Xia Houshang was blocked by Xia Houyuan and felt extremely unconvinced. He also wanted to persuade Xia Houyuan to send troops.

"uncle!"

"Call General!"

"General... General Hussar, before he sent us here, he told me to ask my uncle to kill Liu Bei and avenge his filial uncle!"

Xia Houyuan nodded calmly and said: "Yes, Meng De said this indeed, but Meng De also said, defend first and then attack, you must be careful."

Speaking of this, Xia Houyuan turned to look at Cheng Yu and said: "Mr. Cheng is mature and prudent, and has foresight. If you listen to his words, you will definitely not be wrong."

Xia Houshang looked at Cheng Yu and said nothing.

Mature and prudent?

If he was mature and prudent, why would Uncle Zi Xiao be killed by Liu Bei? When Uncle Zi Xiao was killed, why did his mature and prudent words not have any effect?

But to him, Cheng Yu was almost his grandfather, and it was absolutely unacceptable for Xia Houshang to be disrespectful to him, especially in front of Xia Houyuan.

"But you won't avenge Uncle Xiao Xiao?"

"Zixiao's revenge must be avenged no matter what!" Xia Houyuan said with a cold face: "But we can't rush to avenge it all at once, which will impair the soldiers of the three armies and put you and me in danger. This is absolutely unacceptable!"

Seeing what Cao Ren said, Xiahou Shang had no choice but to bow his hands and leave unconvinced.

But to be honest, Xia Houyuan actually agreed with Xia Houshang's opinion in his heart, but before he sent troops to Yilu to guard it, Cao Cao also specifically told him that although Cao Ren's hatred was important, the battle situation should still take priority.

He also specifically told him to put Cheng Yu's opinion first.

He had just led his troops here, and the battle hadn't started yet. If he didn't listen to Cheng Yu, Xia Houyuan wouldn't be able to explain it even in front of Cao Cao.

…

On the other side, Liu Bei was currently in the rear village of the main camp, personally supervising the soldiers of the three armies to cut down trees and make ordnance.

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang also accompanied him.

Liu Bei stood in the open space, looking at the soldiers who were shouting and counting trees from outside the camp, with a cold expression, as if he was a little absent-minded.

Then, he was seen raising his head and looking in the direction of the county town, his eyes full of expectation.

Liu Bei's expression naturally fell into the eyes of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

The two people looked at each other, and then they both looked at each other and smiled.

"Is there something on your mind, general?" Pang Tong opened his mouth and asked.

Liu Bei sighed melancholy and said: "There is indeed something wrong... To be honest, I really hope to lure Xia Houyuan out of Yilu, but you two gentlemen think that Xia Houyuan will not come out, don't you?"

Zhuge Liang gently swayed his feather fan and said: "With Cao Ren's past experience, it will not be so easy to lure Xia Houyuan out again. We must do it step by step."

"However, he will come out eventually." Pang Tong added next to him.

Liu Bei lowered his head and thought carefully. Suddenly he seemed to think of something again and asked hurriedly: "It's just that Xia Houyuan is confronting me here, and Cao Cao hates me because of Cao Ren. If I were Cao Cao, then

We will definitely send people to support Xia Houyuan one after another!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "What General Zuo said is true, but there is no need to worry. We only need to concentrate on dealing with Xia Houyuan here. As for whether Cao Cao will send reinforcements, your Majesty will naturally take care of it for us... Your Majesty is here

, everything is easy to talk about naturally.”

…

Liu Bei built weapons and prepared to attack Yilu where Xiahou Yuan was located, but Cao Cao sent Li Jin to respond to Xiahou Yuan in the rear.

But as Zhuge Liang said, Cao Cao's actions could not be concealed from the Guards Department. Liu Qi made a prompt decision and sent Guan Yu and Li Dian to the left and right to block the incoming troops from Liu Bei's flanks.

Cao Cao learned of the situation, and in order to break through Liu Qi's obstruction, he asked the former Taishan thief Zang Ba to lead his troops to assist Li Jin.

At that time, Zang Ba formed his own force in Kaiyang, and colluded with Yin Li, Wu Dun, Chang Xi and others to form the famous Taishan Bandits in Shandong, forming a non-staff force in Xuzhou.

After Cao Cao and Yuan Shaoquan took control of Xuzhou, they sent people to recruit Zang Ba. Facing the two great heroes Yuan and Cao, Zang Ba could not be as independent as he was when Tao Qian was in power. As long as he could see the situation clearly, he would naturally

Gotta surrender.

In terms of status, Yuan Shao did not think much of Zang Ba and felt that he was not worthy of being on the stage. However, Cao Cao was far-sighted and knew that the Taishan bandits were of great value. He tried his best to persuade Yuan Shao to give Zang Ba the opportunity to fight against the rebel general Zhonglang.

He held the position and allowed his troops to remain stationed in Kaiyang for reinforcements.

This time Cao Cao went south and borrowed the power of Zang Ba's line.

But Liu Qi also re-recruited a large number of troops from Jiangxia and Nanjun, and the Jingman side provided Liu Qi with 20,000 barbarian soldiers, so now in terms of overall strength, Liu Qi is still higher than Cao Cao.

This advantage is also reflected in the troops and horses that the two of them have sent out.

After Zang Ba carefully inquired about the number of troops and horses of Guan Yu and Li Dian, as well as the equipment of their generals, he could not help but feel terrified.

Regardless of the quality of the soldiers, just the number of armored soldiers, the two generals Guan Yu and Li Dian have already reached an astonishing rate of armor approval.

Almost a quarter of their army already had iron armor to wear, but the soldiers in Zang Ba's and Li Jin's armies who could wear leather armor were considered well-equipped.

In terms of smelting iron, the technology of the Central Plains is not lagging behind, but the smelting technology of Nanyang ranks first in the entire Han Dynasty. This is a fact that cannot be changed.

What is more important is the number of iron tools and smelting methods.

Throughout the land of China, there are a lot of iron ores. In this era, there is also good iron that can be used to make soldiers. However, the problem is that the exploration technology of this era is limited, and good iron cannot be dug out.

This resulted in a severe shortage of iron tools.

However, Liu Qi discovered the Panzhihua Iron Mine in Yizhou and greatly increased the production of ironware within his jurisdiction.

Of course, not all iron is suitable for iron making, and the mining technology of the Han Dynasty cannot be mined on all iron beds. But even so, the iron ore suitable for mining in Panzhihua Iron Mine in this era is enough for Liu Qi's

The jurisdiction has formed a qualitative leap.

In addition, Liu Qi attached great importance to industrial construction. There was probably no emperor in the entire Han Dynasty who gave such excellent treatment to craftsmen and technicians as Liu Qi.

Over time, the industrial development under Liu Qi's rule was naturally not comparable to that in the north.

Zang Ba knew that if he had to fight the opponent head-on, even if he won, the price would probably be high. He sent manpower to persuade Li Jin not to act rashly for the time being, but to assess the situation and find out the flaws before dealing with the opponent.

Li Jin originally thought this way, but he did not expect that his younger brother Li Dian, whom he looked down upon back then, would actually write a letter and send it to him.

The content of this letter can be said to have made Li Jin extremely angry.
Chapter completed!