Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 284
After learning from Zhang Wen that Cao Pi was really likely to send troops to attack Wu, everyone on Lao Liu's side felt like they had been given blood.

The more he has followed Liu Bei for a long time, the more difficult it is to suppress the boiling blood in his body, and he really can't calm down unless he does something.

how many years.

Help the Han Dynasty and return it to the old capital. How many years has this slogan been shouted since Dong Zhuo and other powerful officials rebelled and the emperor was treated as a puppet?

They followed Lao Liu in the southern and northern wars, and they were as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog. During the worst days of those years, they didn't even have a place to stand. When the army was short of food, they even devoured the corpse of their late father, Pao Ze, with tears...

Now, for the first time, they finally feel that their dreams are within reach!
Of course, the most exciting among them must be said to be Liu, Guan, Zhang and Zhao, as well as Zhuge Liang.

Looking at today, no one knows the difficulties and obstacles better than them. It is really a slim chance of victory that only comes from one miracle after another.

With the weak fighting the strong, there is no chance of a major failure.

And Yizhou's local families that are able to get on the stage are now gradually increasing their enthusiasm to participate in or support the Northern Expedition through the bundling of interests and the improvement of their political status.

Families who mostly want to live in peace and quiet are naturally not interested in a picture that shows no hope and harms interests.

But how can they be willing to lag behind others when there is really hope that they can swallow the duck in their mouths?

If you are not active now, when you win the victory over the distribution of benefits, you will be beaten to the ground and rubbed by people from Jingzhou and Dongzhou openly.

Of course... they were also shocked by the sudden destruction of the Yong family.

This atmosphere of unity and unity even infected Zhang Wen, who came as an envoy, making the young man unconsciously excited, but at the same time, he was inevitably a little sad and regretful.

"Jiangdong has outstanding people and rich products. If the nobles can be united like this, why can't they go further?"

Looking at the busy bustle of Chengdu and the energetic faces of passers-by, Zhang Wen couldn't help but sigh secretly.

But he also knew that this was absolutely impossible.

Between the four major families, the Sun family, and the Huaisi Group, there has never been such a scene before, and it will never be possible in the future...

Zhang Wen was once again warmly received by Zhuge Liang during his time in Chengdu. If last time he made his judgment based entirely on the future development of Jiangdong and the pattern of the Three Kingdoms.

So this time...he really has some personal feelings mixed into it, but he hasn't noticed it yet.

In addition, Lao Liu and others did not deliberately hide Zhang Wen's preparations for proclaiming himself emperor. Now that they have decided to proclaim themselves emperor, this is no longer something that needs to be concealed.

Zhang Wen was surprised by this and also expressed his support and sincere wishes. At the same time, he highly praised Lao Liu for his "righteous deed" of not giving in and carrying the banner of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty.

Of course, some things still need to be kept highly confidential.

For example, the specific time and place of the ceremony, the itinerary of Lao Liu and Liu Chan for the day... and other matters related to the safety of the monarch are absolutely confidential.

Of course, as a diplomatic envoy, Zhang Wen would not be so ignorant as to inquire about this.

Liu Chan and Lao Liu naturally agreed with the matter of uniting Wu to fight against Cao, but they did not plan to express their stance so soon.

Although they are very anxious, Soochow should be more anxious. When discussing cooperation, whoever is more anxious will suffer more.

They had planned to put the return visit to Soochow after they ascended the throne. No matter what Cao Pi did, they would not be able to hastily send troops so soon.

Even if troops are really sent, Soochow will not be defeated with the help of the Yangtze River. It may even be better if troops are really sent. When the time comes, Sun Quan may make greater compromises and concessions when faced with pressure.

Don't say anything unkind, Wu Laoer has done too many unkind things.

He had no intention of taking advantage of Cao Pi's attack on Wu. He saw the opportunity to capture Soochow in one fell swoop, picked peaches and turned Cao Pi into the ultimate worker.

Then he divided the world into two with the Jianghuai and Qinling Mountains as the boundary, and then moved to the north. Liu Chan felt that he was kind enough.

Of course, if Cao Pi hadn't usurped the Han Dynasty and he had to morally attack Cao Wei first, this would actually be a good option...

On the surface, Lao Liu and Liu Chan were hesitant about whether to join forces with Soochow again.

In fact, the father and son completely pretended that this incident had never happened, and they were still busy with their own affairs.Zhang Wen, on the other hand, never got a positive answer, and was beaten to death by Tai Chi attacks from Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and other officials...

The days passed day by day as Zhang Zhonglang worried about gains and losses.

Arrangements have already been made for the important matters concerning the enthronement, and the preparations and arrangements now only need to be handled by the people below.

Zhuge Liang once again took time off and devoted a lot of time to preparations for the Northern Expedition.

The development of his individual repeating crossbow temporarily encountered a bottleneck. Power and continuous fire were like incompatible fish and bear's paws, which made it difficult for the great inventor to overcome it for a while.

So he stopped temporarily and personally devoted himself to the training of ordinary soldiers.

This is divided into two parts. The soldiers of the Central Army mainly received battle formation training, while the other part was special recruits for whom Zhuge Liang specially created a training plan.

These soldiers who received special treatment were naturally the barbarian troops sent from Nanzhong.

These soldiers have poor military discipline, are fierce and at the same time disobedient to the control of ordinary people. Only Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan can suppress them.

Liu Chan was working hard to build the Red Star Army, which had been transferred again, so these barbarian troops were handed over to Zhuge Liang for personal training by Lao Liu.

Among them, the five Qingqiang soldiers were singled out by him to form an independent army because of their bravery and fearlessness, and they were named "Flying Army", which was also called "Wu Dang Fei Army" in later generations.

Other Yi warriors were also organized into armies, given titles, and trained intensively.

In order to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, Zhuge Liang did not let them practice complex battle formations, but instead made improvements based on their original tactics.

The army is equipped with many crossbows, and the arrow clusters continue to follow their custom of quenching poison, and they are equipped with "iron caltrops", a useful prop for cavalry, to increase their combat power against cavalry.

Linqiong's production capacity is at full capacity, and the blast furnaces are constantly forging weapons and armor.

In addition to Liu Chan re-adjusting their production model and improving efficiency, the blacksmiths are also becoming more proficient in making new equipment.

The reduction of unqualified products and the increase in production speed have also allowed new equipment produced in Linqiong to be sent to the military faster and faster.

In addition to the Red Star Army, Lao Liu's Central Army also began to replace and use these new equipment.

And these new equipment have naturally become top secrets.

Liu Chan is not the only one who knows how to use spies and bribe informants. Since the first batch of new equipment was successfully developed, more than ten people have disappeared silently.

Among these people are craftsmen, soldiers, and even low-level officials.

The counter-espionage work in Bashu has also taken an increasingly serious form.

Of course, Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and others paid enough attention to information confidentiality, and Liu Chan did not need to send out shadow guards to solve it.

Wang Meng, the "gold medal jungler", has been sent out again by him since the last time they met. This time the main destination is Nanyang.

It's not that he and Lao Liu have decided on a strategy to attack Nanyang, but... they can only send them to Nanyang.

After the Wudu area in the west was demolished by Boss Cao, the area was vast and sparsely populated. Those places further to the northwest had little external communication, so it was too conspicuous to send there. Besides, it was not Cao Wei's strategic focus.

As for Guanzhong, first of all, it will not be the main focus of the attack. Secondly, the defense is tight and espionage work is relatively difficult. Liu Chan only arranged a small number of people to collect intelligence.

Money, food, troops, weapons and equipment, military intelligence and intelligence, all these preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner before the official dispatch of troops.

At the same time, a major event that shocked the local area also occurred in Jiaozhou, Soochow.

The prefect of Jiaozhi and Longbianhou Shixie had a righteous intention to kill their relatives and personally ordered his son Shihui to be beheaded.

Lu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou who was supervising the matter, had ordered his head and a letter written by the King of Wu to be sent to Chengdu...

(End of this chapter)