After Zhou Han returned to Xinye, he came to the county government to see Liu Bei, and the monarch and ministers would be in the hall, Zhou Han said: "Lord, Han has come back from visiting his son." ”

An inexplicable look flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and he said, "Ziqi, Liu Qi's son is good." ”

"Childe is all right, just ask Han for advice on how to protect himself, and Han asked him to ask Liu Jingzhou for his life to go to Jiangxia."

Liu Bei nodded to indicate that he knew, and Zhou Han said again: "Lord, the prince gave Han a book of halberd secrets, Han came back to watch it, although this halberd method is nameless, but the halberd moves are quite exquisite, Han wants to cast a halberd, and use the halberd as a weapon in the future." ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "For such a trivial matter, Ziqi doesn't need to report to me, go to the barracks to find a craftsman to cast, and by the way, cast a good set of armor for himself." ”

Zhou Han thanked him: "Thank you, lord, Han will go back to rest first, and then go to the camp to find craftsmen." ”

"Ziqi has worked hard all the way, go and rest" Liu Bei reassured, and Zhou Han retired...

The next day, there was no rooster crow, and there was no alarm clock, how could Zhou Han, a lazy worm, get up, he was still sleeping! Until a thunderous shout woke Zhou Han up: "Ziqi! Don't give me up yet! ”

Zhou Han heard the sound and jumped up from the couch: "Is there a fire?" ”

Zhang Fei's voice came from outside the door: "That's right! If you don't get up again, a fire will roast you lazy worm! ”

Hearing that it was Zhang Fei's voice, Zhou Han woke up from his dazed sleep and said angrily: "Why did Yide disturb my good dreams." ”

Outside the door, Zhang Fei said: "Ziqi said that he was going to the barracks to cast his weapons today, I have nothing to do, and I want to go to the barracks to have a look, but I didn't expect you to still sleep!" ”

Zhou Han was helpless, he couldn't sleep too lazy, so he had to get up, open the door, and see Zhang Fei, because he was familiar with him, Zhou Han was not polite, and said: "Yide, wait a while, wash up in the cold, and then go to the barracks." ”

Zhang Fei said: "I'll go to the camp to wait for you first, don't let me wait for a long time!" ”

After Zhang Fei left, Zhou Han began to brush his teeth and wash his face, of course, there was no toothpaste in this era, Zhou Han just wiped a handful of salt with his fingers and brushed it with his fingers, and said in his heart: "It's a pity, before I crossed over, I was a loser who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and now I wouldn't invent anything, otherwise like those predecessors who crossed over, I invented paper, invented glass, invented bombs, so I don't have to fight, once the bomb comes out, the world will be unified, but unfortunately, the master won't invent anything, but he has thousands of years more knowledge than the ancients..."

With this in mind, I washed up, put on an ordinary armor, and headed for the barracks...

After a while, Zhou Han arrived at the barracks, Zhang Fei was at the barracks blacksmith at this time, saw Zhou Han coming over, and said with a smile: "Ziqi, come quickly, there is a good thing." ”

"Oh, what's the good thing? Leave the wings like this. Saying that, Zhou Han walked over, at this time in this awning, the stove was blazing, and as soon as Zhou Han walked in here, he felt that the heat wave was coming, making him feel like he was in the furnace. Zhang Fei said: "Ziqi, you are lucky, our army has a team of exploration horses, when they were out, they stopped a merchant, according to the merchant, they found a piece of dark iron in an unknown mountain, the merchant was afraid of the soldiers, and wanted to offer it for free, but the soldiers of our army were bound by the military order and bought it with money. ”

Zhou Han's eyes lit up, and he looked extremely excited: "Where is Xuantie?" ”

"Then," Zhang Fei threw the black bump the size of the child's fist in his hand.

"It's just such a little thing..."Zhou Han said, and went to pick it up, but before he finished speaking, he caught the black bump, only to feel extremely heavy, and when he was unprepared, he almost missed it, and he couldn't help but not care about what he said, and turned into a surprised saying: "This is the dark iron, a small piece, at least more than thirty catties!" ”

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Ziqi Mo underestimates this small piece of dark iron, this kind of iron is extremely rare, just need some mixed into weapons or armor to cast, you can create a peerless divine armor, I and the eldest brother and the second brother's weapons are added to this kind of dark iron." ”

Zhou Han was overjoyed and said: "Okay, Han, thank you for your care." Under the joy, Zhou Han called Zhang Fei's third brother, Zhang Fei smiled: "Ziqi doesn't need to be polite, there are three things that are loved by generals, weapons, armor, and good horses. ”

Zhou Han was not a person who was in a hurry, and said with a smile: "The mount is not in a hurry, let people start casting weapons." ”

Zhang Fei called an old blacksmith in the army, after inquiry, this blacksmith's surname is Li, engaged in casting blade armor for decades, saying that he is a casting master, casting skills to the point of returning to the basics, perfect, may be a bit exaggerated, but it is skillful, not too much, Li blacksmith asked: "What kind of weapons does the general want to cast?" ”

Zhou Han said: "Can Blacksmith Li cast halberds? ”

Blacksmith Li asked, "Then I don't know if you want to cast a long halberd, a hand halberd, or a double halberd?" ”

Zhou Han didn't expect that the halberd would be divided into varieties, so he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and immediately said, "Blacksmith Li will talk about it first." ”

Blacksmith Li said: "The halberd is light and short, and it can also be thrown to kill the enemy when used, while the long halberd and the double halberd have long and heavy handles, which are extremely lethal to the enemy." ”

Zhou Han said: "I want to have a halberd." The blacksmith asked again: "Then I don't know if you want to cast the Fang Tian Painting Halberd or the Qinglong Painting Halberd?" ”

"What's the difference?" Zhou Han was stunned again, and the blacksmith said: "Those with bilateral crescent branches are called Fang Tian's halberds, and those with unilateral crescent branches are called Qinglong halberds." ”

Zhou Han said: "You need a unilateral crescent sprig, but you have to improve it a little." ”

Zhou Han thought that since it was a unique weapon, of course it had to be styled, and he was really well versed in the heart of stinky beauty, everyone had this sentence, the blacksmith couldn't help but be a little strange, the general casting weapon is rarely improved, and at the same time, he was also curious, how did the young general want to improve it, and asked: "What does the general want to change?" ”

Zhou Han said: "That is, the halberd blade should be longer, and two blood groove barbs should be added on both sides of the blade, and the halberd handle should be carved with a dragon hovering on it, and Blacksmith Li may be able to make it." ”

The blacksmith said: "The halberd blade is lengthened and easy to break, but if the back of the blade is thicker, there is no such worry, but there are also disadvantages, that is, the lack of profitability, but the blood groove inverted hook can make up for this shortcoming, and the above can strengthen the lethality, but the halberd handle carves a dragon, but I don't know what to do?" ”

Of course, Zhou Han couldn't directly say that it was for beauty, so he had to say: "For non-slip, remember to carve as beautifully as possible, and there can be no less dragon scales." ”

The blacksmith said: "Don't worry, general, I can cast it, but it takes a lot of effort to carve it, and it will take several months." ”

Zhou Han was surprised: "So long! The blacksmith said seriously: "If the general wants to cast a divine weapon, a few months is not a long time, if he wants to cast an ordinary point, a few days will do." ”

Of course, Zhou Han chose a divine weapon, and said: "In addition, I have to forge a set of armor." ”

"Is there anything the general wants to improve on the armor?"

Zhou Han said: "It must be beautiful!" ”

The blacksmith smiled in his heart: "This new general really loves beauty, so let's forge a set of armor for him that is both beautiful and strong." Thinking so in his heart, he replied: "General, wait patiently, you can come to get weapons and armor in a few months." ”

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work" Zhou Han said thank you, and the blacksmith also said goodbye, planning to start building weapons and armor for Zhou Han immediately...

Zhang Fei had a chance to speak at this time, and said, "Ziqi, let's go, let's drink, and when the blade is ready, I'll take a look with you." Zhou Han said with a smile: "Yide is warmly invited, how dare Han disobey." So the two of them went to Zhou Han's residence together to drink and talk...

However, he said that Xiahou was defeated and returned to Xuchang, and he pleaded guilty to Cao Ying, and said that the defeat of the army was defeated, and even said what Zhou Han scolded, Cao Ying smiled and said: "How can a yellow-mouthed son be worried!" Although he said this, Cao Ying's heart was already furious, he had more than ten wives and concubines, Bian's was his main room, the most loved, but Cao Ying has quirks, young and beautiful girls, he doesn't love the virgin body, he loves other people's wives and concubines, it may be that he feels that robbing other people's wives and concubines is very fulfilling, so most of his wives and concubines are his conquest of the Quartet, robbing others, that Bian gave birth to four sons, deeply loved by Cao Ying, and now I have heard some people foul language, insulting Bian's and his own love general, how can he not be angry, but he still maintains the demeanor of the prime minister, Anger in the heart and sneering outside.

Cao Ying made people untie the rope of Xiahoudun's self-restraint and said: "Zhuge Liang is deceitful, Liu Bei is hypocritical, and it is not Guan Ru's crime. ”

Just kidding, how could Cao Ying punish his own brother, after the untying of Xiahou Dun thanks, retreated to the side of the left military generals, at this time Cao Ying's important strategist Guo Jia has died on the way to defeat Wu Huan, but Cao Ying's account is still very many, such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Chen Qun, etc. are all present, of course, the Xu Shu who is in Cao Ying's heart in Han is also there, Cao Ying asked: "What kind of person does Yuan Zhi think Zhuge Liang is?" ”

Xu Shu smiled and said: "This person can be called a celestial, with the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and the wisdom to reverse the world." ”

Cao Ying asked again: "What is his talent compared to the public?" ”

Xu Shu said: "Zhuge Liang's talent is like the light of the moon, and the talent of the rice is like the light of the rice grain, how dare the light of the rice grain compete with the bright moon!" ”

Xu Shu's talent, don't you know, he praised him so much, Cao Ying exclaimed: "If Zhuge Village doesn't get rid of it, sooner or later it will be a big trouble for me." ”

So he discussed with everyone to send troops to attack Liu Bei, and wanted to personally lead the army to go out, Xun Yu admonished: "If the lord goes, the rear must not be unguarded." ”

As he spoke, Xun Yu was ordered to guard the rear and deploy grain and grass to supplement himself. Divided into five teams to the south, the first team Cao Ren Cao Hong, the second team Xiahou Yuan Xiahou Yuan, the third team Zhang Liao Zhang He, the fourth team Li Dian Lejin, Ye Zi led a team of men, each team of 100,000 people, a total of 500,000 troops to the south, and promoted Xu Chu to the general of Zhichong, leading 3,000 troops as the vanguard, set in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, in the middle of autumn and July.

Cao Ying's army killed, his own horse flew to report to Liu Bei, frightened, Liu Bei hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss with the county government, Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, Xinye County can not be defended for a long time, now you can take advantage of Liu Biao's critical illness to take Jingzhou to block Cao's army." ”

Liu Bei Zhengse said: "Brother Jingsheng is a brother of the same clan, and now he is taking advantage of his danger to seize his foundation, which is a great injustice, and he would rather die than do this unrighteous thing." ”

Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart: "The Lord of True Mercy." Then he said: "The lord can post a list in Xinye, and say that after Cao Ying breaks the city, he will slaughter the people of Xinye, so that the lord can take the people to Fancheng for temporary refuge." Liu Bei followed, and ordered Jian Yong to go to Zhang Bang, and in the middle of his words, General Bao Bao came with a small hand.

Guan Yu escorted a person into the hall and said: "Big brother, Yu Qian patrolled the place, and found that this person was sneaky, passing through Xinye from the direction of Xuchang, and wanted to ferry to Jingzhou, but was bumped into by Yu, and learned through Wei Qi's interrogation that Liu Biao had died of illness, and Cai Mao's sister and brother made a fake will, so that Liu Cong became the lord of Jingxiang, and Liu Cong had dedicated Jingzhou and Cao Ying. ”

Liu Bei lost color, and Zhuge Liang admonished again: "You can kill this person, and then take Jingzhou, not Cao Ying, and regret it." ”

Liu Bei said: "No, Brother Jingsheng treats me well, and now he is bullying his heirs, for fear of being criticized by the world." Zhuge Liang sighed in frustration, Liu Bei asked Ming, this person's name is Song Zhong, so he said good words to appease him and let him go back to Jingzhou...

The next day, in the county office, Jian Yong came to report that all the people of Xinye were willing to follow, and at this time, the first team of Cao's army had already killed. Another soldier came to report, saying that Xu Shu was coming, Liu Bei was overjoyed, and led everyone to enter the county office, and sat down after each of them finished their courtesy, Liu Bei said: "Yuan Zhi said that if he is here, don't go back to Cao Ying." ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "I went to Xuchang because of my mother's letter, and when I got to the rear, I knew that the family letter was fake, and my mother died because of this. ”

Zhuge Liang said falsely angrily: "So Yuan Zhi sold Liang to Uncle Huang and tried to get away with it!" ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "If not, wouldn't you die of old age in Quanlin!" Everyone laughed.

Zhuge Liang said: "That Yuan is straight now, but he is a lobbyist for Cao Ying!" Xu Shu smiled: "I can't hide everything from you, Zhuge Kongming!" After a pause, he said: "That Cao Ying listened to Xun You's words, saluted first and then soldiers, and sent Shu to come to the emperor's uncle, who knew that the emperor's uncle's ambition to help the Han was as strong as iron stone, even if there were ten mouths, it was difficult to convince, and now he just came to catch up with the kings." ”

At this time, Zhou Han thought about how to keep Xu Shu, but Zhuge Liang and they couldn't keep Xu Shu, how could they keep him in a few words, everyone chatted about something else, and then Liu Bei was reluctant to send Xu Shu away with everyone, and Zhou Han finally couldn't think about how to keep Xu Shu, could it be that he couldn't be tied up, so it was not the way to treat the virtuous, "Alas! Zhou Han sighed in his heart, and could only let Xu Sha leave...

When it was about to be You, Tan Ma Fei reported to Liu Bei, saying that the first team of Cao Jun had arrived at Bowangpo, Liu Bei hurriedly asked Ji Zhuge Liang, and said: "Military Division, Cao Jun's army is coming, can you have a clever plan to break the enemy?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Watching the sky last night, after dusk, there will be a strong wind, and you can fire to break Cao Bing again." ”

Then Zhuge Liang arranged for the generals to set up an ambush and let the people of Xinye come out.

But said that Xu Chu was the vanguard, led the troops to the front of the magpie tail slope, but saw that there were Liu Junjing flags looming on both sides of the slope, suspected of ambush soldiers, did not dare to advance before patrolling the slope, so that the sergeant was stationed in the barracks, the next time he saw two umbrella covers on the slope, under which sat Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, the two talked and laughed, Chu was furious, led the army to attack, but on it rolled wood and stones to beat the general, Xu Chu folded some people and horses, defeated and retreated.

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, we can escort the people to Fancheng first, and when Cao Ren is broken, the generals will come to meet." Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang escorted more than 100,000 people to Fancheng...

It was dusk, Cao Ren led the soldiers and horses to Xinye, sent people to investigate, only to know that Xinye had gone to the city, at this time there was a strong wind coming, the wind swept the dust, seeing that the sergeant was tired, Cao Ren let the soldiers into the city, each in the house to cook on the fire, Cao Ren from the introduction of the soldiers to the county government...

On the houses in Xinye, the sulfur and flammable materials have long been prepared, the fire arrows outside the city are shot in one go, the wind helps the fire, the fire shines as bright as day, Cao Jun was burned to death countless times, Zhao Yun has already been ordered by Zhuge Liang, leading the soldiers and horses to march outside the city on three sides, only the east gate has no soldiers and horses, Cao Ren hurriedly led the troops to the east gate, the soldiers and horses came out of half, the left of the city killed a biao people, the leader of a general, holding a big knife, shouted: "Zhou Ziqi is here, the thieves are leaving!" ”

The one who led the troops to kill was Zhou Han, Zhuge Liang originally arranged for Zhou Han to assist Zhao Yun, but Zhou Han discussed with Zhao Yun, and led an army to ambush here, intercepting and killing Cao Bing, at this time, Cao Bing had already been burned by the fire and the army had no fighting heart, and the main general Cao Ren led the troops to flee in front, and the soldiers were even more demoralized, and Zhou Han intercepted some people, and there was no main general to command, and Cao Bing had many surrenderers...

A soldier reported back to Cao Ren, and Cao Hong said: "Zixiao goes first, and Hong Ke leads troops to rescue." ”

Cao Ren said: "No, if there are ambushes after the ambushes, if you go to be surrounded, who will rescue you." "So he didn't listen to Cao Hong, and led his troops to flee...

If Cao Hong really had to lead the troops over, Zhou Han really had to slip away, after all, he only led hundreds of men and horses, and these people were able to intercept and kill Cao soldiers who were several times their own, completely because Cao soldiers were panicked, and they only cared about running away without fighting spirit, of course, the more than 1,000 soldiers who were intercepted were irrelevant to Cao Ren, who led 100,000 troops.

In such a night, Cao Ren was very worried, because the night was the most prone to ambush, listening to the soldiers' reports, there was no chasing soldiers in the rear, Cao Ren was relieved, and when he arrived at the White River, he saw that the river was not in a hurry, but he could wade through the river, so he ordered the sergeant to cross the river.

The soldiers crossed halfway, only to see the upstream water rushing down, drowning many Cao soldiers, but it was Guan Yu who had already been ordered by Zhuge Liang to contain the water of the White River with sandbags in the upper reaches of the Bai River, and heard the people below shouting horse neighing, so he ordered the soldiers to lift the sandbags, and the water rushed down to drown the Cao soldiers, this is not the end, Zhang Fei has also received Zhuge Liang's order, set up an ambush at the Boling Ferry, saw that the Cao soldiers were flooded, and killed them directly, so they fought and killed until dawn, Cao Jun was attacked by a fire, and was ambushed twice, and there was no fighting spirit, and the casualties were heavy and defeated, Cao Ren led hundreds of defeated soldiers away, Guan Yu and other generals also led troops to Fancheng to meet Liu Bei...