The general trend of the world is vigorous, and the development momentum of all parties seems to be extremely crazy, only Liu Bei, who is stationed in Anlu, is now Lao Liu, depressed.

Liu Bei is forty-five years old, and he is already an old man at this time.

The average life expectancy of the entire era is less than thirty years old, even if Chenhe District strives to develop the medical industry, the average life expectancy is only about forty-five years old, but Liu Bei is still a position in Jingzhou, with Liu Bei's ambitious mentality, he is naturally depressed.

As soon as Yang Xi left, Liu Bei began to move and gather people to discuss.

"Liu Jingzhou ordered us to attack Jiangxia, and now the confrontation has been going on for a long time, and I haven't gained an inch, and now Yang Xi is leaving, but this is an opportunity, I don't know what Kong Ming thinks?" Liu Bei asked Kong Ming for advice.

Kong Ming said: "If the lord wants to take Jiangxia and Jingnan territory, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch it, although Yang Xi left at this time, he didn't transfer a single soldier, and all the recruits from Tuntian who were recruited last year left." And now the strength controlled by the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce is already in the world, even if it can win one or two battles, at that time, he gathered troops to attack, Jingzhou only has a small land, 40,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no danger to defend, how to deal with it? ”

Liu Bei is in a dilemma, if Yang Xi returns victoriously again, there will be no way at that time.

Kong Ming saw Liu Bei's dilemma, and continued: "For the sake of today's plan, I can only take Yizhou and Hanzhong in the west, thinking that it is the foundation, and the more I go forward, the stronger Cao Cao and Yang Xi will become, and even if the lord obtains Yizhou, he will not be able to resist it." ”

"But Liu Zhang of Yizhou is also a Han family, and it is unjust." Liu Bei has always been burdened with the burden of benevolence and righteousness, and the matter has come to this point, but he still can't make up his mind.

Kong Ming shook his head and said: "The lord does not need to attack Yizhou, Liu Zhang of Yizhou is cowardly and suspicious, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong is arrogant, does not listen to his orders, he kills Zhang Lu's mother and brother, the two sides become enemies, Liu Zhang sent Pang Xi to attack Zhang Lu, defeated, and there is a new enmity between the two." In addition, now that Jingzhou is in crisis, Liu Jingzhou is in difficulty, and among the three of Liu Jingzhou, Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang, the lord can make some articles. ”

This Zhang Lu is the grandson of Zhang Ling, the master of the Wudou Rice Dao. After Zhang Ling's death, Zhang Lu's father, Zhang Heng, followed his path. Zhang Heng died, and Zhang Lu succeeded him as the leader. Zhang Lu's father, Zhang Heng, was a famous astronomer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he served as a scholar in his later years.

Zhang Lu had this background, and Liu Yan appointed him as the Governor of Sima, and together with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments, he led troops to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. After Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again and captured his soldiers. and cut off the Xiegu Road, and under the instruction of Liu Yan, killed the imperial court envoy.

In the first year of Xingping, Liu Yan died, and Liu Zhangli was established. Liu Zhang, on the grounds that Zhang Lu did not obey his dispatch, killed Zhang Lu's mother and her family. He also sent Pang Xi and others to attack Zhang Lu, which was broken by Zhang Lu many times. Zhang Lu's troops were mostly in Badi, so Liu Zhang took Pang Xi as the Taishou of Bajun. Zhang Lu attacked Ba County. So it was divided into Hanzhong, and it was taught Taoism with five buckets of rice, and it was bound to become a separation.

Liu Bei continued to ask Kong Ming about the specific plan, and Kong Ming said: "Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu are enemies, but the lord can persuade Liu Jingzhou to contact Liu Zhang and ask him to send troops to attack Zhang Lu." Liu Zhang Bing, the lord should invite himself to be the main general, on behalf of Jingzhou, as long as he enters Hanzhong and gets the land of Zhang Lu, then it will be much easier to take Jingzhou and Yizhou. ”

Liu Bei listened to Kong Ming's analysis, so he decided to go back to Xiangyang to say Liu Biao, unite with Yizhou, attack Hanzhong, and seek a way back.

Liu Biao heard that Liu Bei was willing to lead troops to attack Hanzhong, and he wanted to talk to Liu Zhang and send troops together, without much consideration, he agreed to Liu Bei's request.

So Liu Bei took Sun Qian as an envoy and went to Liu Zhang to make an alliance.

Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu had a big enmity, and Jingzhou wanted to jointly attack, so he naturally readily agreed, but after the matter was completed, there was some controversy over the division of territory.

For Liu Bei, Liu Zhang had already heard of the reputation, and it was based on Liu Zhang's promise, and after the matter was completed, Liu Zhang expressed Liu Bei as the Taishou of Hanzhong and belonged to Yizhou.

Of course, whether Liu Bei will listen to his orders at that time is a matter of two words.

This summer is too lively to have anything to do with the hot weather.

Cao Cao and Yang Xi jointly launched the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan.

Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu to be the governor of the capital to attack Fanbang.

Liu Biao took Liu Bei as his general, led 30,000 troops, and joined forces with Liu Zhang's 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Hanzhong.

Pang commanded 100 warships and tens of thousands of military horses to take the islands of Southeast Asia.

In order to exchange benefits from the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, Gongsun Kang, at the instigation of Dong Maru, led 50,000 Liaodong iron cavalry to attack Goguryeo in the north.

When Yang Xi arrived at Donglai Port, he was speechless when he saw these summarized information, and he dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which was only a small part of them in comparison.

Yang Xi went to Donglai, Dong Maru reported one by one, and Yang Xi was quite satisfied.

In the past few years, Qingzhou's population of more than one million has developed almost two million, and many of the population are living on childbirth, but the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce is not short of this money, and I don't know how much I have earned by doing business with Cao Cao this time.

Cao Cao really made a bloody investment in order to reform.

Cao Cao was rich, and in order to make up for the lack of military salaries, Cao Cao set up military ranks such as Faqiu Zhonglang General and Captain Jin, specializing in robbing tombs to obtain wealth and subsidizing military salaries.

Yang Xi saw that in the southern part of the Shandong Peninsula, Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao Port, which Yang Xi personally named and demarcated, had been completed and began to build Qingdao City.

This will again be an important port and city.

When Yang Xi captured Dongwu, he didn't have time to take all the counties of Chengyang County, and then Zhang Liao settled in, and he had already taken all of them, and now it is considered to be a good development, with Qingdao Port, and there are railroad tracks to reach Dongwu County, this Chengyang County, will begin to develop rapidly.

In July, Jian led an assault battalion of 15,000 to Donglai City.

After the meal, Yang Xi took Jian Xian to the warehouse in Donglai City.

"Yizhou, this time, I brought you a gift to ensure that you are happy." Yang Xi couldn't help but be excited.

"What gifts, two men, what other gifts?" Jane was puzzled.

"Haha, you'll know when you see it."

Yang Xi instructed left and right to take out a set of armor.

"This is a set of armor, from people to horses, fully armed, the chain mail designed for me by the soldiers, different from ordinary chain mail, I have a layer of external steel outside the chain mail, armed to the teeth, ordinary bows and arrows can never penetrate, weighing sixteen kilograms, you try it on the ship."

Jian Yan put on his armor and found that it was slightly inconvenient to move.

"Don't worry, it's just that you're not used to it, and if you get used to it, the impact won't be so big. You bring a horse and put on a vest, the vest weighs 25 kilograms, has four parts: body armor, neck ring, head cover, and leg cover, and there are no dead ends in the whole body, but it may slightly affect the speed of action. ”

After trying it, Jian Yan said: "This is not suitable for me to wear, I still need speed, anyway, how many, if there are hundreds of sets, it will be amazing." ”

Yang Xi said with a smile: "Who said that this is for you to wear, it is for the soldiers to wear." It took me three years and thousands of people to make this kind of heavy armor, and I tried my best to make it invulnerable, so the number was not much, a total of 6,000 sets. ”

"Six thousand sets, quite a few, what? Six thousand sets? You mean six thousand? ”

"It's 6,000 sets, which in the Roman Empire, only nobles can afford to wear chain mail, as for me, nobles can't afford to wear it, I want you to choose 6,000 good horses, 6,000 soldiers, and change them to heavy armored cavalry. Wherever the heavy cavalry pointed, everything will be broken. ”

This set of armor, Yang Xi has experimented, can resist all weapons except heavy weapons such as meteor hammers and maces, but the helmet is a safety steel helmet of special forces, which can resist heavy hits.