"Is it started?" Liu Yi threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess cup, turned his head to look at the soldiers who came to report the news.

"Yes, from early July to August, the Wei army attacked Shicheng one after another, and there was also Shizigang camp in Baidu Shanguan City. Among them, Shizigang camp was defeated by Sima Yi, the Wei cavalry general, and the guard retreated to Shangjie Mountain." The captain bowed and said.

"Baidushan and Shicheng both won the battles, and General Guan Xing even killed the general Zhang Hu."

"Zhang Hu?" Liu Yi looked at Mi Zhu: "When did the Wei Dynasty have such a general? Are they a newcomer?"

Mi Zhu smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Not counting. If you count, Zhang Hu still has some connection with Bo Yuan. This person is the son of the late Marquis of Jinyang."

"Zhang Liao?" Liu Yi said in surprise. The Marquis of Jinyang was Zhang Liao's title.

"No," Mi Zhu nodded and said with regret: "At that time, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were all good generals. As the son of Zhang Liao, Zhang Hu has made many contributions over the years. Now he dies at the hands of Anguo. It is really a fate to make people."

Zhang Liao and Guan Yu have a good relationship, but now Zhang Liao's son has been cut off by Guan Yu's son, which makes people feel that the relationship is a bit strange.

"There are no more friendships on the battlefield. Besides, the relationship between the general and Zhang Liao will not continue to their children." Liu Yi was not surprised. No matter how good the relationship between Guan Yu and Zhang Liao was, the two families were hostile and could not move around. When it comes to the younger generation, they just heard of such a person. They didn't recognize him. Do you still expect Guan Xing to hold back?

Mi Zhu nodded, and the same was true. He handed the letter in his hand to Liu Yi and said with a smile: "But Anguo's battle was indeed beautiful. Before Cao Shuang's main force arrived, the vanguard army was defeated."

"One thousand and ten thousand, one fights ten, if one does not have a vine armor army, who can do it?" Liu Yi shook his head. If there is no vine armor army, Guan Xing might not be able to win this beautiful battle. However, when fighting, the advantageous equipment does not have to wait for mold, but let the soldiers wear equipment that is not the same level as the other party on the battlefield. That's stupid. The battlefield is not a place to show off heroes.

Mi Zhu smiled and shook his head, instead of responding, but turned the topic away: "The war in Nanyang began, and as a result, all the means Cao Wei could use were used. I heard that the Huns had already begun to gather in large quantities to prepare for autumn hunting, and they would come soon. Now all farms are rushing to harvest grain. In the Hetao area, due to the continuous attacks of the Huns this year, the food collected may not be enough to meet expectations."

"This is a long time ago. In recent days, Tuoba Yu has plundered many Hun tribes in order to gather enough slaves to trade weapons with us. Now that the Huns are gathering, what do you think the Hun Khan will do?" Mi Zhu asked with a smile.

"After Huchuquan, there was actually no Shanyu in the Southern Xiongnu. As far as I know, the one who commanded the Xiongnu is now Liu Bao, the wise king of Zuo, but he did not inherit Shanyu." Liu Yi smiled.

"What's the difference?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi in confusion. Although he was not called Shanyu, the Southern Xiongnu were still Liu Bao in charge.

"There are a lot of differences." Liu Yishu said: "When Cao Cao said that the Southern Xiongnu were divided into five divisions. Liu Bao was only the commander of the left division, but the other four divisions were not as powerful as Liu Bao, so he followed Liu Bao's command, but in fact there were five families rather than one. Now that Tuoba Xianbei invaded Hetao, the Southern Xiongnu were caught among the three forces and were in a difficult situation, he was able to unite. At this time, we don't have to pay attention to them and continue to be ours, so let Tuoba Yu deal with them."

"If Tuoba Yu had annexed the Huns, wouldn't it be that the Tuoba tribe had established a firm foothold in this Hetao?" Mi Zhu said in confusion.

"That's the reason, but if we don't send troops, it doesn't mean we're doing nothing?" Liu Yi smiled and took out a wooden ball, looking at Mi Zhu and said, "The Huns are like this wooden ball. If our army and Xianbei exert their strength at the same time, they will naturally be able to break. But if we only exert one side, and we take a gentle approach and win over some people in when necessary. In this way, we can annex a large number of Hun tribes without a single soldier."

As he said that, Liu Yi directly pressed the wooden ball into the sand table.

"In this way, Tuoba Xianbei made great efforts, but in the end, it would only divide the Hetao equally with our army, and even less. I'm afraid that Tuoba Yu would not want to." Mi Zhu said with a smile.

"This Hetao is my Han family. My Xianbei friends helped us expel and annex the Huns. I am very grateful. However, Emperor Wu promised to divide the Hetao to the Huns, but he never agreed to divide the Hetao to the Xianbei. Since the Huns were destroyed, the Hetao area should be taken back. As for equal division, only... Haha~" Liu Yi shook his head and smiled. From the beginning, he had not made any promises to Tuoba Yu that he would divide the Hetao equally with him. He was not ready to pay the bill for what Tuoba Yu had planned.

"Bo Yuan's approach is a ruthless demeanor." Mi Zhu probably guessed Liu Yi's thoughts since Liu Yi made a close friend of Tuoba Yu, and at this time he could only smile bitterly.

"You are a gentleman, I am not. Our Mohist family is pragmatic and does not talk about these false ones." Liu Yi shook his head and handed the war report to Mi Zhu, saying: "Go and tell Liu Bao, and say that we are here to farm. As long as he does not offend us, we will not provoke them. We can even open trade with them and provide them with weapons and food. Of course, if there are Xianbei prisoners of war or other slaves there, we can exchange them."

"Don't tell me the way of a gentleman. If you talk too much about the way of a gentleman, you can't win a war. Brother Zizhong should know about Duke Xiang of Song." Seeing Mi Zhu about to speak again, Liu Yi hurriedly stopped.

"I mean, can you add some extra money?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi and said, "After all, according to Bo Yuan, the chances of the Huns coming, and they have something to ask for us. Even if the price is not on the ground, the previous price is not suitable."

After thinking seriously for a moment, Liu Yi said, "As usual, you must be honest and not take advantage of others' dangers. We are not like that. It is better to lower it in exchange for the favor of the Huns. In addition, Jiang Wan was notified to transfer a group of Han people to come here, 30,000 to 50,000 to enrich the proportion of Han people here, and Pang De can withdraw it. Next, we only defend and consolidate the current gains, and do not attack."

"Here!" Mi Zhu agreed with a wry smile, stood up and said goodbye and left.

After the autumn harvest, the battle in the Central Plains started first. Sun Quan and Wei Dynasty sent troops at the same time. After half a year of rectification, Liu Yi made the Xiongnu and Xianbei confront each other. After the autumn, the number of attacks by the Xiongnu was reduced a lot. Liu Yi did not add more farms. Instead, on the basis of the existing foundation, he strengthened the construction of farms and organized farmers to collect the poles and leaves of crops and make them into feed so that livestock can also have enough food during the winter.

In addition, bridges and water trucks were built on the river channel. After the Hetao was pacified, Liu Yi planned to build several cities along the river channel as the core of the future development of the Hetao area.

Although the Hetao land is fertile, it is also relatively common. There cannot be too many cities here, otherwise it will not be able to afford so many people. In Liu Yi's current plan, the Xiongnu Wang Tingmeiji and Qingyanze and Jinlian Yanze are suitable for building cities. In the distance, there are Sanfeng and Jiluzhai. The development direction of Hetao is still mainly grazing and agriculture as the supplement, and in addition, it is developed by minerals.

Recently, many mineral deposits have been discovered in Xiliang, and there are also many in Hetao. In the future, Xiliang and Hetao will focus on the development of industry according to Liu Yi's plan. Of course, the premise is that the steam engine can be really put into practical use.

The principle of this thing is not difficult. Liu Yi has made several small steam engines, but they do not meet Liu Yi's requirements and are difficult to expand into production. The reason why he shares the steam engine with his disciples is that he hopes to gather the wisdom of everyone and continuously improve and develop the steam engine.

In addition, Liu Yi also successfully built a mechanical factory with the help of several waterfalls along the Yellow River. The principle is not difficult. With the impact force of the water flow, the gears are connected to each hammer, and the hammer is lifted and then falls down to produce rivets. The buildings built by Liu Yi are usually mainly mortise and tenon structures, but nails are also necessary in production. Many things cannot be solved by mortise and tenon, and nails are necessary.

Such a mechanism can only produce small things such as iron nails or perform preliminary processing of arrow clusters. What workers have to do is put the iron material underneath when the hammer is lifted and then wait for the hammer to be beaten. It is usually done by women. After all, this kind of thing does not require too much technology. Just train for a period of time and you can go to work. It is a waste of labor to waste men on such things.

There are several factories like this, usually located in places with waterfalls. After all, it is difficult for ordinary water to provide enough force to lift the hammer in an instant, and some balance mechanisms can be added in the middle. Even without Liu Yi's system, ordinary people can still ask craftsmen to do it after understanding the principle. Liu Yi has always been trying to find ways to civilize these complex things. After all, his power is limited after all. Instead of trying to change the industry of this era, it is better to draw out the technology yourself and then promote it. As long as it can bring benefits, there will naturally be someone following the trend and helping promote it. This is much easier than Liu Yi's own hard work.

It has become somewhat industrialized, and it depends on whether the Huns and Xianbei people can fight this winter.

Liu Yi was extremely expectant and supportive of the war between the two families.
Chapter completed!