During the chaos in the Central Plains, Zhao Ying, the governor of Youzhou, overtook Zhao Ju's legitimate son Zhao Hongtu, took advantage of the situation and rose up to encompass the three towns. This was both accidental luck and the result of the general trend. Dragons and snakes rise from the land, and heroes in troubled times travel everywhere. In hindsight, the reason why he can stand out depends on three key factors: one soldier and horse, two talents, and three money and food.
Zhao Ying was originally a military general, and he was in the same robe as his son. He was deeply loved by the military. Later, due to injury, he was transferred to a civilian position and served as Tanzhou Marching Sima. He was in charge of military status, talismans, and order seals. After many years of business, he had a well-disciplined and well-trained elite army at hand. It is the foundation for his development and growth. Zhao Ying had a very Confucian style in his dealings with people, and knew how to use them well. He had Yang Changgeng under his command, and Kang Dingbian in the military. They were both talented enough to serve as generals and prime ministers. However, these two alone were not enough, and they really pushed Zhao Ying to the limelight. Langjian's help came from the addition of Xia Yun, the young leader of the Tianlong Gang.
Pan Xingzhou's throat was severed by Wei Shiqi's sword, and the Yinma Gang was leaderless. It fell apart and completely withdrew from the three towns in Hebei Province. The Tianlong Gang emerged at the right moment, taking over the power and territory left by the Yinma Gang, and became a behind-the-scenes giant that controlled both black and white. With Xia Yun's help, Zhao Ying quickly established a foothold in Youzhou, dug deep holes, accumulated food, and gradually became hegemonic. He spared no effort to recruit troops, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity to soar into the sky.
Three towns rebelled. Zhao Ying, with the idea of promoting his legitimate son, attacked the northern capital Longcheng non-stop. He ran thousands of miles and defeated the general. Zhao Ying guessed the outcome of the defeat and personally led Kang Dingbian, Yang Changgeng and other generals to strengthen their troops and lead the army out of Youyou. state. With the help of Yiqing Taoist, Zhao Ying conquered Longcheng in one fell swoop. He sent an envoy to report to Zhao Ju urgently and asked Jiedushi to come to the city to take charge of the overall situation.
Zhao Ju did not enter Dragon City, but recalled Zhao Ying and ordered Zhao Ying to guard Dragon City and move his camera. From then on, all the civil and military officials in Fanyang Town knew that Zhao Hongtu and Zhao Ying were completely defeated, and Zhao Ying was already full-fledged. If there were no big mistakes, he would replace Zhao Ju as the military governor of Fanyang in the future.
Zhao Ying deposed Longcheng Yin and took charge of himself as the governor of Longcheng. The Tianlong Gang was entrusted with important responsibilities. Xia Yun was appointed as the judge and was in charge of the warehouse, soldiers, cavalry and horse affairs. According to the custom of the feudal town, Qiangu branch planning was also entrusted to him. And dispose of it, which means that the Tianlong Gang has since got rid of its status as a Jianghu gang and officially entered the core of power headed by Zhao Ying. The judge is an important position holding real power. Xia Yun understood Zhao Ying's intention and took drastic measures to place Yi Lian, He Yanzi, Gu Boyang and other old people in their proper positions. With the cooperation of Cheng Yin Tang Xianren, the situation was quickly controlled.
Han's army went north and advanced into Sili, the eastern capital, and defeated the coalition forces of Wei Bo and Chengde with lightning speed. Zhao Ju counterattacked and attacked Zhao Ying's army front and back, conquering the two towns in one fell swoop. Chengde Jiedu envoy Bi After the death of Zhi Si, Wei Bo Jiedu envoy Qian Zhiwei surrendered, and all three towns in Hebei fell into the hands of Zhao Ju. Afterwards, he sent an envoy to express his gratitude, flew into the capital, and lightly brushed off the responsibility for the rebellion in the three towns. He asked his nephew Zhao Ying to be appointed as the envoy of Wei Bo and Chengde. The uncle and nephew would work together to guard the border of Daliang.
Liang Zhiping pinched his nose and swallowed.
In the next few years, the world was divided into three parts. The prince Liang Zhiping sat in the capital and ascended the throne according to the emperor's decree. It was called "Northern Liang". The Huai Wang Liang Zhizhong occupied the natural moat of the river, sat on the Han army, and collected the wealth of Jiangnan. It was the "Southern Liang". Fan Yang Jiedushi Zhao Ju took the initiative to abdicate, and Zhao Ying returned in favor of the public. He gathered Wei Bo, Fan Yang, and Chengde Jiedu to eradicate dissidents, win over people's hearts, and run the three towns in Hebei like iron barrels. , no one can get involved.
At that time, the rebels were still alive and the northwest was unstable. The three towns in Southern Liang, Northern Liang, and Hebei unanimously put aside their grudges and faced off in unison. They advanced in three directions and worked together to put down the rebellion. What caught Zhao Bohai, Xi Tiande, Hu Guangyong, and Duan Keyan off guard was that first the mastermind Han Bing disappeared, and then the monster retreated into Cangling overnight and stopped interfering in human disputes. The rebels retreated steadily, abandoned Jiaguan and fled. Fleeing, the remaining troops crossed the Heng River and went north to Hu Di, where they disappeared without a trace.
Liang Zhizhong, Liang Zhiping, and Zhao Ying took advantage of the situation to advance their troops, snatching people and territory. They were as fast as the wind and invaded like fire. They fought for several years. In the end, the Southern Liang took Southwest, the Northern Liang took Sichuan and Shu, and the three towns took Jiaguan. Xia Yun, the young leader of the Tianlong Gang, has made outstanding military exploits and won the trust of Zhao Ying, the governor of the three towns. He took the post of governor and sat in Longcheng, the northern capital, like a bridgehead, strangulating the throat of Beiliang.
Xia Yun had white hair and was severely depleted. He relied on blood medicine and blood elixir to survive these years. The sudden arrival of his sister Xia Qian shocked him. Afterwards, he asked why and he breathed a sigh of relief. He settled Xia Qian in an old house in the southwest of Longcheng, and stationed a strong force nearby to guard him day and night to avoid any loss.
Xia Qian lives a peaceful life in Longcheng, never leaving the front door or taking a step back. She devotes herself to practicing the "Taiyi Foundation Establishment Sutra" and realizes that her beauty will last forever and there is no need to worry about getting old day by day. After Banxia returned to the human world, she was relieved. She no longer feared that she would be swallowed whole by the monster. She went to the market, paid attention to the news from the outside world, and told the lady when she came back, just to relieve her boredom.
Xia Qian couldn't let go of her second brother, so after much thought, she decided to help him.
In Xia Qian's impression, the ancient iron smelting process was crude and inefficient, and the finished products were limited to lump iron and pig iron, which was not suitable for large-scale weapon forging. However, she summoned the blacksmiths from Longcheng and after consultation Only then did I realize that I had greatly underestimated the wisdom of the ancients.
The blacksmiths at that time had created and developed the "steel frying" technique.
"Steel frying" refers to burning pig iron, continuing to heat and stir in the molten pool, and using air to remove impurities in the pig iron to form refined steel. The principle is similar to what she knows about the "oxygen top-blown converter" "Steelmaking method" is similar, but due to technical conditions, it is difficult to control the carbon content in fried steel just right, and pig iron is often fried into wrought iron once it is fried to the end.
Pig iron contains a lot of carbon and is hard and brittle, while wrought iron contains little carbon and is soft but not strong, so they are not suitable for forging weapons.
The solution is to combine pig iron and wrought iron and heat them together. The pig iron melts and penetrates into the wrought iron. The properties of the two are compromised. This is the so-called "adding raw and cooked iron to make steel." The sword forged by this method is called "Su Iron Sword" and is extremely sharp. Xia Qian saw it with his own eyes. He stacked the iron armor into thirty strips and cut it in half when he picked up the sword and dropped it.
The name "Su Tie" comes from the fact that pig iron and wrought iron sleep together, like a man and a woman having sex - the pig iron is melted and poured into the wrought iron, and the pig iron stays together several times to form steel. Of course, the quality of large-scale "steel frying" will inevitably be worse, and it cannot be as tough and sharp as the Sutie sword. But there is no doubt that the superficial knowledge of "blast furnace ironmaking" and "converter steelmaking" that Xia Qian knows is not relevant here. Times are useless.
The realization dismayed her.
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