Early the next morning, Du Xiuniang visited Ma Teng and his wife with Ma Chao, and so far, the whole concubine ceremony came to an end. The next big wedding is going to be held for Meng Da and Fa Zheng, and the two married Zhuge Liang's two sisters respectively, who are both cousins and brothers-in-law.

In order to save these cumbersome etiquette, Ma Chao put the marriage of the two together, and it took more than ten days for the huge Luoyang City to calm down.

At the same time, Ma Chao also took advantage of this rare peacetime to vigorously develop the military industry, and Yuan Shao's rabble was as numerous as cow hair, as the saying goes: ants bite elephants to death. Ma Chao didn't want to expand the army, so in order to fight for the chance of victory, he could only work hard to improve weapons.

For most of the year, Ma Jun and Zhuge Liang have learned a lot of physics and mathematics knowledge from Ma Chao, and the two were completely impressed after seeing Ma Chao's talent. Fortunately, both of them are extremely intelligent, not to mention their receptive ability, not to mention their ability to accept it, and they also have a strong ability to innovate.

Previously, Ma Chao had tried to transform the wooden axles into iron axles lubricated with steel balls. However, this thing is indeed a bit out of the times, and after careful research, it was found that with the technology at that time, it was impossible to make steel balls that met the requirements of accuracy and hardness, let alone high-quality steel. In desperation, I had to retreat to the next best thing, transforming the wood into iron, using wear-resistant, high-hardness ductile iron as the main material, and then lubricating it with lard and cylindrical ductile iron, the effect is also extremely considerable.

Later, the three of them began to study repeaters. Ma Chao, as a person who crossed, only knew the general principle of the repeater, especially the famous Zhuge repeater in history, and the three of them only had to study the details. Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun invented the Zhuge Repeater in history, and the other transformed the Zhuge Repeater. Ma Chao was busy with the matter of taking concubines, so he could only hand over the matter to the two of them to complete.

Zhuge Liang already had a lot of ideas about the repeater, and with Ma Chao's guidance on the production principle and Ma Jun's help, it took less than a month to develop it. This repeater is only a little larger than an ordinary heavy crossbow, and is made of hardwood, iron and copper, and the process is extremely complex and expensive.

Ma Chao once demonstrated it himself, and found that this crossbow can shoot ten special crossbow arrows at a time, in the form of a rain of flowers, the power is extremely amazing, and it can penetrate the golden cracked stone within fifty steps, and can easily penetrate ordinary chain mail. Within a hundred steps, in terms of penetration and striking power, it is far superior to the current two-stone iron-tired bow.

Unfortunately, this repeater is not accurate enough, and it takes a certain amount of time to reinstall the bolts every ten shots fired. It can only be used on large-scale battlefields, and it is considered a sharp weapon to hit a large number of enemies, and a single sniper is far less than a bow and arrow.

Not only that, but the two also invented the bed at the request of Ma Chao. This kind of bed can be different from the bed crossbow that existed at that time, the ordinary bed crossbow was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was popularized on a large scale in the Western Han Dynasty. This bed crossbow requires iron feathered arrows, which are extremely lethal, and can even shoot through war horses, often killing multiple soldiers with a single arrow on the battlefield.

However, Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun researched this kind of bed is a movable carriage, the core part is all fine steel and hardwood, and it can shoot ten iron feather arrows at a time, and its lethality is not weaker than that of a bed crossbow, but the efficiency is ten times that of a bed crossbow. If the two armies engage in a large-scale battle, the power of this kind of bed is unimaginable!

Ma Chao was very satisfied with these two sharp weapons, and immediately praised the two of them, and then ordered the three major arsenals of Guanzhong, Bingzhou and Jizhou to manufacture these two sharp weapons on a large scale in the form of assembly lines.

Not to mention that Ma Chao was preparing to send troops to Youzhou and Yuan Shao was preparing to attack Jingzhou, and it was said that the fierce battle in Yanzhou was gradually subsided due to this natural disaster. Lü Bu has Ma Chao to provide grain and grass, but it is limited to the army, and Lü Bu also has the name of Yanzhou herd, which coincides with the most serious disaster in Yanzhou, which is a good opportunity to relieve refugees and buy the hearts of the people. Lu Bu and Chen Gong both saw this clearly, but they had no food in their hands, so they could only ask Ma Chao for help.

Ma Chao knows everything about Yanzhou because of Guo Jia's relationship, and the people of Yanzhou must be saved, but they must not contribute their own food to make Lu Bu earn a good reputation. After thinking about it, he suddenly thought about it, and sent Qin Yi as an envoy to Yanzhou, and sent a message to Lu Bu, Yanzhou is full of powerful families, and he can attack the powerful Wubao and release grain to help the people.

When Lu Bu heard this, it was difficult to make a decision, although there were many families in Yanzhou, but he was not the only force, but there was also Cao Ying, who was more powerful than him. Once he sent troops to besiege the family's Wu Fort, all the big and small families would definitely go to support Cao Ying. Not only that, once Lu Bu followed Ma Chao's example to clear the family, he could only join Ma Chao's camp from now on, and there was no possibility of getting back together with Yuan Shao and the world's powerful families.

After thinking about it, Lu Bu, who had no backbone, could only ask for the opinions of Chen Gong and others, and hugged his fists and said: "Does the public think this matter is feasible?" ”

Chen Gong said: "This is Ma Chao's plan!" It is nothing more than to cut off the retreat of the general and Yuan Shao to cooperate again, and at the same time, he is also giving the general a chance! ”

Lu Bu frowned and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Chen Gong said: "For example, although there are many princes today, there are only Ma Chao and Yuan Shao. And at present, the contradiction between the two princes has reached the point of irreconcilability, that is, a decisive battle will be launched! At this time, it is too late for the general to achieve great things, so he can only retreat and choose one side of the princes to take refuge, and then wait for the opportunity to move! ”

Lu Bu nodded, he was not a stupid person, he understood that what Chen Gong said was true, frowned and asked: "From the perspective of Gongtai, it would be better to take refuge in Ma Chao, or to take refuge in Yuan Shao!" ”

Chen Gong pondered for a while, and said: "Ma Chao Group is united internally, the order is unified, and there are many talents. Yuan Shao has the support of the world's powerful families, and there are many warlords and warlords who depend on him, and there are many internal contradictions, and there is discord between the face and the heart. ”

Lu Bu's eyes flashed, his face was full of fanaticism, and he frowned and asked: "According to the public platform, the two tigers are fighting, who wins and who loses?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Ma Chao has the talent of heaven and earth, strong soldiers and horses, and well-equipped, he will definitely be able to gain the upper hand, but it is absolutely impossible to eliminate Yuan Shao in one fell swoop." ”？？

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Now I would have relied on Ma Chao to provide food and grass to fight against the Cao thief, but I don't want to be under the thief Ma Chao." Born in troubled times, who doesn't want to achieve a hegemony? Ben will want to completely break away from Ma Chao's control, dominate one side first, and then wait for the opportunity to seek the world, and ask Gongtai to teach me! With that, he bowed down and bowed deeply to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong was moved, he had always thought that Lu Bu was a hero, and he had already had a similar intention, and when he saw Corporal Lu Bu Lixian this time, he finally made up his mind. At that moment, he replied deeply, hugged his fists and said: "The general is worthy of being a great hero who stands up to the sky!" The palace is willing to serve the Lord's work of dogs and horses! ”

Zhang Yang, Hao Meng, Yang Feng and others also bowed down and said in unison: "I am willing to create a great cause with the Lord!" ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "You are all my brothers Lu Bu for many years, why be polite?" Wouldn't this break Lu Bu! As he spoke, he returned a half-salute to the crowd.

Chen Gong said: "If the lord doesn't want to send someone under the fence, now is a good time, I have a plan, but I can protect the lord from Yuan Shao and Ma Chao completely and sit firmly in Yanzhou!" After a pause, he said: "The war between the two princes is imminent, as I expected, the main battlefield is either Xuzhou or Jingzhou!" At this juncture, neither Ma Chao nor Yuan Shao want to cause more trouble, if the lord can grasp the opportunity, he will be able to take the opportunity to rise and become the third largest prince in the world after Ma Chao and Yuan Shao! ”

Lu Bu was ecstatic and said urgently: "Please also ask the public station to try it!" ”

Chen Gong said: "The people that the lord is worried about are the stubborn Cao thieves, and the other is to choose a camp to solve the problem of famine among the people of Yanzhou. Cao Thief's situation is similar to that of the lord, but the lord occupies most of Yanzhou, and officials from all over the country are also under our control. Although Cao Thief has many soldiers and horses, he only has a few counties under his rule, and when the grain and grass are exhausted, he has no successor, so he can only withdraw from Yanzhou and join Yuan Shao all the way! ”

Lu Bu nodded again and again, and said, "What the public platform said is very reasonable!" But what to do now? ”

Chen Gong said: "First of all, we must win over the powerful families under our rule, give them more land, and allow them to keep more domestic slaves, so that the people who can't afford to eat can be turned into domestic slaves. This move runs counter to Ma Chao's suppression of Haoqiang, and can also attract more Haoqiang to come to Yanzhou to gain a foothold. At that time, the lord's interests will be closely linked to these powerful people, and they will never watch the lord's father being driven out of Yanzhou for the sake of their own industry! This is one of them. ”

"Second, the lord immediately sent people to put Guo Jia and Qin Yi under house arrest, and on this condition, forced Ma Chao to donate one million grains and grass! This move can solve the urgent needs of our army, enough to hold out until the Cao thief is driven away, and it can also express its position to the Yanzhou family, so that the world knows that the lord and Ma Chao are not the same dog! ”

Lu Bu nodded again and again, frowning: "The first one is feasible, but once Guo Jia and Qin Yi are placed under house arrest, it will definitely anger Ma Chao, and now Jizhou and Xuzhou have been heavily deployed by Ma Chao, in case he unites with Cao thieves to attack, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to wait!" ”

Chen Gong said: "Although the lord can rest assured, Ma Chao is busy dealing with Yuan Shao, and Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in the north are also Ma Chao's thorns in the heart, and they will never come to attack the lord at this time, and when the two princes are defeated, the lord will not be afraid of Ma Chao." ”

Lu Bu laughed when he heard this: "Gongtai is really my son's room!" After that, he turned around and shouted: "Where is Hao Meng?" ”

"Mo will be!"

Lu Budao: "Ru quickly take a team of sword and axe men to take down Guo Jia and Qin Yi and take strict care of them!" Ben will have its own tricks! ”

"No!"

Lu Bu nodded, hugged his fists and said: "Please also ask the public desk to write a handbook, and I will send someone to hand it over to Ma Chao!" Whether it succeeds or not, it's all on the public platform! ”

Chen Gong said: "Although the lord can rest assured, the palace will definitely be able to handle this matter properly!" In addition, I have to trouble General Sun to rush to Xuzhou to persuade Zang Ba, if Zang Ba sends troops and the lord to attack Cao Thief before and after, Cao Thief can only retreat to Yuzhou! In this way, the lord has become a great trend! (To be continued.) )