Xudu, this city was originally just a large local county, but since Cao Yingding was the capital here, this large county has become the capital of the Han Dynasty and the political center of the Central Plains.

The population is 780,000, and the city is 12 miles long and 78 miles wide. There are many palaces in the city, and the momentum is magnificent.

In the east of the city, near the palace, there are many yamen, among which Shangshutai and the yamen of the three princes are in this vicinity. Since Cao Ying established the capital in Xu, the three dukes of the Han family have all existed in name only, except for Cao Ying's own Sikong.

On the other hand, the power of Shang Shutai has increased.

Therefore, among these yamen, Shangshutai is second only to Sikong Mansion and is the most beautiful. The yamen is the largest, the most guards, and the most officials. It is also the most imposing.

At this moment, in one of the largest rooms in the yamen, a man of about forty years of age knelt on the main seat, and a small official stood under it. In the hand, the little official was holding a roll of bamboo slips wrapped in brocade clothes.

This man is majestic, dressed in official uniform, very dignified, his eyes are clear, and his wisdom occasionally flashes away. This is the first important minister under Cao Ying's account, Shangshutai's Shangshu Ling, and Xun Yu with Wang Zuozhicai.

"My lord, this is the reply sent by Sikong in Huguan." The little official took a step forward, bent down and respectfully handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip, untied the rope on the top, took off the brocade cloth, and then unfolded the bamboo slip.

There are only a few sentences on it, "Feng Hou, plus general." In March, Cao Ren was ordered to conquer the five cities north of the river and build ships to prepare for the navy. ”

"Let's go down." After Xun Yu finished reading, his expression remained unchanged, and he waved his hand to let the little official leave.

"No." The little official answered and slowly retreated.

After the little official left, Xun Yu sat for a while, and then took a blank bamboo slip on the case, unfolded it, and picked up a pen to write. "Liu Feng, the son of General Zuo, has a strong strategy, Huangzu of Xijiangxia is tyrannical and unkind, and he has meritorious service in sealing the conquest, adding the title of Guan Neihou, and the general of Yangwu."

After writing, Xun Yu put the bamboo slips aside and dried the ink. Immediately, he took another bamboo slip, "Although Liu Feng has a strong strategy, he is tyrannical and unkind, and he is good at killing Huang Zu, and the saint has mercy on his talents, sealing the inner marquis, and adding generals, but he is greedy and excessive, and he attacks the four cities of Chaisang." It's a scourge. He ordered the general Cao Ren to recuperate, and after three months, Wang Shi returned to Xudu and conquered the five cities of Jiangxia. ”

These two documents, which are completely different in content, show the benefits of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to the princes. To say that Liu Feng is a hero is a hero, is a hero, and to say that Liu Feng is a thief is a thief.

Immediately, Xun Yu personally rolled up these two bamboo slips, and sent them to Wancheng for Cao Ren's order. Liu Feng called an official, set up a position, and went to Jiangxia as an angel.

After doing all this, Xun Yu's expression was a little tired, he reached out and gently massaged his temples, and said softly: "I hope this person is not the second Sun Ce." ”

Xu Du was far away in the Central Plains, and the news did not come quickly. And now Cao Ying is far away in Huguan, leading the troops to attack and state high-level cadres. Messages are even slower.

After Liu sealed Jiangxia, Xun Yu sent someone to pass the news to Cao Ying, and as soon as the reward for Cao Ying's front foot arrived, news came that Liu Feng defeated Zhou Yu and captured the four cities of Chaisang, which had begun to take shape.

It belongs to the kind of princes who have to be guarded against.

Xun Yu then asked people to pass the news to Cao Ying, and the approval he got was candy first and then a mallet. First seal the Hou of the Guan, and add the general. Later, Cao Ren was ordered to conquer Jiangxia's five cities north of the Yangtze River. The ferry was managed, the ships were built, and the sailors were trained.

The reason why the war was fought three months later was because of the shortage of food and grass, although Wancheng was large, but there were tens of thousands of troops, which was not enough to eat, and the conquest of the south was even more short of food.

It must be recruited from other places, but now Cao Ying is in Huguan, Hebei, leading 100,000 Wang Shi to attack and state Gaogan, and the grain is supplying Cao Ying.

Naturally, it is impossible to support Cao Ren, and it will not be possible until Cao Ying returns to his master.

This is the essential difference between Cao Biao and Liu Biao, Cao Biao's food, weapons, armor, soldiers, and population are all used for war, while Liu Biao is pure development, pure farming, and pure death.

Although Jingzhou seems to be rich, Cao Ying is poor. But who is strong and who is weak, you can tell at a glance.

And Xun Yu is worried about Liu Feng's reason is also the time difference of these three months, Liu Feng can raise troops to attack Jiangxia in more than ten days after leaving Xinye, and defeated Zhou Yu and captured the four cities of Chaisang about a month after capturing Jiangxia. The power has increased dramatically. If only he were given three months.

Xun Yu was afraid that he would create another Sun Ce.

Back then, Sun Ce's pacification of Jiangdong was also jaw-dropping because of his speed. If Liu Feng is allowed to grow into a wolf, Jingzhou Liu Biao's sheep can't be stopped, and he will be another Sun Ce.

At the beginning, Sun Ce was named Marquis of Wu, and if Liu Feng entered Jingzhou, he would at least be named Marquis of Chu.

Not only that, Liu Feng defeated Jiangdong's famous general Zhou Yu, which made Xun Yu feel vigilant. Cao Renke must not capsize in the gutter.

However, Xun Yu then remembered that although Cao Ren's army was another department, it had fought in many directions, and it was an elite soldier in a hundred battles. Water warfare is not good, but it should not be difficult to capture the four or five cities in Jiangbei controlled by Liu Feng.

Occupy the city first, then train the sailors, and wait for Sikong to go south, thinking that other troops will attack Jiangxia. Xun Yu thought about it and felt that this strategy was quite safe, so he put his mind at ease.

In Xiling City, it is very lively at the moment. Countless soldiers were moving in and out of the warehouse, carrying grain. Because he knew that Liu Feng was very likely to move to the entire Jiangling on this trip, he was engaged in Iraq and vacated a lot of abandoned mansions, rebuilt the city's warehouses, and rebuilt the treasury.

The grain was placed in the granary, and the leather armor was soaked in water on the way, and dried outside the city before entering the treasury.

In the end, the more than 5,000 war horses, dozens of horse breeders, and the 1,000 war horses stolen in Chaisang, a total of 6,000 were kept in captivity in a horse farm dozens of miles outside the city.

Just like those food weapons, it is impossible for Liu Feng to recruit a cavalry army now. The first is the problem of soldiers, and the second is that he has no traditional cavalry generals, if he casually lets an ordinary general teach the cavalry, he will definitely bring out a crooked army. Pay for one's whistle.

Most of these tasks were completed under the hands of Yi, and Liu Feng's main job was to recuperate from his injuries. This injury has been many days, but Liu Feng has been tossing back and forth, and the injury is very slow. You have to take a break.

However, Liu Feng has also been busy for three or five years. When Xu Shu accepted it, he read books and practiced swords every day. When he first became a lieutenant, he was also training soldiers and suppressing bandits. This suddenly stopped, and I was also very unaccustomed.

I just thought I wanted to do something.

In the study, Liu Feng knelt on the main seat, and Huan'er knelt on the side obediently, studying ink for Liu Feng.

Today, Liu Feng is wearing a regular dress and looks very easy-going. There was a cloth on the desk in front of him, and Liu Fengzheng picked up the pen and concentrated on drawing something on the cloth.

Soon, a similar ship was painted.

However, this ship was not original to Liu Feng, he just drew the most ordinary warship of this era, and then added a wheel.

That is, the ship.

The exterior looks similar, but Liu Feng doesn't know anything about the internal structure.

But he believed that with this shape and the best shipwrights of his time, he could build such a ship that could move quickly against the current.

"Hey, Childe, this ship is so weird, and there are wheels." Huan'er next to him let out a startled sound, and his eyes were completely attracted by the steamer on the cloth.

As weird as she said.

Even when she was surprised, Huan'er was soft-spoken and very gentle. Not to mention that when Liu Feng was wandering, Huan'er was also frightened and suffered a lot. But after Liu Feng sat in Jiangxia's position as the Taishou, Huan'er has been enjoying the treatment of a lady.

Even Liu Feng often stayed in Cai Yu's room because of Cai Yu's relationship, but he did not alienate Huan'er.

pampered, and Liu Feng is pampered. These Zihuan'er's skin is a lot whiter, and his body is also plump. It looks soft and watery.

The posture that has been trained by Gan's family, dignified appearance. It's even more beautiful than when it was in Shinno.

Liu Feng glanced up and was slightly distracted. It's not those famous women who are beautiful, too many red faces have been buried in this era. And Huan'er is one of them.

However, in the end, it is also an old husband and wife. Liu Feng recovered after a dignified loss of consciousness. Even Lian'er didn't notice Liu Feng's distraction because he was staring at the painting on the case.

"This is called a steamer, I want to dominate the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and compete with the Sun family, so I rely on this." Liu Feng smiled slightly, buried his head, and gently blew on the painting until the ink on it was dry. That's when it stopped.

"So powerful?" Huan'er was surprised, although she didn't understand military affairs, she was famous, and she had heard of the Sun Clan's navy that dominated the Yangtze River, and Liu Feng threatened to say that she could compete with the Sun Clan only by relying on this weird-looking ship.

If anyone hears it, they will definitely think that Liu Feng is arrogant, but Huan'er doesn't think so. She has been following Liu Feng for a long time, and she is a person who has watched Liu Feng step by step to the present, and knows that Liu Feng is the most capable. If he says yes, he will do it.

Although Liu Feng in front of him was dressed normally, the heroic spirit was revealed from his bones. Huan'er looked at it carefully, and gradually became a little stupid.

"Of course, if this thing is studied, it will be better than Chu Dao." There were no outsiders present, so Liu Feng's surname was about to be released, and he was a little complacent when he heard the words.

Although as a traverser, he can't make anything, he doesn't understand anything, and it seems to be very sad, but he is good at using his current scientific and technological capabilities to study it little by little. That's pretty good.

After saying a word, Liu Feng didn't see Huan'er answer for a long time, and couldn't help but look up. I saw Huan'er's face flushed, and her eyes were full of spring. In a pair of eyes, it seems that he is the only one.

Liu Feng was injured these words, tossing back and forth, and recuperating from injuries, but he hadn't touched a woman for a long time.

The beauty in front of you is delicious, how can you not be tempted. It's just that just as Liu Feng stretched out his hand and wanted to take the ring, he heard a male voice sound.

"My lord, Marquis Wu Sun Quan has sent an envoy to Xiling."

"What?" The heart was all on Huan'er, Liu Feng didn't hear clearly, and couldn't help asking.

"Marquis Sun Quan of Wu, the envoy Lu Su has arrived." The man outside the door repeated it again.

Liu Feng's fiery heart was extinguished all of a sudden. narrowed his eyes, and said secretly in his heart, Sun Quan? Defeated and captured. He actually sent an envoy over?

Is it summing? Not quite like that? Is that? Zhou Yu's two sons?

(To be continued)