Invincible Three Kingdoms System

Chapter 273 Xianbei Invasion
The next day, Zhao Qian went to Liu Bian to present Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu, Huang Wan's son Huang Kui, Ding Chong's son Ding Yi, and Sima Fang's sons Sima Yi and Sima Fu as servants.

The salary of the position of assistant minister is four hundred shi, which is not very high, and the main responsibility is only the work of drafting documents and conveying edicts.

However, because the servant can be close to the emperor, he looks dignified. As long as he doesn't make big mistakes, he can be promoted very quickly.

After these people got the order, they were all very happy. Only Sima Yi seemed neither happy nor sad, but he was always like this, and no one else felt anything unusual.

These big aristocratic families have benefited, even if Yang Biao investigated and dealt with some officials who were related to them, they had no objection.

After all, those little officials are really worthless compared to the future of his son.

And some other small aristocratic families are helpless, without San Gong's support, they can't make any waves.

And another news, Zhao Qian was really relieved.

The sergeant of the Feixun Battalion sent news from Jizhou that Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, had a relapsed eye injury, and the pus continued to flow. Yuan Shao was upset and had no intention of sending troops here.

This news made Zhao Qian breathe a sigh of relief, but also a little regretful.

If he took advantage of this opportunity to attack Yuan Shao, not to mention that he would definitely be wiped out, but it could still be done if he was injured.

But Zhao Qian has encountered a problem at present, that is, the food and grass are not very rich. Although he and Yuan Shao are sitting in two states, compared with Jizhou and Qingzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou are far behind.

Whether it is population or food, Zhao Qian is weaker. Moreover, the two prefectures of Youbin are connected to foreign races in the north, and Zhao Qian still has a considerable number of troops to guard the border.

The corn seeds that Zhao Qian gave to Ren Jun before had already been harvested during the autumn harvest, but they were too few.

However, Ren Jun was overjoyed. He loved this golden grain very much and devoted himself to cultivating it.

In addition to these, there is the iron smelting that Han Ji is in charge of.

According to Zhao Qian's proposal, Han Ji finally invented the water conservancy blower, which was erected on the Fen River, and the blowing efficiency was more than four times higher than expected.

In the land of Yanmen, according to some directions provided by Zhao Qian, they found coal, which was rich in reserves, which greatly surprised Han Ji.

Therefore, Han Ji built a smelting furnace on the bank of the Fen River, using Yanmen charcoal, and started iron smelting according to the records in the "Primary Iron Smelting" given to him by Zhao Qian.

After several failures, Han Ji finally succeeded in refining it. According to Han Ji's judgment, its quality is more than twice the original!

For this reason, Han Ji refined more than a hundred catties of refined iron through repeated smelting, and invited many swordsmiths. After several months, he refined it into a precious sword.

At this time, the sword was in Zhao Qian's hands. Zhao Qian looked at the sword with a cold light, and the blade was extremely sharp, but it was a rare sword.

"Please give the sword a name, General!" Han Ji bowed and said.

Zhao Qian nodded and said, "This sword is extremely sharp, with an extremely thin edge, so it should be called 'Broken Peak'."

"Break the mountain with one sword, the general is so brave!" Han Ji flattered him.

Zhao Qian smiled slightly and didn't care, and asked, "Gongzhi, can all the iron smelted today reach this quality?"

Han Ji shook his head and said: "I am incompetent. The fine iron used in this sword has been tempered for thousands of years, and coupled with the superb skills of the swordsmith, it has this effect. However, in comparison, the quality of the iron has now been improved. More than double."

"Okay!" Zhao Qian was overjoyed, "I will choose 1000 people and follow the arrangement of the public. We must not let high-quality iron flow into the hands of other princes, let alone into the hands of foreigners!"

"This subordinate understands!" Han Ji said hastily.

At this moment, Xun You came to the hall with a hurried expression, as if something important had happened, Han Ji resigned knowingly.

"Gongda, why are you in such a hurry?" Zhao Qian asked quickly.

With a stern expression on his face, Xun You handed a copy of the military report to Zhao Qian, and said, "There are foreign invaders at the border."

"What?" Zhao Qian was taken aback, and quickly took the military newspaper to read it carefully.

Xun You frowned and said, "It was reported in the military newspaper that General Zhang Liao led his soldiers to patrol through Ying County and found that several small villages had been massacred. All the old and young, women and children were not spared. This must be done by foreigners."

Before reading the military newspaper, Zhao Qian slapped it on top of the cases in front of him and asked, "Foreigners? Is it the Huns?"

Zhao Qian subconsciously thought that it might be the Huns who did it, but Xun You shook his head and said: "Although General Zhang's military report did not clearly state it, you speculated that it was not the Huns who did it this time."

"Which one is that?" Zhao Qian asked.

"Judging from the position, it should be Xianbei." Xun You replied.

Xianbei?Zhao Qian was taken aback. The Xianbei were very speculative. Taking advantage of the split of the Xiongnu, they occupied the prairie. They didn't expect to dare to invade Yanmen now.

"Hmph, since you dare to come, you have to pay the price!" Zhao Qian said angrily, narrowing his eyes.

Seeing Zhao Qian's appearance, Xun You frowned and said, "You are not worried about this Xianbei man, but I am afraid that Yuan Shao is colluding with him and wants to attack back and forth, so that we will fall into a two-line battle."

After hearing Xun You's words, Zhao Qian took a breath, feeling awe-inspiring, if it was true what Xun You said, it would be troublesome.

Falling into a two-line battle is not an easy thing for anyone to deal with. Besides, Zhao Qian doesn't have much food and grass now. Xianbei chose this time to come, which really added a mess.

"Come here, call General Tai Shici to come." Zhao Qian ordered the soldiers.

Not long after, Tai Shici hurried over: "My lord, what's the reason for urgently calling the last general to come?"

Zhao Qian briefly told Tai Shici about the Xianbei invasion, and then ordered: "Ziyi hastened to arrange the sergeants of the Feixun camp to go and find out whether this Xianbei invasion has anything to do with Yuan Shao."

"Decree!" Tai Shici received the order, and was about to leave when Zhao Qian stopped him.

"Send people to notify Xu Huang of the Shangdang, Zhang Xiu of Hanoi, Zhang Yan of Heishan, and Tian Feng of Youzhou to enter the state of preparation for war and not relax."

"Yes!" Tai Shici replied, seeing that Zhao Qian no longer had any arrangements this time, he turned around and left.

Zhao Qian looked at the back of Tai Shici leaving, and sighed softly. Jing Fei's injuries are not yet complete. Tai Shici temporarily took over the Feixun camp. Of course, he can find out a lot of news, but those confidential news are not Jing Fei's. Can't fly.

However, Hua Tuo told Zhao Qian that Jing Fei will recover only when he returns to spring next year, and there must be no motivation here.

Xun You looked at Zhao Qian a little nervous, smiled and said in relief: "My lord, don't worry, maybe that Xianbei just entered the country to plunder for the winter."

Zhao Qian snorted coldly and said, "If that's the case, I don't mind keeping them for the winter!"

(End of this chapter)