Liu Xiu was very surprised, and promised to arrange ten tigers to help Cao Hong settle the matter, and then asked about the business situation of Hu City. At the mention of doing business, Cao Hong's depression just now was swept away and he became excited. He told Liu Xiu that the breeds operated by the Xianbei people are relatively single, nothing more than horses, all kinds of leather goods, and occasionally some mink skins and the like are more precious, but because there are many people who sell, the price cannot come up, and the goods of the Han merchants are much richer, eating and drinking, eating and drinking, eating and using, rich in types, all kinds of grades, which are very attractive to Xianbei people, after they sell the goods, they will not bring money back at all, but exchange for various needs of goods to take away.

The difference in economic strength between the two sides has caused the Han people to have an overwhelming advantage in trade, and a good Shu brocade or two jars of Fenjiu can be exchanged for a good war horse. Of course, at present, the Xianbei people still have a relatively strict control over war horses, and most of the people who dare to sell horses come secretly, and the number is not much, and for a long time, war horses are still in demand.

"That's good, it won't take a few years, and the Xianbei people will have no other way than to sell war horses." Liu Xiu was very satisfied, "However, the weapons and the iron that can make weapons must be strictly controlled, and the Xianbei people cannot be made strong because of this." No iron of five forges or more shall be sold, and one shall be killed if one is found. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I won't let the Xianbei people take advantage of it." Cao Hong swore and patted his chest.

It was while they were talking that there was a commotion outside, and a city guard came running to tell Cao Hong that he had seen the big man again, and this time he didn't know where to get a basket of vegetables to sell there. When Cao Hong heard this, he immediately confessed to Liu Xiu, and personally ran out with the city guards and ten tiger soldiers.

Liu Xiu walked out of the city building, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance, the city buildings in the mainland have three or four floors, and the city buildings here only have two floors, obviously a lot shabby, standing on it to see not very far. At a glance, there is a clear distinction between the camps, although the crowd in the camp is not bustling and shoulder to shoulder, the number of people is indeed quite a lot, and it is roughly estimated that this Hu city is not much smaller than the city of Jinyang.

"My lord, if only my people could come here." Feng Xue said enviously.

"That's harder." Liu Xiu said while paying attention to Cao Hong's whereabouts. The Niutou tribe is still in the north of the Hongyue tribe, three thousand miles away from the border of the Han Dynasty, and according to the information he has obtained, the relationship between Danhan Mountain and the Niutou tribe is now very tense, and small frictions are continuous, and the Hongyue tribe probably will not let the merchants of the Niutou tribe have a chance to pass through their territory.

The wind and snow were silent, lying on the railing, holding his cheeks with both hands, and his longing eyes crossed the Yin Mountain and looked at the distant grassland.

"Don't worry, one day, I will defeat Danhan Mountain, drink horses in Beihai, and let you meet your Abba." Liu Xiu touched her shoulder: "I have arranged for someone to send you a batch of supplies to Abba, they will definitely be able to survive the winter." ”

Fengxue still didn't speak, she had vaguely guessed Liu Xiu's intentions, he sent something to the Niutou tribe, of course, it can't be said that he doesn't have any kindness at all, but to say that he is all kind, it is not in line with the truth. Now the relationship between the Niutou tribe and Danhan Mountain is becoming tense, and the king Tanshihuai has deployed a considerable part of his troops in the north, which is inseparable from Liu Xiu's methods. Wind Crack is a rare famous general among the Xianbei people, even if it is a hero such as Tan Shi Huai, he does not dare to take it lightly, before solving the Wind Crack, it is impossible for him to put all his energy on Liu Xiu.

In other words, Liu Xiu used some supplies to provoke the civil strife of the Xianbei people and won himself a chance to breathe. Feng Xue knew Liu Xiu's thoughts, but she couldn't blame Liu Xiu, from Liu Xiu's point of view, this was obviously the most cost-effective means.

Liu Xiu looked at the helplessness hidden under Fengxue's silent expression, but he didn't know how to comfort her. It all seemed too cruel to her. But if he didn't do this, how could Tanshi Huai be so peaceful, he couldn't fail to see the significance of his layout in the state, if he didn't make some trouble for him, how could he let him accumulate strength so smoothly.

He wants to support the Wind Crack, but it is impossible to support him unconditionally and unlimitedly, first, he does not have that kind of material resources, and second, even if he has, he cannot do this, he wants the Wind Crack to contain the Sandalwood Locust, but he can't make the Wind Crack strong enough to defeat the Sandalwood Locust.

"My lord, it looks like someone is coming." Hao Zhao reminded.

Liu Xiu looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a group of city guards walking towards the market building around a big man, the big man walked like a gust of wind, and the city guards trotted all the way behind him, holding weapons in their hands, looking at him nervously, but he didn't think so at all.

"Sure enough, he's a good man." Liu Xiu praised.

It didn't take long for those people to walk to the city house, and Cao Hong caught up panting, "My lord, I brought the shaft here." ”

"Bring?" Liu Xiuqiang couldn't help but laugh: "How can I see him taking the initiative to come?" ”

Cao Hong's face flushed, and he rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "My lord is right, but if it weren't for the tigers surrounding him, he wouldn't be so obedient." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and asked people to call the man up. With the sound of heavy footsteps, the big man walked up under the vigilant gaze of several tiger warriors, there was a bruise on his face, the corners of his eyes were swollen, and he was still bleeding, it seemed that there had been a vicious fight just now. Liu Xiu glanced at the tigers, the tigers lowered their heads embarrassedly, intentionally or unintentionally covering the injuries on their faces, Liu Xiu could still hear the tigers moaning downstairs, and it seemed that the injuries were not light.

Xu Yu's face became very ugly.

Liu Xiu glanced at the man, the man was also looking at him, he was a head taller than Liu Xiu, and when he looked at Liu Xiu, he was quite condescending, his two thick eyebrows trembled, and a pair of slender phoenix eyes showed a little disdain.

Liu Xiu was very unhappy, this man not only injured Hushi, but he was still so arrogant in front of him, he didn't kneel, and he looked at him with this kind of eyes, which made him very unhappy.

Liu Xiu narrowed his eyes, glanced at the man, sat down on the couch in the hall, Hao Zhao came over and poured him a glass of wine. Liu Xiu picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.

There was silence on the upper floors of the city, and the tiger warriors felt Liu Xiu's unhappiness, and no one dared to speak. The man also felt a little uncomfortable, suddenly "hummed", turned around and prepared to leave. Cao Hong stepped forward to stop him, but he glared at him and unconsciously took a step back.

"Stop!" Liu Xiu snorted lightly, but he had a deterrent power that was not angry but powerful. The man stopped, but didn't turn around, just turned his head, squinted his eyes, and looked at Liu Xiu disappreciatively, with only contempt in his eyes, but no respect.

"You're not a local, you're not a serious businessman, you're brave and ruthless, you don't have any respect and courtesy, and you don't look good." Liu Xiu put the cup in his hand on the case, sank his face, and said majestically: "You are a fugitive who committed a crime, right?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, suddenly became vigilant, clenched his hands into fists, looked around, and smiled disapprovingly. He turned around, put his hands behind his back, puffed up his chest, and looked at Liu Xiu with his nostrils: "So what?" ”

"The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules, since you are a fugitive, how can I let you escape."

"Can you catch me?" The man laughed, the laughter was as thick as a bell, and it shook people's ears, and everyone present couldn't help but change color except for Liu Xiu and Xu Zhen.

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, and when he finished laughing, he sneered: "The frog at the bottom of the well is not self-sufficient." Do you think that with brute strength and a few shallow fists and feet, you are invincible in the world? ”

"The world is invincible, dare not be." The man looked at his hands narcissistically, and didn't look at Liu Xiu with his eyes: "It's just that I have walked all the way here from Hedong, and I have never seen anyone who can walk in front of me." Those warriors under the adult's tent, hehe, if it weren't for the weapons in hand, to bully the more and the less, what would I be afraid of? ”

Liu Xiu was quite surprised, listening to his words, it seemed that the ten tiger warriors were not in his eyes. He glanced back at Xu Yu, Xu Yu nodded lightly, took off the ring knife on his waist, took off the armor on his body, stepped forward half a step, and stood opposite the man.

"This is my personal guard governor, you defeated him, it's not too late to blow the air." Liu Xiu waved his hand and motioned for them to go downstairs to compete. The man glanced at Liu Xiu in surprise, and then looked at Xu Yu carefully for a long time, probably seeing that Xu Zhen's strength was not bad, his eyes showed a little excitement, and without saying much, he turned around and went downstairs.

The two went downstairs to stand still, Liu Xiu didn't go down, just leaned on the railing to watch the battle. Xu Yu has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has been practicing the Five Elements Technique, and his strength in foot combat is probably only he can compete with, even a fierce man like Lu Bu is not Xu Yu's opponent in foot combat, although this man is very strong, but it is not easy to defeat Xu Yu.

"Yide, mobilize the guard battalion, and if this guy still doesn't know how to advance or retreat later, he will be killed."

Zhang Fei answered and turned around.

Liu Xiu's kung fu as he spoke, and the downstairs had already handed it over. Probably knowing that the other party's strength is not weak, both sides seem to be more cautious, but caution is only a short time, the man is like a storm as soon as he makes a move, and a pair of fists slam towards Xu Yu with the sound of the wind. He was tall and had long arms, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the distance of two zhang was there, and he hit him head-on with the killing intent in the sky.

Xu Yu did not move like a mountain, his head was deviated, he let go of the man's fist, his left hand was in front, his right hand was behind, he bowed like a tiger, and rushed forward, hitting the man's chest and abdomen. The man punched into the air, knowing that something was wrong, and subconsciously put his left arm across his chest, crossed his five fingers, tightly held Xu Yu's fist, and flew back with the power of Xu Yu's forward rush.

Xu Chu's right arm swept and slammed his wrist, and the man quickly let go, withdrew his right arm, and once again held Xu Chu's elbow.

Xu Yu succeeded in one blow, and then he didn't stop fighting, and the two iron arms made him attack like a windmill, not giving the man a chance to fight back at all. His speed is fast enough, and he is good at borrowing the strength of his body, every shot is full of strength, although the man is a head taller than him, and has a strong strength, he has no upper hand in front of his continuous attacks, and he can't hold back his footsteps, and retreats again and again.

"Xu Du is furious." Hao Zhao said softly: "This man is really a master, and he can still hold it in front of Xu Du, who is doing his best." ”

"It won't last long." Liu Xiu smiled easily, although this man has brute strength and some punches, in the face of ordinary people, he has the upper hand, but in front of a master like Xu Yu, his strength is not dominant, and he was restrained as soon as he made a move, and it was only a matter of time before he was defeated. Xu Yu is cautious and will not give him any chance to turn the tables.

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Xu Yu blasted out more than a dozen punches in one go, and his fists did not leave the man's chest and abdomen, although the man resisted with all his strength, he still couldn't block Xu Yu's attack, and was forced to retreat step by step. He opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and his face was flushed, staring at Xu Yu deadly, waiting for the opportunity to fight back.

"It's kind of like that." Liu Xiu nodded and said suddenly.

"Like what?" Feng Xue asked inexplicably.

"Hey, like the guy I know." Liu Xiu squeezed his eyes and said mysteriously.

"The one you know?" Feng Xue bit her nails and thought for a while, "You mean, although you don't know this person, you know who he is?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded: "You shouldn't be mistaken." ”

"That's weird, he's standing in front of you, you don't even know him, how do you know who he is?"

"Hehehe, I'm the messenger of the God of Light." Liu Xiu smiled: "How about it, are you interested in going to Yangshu Lake with the divine envoy today to cool off?" ”

Feng Xue took a bite at him, and turned his face to look at the two people who were competing in martial arts. Liu Xiu usually doesn't admit that he is the messenger of the god of light, and only uses this to tease her when he is not serious.

The victory and defeat have been divided in the field, although the man seized the opportunity of Xu Yu to fight back, but his counterattack was quickly contained by Xu Yu, under Xu Yu's unrivaled blow, he was finally defeated, one was caught off guard, and was knocked to the ground by Xu Yu's tiger pounce.

"Zhongkang, stop!" Liu Xiu stopped Xu Yu in time, he could see that Xu Yu was really angry, first, the tiger warrior he trained was beaten by this man, which made him very faceless, and second, it took him so long to defeat this person, which was considered a record-breaking, and his invincible prestige was greatly reduced, and his anger increased greatly.

Xu Yu took a step back, took a deep breath, glanced at the man coldly, turned around and stood aside, and in a moment, his face had returned to calm, and he was like the warrior who roared like a tiger just now.

"Do you still think you're invincible?" Liu Xiu said loudly to the man.

The man propped his hands on the ground, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth and stood up, but his arms were no longer behind his back, but hung down at his side, trembling slightly. was hit by Xu Yu with twenty or thirty punches one after another, and his arms were already unconscious.

He bit his lip and said nothing, but his head was lowered, and the contempt in his eyes was gone.

"Come upstairs." Liu Xiu called out very casually, asked Hao Zhao to bring two more wine glasses, poured a glass of wine first, and handed it to Xu Yu with his own hands: "Zhong Kang is mighty, worthy of being the Tiger Governor." ”

Xu Yu took the cup in his hand and hesitated for a moment: "My lord, this person ...... Although his skills are insufficient, his strength is strong, and if he is a little bit more discouraged, he will definitely be a fierce general. ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Xiu was very satisfied, Xu Yu still had a stomach, and he didn't forget to say a few words for his opponent at this time. He waved his hand: "Zhongkang, I have a reason to drink this cup full." ”

Xu Yu drank it all: "Lord Xie." ”

Liu Xiu poured another glass of wine, walked up to the man, and glanced at his lowered arms: "Can you still hold the wine glass?" ”

The man hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Why can't you." As he spoke, he reluctantly raised his arm to catch the wine glass, but his arm was so sore that he couldn't hold the wine glass with his fingers like Xu Yu did, so he could only hold it with his palm.

"You have lost, but you have been defeated. You just said that no one can go to Sanhe under you, but I tell you, before you, no one can go to Yihe under Zhongkang. Liu Xiu patted him on the shoulder, and said in his heart that this guy is really fucking high, "Good martial arts, why don't you come to join the army, kill the general, capture the flag, and make meritorious contributions, but you want to be a peddler, wouldn't it be a pity?" ”

"My lord, I ...... I just wanted to join the army. The man looked at Liu Xiu with some embarrassment, took a step back, and knelt on the ground on one leg: "Guan Yu, the grass people, the word cloud is long, and the people of Hedong are relieved, I heard that the adults are recruiting soldiers here, and they are here to get along." ”

Liu Xiu's eyelids were raised, and his heart was really you, don't you know, I found you so hard. His heart blossomed, but his face did not show a flaw, he just reached out and pulled Guan Yu up and asked him to sit down and talk.

"If you have a word, you must have read a book?"

"Yes, the grass people have studied spring and autumn in the county school."

"It turned out to be a scholar who was both civil and military." Liu Xiu praised it and asked about Guan Yu's recent situation. Guan Yu only said that he had killed someone in his hometown and fled abroad, and he had fled all the way to Dai County, but when he heard that Liu Xiu was recruiting troops in Bingzhou, he returned and followed the homeless people to Yangshu Lake. He privately inquired about Shi Lubu, the chief of Shuofang, and also inquired about Han Sui, the chief of Yunzhong, and Shi Zhaoyun, the chief of Duliao, but he felt that those people were not enough to convince him, so he did not take effect for a long time.

Liu Xiu smiled, and said in his heart that this guy is really arrogant, and he can't look down on Lu Bu, but he can't even look down on Zhao Yun and Han Sui, and he probably doesn't look down on himself entirely because of his ability, but more because of the achievements that shroud him.

"I am very honored to be valued by Yun Chang." Liu Xiu thought for a long time: "How about you stay in the guard camp for a while, familiarize yourself with the situation, and then arrange your specific position?" ”

Guan Yu was not picky, bowed down and bowed: "As long as you can follow the adults to fight, Yu will be satisfied." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, "In this case, you can follow Zhong Kang for the time being, he has a good ointment there, apply some, and it will quickly reduce the swelling." In addition, although your strength is sufficient, you are very unfamiliar with the way of strength, and you have time to learn more from Zhong Kang, I believe that if time comes, Zhong Kang will have a strong opponent. ”

Guan Yu was originally extremely confident in his own force, but now after fighting with Xu Yu, he found that he had no power to fight back at all, and he couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

In fact, Guan Yu and Xu Yu were originally half a catty and eight taels, whether it was strength or speed, the difference was not obvious, and even in terms of speed, he had some upper hand, if he had met Xu Yu before, it would not be easy for Xu Yu to defeat him, but Xu Yu has now practiced the Mozi Five Elements Technique for more than a year, and has made breakthroughs in all aspects, and the possibility of him wanting to defeat Xu Yu is very small.

Guan Yu is too tall, the biggest robe in the army is too small to wear on him, Liu Xiu joked, Guan Yu and Lu Bu are about nine feet tall, Hao Zhao is only fourteen today, he has grown to seven feet eight inches, and it is not impossible to grow to about nine feet in the future, it seems that for the three of them, a special number will be added. If you can find a man as tall as a few hundred people, you can form a song alone, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to find a war horse that can carry them.

"Let them wear heavy armor as a strong infantry pawn, it will definitely be invincible." Cao Hong joked: "You don't even need to take a shield, you can directly take a heavy weapon such as a big sword or a battle axe, kill people when you see people, kill horses when you see horses, as long as you don't encounter cavalry wearing heavy armor, who else can stop them." ”

Liu Xiu's heart moved, it is difficult to find a strong man with a height of nine feet, but it is still possible to find hundreds of men who are about eight feet, if you wear heavy armor and hold a sharp thick-backed broadsword or battle axe, this lethality is indeed considerable. Legend has it that Guan Yu made the Qinglong Glaive Knife, and now he knows that it can't be used at all right away, but if it is used for foot combat, it is possible.

"It's a good idea, and it's worth thinking about."

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, suddenly dumbfounded, and said with a sad face: "My lord, you can't take it seriously, how much does this cost?" ”

"It's going to cost a lot of money, but it's definitely worth the money." Liu Xiu touched his chin and said fascinatedly: "The armor is easy to handle, but this weapon has to be chosen, it must be strong and sharp, but not too heavy." When you go to the battlefield, it's not one or two hits, even if it's half a pound lighter, you can save a lot of strength. ”

"It's not simple, short soldiers use swords, and long soldiers need long swords." Jia Xu walked in, smiled and saluted Liu Xiu, and then greeted Cao Hong, then sat opposite Liu Xiu, and said slowly: "The long sword is used by the forbidden army, and the adults need to ask the Son of Heaven for instructions, but the sword is a common weapon in the army, but the cost is too high, and ordinary people can't afford it." ”

"It turns out that Master Jia also knows that the cost is high." Cao Hong made a joke half-truthfully. He regrets dying now, a set of heavy armor, a sword for cutting horses, everyone's equipment is a lot of money, equipping hundreds or even thousands of people, it is more expensive than raising the same number of cavalry, after all, the price of war horses in northern Xinjiang is much cheaper.

"My lord just said that as long as it's worth it, you should spend as much as you want." Jia Xu said quietly: "As for cavalry, the current strength of our army is far above that of the Xianbei people, but the number is too different. Although we control the output of iron tools, with the accumulation of time, sooner or later, the Xianbei people will be able to equip stirrups, and at that time, the gap between us will be narrowed, and the gap in strength will be revealed. Only by developing some equipment that Xianbei people can't learn and can't afford to use in any case, and that they have great lethality, can we deter them and make them tremble and shudder when they think of us. ”

(To be continued)