。 It's autumn, but the weather is still hot, and the so-called autumn tiger refers to this situation.

Looking at the people around him, he was wiping the sweat on his forehead from time to time, but Liu Xuan didn't have this problem, now that he had cultivated with the first golden dragon, this small temperature change would not cause him any trouble, but Cao Bao would still tell the people below to prepare things to cool off.

After taking a fruit, Liu Xuan took two bites and then looked at Xu Chu and Dian Wei beside him.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes, and this is true, changing these two big men into bright clothes looks completely different from when they first saw them.

Plus the physique of these two people...... Although Liu Xuan didn't need it, he did have a special sense of security with such two big men beside him.

"No wonder they like to use these two as their personal bodyguards!"

Retracted his gaze and glanced in the direction of the north twice, Liu Xuan already knew the situation in the north: Gongsun Chan couldn't hold on!

At the same time that the imperial army was governing the local areas in Yuzhou and other places to restore the people's livelihood and clean up the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, the war in Hebei was also carried out at the last critical moment.

Yuan Shao, who received Zuo Ci's help, although he did not immediately show any particularly strong combat effectiveness, but Zuo Ci's ability in several key battles ensured that Yuan Shao's army could achieve the final victory - and at the same time, he could ensure that he would not suffer too much loss.

After several times in a row, Gongsun Chan has no possibility of winning at all, and now Gongsun Chan's soldiers and horses have begun to shrink, and in Liu Xuan's eyes, shrinking means that Gongsun Chan's defeat is already irreversible.

What is Gongsun Zhan's elite troops? It is the cavalry of Bai Ma Yicong.

Even in order to deal with the alien races in the northeast, Gongsun Zhan's cavalry has always been very large. And let such a force that is good at large-scale mobile attacks shrink the defense......

"There is one less elite cavalry unit in this world!"

Gongsun Zan is about to be defeated, so it is inevitable that Yuan Shao will unify the four counties of Hebei. It was precisely because Liu Xuan received this news that he began to return to Chang'an with everyone.

Hebei divided the winners and losers, and Yuan Shao became the lord of Hebei, so where will Yuan Shao put his eyes next?

Liaodong?

Liaodong doesn't need to care too much about it at all. Moreover, in the eyes of the people of this era, Liaodong is too remote, and it is not good to fight it, but it will lengthen its own front, and at the same time, it will be threatened by foreign races.

Yuan Shao will definitely not do this kind of thing, he will still set his sights on the Central Plains, because these places are the real treasures that make people blush.

In other words, if Yuan Shao really swells up huge ambitions, then his only goal is: to chase the Central Plains!

At the same time, this time in the big battle with Gongsun Zhan. Yuan Shao has already established a certain connection with Wu Huan, which means that Yuan Shao does not have to worry about his rear in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that Zuo Ci ran to Yuan Shao. After this guy had a conflict with Liu Xuan, he was bent on making trouble for himself, as long as he was with Yuan Shao, he would definitely do his best to incite Yuan Shao to go against him.

What's more, after seeing Zuo Ci's immortal method, Yuan Shao probably would be hot-headed and think that he was invincible in the world, right? After all, Yuan Shao didn't know that the imperial court or that he was also an immortal today.

Therefore, this big war in the north is already inevitable!

Liu Xuan is now going back to Chang'an. Prepare in advance for this big battle.

In addition to the need for the forbidden army to continue to expand, several elite soldiers and horses must also enter the final stage of preparation, and at the same time, the refining division needs to start making battle armor for itself.

Of course, this armor will not be some ordinary armor, and it is not even the kind of lightweight protective armor that the Alchemy Division is currently designing for Yulin Cavalry. ..., but the kind of armor that he helped Lu Bu make that can make the generals exert stronger strength, this kind of armor will directly open an insurmountable gap between the strength of the imperial army and Yuan Shao's army, even if Zuo Ci is there to help Yuan Shao. Then Yuan Shao couldn't stop his generals.

"If the refining division does a good job this time, maybe it can be expanded?"

Liu Xuan is now thinking about directly expanding the scale of the Refining Division, or transforming the various workshops under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry into workshops that meet his own requirements and can make items of the cultivation civilization?

The first method means that Xiuzhen Technology is still limited to a small number of people. This is not in line with my original intention.

As for the second one, it seems that there are not enough talents under his command to be responsible for popularization, and those young children in the refining division have not yet grown up!

"What a headache!"

Tangled along the way, Liu Xuan finally returned to Chang'an City.

Because there was no army to follow him on the return trip, the speed was much faster, and Liu Xuan didn't stop and see the scenery everywhere this time - he had seen enough when he came, and at the same time, there were still a lot of things to deal with in the court.

For example, at this time, as soon as he returned to the palace, the three dukes, six departments and nine kings all asked to see them, Liu Xuan directly arranged them in a small hall, and he went to bathe and change clothes before coming to see them.

Anyway, even if you are in a hurry, it is not bad for a moment and a half, and although you don't feel tired along the way, it is inevitable that there will be some dust, and you are not afraid, but your clothes will inevitably be stained with some.

What's more, when he came back, he was wearing civilian clothes, and he couldn't go like this when he met with important ministers.

By the time he was done with all this, half an hour had passed, but when Liu Xuan entered the hall, none of the people in the banquet showed dissatisfaction, and even a few old guys even showed a slight look of appreciation.

Liu Xuan naturally knows what they are thinking, it is nothing more than that the emperor must have the bearing of the emperor, even if he is in a hurry, as an emperor, he can't panic, Liu Xuan is so calm and unhurried, but shows the temperament of the emperor, these old ministers think that such a king is the Ming monarch who can make the Han family prosperous.

However, praise is appreciated, and this matter still needs to be discussed in detail.

"Today, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Hebei attacked each other, and did not put the court and His Majesty in his eyes at all, His Majesty immediately reprimanded and ordered the two to quit their troops!"

The first to speak was Wang Yun, this old man moved much faster than Liu Xuan, went back to change his clothes and simply packed up and ran over, but because of this, he was the last to come to this palace.

Liu Xuan looked at Wang Yun and didn't care much about this Situ's words, but the edict must be issued, and he must show the attitude of the imperial court.

"What Situ said is very true!"

However, everyone present knew that the edict was issued to express the attitude of the imperial court, and it was useless for the war in Hebei.

Saying this, it is just a beginning for today's events, what everyone cares about is how everyone should deal with Hebei after it falls into the hands of Yuan Shao?

Speaking of the war, Liu Xuan turned his head and looked at Liu Bei and Cao Cao on the side...... Cao Cao also returned to Chang'an after this big battle, but his generals still stayed in two places to clean up the mess, but there was no need to trouble Cao Cao about those things.

"After several years of reorganization and conscription and expansion, the forbidden army currently has a total of 150,000 soldiers!"

Liu Bei, the middle protector, was in charge of all the affairs of the forbidden army except for fighting, so when Liu Xuan looked at him, he knew what to say.

"At the same time, the recruitment work has not slowed down, there are still 30,000 recruits in training, and within two years, you can meet the standards set by Your Majesty and become a qualified forbidden soldier!"

Liu Xuan set strict standards for the soldiers of the forbidden army, so the expansion of the forbidden army has been slow, because each soldier needs to undergo a considerable amount of training after being drafted into the army. ..., two years later......

Liu Xuan lowered his head and calculated, two years later, that is, in 196, or the seventh year of Jian'an, at that time, he had 180,000 forbidden army soldiers in his hands.

Although it is still far from the 800,000 in his heart, 180,000 is enough to defend all the dangerous places and there are at least 100,000 to 80,000 soldiers to use.

In addition to the forbidden army, he also has four elite soldiers and horses in his hands, including the Yulin Cavalry, the Tiger Ben Army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the Tiger Guard Army that is about to be formed, and these four soldiers and horses also have a scale of 20,000.

"One hundred thousand troops!"

It is enough to deal with one Yuan Shao, and it is not difficult to clean up Liaodong by taking advantage of the situation.

Thinking of this, he had a score in his heart, and Liu Xuan nodded: "That's it, these soldiers are enough, there is no need to expand the scale of conscription!"

When the Son of Heaven said this, some of the people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, and some were slightly worried in their hearts.

It is relieved to feel that His Majesty did not make a big effort to warn the soldiers in order to confront Yuan Shao, so the people's livelihood that had just been restored would not be destroyed because of this.

What worries me is that I think these soldiers don't seem to be enough, right?

Yuan Shao sits on the four states of Hebei, and the Hebei region is a very rich area with a large population, it is not impossible for Yuan Shao to pull up an army of one million if he is ruthless, and there are only more than 100,000 in the hands of the imperial court, which seems too pitiful?

These people don't know how strong the imperial army is, even if they defeat Li Dao and Guo Yan first, and then exterminate the Yellow Turban Thieves, they only feel that these battles can't explain anything, after all, when they clashed with Li Dao and Guo Yan, there was not much difference in strength, and the Yellow Turban Thieves?

However, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and other military generals were quite confident in this, and felt that no matter how many Yuan Shaobing there were, they were just a group of local chickens and dogs, and they were not even as good as the Yellow Turban Thieves.

"Then Your Majesty, when should the problem of Hebei be solved?" In fact, a few people felt that it was better to solve Hebei directly while Yuan Shao was still entangled with Gongsun Zhan.

But after Liu Xuan thought about it, he said directly: "Now that Sizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou are in ruins, it is not appropriate to use swords and soldiers at this time!"

Even if he wants to do it, he has to wait for Yuzhou to recover his vitality, so that Liu Xuan can fight one place to govern another, and then continue to march to one place after strengthening his strength.

The advantage of this is that we can concentrate all our efforts on the development of one place at a time, and this is better than smashing the whole world in one go, only to be completely devastated and unable to start.

After discussing some things again, after having a general idea, everyone dispersed, but Liu Bei stayed behind and made a request with Liu Xuan: "If the minister wants to go to Hebei, I hope Your Majesty will allow it!"