In Yuan Yun's opinion, Luoyang is fully prepared to face all unknown difficulties, and the greatest confidence naturally comes from the newly created Gatling, although it looks very coarse, it does not prevent it from shooting tons of bullets.

In addition to this security accident, there are also firearms such as artillery and rifles, so if this southern expedition cannot be victorious, it can only be said that the quality of the gunpowder army is too poor, but even if Yuan Yun thinks about 10,000 possibilities, he thinks it is nonsense.

Not to mention the gunpowder army in Luoyang itself, the new Hu cavalry is also strong and strong, those war horses sold from the land of Karasuma, and with the riding skills of the Hu people, plus good armor and weapons, these beards will be very terrible if they go into battle to kill the enemy.

After visiting the 20,000 Hu cavalry led by Zhao Yun, Yuan Yun was very glad that he had chosen to entrap these people in the first place, if he forced them to rebel, it would definitely make Luoyang, a large rear, unpeaceful.

On the second day after the military parade in Luoyang, Cao Ang left under the heavy snow in early winter, accompanied by 30,000 gunpowder army soldiers who were transferred, leaving only the remaining 10,000 people for Yuan Yun, and Hu Cai did not take any of them, after all, the terrain in Hanzhong was really not suitable for the cavalry.

As for the Gatling that had just been made, Cao Ang only took five of them, because there were very few people who could use them now, so Pu Yuan had no choice but to let some craftsmen accompany him, so that he could teach the soldiers to use them as he went.

Yuan Yun's order was relatively easy, just let him choose the opportunity to choose a time to increase the troops in Wancheng, it is best to arrange all the proper defenses around Wancheng before the end of the heavy winter snow, and then meet the invasion of Liu Qi's Jingzhou soldiers.

For this defense, Yuan Yun seemed very relaxed, because the people who worked were Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and he himself still sat at home every day, and the most time in a day was to deal with several wives and children, which allowed him to fully enjoy the warmth of home.

Cao Chong finally stopped coming to the door these days to ask for suspicion, because he took over the Luoyang Order again, and now because of the war against the south, the entire Luoyang has begun to operate with armaments, and the daily output of military products is calculated in tons, which makes this genius boy not have much free time at all.

Looking at the flying pigeon sent from the south, Yuan Yun frowned slightly, this was sent by Deng Ai, at this moment they had already lurked into Jianye, and followed Sun Ce's army all the way, and hid in the mountains on the south bank of Chibi.

Deng Ai explained very clearly in the letter, Sun Ce really liked hunting very much as Yuan Yun said, and would always go to the mountains to hunt when he was free in the barracks, and the most important thing was that he also liked to go alone, at most with two retinues carrying prey.

After figuring out Sun Ce's line of action, Deng Ai decided to attack in the next few days and assassinate the leader of the Sun family in the mountains, which would inevitably cause chaos in the entire Chibi camp on the south bank.

After reading the letter, Yuan Yun quickly threw it into the brazier, and watched the sparks rise, only to exhale a little, Deng Ai's assassination of Sun Ce was also a last resort.

Now Cao Cao has entered the north bank of Chibi, and the camp has been completed for ten miles, and Cai Mao has brought a large number of warships from Xuzhou, almost covering the river, this rhythm always makes Yuan Yun feel that history repeats itself, so he can only send Deng Ai to assassinate Sun Ce, which is the so-called beheading operation.

Once Sun Ce dies at this time, then Chibin's Sun family will only be left with the metropolitan governor Zhou Yu, and now there is no alliance with Liu Bei, plus the first loss of the boss, Zhou Yu will inevitably be in a hurry, and it is unknown whether he can play with the fire of Chibi.

"The son-in-law can only help here." Yuan Yun sighed secretly.

The only thing I'm worried about now is Deng Ai, although this time it was Sun Ce's reckless temperament that he launched this kind of assassination, but the risk is still unabated, after all, it is on someone else's land.

The most ideal result is that after Deng Ai's assassination is successful, he will immediately withdraw from Chibi, and then enter Liu Qi's territory from Jiangxia, and then transfer to Wancheng, and after arriving there, Yuan Yun can naturally ensure that this disciple is not lost.

"Lord, General Zhao Yun asks to see you." With Xiao Liu's announcement, a smile immediately appeared on the corner of Yuan Yun's mouth.

After Zhao Yun entered the study, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that Yuan Yun was not drinking tea, and quickly found a place to sit down, and then said: "Lord, the army has been assembled, why don't we set off yet?" ”

Yuan Yun said with a smile: "In a few days, Ma Jun and their new batch of machine guns will come out, and with these weapons, I will rest assured that I will go on the expedition." ”

Zhao Yun frowned and said: "It's just a few guns, if there are less, there will be less, why be in such a hurry, anyway, we also have a rifle team of 2,000 people, not to mention the 20,000 iron cavalry I personally led, with such strength in hand, can Liu Qiyan help us?" ”

Yuan Yun knew that Zhao Yun hadn't seen the power of the Gatling machine gun yet, so he didn't care, but replied lightly: "When I go to Wancheng at the moment, it's just freezing, and Liu Qi's army can't be pulled out in such a snowy weather, so I just have more time to prepare." ”

Speaking of this, taking another look at Zhao Yun's eagerness, Yuan Yun smiled and said, "Zilong don't worry, we are not only defending this time, the most important thing is to take Jingzhou, so make more preparations, I will be more steady." ”

"Take Jingzhou?" Zhao Yun was obviously surprised, because he basically didn't participate in the recent strategic meeting hosted by Zhuge Liang, and he took a group of knights around in the barracks every day to train.

Yuan Yun saw that Zhao Yun was at a loss, so he could only sigh and said: "Kong Ming's meeting, Zilong still has to participate in it, after all, you are also a general, you can't always rely on your temperament, if you don't know the strategy of this operation, how do you command the deployment?" ”

Zhao Yun blushed slightly, he has been playing a little crazy recently, because he enjoys the feeling of riding a horse and galloping, so he feels bored to sit in Zhuge Liang and listen to the strategic deployment.

"The lord said well, Zilong is not a qualified general, this time if we are just a simple defense, we will not trouble Zilong, but our goal is very big, so everyone in command needs to know it well."

When Zhuge Liang spoke, he had already entered the study, and now he was very familiar with entering and exiting Yuan Yun's study, and he didn't need to be reported at all, the only thing that still knew shame was that he never went anywhere other than the study, after all, this belonged to the back house of Yuan Mansion.

Waiting for Zhuge Liang to sit down, Yuan Yun smiled and said, "We will have new weapons in two days, so it is better for us to set off at that time." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The tank troops have already set off first, and they are carrying a lot of baggage, although these bulky guys are slow, fortunately, they have strong endurance, and there is no problem with loading more things." ”

Yuan Yun snorted, looked at Zhao Yun again, and then smiled: "Kong Ming might as well send Zilong out, just as a pioneer." ”

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "Then it's better today...... Well, let's do it tomorrow, I'll spend the night at Kong Ming's military division tonight, so that I can understand all the strategic deployments. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said: "Zilong is naturally a good thing to ask for battle, but this time you have to be patient first, after arriving in Wancheng, the main generals will be infantry, and the defense will be the mainstay, until Liu Qi begins to retreat, then it will be your opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

Zhao Yun naturally didn't have anything to say about Zhuge Liang's arrangement, and after getting along with Zhuge Liang several times, he knew that the other party was cautious and obeyed his command, so he hugged his fists again and agreed.

Yuan Yun glanced left and right at this time, and then asked suspiciously, "Why don't you see Shiyuan?" Didn't he stay with Kong Ming all the time last night? ”

Zhuge Liang replied: "Changsha is here, and Shiyuan is entertaining." ”

When Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, he immediately said happily: "Could it be Han Xuan's person?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Exactly, Han Xuan sent a partial general over, he plans to assemble and deploy in Changsha after Liu Qi leads the army out of Xiangyang, and when Liu Qi's army is trapped on the border of Wancheng and cannot move, he will launch an offensive from behind, so Liu Qi can't retreat if he wants to." ”

Yuan Yun was very satisfied when he heard the news, and laughed again, and then quieted down in an instant, and said, "Huang Zhong has contact with Wei Yanke?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "The partial general sent this time is Wei Yan who the lord said, but he was not very happy when he saw this person, no matter how he looked at this person, he was born a person who was born against the bones, even if the lord likes this person again, he must use it as appropriate, and it is best not to put it in too important a position." ”

Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, he just smiled faintly, and seemed to have guessed that Zhuge Liang naturally didn't have a good face when he saw Wei Yan, which was clearly written in the original history.

"Since Wei Yan is here, it's better to lead me to meet him, so that the other party's heart can be reassured." Yuan Yun said one more thing.

Zhuge Liang saw that Yuan Yun didn't seem to care about his words just now, so he could only sigh secretly, and then stood up and said: "Since the lord wants to see it, it is better to go to Liang's small courtyard for a while, at this moment, Wei Yan is drinking tea with Shi Yuan." ”

After a while, Yuan Yun finally met this naturally rebellious character, but Wei Yan was a little different from what he guessed, because the other party seemed to be very elegant, not like the other five big and three rough generals, when he saw him, the etiquette was very thorough.

After seeing Wei Yan's appearance clearly when he got closer, Yuan Yun was happy in his heart, because the other party actually had a pair of triangular eyes.

Seeing Wei Yan with such an appearance, Yuan Yun began to guess, is it because of this that Zhuge Liang doesn't like Wei Yan? But thinking about it like this, I think it's unlikely, because Zhuge Liang is definitely not a person who judges people by their appearance.

As for what kind of fate Zhuge Liang is, he judged that the other party is a person who is a backbone, Yuan Yun has no time to think about it now, only to see him come to the middle of the grass hall with a few quick steps, and then hold Wei Yan's hand and smile: "I can be regarded as having seen a general." ”

When Wei Yan heard Yuan Yun say this, his whole person was stunned, because his current identity could not be remembered by a world-famous marquis, so in an instant, he seemed to be a little in a hurry.