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Less than half a month after the Chung Yeung Festival, the temperature in most parts of the north and south of the Yellow River began to drop, and the gradually withering yellow grass and trees rendered the earth mottled, and the bleak autumn equinox made people feel that the pace of early winter was getting closer and closer.

The four 300-ton cargo ships of the Langya Chamber of Commerce successfully berthed at the riverbank wharf of Dunqiu (now Qinghe County), and Lu Jiu, the director of the Langya Chamber of Commerce, who was dressed luxuriously, walked off the side of the ship quickly accompanied by two attendants, and saluted Han Fu and the others who came with a smile from a distance.

Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, who was full of anticipation, and his brother Han Ju, Changshi Gengwu, Beijia Min Chun, Zhizhong Li Li and others greeted each other, and after informing each other, Han Fu helped Lu Jiu, who knelt down and saluted, and attached great importance to this Langya giant businessman who has become famous in recent years.

After introducing each other, Han Fu took the list of the first batch of goods submitted by Lu Jiu and read it carefully, handed it to Changshi Gengwu beside him, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed: "Lord Zijian's deep friendship makes me feel sorry for Jizhou!" ”

Geng Wu, who had a thin face and thick eyebrows, was very excited after reading the list: "Thank you so much!" They are all urgently needed materials for our army, I didn't expect Lord Zijian to be so sympathetic, and the wind is bright! ”

In the kind praise of everyone, Lu Jiu thanked again and again, and then asked a question euphemistically: "The four double-decker cargo ships in front of me were originally used for offshore freight, and this time they are also transporting leather armor, sea salt and winter clothes, the draft is shallow, and it is easy to dock, but the two large cargo ships that follow behind are three-story flat-bottomed cargo ships specially built for inland river transportation, 20 zhang long, 6 zhang and 5 feet wide, carrying nearly 20,000 stones, all of which are designed with three masts and twelve large oars on two sides, and the whole ship uses five-sided sails, which is much larger than the ordinary inland river building ships. But all the heavy grain, arrows, and weapons were transported, so it was two hours behind, but the water level of the wharf in front of me was too shallow, and I was afraid that the big ship would not be able to dock and unload the goods. ”

Everyone was anxious, for the aid materials of Qingzhou, they urgently built this wharf, considering that Langya's sea ships are very large, and deliberately doubled the width, who knew that the cargo ship sent by Qingzhou was so huge, it was twenty zhang long and nearly seven zhang wide, which was beyond their understanding, and they had never heard of such a big ship before!

Han Fu was also anxious, and hurriedly asked his brother Han Ju: "What our army urgently needs most is weapons and food, if you can't unload the goods on the shore, how can you rush to the front?" This is still the first batch of assistance sent by Lord Zijian, and there are still the second and third batches to come. ”

As a military general, Han Ju has never been in contact with river transportation affairs, so how do you know what to do? Hurriedly went to discuss with Geng Wu, Min Chun and others, and finally found that no one knew that along this hundred-mile river, there was a ferry wharf suitable for big ships to dock.

Seeing this, Lu Jiu sighed secretly, this situation will never happen in the Langya army, not to mention that the soldiers in the army and the generals and strategists are extremely familiar with the areas on both sides of the river, even if an ordinary soldier in the army commands five hundred, he will not make such a low-level mistake, which shows how big the gap between the generals of the Jizhou army and the generals of the Langya army is.

In the end, it was Han Ju who reacted first, he turned to Lu Jiu and asked with concern: "Sir, come all the way, can you find a place on the north shore where you can dock big ships?" ”

Lu Jiu replied respectfully: "Yes, there is, there is a ferry called Cangtingjin about one hundred and fifty miles downstream, and the ferry wharf is a large wharf with a water depth of nearly three zhang, and when I came, I saw a lot of guards on the shore, it seems to be the Youzhou army of General Gongsun Bogui, I don't know ......."

Han Fu didn't wait for Lu Jiu to finish speaking, and immediately made a decision: "The place where the Youzhou army is currently stationed is my Jizhou territory, and I am about to send troops to take it over, don't think about it, it's Cangtingjin!" Send two men over to bring back Yangping County (now Shen County) north of Cangtingjin! ”

All the civil and military officers agreed in unison, no one raised any objections, they were the same as Han Fu, they couldn't bear Gongsun Zhan's occupation of so many county towns in Jizhou, not to mention that Gongsun Chan also openly set up officials in Qinghe County and surrounding counties controlled by the Youzhou army, and wantonly conscripted troops to collect taxes and scrape grain and grass, so that Han Fu and his subordinates could not tolerate it for a moment, several impulsive officials accused Gongsun Chan of being greedy on the spot, and cited the cases of rich gentry and virtuous people in various counties being looted by Gongsun Chan and even ruining their families, which caused strong anger among the civil and military officials in Jizhou present. It also made Han Fu more determined to recover all the territory in Jizhou.

Lu Jiu and the two attendants on the side quietly ducked to the side, half-closed their eyes and pricked up their ears, keeping Han Fu's attitude and the words and deeds of his subordinate martial arts firmly in their hearts.

At this moment, Gongsun Zhan, who was condemned by Han Fuzao's martial arts, stood on the wide dock of Cangtingjin, happily watching the two cargo ships from Qingzhou unloading weapons and grain, and constantly thanking Liu Cun for his generosity.

The young general who stood beside Gongsun Zhan with a relieved face was Liu Bei, who was sent by Liu Cun, the assassin of Qingzhou.

Liu Bei's eyes looked at the various materials that were constantly being unloaded, but what he was thinking about was the rapidly deteriorating entire battle situation, and his heart was heavy and remorseful, he never thought that his public speech on the day of the Gaotang conscription a few days ago would spread so quickly to all directions, and as soon as he led his troops to arrive, he was shocked to find that Gongsun Chan and many Youzhou officers and soldiers knew about it, and they were full of praise for Liu Bei's righteous deeds, and they were full of praise for Liu Cun's generosity and benevolence in Qingzhou Assassin History, as well as the brotherhood between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan.

This was an extremely glorious thing, but Liu Bei couldn't be happy, not only could not be happy, but felt deeply guilty, because he made too much noise during the Gaotang conscription, Zhang Chun, the commander of the left wing of the rebels, immediately made a contingency, and the three thousand Wuhuan iron cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers entrenched in the west of the plain had all shrunk westward, causing Liu Cun's painstaking plan of "annihilating the Wuhuan iron cavalry with a sudden and fierce blow, and joining forces with the Youzhou Army to attack the main force of the rebel army's left flank" was in vain.

When the news reached the plains, the 20,000 Qingzhou troops and 5,000 Langya iron cavalry that had been assembled were heartbroken, and most of the soldiers could only return to their respective stations in frustration, leaving the 5,000 iron cavalry led by Tai Shici and Zhang He to roam the Qinghai-Hebei border area, and continue to wait patiently for Gongsun Zhan to contain Zhang Ju's rebels while patiently waiting for the appearance of the fighters.

Gongsun Chan also deplored the loss of the golden opportunity to join forces with Liu Cun to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, believing that it was a rare and excellent fighter since the battle with Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebels.

However, Gongsun Chan is a man who can afford to let go, he is grateful for Liu Cun's generous assistance, in front of the whole army generals and colonels, he praised Liu Cun's benevolence and righteousness, and wrote a warm and grateful letter as soon as possible, and handed it over to his own brother to send to Liu Cun urgently, at the same time, Gongsun Chan was very excited and happy that Liu Bei, who had been reunited for a long time, led 3,500 men and horses to help in the battle.

From beginning to end, Gongsun Zhan did not blame Liu Bei, but analyzed the reasons with Liu Bei, and comforted Liu Bei generously: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, anything can happen, the virtuous brother is just eager to fight, and when recruiting troops, he forgot that Gao Tang and the plains are on the edge of the sensitive battlefield, and all parties are hidden in the meantime, shuttling back and forth, which led to the rapid spread of news, causing the enemy to shrink quickly and strengthen the vigilance. ”

Although Gongsun Zhan didn't care, Liu Bei felt very uncomfortable, not to mention that he had failed the hard work of Liu Cun and tens of thousands of soldiers in the Langya army, just the remorse and lamentation of the second brother Guan Yu and the third brother Zhang Fei in the past few days made Liu Bei's heart like a pinprick.

Liu Bei didn't think about other reasons, he even suspected that he might have been framed by Liu Cun, but no matter how much he doubted, he didn't dare to say half a word, otherwise he would not only be accused of being an idiot and a coward by the world, but also make Gongsun Chan and even the two sworn brothers feel cold - how can there be such a shirk of responsibility in the world? Who is Liu Cun and Liu Zijian? He hated the traitors, treated the people as relatives, was so generous to you, and was benevolent and righteous, but you shirked your mistakes and slandered the world-famous sage Liu Cun, where is your virtue? What are your intentions?!

Gongsun Zhan, who was in a happy mood, didn't know what his junior brother Liu Bei was thinking, he took a stainless steel spearhead handed over by the officer under his command, sighed while looking at it, and startled Liu Bei who was in deep thought when he opened his mouth: "Brother Xian, tell me, how is this sharp spearhead forged?" ”

Liu Bei, who came back to his senses, took the spearhead, looked at it a little and introduced it with a smile: "When the foolish brother supervised the construction of the wharf on the south bank of the Dahe River in Gaotang, he asked the Langyashui sergeant who escorted the materials to come, and he said that this kind of stainless steel spearhead is not built in the traditional way, but directly poured the molten iron into the rows of molds, and then repaired the burrs, and then drove the grinding wheel to polish with water power, and then went through several processes such as furnace heating, quenching, and slow annealing, in order to obtain the excellent effect of toughness, sharpness and bending. There are five private smelting workshops in Langya County that can make this kind of spearhead, and if all of them are started, thousands of them can be made in a day, which scared the foolish brother at that time! ”

Gongsun Zhan was immediately taken aback, and his eyes widened in shock: "God! If this is the case, who in this world would dare to go against the Langya army? ”

Liu Bei nodded, his smile was quite bitter: "Brother has not been to Qingzhou in recent years, I think it is incredible, the foolish brother is indeed deeply touched, not only the roads in Qingzhou are strong and light Langya carriages, even the four-wheeled luxury carriages used by the emperor in Luoyang City, and the princes and ministers are also made by the Langya Chamber of Commerce and the Xuzhou Mi family's special workshops, not to mention, just look at the three giant cargo ships more than 20 zhang long in front of you, as well as the two Langya Navy Army Wheels cruising around the cargo ships, brother can understand, The foolish brother did not exaggerate the strong strength of the Langya army. Looking at this, the elder brother was full of praise for the armor on the foolish brother, in fact, this is just the armor worn by ordinary soldiers in the Langya army. ”

Gongsun Zhan yearned: "If there is a chance, Brother Fool will definitely go to Langya to see what the world-famous paradise is like, but Brother Fool wants to fight side by side with the invincible Langya Army, and I can also see Lord Liu Zijian's Wen Tao Wu strategy, haha!" ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but look in the northeast direction where Pingyuan City was located: "At this moment, I don't know if Lord Zijian is still in Pingyuan City, the junior brother is extremely guilty in his heart, and he feels deeply shameless!" ”

Gongsun Chan laughed and patted Liu Bei on the shoulder: "Virtuous brother doesn't need to be angry, Liu Zijian is such a hero, how can he care about such a trivial matter." ”