The snow in Xinye has almost melted, since the second visit to Zhuge Liang failed, Liu Bei is not in a hurry to continue, it is not that Liu Bei is bored, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei feel a little worthless for Liu Bei to visit Zhuge Liang twice in person, but Liu Bei knows very well that now he is now, as long as he can visit the virtuous talents, not to mention face, if he sends his wife over to exchange it for Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei will not hesitate to change his wife.

Even if he doesn't succeed, his reputation for seeking talent will spread quickly, bringing enough political capital to himself, no matter how you look at it, it is a very cost-effective deal, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are dissatisfied, Liu Bei does not deliberately stop it, if he succeeds in the future, he can also let Zhuge Liang know how much pressure he is under to visit him continuously.

As for not continuing to go, firstly, I think this kind of practice will be annoying, and secondly, there is news from the north that Cao Cao has defeated the three counties Wuhuan in September and returned to Liucheng, and now I am afraid that he has returned to Xuchang.

He didn't know if Cao Cao would immediately go south to take advantage of this great victory and wave his troops south, but the necessary preparations must be made, since he got the news, Liu Bei began to recruit troops, and now although Liu Bei still has only one Xinye City, there are really a lot of people around him.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei needless to say, these two are the first fierce generals to follow Liu Bei, in addition to Zhao Yun since he was in Jizhou, he has rejoined Liu Bei, and Runan has received a general named Chen Dao, in addition, Mi Fang, Xiahou Bo, Liu Feng, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and many generals recruited in Jingzhou, now in terms of generals, Liu Bei can also be regarded as a talent, but unfortunately, the strategists are still only Sun Qian, Jian Yong plus a Mi Zhu.

With these generals by his side, Liu Bei's power has grown rapidly in the past two years, nominally, he only has 2,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, in recent years, there have been nearly 5,000 soldiers secretly recruited in Jingzhou, under Liu Biao's nose, only Xinye can recruit so many soldiers and horses, which is already a lot.

Originally, Liu Beijue was nearly half a hundred years old, but he never had any heirs, and he was worried that no one would inherit his career in the future, so he accepted Kou Feng as a moth, thinking that if he died one day, he would inherit his inheritance.

Who knew that not long after receiving Liu Feng, Gan gave birth to a son for himself, which made Liu Bei ecstatic at the same time, and felt that Liu Feng's collection of this moth was a little hasty, if the father-son relationship was dissolved, it would undoubtedly offend Kou's family, he is now such a family, Kou's contribution is not small, and now Liu Bei is not qualified to pick and choose, and Liu Feng is both civil and military, and his appearance is majestic, Liu Bei really likes it, but this identity makes Liu Bei a little unwilling to see Liu Feng recently, so Liu Feng is sent out to continue to recruit troops.

If you can have 10,000 soldiers and horses in your hands, it won't be difficult to defend this new field, right?

Looking at the busy city, Liu Bei silently thought about how much chance he would have to win against Cao Cao in the future, of course, if Cao Cao didn't go south, he would give himself a few more years to buffer time, maybe the situation would be better.

"Brother!" Guan Yu jumped down from the horse and said to Liu Bei: "The grain and grass are ready, and they can be called at any time." ”

"Where's Yide?" Liu Bei nodded, this grain and grass raising is the top priority, but ordinary people don't have too much grain and grass in their hands, and the ones who really control the grain and grass are those wealthy families in the vicinity, and not everyone buys Liu Bei's account, so they have to send Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to collect grain.

"Brother, second brother!" Without waiting for Guan Yu to answer, a rough voice came from afar, making people's eardrums a little uncomfortable.

But seeing Zhang Fei driving a carriage straight over and stopping in front of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's burly body jumped down from the carriage and smiled at Liu Bei: "Brother, the grain and grass have been collected!" ”

Zhang Fei still had a few scattered evil spirits on his body, obviously he had just killed someone not long ago, Liu Bei didn't ask much, just looked at the carriage: "Why has Yide been driving this carriage recently?" ”

A dignified and fierce general, he always drives a carriage when he goes in and out of errands, and he is not coordinated no matter how he looks at it.

"Hey, I was about to talk to my brother." Zhang Fei grinned and pointed to the carriage lane: "Brother, do you remember this car?" ”

"I remember." Liu Bei nodded, this carriage was given by a craftsman named Liu Yi, not only brisk, but also sitting in it, quite comfortable, even if it was walking on the mountain road, he couldn't feel the slightest bump, so Liu Bei was quite impressed.

"Today, I found an interesting thing, I went to a village to collect grain, and the man didn't give it, so he started it." Zhai Fei said with a smile.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, this kind of thing is very common, and it is not an interesting thing.

Zhang Fei grinned: "At that time, the man seemed to know that I was coming, and first ambushed the archer to release cold arrows in the dark, I was in the car, but I saw that the arrow cluster was shot on the carriage, and it could not hurt the carriage at all, and the arrow cluster was bounced away, so we had the opportunity to rush into the enemy formation and kill the thief!" ”

"Is that so?" Liu Bei didn't wonder that the other party set up an ambush, after all, if you want food, people can only rob it if they don't give it.

Guan Yu was a little unconvinced, walked to the carriage, and did see some small potholes in the carriage, hesitated, drew his sword and stabbed it on the carriage.

"Bang~"

After a muffled sound, I saw that the carriage shook slightly, and the blade of the sword pierced some, but it failed to pierce it, and the sword was pulled out, and a clear mark was left on the carriage, but it failed to pierce the carriage.

How strong is Guan Yu? Although he didn't use all his strength, he could pierce the carriage or some not very solid walls.

Such a scene made Liu Bei and Guan Yu's eyes widen in surprise, how did this happen?

"Cloud Chief." Liu Bei looked at the carriage in front of him, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Guan Yudao.

"What's the matter, brother?" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei.

"You ordered Tanzhi to go to Wollongong and invite the craftsman." Liu Bei said with a smile.

Tanzhi is Guan Ping's word, although he did not go to invite him personally, but Guan Ping, as the most outstanding one in the second generation of Liu Bei Group, is already very important for him to invite a craftsman.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll go and call Tan to come now!" This time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not refute, after all, whether Zhuge Liang has talent is still up for debate, and Liu Yi's ability can be seen at the moment, he can create such a sturdy carriage, if Liu Yi is allowed to make a few chariots, he will compete with Cao Jun in the future, such an invulnerable chariot is too effective on the battlefield!