Chapter 381: The Storm Is Coming, Arriving in Nanchang

"Father, I think this is not a bad thing."

Sun Ce said leisurely, while Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce with some confusion, obviously not understanding what Sun Ce said. Sun Ce looked at Sun Jian and continued.

"In the past few months, my father has witnessed Liu Bei's development with his own eyes. It can be said that it has developed rapidly. The fine salt he developed has already occupied the market of fine salt even in our Yangzhou and remote Jiaozhou. In a few months, Come on, how much money did Liu Bei make?”

"Countless."

"Yes, there are countless. Liu Bei also helped Ma Chao obtain the status of Liangzhou Shepherd in the court. It can be seen that Ma Chao is already his subordinate. This means that many horse farms in Liangzhou are Liu Bei's. Youzhou and Jizhou have the largest number of iron mines. Given time, Liu Bei may be able to make everyone wear heavy armor and carry fine iron. How should we fight against Liu Bei? "

Listening to Sun Ce's analysis, Sun Jian nodded in agreement. He also knew that Liu Bei's rapid development was not something he could match. As for fine salt, Sun Jian had never thought about it. It was not something that a military commander like him should consider. , even if you tell him all the principles, he may not be able to figure it out.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

With Shi Xie's help, Sun Jian originally had the idea of ​​restarting the war, but now he and Sun Ce coincided with each other, so Sun Jian also wanted to consider Sun Ce.

"Erchen believes that the first step for us to expand outward is to take back Yuzhang County! Otherwise, even if we invade Xuzhou and capture Guangling, we will still be restrained by the Jingzhou Army. Compared with Liu Bei, our military strength is not large. , stretching the front line in this way will do us no good at all.”

"Well, continue."

Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce with admiration and motioned for Sun Ce to continue. After receiving his father's approval, Sun Ce became even more excited and took out a map of Kantu and placed it on the desk in front of Sun Jian.

"Now, Liu Bei's own military strength should not have been fully restored. This is our opportunity. Liu Bei's two biggest helpers are Liu Qi in Jingzhou, Ma Chao in Liangzhou, and Lu Yao in Liangzhou. There is no need to worry too much. This Jingzhou is the most important. The best way now is to unite with Cao Cao in the north, persuade Liu Zhang from Yizhou to come from the west, and add Shixie in the south to launch an attack on Jingzhou with us in the east, and take advantage of the fact that Jingzhou's foundation is not particularly stable and win it in one fell swoop. Jingzhou, cut off Liu Bei's left arm, and besiege Liu Bei in the north and several states in the east. Then we can slowly break through. With Jingzhou's wealth, we will develop quickly. "

"Hahahaha, okay, okay, he is indeed my son. A tiger father has no dog son!"

Sun Jian smiled and patted Sun Ce's shoulder, his face full of appreciation. Sun Ce's ideas coincided with his, and he even thought of many questions that Sun Jian had not thought of, which made Sun Jian extremely happy.

Just as the father and son were discussing the details, another military letter was delivered to Sun Jian's case. Now Sun Jian had a psychological shadow on these military reports, and General Sun Jian handed the report to Sun Ce.

"Look, what was said."

Sun Ce did not hesitate and opened it immediately after taking it. After sorting out the information, Sun Ce's face showed a trace of doubt, which was caught by Sun Jian's eyes.

"What happened? Who is it? What happened?"

"It was sent by Gan Ning. He said that Liu Bei has developed a new type of bow and arrow, which is extremely lethal. He got half of the arrows left behind at the scene and wanted to send them to him to see in person."

"New type of bow and arrow? Hugely lethal?"

Sun Jian murmured in his heart, could it be a compound bow? Don't be kidding. With these conditions, where can I make a compound bow?

"Did you tell me exactly what it was like?"

"No, Gan Ning is coming to Wu County to tell you personally."

"No matter what, we can't delay any longer. We must win Jingzhou quickly. Bo Fu, how about you go visit Cao Cao there?"

"My son, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

"Leave now!"

Sun Ce accepted the order with clasped fists, walked out of the tent, gathered his soldiers, and prepared to go to Xudu.

At noon the next day, Sun Jian came to Gan Ning while he was having dinner. Gan Ning fell to his knees as soon as he entered the tent.

"My Lord, Mo Jiang is useless, please punish me!"

After saying that, Gan Ning kowtowed and stopped looking at Sun Jian, who had black lines all over his head.

"You don't have to do this. It doesn't work. If you have anything to say, stand up and say it."

Gan Ning still didn't move and was still lying on the ground. Sun Jian slammed the table.

"What's wrong? You still need me to go over and help you up? Stop pretending, tell me something."

Gan Ning then stood up and looked at Sun Jian with a smile on his face.

"Master, don't be angry, I brought you a good thing."

As Gan Ning spoke, he took out a handful of black-yellow powder wrapped in cloth from his armor and placed it in front of Sun Jian's eyes. Sun Jian felt it was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

"What is this?"

"My lord, this is what I told you, the extremely destructive weapon used by Liu Bei's men."

Sun Jian looked at Gan Ning who looked serious and asked in disbelief.

"Are you sure this is it?"

"It must be this one!"

Seeing Gan Ning's determined look, Sun Jian began to look at the pile of yellow-black powder carefully. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it became. The more he looked at it, the more he thought he had seen it somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember.

"How powerful can this thing be? Could it be poisonous?"

Having said this, Sun Jian couldn't help but move farther away, and Gan Ning shook his head.

"No, the enemy's arrows were tied with a part of this thing, and there were some things like fuses burning, and then this fell into our army and exploded."

"Explosion?"

Sun Jian stood up suddenly, and immediately remembered where he had seen it. The cannons that were set off during the New Year before, after each firing, there would be this kind of particles, isn't this definitely gunpowder? !

"Is this from Liu Bei's army?"

"Yes."

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"With your own eyes!"

"Damn, this old guy has researched gunpowder, how can this be played?"

Sun Jian whispered to himself, and Gan Ning looked at Sun Jian with a confused face.

"My lord, what did you say?"

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, you can leave."

Sun Jian waved his hand, motioning Gan Ning to leave, but his eyes were fixed on the small handful of black and yellow powder on the table.

"Could this guy be a top student of 985 chemical engineering? It's okay to make salt, but how come he made gunpowder?"

Looking at Sun Jian's doubtful expression, the live broadcast room was flooded with comments.

"Hahaha, Sun Menghu is about to doubt his life. It's like two people are fighting each other, and then the other person takes out a knife and stabs the other person coolly."

"No, no, the knife is not enough to describe the gap between them. A more accurate description should be that he was shot down with a gun before he got close."

"I now have reason to suspect that Liu Caoxie brought an encyclopedia when he traveled in. Otherwise, how could he know everything? Other people are still fighting with cold weapons here, and he has long-range hot weapons. I suggest that the planner ban the account and check Liu Caoxie . "

"You still banned him, don't you know that Liu Caoxie is the father of the mastermind?"

"It should be said that Liu Caoxie has this gunpowder. Let alone Cao Zhonger and Sun Menghu, I feel that even if it was sent to fight against Dong Zhuo, it would not be enough. The gap between hot weapons and cold weapons cannot be made up by the number of people. Liu Caoxie will soon rule the world and ascend the throne to become emperor."

"It's not that exaggerated. Liu Caoxie only has that much gunpowder. If it is used up, there will be nothing left. As long as he can hold on, Cao Zhonger, Sun Menghu, Liu Bianjiang and the smugglers, plus the Western Regions soldiers that Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to trick. , I feel like there is a chance to fight. Their combined forces are more than double Liu Caoxie's current forces. Liu Caoxie has no chance to fight."

"I carefully calculated their current forces. Cao Cao and Sun Menghu's coalition forces have about 900,000 troops. Liu Caoxie himself has 650,000 troops, including 230,000 in Jingzhou and 70,000 in Liangzhou. From this point of view, 650,000 Vs 900,000 is not that difficult. In addition, Liu Caoxie's equipment is much better, and there are also hot weapons. No matter how you look at it, Liu Caoxie has a greater chance of winning."

"Liu Caoxie is well-equipped? Then Cao Zhonger's is worse? Shi Xie's is worse? One is a tomb robber, the other is a smuggler and human trafficker. The best teams under these two are almost assembled to the teeth, and there are still people who say that their equipment is poor? "

"The 230,000 troops of the Jingzhou army cannot be counted. Sun Menghu has joined forces with Cao Zhonger to attack Jingzhou. Can Jingzhou hold on?"

"If you say so, then Liu Caoxie should go to Huang Zhong. With Liu Caoxie, can they take down Yuzhang County and then attack Jingzhou?"

The netizens in the live broadcast room have different opinions on the strength of several people. It can be said that each has his own opinion and strengths, and they quarreled over it.

Three days after Gan Ning intercepted Gu Rubing, Gu Rubing finally came to the seat of Yuzhang County, Nanchang City. At this moment, Nanchang City is far less prosperous than before. More than half of the residents in the city have disappeared, and they all fled to Jiangdong.

This was when they entered the city. Huang Zhong repeatedly warned the soldiers not to rob the people or rape innocent people. Those who violated the rules would be punished by military law. Even so, half of the residents still escaped.

Most of those who are left now are from poor families or people who really can't leave. Huang Zhong was very straightforward after entering the city. If you all leave, your houses will not be used. In this case, Huang Zhong waved his hand and directly distributed all the empty houses to those who have not left Nanchang City.

This move undoubtedly won the support of those who have not left. Not only Nanchang City, but all the cities under their control did so. This unreasonable move made Huang Zhong and his team win the hearts of the people who stayed.

When Gu Rubing and his team arrived outside Nanchang City, it was almost night and the city gates were about to close. They barely caught up to enter the city. Just when they wanted to ask someone to report it, the soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly saw Gu Rubing and his team, and then rubbed their eyes, as if they couldn't believe it. After confirming that it was really Gu Rubing and his team, the soldier immediately ran towards the city while shouting.

"Uncle Liu is here! King Lie is here! Go and tell the general, it's Uncle Liu!"

A voice poked its head out from the tower of the city gate. When Huang Zhong, who had been eating and sleeping in the tower of the city gate for two days and two nights, saw the Han Dynasty flag appearing in the distance, he rushed down the tower and mounted his warhorse to greet Gu Rubing and the others.

A galloping horse came over. When they were still some distance away, Huang Zhong had already turned over and dismounted, and ran in front of Gu Rubing.

"Greetings, King Lie!"

Gu Rubing also turned over and dismounted immediately, stopping Huang Zhong who wanted to kneel down. Huang Zhong felt the strength from his hand, and was a little confused. This uncle was actually a martial artist?

"General Huang, long time no see."

"Prince Lie, the general has prepared a reception banquet at his residence. Let's go quickly, Your Majesty."

Huang Zhong said that he was going to let Gu Rubing get on the horse and hold the horse for Gu Rubing, but he was stopped by Gu Rubing again. Looking at the confused Huang Zhong, Gu Rubing's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Don't worry about these red tapes. I'm here to treat you, not to cleanse you. Zilong, you take the miracle doctor with you, ride on the same horse, and follow me and General Huang!"

Huang Zhong also knew that now was not the time to be pretentious, so he stopped insisting and just silently clasped his fists towards Gu Rubing, then ran quickly to his horse.

"Fan Er, you are responsible for stationing the army at the Nanchang City garrison. There must be no mistakes!"

Zhao Yun told the deputy general beside him and at the same time pulled Hua Tuo onto his horse.

"Follow me!"

Huang Zhong shouted loudly and rushed towards Nanchang City, followed closely by Gu Rubing, Zhao Yun and Hua Tuo, four people and three horses galloping towards Huang Zhong's mansion.

There were not many residents in the city for a long time. A few people arrived at Huang Zhong's mansion without any obstruction. They rode directly into the mansion and went straight to Huang Zhong's son's room.

In the house, there was a continuous sound of childish coughs. Hearing the coughs, Hua Tuo frowned immediately on his horse. As the saying goes, you should wait and see and ask. He hadn't seen anyone yet and only heard the sound. I felt the severity of my illness.

"Tuberculosis? The young master suffers from tuberculosis? And he has been suffering from tuberculosis for a long time?"

"Exactly, miracle doctor, please save my son!"

Seeing that Hua Tuo hadn't even entered the room yet, he could tell that he had tuberculosis just by his voice. This made Huang Zhong feel overjoyed. He had never seen such a capable person in his many years of seeking medical treatment. He suddenly felt that his son's disease might really be caused by it. It’s cured.

"Did any other doctor ask you to feed the young master less meat and fish and more light food?"

Hua Tuo asked sharply while walking quickly into the house. Huang Zhong was confused by the sudden question.

"Yes, yes, many doctors have said that, almost all of them asked me to give Xu'er less meaty food, so I always prepare some vegetables."

"Absurd! Absolutely absurd!"

Hua Tuo scolded sharply.

"Does the young master often catch wind and cold? Will he catch wind and cold whenever he catches the wind?"

"Exactly, miracle doctor. Xu'er is constantly suffering from cold and cold. I beg the miracle doctor to save my son!"

Huang Zhong was completely impressed by Hua Tuo at this moment. Before he entered the room and saw Xu'er, he just listened to a few coughs and actually told most of Xu'er's symptoms, and they were all correct. This was not a miracle doctor. What?

"A bunch of quacks are really causing harm to people!"

Hua Tuo scolded angrily and finally walked to the bed.