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Chapter 17 It's All For Your Face
Rift: Iron Guard (Open)
Army Leader: Sun Shangxiang
Number of troops: 5000
Trial consumption: 1 iron attribute point (1000 people)
Trial time: 30 days

Trial success rate: 65%
General bonus: 15%
Trial success reward: the army gets the title of Iron Level Title Iron Guard

Iron Guard: Step combat ability increased by 20%, skill: Iron Wall.

Since Sun Shangxiang became the general of Liu Chan's guard army, he has been full of energy and practiced soldiers and horses all day long.

This secret realm is not difficult, and with Sun Shangxiang's ability, it is more than enough to lead such an army.

Liu Chan looked at the progress of the trial in the system, and it went smoothly.

Most of the secret realms in Jingzhou are for training naval forces, and the highest training level for infantry is only copper level.

The general way to obtain unit upgrades is to continuously win battles.If you want to pass through the secret realm, you must have enough training and equipment.

To train Iron Guards of Iron Level into Heavy Armors of Bronze Level requires the most critical equipment, Heavy Armor.

Now Jiangxia City has established a special iron smelting workshop, but the output is impressive now, only 100 pairs of heavy armor can be produced in 200 days.

Ma Liang calculated for Liu Chan that if enough high-quality craftsmen can be recruited, the output can be controlled at 60 pairs in 500 days.

But even so, if you want to equip all these 5000 people, the current output of Jiangxia City alone is far from enough.

Armaments such as heavy armor are strictly prohibited by all parties.Even with Sun Shangxiang's financial ability, there is no way to get it.

It can neither be made nor bought, so the most simple method can only be used.

grab!
Five thousand heavy armor is not a small number.

With the military power that Liu Chan can control now, there are three directions that can be grabbed.

Soochow in the east.

For Soochow at this time, the two biggest things, one is to move the capital to Jianye, and the other is to seize Lujiang County in preparation for the subsequent seizure of Hefei.

Although Soochow lacks offensive capabilities, its defensive capabilities are really strong.

There is no need for Liu Chan to make trouble for himself by attracting Soochow's attention.

Jiaozhou in the south.

Jiaozhou's power is weak, and it is difficult to affect the princes' conquests in the Central Plains.

However, the princes from all walks of life did not give up control of this area.

There are three main forces in Jiaozhou, Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, and Buzhi, the governor of Jiaozhou appointed by Sun Quan.

In addition to Shi Xie of the local faction, Wu Ju was appointed by Liu Biao and also a friend of Lao Liu.

When old Liu was down and out, he wanted to seek refuge with Wu Ju.

For Liu Chan, this is an object that can be won.

Of course, he is also a thorn in Soochow's side.

In the original history, Wu Ju was killed by Bu Zhi because he underestimated the enemy.

But now, because of the loss of Xiakou, Soochow could not take the cheap route and enter Jiaozhou through the Yangtze River-Xiangshui waterway, and Bu Zhi was isolated and helpless at this time.

Therefore, Bu Zhi didn't dare to take the risk to attack Wu Ju.

However, even if the channel of the Yangtze River-Xiangshui River system is lost, Soochow can still enter Jiaozhou from Jian'an County, and it will be a matter of time before the traffic is restored.

Bu Zhi must be resolved before Soochow's aid enters Jiaozhou.

Because of the alliance between Sun and Liu, when Bu Zhi entered Jiaozhou from Lingling last year, he led more than 1000 military archers in heavy armor. Liu Chan kept it in mind.

This army of soldiers and horses is the support of the stallion,

It is also an important source of equipment for Liu Chan's five thousand guards.

In the past, Lao Liu's business focus was on Nanjun, and he didn't have enough troops to enter Jiaozhou.

Now, although we have enough troops, our main business direction is Yizhou, and we still have no intention of entering Jiaozhou.

The only one he can rely on is Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu.

Coincidentally, the other party also intends to introduce Liu Bei's forces into Jiaozhou for reinforcements.

So, Liu Chan thought of a person.

Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Di!
Compared with Ma Liang, Ma Di also has the titles of Zuo Jun, Zhenman, and Assistant Government, but they are all silver attributes.

Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, did not lack military ability, but he lacked brains around him, while Ma Di had general military ability, but he did not lack resourcefulness.

The two sides can be described as complementary.

Liu Chan met Ma Di a few days ago, and gave him a huge sum of money to recruit Fanjun from the four counties in Jingnan along the Xiangshui River. He gathered three thousand troops, and then entered Jiaozhou to help Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, deal with Bu Zhi.

Jiaozhou can deal with 1000 armors.

The remaining direction is Runan under the control of Cao Cao.

Runan was originally the headquarters of the Yuan family.

After the Yuan family was destroyed, Cao Cao was still an important military and food production base here.

A large number of field soldiers and craftsmen were placed here.

From this direction, Liu Chan can easily get a lot of heavy armor.

But the trouble is that Jiangxia County and Runan County are separated by high mountains.

Among the mountains, although there are passages connecting them, if you want to send out soldiers and horses, you must be cavalry.

At this time, Liu Chan could not use many cavalry.

Pang Tong has also arranged a plan to rescue Ma Teng's family.

If they successfully escaped from Xuchang and went down the river, they would inevitably reach Runan, and there must be an army of troops to meet them.

This army is naturally led by Zhao Yun.

At this time, most of our own cavalry was assigned to Zhang Fei, and a small part was under Zhao Yun's command. There was really no extra troops for Liu Chan.

However, this does not mean that there are no cavalry in Jingzhou at this moment.

Lu Lingqi stared at the smiling Liu Chan.

"You let me send troops with Zhao Yun?"

Liu Chan nodded.

As Lu Bu's daughter, Lu Lingqi inherited the outstanding talent of this unparalleled flying general. She has a golden attribute title of a cavalry general and a silver attribute title of a war assistant.

In addition, Lu Lingqi has another important identity.

The Yuan family is still alive!
After Yuan Shu's defeat, many assets and plays were assigned to the widow's name.

It can be said that Lu Lingqi is currently the second richest woman in Jingzhou.

In terms of assets, it may be slightly inferior to Sun Shangxiang, but in terms of background, it is far stronger than Sun Shangxiang.

Lu Lingqi has her own trilogy, about [-] cavalry troops.

This power is valued by Wenpin, and it is also an external factor for him and Lu Lingqi to become sworn brothers.

The composition of this cavalry army is roughly divided into two factions.

Part of it is the group of Lv Bu's diehards who did not surrender to Cao Cao after Lv Bu's defeat.

Another part is the remnants of the Yuan family that Lu Lingqi collected after Yuan Shu's defeat by virtue of her status as a widow of the Yuan family.

They couldn't be more familiar with Runan.

"Uncle Yun is about to carry out a very important mission, but I am worried that his troops are insufficient, so I hope my sister can help him to attack Cao Cao's supply point in Runan first, so as to attract the attention of Cao Cao's army, so as to relieve Uncle Yun's pressure."

"Is this mission dangerous?"

Lu Lingqi asked.

"Pretty dangerous!"

Lu Lingqi's complexion changed, and she was silent for a long time.

"Let's talk about it first, I promised to help, but it's all because of your face."

"I understand that my sister is doing me a favor and has nothing to do with Uncle Yun."

Lu Lingqi's face was a little red, and she muttered softly.

"You just understand."

(End of this chapter)