The master craftsman was originally an official of the Shaofu, and was originally a high-ranking official in charge of the civil construction of the palace, temple, mausoleum, etc., while the general supervisor was only in charge of the palace building, the production of gold, jade, beads, and rhino elephant treasure vessels, the embroidery of lesami, and the official office made of various strange utensils.

However, Sun Ce, the founding emperor of Wu State, attached great importance to the development and application of ordnance, and since ancient times, there has been a Sikong in charge of the workshop, but after the Han Dynasty, Sikong's authority has long changed, and the production of weapons is related to the stability of the regime after all. Therefore, in view of the fact that the weapons of the Qin Dynasty were manufactured by the workshops affiliated to the Shaofu, there were three levels of management: the maker, the main maker, and the supervisor, and the weapons were often inscribed to assess the quality of the weapons. After several deliberations, the power of weapon production was vested in the general supervisor under the Shaofu.

Although the generals of Eastern Wu are skilled craftsmen, not to mention the production of farm tools, water cylinder cars, iron smelting, etc., even the bed crossbow and ballista are also handy, but this Yuan Rong crossbow, the master of Eastern Wu has worked hard, but it has never been able to imitate, let alone strengthen the version.

Since it is no longer comparable to the Wei and Han countries in terms of the continuity of firepower, they have to make some fuss about the range of firepower. Fortunately, Soochow has always been far ahead in terms of range, and the technical research in this area is handy. Soon after, a long-range crossbow hybrid bow was developed. Its method is to take mulberry wood as the body, sandalwood as the straw, iron as the Mitsubishi arrowhead, copper as the horse's face and teeth, and hemp rope and silk as the string. The body of the bow is three feet two inches, the string is two feet long and five inches, the arrow feather is several inches long, and it shoots more than 240 steps, and enters the elm wood halfway. Qiao Ren named it the Divine Arm Bow, a weapon that established a great reputation in the Song Dynasty.

The range of Wu Guoshen's arm bow is basically the same as that of the longbow, but the requirements for the shooter are indeed much less, although the cost is also a little higher, but the most important thing that Wu Guo lacks is money, so it is under Sun Shao's holy decree. He will make every effort to produce the Divine Arm Bow as one of the main bows and crossbows of the Wu army.

Time suddenly ran to the fourth year of Jianwu, a few years of savings and Qiao Ren's drastic reforms made the warehouse of Dongwu gradually enriched, and Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other front-line soldiers, for several years to be ready to go, just waiting for Jianye to give an order, will rush to the Central Plains with a roar. Wei has been attacked in recent years, and the center of gravity of military defense is in Wanluo, and it is only a matter of time before Wu takes the opportunity to go on a northern expedition, and what is missing is a fuse.

The matter of drowsiness and sending pillows, Wei Guo will always do. At the end of May of the fourth year of Jianwu. Pan Lin, the thief commander in the Huiji area, joined forces with Jian'an, and the Shanyue opposition Huang Chao in the Xindu area to make a rebellion together. As early as the Jian'an period, Pan Lin rebelled in Huiji, doing whatever he wanted here and poisoning the people. Later, Sun Ce led Jiangdong under the Wu army, and Pan Lin retreated to the mountains. And Huang Chao is a Shanyue person who is serious. But it was a leader who was a traditional Yue people and did not communicate with the Han people. He and Chang Ju were two more than eight thousand warriors. But he has always been in the deep mountains, and he has no contact with the Han people, but the previous Qiao Ren Du Tian, a large number of hidden households broke away from the family, and reclaimed wasteland everywhere in Jiangdong.

In this way, there is contact with this group of stubborn Shanyue people, which also stimulates contradictions. happened to be colluded by the conspirator Pan Lin. Under Pan Lin's persuasion, Huang Chao and others and Pan Lin raised troops to attack the county seat in Huiji and Jian'an counties respectively and burned the treasury.

Anyway, in the previous life, maybe Sun Quan had a headache for a while, but in this life, Sun Shao waved his hand. Later, the general He Qi was the chief commander to supervise the Fuyue general Fei Zhan, the cavalry commander Lu Kai, the Jian'an Taishou Han Xuan, the Linhai Taishou Liu You, and the Xin'an Commander Chen Biao, with a total of 30,000 troops, and waved their troops south to suppress the rebellion.

Because under Qiao Ren's preferential treatment policy, most of the Yue people integrated into the Han people and became good citizens under the rule of Eastern Wu, so there were few people who rebelled. Moreover, although Jian'an guarded Han Xuan's ability was average, he was entangled in the heavy army to defend several important ministers, and Pan Lin, who lacked siege equipment, could not break it at once.

Therefore, when Fei Zhan's army arrived, Pan Lin and other thieves were not only stationed in Wuyi Mountain, but Huang Chao was stationed in a small city. He Qi, Fei Zhan and other troops are the elite in mountain warfare, and He Qi is also a famous general who is good at combat, so he divided his troops into two divisions, He Qi and Lu Kai, Liu You, Chen Biao and other overseers to attack Pan Lin, who has more troops, and on the other side, Fei Zhan led the attack on Huang Chao.

Pan Lin and other thieves led 20,000 households to guard Tunwuyi Mountain. Wuyi Mountain is surrounded by cliffs, dozens of zhang high, the mountain road is dangerous and narrow, only one person is accommodated, the rebels are condescending, it is difficult to look up to the enemy. Pan Lin led his troops to defend against danger, and he was on the high ground, and the officers and soldiers of He Qi could not attack for a long time, and there were many troubles among the soldiers, and the generals were helpless. After all, He Qi is a long-standing and brave general, he took advantage of the night to personally inspect the terrain, choose the hidden edge of the mountain Yue people are not prepared, select light and brave soldiers, take the night to Tiege cut the mountain as a ladder to climb the mountain, and then use the cloth to help, the soldiers bravely climb up, take advantage of its unprepared sneak attack, and all sides are sounding drums and horns, shouting thunder. The thief army suddenly heard the sound of drums and horns in the middle of the night, frightened and panicked, and did not know what to do, gave up the mountain road they were guarding, and fled back to the camp. Wu Dajun immediately climbed to the top of the mountain and attacked the enemy camp, annihilating Pan Lin and others entrenched in Wuyi Mountain in one fell swoop, and beheading 7,000 people.

And Huang Chao, who occupied the small city, fought several battles with Fei Zhan, but they were all defeated. Then, because Fei Zhan was a handsome thief who crossed the mountain, he knew the psychology of Huang Chao and others, and Lu Kai suggested attacking his heart on the side. So, Fei Zhan entered the city alone at night, and showed up to persuade Huang Chao for a while. In addition, Wu's policy towards the Yue people was good, and the long-considered Huang Chao finally decided to surrender to the Wu army, which was reduced to more than 2,000 people and incorporated into Lu Kai's department.

The Jian'an Rebellion was put down in less than two months. Speaking of which, this rebellion that took place in the hinterland of Eastern Wu is just a small episode of the Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony. However, after He Qi discovered the seal letter of the Hui Ji Taishou and Zhi Chong generals granted to Pan Lin by the Wei State in the Wuyi Mountains, all this changed in nature.

But when these two things were placed in front of the imperial case of the Taichu Palace, Sun Shao was "furious". A military meeting was held overnight in Wucheng Getai, and the table was slapped on the spot to decide to raise the Northern Expedition, and appointed Da Sima, Taifu, and Hanyang Wang Ren as the Governor of Wei and the Governor of China and Foreign Military, and was fully responsible for the Northern Expedition.

And Qiao Ren was not ambiguous after waiting for the appointment, and the next day he issued a series of military orders to His Excellency Wu Cheng. Conquer Yulin Taishou Lu Ji as the general of the army, Hu Cong as the left law enforcement officer, Shangshu and Jiang Ji as the army, appoint the general Zhuge Jin as the deputy governor, and dispatch the upper army, the right army, and the rear army in the four central armies to prepare for the Chinese army directly under Qiao Ren to prepare to send troops from Jianye to the north to enter Shouchun.

At the same time, Qiao Ren appointed Dai Gang as the governor on the right and Sun Shao as the deputy, and the governor attacked Qingzhou and Yuzhou with 60,000 troops on the right; Lu Xun was appointed as the governor of the left road, and Zhu Ran was the auxiliary, and the governor of the left side of the army of 70,000 troops attacked Yanzhou. On the other hand, a clipper ship sailed from the port of Jianye to Chenhan, carrying an army composed of the natives of Kyushu and the Chenhan people led by Gan Ning to attack the Bohai County of Wei from the sea.

When Jianye's military orders were issued, the whole world was in an uproar. Xu Shu and Li Yan in Chang'an, and Cao Rui in Yecheng were all shocked into a cold sweat. This battle put all the strong strength of Eastern Wu on the bright side, and the three-way army on the bright side totaled nearly 150,000 troops, and this total strength was almost equal to the strength of Cao Pi's southern expedition.

You must know that even if Shu Han exhausted the strength of the whole country, the Northern Expedition only mobilized 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and even if you add the troops of various ethnic groups added later, it is only 1230,000. Wu was able to easily mobilize 150,000 troops for the Northern Expedition, which caused great psychological pressure on the monarchs and ministers of Shu Han.

However, in the end, the two sides belong to the alliance, even if they secretly palpitate, they will not delay Shu Han's army on the flank as a containment. When Shu Han went out of Qishan to attack Guanlong, the Wu army did not make a small contribution. Lu Xun attacked Nanyang and dragged Sima Yi's troops, and then laid down Wuguan to reduce the burden on the Han army. At the same time, the army from the east also gathered at the front to help Shu Han exert pressure. In response to the Northern Expedition of the Wu Army, the symbolic meaning of Shu Han also sent Wang Ping, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi and other young generals to lead their troops to be stationed in Tongguan in response.

Although Luoyang was in front of him, Lu Xun of Fancheng did not plan to take it, regardless of whether the Wei army in the Wanluo area was heavily defended, he only said that the terrain of Luoyang was not suitable for Wu to occupy. Except for Shu Han, no matter which side of Wu Wei occupies Luoyang, it is in a situation where it is attacked from both sides.

Luoyang City is located in the north of Luoshui, the north of the water is called "Yang", so it is called Luoyang, also known as Luoyi, Luoyang, Shendu. [1] The mountains and rivers in the territory are vertical and horizontal, the west is close to the Qinling Mountains, the east is adjacent to Songyue, the north is based on the Wangwu Mountain - Taihang Mountain, and according to the danger of the Yellow River, the south looks at the Funiu Mountain, since ancient times, there is a saying that "the capital of eight passes, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the five rivers surround Los Angeles", so it has the name of "the river and the mountains arch and wear, and the shape is better than the first in the world", and it is called "in the world". Luoyang was the place where the three kingdoms converged, and it was also the first choice for Shu Han to go out of Guandong. If Wu occupied Luoyang, Shu Han would have no choice but to force the Yellow River to occupy Pujin or make a detour through the grasslands to attack and annex the state.

However, the latter two choices were simply impossible to implement, and the Han State had no naval army on the Yellow River at all, and how to force the Yellow River and detour through the grassland was even more nonsense. Therefore, once Wu occupies Luoyang, it is equivalent to blocking the road of Shu Han's eastward advance in a change of direction, and I am afraid that Shu Han will tear his face on the spot, and he will not know it! (To be continued......)