Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 325 Helpless Wenpin

Cai Mao's words eased the atmosphere in the entire state pastoral mansion.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they all expressed optimism about the Jiangdong Army's attack, which is not surprising.

In the past few years, Sun Ce has also tentatively launched several attacks. It is not without precedent that he crossed the Yangtze River and attacked Yanyue City like today.

But in front of the tall city walls of Yanyue City, the Jiangdong Army without armor protection could only choose to retreat in the end.

After all, if a siege battle is launched without armor, the battle loss ratio after the end will not be very good.

It's just that Shaxian City was captured too quickly this time, but it wasn't too unexpected.

As mentioned before, although Shaxian City is also an important town in Xiakou, it is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River after all.

As a nail left in Jiangdong by the Jingzhou power circle, Shaxian City can be said to have changed hands several times in these years, and Liu Biao has no intention of wasting resources to build a huge strong city in Shaxian.

So after several wars, Shaxian City's defenses became dilapidated.

The low city walls make it impossible for the defenders of Shaxian City to stick to the city, and it is reasonable to fall.

But there was something wrong with Wenpin's expression.

After struggling again and again, Wen Zhongye still risked following in the footsteps of his hapless subordinate Wei Yan, and opened his mouth to remind everyone:

"My lord, everyone, I heard that Sun Ce bought a batch of heavy armor from Xuzhou at the beginning of March with a lot of money. It was rumored that the price was extremely high. Qi Hou sold it at a price of [-] shimi for one armor. It's a promise, in case..."

Wen Pin stopped talking halfway, because he had already noticed that everyone present looked at him in the wrong way.

Liu Biao was interrupted by Wenpin, and his eyes were quite unfriendly, but Wenpin's status was different from that of Wei Yan. He couldn't scold him in public, so he changed the subject, laughed twice, and looked at Kuai Yue who was beside him:

"Different degrees, do you know what Zhongye said?"

Kuai Yue glanced at Wen Pin with dissatisfaction.

Sun Ce had already reported to Liu Biao about Sun Ce's purchase of armor from Xuzhou, and everyone present knew about it.

Kuai Yue disdained Xuzhou's mysterious Xuzhou armor very much. In his opinion, Yuan Tan was just a playboy who just got famous by luck.

The reason why Cao Cao was defeated was in the eyes of Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, and even most important officials in Jingzhou.

It was all due to the fact that the Yuan family in Hebei was too powerful. As for the contributions Yuan Tan made in it and the prestigious achievements he made.

In the eyes of everyone, it was just Yuan Shao's preparations to make his son famous, so that after a hundred years, Yuan Tan could take over smoothly.

This is not so uncommon.

Under the guidance of such a concept, the preconceived Kuai Yue naturally would not pay too much attention to the Xuzhou armor produced in Xuzhou.

The last time he was sent to Xuzhou as an envoy, he just wanted to take the opportunity to see for Liu Biao whether Yuan Tan had the momentum to go south.

Kuai Yue felt relieved when he saw that Yuan Tan only wanted to deal with Cao Cao.

But now Wenpin actually brought up Xuzhou Kai's talk in front of everyone.

This made Kuai Yue quite dissatisfied.

What do you mean by that now?
Do you not believe the information that Kuai Yue brought back, or are you questioning Kuai Yue's ability?

At the moment, Kuai Yue's tone became extremely cold, and he said calmly:
"General Wenpin may be worrying too much. As far as I know, the Xuzhou armor is just a gimmick made by Yuan Tan. Take a step back and say that even if the Xuzhou armor is really a first-class armor, Sun Ce's child It’s just two or three thousand sets purchased.”

As Kuai Yue spoke, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"How many people can be armed with this little armor? How effective can a mere two to three thousand people be on the battlefield where the two armies are clashing?"

Wen Pin couldn't help but change his expression when he heard the words, he opened his mouth and wanted to persuade him again, but he swallowed the words back, so he could only hold his fists helplessly:
"Mr. Yidu's words are very true. It is the last general who made a slip of the tongue. Please don't be offended by Mr. Yidu."

Since Wenpin backed down, Kuaiyue didn't want to stalk him, so he cupped his hands and said, "It's okay, it's just a military discussion, General Wenpin is as careful as a hair, and I said this just in case, so why would you say anything wrong?" ?”

So the atmosphere calmed down again for a while, and the important ministers of Jingzhou immediately and unanimously praised Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, for his good governance, the harmony of his ministers, and the unity of the generals, which made Liu Biao's face look a little more proud.

For a moment, the entire State Shepherd's Mansion was filled with a happy atmosphere.

It's just that Xiakou, which is hundreds of miles away, looks different.

"Captain, Marquis Wu, General Ling Cao has led [-] troops to the foot of Yanyue City, and is currently in the Anza camp, preparing to attack the city."

Quan Cong and He Qi greeted Sun Ce and others who hurried across the river, and Sun Ce nodded.

Even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were a little surprised when the battle report of conquering Sand Xian came in one day.

Although Liu Biao knew that the defense of Shaxian City had never been valued by Liu Biao, Su Fei, who was so slack in defense, was such a flamboyant show.

For a while, the two became more optimistic about the outcome of this battle.

Sun Ce clenched his fist slightly and said excitedly:

"Gongjin, I'll leave it up to you to arrange what to do next. I only have one point. Don't let Huang Zu go!"

Zhou Yu nodded. The grievances between the Sun family and Huang Zu have not lasted for a day or two. He naturally knew the severity, and immediately said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Bo Fu. I have already made a plan. This time, I will put the head of Mr. Huang Zu in front of you!"

……

The war in Jingzhou was in full swing, but Xuzhou was still peaceful and peaceful.

As expected, Xun Yu lived up to Yuan Tan's expectations, and the revised craftsman recruitment order was quickly sent to Yuan Tan. After Yuan Tan saw it, he nodded slightly.

Although it was somewhat different from what he expected.

For example, craftsmen are still divided into three classes, but only the first-class craftsmen can have official status, compared with the treatment of Qianshi officials.

For the remaining second-class and third-class craftsmen, only second-class craftsmen can be on par with fighting food officials, and third-class craftsmen only have a salary of [-] stones and no official status.

But at least the recruiting order could be sent to him, which meant that Xun Yu was confident that he could make the current scholarly society accept this arrangement.

It won't cause much criticism.

For Yuan Tan, this is an excellent signal.

This means that with the rise of his power and prestige, at least in the Central Plains and Hebei, even if these aristocratic families are unwilling, they have to start trying to make concessions to themselves.

Pass this craftsman recruitment order to Xu Shu, and order him to summon this craftsman recruitment order to all states in the Central Plains of Hebei.

Even Hanzhong and Yizhou sent posthorses to deliver the announcements.

With the prestige of the previous battle in Wuxiang, I believe that even if Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are not reconciled, they will not stop these posthorses.

"Sir, why are you so eager to recruit craftsmen?"

Xu Shu has been treating Yuan Tan like a teacher ever since he was awarded the Six Secret Teachings by Yuan Tan.

Seeing Yuan Tan's happy face at this moment, Xu Shu, who finally found the opportunity, hastily asked the doubts in his heart.

Yuan Tan looked at his disciple, smiled, and wanted to talk to Xu Shu about the relationship between productivity and the like, but it's too early to talk to Xu Shu about it.

After all, although Xu Shu is about the same age as himself, he is around 24 or [-] years old.

But unlike Yuan Tan, who has lived through two lifetimes, Xu Shu's ideological system has not yet been fully finalized. His early life as a knight-errant made him indifferent to study, and he is still in a period of confusion.

Compared with using the cramming teaching method all at once, turning Xu Shu into a dull machine.

Yuan Tan is more willing to subtly cultivate himself as a disciple through precepts and deeds.

Imagine that there might be a situation in the future where Xu Shu will face off against the world's famous families. Yuan Tan couldn't help but reveal a rather malicious smile.

After all, compared with famous military advisors in official history such as Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.

Xu Shu was born in a humble family, and he has the potential to be a pioneer in the imperial examination system.

It is precisely because of this that Yuan Tan expressed his acquiescence to Xu Shu's "Mr."

So Yuan Tan thought about it, and just said:
"On the one hand, it's because the construction of Xuzhou now, the restoration of the Central Plains in the future, and the reconstruction of the states all require a lot of tools and farm tools. On the other hand, it's because the number of water hammer transfers is still a bit small."

After a pause, Yuan Tan said again:
"It's always right to prepare early. However, besides that, there is another reason for being a teacher, but this needs to be discovered by yourself, Yuan Zhi."

As he spoke, Yuan Tan showed a mysterious smile.

"Now Qihou Mansion doesn't have too many general affairs. If Yuan Zhi has spare time, he might as well take a look around the Jiangzuo Academy, and don't leave the Construction Corps behind. Maybe, he will have some new insights."

(End of this chapter)