Meng Huo fled back to Yinye Cave in a hurried manner. The remaining soldiers and horses were less than 10,000 at this time. Although he was not captured alive by Liu Yi this time, he was still defeated, and he was so straightforward. The busyness of more than two months before was like a joke from the result. He thought he could become the Mulu King whom he defeated Liu Yi, but instead became the main reason for this defeat.

Alas ~

He sighed silently. Although he was not captured alive this time, Meng Huo suddenly realized that he had no troops to mobilize in Nanzhong. King Duosi and King Mulu had not followed him, or were captured, or might have died in the chaos, but no matter what, these two holes were considered useless.

The most important thing is that Meng Huo's confidence was defeated. Before the war, he had already made plans to capture Liu Yi alive and release Liu Yi, but the slap came too quickly and eventually he was defeated like a mountain. It was himself who threw away his armor. This made Meng Huo feel inexplicably panic about Liu Yi.

Now there are less than 10,000 troops left. Is there still hope?

"Husband..." Mrs. Zhurong looked at Meng Huo with a little distress. She could clearly feel her husband's decadence. Although her appearance had not changed at all, she gave people the feeling that she had become more than teenagers all of a sudden. She was so angry that she opened her mouth, but she couldn't say it when she spoke.

"No obstacle." Meng Huo forced a smile on his face and slowly stood up and said, "I will order Meng You to bring people to guard the pass, and then send someone to inquire about the movements of the Han army."

If the Han army was chasing her, Meng Huo would have to consider taking refuge in the country of Ugo. The place was high and the water was far away, and the road was difficult to walk, so Liu Yi could not chase her, but it was equivalent to completely giving up the southern central area.

"Yes." Mrs. Zhu Rong nodded and turned around to pass the order.

Looking at the direction where his wife left, Meng Huo lay a little decadently on the tiger skin, thinking about his future. At this moment, he felt that the future was dark in his heart.

"Brother!" A moment later, Mrs. Zhurong came back with Meng You and the cave owner.

Um?

Meng Huo sat up and looked at the two of them. Didn’t he ask them to arrange defense? Why did they all run back?

"What's the matter?" Meng Huo's tone was a little dissatisfied.

"I just received the reply. The leader of the Ugo Kingdom, Wu Tugu, has led 30,000 troops and horses to come. Now there are more than 300 miles away and it will be available in ten days." The master of the cave brought to the cave smiled.

"Wutu Gu?" Meng Huo sighed, and there was no surprise on his face. Since the war with Liu Yi, he has experienced too many joys and then surprises. Even if Wutu Gu brought the 30,000 vine armored soldiers of the Ugo Kingdom, Meng Huo no longer had much hope of defeating Liu Yi. He was too happy now, and the feeling of loss and frustration when he was defeated in the future will become stronger. Meng Huo now has to say that his temper has been polished to a very steady state.

"Okay, prepare for it, I will greet you in a few days." After thinking about it, Meng Huo decided to fight again. Anyway, Liu Yi didn't catch him this time and brought Wu Tugu with him. If he wins, he will naturally turn the tables and loses. He also gives himself a natural reason to surrender. It's not that he doesn't do his best, but that the enemy is too powerful.

"Here!" The Lord of the Cave and Meng You did not have as much thought as Meng Huo. They are now in a state of excitement, preparing to use Wu Tu Gu's troops to win back the city and exude a good resentment in their hearts after Wu Tu Gu's arrival.

"Husband doesn't seem to be too happy?" After the two brothers left, Mrs. Zhurong looked at Meng Huo in confusion and asked. She wanted to use this good news to make Meng Huo happy, but the calmness Meng Huo showed made Mrs. Zhurong a little strange.

"If we lose again in this battle, we will have no more soldiers to adjust!" Meng Huo looked at his wife and smiled tiredly: "There were 100,000 troops fighting against the Han army before, but he could not defeat Liu Yi. Although Wu Tugu had 30,000 vine armored soldiers, he might not be able to win."

"Husband is too worried." Mrs. Zhurong sat next to Meng Huo, embraced Meng Huo's shoulder and laughed softly: "The vine armored warriors are invulnerable. No matter how powerful the Han army is, how can it win? This battle will definitely be won!"

"I hope this is the case." Meng Huo nodded, and he hid some words in his heart and didn't say that even if he won in the end, the winner would be Wu Tu Gu, not Meng Huo. It is still unknown who belongs to this southern central area in the end. It is impossible to be blindly optimistic now.

...

On the banks of the Xier River, Liu Yi did not pursue him since he defeated Meng Huo. He did not want to waste his time in the fight with Meng Huo. Since he failed to capture Meng Huo this time, he would just wait until he came back next time to find a way to capture him. There is no need to mobilize troops to go deep into the mountains and forests to capture people. There is too much uncertainty in this.

It has to be said that after occupying Kunchi, Liu Yi was a little lazy in military affairs. For him, completely eliminating Meng Huo was far less effective than developing people's livelihood in several open spaces in Yunnan and engaging in high-temperature steelmaking. Although he was not sure whether he could make good steel this time, there were also some simpler manufacturing of human machine tools, such as machine tools for making wood, more advanced textile machines, etc. to improve output efficiency, and in addition, the laying of tracks.

Liu Yi found that the tracks laid after choosing some hard texture were not only added to the attributes of a single track, but also to the attributes of the entire track. The tracks made in this way are infinitely close to iron in terms of corrosion resistance and cold resistance. This is the conclusion drawn after comparing the iron tracks made without Liu Yi's participation.

It is naturally impossible to completely replace steel, but under the current technical and resource conditions, wooden tracks are obviously more suitable for popularization than railway tracks. Now Liu Yi is expanding the production of wooden tracks and starting to plan the track laying of the entire Nanzhong region. This is a big project. He even specially recruited three disciples to be responsible for track laying. Of course, the main direction of these three disciples is to build a city with a sufficient level. When the level is almost the same, Nanzhong is not their main attack area. Liu Yi is planning to spend a few years cultivating these three disciples, and then be responsible for track laying of the entire Jingshu and even the whole world in the future, which may be spent on the rest of his life.

After all, with such a large project volume, Liu Yi could not waste all his time here. He also wanted to study other aspects, such as steelmaking and steam engines. He has made several steam engines based on the principles of the steam engine, but most of them are semi-finished products. Even if they have attribute bonuses, they are not durable and cannot be really put into production. However, once this thing is made, it will be much easier to mine resources.

If it is really done, Liu Yi hopes to start the transportation industry first, spread the tracks to Daxia and the Western Regions, where to build factories, dig out primitive resources, and then transport these resources back and invest in the construction of the Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Yi calculated in his mind that if he really wants to develop to this point, he must first unify the world, and then establish diplomatic relations with these places, lay tracks, and establish minerals in these places. Conservatively, he must live to two hundred years old. I don’t know if the attributes of prolonging life can double his lifespan.

Anyway, if you can really live to two hundred years old, you should be able to push the entire Han Dynasty to the steam era. At that time, there will be a qualitative transformation between luck and information transmission. The Han Dynasty should be able to alleviate internal conflicts through foreign wars. Of course, if you can further enter the power era, it will not be a problem to include the entire Eurasian continent and surrounding island countries in the territory. The problem is that you must live to at least 250 or even 300 years old.

When Liu Yi thought about it, he felt that he was almost crazy. He was thinking about living to 300 years old when he was less than forty years old.

Shaking his head, Liu Yi continued to study his new human rail car. The huge white elephant successfully moved Guan Xing and Zhang Bao's attention away from the rail car.

On the open space beside him, Bai Xiang was eating his feed leisurely. He was obviously impatient with Guan Xing, who was curiously holding his thighs and climbing up. He rolled his nose and rolled him onto his back in the sound of Guan Xing screaming.

"What a lot of strength!" Guan Xing touched Bai Xiang's head in amazement. The wide back was not only able to ride. He felt that he could sleep on it, especially at the flexibility of the elephant's nose, and he felt like a huge python.

"Why are you so docile with such hideous fangs?" Zhang Bao pointed curiously and looked at the Mulu King beside him.

"The general doesn't know that although this beast is lazy in daily life, it is amazing if it really angers it. Even a hundred people may not be able to control it. In the mountains and forests, tigers and leopards dare not provoke it easily. The elephant trunk has a thousand pounds of power. No matter how powerful a warrior is, if it angers it, it can kill people with just one swing of the elephant trunk." King Mulu explained with a smile.

He has also been to Kunchi, but it feels far from being as prosperous as it is now. Moreover, the distinction between the Han and the barbarians is not obvious here. If you don’t speak, it will be difficult for you to tell which one is the Han and which one is the barbarians.

In addition, Liu Yi has reclaimed a lot of fertile land here. Many miasma forests in the past have been flattened by Liu Yi, and the swamps have also been landfilled. The prosperity of Kunchi area is even better than that of Jianning. Liu Yi has promised King Mulu that in the new city, he would leave a area for his clan to live in. In addition, he would also build a village in the original Bana Cave to reclaim wasteland so that the people of the Bana tribe can rest and recuperate.
Chapter completed!