Three Kingdoms Eschatology

In addition, some scrap copper and rotten iron can also be collected from the ruins of the nearby ruined city to increase the supply.

Chapter 013

Regarding the lack of iron resources in Zhuyang, Feng Yu has not felt the pain.But things are changing all the time.With the upgrading of various facilities, arms, and farming techniques in the city, the demand for copper and iron resources will increase.

As far as the armor is concerned, not to mention the future heavy infantry, all-armored cavalry, and the transition from leather and wooden armor to iron armor.Even ordinary cavalry should be equipped with sabers as standard.

In an infantry duel on the ground, the time it takes to swing a knife is enough to kill two spears, and the armor that can be pierced by the gun may not be able to be pierced by the knife, but on the contrary, the armor that can be pierced by the knife must be pierced by the gun.But if you fight on horseback, with the help of the speed of the horse, the knife can have great lethality without swiping a lot.On the saddle, the saber can be used more flexibly than the gun.

[In the future world of great controversy, the basic resources of copper and iron salts will sooner or later be self-sufficient. This is a strategic issue.But there is no need to rush just yet. ] Feng Yu was thinking about it.

……

The entire Zhuyang City was submerged in the world of black and white, with white clothes and black banners everywhere, and the whole city, including Feng Yu himself, was wearing hemp and mourning for Feng Fang.

On this day, Feng Yu still kept Feng Fang's spirit in the mourning hall.But a soldier from the barracks came to report that one of the two missing scouts had returned.

Feng Yu came to the barracks and asked the scout to personally report to him what happened to them in Fangcheng.

It turned out that when these two scouts were exploring towards Wuyang in the southeast of Fangcheng Wasteland that day, they entered a mountainous area composed of several moderately large peaks.Scouts who are familiar with Nanyang's geography know that this is the remnant of Funiu Mountain, Wufeng Mountain on the eastern edge of Nanyang Basin.

Here they stumble upon a camp under construction.Out of scouting instinct, they approached and observed, only to find that it was an iron ore mining camp.Almost at the same time, they were also spotted by the other side's patrolling guards.

Based on the principle of avoiding conflicts with unknown forces as much as possible, the two scouts explained to each other that they were just passing by here and had no hostility.But the other party said that this is a restricted area, trespassers will be shot and killed, and they will attack them with their swords drawn.

As a result, the two scouts rushed out of the siege, but the other party pursued them relentlessly, vowing not to give up, and even sent cavalry to chase them.In this case, the scout's partner, his own brother, took the initiative to cut off the rear and covered him to escape.

After the scout finished speaking, he knelt down in front of Feng Yu with a plop.Fu Sheng kowtowed: "My brother's life or death is uncertain, I beg my lord to be the master for my brother."

"Can you still find the road to the iron mine?" Miao Hua asked beside him.

"I promise to find it. After the little one escaped, he deliberately turned back for a certain distance and memorized the location markers." The scout said sternly.

"Okay. You retreat first, the Lord will have a plan to decide on this matter." Miao Hua first let the scout retreat, then cupped his hands and said to Feng Yu:

"My lord, this subordinate thinks this is a good opportunity. Sooner or later we will have our own iron mine. Wouldn't it be nice to take this opportunity to seize this iron mine?"

When Feng Yu just heard the scout mention the iron ore, he was overjoyed, and had the same thought as Miao Hua.But now he shook his head, pointed to a pair of maps on the big table in the middle of the hall and said:

"This iron mine is located in the south of Wuyang County, on the eastern edge of the Nanyang Basin. We built the sun in the mountains on the southwestern edge. The distance between the two traverses the entire Nanyang Basin, four hundred miles away."

"Even if we capture it without bloodshed and capture all the miners and smelters for our own use. We are separated by four hundred miles and three rivers to provide mine personnel with supplies and food, and to haul iron ingots back and forth. How much manpower is required? Consumption? In addition, since they are mining here, the headquarters camp must be nearby, how should we defend?"

Wei Feng, who had been silent all this time, said, "We can capture the nearby Wuyang and farm in Wuyang..."

Feng Yu still shook his head and interrupted him.According to Wei Feng's way of thinking, the most he could do was to solve the problem of food and grass supply.Other problems remain.

Wuyang is already within the territory of Runan County, Yuzhou.Including the newly trained 1200 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Feng Yu only had [-] soldiers on hand.How to divide troops to garrison an isolated city that is four hundred miles away from the main city and has no danger to defend, without any traffic safety guarantee, and unable to echo with the main city?

What's more, at present, if Feng Yu has a population in hand, the first choice must be to move to Zhuyang City and incorporate it into the system population.There is still a large area of ​​vacant land around Zhuyang City that has not been developed. How could these people be thrown outside alone to farm.

Unless Wuyang is also turned into a system city and has a huge population, then all problems can be solved.

But don't say that Feng Yu doesn't have a city building card in his hand now, and he doesn't have a huge population.Even if there is, it is impossible for Feng Yu to build Wuyang, a city that has no strategic value and is located in the place of the Fourth World War, as a system city just for an iron mine.

So now is not the time for Feng Yu to own his own iron mine.

Wei Feng was puzzled: "My lord. Then...then we... just leave it like this?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Feng Yu's mouth, and he said with a slight ruthlessness: "Of course we can't forget it. In any case, we have to meet the owner of the iron mine, and I have to go in person. To see a person, to die is to see a corpse."

……

At the gate of a courtyard in Wuyang County that had just been cleaned, two rows of people in green clothes stood respectfully with their hands down, as if they were waiting for someone.

Not long after, a cart of four horses rumbled along the bluestone slab streets sprinkled with water.After stopping, one person got off.Several people in the waiting crowd couldn't help being taken aback.But he came back to his senses immediately, and shouted together with the others: "Welcome Patriarch."

These few people who were in a daze had never met their Patriarch before, and they took it for granted that their Patriarch was a person who was at least 50 years old.But what came down now was a young man in his 20s.

Their family is the well-known family in Yingchuan---Xunjia.The patriarch in front of them was Xun, whose name was Yu and whose name was Wenruo.

However, like many local wealthy families, the Xun family did not openly separatize one side, but only extended its power and foundation downward.

On the bright side, the local county magistrate is still respected.But in fact, these county magistrates are either members of their family, disciples, or old officials.Similar families include the Sima family in Wen County, Hanoi.

Today, half of Yuzhou, the two counties of Yingchuan Runan, seven cities, and a population of more than [-] are actually controlled by the Xun family.

Wuyang is not within these seven cities, but iron ore was discovered in the nearby Wufeng Mountain more than half a year ago.The Xun family sent people to Wuyang, which was originally an abandoned city, and at the same time built a mine on the mountain to smelt steel.

Xun Yu came here today for one thing only.A few days ago, the garrison at the iron mine arrested one person. Originally according to Xun Yu's order, the person who broke into the mining area without the Xun family's order - died.

But at that time, two people were found, but only one was captured. In order to find out where the other party's lair was, they captured the other party.Under severe torture, the other party confessed that he was Feng Yu, the marquis of Zhuyang, and the mine staff reported the situation.

Chapter 014 Xun Yu's Ambition (Please recommend)

Not long after Xun Yu got out of the car, a white and clean Confucian student about 30 years old greeted him from the door.He saluted Xun Yu respectfully and said:

"Uncle, it's a trivial matter, you just tell us, why bother to go there yourself."

The speaker was Xun You. Although he was ten years older than Xun Yu, he was Xun Yu's nephew by seniority.

A smile appeared on Xun Yu's face, and then he said with a solemn expression: "Gongda, this is not a trivial matter, uncle must go through this."

Xun You was still a little puzzled and said, "Isn't he the one who captured Zhuyanghou? He is not a powerful master in Nanyang. Even if uncle doesn't want to offend him, he can just let him go back. Why bother?" so heavy..."

Xun Yu waved his hand and stopped him.He replied calmly: "I said earlier that the area around Yingchuan Runan is the place of the Fourth World War, and sooner or later we will encounter a military disaster that our Xun family cannot resist. Now that Dong Zhuo has entered the capital, uncle, I predict that this day will come soon. gone."

Xun You was taken aback, and said, "I know my uncle has been urging people to move as soon as possible, but everyone is unwilling to leave their hometown and give up the foundation accumulated over many generations. This is also human nature. My nephew also agrees with my uncle's views, but unlike this What's the matter?"

Xun Yu smiled calmly and said, "It is precisely because no one is willing to leave, so uncle, I will first find someone near Runan, Yingchuan, who can support us in time. Although the Zhuyang Hou Kingdom is not very powerful at the moment, But it is the only force in the Nanyang Basin that has the power to fight."

Seeing that Xun You nodded slightly to express his understanding, Xun Yu continued talking:

"With him sitting in Zhuyang, the forces coming from Jingzhou in the south or Sanfu in the north will be restrained by him. This will at least reduce the pressure on the west of Runan in Yingchuan. Therefore, if we can form an alliance with him With a certain level of ally relationship, Uncle Wei can leave Yuzhou with peace of mind."

When Xun You heard the last sentence, he exclaimed, "What, Uncle is leaving Yingchuan?"

Xun Yu remained silent, noncommittal.He really decided to leave Yuzhou.In addition to the reasons mentioned above, it is also because of the ambition in his heart.

Although the Xun family is powerful in Yingchuan and Runan, they cannot shoulder the burden of supporting the Han family and pacifying the world by themselves.In addition, although the Xun family actually ruled the seven cities in Runan, Yingchuan, he was also the head of the Xun family, but this did not mean that he was the head of Yingchuan.

Because this patriarch has no arbitrary power over the entire Xun clan.Naturally, it is even more difficult to help him realize his ambition. What he needs is a partner, a generation of heroes who can help him realize his wish.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xun You turned the conversation elsewhere: "Then my nephew will order my servants to prepare chariots, horses and manpower to escort uncle and the prisoner to Zhuyang."

"No need, I expect him to come here by himself in a few days. We just wait here with peace of mind." Xun Yu said confidently.

……

At the foot of Wufeng Mountain, a line of soldiers and horses that could not be seen at a glance was displayed in the valley, and dozens of banners and flags were lined up, roaring in the strong wind.

Feng Yu deliberately pulled the team of more than a thousand people apart, making it look like a huge force.In addition, the majestic tiger and leopard cavalry were placed in the formation every time they rode as high as close combatants.

The camp on the mountain had already been notified, and a knight galloped down the mountain road.He stopped his horse in front of Feng Yu, jumped off the saddle and cupped his fists and asked, "Is your Excellency the Marquis of Zhuyang?"

Feng Yu said coldly: "Since you know my identity, you should know why I am here. Then hand me over quickly."

After the visitor confirmed that the other party was Feng Yu, he quickly knelt down on one knee and said:

"The villain has met Zhuyanghou here. A few days ago, the camp did capture one person, but at the time he didn't know it was Lord Hou, so he thought it was a spy. It was a complete misunderstanding. This person has been arranged in Wuyang City. In the building, Hao Sheng took care of it. The head of the family also came to Wuyang a few days ago, waiting for the arrival of Lord Hou."

After hearing this, Feng Yu knew that what he was going to do today might go well, so he asked, "Patriarch? What clan are you, and who is the Patriarch?"

"Reporting to Lord Hou, we are the Xun family in Yingchuan. Our patriarch is Xun and his name is Yu and his character is Wenruo."

Feng Yu smiled and said: "It turned out to be the Xun Gongling of the Xun family in Yingchuan. I met him a few times in Luoyang City back then. I haven't seen him for a long time."

……

Before Feng Yu came to Wuyang City, he ordered soldiers and horses to station outside the city, and he was about to bring Miao Hua, Dian Qing and twenty tigers and leopards into the city.However, Miao Hua reminded him in a low voice: "My lord, in this troubled world, people's hearts are unpredictable. We have to guard against it. Hua thinks it's better to ask the other party to go out of the city directly to send a note."

The old god Feng Yu said, "It's okay. I'm sure the other party has no conspiracy." In fact, he has already carefully investigated the situation in the city through the system, although the city wall has been fortified and guarded against.But there was no ambush against him.

23 tall horses passed through the city gate in sequence and headed towards a mansion in the city.The narrow streets in Wuyang City were filled to the brim, and the bluestone slabs trampled by huge horseshoes made a loud noise.Pedestrians passing by in a hurry on the streets of the city all stopped and stared at them.

Standing in front of the courtyard to welcome Xun Yu, he glanced at the well-armed knight and was quite surprised.

The tiger and leopard riding horses are all Xiliang horses with a shoulder height of five feet. In front of the horse's neck is a "scarf" made of leather armor, which hangs down to the horse's knee.

The face bone of the horse's head is covered with a bronze visor.The knight on horseback wears a full set of iron armor in the style of Zhajia, with a three-foot-long horse-cutting steel knife on his waist, and a six-foot-long horse lance in his hand.

[It is unexpected that the small Zhuyang Marquis has such excellent cavalry. 】He just sighed in his heart, the other party has already walked in front of him, jumped off the horse, bowed his hands and said: "Brother Wen Ruo, don't come here without any harm."

"Your Majesty, I have been waiting for you here for a long time, please come in quickly." Xun Yu welcomed Feng Yu into the mansion with a smile.

The two sat down, picked up the tea soup brought by the servant and chatted.During the greetings, Feng Yu stared at Xun Yu for two or three breaths.

Seeing a yellow text box popping up above his head, showing that his friendliness was 30, he couldn't help but want to use the remaining blue surrender card in the system package to collect him.

But in the end it was found to be unusable.It turns out that Xun Yu's general rank is four stars, and he needs the corresponding purple surrender card to use it.So I had to give up.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sides turned the topic to the world situation.Both of them were talking freely and giving pointers.

Feng Yu's thinking, views, and insights are all unique, which makes people feel refreshed.This surprised Xun Yu, he was amazed how a student of Hongdu who specialized in rhetoric, prose, and dolls could have such knowledge.

Xun Yu suddenly changed the subject and asked Feng Yu: "Your Majesty, what do you think of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing? Can the Han Dynasty be revived?"

Chapter 015

Facing these two questions from Xun Yu, Feng Yu pondered for a while and said:

"Dong Zhuo is a cruel man, he only knows how to raise soldiers, but he doesn't know how to care for the people. He only knows how to fight, but he doesn't know how to farm and mulberry. Even if he wins the land of Heluo, he won't develop much outwardly, because he doesn't understand the importance of the foundation of management. He is now rampant For a while, it was only because of the prestige he had accumulated in the Xiliang army in the past, and this prestige was actually delivered by the imperial court's supplies. So..."

Xun Yuxing hastily took Feng Yu's words and said, "So it's only a matter of time before he dies due to the collapse of the army's morale."

On weekdays, Xun Yu also asked those Confucian students in Yingchuan Runan with the same question.The conclusions obtained are also the same, but the reasons given are all such words as [Dong Zhuo is domineering and domineering, and he has no rules for the emperor and ministers, so there must be evil rewards].

Feng Yu believes that in real history, Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo not just for the sake of his maid Diao Chan.If Lu Bu's killing of Dong Zhuo was regarded as a mere coincidence, then once Dong Zhuo died, the Xiliang army would be torn apart.

You must know that in the original world, Dong Zhuo was over 60 years old when he died, and he did not know how many heirs he had.Moreover, he has held the emperor for three years, and has actually been independent as a warlord for nearly eight years.After being assassinated, he couldn't pass on the power.

If this matter were put on the later Cao Cao, such a situation would never happen.This shows that there is a problem with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army itself.

Xun Yuxing asked with a lot of interest: "The second question, can the lord answer it. Do you think this Han family can be saved? How?"

Feng Yu didn't answer directly, but asked Xun Yu a question: "Brother Wen Ruo, do you know how many people are there in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty?"

Xun Yu thought for a while and replied: "I don't know the exact number, but in Yuzhou, there used to be one million households, but now there are only one or two out of ten, and there are only more than 500 people. This should be the case in all the northern states. It’s not much better, and the population in the South is not large. So I estimate that the population of the world today is at most [-] million.”

Feng Yudao: "The actual situation is even worse than you estimated. This kind of population, such a vast territory. No matter what kind of sage and emperor, the imperial court cannot form an actual and effective rule over the place. Therefore, the most important thing to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty It is to restore the population, at least to the scale of tens of millions of people. This is a necessary condition."

"However, in the current situation where the monarch is weak and the ministers are strong, such a barren population has provided protection for the Han Dynasty. Because under this population condition, even a tyrant in troubled times, no matter how talented he is, cannot be unified in a short time. The world. At most, like King Wu of Zhou, after acting on behalf of the Shang, he would divide the world and claim the name of the lord of the world. But at present, the Confucian ritual law, the monarch and his ministers are often prevailing in the world, and few princes in the world will recognize him as the emperor."

"So, to revitalize the Han Dynasty at the moment, we need to do two things. One is to balance the power of the princes in the world, so that the war can be stopped to the greatest extent, the people's lives can be restored, and the population can be increased. The second is to strengthen the Han Dynasty's own strength. It's a pity that since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the Han Dynasty lost its last base - the land of Heluo. So the first thing to do is to restore the Han Dynasty's own foundation. As for how to do this, you and I are outsiders and cannot discuss .”

After hearing Feng Yu's three paragraphs, Xun Yu was stunned and fell into deep thought.It was only after Feng Yu drank three sips of tea soup that he recovered from his thoughts and praised: "Your Majesty's way of thinking is really peculiar, which makes Yu feel suddenly enlightened."

Feng Yu suddenly said with concern: "Wen Ruo, have you ever thought about it? At a time when scholars all over the world are worried about the internal crisis facing the Han Dynasty. The whole world may face a huge crisis from outside. The world I am talking about refers to The summers of the Central Plains."

Xun Yu squinted his eyes and said, "Jun Hou refers to Xianbei. Wuhuan and other Hu people will take advantage of the collapse of the world and the thin population to invade the Central Plains? But they also suffered from the spread of the plague, and their population has dropped a lot. "

Feng Yu shook his head and said, "It's not just them. The real world is much bigger than the literati know."

Xun Yu nodded thoughtfully and said, "If this kind of situation really happens, how do you think the Lord should deal with it?"

"Of course it should be to unite the princes first, respect the king and fight against the barbarians. It's just how to do it specifically, and we will talk about it after it really happens."

The two chatted for a long time, and before they knew it, it was meal time.Xun Yu obviously had no desire to entertain Feng Yu, and ordered his servants to bring meals to the soldiers of the Zhuyang Army who were waiting outside the city.

After drinking for three rounds, Feng Yu said to Xun Yu, "Brother Wen Ruo, I don't know if I should say something or not."

"Your Majesty just talk, you and I are no longer passers-by."

"Brother, I said before. Dong Zhuo is a man who knows how to fight, not farming, and manages the foundation. At present, the princes of all walks of life will no longer pay tribute to Sili. They will send troops and horses to plunder everywhere. Brother Wen Ruo's Yingchuan is the place where the Four Wars took place, there is no danger to defend, and it is close to Heluo Sili. So, we must take precautions early."

Xun Yu frowned slightly and put down his chopsticks.He clasped his fists at Feng Yu and said, "Heroes see the same thing, and Yu has long been worried about this. To be honest, with the strength of the Xun family, it is impossible to resist Dong Zhuo's tiger and wolf soldiers. So I have been urging the people to move to other places to avoid disaster. Helpless The clansmen are reluctant to stick to their local roots.”

After he finished speaking, both fell silent.After the banquet, Xun Yu sent Feng Yu to the gate of the city.There are already several carts waiting here.

Xun Yu pointed to the cart and said to Feng Yu: "Your Majesty, this is five thousand catties of refined iron ingots. I know that your Majesty does not lack grain and brocade, but only salt and iron. We have no salt, but iron is abundant. .In the future, Wuyang will provide Zhuyang with five thousand catties of iron material every month. Please accept it with a smile.”

Feng Yu was overjoyed, but he knew that there is no free lunch in the world.He cupped his hands and said to Xun Yu, "How can this be done? There is no reason to receive rewards for nothing."

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu suddenly cupped his hands to Feng Yu and said, "I do have something to ask the Lord."

"Wen Ruo, just say what you need, as long as someone can help, I will do my best." Feng Yu responded.

With a solemn expression, Xun Yu said word by word:

"To tell you the truth, you will leave Yingchuan in a short time. Go find a like-minded master of the Ming Dynasty to help him help the Han Dynasty. But as you said, there will be turmoil in the future, and it will be the place of the Fourth World War." Yingchuan, Runan will suffer a military disaster. Yu is really worried about these clansmen who stay in Yingchuan, Runan. So I implore Junhou to agree to Yu. When such a time comes, please do your best to provide them with care and help. "

Feng Yu responded: "Even if Wen Ruo doesn't say anything about this matter, I will try my best to do it. Wen Ruo rest assured, I will keep my word. I am willing to high-five and swear with Wen Ruo. If you come to Yingchuan in Japan, the Xun clan in Runan will suffer. Military disasters and other external threats. The Marquis of Zhuyang will definitely provide support and rescue within its capabilities."