The snow in Xinye has almost melted. Since the second visit to Zhuge Liang failed, Liu Bei has not rushed to continue. It is not that Liu Bei was tired of it. Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt that Liu Bei was not worth it when he visited Zhuge Liang twice in person, Liu Bei knew very well that as long as he could visit talents, not to mention face, if he sent his wife to exchange for Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei would exchange his wife without hesitation.

Even if he fails, his reputation for seeking talents will spread quickly, bringing him enough political capital. No matter how he looks at it, it will be a very cost-effective deal. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were dissatisfied, and Liu Bei did not deliberately stop it. If he succeeded in the future, Zhuge Liang could also know how much pressure he was in to visit him continuously.

As for not continuing, I felt that this would be annoying. Secondly, I heard from the north that Cao Cao had defeated the Wuhuan of the three counties in September and returned to Liucheng. Now he may have returned to Xuchang.

He didn't know whether Cao Cao would go south immediately to take advantage of this great victory to rush his troops south, but necessary preparations were necessary. Since he received the news, Liu Bei began to recruit troops. Although Liu Bei still only had one Xinye City, there were quite a lot of talents around him.

Needless to say, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the first to follow Liu Bei. In addition, Zhao Yun had re-submitted to Liu Bei since he was in Jizhou, and in Runan, he acquired another general named Chen Dao. In addition, Mi Fang, Xiahou Bo, Liu Feng, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and many generals recruited in Jingzhou. Now in terms of military generals, Liu Bei is also full of talents. Unfortunately, there are still only Sun Qian, Jian Yong and Mi Zhu.

With these generals, Liu Bei's power has grown rapidly in the past two years. In name, he only had two thousand soldiers, but in fact, in recent years, nearly five thousand soldiers have been secretly recruited in Jingzhou. Under Liu Biao's nose, there are only Xinye, and there are many soldiers who can recruit so many soldiers.

The only thing that made Liu Bei upset was Liu Feng. Originally, Liu Bei felt that he was nearly fifty years old, but he had no children. He was worried that no one would inherit his career in the future, so he accepted Kou Feng as a moth. He thought that if he passed away one day, he would inherit his foundation.

Who knew that shortly after he accepted Liu Feng, Gan gave birth to a son for him. While Liu Bei was ecstatic, he also felt that Liu Feng, the son of Liu Feng, had taken over a little hasty. If the father-son relationship was terminated, he would undoubtedly offend Kou. With his current family background, Kou has made great efforts. Now Liu Bei is not qualified to pick and choose. Besides, Liu Feng is both civil and military, and looks majestic and martial. Liu Bei does like it. However, this identity made Liu Bei feel a little unwilling to see Liu Feng recently, so he sent Liu Feng out to continue recruiting troops.

If you can have tens of thousands of soldiers in your hands, it would be not difficult to defend this Xinye?

Looking at the busy city, Liu Bei silently thought about how likely he would win against Cao Cao in the future. Of course, if Cao Cao did not go south, he would give himself a few more years of buffering time, and the situation might be better.

"Brother!" Guan Yu jumped off the horse's back and said to Liu Bei: "The food and grass are already ready and can be called at any time."

"Where is the virtue?" Liu Bei nodded. The raising of grain and grass is the top priority, but ordinary people do not have much food and grass in their hands. The ones who really control the food and grass are the wealthy families nearby. Not everyone bought Liu Bei's account. They had no choice but to send Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to collect the food.

"Brother, second brother!" Before Guan Yu could answer, a rough voice came from afar, making the eardrum feel a little uncomfortable.

But seeing Zhang Fei coming straight towards him in a carriage, stopping in front of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's burly body jumped off the shaft, and smiled at Liu Bei and said, "Brother, the food and grass have been collected!"

Zhang Fei was still carrying a bit of evil spirit that could not be dispersed. It was obvious that he had just killed someone not long ago. Liu Bei did not ask too much, but just looked at the carriage: "Why has Yide been driving this carriage recently?"

A powerful general always drives a carriage when he goes in and out, and he doesn't look at it.

"Hey, I'm about to talk to my brother." Zhang Fei grinned and pointed to the carriage: "Do you still remember this car?"

"I remember it." Liu Bei nodded. The carriage was given by the craftsman named Liu Yi. It was not only light but also sat in it. It was quite comfortable. Even if it was walking on the mountain road, it didn't feel any bumps. Liu Bei was deeply impressed by it.

"But today I discovered something interesting. I went to a farm to collect grain. The man didn't give it to me, so he started to do it." Zhai Fei laughed.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this. This kind of thing is very common and is not considered an interesting thing.

Zhang Fei grinned and said, "The man seemed to know that I was here, so he first archers put a cold arrow in secret. I was in the car at that time, but I saw that the arrows were shot on the car, and it could not hurt the car at all. The arrows shot were bounced away, so I had the chance to rush into the enemy formation and kill the thief!"

"What happened?" Liu Bei was not surprised that the other party set up an ambush. After all, do you want food? If you don't give it to someone, you can only rob it.

Guan Yu was a little disbelief. When he walked to the carriage, he did see some small holes in the carriage. He hesitated for a moment, drew his sword and stabbed it on the carriage.

"Bang~"

After a muffled sound, the carriage shook slightly, and the sword edge stabbed into some, but failed to pierce. He pulled out the sword, and a clear mark was left on the carriage, but failed to pierce the carriage.

How strong is Guan Yu? Although he has not used all his strength, he can pierce through it with one sword, not to mention the carriage compartment, even some unreliable walls.

Such a scene made Liu Bei and Guan Yu look a little surprised. How did this be done?

"Clouds." Liu Bei looked at the carriage in front of him, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Guan Yu and said.

"What's the matter with brother?" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei.

"Your will go to Wolonggang and invite the craftsman." Liu Bei smiled.

Tanzhi is Guan Ping's name. Although he did not come to invite him in person, Guan Ping, as the best second generation of Liu Bei Group, has attached great importance to him.
Chapter completed!