The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Zhen Jiang didn't know Liu Tao's thoughts, but he didn't expect that when the other party proposed a three-year contract, he suddenly sobbed a little: "Could it be that Liu Sima thinks Jiang is not good, and doesn't like the little girl?"

"No, no, absolutely not!" Liu Tao hurriedly replied, "You are very cute, and you will definitely be a beauty when you grow up! I even think that after meeting you, there is something wrong with a man who chooses not to marry when he has the opportunity !"

"Then why..." Zhen Jiang sobbed much less when he heard this, but he was still not sure.

"It's just because in the past few years, I have to concentrate on my achievements, but I can't immerse myself in the gentleness." Liu Tao was a little embarrassed, "I have to tell the truth...I prefer to cross the chasm..."

Zhen Jiang was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Liu Tao for no reason.After seeing what his eyes were pointing at, he immediately turned away, hugged his chest with both hands, puffed up his cheeks and said, "Liu Sima...you are just a disciple..."

"But I also heard that Confucius also said 'food, sex, and sexuality'." Liu Tao teased.

"Then you have to wait for me for three or four years..." Zhen Jiang pursed her lips, "It's not like I can have ravines if I want them."

"Then wait for three years, whether it is available or not, I want it." Liu Tao leaned over, "How?"

"I'll wait for you for three years...but you need to keep in touch with each other by letter. After three years, you can't break the contract, or I won't let you go." Zhen Jiang deliberately showed his teeth and claws, and finally stuck out his tongue at Liu Tao.

"If I don't come after three years, I won't be able to spare myself." Liu Tao laughed, feeling relieved.

Chapter 69 Zang Min's Request

The relationship was almost settled in this way. Even before the engagement ceremony started, the two had already tacitly accepted each other's status as fiancée. Not only did they get closer, but a few words of love appeared in the conversation.

But the good times didn't last long, the sound of footsteps came from outside after a while, the two hurriedly separated and sat upright.So when Zhen Yi and Lu Yan came over, they were stunned.Could it be that the expressions of these two people can't agree?

Fortunately, after careful questioning, I found out that we have reached an agreement, but we need to wait for three years before we can get married.Zhen Yi was in favor of this, not to mention his side, his wife, Mrs. Zhang, did not want her daughter to marry far away so early.

"Brother, it's almost time..." Lu Yan reminded, there are still two quarters of an hour before the next banquet, and it is necessary to go back and change clothes or something.

After all, I ate something here and drank a glass or two of wine, and I felt somewhat smelly.The object of the banquet was the prefect of Zhongshan County, so it would be rude to just pass by like this.

"Speaking of which, it seems that you still have an appointment with the prefect?" Zhen Yi also reacted. Compared with the prefect, the Zhen family who has no official position is indeed incomparable.

"To be honest, I don't really want to go. After all, I don't think there is anything good to do." Liu Tao stood up slowly, "Next time I have time, I will bother you again. I just hope that Patriarch Zhen will not blame you."

"Haha, definitely not to blame, but I hope Deran can call me 'father-in-law' when we meet next time." Zhen Yi said half-jokingly.

The age difference between the two is almost the same, and this is the problem. Among the Zhen family's children of the same age, there is no older female clan member.Appropriate, and a little too old, he had no choice but to take his daughter out for marriage.

Although Zhen Yi felt a little uncomfortable calling himself "father-in-law" when someone who was about the same age as him called him, deep down in his heart, he found it quite interesting.

"Well, the matter of getting engaged is always to be done." Liu Tao didn't refuse either, but he just talked about whether he had the chance to meet Zhen Jiang again when he married Zhen Jiang.

After bidding farewell to Zhen Jiang, the two left Zhen's residence and headed towards the camp.On the way, Lu Yan couldn't help but ask Liu Tao how he felt about Zhen Jiang, although it was suspected of doing so.

"He's a nice person, and I like his personality. He already has a beautiful woman at a young age, but he's too young." Liu Tao didn't hide anything, "That's good, let's let it go for three years, and we won't be too late to marry when our career is stable."

"As long as there is no problem here, brother." Lu Yan nodded, "Just now, Zhen Yi and I discussed the matter of supplies. The main thing is to focus on Xianhe. , the Zhang family, the Zhen family, and the Su family will gather about 300 soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers for us, and the cavalry will also expand to [-]."

"Will the imperial court allow 5000 subordinates?" Liu Tao was only worried about this, even if there were only [-] soldiers among them.

"In the past twenty years or so, there have been many permanent school lieutenants commanding 2000 soldiers and horses, which are not conspicuous. Besides, there are only [-] soldiers, so it's not a big problem. The key is that the [-] auxiliary soldiers are all good at building The artisans of siege equipment and their apprentices are indispensable if we are to recover the counties of Zhongshan."

In addition, there are cobblers, carpenters and blacksmiths included, helping to repair armor and weapons. The three families really bleed a lot this time.

"If there are only 2000 people, they can march sixty or seventy miles a day. If there are 5000 people, the marching speed is even slower, and it is estimated to be fifty miles a day. Even with the blessing of spells, it will not exceed seventy miles." Liu Tao reminded.

"We don't need to be so fast!" Lu Yan laughed.

"I'm just worried that in a field battle, if we encounter a large number of enemy troops, it will not be easy for us to avoid their edge." Liu Tao thought further.The more people there are, the more cumbersome it is. Let alone 3000 more people, these [-] are recruits. If it is diluted, the combat effectiveness will not increase but decrease.

"Don't worry, there are almost no enemies in Zhongshan County that require us to fight tough battles." Lu Yan was already prepared, "At the same time, Lu Nu will also help us, pay attention to the situation in Julu County, and if there are thieves going north, we will naturally inform them in advance I'll wait, so I can prepare early."

"Is that so..." Liu Tao didn't refute anything after hearing the words.

After returning to the barracks, after changing his clothes, he realized that he had already put on the last replacement, and when he came back smelling of alcohol, he wanted to change, but he might not be able to.It is necessary to order the soldiers to help wash the clothes, and then iron them for later use.

After traveling for more than a year, Liu Tao naturally knew that there was an iron in this era, which was a bit like a long spoon, with charcoal fire placed in the spoon, and clothes were ironed with a flat bottom.It seems that Pao Pao was born out of irons. It can be said that irons already existed during the Shang Dynasty.

It was only then that they went out, but this time they were traveling on horseback. The four of them passed by at the same time, and they arrived at the Yamen in less than 5 minutes.

The venue for the banquet has been set up, and it is mainly simple. Zang Min has been waiting for a long time, and when he sees four people coming, he goes forward to salute.The four returned their salutes, and then took their seats according to the arrangement.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the left was respected, while in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the right was respected.After the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, it seemed that the right was respected, and it was not until the Jin Dynasty that the left was revered.Therefore, after entering the table, Zang Minduan sat at the head, Liu Tao and Lu Yan sat on the right, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sat on the left.Jun Cheng and Jun Wei were not there, obviously it was a private banquet.

"Lu Nu has been trapped for more than a month, and although the food supply is not exhausted, the supplies are not abundant." Zang Min bowed his hands to the four of them, as a crime, "Besides, it is not easy to have singing and dancing, and the banquet is crude. I hope the four of you don't mind."

"It's really not suitable for extravagance in the face of a national crisis." Liu Tao stepped forward and replied, and the other three also echoed one after another.

The banquet is very simple, three dishes and one soup, two meat and one vegetarian, not a good dish, barely edible.The wine is ordinary turbid wine, slightly sour in the mouth, and there are some distiller's grains in it.

Zhang Fei wanted to take out the Jiuxian Niang, but Liu Tao refused to give it, only saying that the two cars of wine are of great use and should not be opened lightly.The district magistrate of Zhongshan is not yet qualified to accept his gift.

Without singing and dancing, I can only talk about romance, otherwise it would be a bit boring to just eat.Zang Min is from Guangling, he is rich in knowledge, and his resume is even more unusual. He came here as soon as he opened his mouth, and let Liu Tao understand the customs and customs of the Han Dynasty in this era.

"My son Hong, I was dispatched as a county magistrate last year, but I don't know if it is safe now..." When talking about his son, Zang Min showed a little worry.It wasn't until this time that Liu Tao discovered that this Zang Min was actually the father of Zang Hong who was recommended by Yuan Shao as the governor of Qingzhou in the future!

"It's just that I'm guarding Zhongshan County now. I don't want to go out and recover other counties. But I can't do it. I just sit and watch the counties fall into the hands of thieves." Zang Min finally got to the point. He looked at Liu Tao, "Can I ask Sima Liu to do it for me?"

Chapter 70 Profit maximization

Zang Min is indeed the prefect of Zhongshan, but Liu Tao is not his subordinate.Liu Tao was directly under the governorship of Youzhou, and at the same time he was given a military order to go south to fight against the Yellow Turban bandits, instead of "following the orders of the Zhongshan prefect".

Besides, these days, civil servants have no way to shout and shout at military generals, and they are superior.

Based on this factor, Zang Min could not rely on his own official position and forced Liu Tao to help him crusade.So to host a banquet, I can only ask Liu Tao for help in my own name.

Liu Tao and Lu Yan glanced at each other secretly, this result was already expected.

"Prefect Zang, we went south from Zhuo County to Lunu County. The reason why we rested here was to get in touch with the front-line crusade army, and then continue to go south to support. The ultimate goal is naturally to eliminate the bandits who caused the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The Zhang brothers..." Lu Yan said slowly, in this matter, he was responsible for singing the black face, even though he didn't have the concept at the time.

"Canshan..." Liu Tao, who sang a bad face, saw Lu Yan finished speaking, and Zang Ba's face showed a look of embarrassment, and he immediately stepped forward, "The front line has not responded yet, we are in Zhongshan County, and we need to stay for a while, or else By the way, help me?"

"Brother!" Lu Yan took a peek at Zang Min. Although there was no clear change, she could guess that she should have breathed a sigh of relief, "Our supplies are insufficient, and there are only 2000 people. Wangdu County and Puyin County are on the way. For this reason, we had to fight, and it happened that we did not need to attack the city to win it. As for other counties, our department really does not have the ability to directly attack the city!"

"That's true..." Liu Tao suddenly became 'difficult', and looked at Zang Min, "Prefect Zang, what I say as a military adviser is also reasonable. Our army has only fought a few field battles and has no record of attacking the city. If the enemy troops leave the city The battle is fine, but if we stay in the city, there is nothing we can do!"

To put it bluntly, there are only 2000 people, of which there are only [-] soldiers, and the troops were formed no more than two months ago.Such troops are placed in many places, and they are not even considered regular troops.

Moreover, the risk of attacking the city is also very high. If you suffer one or two slashes on the ground, as long as it is not a critical point, you can use vitality regeneration or healing to save it.But the thing about fighting on the wall was smashed by a stone and a log until the whole body was smashed, so how can I save it?Even with the 'resurrection technique', I don't know how much mana it will consume!

If it is not used, it can only be filled with human lives. 2000 people can't even surround a city tightly. How to fill it?how to spell?

In this way, Liu Tao threw the problem to Zang Min and asked him to solve it.Of course, I didn't tell him that the Zhen family, the Zhang family and the Su family are willing to provide talents in this field, and they will expand the army to [-] in the future... I will definitely not say these things. Since Zang Min wants to entrust himself to regain the lost ground, Not only can't work for nothing, but also find a way to maximize the benefits!

"This, I have already considered it..." Zang Min is old and mature, or the cooperation between the two is indeed a bit too blunt, but Liu Tao will bargain. As ugly as that is.

After a pause, he tried to offer a price: "Lunu County has been besieged for more than a month, and most of the supplies have been invested in the defense of the city... However, the original Zhongshan County soldiers were good at making siege equipment I can call the shots and allocate ten people to your army to build siege weapons for you! At the same time, if Liu Sima's army expands, I can directly pay for the armor and weapons of less than 3000 people...even allocate You are a hundred fools!"