A wise monarch has always made the best use of his talents, and Liu Zhang did the same. In order to prevent the frying method and the folding forging method from being lost, Liu Zhang found an apprentice and went to learn from the old blacksmith. Of course, when it comes to learning, it's actually a start. The ancient master and apprentice were like father and son, and the old blacksmith was strict enough, and the whole vote of the apprentice screamed, but the apprentices' forging skills, under the strict discipline of the old blacksmith, advanced by leaps and bounds, so the apprentices were not good at the old blacksmith! However, Liu Zhang has never figured out the identity of the old blacksmith, only knows that his surname is Zheng, and as for the origin, even the old blacksmith's son does not know.

The old blacksmith has been doing his best from Youzhou to Bingzhou, and Liu Zhang is not harsh on others. The only thing that made Liu Zhang a little depressed was that he didn't know whether he should set up a workshop to make weapons in Bingzhou. Bingzhou is located on the border, and now Liu Zhang is in charge, so it is relatively calm. In case one day, Liu Zhang moved his office to Chang'an or Chengdu, and it would definitely not be safe for this weapon workshop to be placed in Bingzhou.

Finally, at the suggestion of Xi Zhicai, Liu Zhang built a small workshop near Longshan, a tributary of Wenshui. The old blacksmith was very dissatisfied with this. Because Liu Zhang sent a large number of apprentices, the old blacksmith had nearly a thousand people. The workshop is too small, obviously a little crowded! But Liu Zhang suggested that the craftsmen should be divided into two shifts, or even three shifts, so that they could build weapons day and night. As for the old blacksmith, he was only responsible for inspecting the quality of weapons and technical transformation, which made the old blacksmith turn his anger into joy.

The blacksmiths worked overtime, and the state army immediately changed their outfits in large numbers. Originally, the standard equipment issued by the Han Dynasty was like broken copper and iron, and it was thrown away in the warehouse. But Liu Zhang didn't throw away and destroy these equipment, maybe it will be useful in the future! Of course, the equipment here also includes armor.

Like fish scale armor, it was originally inlaid with copper and iron sheets, but now they have been replaced with steel sheets, which are not only much harder, but also much lighter. Even Zhang Fei and other generals gave up the armor issued by the emperor and replaced it with the armor produced in the state. However, the armor of Zhang Fei and others is specially made, not only inlaid with two layers of steel sheets, but also two layers of cowhide.

Originally, Guan Yu could smash more than ten pairs of armor stacked together with a single sword, and Zhao Yun could also pierce more than a dozen pairs of armor with a single shot. And the special armor made by Bingzhou, even if Zhao Yun used all his strength, he could pierce at most six pairs, and Guan Yu could only split three pairs. Of course, this is not to say that Guan Yu is inferior to Zhao Yun, but stabbing with a gun is less labor-intensive than slashing with a knife.

Of course, ordinary armor can't reach this kind of defense, but compared to the standard equipment issued by the imperial court before, it is not half a star stronger. Moreover, because Liu Zhang proposed assembly line operations and unified weights and measures when building armor, even if the armor was broken, the iron pieces on it could be reused, saving Liu Zhang a lot of money.

Speaking of money, Liu Zhang has a headache again. Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang spent all their money to exchange 20 million stone grain for him, and it was not more than half a year, and half of it was used. Although at the end of the year, the people all paid a part, but most of it was distributed because of cash-for-work. In addition, fighting weapons and training recruits, he needs money everywhere, and Liu Zhang wishes someone would send him money! It's a pity that even if it is the Mi family, at most they will subsidize Liu Zhang, which is a drop in the bucket, so Liu Zhang planned to go to the Huns to rob him!

To be honest, being Liu Zhang's neighbor is really unlucky. The Karasuma people didn't know what to do, and wanted to rob Liu Zhang, but who expected that Liu Zhang would be more ruthless than the Karasuma people, so he went directly to Wuhuan Mountain in the Karasuma King's Court and robbed him fiercely. It can be said that Liu Zhang's first pot of gold was given by the Karasuma people.

Liu Zhang made a fortune by robbery, so naturally he will not do business seriously. Karasuma grabbed it, and there are also Huns and Qiang! King Qiang Beigong Boyu just passed by Bingzhou, and was sent to Luoyang by Liu Zhang to change things, and now his life and death are uncertain. Most of the Qiang people are in Liangzhou, and Liu Zhang can't do things across the line, after all, he is still under the control of the Han court. As a result, the poor Huns became Liu Zhang's target.

Of course, this is also what the Huns asked themselves to do, who told them to keep robbing the Han people from the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty. In the siege of Baideng, the Huns also humiliated Gaozu. Although in Liu Zhang's heart, he doesn't look down on Liu Bang very much, but Liu Bang is his ancestor, and he can also use Liu Bang's name to talk about things. Who let Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty say: Although the ninth generation takes revenge, it is not too late!

Just as Liu Zhang was about to send troops to the Southern Xiongnu, a report made him reluctantly dismiss his idea. The Southern Xiongnu sent his son Yu Fuluo to help Liu Yu clean up Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju! Now that the enemy army has become a friendly army, Liu Zhang will not be able to start, otherwise the imperial history in the court will make him uneasy, and he doesn't want to be called into Beijing by the emperor at this time.

I don't know if God is helping Liu Zhang, or playing with him. Just as Liu Zhang was about to strike the army, another piece of news came to Bingzhou. It turned out that 100,000 people of the Southern Xiongnu Kingdom rebelled, and the Southern Xiongnu were killed in Qiangqu! Yu Fuluo, the son of Qiangqu, applied to the Han Dynasty to return to the Xiongnu to preside over the overall situation, but the imperial court did not allow it. Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he got the news, and he immediately raised his troops in Jinyang and prepared to attack the Southern Xiongnu. Of course, Liu Zhang left enough soldiers to guard Jinyang.

As soon as he entered the grassland, Liu Zhang immediately began to sweep, and he didn't care whether the Huns had the heart to live in peace with the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty is about to enter a period of turmoil, and in the eyes of Liu Zhang, these Huns are all non-our race, and their hearts must be different. You must know that in history, Yu Fuluo also said that he wanted to help the Han Dynasty quell the rebellion, but as soon as Liu Hong died, Yu Fuluo immediately colluded with Baibo and Yellow Turbans, not only invaded Sanfu and plundered the people, but also snatched Cai Yan, Cai Yong's daughter, back to the Xiongnu.

Poor Han people, suffering from the war and turmoil, and being humiliated and enslaved by foreigners, is it tolerable, which is unbearable? Liu Zhang was an angry young man in his previous life, in the eyes of some historians, Wuhu Chaohua is the great integration of the Chinese nation, but in Liu Zhang's eyes, if Wuhu wants to integrate into the Han nationality, what method can't be used, and do you need to kill millions of Han people? Since they were all integration, he decided to use his method to integrate the foreign and Han ethnic groups. As for Liu Zhang's method, it is not much different from that used by foreigners!

Robbing the Xiongnu is different from robbing Wuhuan Mountain, because the Xiongnu are in civil strife, Liu Zhang can sweep slowly, and even send people back to send the looted materials, and then send troops to loot. As a result, on the Xiongnu steppe, there was an army like horse thieves, as long as it was a Xiongnu tribe, they would not let it go.

Although Liu Zhang's attack was very vicious, there were still survivors. However, because the armor and weapons of Liu Zhang's department were different from the standard equipment of the Han Dynasty, the Huns did not recognize them as the Han army in Bingzhou. If Liu Zhang was just robbing, the Huns would turn a blind eye, and when would there be no small tribes on the grassland that were annexed, and the big tribes were merged? But Liu Zhang's behavior made the Huns unbearable!

Originally, the Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiangqu was killed, and his son Yu Fuluo should succeed him. However, Yu Fuluo was detained by the Han court and could not come back. In addition, Qiangqu died because of the rebellion of the countrymen, so everyone elected the Marquis of Subu Bone as Shan Yu. When the Marquis of Subu Gudu heard about this, he immediately mobilized the army of the royal court and attempted to encircle and suppress Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang didn't know that the Huns had sent troops, and he was still leisurely on the grassland!

"Ask the guide, where have we been?" Liu Zhang rode on a horse, followed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei, but behind him were 20,000 cavalry, and the 20,000 cavalry were already one person and three horses.

"Qiyu Champion Hou, it was Ao Baotu in the past!" The guide was very respectful, and along the way, he could see through Liu Zhang's butcher nature.

"Hmm!" A place name he had never heard of, Liu Zhang couldn't help asking: "In which direction is Wolf Juxu Mountain?" ”

The guide pointed to the east and said: "More than 100 miles to the northeast is the Wolf Juxu Mountain, which is also where the Xiongnu royal court is located!" ”

"Big brother, you don't want to sneak attack the Hun royal court, do you!" Zhang Fei smiled with a grim face, but the faces of Zhao Yun and the others showed a trace of solemnity.

Liu Zhang said a little depressedly: "What are you kidding? There were at least 200,000 soldiers in the Xiongnu royal court, and we only had 20,000. Even if Huo Qu was sick back then, it was only when the Huns sent troops to the Han that he dared to sneak attack the Hun court, do you think I am like a person looking for death? ”

Zhang Fei touched his head a little embarrassed and said, "Then the eldest brother asked what Wolf Juxu Mountain was doing?" ”

"What? Get ready to escape! Liu Zhang pointed to the soldier with one man and three horses, and asked with a smile: "What do you think I am doing with so many horses for everyone?" For such a long time, it is time for the Xiongnu royal court to elect a new single Yu. If the Huns come after me with all their army, I will have to run away! ”

"Uh..." Zhang Fei was a little stunned and said, "Big brother, our morale is booming, why run away?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled: "Of course you have to run!" Although our soldiers can ride horses, they are different from the Huns who are on horses all year round, and we suffer a loss when we really fight. Now we are alone in the depths, in case of encirclement by the Huns, it will be a dead end! ”

"That's it! No more nonsense! Liu Zhang ordered: "Zilong, I ordered you to bring the people of your headquarters as scouts, Yun Chang, you are broken!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhao Yun and Guan Yu acted, and Liu Zhang took Zhang Fei and Dian Wei to transfer the army and slowly walked back.

"Report!" After traveling for nearly twenty miles, a small colonel rode a horse to Liu Zhang and said: "Lord Qi, General Zhao found traces of the Hun army thirty miles away, about 50,000 people!" ”

"The Huns are coming so fast!" Liu Zhang frowned and said, "Order General Zhao to come and see me!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Xiao quickly called Zhao Yun over.

Liu Zhang carefully inquired about the situation of the Xiongnu army, and when he heard that it was the Xiongnu Shan Yu who was chasing, his eyes immediately lit up! As long as the Huns are killed, the Huns will have no leader, and there will definitely be chaos for a while. Liu Zhang told Zhao Yun and the four of them his thoughts and asked, "How about it, wealth and danger are sought, do you want to do a vote?" ”

(To be continued)