Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 395 Jujube Alliance
Two days later, Liu He received a letter via carrier pigeon from the Flying Eagle Guard.

"As expected, my fifth brother is the most suitable person to go to Luoyang. Not bad, not bad."

After reading the letter, he threw it into the charcoal brazier beside him and burned it.

"Hehe, Li Ru, maybe your wisdom is better than mine now, but so what? You don't know me well enough, but I know you too well. Based on the historical materials I learned in my previous life and the secret investigations of the Flying Eagle Guards in recent days, hehe, I expected that you would be suspicious of me. Do you think you have defended yourself against me? Hehe, little did you know that the way you defend yourself against me is the guillotine I set for you!"

In the city of Xiangyi in Chenliu County, there is a mansion covering a very large area, which can be regarded as the largest mansion in the whole city. There is a plaque hanging at the entrance of the mansion with two large characters inscribed on it - Wei Mansion.

Somewhere in the mansion, two middle-aged men with somewhat similar looks were sitting in front of a bed with concerned expressions on their faces. On the bed lay a young man. He was none other than the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Zhong, who had caused trouble in Jiuyuan City a few months ago and was punished and imprisoned.

An old man carrying a medicine box, after examining the patient, bowed and walked out, and the two men followed him out.

"Sir, how is my son?"

The old man bowed and said, "Don't worry, the young master just caught a cold and has some skin injuries on his body. In addition, he was worried and frightened, so he got into this state. I'll prescribe a prescription. Take it every day and rest for a while, and you'll be fine. But the young master has always been weak, and it seems that he caught a cold for a long time this time. The cold has penetrated deep into his body. You need to be careful in the future. It's better to go out less."

"Thank you so much, sir. I will send someone to get the medicine with you now."

A servant followed the doctor away, leaving behind two middle-aged men with very grim looks on their faces.

"Brother, it's all that Liu He's fault. He made things so difficult for Zhong'er for such a small matter and imprisoned him for such a long time. It's cold in the north, how could he not freeze to death? You and I both had children in our old age. If we are not careful, we will be in danger of having no descendants. How can we tolerate such a deep hatred?"

One of them, who looked a little younger, looked very angry.

The older man, however, had an extremely gloomy expression on his face and clenched his fists tightly.

"Liu He is so powerful that even the host family will have to give in, not to mention you and me. How can we take revenge?"

"Hey, you can't just accept this bullying for nothing, right?"

The eldest brother suddenly sneered a few times: "How can the Chenliu Wei family be easily bullied? In terms of business, the Yingchuan Xun family secretly helps him. It is not convenient for us to fight, but we will never give up!"

The younger brother's eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly, "Brother, what's your plan?"

"Why must we personally take action to seek revenge? My dear brother, do you still remember that Cao Aman came to visit us half a month ago?"

The younger brother blurted out, "Of course I remember. He asked my elder brother to help him raise an army to fight against Dong Zhuo. This is really ridiculous. His Cao family and Xiahou family have a lot of wealth. Why do they need you and me to fund the army?"

The eldest brother sneered and said, "No, not only will I support him, but I will also double the money, food and supplies he asked for before..."

The annual Spring Festival is here again. Now, every county town in the six counties has at least 10,000 people settled there, and the city walls and roads of each city have been almost repaired.

The reconstruction of the official road that had been discussed with Qian Li and Zhang Shiping had also been partially started. The official road from Pingcheng to Qiangyin had been completed, and half of the official road from Tongguo to Manbai had been completed. The entire official road would eventually reach Linrong City in Shuofang County. It was estimated to take two years, cost about 1 billion yuan, and require more than 3 million shi of grain and fodder.

In addition, five strategic passes in the northern border, including Yanmen Pass, are also planned to be repaired or rebuilt after the spring. The new passes will be taller and stronger, and will be equipped with dozens to hundreds of soul-stirring crossbows or stone-breaking heavy crossbows.
Except for Yanmen Pass, the other four passes were built based on the terrain of the Yinshan Mountains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack. With this arrangement, even if there were 2,000 Anmin Army soldiers stationed there, it would be enough to resist the enemy cavalry that was ten times their own, and it would be more than enough to deter and guard against the Hu tribes that were still hostile to Liu He and the Han Dynasty. For this reason, the Anmin Army recruited thousands of new soldiers in advance and stepped up training so that they could be stationed at various passes when needed.

In these six counties, there were almost no such things as powerful families. The few old powerful families gave away most of their property in order to offset some crimes committed by their family members, which were either big or small and could be prosecuted or not. Most of their retainers and guards were also released from their indentures and became free men, joining the labor force as ordinary people.

By now, Liu He had registered more than 800,000 people, including more than 600,000 Han people, nearly 200,000 Xianbei people, and about 10,000 Xiongnu and other ethnic groups who had naturalized. Those who came individually were arranged nearby, while those who came in groups or even small tribes were separated into several cities and settled separately, and were cared for and educated by special people.

At the end of the year, more than 300 million coins in taxes and more than 200,000 dan of grain and fodder were collected. The army had a total of 160,000 acres of paddy fields under the care of Zhan Lian and his men, and the two harvests throughout the year totaled more than 1 million dan. In addition, the business company distributed dividends of nearly 400 million coins, and Liu He earned more than 1 billion yuan from the sale of his own cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys.

After this year, Liu He could almost be said to be rich.

All in all, now everything under his rule is in order and prosperous. Liu He can finally have no worries at all and give it his all to the Central Plains!
February has just arrived, the snow has melted, the earth has come back to life, and the grass and trees have sprouted new buds.

And just outside Yanmen Pass in the wilderness, a huge army, arranged in neat rows, was waiting for battle.

Liu He's 50,000 troops gathered again.

Guan Yu's 20,000 purple-gold dragon riders were fully equipped, including men and horses, with full sets of black armor, and each horse had a metal horn on its head. The soldiers held newly made scimitar spears, which had a scimitar added to the side of the spear head. They were extremely sharp, and although they were not magical weapons, they were not far behind in terms of sharpness.

Zhang Yong led a battalion of 10,000 Golden Swords. The soldiers’ light armor had been improved, and the golden swords in their hands were also newly made, which were much better than before.

In Ye Xiang's 10,000 Shenji Battalion, everyone's bows and crossbows have been improved, especially the twenty-shot crossbow. It is difficult for ordinary untrained soldiers to use it, but its power is very strong. Ye Xiang and Qu Hang have finally switched to the strongest five-stone bow - the "Poyun Bow".

The same was true for Gao Shun's Han Wu soldiers. The soldiers' armor became thicker, but the heavy shields that were nearly a person's height were modified to be much lighter and more flexible to use. The spears were also changed into much shorter ordinary spears, and each person also had a sword on his waist.

The number of the one hundred Divine Tiger Riders led by Cheng Liang did not increase, but the tiger mounts became more ferocious, and the soldiers' equipment and martial arts also improved.

After Liu He's oath, all the soldiers were excited, breathing heavily, with red eyes.

Because everyone knows what this expedition means. Bringing honor to the family, or even becoming famous, all depends on this battle.

"set off!"

At Liu He's command, 50,000 troops, singing various military songs, crossed the Yanmen Pass. Their morale and strong military spirit shook heaven and earth.

During these few days, many princes rose up from all directions, and they all had a common destination - Suanzao.

However, all the princes did not expect two things. First, all their actions would be reported to Liu He who was on the march by the Flying Eagle Guards every day, so that Liu He would already be fully aware of their strength before forming an alliance with the princes.

Second, this alliance to fight against Dong Zhuo was planned by Liu He alone from beginning to end, and it was destined that the final victory would belong to Liu He.

(End of this chapter)