"Memories implanted in Yang Lin: He was saved by Sun Shangxiang in Jiaozhou, and after the Sun family surrendered to the host, Yang Lin went to Shouchun to find Sun Shangxiang, wanting to repay the life-saving grace of the year."

"The memory implanted in Xue Rengui: his parents died in the war, his wife was kidnapped by the Hu people, Xue Rengui wants to vote for a prince, and he will pass by Shouchun City in two days."

"Implanted in the memories of Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, and Cheng Biting Jin: The three of them met in Pingshui, worshiped as brothers, and formed a group to perform on the streets of Shouchun City, hoping to make more money, buy a few good horses, and enjoy the rivers and lakes."

Implanted memory complete.

Lu Bu filtered it in his mind and said with a wry smile: "Of the 14 famous generals, only Han Xin, Li Jing, Wu Yunzhao, and Wu Tianci took refuge directly. The rest are either here for revenge or want to go into hiding. Even to be a bandit. ”

"System, that's what you said, the generals were initially loyal to me?"

The system replied: "The difficulty of the surrender depends on the strength of the famous generals selected by the lottery. If there are too many high-attribute value generals in the draft, it will increase the difficulty of surrendering, and you will no longer be loyal to the host initially. ”

"Well, you always have a reason."

Lü Bu quickly accepted the reality and said, "No matter what the cost, you must gain the allegiance of all the generals. All the generals who have been summoned cannot fall into the hands of other princes! ”

Jizhou.

Yecheng.

After Yuan Shao gave up the battle with Lü Cao, he went all out to suppress the Montenegrin army in the territory of the state.

Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, was originally named Chu Yan. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he gathered a group of bandits and operated in Jizhou, gradually growing to 10,000 people. After the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Hebei gathered in the Taihang Mountains, numbering millions of people, and supported Chu Yan as the leader. In order to better rule the defeated Yellow Turban Army, Chu Yan changed his name to Zhang Yan.

Since then, the counties of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou have often been harassed and plundered by Zhang Yan.

Yuan Shao, as the overlord of Hebei, of course, would not allow thieves to run rampant, and he had gathered heavy troops many times to encircle and suppress Zhang Yan, but because of the complex terrain of the Taihang Mountains, he was defeated.

"Report..."

With the herald of the front-line battle report, he entered Yecheng and reported to Yuan Shaoyu: "The army of Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, the two sons, has defeated Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, killed 60,000 enemies, captured 140,000, and controlled more than 700,000 old and weak people in Taihang Mountain. ”

Hearing the scout's return, Yuan Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Okay, Shang'er and Xi'er, they really didn't disappoint me. ”

"Congratulations to the king, exterminate the thieves in Taihang Mountain, and realize the true unification of Hebei." Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Xu You, and Guo Tu all stood next to them and said hello to Yuan Shao.

"Hmm."

Yuan Shao said: "You must be prepared to resettle the people and strive to recover within two years." Two years later, I will personally lead the army to the Central Plains and fight a decisive battle with Lu Cao! ”

"Don't worry, the king will do everything well." Frustrated.

"If you want to defeat Lu Bu and Cao Cao, it's not so easy, you have to strengthen the army..." Xu Yu laughed, took out a copy of the fold from his arms, and handed it to Yuan Shao.

After Yuan Shao saw it, he clenched his fists and said, "Ziyuan is right, Lu Cao is united, the strength is too strong, even if we recover our vitality, we may not necessarily be their opponents." Ziyuan, do you have a winning strategy? ”

"Yes."

Xu You said confidently: "The fine work sent by the minister has already explored the production method of the three-bow strong crossbow. This powerful crossbow has a firing range of up to 400 paces and can easily penetrate soft armor. If we manufacture it in large quantities and form a powerful crossbow army, it will definitely be like a tiger. ”

"Four hundred steps?"

Guo Tu was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Lord Ziyuan's words are exaggerated, right?" How is it possible to have a crossbow that can shoot up to four hundred paces? ”

Frustrated and Tian Feng, he was also skeptical. I don't believe that there is such a strong bow and arrow in the world.

Yuan Shao also thought in his heart that it was not surprising that in order to invite merit and reward, the strategists would often distort the facts and compete for favor. However, the current situation is related to the life and death of the entire Hebei, and Xu Yu is still exaggerating, which is really excessive.

Yuan Shao said coldly: "Ziyuan, do you know that there is no joke in the army?" ”

"I know. The minister is willing to use the head of Xiang Shang as a guarantee, and the range of the three-bow strong crossbow has indeed reached 400 steps! Xu You took out a drawing, handed it to Yuan Shao, and said, "This is the drawing of the three-bow crossbow." ”

"It's kind of interesting..."

"Maybe it's really possible."

He studied the drawings and found that the firing principle of the three-bow strong crossbow is to rely on the combination of three strong bows to launch short arrows, and if it can withstand the force of pulling, four hundred steps should not be a problem.

Tian Feng said in surprise: "God bless my king!" ”

"That way, we don't have to be afraid of Lu Bu anymore." Guo Tu also saw the wind and made the rudder and recognized Xu Yu's credit.

Xu Yu said: "After our meticulous work, after the drawings for making the three-bow crossbow were transmitted back to Jizhou, I ordered someone to build one, and put it in the armory, if the king doesn't believe it, you can go to check it." ”

"Okay, this king wants to see if the three-bow strong crossbow is really as you said." Yuan Shao sent people to the armory workshop to fetch the three-bowed strong crossbow that had been built. At the same time in the courtyard, a stake was placed.

Due to the lack of distance, there are only two courtyards separated by them.

Yuan Shao picked up the three-bow crossbow, aimed it at the wooden stake four hundred steps away, and pulled the trigger: "Whoosh!! ”

Three short arrows, shot with lightning speed, hit the stake.

"Okay."

"The king is really a divine arrow..."

The strategists hurriedly patted their ass.

Yuan Shao couldn't put it down, looked at the crossbow arrow in his hand over and over again, and laughed loudly: "Hahaha... With the three-bow strong crossbow, our strength will be even stronger, whether it is Lu Bu or Cao Cao, it is impossible to resist our attack! ”

"Ziyuan, you did a good job, I promoted you to the chief secretary of Qingzhou, and concurrently served as the governor of the new army, assisting Yuan Tan and taking charge of Qingzhou."

Yuan Shao's appointment made Fu Zhi, Tian Feng, and Guo Tu envious.

Since Yuan Shao took charge of Hebei, no strategist has been directly in charge of the army, Xu Yu dedicated a strong crossbow, strengthened the power of Hebei, and became the first strategist with real power!

"The New Army?"

Xu You was ecstatic in his heart, and asked excitedly, "What does the king mean...?" ”

"That's right, I'm going to form a new army of strong crossbows, under your command!" Yuan Shao responded.

"King Xie."

Xu You confirmed his thoughts and said, "The minister will definitely train the new army strictly to prepare for the next war." ”

"Hmm."

Back in the hall, Yuan Shao counted the number of soldiers in each state and county, and decided to transfer 50,000 elites from the two states and Youzhou, and the 50,000 elites of the captured Montenegrin Army, a total of 100,000 people, to form a new crossbow army.

Xu Yu said: "It's not enough to just form a crossbow army. Because Lu Bu also has crossbow troops, and his strength is stronger than ours. According to the minister's understanding of the three-bow crossbow, the only people who restrained him were the heavily armored infantry and the heavy armored cavalry. I hope the king will allow it to form another 50,000.... ”

"Ahem... King. Frustrated interrupted Xu You's words and shook his head at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao understood the meaning of frustration and said: "The heavily armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry will be selected from the Jizhou army and will be led by Zhang Jaw and Gao Lan. ”

"Yes."

Xu Yu was a little disappointed. If you can control the crossbow troops and heavy armored infantry at the same time, then with the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, you will have the strength to invade the Central Plains, but unfortunately Yuan Shao doesn't trust it, so what?

(End of chapter)