At this time, Guan Feng said in surprise: "Hey, why is the lord so familiar with my family's Divine Soldier Qinglong Yanyue Sword? ”

At this time, Liu Handong couldn't help but think in his heart: That's not because the story of Guan Gong and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in the previous life is too attractive, punishing Yan Liang, cutting the ugly text, passing five levels, cutting six generals, riding alone for thousands of miles, going to the meeting alone, which story doesn't make the hot-blooded young men want to immediately follow suit? Therefore, Liu Handong naturally also conducted some research on the Qinglong Glaive Knife.

Liu Handong opened his mouth and replied: "I admire Guan Shengjiuye, and whenever I hear the story of him killing the enemy general with the Qinglong Glaive, I always feel enthusiastic, so I specially studied the Qinglong Glaive. The same is true for the Yong Sheng's Zhangba Snake Spear and the Divine Dragon General's Bright Silver Spear. ”

Then, Liu Handong sighed at the Zhangba snake spear and the bright silver spear like a few treasures, all of which were accurately said to be on the point. This made Zhang De and Zhao Long feel surprised again.

After admiring the divine weapons of the three of them, Liu Handong suddenly said on a whim: "General Guan Feng, why don't we take this opportunity to have a discussion?" So that Handong can have a little more martial arts knowledge. ”

Guan Feng didn't know what Liu Handong's strength was, so he turned his head to look at Zhuge Ming worriedly and asked, "Big brother, is it feasible for me to learn from the lord?" ”

Zhuge Ming opened his mouth and said: "The point is stopped, I can hurt the lord." ”

Seeing that Zhuge Ming agreed, Guan Feng opened his mouth and said to Liu Handong: "Lord, please!" ”

With that, Guan Feng clenched the Qinglong Yanyue Knife with one hand and put on a combat posture. Seeing this situation, Zhang De and Zhao Long hurriedly retreated, and only Liu Handong and Guan Feng were left on the school field.

Liu Handong knew that Guan Feng was waiting for him to strike first, so he was no longer polite, ran his true qi, waved the ring dragon ruler, and used a trick - the ruler dragon came to the world, only to see the ring dragon ruler wave out a golden light, and instantly transformed into a golden dragon falling from the sky, rushing straight towards Guan Feng.

I saw Guan Feng running "Blazing Blood Gong", his face turned bright red, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his right hand made a move "Fire Splitting Huashan", and the knife body suddenly ignited a blazing flame, and the knife edge was split from top to bottom, and the golden dragon that rushed over was split in half with a knife.

Then Guan Feng jumped forward, and made a move in the air to "cross slash". I saw that an "X"-shaped blood-red knife qi suddenly formed from the edge of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and almost at the same time, an "X"-shaped blood-red knife qi also appeared on Liu Handong's body.

Suddenly, Liu Handong felt as if he had been tripped over his hands and feet, and his whole body couldn't move.

Immediately after, Liu Handong saw Guan Feng fall two meters in front of him, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was already on his neck.

Liu Handong didn't expect that he would be defeated so soon, and said dejectedly: "General Guan is strong in martial arts, and Liu Handong is willing to bow down!" ”

Zhuge Ming saw that Liu Handong was a little deflated, and hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort: "The lord doesn't need to be discouraged, the martial arts of "True Dragon Xiang" are actually not bad, but the lord still lacks actual combat experience. Thinking back then, the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, which shows the power of "True Dragon Xiang". Therefore, as long as the master is diligent and practices in battle, he will be able to make great progress. ”

After listening to Zhuge Ming's words, Liu Handong really regained his fighting spirit. In the next period of time, Liu Handong pulled Guan Feng and the three of them to fight from time to time, and their combat experience has made great progress.

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On this day, Liu Handong convened the senior generals of the whole army in the conference hall and personally announced the winter offensive plan of the Red Star Army. First of all, Liu Handong elaborated on the strategic objectives of this operation: the Red Star Army will cross the Yellow River to the north, seize Jizhou and Youzhou, and further expand the depth of the uprising base areas.

At the same time, Liu Handong also proposed a general tactical arrangement. He pointed out: Now that it has entered November, it is the cold season in Jizhou and Youzhou, and the high land rent must have made the peasants in the two states in a state of hunger and cold. Therefore, after crossing the Yellow River, our army should actively carry out the land reform movement, win the support of the local people, continue to practice the strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside, and persist in following the line of the common people.

When the army in the city found that the outer areas were out of control, they would naturally send troops out to fight a decisive battle with our army. Our army, on the other hand, carried out mobile warfare outside the city, waiting for an opportunity to destroy the enemy and eventually seize the city, so as to avoid the huge sacrifices required for a direct siege of the city.

Then, Zhuge Ming then announced the specific personnel arrangements for the Northern Expedition: Liu Handong led 10,000 horses, with 1,000 Zhuge crossbows, and Guan Feng, Zhang De, Zhao Long, Sima Yan, Deng Ai and Lü Meng each led 10,000 horses to cross the river and fight.

Zhuge Ming and the remaining 30,000 horses stayed in Kongcheng to prevent the Sima and Sun clans from sending troops to attack Kongcheng again. Pang Tong is responsible for the logistics support of the army, mainly the deployment of grain, grass and ordnance, as well as political affairs in the jurisdiction.

The general policy was determined, and Liu Handong opened his mouth and said to the generals: "Generals, the strategy and tactics have been decided, do you see if there is anything that needs to be improved?" ”

Liu Handong originally asked casually, and did not expect the generals under him to really give any constructive advice. But at this time, Kong Rong, the former city lord of Kong City, stood up and spoke: "My lord, Zhuge Junshi, I support the strategic policy of the Northern Expedition, but I think there is still a small problem that needs to be raised. ”

"An army of 70,000 crossed the Yellow River north, and we didn't have so many boats to cross the river. Previously, Qingzhou had not established a naval army, so naturally there were no large boats, and the fishermen by the river had some small fishing boats, but they were far from meeting the needs of the army to cross the river. At this time, if you cut down and build ships, I am afraid that it will take too long and delay the fighters. Therefore, how to cross the river quickly, this problem must be solved first. ”

Hearing Kong Rong say this, Liu Handong and Zhuge Ming couldn't help but feel embarrassed, they didn't expect that something would go wrong here. Originally, I thought that Qingzhou was the place where the Yellow River flowed into the sea, and there would be no shortage of ships, but now I was stumped by this problem. For Zhuge Ming, who has superior wisdom, this may be the answer to that sentence - a wise man must make a mistake if he thinks a thousand times.

If you don't take advantage of this winter to seize Jizhou and Youzhou, and wait for the Sima family and the Sun family to find out that their army attacking Kongcheng has lost contact, and wait until their expansion of territory eases up, then Kongcheng is very likely to face the north and south attacks of the two major forces, and it is extremely difficult to defend with the strength of Kongcheng alone.

All of a sudden, the generals below also discussed the questions raised by Kong Rong. But no one has been able to come up with a good solution. I saw Zhuge Ming ponder for a while, and then shook his head again, it seemed that even he had no good way for the time being.

Liu Handong knew that he had to fight to stabilize the overall situation at this time, so he said: "Generals, don't worry. The so-called wise man has a thousand thoughts, and there must be a mistake; A fool thinks a thousand times, and he will get one. Have you forgotten that when we formulated our tactics, we still said that we should adhere to the policy of following the common people's line? ”

"The wisdom of the common people is infinite, since we are here to dream, and we can't think of a good way for a while, then we might as well ask the common people? See if there is any good way for the people? Let's go, everyone immediately went to the central square in the city, and we gathered the people to brainstorm. ”

Therefore, Liu Handong took the lead in walking towards the central square in the city, and at the same time asked Kong Rong to arrange for people to immediately go to the street to beat gongs and drums to inform the people to gather in the square to discuss the Northern Expedition and cross the river.

After a while, Liu Handong and the generals came to the square, and at the same time, a large number of ordinary people gathered around.

After the square was almost full of people, Liu Handong spoke: "Fellow villagers, in order to strengthen the depth of our uprising base area and better protect the results of our uprising, our Red Star Army is about to launch a winter offensive, with the aim of seizing Jizhou and Youzhou in the north. ”

"But now our army has a problem, there are not enough boats to make the Northern Expeditionary Army cross the river quickly. If we start logging and building ships now, it will be too late. Time is life, time is a fighter. ”

"Therefore, I would like to ask my fellow fathers and fellow villagers, who has a good way to solve the problem of crossing the river? We at the Red Star Army always believe that the wisdom of the common people is unlimited, and as long as everything depends on the common people, there is no problem that cannot be solved. Folks, please speak freely and brainstorm, and let us work together to make suggestions for preserving the hard-won achievements of the uprising. ”

After Liu Handong finished speaking, the people in the square began to discuss. A buzz spread through the crowd, but no one had been able to come up with a good idea yet.

After the people discussed for more than ten minutes, a voice finally came out: "Lord, I have thought of a way, maybe it will work." ”

I saw an uncle in his fifties in the crowd stand up and say loudly.

Seeing that someone came out and said that there was a way, Liu Handong looked forward to it for a while, and hurriedly walked up to the old man and said, "This uncle, what do you call it?" I wonder if you have any good ways to help our army cross the river quickly? ”

"Good lord, the old man's name is Zhao Shiliu, and his ancestor is from Longdi. The old man fled to Qingzhou when he was young. In my ancestral hometown of Longdi, the tools we use to cross the Yellow River are sheepskin rafts, which are also very simple and quick to make. ”

So the old man thought that if he made more large sheepskin rafts, and connected them with ropes in the river, and then laid planks on the rafts, he would build a pontoon bridge for the passage of the army and horses. Lord, do you think my method works? ”

Hearing Zhao Laohan mention the sheepskin raft, Liu Handong's mind suddenly flashed a piece of party history information from his previous life: In the thirties of the twentieth century, after the failure of the first uprising in Jingyuan organized by the Communists, the second uprising was planned. Xie Zichang, Jiao Weichi, Du Runzi and others contacted and formed a guerrilla force of the Shaanxi-Gansu Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

They collected a batch of guns and ammunition materials through Deng Baoshan, Du Hongfan and others in Lanzhou, including 2,700 sets of individual military uniforms, more than 100 rifles, more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition and other materials. These materials were transported out of Lanzhou along the Yellow River by employing a few sheepskin rafts from Lanzhou rafters.

Later, during the War of Liberation, raft workers from Yongjing, Jishishan, Qinghai and other places in Gansu Province crossed the Yellow River with Wang Zhen's army in the starry night, making due contributions to the liberation of Qinghai and Xinjiang. The Lanzhou raft workers also organized a transport team to transport a reinforced battalion of the PLA to Ningxia.

It can be seen that the sheepskin raft played a great role at that time.