Yuan Yun looked at the snowflakes falling in the sky, as well as the white mountains on both sides, and felt that his whole body was shivering.

When the army camped thirty miles south of Wancheng, it was already evening, and some light could be faintly seen in the sky, and all the shadows were deep and heavy dark clouds, and even the air pressure seemed to be very suffocating.

With a deep breath of white air, Yuan Yuncai asked an official of the baggage camp, "How many people have not entered the camp?" ”

The official immediately bowed down and replied: "There are still about 3,000 people coming, and the marshal might as well return to the camp to rest, and there will be no mistake with the villain taking care of it." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, but he had no intention of leaving, even if he wanted to return to the camp very much, and then warm himself by the fire, but as a handsome, he still had this consciousness, that is, before all the people entered the camp, he couldn't leave everyone's sight.

This time, there were only 10,000 gunpowder troops with Yuan Yun, but the number of people used reached 30,000, these are the most ordinary people in Luoyang, many of them are still workshop workers, and requisitioning them in wartime is an obligation that everyone needs to fulfill in this era.

The only difference in Luoyang is that these people have military merits that can be taken, and military merits can be really turned into benefits, so it is better to say that these people want to join first, because as a logistics man, he does not have to fight, as long as he makes a hard work, this way of taking military merits naturally needs to be fought for.

"The asphalt road south of Wancheng should have been built earlier, and now it's good, we have asphalt roads all the way from Luoyang to Wancheng, which is convenient and fast to walk, but after Wancheng, it has become this muddy dirt road, and I don't know where Cao Hong spent his money?" Yuan Yun muttered again.

When the official next to him heard this complaint, he immediately smiled and said: "The little one has a cousin who works as an errand in Wancheng, and I heard that General Cao Hong has invested all the money he earns in farming, and now the grain that Wancheng sells to us every year is enough for the people to have a good fat year, not only that, because of the help of Luoyang fertilizer and advanced agricultural tools, Wancheng is such a small place, and the amount of grain produced every year is simply amazing. It was also sealed as the Marquis of Lecheng, which is really beautiful. ”

Yuan Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard the official finish speaking, and said: "Cao Hong is a fool, how did he know that building roads is the key to getting rich, just stuffy farming, how many years can Wancheng develop, those hot spring resorts I invested in Wancheng at the beginning, now they are basically closed, Cao Hong is good, all the land of these hot spring resorts has been turned into farmland, and he has no economic acumen at all." ”

After Yuan Yun complained, he tugged at the horse's head, and then walked to a piece of high ground outside the camp gate, wanting to see how long the people's team of people who could not see the end of the road was still long.

Yuan Yun had just left, and the official's eyes immediately rolled, and then he hurriedly summoned an entourage beside him, and then said in a low voice: "I heard what the marshal said just now, hurry up and write a letter to your cousin, if you pass on what you just said to General Cao Hong, your cousin will definitely be promoted." ”

The gate of the camp was finally closed when it was all dark, and after the last group of men put down the grain and grass, they all entered the camp tent that had been set up long ago, although it was snowing heavily, but there were many coal stoves in the camp, so they were not afraid of any cold wind.

When Yuan Yun returned to his big tent, Zhuge Liang was still looking at the map under the kerosene lamp, and then repeatedly looking for something in a book, looking very serious and cautious.

"You have lived in Longzhong for so many years, and you can be regarded as a person from Jingzhou, why do you still study those maps in such detail?" When Yuan Yun asked, he had already taken off his heavy boots, and immediately a personal soldier was sent to the fire, and Xiao Liu immediately sent a pair of wool slippers.

When Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Yuan Yun, the first thing he saw was the wool slippers on his feet, and he immediately frowned after reading it, when the army went out, other marshal generals were all on their bodies, Yuan Yun was good, he had to change into these wool slippers every night when he went to bed, and even a set of very thick pajamas.

Sighing secretly, Zhuge Liang smiled: "Liang has been away from Longzhong for some days, Liu Bei has been committed to building defense facilities in Jingzhou after Xinye was leveled by us, and many places have been diverted by the opening of mountains and great changes, so Liang is always not at ease if he does not study clearly." ”

Yuan Yun moved his neck impatiently, and then continued: "Even if we attack on the spot, what can those fortifications do to us?" It's just a little bit more time for us to attack. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "We are going to fight quickly this time, increasing the time is not what Liang is willing to see, once Liu Qi begins to retreat, we must quickly pursue, and then take Xiangyang in the fastest way, when Liu Bei, who is far away in Hanzhong, receives this news, he will inevitably panic, so we are equivalent to helping Cao Ang Shizi." ”

Yuan Yun smiled and said: "The gunpowder army brought by the prince is more powerful than those around me, and the equipment and supplies are more sophisticated than ours, how can they be stumped by Liu Bei, Kong Ming is probably too worried." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head, then took out a flying pigeon biography from his cuff and handed it to Yuan Yun, and when the other party began to look at it, he said: "Liu Bei didn't know where to get a batch of very strange armor, I heard that it is invulnerable, it is extremely strong, and the strong crossbow cannot be shaken within ten steps, such armor strength is enough to deal with the projectiles of our gunpowder army, and the strategy that Cao Ang Shizi has made before is mostly dominated by newly produced rifles, so I am afraid that he will really suffer a big loss." ”

Yuan Yun looked at the flying pigeon in his hand, and after listening to Zhuge Liang's words, he couldn't help muttering: "Could it be the rattan armor?" If that's the case, it's really a good body armor. ’

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "What is a rattan armor?" ”

Yuan Yun searched in his mind, and roughly explained the structure of the rattan armor, and then smiled, and said: "If Liu Bei really has such a rattan armor army, it would be a good thing, let Cao Ang Shizi burn it over, and ensure that the other party will be defeated without firing a gun." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Liang will order someone to deliver the letter in this matter, but in addition to this batch of rattan armor troops, Liu Bei also recruited a large number of elephant soldiers, and I heard that the leader is a person named Meng Shu, who is known as having the courage of ten thousand people, which also requires Cao Ang Shizi to be cautious." ”

When Yuan Yun heard Meng Huo's name, the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up by half a point, and then asked ambiguously: "I heard that Meng Huo has a wife named Zhu Rong, who is a descendant of the ancient god Zhu Rong, and her appearance is very beautiful, if I have the opportunity, I really want to see it." ”

When Zhuge Liang heard Yuan Yun say this, he immediately frowned, and then said unhappily: "Why is the lord the same as Cao Chengxiang?" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Zhuge Liang meant, but he understood in an instant, Zhuge Liang was sarcastically saying that he and Cao Cao had a shameless hobby of liking wives.

"I'm just curious, but there's nothing dirty ......"

"The lord doesn't need to explain to Liang, Liang didn't want to ask anything about the affairs of your Cao family at that time." After Zhuge Liang explained this, he walked out of the tent, and naturally went to find someone to pass on the book to Cao Angfeige, so as to tell him how to deal with Liu Bei's two killer features.

Yuan Yun saw that Zhuge Liang completely misunderstood himself, and he was not in a hurry to explain, anyway, after a long time, it can naturally prove everything, after loosening his somewhat stiff waist, Yuan Yun began to continue to take off the armor on his body, at this time, if he can change into pajamas and roast wild pheasants all the time, it will definitely be a great enjoyment.

Just after Yuan Yun prepared the grill, Zhuge Liang went and returned, and immediately held a battle report when he entered the camp: "Liu Qi actually left Xiangyang in the heavy snow, and I am afraid that he has entered the border of Wancheng." ”

When Yuan Yun heard the news, he couldn't help frowning and said, "General Zhangjaw is already clear?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The battle report was sent from General Zhang Jaw, so he should be prepared at this moment, with those Great Walls established by General Cao Hong, it should not be a problem to block Liu Qi's army, but Liang is very puzzled, why Liu Qi is so eager to brave the snow to go out, he doesn't have our Luoyang cold things, this way will inevitably cause many casualties." ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, he was silent for a moment, and soon smiled heartily, and said: "Luoyang has had a lot of detailed works before, and these detailed works see that Cao Ang Shizi can take tens of thousands of soldiers to brave the snow to go on the expedition, and he must guess that we can too, so it is not surprising that the news was passed on to Liu Qi early." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his hand when he heard this, and said: "According to the time, even if Cao Ang Shizi is prepared for the expedition, but the other party does not have a convenient transmission channel such as flying pigeons, they rely on their feet to return to report the news, and they have to accept a lot of interrogation from us in the middle, how can it be impossible to send the news back in less than a month, and now that our two sides are at war, the borders are all blocked, and it is even more difficult for these Liu Qi's meticulous works to pass." ”

Yuan Yun also felt a little strange at this time, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't have an accurate answer.

Zhuge Liang also pondered for a moment, and finally said discouragedly: "This matter can be entrusted to Mr. Xu You to investigate, we are now on the march, and we will not be able to figure it out for a while." ”

Yuan Yun nodded and said: "It must be investigated, otherwise the other party has a way to deliver the news so quickly, and we will suffer a great loss." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yun's heart unconsciously began to be a little worried, when he went to Yecheng, he heard Xu You say that there were a lot of strange things in Luoyang, that is, there were constantly craftsmen missing, but these craftsmen were not important people, so they did not get attention, and among these craftsmen, there were some people who specialized in raising carrier pigeons.