Let Meng get the brothers to put it together! After. Zhang Xiu invited King Duosi and Yang Feng to send people to teach farming and the establishment of mutual markets. Yang Feng was overjoyed after hearing this, and thanked Zhang Xiu for his kindness. But King Duosi had something in his heart, and his face couldn't help but change after listening to Zhang Xiu's words.

After Zhang Xiu saw it, he still didn't understand the contradiction in King Duosi's heart, so he said to him: "If you are not convinced, the general can also put you back like Meng Shu, and the whole army will fight again!" ”

Hearing this, King Duosi gritted his teeth and asked, "Is what the general said true?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Ben will always speak with his words. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Golden Ring Three Junctions and inquire, and the general has already sent someone to set up a mutual market there. ”

King Duosi looked at Zhang Xiu's sincere gaze, but finally nodded and said, "Okay!" I'll believe in you once, and I'll think about it! ”

Yang Feng and King Duosi have both descended, so this piece is basically settled. Zhang Xiu asked Yang Feng and King Duosi to go back to the cave and wait for the officials sent by Zhang Xiu. And he led the army to Sanjiang City, among which the 30,000 army led by Yang Feng before plus the 20,000 army under the command of King Duosi were also led by E Huan and joined the ranks of Zhang Xiu's army. As for the grain and grass, there are naturally these two holes of supply.

After Meng Shu and Meng You were let go, they hurriedly left Sanjiang City. But the two of them just. rushed to Sanjiang City, but saw that the banners on the city had been replaced, and they had become Zhang Xiu's banners that Meng Shu was familiar with and hated. However, Sanjiang City was broken by Zhang Ren, who arrived one step earlier, and led the army.

Sanjiang City is Meng Huo's lair, and it can be said that all the rest of Meng Huo's family background is here. Now that Sanjiang City is broken, Meng Yu was stunned on the spot, and even Meng You was not very good

After being stunned for a moment, Meng You asked, "Brother, Sanjiang City has been broken, what should I do at this time?" ”

Meng Yu was asked by Meng You, and immediately fell into deep thought, and only replied after a long time: "I heard Zhu Rong say that his father has a good friendship with the Lord of the Eight Caves in the southwest, King Mulu. Now that Zhu Rong has been captured by the Han army, I can go and borrow troops from him to save him. ”

Meng You could hear it. Hurriedly said: "King Mulu? My brother has heard of this person, and it is rumored that there is an elephant soldier under the command of this person, who is invincible, and the soldiers under his command can drive away the fierce beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains to help the war, which is extremely powerful. If you can really invite this person, the Han Army is hopeful! ”

Meng Shu heard this, and hurriedly said: "Then without further ado, I'll wait to vote for him!" ”

And just when the Meng brothers went to Ba Nadong to join the king of Mulu, Zhang Xiu also led the army to Desanjiang City to join Zhang Ren's army. This Sanjiang City can be said to be the largest city in the south. Because there are three rivers outside the city, Hushui, Gannan water, Xicheng water confluence, so it is called Sanjiang City.

And this Sanjiang City is also the most abundant place in the south and central China, and there are salt wells outside the city. It can be said that the salt of the barbarians in Nanzhong is supplied by the salt wells here in Sanjiang City. At the beginning, there was no Sanjiang City here, and it was precisely because the barbarians in Nanzhong wanted to go here in exchange for salt, and over time a market was formed here, and it became a place for bartering for barter. Then it gradually developed into the largest city in the bustling south.

It is precisely because of the benefits of salt wells in Sanjiang City and the abundance of products that the grain is abundant compared to the rest of Nanzhong. After several generations of Yinkeng cave masters, it finally came to Meng Huo's generation, Yinkengdong had the strength to unify Nanzhong, and Meng Huo personally completed this feat, calling himself the king of Nanban.

Of course, not all the tribes in Nanzhong obey Meng Shu, but because Meng Huo is in control of the salt well, even if he does not obey Meng Shu's cave master, he will not fight with him. Because of this, Meng Huo's ambitions swelled, and he led his army to prepare to attack the Han people in the north of Yizhou, which led to this great battle.

However, now that Sanjiang City has been captured by Zhang Xiu, the situation has been completely reversed. Zhang Xiu, who controlled Yanjing, made all the cave masters in Nanzhong dare not disagree, and under such circumstances, Meng Shu can be said to be alone, and there are few cave masters who can help him. And Zhang Xiu knew the importance of Sanjiang City to the barbarians in Nanzhong, so he put Duo Si and Yang Feng back and was not afraid of their rebellion.

At this time, in the larger mansion of Sanjiang City, Zhang Xiu and others gathered together.

Zhang Ren first introduced Lu Kai to Zhang Xiu, a talented young man who was familiar with the situation in Nanzhong, and Zhang Xiu naturally praised him. As for Deng Ai, although Zhang Xiu was very satisfied with his performance, he praised a few words in his mouth, more of an admonition and reminder, but Di Ai listened to it all.

After some politeness, Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, now that Sanjiang City is in our hands, the barbarians in Nanzhong dare not disagree. However, Meng was not convinced at this time, and the scouts came to report that he had now fled to the Ba Na Cave in the southwest, colluded with the cave master, King Mulu, to raise troops and was killing Sanjiang City. Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu turned his head to look at Lu Kai and asked, "Ji Ping, do you know what is so special about this King of Wooden Deer in the Eight Caves?" ”

Lu Kai thought about it carefully for a while, and then replied: "General Hui, there is an extremely powerful cavalry army under the King of Mulu in the Eight Caves, so you must guard against it!" ”

When Ma Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but pout: "It's just a cavalry, what's so surprising." As for cavalry, the general has the strongest cavalry in the world under his command, how can we be afraid of him! ”

When Lu Kai heard this, he was not annoyed, but just explained to everyone: "The cavalry under the King of Mulu is not riding a war horse, but a white elephant!" ”

"It's not a war horse? But a white elephant? When they heard this, they cried out at the same time. After being in Nanzhong for such a long time, everyone has also seen white elephants, but not a herd of white elephants, but one or two by chance. Those white elephants were much taller than war horses, and they were huge, with thick skin and thick flesh, and they were not afraid of swords and guns. At this time, I heard that someone formed a cavalry army with white elephants, and everyone's faces did not change much.

It was Zhang Xiu, who was on the main seat, touched his chin after hearing Lu Kai's words, and said to himself: "Elephant soldiers? Is anyone really using this thing to fight? ”

Li Ru on the side has been paying attention to Zhang Xiu, so Zhang Xiu's voice can be heard clearly although Li Ru. At this time, I only heard Li Ru ask: "Isn't the lord already having a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and said, "If it's just an elephant soldier, it's not difficult to break it." Ji Ping, does this Mulu King have any other means? ”

Lu Kai lowered his head and thought about it again, and said: "In addition to the elephant soldiers, this Mulu King has a group of subordinates, who can drive away tigers, leopards, snakes and insects in the mountains!" ”

When everyone heard this, their faces changed again. Zhang Xiu was still so indifferent, and said with a smile: "In this way, this Mulu King is not simple. However, whether it is an elephant soldier or a tiger and leopard, it is easy to deal with these beasts in the mountains

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and they all looked at Zhang Xiu, hoping that he could solve their doubts. However, Zhang Xiu seemed to be deliberately concealing, and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this Mulu King." It's the end of summer now, and I don't have much time to wait, so let's discuss the strategy of getting the state! ”

Zhang Xiu's words were amazing, as if he had directly thrown a bombshell, which made everyone's heads stunned.

Li Ru and 6 Xun reacted the fastest, and fell into contemplation first, and Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui and others were not slow, and quickly lowered their heads in contemplation.

Zhang Xiu saw it, but said with a smile to himself: "In the past, Zhao Ning, the king of Nanyue, established a state in the Lingnan region, and the place under his jurisdiction is probably the current Jiaozhou. And this Zhao Lun was a general stationed in Nanyue during the Qin period, and he mastered a large number of Qin technology. The merchant ships it built alone have already traded with the Persian state in the Western Regions, and it is probably much earlier than Emperor Wu who opened up the trade routes of the Western Regions to the Western Regions.

Everyone was a little surprised to hear this, especially since they all grew up in the north, and although they were familiar with the places of the Great Han, they did not understand the rest of the places. Xu Gai thought about it, but he couldn't understand that Nanyue could get to Persia again, so he couldn't help asking: "General, how can Gai know how to get to Persia from Nanyue?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and didn't answer, but asked 6 Xun on the side: "Bo Yan, do you know the reason?" ”

6 Xun touched his chin and said, "The south is full of sea, as Ruoxun expected. At that time, the Nanyue Kingdom was supposed to travel by ship to Persia by sea. However, the six of our families in Jiangdong are mainly engaged in shipbuilding, and the Han Dynasty is not far from Persia, even if it is a merchant ship to Persia from the sea, I am afraid it is too difficult. I am afraid that before we reach Persia, the ship will be scattered

Deng Ai heard it, but he stammered: "We can't do it, we can't do it" doesn't mean that "the ancestors also do it", we can't do it

Zhang Xiu saw that Deng Ai was talking hard, so he said: "What Shizai said is not bad. The Qiang Qin of that year collapsed too quickly, and the six countries of Shandong did not know much about the Qiang Qin. Plus the early years of the founding of the Han Dynasty. The strong Qin of that year was covered up and not allowed to be mentioned. Although the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, the mechanism and techniques of the strong Qin have been lost. small

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu turned to ask: "Do you think our army's bed crossbow is very powerful?"

Everyone nodded in unison, this bed crossbow is indeed a battlefield weapon, especially Huang Zhong and others who have seen the power of the bed crossbow on the battlefield.

Zhang Xiu saw it, but said with a chuckle: "This kind of bed crossbow was actually present when Ben Jiang and Deheng were looking through the collections of Dongguan and Lantai. It is a relatively powerful standard weapon in the Qiang Qin era! ”

When everyone heard this, they exclaimed in unison: "Standard weapons?".

Standard weapons also mean that more powerful weapons can be created in the Qiang Qin era, which is the real big killer on the battlefield. Everyone was a little shocked when they heard this.

At this time, Zhang Xiu shook his head and said, "It's a pity that after hundreds of years, there are too many lost books. Moreover, with the current technology, the things that come out are no worse than those of the Qiang Qin period, and many appliances are even better than a lot, just like a crossbow car. However, I would have thought that the weapons secretly developed by Qiang Qin back then might not be enough for us at this time. And the founder of the Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Shennai, was a general during the Qiang Qin period. It possessed many of the top technologies of the Qin Dynasty, and it is not surprising that it was able to build merchant ships destined for Persia. And the books that were previously banned on Dongguan and Lantai were also recorded after Emperor Wu destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom. Find a lot of techniques and weapon making drawings that the big men don't have. Later, Li Ling was able to resist tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Xiongnu with a mere 5,000 foot chariots, and caused heavy losses to the Xiongnu, relying on the production of a large number of Qin crossbows obtained by Emperor Wu after destroying the Nanyue Kingdom, and the improvement of the army's standard crossbows at that time formed a new crossbow. ”

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard such a secret, and they didn't expect that there were so many connections between them. 6 Sun pondered for a moment, and then said, "Even so, with the present shipbuilding technology, it may not be possible to successfully reach Persia, at most to the southern countries."

Speaking of this, 6 Xun suddenly shook his head and said, "That's not right! Xun remembered that it was recorded in historical records that after Emperor Wu destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom, he once sent a fleet to Sri Lanka, which was not far from Persia

Zhang Xiu heard this, with a strange smile on his face, and said: "Emperor Wu sent a fleet to the country of no longer Cheng once, but he never went there later, and this was when the country of Nanyue was just destroyed. In the next few hundred years, the fleet of my Han Dynasty would at most go to the countries of the South China Sea and sell goods to the merchants of the Tianqian Kingdom. Don't you think this matter is a little strange? ”

6 Xun heard this, his eyes lit up, and he was shocked: "What does the general mean is that the fleet sent by Emperor Wu that time was actually a ship from Nanyue?" However, Emperor Wu did not get the design drawings of the ships of the Nanyue Kingdom, so when these ships sailed back and were scrapped, they could no longer go to Persia.

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "That's probably the case." Of course, Ben General refers to a large-scale caravan, and maybe individual ships can go to Persia by luckSpeaking of this, Zhang Xiu also sighed secretly. The Chinese are very good at keeping their own technology secret, and it is useless if you don't get the design drawings even if you get the object. The object will be equipped with an automatic destruction device, and as soon as it is disassembled, the object will be activated, destroying the most delicate place, and people will not be able to disassemble it and make it again according to the structure.

There are good and bad things about such advanced security technology, the advantage is naturally not to be cracked by others, and the disadvantage is naturally the inheritance of the technology.

Zhang Ren heard this, and asked puzzledly: "In this case, it is impossible for us to sail the fleet to Persia, at most, it is just the same as before, to drive the fleet to the countries of the South China Sea."

Zhang Xiu heard this, smiled mysteriously and said: "It's okay, Ben will know where the tomb of the second king of Nanyue, Zhao Yu, is, and it should contain the shipbuilding technology of Nanyue."

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened at the same time, and they were extremely surprised. Zhang Xiu pursed his lips secretly, thinking: "Although the tomb of Zhao Yu is arranged in an extremely clever place, it was only excavated not long before I crossed over, and a museum was also built. "How could Zhang Xiu, who had already been there, not know. Moreover, Zhang Xiu also knew that there were a lot of treasures in it, which were not inferior to those famous imperial tombs in the Central Plains.

Of course, for Zhang Xiu now, this is no longer a problem. However, Zhang Xiu is not for the hidden treasure inside, the real purpose is naturally for the shipbuilding drawings that I don't know if they will exist.

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