The atmosphere in the hall was extremely depressing, everyone looked at Chen Gong with their eyes, time passed minute by minute, and after a while, Chen Gong slapped his forehead and said, "There is!" ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed and hurriedly asked: "What is the plan of Gongtai (Chen Palace)?" ”

Chen Gong replied unhurriedly: "I suspect that Liu Bei is not here to attack the city, and the Thunder Cavalry Legion is a heavy cavalry, which is conducive to charging into battle, not conducive to attacking the city; The wolf cavalry legion is a half-armored archer, nor is it a siege army, and without infantry to help in the battle, Liu Bei can't defeat my Puyang City. Although Qingzhou is full of famous generals, Liu Bei is the only one who is good at commanding and dispatching.

Liu Bei had suffered a slight loss in the field battle of Tiger Prison Pass in the hands of Wen Hou, Liu Bei was good for revenge, he should personally lead the army to avenge this arrow, how could he only send his generals to fight? I estimated in turn: either Liu Bei didn't want to fight, or Liu Bei personally led the army to hide somewhere, and when our army fought with Gao Shun, he would suddenly rush out. We only need to inquire whether Liu Bei is still in Qingzhou, and we will know the intention of the enemy army. ”

Wei Xu interjected: "The third army is infantry, Lu Su has newly defeated Cao Cao, and he is correcting in Pingyin City, I think he has completed the correction, with Lu Su here, won't the Qingzhou soldiers have infantry?" ”

Chen Gong glanced at Wei Xu and said, "The Third Legion is holding Pingyin to guard against Cao Mengde, how could Liu Bei easily transfer it?" It's now the end of August, and there is still half a month to a month before the first winter snow. No matter how fierce the Qingzhou soldiers are, can they be sure to defeat us in such a short period of time? As long as our army is strong and clear, waiting for winter to come, Gao Shun will have to retreat to Qingzhou for the winter. ”

Lu Bu slapped the table and shouted, "Miss me. Lu Fengxian defeated the north and south of the river with a halberd, and the tiger prison had also fought with the people who sold the mats, and the three brothers of the big-eared thief went up together to make a draw with me, and now he dared to send his subordinates to fight with me before the winter snow came, and deceived me Lu Fengxian can't fight? Let's wait for me to command my own troops and horses, meet the battle and also, and teach that big-eared thief a good lesson! ”

Chen Gong hurriedly persuaded: "Wen Hou, this Gao. I'm afraid Shun is not an unknown general, Liu Bei joined hands with his senior brother when he built the city in Izumo. In the first battle of Feirucheng, he broke the army of tens of thousands of Xianbei with 20,000 soldiers. Liu Bei arrived in Qingzhou, leaving him alone to guard Izumo, looking at Liu Bei's attitude towards him, this person is probably the first capable general in Qingzhou, and the lord cannot be underestimated. ”

The more Chen Gong explained, the more angry Lu Bu became, and roared and said: "Gongtai Xiu wants to persuade again, and watch me pack up my army and horses and defeat Gao Shun." ”

It's a contest between the strongest halberd and the sharpest gun. At this moment, Chen Gong could no longer control the situation, so he had to repeatedly emphasize that he did not know Liu Bei's movements, and the army must not be lightly released.

And at this moment, Liu Bei is a veteran in Qingzhou. The Academy gave a speech on the awarding of knighthoods to the two farmers who presented their new farming tools at this year's Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival. These two new technologies are the horse-drawn hoe and the heavy nail horseshoe technology.

It is generally believed that the beginning of modern agricultural cultivation began in the 18th century, and the symbol. In 1731, Tal invented the Mara-drawn hoe, which was the beginning of human society's entry into modern scientific agriculture. Therefore, Liu Bei was overjoyed by the emergence of these two technologies, so he decided to confer the titles of Baron Pu'an and Baron Ma Jun, a Korean with Izumo citizenship, and Ma Jun was the inventor of the rocket in history.

The Qingzhou Senate thought that this reward was too heavy, and Liu Bei made a special speech to the Senate today to explain his proposal.

"I often wonder why our warriors fight on horseback. Don't ride a bull to fight ......", as soon as the words fell, a low snicker sounded in the field, Liu Bei ignored it and continued: "The answer to this question is easy to answer, that is, the speed of the horse is very fast, and it takes the ox ten times longer to complete a section of the road that the horse walks. ”

Liu Bei took a deep breath and said in shock: "So, what about asking this question upside down?" Why do you have to be cultivated by cattle and not by horses? Since horses are so fast, wouldn't it be more efficient to plow with horses in the same way? ”

A low whisper sounded in the field, and Liu Bei continued: "The usual answer to this question is: first, in a slippery and muddy field, horses are not as easy to walk as cattle; Second, it is difficult to determine the depth of the soil eaten by the horse plough, the deep is not moving, and the shallow is not efficient.

We have used cattle for farming for thousands of years, and because of these two major obstacles, people have never thought of replacing cattle with horses. So, are these two obstacles insurmountable?

As we all know, everything in heaven and earth was created by the Father, man is the most favored child of the Father, man is the spirit of all things, and there is no problem that man cannot solve - we just haven't found a solution to the problem for the time being. Today, these two young men have given us the answer to the truth that there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome. The inability of horses to plough the land is not the fault of horses, but the reason of people - people do not find the right tools.

The invention of the heavy nail horseshoe, I know that the original intention of the inventor was to allow the cavalry to run fast on slippery and muddy roads, however, our horses with heavy nail horseshoe ploughing the land, the first obstacle of horses beating oxen was solved. And what about the second obstacle? It happened to be solved by the horse-drawn cultivator. ”

There was silence in the field, and Liu Bei's gaze swept over the stunned faces of the patriarch one by one, and continued: "For thousands of years, we have not thought about how to replace cattle with more efficient horses for farming. The two young men thought, and they did it, the ancients said: a cow

Seven forces, one cow to plough the field can save seven manpower. A horse ploughs the field four times faster than an ox, and the invention of these two young men replaces twenty-eight manpower. Twenty-eight, twenty-eight people in one horse province, how many horses are there in the four states of Qingdao, Hebei, and Youzhou? How much manpower should be saved?

Horses have always been castrated and sent to the battlefield as strategic supplies, or as carts and transportation. Horses eat less grass than cattle, however, the narrow use of horses and their status as a one-time consumable item after castration make raising horses an expensive affair. The practice of castration of horses was abolished in Qingzhou, and the actions of these two young men made horses a long-term supplier of animal power, so that horses were more widely used than cattle, and the cost of raising horses was greatly reduced.

In the busy farming season, horses are used to plough, and in the slack season, riding a horse is a warrior. As a result, our Qingzhou has become a state of ten thousand horsemen, and its military strength has risen greatly, and the behavior of these two young people is equivalent to making immortal military achievements, so that the policy of hiding soldiers in Qingzhou will no longer become a burden on the people. The Mara Farming hoe will allow Qingzhou to cultivate more land and produce more grain under the existing population. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and history has changed dramatically at this moment. ”

Liu Bei took a breath and said loudly: "Today, I feel supreme honored to witness this historical moment with all the elders. I appeal to the Patriarchs to remember this moment, to remember these two young men, to remember the spirit they embodied — that there is no problem that cannot be solved by man. When difficulties come, people should not run away, as long as they are persistent, they may advance history by a thousand years. ”

There was thunderous applause......

In Longkou Port, Wen Ping sailed out of the sea with the fleet, and under the command of Qiyu, the fleet carried out a formation change exercise.

The Qingzhou military horn is cumbersome, but the flag language is simple. Driving on the sea, the sound of waves and wind drowned out the sound of snare drums, and ships could only rely on flags and lights to command. Fortunately, on the basis of some of the original flag orders in Qingzhou, Wenpin is using the new flag language to integrate the fleet.

As soon as the ship sailed out of Longkou Port, Qin Lun took out a semicircular Gui piece from his arms, the two feet of Gui Liang were one long and one short, and there were many groove lines engraved on the Gui plate. Qin Lun placed the longer guijiao feet horizontally and observed the angle of incidence of the sun against the groove line on the gui.

Wen Ping watched Qin Fatzi's actions coldly, and felt that his actions seemed familiar, so he asked curiously, "What is in your hand?" ”

Qin Yan replied a little smugly: "This is a compass, which is different from a magnetic compass, which is positioned according to the position of the sun in the sky, and we call it a solar compass." ”

Wen Ping suddenly said: "According to the positioning of the sun, isn't it the same as our Zheng armillary (sextant)?" ”

Qin Lun asked: "What is Zheng Hunyi?" ”

Wen Ping said disdainfully: "Your Chinese vocabulary is poor, I can't explain it to you, anyway, our things are better than yours." ”

Wen Ping did not know that the solar compass was the earliest maritime positioning tool of mankind, it was the prototype of the sextant, and it was also the practical basis for the division of latitude and longitude. The oldest surviving solar compass is from 1042 (400 years before Zheng He's voyage to the West) and is now preserved in the Roskilde Pirate Museum in Denmark.

Qin Yan shook his head, no longer dwelling on these details, beckoned his slave, took out a snow-white hard cardboard for him, and marked a dot on the cardboard with a dipping pen. Seeing Wen Ping's puzzled gaze at his movements, he marked with crooked Chinese characters: Starting point - Longkou Port in Qingzhou.

Immediately, Qin Fatzi straightened up and said proudly: "This is the logbook, all my charts are depicted like this."

Wen Ping turned around, issued a series of orders one after another, and took advantage of the pause to say to Qin Lun: "Your handwriting is really ugly, and my handwriting with a duck holding a pen in Qingzhou is better than yours, but your paper is very good, and such ugly words have ruined a good piece of paper." ”

Wen Ping exaggerated, and Qin Yan replied even more arrogantly: "This kind of paper is also good paper?" We Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt) started making this paper (papyrus) 5,000 years ago. If the general likes it, I'll give you a boatload of paper when you get to Dishi Harbor. ”

Wen Ping smiled and said, "What a barbarian, you can brag about it." However, your logbook habit is a good rule, and I'll ask my men to do the same. ”

Qin Lun expressed his heartfelt appreciation: "But your Qingzhou ship is really good!" A ship with a hundred sailors, a hundred soldiers, and so many cargo, and so many sails, and so many steam propulsions, as long as the orders are unified, in my opinion, you can go all over the world. ”

Wen Ping turned his head and asked humbly: "I have only traveled in the middle of the river, the river is narrow, and the fleet cannot be opened." Listen to the lord's words: At sea battles, the formation of the fleet is completely different from that on land. You've come so far on the sea, can you explain to me the changes in the ship's formation? ”

Yanzhou, Fan County, Cao Cao was overjoyed when he learned the news of Liu Bei's troops: "It seems that although Liu Bei has all kinds of scoundrels, the rumors are not false at all, this person is quite trustworthy, Gongda (Xun You), do you think we send troops to echo?" ”

Xun You replied categorically: "Of course we have to send troops, this is the fighter plane that Feng Xiao was seized and promised to work hard in Xihe for three years to get back, if our army does not take advantage of the situation, will it not live up to Feng Xiao's hard work?" ”

Cheng Yu echoed and said: "God-given opportunity, Liu Bei attacked west from Pingyin, and after our army crossed the Yellow River, it could restore the old land on the south side of Dongjun, and wait for Liu Bei and Lu Bu to divide the victory and defeat, and our army took advantage of the victory to go north and besiege Puyang." ”

Cao Cao said happily: "Since Zhongde (Cheng Yu) also said so, Yu Ban, you go to rectify the soldiers and horses, and cross the river in advance......"

Strangely, everyone in Lu Bu's army judged that Liu Bei had no fighting spirit, but the generals of Cao Ying saw through Liu Bei's murderous intent at a glance and had no doubt about Liu Bei's motives for sending troops. Just on this small issue, the distinction between Cao and Lu is clear at a glance.

When Cao Ying was happy, Cao Cao was shocked by the two news that followed, and he was a little confused: "What? Liu Bei's Xihe garrison suddenly went down the river and captured Tongguan? The Third Army of Pingyin City marched out and followed Gao Shun into Yanzhou? What does Liu Bei mean? Cao Cao was puzzled.

Liu Bei has always been known for his steadiness in wars, and he can make three points, but he will never make one third. The three legions drove westward, if he wanted to pick up Zhou Yu, with Liu Bei's character, he would definitely not let Lu Bu's hostile troops get stuck in the throat, the cavalry was originally a sharp weapon for long-distance attacks, plus the infantry of the third legion, Liu Bei clearly wanted to attack the city and fight a protracted war, did he want to occupy Puyang?

Pingyin City is empty, and it is clear that it is a big fat meat, but Cao Yingzhu's generals, you look at me, I look at you, remembering the horror of Liu Bei's national mobilization, and swallowed the words one after another - Cao Jun can no longer withstand such a toss. Liu Bei is good at revenge, but he rarely shows kindness to Cao Cao twice, and if he offends him again, no one dares to touch Liu Bei's bottom line.

"Attack the enemy and attack strong, since Liu Bei has attacked Puyang, if our army stays in the south of Puyang for too long, Liu Bei, who has occupied Puyang, will definitely not return our army, and I have not heard of Liu Bei giving up the land. Lord, our original plan should also be changed, we should go straight to Puyang and join Liu Bei

Under the Yang City. Xun You suggested.

Cao Cao lamented: "It's a pity that Guo Fengxiao is not here, otherwise, he will be able to plan a perfect plan for me." ”

Cao Cao is worried about the overstretched troops, Hongnong Zhang Ji's letter arrived, the letter faintly revealed the meaning of refuge, Cao Cao said proudly as a long drought and nectar, proudly said: "Tongguan, Hongnong road is far away, although we received the news of Pingyin City at the same time, but the news of Tongguan should be five days before Pingyin City, at least one day before Hongnong." As soon as Zhang Jicai got the news of the loss of Tongguan, he contacted me, and this person is very knowledgeable about current affairs. ”

Xun You said worriedly: "Liu Bei occupies Tongguan, and the pattern of the world is about to change greatly, Li and Guo are fighting endlessly in Chang'an City, Liu Bei stretched out his hand, and the situation faced by the imperial court was suddenly different." ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Liu Bei's main battlefield should be in Tongguan, and Puyang is just to contain Lu Bu, so it seems that we are not worried that he will fight for Yanzhou." ”

More than 70 miles north of Puyang City, Guanxian County, Lu Bu, who raised troops to meet the battle, encountered Tai Shi Ci's wolf cavalry head-on, and without waiting for Tai Shi Ci to start the formation, Lu Bu roared, urged the red rabbit gelding, danced Fang Tian's halberd, and crashed into the wolf riding array.