As Xun Yao expected, Weis summoned Xun Yao the next day and proposed the conditions to form an alliance to resist Zhao - to cut off the nine cities in the southeast of Jin and Wei, and to send protons.

The dispatch of the proton was long as Gu Zhu and Xun Yao expected and did not raise any objections, but it was absolutely impossible to cede the nine cities.

Jin and Wei are not good brothers, and they have done a lot of intrigues. If they really give the nine border cities to Wei, and Jin will be open to their doors, they will be under the control of Wei.

Xun Yao argued with reason, and both sides took a step back. Jin sent the prince to Wei as a hostage and handed over the taxes for the nine cities on the border to Wei for ten years. The two countries finalized the contract, and Wei Si ordered the general Wei Liao as the commander, led 100,000 troops, and rushed straight into the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, the three families attacked Jin and became the Tang, Zhao, Yan and the Three Kingdoms against the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Jin, Qi and Wei. Jin's confidence increased greatly, and the clouds that had been shrouded in Quwo for several days finally dissipated, and a long-lost smile appeared on the faces of the people of Quwo again.

The 100,000 troops of Qi crossed the Yellow River and approached the city of Cangzhou. At that time, the 100,000 elite troops of Yan attacked Jin, and the remaining 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the country were scattered everywhere, and they could not immediately gather them to rescue Cangzhou. Cangzhou was in a hurry.

Zhao State was a little better than Yan State, and all the elite domestic soldiers were cavalry. After learning that Qi State divided its troops and wanted to take down the city of Pingyin, Zhao Yong made a quick decision and ordered the army in Jin State to retreat without retreating, and still went straight to the city of Quwo. He led 50,000 elite cavalry from all over the country to defend, and personally marched to the Pingyin front line, and Zhao State's morale was greatly boosted.

The capital of the former Yu Kingdom, Pinglu.

This once most prosperous city in Yu State has now become an ordinary county town in the Tang State. After Fang Li moved the capital, he appointed Shen Pei as the prefect of Pinglu, and Liao Hua was in charge of military affairs, with 10,000 troops stationed here.

Pinglu is located near Zhongtiao Mountain in the north, Hanoi in the south, and Wei State to the east. The first stop for the Wei army to attack Tang State, still chose this place.

Once Pinglu is taken down, the Wei army can either enter the territory of the former Liang Kingdom to the west and attack Shaoliang before Cao Cao's army returns to defense. They can also go south and knock directly on Henei, and then threaten Luoyang and Xingyang, and penetrate Fang Li's hinterland.

Jia Xu had already expected that if the Wei State sent troops, the first stop would be Pinglu. He asked Fang Li early to mobilize the troops stationed in Yanzhou and Luoyang to reinforce Pinglu.

Luoyang is about 400 miles away from Pinglu, but the garrison must monitor the movements of the Zhou emperor at all times and not mobilize on a large scale. Jia Xu could only carry light equipment and took five thousand light cavalry with Yang Shu to cross the Yellow River to reinforce Pinglu.

In the new establishment of Yanzhou, although the soldiers and horses did not suffer much loss, people's hearts were unstable after all. Cheng Yu, Li Dian and others recruited for several months, and only put together about 15,000.

At this time, the 10,000 special personnel were already on the way to help Pinglu. However, the journey was long and rugged, and it took at least seven or eight days to reach it.

The 100,000 Wei troops led by Wei Liao were unobstructed and could reach the city of Pinglu in about two days.

The Pinglu defenders, plus the 5,000 cavalry brought by Jia Xu, and the heroes temporarily recruited inside and outside the city, were only more than 20,000 yuan in full swing. The troops of the two sides were disparity, and the Tang army was facing tremendous pressure.

Wei Liao, who was proficient in siege, knew that Pinglu had insufficient troops, so he ordered his army to rush forward and swear to take Pinglu before the Fangli army returned to the aid of the city. He set a nail in the territory of Tang for Wei.

In Pinglu City, when they learned that the Wei army had come to attack the people in large numbers, they were already panicked. Some relatives elsewhere escaped from the city early and could not leave, each family took out all their savings to stockpile food.

The city's unscrupulous businessmen saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and tried to take the opportunity to significantly increase the price of grain. Fortunately, the auditor responded in time and used thunder to suppress it, so no trouble occurred.

In the prefect's mansion, Shen Pei and Jia Xu sat on one side, frowning. Liao Hua walked left and right, muttering to go out of the city to kill the enemy, and then saying that it would be better to stick to it, with a look of hesitation on his face.

However, Yang Shu's expression was calm, and he occasionally stroked his beloved iron-feed bow behind him. When the Wei army came to the city, it was the time for it to kill.

Just as the four of them were discussing countermeasures, the servants outside the door came to report that dozens of young men who claimed to be Luban disciples had already arrived outside the prefect's mansion with dozens of big carts.

Everyone's eyes lit up and they hurried out to greet them.

When Jia Xu was still in Luoyang, he had heard of the name of equipment manufacturing led by Lu Ban in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, he could not wait to have the opportunity to see it.

When I walked out the door, I saw that there were about fifty simple-dressed young men busy unloading goods. One closed box after another was removed from the car, attracting passers-by to stop and watch.

Seeing that more and more people were watching, Jia Xu was worried that there would be spies sent by Wei State, so he quickly whispered to Shen Pei: "Prince, there are so many people and eyes, so please let someone move into the mansion and take a closer look."

Shen Pei suddenly realized and hurriedly grabbed Liao Hua, who could not wait to open the box, and called on the people to come and help. After working for almost an hour, all the boxes were moved into the mansion.

After finishing work, a leader among the young men took the initiative to step forward, saluted respectfully to the three men, and introduced: "Three adults, the villain, come to send the city-guarding equipment to Pinglu City at the order of his master."

"Okay." Shen Pei smiled and said, "Mr. Gongshu Ban is really a timely help. Let me see what good things have you brought?"

The young man responded and directed his disciples to open the boxes one by one, revealing the strange equipment inside and introduced them one by one:

"This is a bed crossbow, with a large string of wood as a bow, a feather spear as a arrow, and a long shot of the airplane is triggered, and it takes more than a thousand steps. It took the master and his brothers several months to finally solve the accuracy of the bed crossbow, which is several times that of ordinary bed crossbows. Hearing that Pinglu was in an emergency, the master ordered the craftsmen to work day and night, and then he made twenty frames and sent them to Pinglu to help defend the city."

"Good guy! This is a powerful weapon to defend the city!" Liao transformed into a military general, and among the three, he was the best at fighting equipment.

Before the young man introduced his eyes, his eyes were already shining. After listening to the introduction, he even tried to touch the baby and touched the twenty new bed crossbows. It made Shen Pei and Jia Xu very funny.

After introducing the bed crossbow, the young man directed everyone to open five wooden boxes up to two meters high and continued to introduce: "This is a light throwing car that the master transformed by one hand, and can be launched by one person. It can be placed on the city tower and specially used for defending the city. It is much more powerful than the bed crossbow, but its accuracy is worrying and it is difficult to make. Only five of them were made this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liao Hua instantly threw the crossbow and turned to the side of the throwing car. He was eager to try to tell him how to launch, and he kept exclaiming: "This is also a good thing. Even if there are only five, it is enough for the turtle sons of Wei State to suffer!"

The young man smiled and then introduced other cities to guard the equipment:

Countless Yasha thunders, wooden thunders, wolf teeth, caltrops, blade carts, turbulent oil cabinets, etc., are original and new. After the transformation of Lu Ban and others, all of them have greatly increased their power. The three of them were dazzled and overjoyed.

These people even brought a thousand Yuanshu crossbows. Although the number is not large, the Yuanshu crossbows that can fire ten arrows at a time are definitely a powerful weapon of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is siege and defending the city or fighting in the field, it can be of great use.

"Mr. Gongshu is really well-known."
Chapter completed!