Chen Yan finally arrived in Xu Cheng, and saw Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu, who had been worried for a long time, and when the two saw Chen Yan, they were naturally overjoyed, and the three of them hugged each other and were very happy.

Chen Yan saw that Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu were like brothers at this time, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I really didn't expect that the two of you can be so united at the most critical moment, this is the style of a general!" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly and said: "It's that I used to have a small belly and chicken intestines, and I have always been resentful of Brother Gongming, or Brother Gongming ignores his past suspicions, so that I can stick to Xu Cheng." ”

When Xu Huang heard Zhang Xiu praise himself like this, his face turned red, and he shook his head and said, "Alas? How could General Zhang Xiu say that, if this Xu County was not for your Hanfeng cavalry battle array, I am afraid that it would have been broken by Ji Ling, and the real credit would still be yours! ”

When Chen Yan heard the words "Hanfeng Cavalry", he was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "What, has General Zhang Xiu's Hanfeng battalion become cavalry?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly and said: "The land of Wancheng is rich in war horses, I took advantage of this advantage to send the soldiers of the Hanfeng battalion on horses, and they became a cavalry, and now the cavalry has broken the armor, but it has become the nemesis of Ji Ling's army." ”

Chen Yan patted Zhang Xiu on the shoulder, showed a pleased smile and said: "It's really good, General Zhang Xiu has made a great contribution, and he will definitely be the son of heaven when the time comes." ”

Zhang Xiu hammered Chen Yan's shoulder with a smile and said, "Why do we still see each other like this, Yu Gong you are my lord, Yu Gong you are my brother!" ”

Chen Yan laughed when he heard this, put his arm around Zhang Xiu, and walked towards the city with Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xu Chu and others.

Liu Guanzhang and the three of them on the side saw it, and naturally their hearts were warm, after all, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them were like this, although they were masters and slaves, they were actually brothers, and they naturally had several more strength between birth and death.

After not taking a few steps, Zhang Xiu suddenly sighed: "It's just that this time in the battle with Ji Ling, the weapons of our army were really damaged. ”

Chen Yan nodded when he heard this, frowned, and asked Jia Xu, "Sir, how many weapons have we destroyed in this battle?" ”

Jia Xu was like a treasure, and immediately said: "Back to the lord, 20,000 spears and spears in our army have been completely damaged and 40,000 have been seriously worn, which is really a heavy loss, and I am afraid that in the short term, it will be difficult to raise troops again." ”

Chen Yan was shocked when he heard this, although he had always been mentally prepared for the damage of this weapon, but unfortunately he didn't expect the loss to be so serious.

Zhang Xiu said: "The loss of my spear here is forty percent taller, and General Xu Huang even broke his own battle axe, although we won this battle, it was really difficult to win." ”

Guo Jia suddenly said: "Don't panic, my lord, Ji Ling's 500,000 troops all died outside the city, leaving behind their armor, which is a large number of iron tools, which can just make up for our lack of iron." ”

Huang Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this, raised his head and said, "This is good, our soldiers can also wear invulnerability, it is really powerful." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, why should we waste iron weapons so much, Yuan Shu has a lot of money, so he can make all the iron weapons into battle armor, and we don't even have enough iron for weapons, an iron weapon of armor can shoot at least three guns, we must smelt iron armor to forge weapons." ”

Huang Zhong heard this, and finally understood what Guo Jia meant, indeed, Yuan Shu Group is rich in materials, so it is not bound, and it can build as many weapons as it wants, and it can make as many armors as it wants, but Chen Yan cannot, their financial strength is definitely not strong, and the iron materials that have been seized must also be carefully calculated.

Chen Yan pondered for a moment and said, "But we only have iron now, and if we reforge so much iron, it will be a big expense, and I'm afraid we still can't meet this expense...... And at this time, the princes of the world gathered in Huainan, waiting to attack Yuan Shu, how can we lag behind? ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Don't panic, my lord, although Yuan Shu has become the target of the public at this time, but after all, he has a lot of soldiers and a lot of food, and I am afraid that he will not shake the foundation in a short period of time. ”

Chen Yan felt a little relieved when he heard this, was silent for a while, and continued: "Then how should we find our funds?" ”

At this time, although Chen Yan was a Hanchen, the glory side, and he occupied the fertile land of Guanzhong, but after all, the people's money and grain were not directly handed over to Chen Yan, but through the hands of the Son of Heaven, and although the officials in charge of food and salary in the court were honest, but because of the authority of the Son of Heaven, they could not hand over all the food and money to Chen Yan.

During the war years, food and money became more luxurious.

In comparison, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, the two local tyrants, are even richer, and they are really outliers in the troubled times, and because of this, although Yuan Shu is often defeated and lost, he still dares to be the emperor.

Jia Xu saw Chen Yan's gloomy face, knowing that Chen Yan was worried in his heart, he calculated carefully, and suddenly said: "By the way, lord, I heard that there are many wealthy families in Hanoi, and it is a rich land, and now Hanoi is our territory, why don't you give an order and let them scatter their wealth and Qinwang?" ”

Chen Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, but then he thought about it: "Okay, you Jia Xu, isn't this clear for me to rob?" This reputation is not very good, but such a poisonous scheme is in line with your Jia Xu's identity. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Yan said: "I don't know who are the characters among these wealthy families?" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "The Hanoi Sima family is rich and rivals the country, which is a well-known thing. ”

When Chen Yan heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, the Sima family in Hanoi, this is Sima Yi's family! The Sima family has been an official for generations, and Sima Yi's father, Sima Fang, is serving as Jing Zhaoyi in Luoyang at this time. What's more, this Sima family also has a strong character, Sima Yi!

Although Chen Yan has gained a foothold at this time, there are always a few people in his heart who are quite jealous, Cao Cao is one, Yuan Shao is actually one, and Liu Bei, who is waiting by his side to hug the thigh of the Son of Heaven at this time, is also one, this Sima Yi is actually the same one.

No matter anyone who knows the history of the Three Kingdoms, he will definitely not despise Sima Yi, this guy is not only extremely resourceful, but can match Zhuge Liang, his descendants even annexed the Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop, thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but shudder.