The Three Kingdoms started from fooling Jia Xu

Chapter 227 Doing all the tricks, taking the bottom line, Xun Yu's thoughts
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Seeing Zhou Yu's calm expression, Sun Ce couldn't help looking at Zhou Yu, and asked suspiciously, "Gong Jin, what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Yu smiled lightly, refined and handsome, and said in a clear voice: "My lord, there are still ten days before the beginning of the month, so you can send people to spread rumors, and say that Zhang Xiu is married to the Sun family, and at the beginning of the month, you will go to Pengze to meet and marry."

"As long as these things are spread out, even if Zhang Xiu wants to come out, he will be wary of the eyes of the world. In this way, it will not be so easy for him to slip under our noses."

As he spoke, Zhou Yu held his arms empty and clenched his five fingers slightly.

Listening to Zhou Yu's words, Lu Su pondered for a while, using gossip and gossip to guide does have some effect, but it's just that Zhang Xiu doesn't fit well.

I'm afraid that this guy won't dare to come when the time comes.

Zhou Yu continued as if he had the winning ticket in his hands: "Besides, the Chaisang water village is tens of miles away from the agreed place. If Zhang Xiu wants to get here, there are only three waterways for easy passage."

"However, there are small islands along the other two roads, which are convenient for setting up ambushes. If Zhang Xiu wants to come, he will only choose the middle road. The water village of our army is only twenty miles away. The way back."

"As for the shore, my lord, there are thousands of soldiers buried in the dense forests on both sides. Our Jiangdong soldiers have experienced hundreds of battles, and they are by no means weaker than Zhang Xiu's fine armor, which can cut off their dry roads."

"As for the ruined temple, my lord can welcome you outside. Inside the temple are the dead soldiers of our army. However, in order to let Zhang Xiu enter the temple, Xiangxiang may need to come forward to guide him."

Sun Ce frowned, and said in a deep voice, "But what if Zhang Xiu hijacks the younger sister?"

Zhou Yu smiled gently: "My lord, you don't need to worry too much. You just need to let Zhang Xiu know that Xiangxiang is in the temple, and there is a back door to this ruined temple. After inviting you into the urn, you can let Xiangxiang get out."

"As long as Zhang Xiu enters this ruined temple, it will be difficult for him to escape. Even if he rushes out regardless of casualties, it will be difficult for him along the way."

"What's more, even if he is lucky enough to return the warship, his warship will have no way out, and he will definitely lose."

Zhou Yu talked broadly, he thought to himself that this is almost a net, unless Zhang Xiu has three heads and six arms, there is no possibility of breaking out of the tight encirclement.

Sun Ce frowned and pondered for three breaths, then nodded and said: "Then according to what Gongjin said, I have sent someone to Wu County to pick up the younger sister, and it is estimated that Xiangxiang will arrive in three to five days."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Zijing, to deal with the rumors. Gongjin will make the arrangements for the transfer of the three armies."

"No!" The two clasped their fists in unison.

A few days later, in the city of Xiangyang.

In the barracks, Zhang Xiu is taking his personal guards to train the use of the god arm crossbow, and form a small crossbow array, just like the flintlock guns of later generations.

In addition to the divine arm crossbow, five hundred pairs of steel armor and battle helmets were neatly placed in the camp.I saw that a visor was specially added to the battle helmet, which was composed of steel bars.

There is a gap between each of these steel bars, but this gap is only less than a finger wide, a little bit of an eyesore, but the impact is not too great.

This batch of steel armor and battle helmets began to be made as early as Zhang Xiu developed molten steel, but the process of forging armor was not very proficient, and the connection between the armor was very cumbersome.

Moreover, it is difficult to leave gaps between the armor, and it can only be chiseled and polished by rivets.Of course, it was mainly because Zhang Xiu pursued steel armor.

Ordinary armor usually comes with cowhide inside, and they are all iron sheets. Firstly, the thickness of the iron sheet is generally easy to perforate and polish, and secondly, the hardness of iron is not as good as steel, so it is easy to use.

As Hu Che'er called out to assemble, the five hundred fine armors were arranged neatly at an extremely fast speed.

These 500 people are Zhang Xiu's personal guards, they are all selected from the three armed forces, at least they can fight five against one, the level of elite can be imagined.

These 500 people have a lot of blood on their hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have experienced many battles.

Zhang Xiu wears a strong armor, holds on to his sword, has a straight spine, and scans the crowd with tiger eyes.

He couldn't help saying in a deep voice: "You are all selected from the elite of the three armies, and I will equip you with the best sword, the sharpest spear, the strongest armor, and the thickest shield."

"I just hope that you will be able to attack without fail, defend without fail, and where the blade points, you will be invincible and unstoppable. Can you do it?"

"Drink, drink, drink!"

The voice of the five hundred people was like thunder, and the birds were so frightened that they avoided it.

"Okay, the first batch of steel armor made by the blacksmith camp, you wait and wear armor with a knife." Zhang Xiu pointed to the neatly arranged steel armor not far away, and shouted in a deep voice.

"Promise!" The three armies shouted together, and immediately acted quickly.

Hundreds of people approached Cheng Liang's steel armor, and their eyes could not help but light up. This steel armor is probably not afraid of ordinary swords and arrows. Feeling the thickness, this kind of steel armor is very few in the whole man.

You know, the current steel is still in the process of refining into steel, and it is even more difficult to piece together armor after hundreds of refining.

If a few qualified blacksmiths want to make a pair of this kind of steel armor, it may take several years or even ten years to make it. There is no way, armor is infinitely more difficult to make than a knife.

Even ordinary generals don't wear pure steel armor.It is already very extravagant to get some steel blocks for the breast shield.

The armor is fast, followed by the battle helmet.

The helmet is slender and elongated. With the armor, it can perfectly protect the neck. In addition, the visor made of steel rods adds a bit of coldness invisibly.

On the side of the steel armor, there is a gap in the belt for hanging a saber.

Behind the belt side, there is a gap for hanging crossbow arrows.

At this time, the five hundred armored men were wearing armor, with a horizontal knife on their waists, a crossbow with a god arm hanging on the back, and a long spear in their hands, but it didn't look like a long spear. spear.

Hu Che'er looked down at himself, and smiled foolishly.This armor can be described as gorgeous, the only downside is that it is a bit heavy.

It is estimated that including the weight of the things worn on the body, the spear and the armor, it may not be less than thirty or forty catties. If this weight is put on by ordinary soldiers, it may be useless in less than a quarter of an hour.

Fortunately, these soldiers are all elites, and their physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people.

"Not bad!" Zhang Xiu came with his sword in hand, looked at these people, and nodded in satisfaction.

"My lord, wearing this thing will make you invulnerable to war?" Hu Che'er said with a chuckle, "It's just a little heavy."

"Impenetrable to the point of impenetrability, there has never been an absolute weapon of war. It's just that these armors can prevent ordinary spears and swords from being stabbed, and some stray arrows are hard to break."

"However, the disadvantage is that the movement is slightly hindered and the physical exertion is increased. Moreover, these armors are afraid of blunt weapons, such as the euphorbia warriors under Yuan Shao's command, or some big swords and hammers."

Zhang Xiu said with a serious expression.

These shortcomings are obvious. Of course, steel armor is still a sharp weapon. This time it is about whether Yangzhou can be won, and Zhang Xiu doesn't mind exposing it in advance.

"Okay, in the next few days, you need to adapt to water combat, and at the same time, you need to strengthen your marching and running." Zhang Xiu looked at the crowd and said.

"Hu'er, you take them to run around the school field for twenty laps in armor. After running, take them to various boats to adapt to the fluctuations of the river."

"After finishing this, go run another ten laps before nightfall." Zhang Xiu opened his mouth and arranged. These soldiers have also trained warships and horses, but this time they need to get used to it.

"No!" Hu Che'er nodded heavily in response.

He knew that they would have to go to Yangzhou in a few days, and they had a lot of training before, but today the armor was ready and they had to adapt to it.

Thinking about Zhang Xiu's preparations this time, it must be foolproof.

Just as Hu Che'er was leading the crowd away, Jia Xu hurried over with her skirt pants in hand, and said in a low voice:
"My lord, there are rumors spreading in the streets and alleys, saying that you have married the Sun family and made friends together to set a date for the marriage. We will get married at the beginning of the month. At that time, the lord will go to Yangzhou to marry the Sun family."

Zhang Xiu frowned and couldn't help thinking.

He and the Sun family will definitely tear their skins apart. It is obvious that Soochow did the propaganda now. Zhang Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Sun Ce did these?"

"My lord, I'm afraid it's almost the same."

"Oh, it must be that Zhou Gongjin did it again, it seems that he is ready to besiege me this time." Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, with a rather gloomy expression.

"My lord, Sun Ce's army is well prepared this time, why don't you go to Yangzhou for now?" Jia Xu hesitated and worried.

Zhang Xiu waved his hand, he had to grasp the opponent's handle, otherwise Zhuge Liang's reckless action would be repelled by others, but in the past few days he has thought of a countermeasure.

"Wen He, in fact, it's an opportunity to marry Mrs. Sun this time?" Zhang Xiu's eyes flickered, and there was a hint of viciousness in them.

"What do you mean, my lord?" Jia Xu raised an eyebrow.

"Since we have to go, we need to make some preparations. If Zhou Yu is going to besiege me, he will naturally mobilize the three armies on the waterways to encircle me."

"In this case, it's better for us to follow the plan, and then make another round of dredging. What do you think, Wenhe?" Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu with a sneer and said solemnly.

"Draw the bottom of the pot?" Jia Xu narrowed her eyes, lost in thought.

He is a wise man in the world, how could he not know what Zhang Xiu meant, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he said anxiously: "My lord, you mean to send people to attack Peng Ze's camp while Zhou Yu mobilized troops to encircle and kill him?"

"Hehe, that's right. Didn't he, Zhou Yu, want to take me down? Then I will gather all the navy in Jingzhou, use water frogs to open a way to hide, detour to the north side, and after the enemy's army changes, I will attack its water village with all my strength."

"It is expected that the Shuizhai is short of troops, and it may be possible to win in one battle, so that we can go down the river. In other words, even if it is difficult for our army to attack for a short time, we can force Sun Ce to lead the army back to the defense, thus breaking the siege."

Zhang Xiu smiled gently and explained.

The key to this trip is not his side, his side is mainly to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, because only when he goes to Yangzhou can most people pay attention.

Thereby reducing the vigilance of Jiangbei's defense.

Jia Xu pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "My lord, this plan is feasible."

For other princes, this strategy is too risky, because the information is not transmitted in time, and there are no such good openers as frogmen and water ghosts.

But Zhang Xiu is different, he can mobilize the three armies dozens of miles away, so Zhang Xiu can command the three armies to attack Pengze Water Village calmly.

"However, my lord, when going to Yangzhou this time, you must be careful. You can bring five large boats, and the rest of the boats are hundreds, and there are more than [-] fine armors." Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

Zhang Xiu chuckled lightly, noncommittal.

5000 people may be a bit too much, but he plans to send 3000 Xuanwei Army to go with him, and he is also bringing some Jingzhou navy.

"Oh, by the way, Mi Zhu was looking for the lord before, and said that the shops in all states and counties were going to open together when they married the lord at the beginning of the month, and now the Mi family is already delivering cloth."

Jia Xu suddenly remembered and said.

"Oh~, the Mi family is really fast enough!" Zhang Xiu said with emotion, and sure enough, Mi Zhu has never been disappointed in making money. Of course, this is also based on the launch of the loom.

Now the craftsmen camp is up and down, almost lighting up the night battle, and began to divide labor and splicing to build looms, and it is getting faster and faster as the technology becomes more proficient.

Zhang Xiu knew that wealth hidden in the people was the sign of a country's prosperity. He not only mobilized women to weave, but he also mobilized a number of industrial lines.

For example, young and middle-aged people build bridges and roads, clear channels, etc., coupled with the rapid development of various industries, Zhang Xiu believes that business will become more and more developed in the near future.

At least he will not suppress business.

Yingchuan, Xuchang.

Xuchang is the foundation of Cao Cao, relatively speaking, it is still relatively rich, and as the news that Mijia Cloth Industry is about to open is widely circulated, more people are looking forward to it.

In the general mansion, Xun Yu slowly put down the memorial.

The content of the memorial is impressively about the cloth industry of the Mi family. He knew a thing or two before, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, how could there be such cheap cloth in the world.

It's just that Mi's house is about to open in a blink of an eye, which is too soon, and the declared price is still a hundred dollars, which is several times lower than the market price.

"Lingjun, if the Mijia cloth industry enters Xuchang at such a low price, there will be no one buying cloth from other shops, and some people may be dissatisfied."

It was Man Chong who spoke, and he served as Xuchang Ling.

Xun Yu raised his eyebrows, slowly put the memorial aside, and said in a deep voice, "I always feel a little strange about this. The price of cloth in Yuzhou is nearly [-] yuan, and it is impossible for the Mi family to make a loss-making business."

Speaking of this, Xun Yu became more serious, and said in a deep voice: "I'm worried that the Mi family is just making rumors because Zhang Xiu wanted to install eyeliner."

"Well, you can send Xu Changwei to keep an eye on it. If there is any change, report it immediately. I want to see what Zhang Xiu is trying to do."

"No!" Man Chong bowed his head in response.

He admired Xun Yu very much, he only wanted to catch it, but Xun Yu was thinking about how to see the essence.

"Oh, by the way, how is the battle going, my lord?" Xun Yu was a little anxious, and he had even begun to lay the groundwork for the people's relocation.

"There are victories and defeats. The main reason is that the two generals Guan and Zhang are too fierce. In addition, Liu Bei has the Xiliang iron cavalry to help, so it is difficult for the lord to win in the field." Man Chong said with a frown.

"However, according to the words of Xun You's military advisor, the lord used a plan to divorce Han Sui and Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei has begun to defend Han Sui."

"Is it Han Sui?" Xun Yu fell into deep thought, Han Sui could indeed divorce Liu Bei, if Han Sui rebelled against Liu Bei, nearly half of all places in Yongliang would fall into his hands.

He knows that the Jiuqu Yellow River is by no means an empty name for Lang.

If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Liu Bei to resist. Thinking of this, Xun Yu squinted his eyes, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Bo Ning, I will just write a letter, and arrange for someone to send it to the lord later."

After speaking, he hesitated for three breaths and wrote out the numbers. "Xuchang is still safe, my lord, don't read."

After finishing writing, he took a few breaths and put it into the bag himself. He knew that Cao Cao must be anxious at the moment, and this letter hoped to relieve some of his tense nerves.

(End of this chapter)