The conditions given by Liu Chong can be said to be quite generous.

A thousand high-quality crossbows would make anyone, not just Liu Qi, excited when they hear it. They are enough to agree to any of Liu Chong's conditions.

In the Battle of Jieqiao, Qu Yi used thousands of sophisticated crossbows and equipped them in the Xianden camp. With the cooperation of infantry and crossbowmen, he was able to defeat Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong, thus becoming famous in Hebei... Although there were also

It is true that Qu Yi himself took the credit for commanding the first camp, but it is undeniable that crossbows were indeed a powerful weapon for restraining cavalry in this era.

Liu Qi was quite surprised when he saw that King Chen was so generous and promised to send him thousands of good crossbows. At the same time, he was also a little worried about King Chen's condition.

It was obvious that the old man was a little distracted now. He seemed to think that he would kill Dong Zhuo this time when he went north.

Liu Qi smiled and asked Liu Chong: "Thousands of good crossbows, how precious are they? How can the king be so willing to give them up?"

Luo Jun, who had never spoken until now, said slowly and calmly: "The prince of the house and the king of my family are both clan members of the Han family. For the sake of the Han family, not to mention a thousand strong crossbows, even ten thousand strong crossbows, my king is also willing to do it for the Han family."

In the world, even if we, Chen Guozhong, lose our lives, we will never regret it."

What he said was truly righteous, and it was clear that he was motivating Liu Qi to agree to him.

But Liu Qi originally wanted to agree to him, so he happened to borrow Poxia's donkey.

Liu Qi pretended to frown and said to Luo Jun righteously: "Prime Minister Luo is a very brave man for the country and the people. If Liu Qi continues to refuse to agree to the request of the King and the Prime Minister, I am afraid he will be too petty. Don't worry, for the sake of the Han Dynasty."

In the world, I, the Liu family of Shanyang, are absolutely selfless and will do whatever it takes."

After a pause, Liu Qi added: "Not only will I send Han Sheng to accompany the king to the north to protect the king and kill the thieves, but I will also ask him to lead his troops and horses to accompany the king to protect the king, so that he can help the king at the critical moment.

With a helping hand, I, the people of Jingzhou, are all loyal to you, so your Majesty, please make good use of it."

Liu Qi asked Huang Zhong to lead his troops to accompany King Chen, which was also a matter of careful consideration.

He was afraid that if Huang Zhongruo accompanied Liu Chong to the north alone, he would be left alone and helpless at the critical moment if there was a crisis. Wouldn't this mean that he would lose a general in Jingzhou?

Secondly, acting in this way can also allow Huang Zhong to maintain a certain degree of independence in Liu Chong's army. In this way, if Liu Chong wants to use force to force Huang Zhong to submit in the future, he may not be able to do so.

After all, Huang Zhong had soldiers and generals in his hands.

When Liu Chong heard that Liu Qi was not only willing to lend him Huang Zhong, but also willing to lend him troops, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Good virtuous grandson, if the emperor can escape from Dong Zhuo's hands in the future, you will definitely have a huge contribution! At that time, your father and son will join the court together with Gu, and they will serve as auxiliary ministers in the clan status to jointly protect the country.

, return the Han Dynasty to prosperity."

Liu Qi pretended to be happy, stood up and said: "Thank you very much, Weng Weng! On behalf of Mr. Yan, I would like to thank you Weng Weng."

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After Liu Chong and Luo Jun negotiated with Liu Qi to leave, Liu Qi sent someone to find Xun You.

After he roughly narrated everything that happened when Xun You sent Liu Chong to Liu Chong, he said: "Gongda, I would like to trouble Mr. Xi to lurk secretly in Han Sheng's camp and go north with him, so that he can help Han Sheng at such a critical moment.

, I wonder if sir is willing?"

Xun You stroked his short beard thoughtfully. After thinking about it for a long time, the smile on his face gradually deepened.

He nodded slowly and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xun will accompany Xiaowei Huang there and properly plan everything involved. Please rest assured, Mr. Fu."

Liu Qi nodded with satisfaction. He knew that with Xun You's wisdom, even if he didn't say it famously, he could probably guess what he wanted to say.

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The next day, Liu Chong sent someone to deliver a thousand strong crossbows to Liu Qi's military camp. At the same time, Huang Zhong and his 5,000 elite troops went north with Liu Chong to participate in the operation to protect the emperor and rescue him.

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After the crossbow transport arrived at Liu Qi's military camp, Liu Qi immediately called for Tai Shici and asked him to inspect it.

At the beginning, it was Taishi Ci who suggested to Liu Qi that he build a strong crossbow camp to serve as the main arm of the Jingzhou Army to fight against the cavalry of the powerful northern enemies in the future.

Now that they had suddenly obtained a thousand crossbows with excellent calibration and workmanship, Liu Qi and Tai Shici's plan was finally about to be implemented.

"Good! What a crossbow!" Taishi Ci held a crossbow machine, compared and inspected it, and kept expressing his admiration.

"Who would have thought that King Chen would have collected so many fine crossbows over the years. He may have visited all the good crossbows and craftsmen in the Central Plains area... The cost of money involved is really unimaginable."

Liu Qi put his hands behind his hands and smiled and said: "The King of Chen State likes this one, so what can he do? Ziyi, I will leave all these one thousand crossbows to you. You can allocate one thousand from Dizi camp."

An elite soldier with crossbows will form a powerful crossbow army to serve as the backbone of our Jingzhou Crossbow Army. As more elite crossbows become available in the future, we can gradually expand the crossbow army... Sooner or later, we will have to establish a strong crossbow army in the southern border that can shoot down

The elite crossbow army of all the cavalry armies in the world! Who said that the Southern Army could not defeat the Northern Army, Liu must take practical actions to change this situation!"

Taishi Ci cupped his hands and answered the order: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, I will arrange this! The use of crossbows is much simpler than bows and arrows. With a little training, a powerful crossbow army can be trained. Don't worry, Mr. Fu!"

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"Okay... By the way, later you go find Ma Xuan, Kuai Qi, Wei Yan, Dian Wei and others. Liu has something important to do and needs to give instructions to a few of you."

"Only... the prince suddenly summoned all the captains. What's the matter?"

"I want you to go to Fangling, Shangyong, Wuling County and other places to take over the local military defense."

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After Liu Chong's troops marched north, Liu Qi asked Tai Shici to set up a crossbow camp, and at the same time summoned his senior officers and ordered them to act separately. With lightning speed, Liu Chong took over the troops in the eastern counties of Hanzhong.

The remaining military defenses will be left after the evacuation.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! When Jia Long came to Hanzhong, the number of troops under his command was not very large, only a few thousand at full strength. Later, after this period of absorption and recruitment,

The army probably expanded to more than ten thousand people. Although it had a certain power, it was not enough to fight against Su Gu, Zhang Lu, Zhang Xiu and others in Hanzhong.

At that time, it was only because Liu Chong arrived with his elite crossbowmen that he stabilized the situation in Hanzhong for Jia Long, and first occupied Shangyong, Wuling, Fangling County and other places, giving him a foothold.

However, because Jia Long's troops were insufficient, his army was not divided enough to defend these counties. Therefore, many of the defenses in the counties in eastern Hanzhong were assigned to Liu Chong to garrison on Jia Long's behalf.

But now Liu Chong has made up his mind to go north to cut off Dong Zhuo and help the king to save the Han Dynasty.

No matter what method Liu Chong planned to use to annihilate Dong Zhuo, it was impossible for him to keep his troops and horses in Hanzhong any longer, and they would all have to be withdrawn.

Liu Qi, on the other hand, took advantage of the gap when Liu Chong withdrew troops from various counties and asked his officers to take over the defense of each county at an extremely fast speed...

Of course, if Liu Qi does this, it will naturally arouse the vigilance and dissatisfaction of some others.

This so-called outsider is Jia Long from the Yizhou clan.

"Mr. Liu Fu!"

Liu Qi was reviewing official documents in the commander's tent. When he heard the shouting, he immediately raised his head and saw Jia Long's extremely dissatisfied black face.

"Who made Mr. Jia so unhappy?" Liu Qi stretched out his hand and said, "Please sit down."

Jia Long roughly bowed his hands to Liu Qi, looking aggrieved. Then he sat down at Liu Qi's head and asked directly: "I heard that the emperor sent his generals to Fangling, Shangyong Zhuge Liang."

The county took over the defense of each county from Chen Guojun, I wonder if this is true?"

Liu Qi gently flipped through the slips in his hand, and said while reading: "Exactly."

Jia Long frowned, and there seemed to be a lot of dissatisfaction in his tone: "Mr. Liu, if Jia remembers correctly, the man promised to hand over Fangling and Shangyong counties to the officials as a place to live.

Why now..."

"Bang!" Before Jia Long could finish his words, Liu Qi suddenly reached out and slapped the slip on the table, making a loud crunching sound.

The sound was so loud that it directly interrupted Jia Long's words.

Jia Long looked at Liu Qi dumbfounded, only to see that Liu Qi's gentle smile was now full of anger.

"Jia Gong, there are some things I don't want to mention to you, but you come here to settle old scores with me! Okay, then let's settle old scores and new scores together today!"

After saying that, Liu Qi stood up slowly, walked to Jia Long, leaned over, and put his face so close to Jia Long that he almost touched his face.

Jia Long was forced by Liu Qi's momentum and subconsciously leaned back.

"Jia Gong, let me ask you, when I asked you to lead the troops to Hanzhong, did I ask you to occupy the three eastern counties as a foundation, and then work with Ren Qi to capture Yizhou?"

Jia Long replied subconsciously: "Yes."
Chapter completed!