Mang. . This copper weapon was no longer used in the early Han Dynasty. Everyone was proud of being able to cast good iron wares at home, instead of making those bronze wares.
"Iron cannons are indeed better than copper! But now you still can't make a barrel that won't explode, so you can only use copper. Copper can guarantee that your barrel won't explode, but the premise must be enough weight." Liu Mang specifically emphasized one point.
"But!" Ma Jun was about to raise his question.
"No, but if you can cast an iron cannon that doesn't explode, I can use iron instead of copper." The melting point of copper is hundreds of degrees lower than that of iron, so copper is easier to shape.
"My lord, how much is this cannon going to cast?" asked Xu Shu who was beside him.
"For three thousand cannons, I want one hundred, for one thousand cannons, I want five hundred." Liu Mang said to Xu Shu who was beside him.
"So many?" Three thousand statues are three thousand catties, and all of them are made of copper, which requires a hundred doors. Plus five hundred thousand cannons. How much copper does this cost. You must know that copper is money, and how much money it costs is a water ticket. Xu Shu is now the internal minister of Yangzhou. The internal minister is not only in charge of the military and administration, but also in Xu Shu's hands.
Xu Shu, who is not in charge of the family, doesn't know that oil and rice are expensive, so he knocked on the door as soon as he was in charge.
Xu Shu was about to object immediately. If so many cannons were built at once, Yangzhou's finances would be almost the same.
"Yuan Zhi doesn't need to agree right away, wait for a few days. Zi Yang and the others built this 3,000 cannons, and Yuan Zhi won't be too late to object." After Liu Mang said that, Xu Shu could only nod his head.
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Compared with the prosperity of Yangzhou, other states have become deserted. Jiangdong and Jingzhou, the two original overlords of the Yangtze River, can only hide at home and lick their wounds.
Even Cao Cao in Xudu was in a hurry, because Liu Mang's speed was so fast that Cao Cao felt a little scary because it was only a winter day. Liu Mang has already won most of Yuzhou, and it will be sooner or later to dominate the Central Plains. Although Jiangdong and Jingzhou are not yet under Liu Mang's rule, they are not qualified to challenge Yangzhou.
If it continues like this, when Cao Cao unifies the north, he will be ready to face the entire south.
"No, no, I'm going to send troops right away." Cao Cao was in a hurry, he was going to send troops to attack Yangzhou now, this little Liu Mang from Yangzhou really made Cao Cao uneasy, originally Lu Bu, he was crushed to death by Cao Cao Who knew that such a Liu Mang was born out of the sky, from a defeated army to a prince, and he was about to become the overlord of the south.
"My lord, now is not the time to send troops!" Cao Cao wanted to send troops, of course someone would stop him, and Cheng Yu immediately stepped forward to stop him, "My lord, it is important for us to take the north now. We will fight again when we get the rich land in the north." It's not too late for Liu Mang's calculations." Cheng Yu didn't take a good look at Liu Mang. But he also knew that now was not the time to attack Yangzhou.
"Taking the north, taking the north, this kid Liu Mang will be a big deal, then what will I do to deal with him, do I want to fight another battle at Guandu?" Cao Cao said sullenly, although the battle at Guandu Cao Cao regarded it as an outstanding work in his life. After all, he won more with less, and he also defeated his former boss. Cao Cao couldn’t be more excited when he succeeded, but Cao Cao still spoke out today, because the battle of Guandu It was really hard work. No one wants to fight such a battle again.
"Master, cough, cough! This Yangzhou must be conquered." A pale man beside him coughed.
"Feng Xiao. Is your health better?" Logically, it is a matter of discussion now, and everything should be based on political affairs, but Cao Cao couldn't help being concerned when he saw this thin man.
"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. Fengxiao is much better." This thin man is Guo Jia, Cao Cao's chief think tank, Guo Fengxiao. If there is no good treatment, this is not far from the end. Before he died, Guo Jia also wanted to help the lord clean up everything.
"My lord, Yangzhou must be attacked." Guo Jia said while coughing.
"Feng Xiao, where among my capitals are there still soldiers and horses to attack Yangzhou?" Xun You said beside him, "Although my army is here, it seems that spring is about to begin, and we are going to attack Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. I’m a child, if we split up and fight, it’s not good for our army.” Although Yuan Shao had already been defeated in the north, the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were not idiots. Cao Cao, a hungry wolf, is staring at the side. Once the two of them show fatigue, he will jump over and bite you to death, so after two months of fighting, the two brothers suddenly covered their flags with tacit understanding. This is What Cao Cao didn't want to see the most was that if there was something wrong in the minds of the two Yuan brothers and they joined forces to deal with Cao Cao, then Cao Cao would have a lot of fun.
So in the early spring, the two brothers had only fought, and when the hatred between the two was still deep, they sent troops to wipe out one family first, and it was too late for the other family to react.
The soldiers and horses under Cao Cao's command were basically unable to move.
"My lord, there is no more food and grass in Xudu." Xun Yu who was beside him also spoke. Xun Yu was in charge of the dispatch of food and grass for the entire Xudu, and what he said was that Xudu would not be able to attack Yangzhou.
"Hehe, Wen Ruogongda. This is an attack on Yangzhou. It doesn't necessarily require our soldiers and horses from Xudu!" Guo Jia said to the crowd with a smile.
"Don't need Xudu's soldiers and horses?" All the people didn't understand.
"Everyone. Although we are anxious about the development and growth of Yangzhou, there are people who are more anxious than us." Guo Jia said here, and naturally a person has some ideas.
"Liu Biao of Jingzhou?" Cheng Yu thought of Liu Biao. The hatred between Liu Biao and Liu Mang was so great. Liu Mang took Liu Biao's wife and gave Liu Biao a cuckold. Liu Biao wished to destroy Liu Mang.
As for Liu Mang, he almost died in the hands of Liu Biao. The enmity between the two is inseparable.
If Yangzhou develops and grows, it will be Liu Biao who can't sleep if he wants to eat or not. If Yangzhou calls, anyone can surrender, and Liu Biao will die.
"Jiangdong Sun Ce?" Xun Yu said to everyone, Jiangdong's little overlord Sun Ce is also one of the characters who can't eat well and can't sleep. Why did Liu Mang's army take root in Yangzhou? In the end, it's Sun Ce's fault. Originally, the Yangzhou army took advantage of the road Yes, leave Yangzhou. Those who went to Hanzhong to find Zhang Lu's troubles, and finally occupied Hanzhong and entered Shuchuan to seek the world.
But who would know that it was because Chen Duan under Sun Ce humiliated him because he hated Liu Mang, the king of Shu. It actually irritated Lu Bu, and in the end Lu Bu didn't do anything and kept going. I didn't leave.
He stayed in Lujiang all of a sudden, and now he has become the overlord of the Central Plains. This time, the navy that Jiangdong was relying on was also defeated, so Sun Ce can't panic.
"Yuzhou Liu Bei!" Liu Bei and Liu Da'er were also mentioned, but when they said this, everyone just smiled contemptuously, because now Liu Bei has less than three cities left, and Runan is in his hands, but The common people have been relocated almost, and it is only worse than the original Zhang Xiu. There are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and they are all recruits. I'm almost out of breath, if it wasn't for Liu Mang's disappearance this time, Liu Bei would have been wiped out long ago.
"Whether it's Liu Biao, Sun Ce, or Liu Bei, they are more anxious than us! So we don't have to send troops here." Guo Jia said to the crowd.
"You mean to let these three families send troops?" Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jia and said.
"Ahem!" Guo Jia coughed again, "Yes, and no!" How many soldiers and horses can these three families have now? Liu Bei has tens of thousands of soldiers, and Sun Ce's main force has been wiped out on Jiangdong. It's not much better, there are tens of thousands of elites under his command, but they are all obedient to the tune and not to the announcement. How many soldiers and horses do they have
"We don't want them to send troops to attack Yangzhou, because it is impossible, but we can give them justice!" Guo Jia said to the crowd.
"Dayi?"
"Yes, it's righteousness, the soldiers are unknown, and they don't fight easily, and those without righteousness don't fight!" Guo Jia said to the crowd. Since ancient times, rebellion or attacking the enemy has to be in a name. For example, why did Cao Cao want to fight? Bringing the emperor to order the princes, isn't it for the sake of righteousness, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, what are they shouting, the princes and generals have something to do with it, and they also stay behind those descendants of the six countries that were destroyed by the Qin Dynasty as puppets.
Because the common people still follow this way, if you have no righteousness, then it means you are unjust, the soldiers will think this way, we are not the master of the king, so naturally we will not work hard in the war, and the people in the attacked place will also jump to the truth Rise up and protect the homeland, because you are a bandit above morality.
Even if Yangzhou attacked Jingzhou not in the name of avenging Liu Mang or something, that name cannot be used, because you, Liu Mang, slept with Liu Biao's wife after all, and if they didn't kill you, it's because you have a good character and killed you It also deserves it.
When Yangzhou attacked Jingzhou, the name given was to conquer the courtiers, that is, to conquer Liu Biao. Liu Wei has a Zhennan general on his body. Liu Biao is also Liu Wei’s subordinate according to the truth. Zhennan General can rule Jingzhou Sichuan.
"Bong Xiao, you mean?"
"That's right, we are going to give him the name of General Zhennan and the title of Yangzhou Shepherd of His Royal Highness the King of Shu." Guo Jia said to the crowd.
Liu Wei not only has the title of Zhennan General but also the title of Yangzhou Shepherd. This title is given to Lu Bu. The original Lu Bu was the governor of Xuzhou, but now he has become Yangzhou Shepherd.
If these two are removed, Yangzhou will have no righteousness to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong.
"But how to get rid of it! You can't just issue an order to remove Liu Mang's official position. You can't stand up if you issue an edict without a reasonable reason. You can't give a general to all the official positions for no reason. Take them all away. What's more, Liu Mang still has the title of a holy king. It might even be used by Yangzhou criminals, and it would be bad if he ended up on the side of the Qing emperor or something.
"You can't be demoted, and you can't get a flat transfer! Then we'll give him a promotion!" As expected of an old fox, Cheng Yu immediately thought of a way to deal with Yangzhou.
"Yes! We just want to promote him!" Guo Jia nodded
"But what position should I give him!" Cao Cao was a little embarrassed.
"My lord, there is no one for General Hussars yet." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, Generals Hussars originally belonged to Fu Wan's family, but because Liu Bei reported Fu Wan's family in order to please Cao Cao, so now Fu Wan's family is gone , the hussar general let it out naturally.
"Okay! Then we ask His Majesty to give us His Royal Highness the King of Shu to be promoted to General Hussars to be in charge of the Jinwu Guard." Cao Cao said to the crowd with a smile. This hussar general's official position is not small. If you calculate that he is second only to the general, he is tied with the general of the chariot and support army, and is more than two ranks higher than Liu Mang's original Zhendong general. If it was a peaceful and prosperous age, then Liu Mang was promoted offside, but this is a troubled time.
As for the Jinwu Guard who is in charge, it is a joke. The original Jinwu Guard was an elite unit with 5,000 heavy armored cavalry. The most glorious battle of the Jinwu Guard was when the champion Hou Huo Qubing took the Jinwu Guard out of the fortress. The battle sealed the world. After defeating the Huns, they retreated more than 700 li. Hit the court of the Huns.
But that was in the past, and the current Jinwu Guard is completely a pit. The Jinwu Guard represents the authority of the emperor, but the emperor still has authority. There are only two thousand people in the Jinwu Guard. They are all the second-generation officials of Xudu, they listen to their fathers, and their fathers listen to Cao Cao, so this Jinwu Guard is a trap.
It would be a joke if Liu Mang really came to be the head of the Jinwu Guard.
"Then what about this Lu Bu!" Given Liu Mang's official position, this Lu Bu had to change. Most of Jiangdong belonged to Yangzhou.
"Lv Bu Lu Fengxian? Give them a Fuguo General." Cao Cao was not stingy anymore. The Fuguo General was considered a very high official position, just below the Hussar General and one level higher than Liu Bei's Zuo General.
"Give them righteousness, but what if Liu Mang from Yangzhou insists on attacking Jingzhou and Jiangdong?" Cao Cao was still worried, because Lu Bu's character was problematic. You must know that before, the most villainous person in the world was Liu Bei. Then the second villain is Lu Bu, but Liu Bei came secretly, and Lu Bu is an upright villain.
Cao Cao was afraid that this righteousness would not be able to bind Yangzhou, but Lu Bu was someone who dared to kill even his father.
"Then we need their three families to die." Guo Jia said with a smile. Although Jiangdong's main army was wiped out by the whole army, Jiangdong's people are tough and will soon be able to pull out a soldier from among the people. Now Jiangdong I'm doing this, but Jiangdong has no money. The years of wars have emptied Jiangdong's treasury, and the gang of gentry are also poorly expected. If Sun Ce continues to force them, maybe they I was thinking of changing the owner.
So Jiangdong recruited troops again very slowly. This first recruitment only accepted 10,000 troops, unlike Jingzhou's rich and powerful move of 50,000 to 100,000. That's why Jingzhou lacks elites. A group of farmers run away at the sight of blood, and Jingzhou is hard to reach elites.
Jiangdong lacks money to form an army, and Jingzhou lacks soldiers capable of fighting. When the two are combined, they can naturally complement each other. There is also a shit-stirring stick Liu Bei on the side. These three loads together can make Yangzhou eat a pot.
"Let us take the lead? Let Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Yuzhou join together?" Guo Jia's idea is good. Now if Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Yuzhou are taken out at random, if they are no match for Yangzhou, they can only be killed and annexed by Yangzhou one by one, but if you Combined, that makes all the difference. Jingzhou has money, and Jiangdong has soldiers. Although Liu Bei will only take advantage of it, it is also useful to say so.
"Let Liu Biao do it for the lord!" Liu Biao's identity is the uncle of the Han Dynasty, which is much better than Liu Bei's impostor, Liu Biao's age is also there, and Jingzhou is rich, so the lord is still Liu Biao do it.
"My lord, this Jingzhou Liu Biao and Yuzhou Liu Bei are easy to talk about, but this Jiangdong Sun Ce?" Xun Yu said his doubts. Jingzhou Liu Biao will form an alliance because his hatred for Yangzhou is unprecedented now. Yangzhou even sold Jiangxia to Jiangdong as an excuse to attack Yangzhou, and Liu Bei had no problem there. This is a thick-skinned. Where there are benefits, he is naturally indispensable.
But this Jiangdong Sun Ce is difficult to deal with. You must know that Sun Ce has always felt like the second child and the third child. He learned the way of the overlord, that's why he has the title of Little Overlord of Jiangdong. It's fine if you let him submit to other people, but if you make him Sun Ce submit to Liu Biao, it will be difficult. You Liu Biao killed Sun Ce Your father is Sun Ce's father-killing enemy, and it's too late for Sun Ce to kill you. How could it be possible to form an alliance with you? At the beginning of the alliance with Liu Biao, Liu Biao’s language was low-key, and the Jiangdong army was the main force. Guo Jia’s solution was to use the three alliances, with Liu Biao as the leader, so as to resist Liu Mang’s attack in Yangzhou. attack.
"Then let Sun Ce be the leader?" Everyone would not consider Liu Bei, because Liu Bei did not have the strength.
"Then Liu Biao won't agree." Liu Biao looked down on Sun Ce's father and even killed Sun Jian. In Liu Biao's opinion, I killed your father. I can still submit to a brat like you, the most important thing is. He, Liu Biao, paid the money. Although the end of the Han Dynasty was either rich or uncle in modern times, the treatment of rich people was not bad wherever they went.
"What should I do!" Everyone fell into a kind of hard thinking again, and Cao Cao frowned, but when Cao Cao saw the smile on Guo Jia's face over there, Cao Cao couldn't help saying angrily.
"Feng Xiao, if you have a solution, you can tell it directly. Why do you have to wait for me to think so hard?" Cao Cao shouted at Guo Jia.
When Cao Cao opened his mouth like this, the Guo family didn’t know what to do. He, Guo Jia, wasn’t acting like a fool. He was helping the lord Cao Cao to choose someone. Guo Jia’s own body knew it, and he would really leave if it went on like this. The end is not far away. His Guo family promised Cao Cao that he would help Cao Cao govern the world. Since his body is not allowed, Guo Jia wants to find someone who can inherit his will. Cao Cao's subordinates do not lack great talents, but they Each has made achievements in their respective fields, but they cannot stand alone.
Cheng Yu, although Old Chen is plotting, but this person is too stubborn, his thoughts are dusty and he is unwilling to take any risks, and the way of soldiers is also. If you are not strange, how can you play so well.
Xun You is talented, but it is based on overall planning. With Xun You in the rear, you will not have to worry about logistics. Xun You will definitely make good use of all resources. It's a pity that Xun You doesn't have the ability to stand alone.
Although the last Xun Yu has the ability to be alone, and this person is Wang Zuozhi's talent, he has made many achievements in planning, plotting, Kuangbi, and juren, and he is called "my son's house" by Cao Cao. There are even more tricks from time to time, but Guo Jia dare not trust him completely, because this person really values orthodoxy too much. He thinks that the master of a big man will always be surnamed Liu, not Cao. Playing a role under Cao Cao's command is because he Xun Yu believes that Cao Cao can help the great man to help the world.
Once Cao Cao wins the world one day, Xun Yu is the most likely to rebel, so the Guo family dare not entrust it.
So the Guo family can only bring out some problems, which can be regarded as training these individuals. Once their abilities are cultivated, then even if Guo Jia leaves, Cao Cao will be free from worries.
But when Cao Cao brought it up like this, Guo Jia's training was in vain. On the contrary, he could be regarded as being arrogant, and Cheng Yu was about to speak ill of Guo Jia in front of Cao Cao.
Guo Jia shook his head with a wry smile and could only say, "My lord, this Jiangdong Sun Ce is not willing, so we can change one!"
"Change?" Guo Jia confused everyone, only Xun Yu thought of something.
"If there is no Jiangdong's powerful soldiers, what's the point of this alliance!" In fact, it is the alliance between Jiangdong and Jingzhou. Jiangdong has good soldiers, and they don't need to be trained. They can be used as long as they are picked up, because of his folk customs. Tough, but Jingzhou is rich, and a large amount of money and food is what Liu Biao left behind. The combination of the two can make things happen. Liu Bei can only be regarded as a soy saucer. Originally, Liu Bei was not qualified to join this alliance at all, because he wanted to keep it. Liu Bei, the shit-stirring stick, stayed in Yangzhou, which is disgusting and disgusting.
"Jiangdong must join the alliance, but Sun Ce doesn't have to!" Guo Jia continued.
"What do you mean?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes.
"My lord, do you still remember the emissary from Jiangdong a few days ago!" Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, who was on the throne.
A few days ago, an envoy came from Jiangdong inexplicably, and congratulated Cao Cao on his birthday. Of course, this birthday was not Cao Cao’s birthday, but Cao Cao’s Mrs. Bian’s birthday. Originally, this lady’s birthday was celebrated, but in the end, I personally congratulated him. Forget about the congratulatory gift, but I didn't expect that Jiangdong's envoy would come and send a congratulatory gift.
"What happened to the messenger from Jiangdong?" Cao Cao still didn't understand what happened to the messenger.
"My lord, do you still remember the signature on the congratulatory gift?" Guo Jia said to Cao Cao.
"Signature?" Cao Cao forgot a bit, and Guo Jia also thought of it, and clapped his hands, and the person under his hand handed over the upper form.
Cao Cao took it and looked at it. There is no difference between the front and the top of this form, so I would like to congratulate Mrs. Bian on her birthday, but the signature on the back made Cao Cao squint his eyes. It should be Jiangdong Sun Ce, but this time it turned into Jiangdong Sun Quan. .
"Sun Quan?" Cao Cao thought about the name.
"This person is the Second Young Master of Jiangdong, the younger brother of that little overlord of Jiangdong, Sun Ce!" Guo Jia explained to Cao Cao.
"Sun Ce's younger brother?" Is there anything strange about this
"The whole congratulatory gift does not have the name of Jiangdong's little overlord Sun Ce at all. Moreover, Jia's spies in Jiangdong also sent back news that Jiangdong Sun Ce didn't know about this messenger at all. That elder brother sent here!" After Guo Jia explained this, all of Cao Cao's civil and military forces, and this group of old foxes had an idea.
Since ancient times, the most vigilant about the change of kingship is between brothers, so it is said that the Tian family has no family ties.
Although this Jiangdong is no longer the emperor, but the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and he is also a prince, so it is naturally no different from the Tian family.
"The second son of Jiangdong has great ambitions!" Guo Jia said to everyone.
"Have great ambitions in your heart?" This word is usually used as a compliment, but it has changed when it is used on this second young master.
There is also an elder brother above him, the elder brother is the master of Jiangdong, you, the second younger brother, should be a peaceful son, just goof around every day, but you have great ambitions, and you even sent your brother to the enemy behind your back. Here comes the congratulatory gift, isn't it an idea
"Bong Xiao, what do you mean?"
"This Jiangdong should also change the sky." Guo Jia said to the people around Cao Cao. (to be continued..)
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