After leaving Luyang, Liu Bei handed over the army to the deputy general, and he took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and three thousand cavalry to take the lead and quickly rushed towards Xiangyang.

Liu Biao surrendered five days ago and had no time to do many things. Now his main force is still in Xiangyang.

This time the loss was too great. We must go back and discuss countermeasures with our subordinates and draw out the cannon as soon as possible, otherwise the battles behind will not be fought.

The three of them rode their horses and rushed to the city of Xiangyang in less than three days.

After entering the city, Liu Bei did not care about rest and directly beat the drum and summoned everyone to discuss matters.

In the conference hall, there were a gathering of civil and military officials. In addition to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhou Yu and Xu Shu, there were also Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others from Jingzhou, as well as Liu Biao who was over 60 years old.

At this moment, Liu Biao seemed to be much older, standing at the front of the team, with a look of vicissitudes of life.

In addition to them, there is also a woman in the team, who is in her early twenties, has yellow hair and dark skin, and has a stingy face. No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with beauty.

This woman is no one else, but the daughter of Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, and Huang Yueying, the Ministry of Works Department of Liu Bei.

After the salute, Xu Shu left the line and asked in surprise: "Master, why are you back so soon? Is the war not going well?"

Liu Bei sighed and said, "Oh, it's not just that it's not going well. Even I was almost killed by the bomb. Cao's cannons are too powerful, and they are so fierce that they don't look like things on earth. Huangbutang, is there any way to imitate them?"

Huang Yueying took the lead and said: "Unless I was given one or two gunfire research, I would not be able to imitate it by imagination alone."

Liu Bei turned his eyes to Sun Qian again and asked, "Can you get it back?"

Sun Qian was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. If he wanted to get cannons from Cao's army, he could only place his hope on him.

But looking at his expression, I don't have much hope.

Sun Qian smiled bitterly and said, "There are two factories in Cao's army that produce artillery, one in Liaodong and the other in Xudu. Each artillery has a number when it leaves the factory. It will be registered if it is damaged or paid, and the number will be eliminated. Moreover, the artillery is too heavy and cannot be stolen at all."

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Then you can steal the drawings?"

Sun Qian smiled bitterly again and said, "The drawings are all remembered in the craftsmen's mind. The original version has been destroyed long ago unless someone is stolen."

"Steal people?"

Sun Qian slapped his forehead and was immediately overjoyed, saying, "Lord, Zhu Ming, deputy director of Liaodong Steel Plant, was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's slaughter of Linzi, and ran away angrily. It is said that he came to Jiangdong by merchant ship and never saw him again. If he could be found?"

"yes."

Xu Shu also reacted and snatched the conversation and said, "Zhu Ming is a proud student taught by Ma Jun step by step. He knows all Ma Jun's inventions, and some aspects are even more outstanding. If this person can be found, why should we be afraid of the artillery fire of Cao's army?"

After many years of establishment of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the people under the Cao family and his son have been touched clearly. How could they not know the number two person in the Liaodong Steel Plant?

He knew about Zhu Ming leaving Cao Cao half a month ago and sent someone to look for him. Unexpectedly, this person was like the evaporated in the world, and even the embroidered ward could not be found.

In the past, Liu Bei did not attach much importance to this person. He was just a craftsman. If he couldn't find it, he wouldn't be able to find it.

After being shot at the city of Luyang, he finally realized that Zhu Mingyuan was not just a craftsman, but his greatest reliance on defeating Cao Cao and supporting the Han Dynasty. If he could not find it, when Cao Cao brought countless heavy artillery south, he would immediately become Liu Biao today.

This is unbearable.

"At any cost, even if you dig three feet of the ground, you must find Zhu Ming."

Liu Bei almost roared: "Don't let go of the steel mills in Liaodong and Xudu, try to find a way to get a few craftsmen for me."

"Here."

Sun Gan took on this embarrassing errand with a tough bullet.

It won’t be okay if you don’t answer. Are you almost anxious if you don’t look at Liu Bei?

How much sin did you suffer in the city of Luyang this time?

Liu Bei sighed and was about to speak again, but he saw Huang Yueying standing there, squeezing and holding his hands, who wanted to speak but stopped, couldn't help but smile and said, "Huangbutang, just say anything if you have something to do, don't hide your armpit."

Huang Yueying mustered up the courage to say, "Report to the lord, my subordinates know where Zhu Ming is, but he is not willing to become an official. Maybe..." "Do you know where Zhu Ming is?"

Liu Bei stood up from his seat with a whisper, staring at Huang Yueying's face and showed a look of surprise. As for the second half of the sentence she said, she couldn't hear a single word clearly.

The others looked at Huang Yueying in surprise, but never expected that the person who could not even find the embroidered guard was found by her.

This little girl is amazing.

After being stared at by so many people, Huang Yueying was a little nervous and said with a stuttering stuttering: "Zhu Ming's original name is Zhuge Liang, and his courtesy name is Kongming. He is the husband of his subordinate. He returned to Xuzhou to worship his ancestors a few years ago. It happened to be established at Xuzhou University. He signed up out of curiosity. Who knew that he would leave for several years."

"Um?"

All the people present were shocked.

Zhu Ming, who is unseen, is Huang Yueying's husband?

This is huge news.

Some people couldn't help but slander themselves: "Zhu Ming hasn't come back for so many years, I'm afraid he thinks his wife is too ugly and doesn't want to stay at home for too long."

When he came to his senses, Xu Shu took the lead and said, "Zhu Ming is Zhuge Liang. This kid hides a lot, even I hide it."

Liu Bei asked in surprise: "Yuan Zhi, do you know this person?"

Xu Shu bowed and said, "Do you remember that Mr. Shui Jing once said that if you can sleep dragons and phoenixes, you can be assured to the world? The so-called sleeping dragons are Zhuge Liang. This person is familiar with military tactics, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, Qimen Dunjia, astronomy and geography, and is well-versed in everything. He has studied with Ma Jun for so many years. He is a versatile talent. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever gets this person will have the capital to compete for the world."

Liu Bei didn't expect Xu Shu to have such a high evaluation of Zhuge Liang. He was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Oh, how talented is this person than you?"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Ten times better than me."

Liu Bei naturally didn't believe this, and couldn't help asking: "Wolong is Zhuge Liang, who is Feng Chu?"

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said, "The Liaodong Provincial Department, Cao Ang's most respected military advisor, Pang Tong."

Pang Tong?

That ugly monster has also become famous in recent years. He followed Cao Ang to build a port, conquer Yingzhou, and govern Liaodong. He was almost behind every major operation of Cao Ang. But he didn't expect that he was the Feng Chu mentioned by Mr. Shui Jing. He was a good adviser, but he got into Cao Ang's head. What's this? The wild donkey met the blind Bole?

Cao Ang's man Liu Bei naturally would not think about it, so he adjusted his emotions and asked again: "Since Zhu Ming's identity has been confirmed, can he invite him to my shogunate and serve as my shogunate?"

Huang Yueying quickly refused and said, "No, my husband has already stated that he will not be in office again in the future, and he is stubborn and it is almost impossible to attract him."

Xu Shu also said: "This person can go to see him, but he cannot be forced to come here. Otherwise, even if he is raped, he will not offer advice to his lord. The lord should condescend to visit him."

Liu Bei leaned against the big chair and fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he doesn't care about Zhuge Liang's strategy. His subordinates are now full of powerful generals, with rain of counselors, and many soldiers and a wide range of generals. He really doesn't like a mere Zhu Ming. Let him condescend to visit him. Let's talk about it.

But Zhuge Liang had the technology he needed most. Without artillery manufacturing drawings, even if his strategists were all living Zhang Liang and the generals were reborn overlords, they could not stop Cao's army's cannon firing.

Damn it, how did Ma Jun and Zhuge Liang fiddle out the aura of artillery?

Forget it, let’s go for a while for the sake of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Second brother and third brother, let's clean up. We will visit Zhuge Liang tomorrow morning. By the way, Huangbutang, where do you live in?"
Chapter completed!