In He Jin's eyes, Liu Xin was also an accomplice of Zhang Rang's group, but the late emperor thought highly of him. Hearing that Cao Cao had a plan to get rid of Liu Xin easily, he couldn't help but said with great joy: "Meng De, tell me quickly!"
Cao Cao stroked his long beard under his chin, paused and said: "The late emperor had a decree and ordered Liu Xin to assist the emperor. He could be relieved of his duties as pastor of Jingzhou, transferred to Beijing, and entrusted with the post of Jiuqing. Liu Xin left.
Jingzhou is like a fish out of water. When the time comes, the general only needs to appoint a jailer, and if he finds any fault, he will have his house confiscated and beheaded!"
At this point, Cao Cao had already imagined Liu Xin being taken to Caishikou to be publicly beheaded. He led his troops to take over his family and took all his beautiful wives and concubines into his pocket. An ambiguous smile suddenly appeared on his face.
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Yuan Shao saw the strange expression on Cao Cao's face and couldn't help but suspect that Cao Cao had something to do with Liu Xin. He quickly said: "What kind of plan is Meng De's? It almost missed the general. If Liu Xin comes to Beijing, won't it give wings to the eunuchs?"
After all the eunuchs have been executed, Liu Xin will be eliminated, and we won’t be able to capture him!"
He Jin was furious: "Does Meng De have selfish motives?"
Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat angrily, looking up to the sky and sighing: "Those who mess up the world will never advance!"
In the past few days when Zhao Yun led his troops away, Liu Xin was restless. Counting the days, Luoyang should be in chaos these days. Why hasn't King Qin's message been sent to him? Liu Xin has ordered Xu
Huang's subordinates secretly made preparations. As soon as he received the message sent by He Jin, Liu Xin would go to Nanyang to join Xu Huang. He wanted to control Luoyang before Dong Zhuo. After Zhao Yun captured Jiangzhou, he also
He will send his troops north to serve as his backup.
Liu Xin hopes that he can use his little understanding of history to nip the chaos of the Three Kingdoms in the bud before the princes are completely separated, and the prosperous city of Luoyang can also avoid being destroyed by war. As for fighting for the world in the future, he can definitely
Learn from Cao Cao and "hold the emperor's hand to command the princes".
As a result, Liu Xin waited and waited, but there was no message from the capital, and the battle report from Bajun was not sent. The anxious Liu Xin had no thoughts of being gentle with his wife and concubines in the past few days, lying on the bed tossing and turning.
Xin just couldn't sleep, so she simply put on her clothes and went to the back garden to hang out.
There were stars in the night sky at the beginning of the month, and the summer evening wind blew on her body, which was cool and refreshing. The chirping of insects and the fragrance of flowers created a unique artistic conception. In such an environment, Liu Xin's nervous mood could not help but relax. Suddenly, the person in front of him
A burst of sobbing came from the flowers, which made Liu Xin's hair stand on end.
Liu Xin gathered her courage and tiptoed over. She saw a woman kneeling on the ground with an incense table in front of her. She was sighing and didn't know what to say. The image on her back was Qiaoer. Liu Xin quietly stopped.
Qiao'er is also his woman, but she usually pays little attention to her. Liu Xin understands that she has many women now, and no matter how powerful she is alone, her time is limited after all, and it is difficult to take care of all the women.
Zhou Quan, there will always be people who are left out. It seems that having too many women is a problem. These women are all young. If it were his original era, most of them would not have reached the age to talk about marriage, and at most they would be in love.
, it is understandable to be lonely and unbearable.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but call out: "Qiao'er, do you have an affair?"
Qiao'er suddenly heard someone talking behind her and was startled. She turned around and saw that it was Liu Xin. She hurriedly knelt down and said with a trembling voice, "I am loyal to the master. I never dare to be secretive. I beg the master to see clearly."
Liu Xin knew that for women at this time, if anyone was caught cheating on Hongxing, the end would be very tragic. Of course Liu Xin did not want his woman to steal a man behind his back, but he was from the afterlife after all.
, you need to be more open-minded, and you still understand the principle of getting together and relaxing easily. Liu Xin stepped forward, helped Qiaoer up, and said: "Don't be afraid, just tell me what you think, and I will make the decision for you."
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Qiao'er trembled all over and said with choked sobs: "Master, I really don't have any personal feelings."
Liu Xin knew that she was afraid, so she tried her best to say as kindly as possible: "Just tell me what you have to say, I won't blame you. If you don't have an affair, don't go to bed in the middle of the night, and burn incense and pray in this garden.
Crying and crying, but why?"
Qiaoer suddenly burst into tears: "Master, I'm sorry for you."
Although Liu Xin was generous, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart when he heard this. His guess was indeed correct. He had already made up his mind to let Qiaoer leave. Under such circumstances, it was inconvenient for him to do anything intimate with her, so he had to lower his temper.
The voice comforted: "It's okay, I don't mind, just tell me."
Qiao'er's face was filled with tears, she bit her lips and murmured for a long time before she plucked up the courage and said, "Sir, I asked Mr. Zhang to see me today. He said that I caught colds when I was young and suffered from uterine cold syndrome.
I’m afraid it will be difficult to conceive a child in this life. Wu...wu..."
It turns out that Qiao'er was a little disappointed when she saw the ladies' stomachs moving one after another before, but she always thought it was because Liu Xin was working more on the ladies. However, these days, Sister Ling'er's
Her body was obviously starting to gain weight, she often retched, and she didn't like greasy food. After Zhang Ji took their pulse, he congratulated them repeatedly. Qiaoer couldn't help but feel sore in her heart, and asked Zhang Ji to take a look at her, but Zhang Ji's brows furrowed. Liu
Xin Da was surprised. It turned out that he had misunderstood her. He felt a little guilty. He took her in his arms and comforted her: "Don't cry. Just because it's difficult to get pregnant doesn't mean that you won't be able to get pregnant. Let's work harder in the future."
That’s it for once. Besides, Yu’er, you brought up Fan’er, so doesn’t that mean he’s your child?”
Qiao'er said with surprise on her face: "Then, those are Madam's children. How dare I..."
Liu Xin didn't wait for her to finish speaking, hugged her tightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll let Zhang Ji think of a solution tomorrow, and one day it will be cured."
After more than half a day, Liu Xin finally received the battle report from Bajun.
On the early morning of the second day after Zhao Yun arrived at Jiangzhou City, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army suddenly shot a large number of arrows into the city. These arrows did not have arrow clusters on them, but had a letter tied to them. Zhao Yun took them with him.
A large number of compound bows have recently been produced by a large number of research institutes. This compound bow is different from the bows and arrows used by the Manchus in later generations, but its range is much farther than the original bows and arrows, and the physical strength required by the shooter is more economical. These
Bows and arrows have been developed for some time, but like stirrups and trebuchets, they have been hidden away by Liu Xin and have not been distributed to various legions. This time, Liu Xin has completely figured it out, and nothing can compare with it.
Human life is important, so he exposed all his family assets. Moreover, he also believed that as long as it was kept strictly confidential, others would not be able to learn these complicated things for a while.
The defenders at the top of the city watched helplessly as the archers of the Jingzhou Army shot arrows with letters tied into the city outside their shooting range, but there was nothing they could do. The soldiers and minzhuang at the top of the city soon discovered
, there were no arrow clusters on these arrows. A good person untied the letter, took a quick look at it, and hid it as if he had found a treasure. It turned out that these letters were written on Xiang paper, and only half of a large Xiang paper was used.
If not, there is still a large blank space. In Luoyang, Xiang paper is as valuable as gold, and it is even harder to find in Yizhou, because Liu Yan implemented a closed-door policy in Yizhou and almost cut off contact with the outside world. Some people
The Xiangzhi paper used by wealthy families was obtained through smuggling from the six counties in central and southern China where barbarians live. Once it was passed down to ten, it was passed down to hundreds of people. The defenders and minzhuang at the top of the city began to fight for these arrows. Some people even wanted to snatch them.
An arrow shot by the Jingzhou army drew its sword and faced it.
Some literate people began to hide aside and read the content written in the letters. It turned out that they all recorded various policies implemented by Jingzhou. Although Bajun was close to Jingzhou, due to Liu Yan's strict seclusion policy, the people of Bajun
The soldiers did not know the development status of Jingzhou. Although Liu Xin implemented these new policies and tried hard to consider the interests of all parties, those who truly felt that life was getting better day by day were those living at the bottom of society.
Now they can not only have enough food and clothing, but also have a certain amount of savings to feed their families, and can even eat meat several times a month. These were unimaginable in the past, and these people have become the most determined supporters of Liu Xin's policies.
Supporters. Those literate people on the city have read books, have certain ideas, and quickly figured out the joints involved. Most of these people originally lived at the bottom of society.
By the time Zhang Ren discovered the commotion on the top of the city and rushed over to suppress it, many people had already hid the letters they had picked up. The contents of the letters were also spread by word of mouth and spread like wildfire.
The Jingzhou Army still did not launch an attack, but as Gan Ning set up camp behind Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou City's retreat from the outside world had been completely cut off, and the confidence of the soldiers defending the city had begun to waver. Zhang Ren was highly nervous.
, spent another sleepless night.
Another day passed, and at noon, the sergeants and civilians guarding the city were all a little drowsy. The Jingzhou military camp outside the city suddenly sounded trumpets and drums, and the camp gate opened, and groups of soldiers poured into Jiangzhou City like a tide.
Then they dispersed, and then several cars were pushed out from behind. They were neither rush cars nor watchtowers, but strange cars that the defenders had never seen or heard of before.
A long thing like a big spoon. Many soldiers and civilians were lying on the battlements and staring at these strange big guys as if they were watching the scenery. Some bored people counted them. There were ten in total.
He knew what the use was. Zhang Ren raised his spear and ordered the soldiers back and forth on the city wall. The people were strong and safe to defend the city, but he could not suppress the curiosity of those people.
These things developed by the institute were not mass-produced, because Liu Xin always felt that they were not needed for the time being, and there would be the possibility of further improvements in the future, so only ten trebuchets were built. Liu Xin will trebuchet this time
There is another important reason for taking out the trebuchet. He knew that Cao Cao would also develop this kind of weapon in the near future. However, Liu Xin's trebuchet drew on the knowledge of later generations and was somewhat similar to the counterweight trebuchet used by the Mongolian army.
, and the components are specially designed and can be disassembled and assembled, with a longer range, greater power, easier operation, more accurate throwing, and more convenient transportation and maintenance.
Just as there was chattering and endless discussion on the top of the city, the Jingzhou Army below the city began to take action. The big spoons on those strange machines slowly bent down, and then quickly bounced up. With a "rumbling" sound, ten yuan