In the early morning two days later, under a big willow tree in the western suburbs of Chengdu, Zhou Mo and Lang Xing talked for a long time before saying goodbye with tears in their eyes.

Langxing and his mother were escorted by Lao Mu and drove south to the Yanniu Department of Hanjia County. Zhou Mo took Zhang Yi on a fast horse and went north to Langzhong.

Compared with returning home last year, many new inns have been built along the roadside, and many rough roads have been repaired and smoothed. Under Zhuge Liang's governance, the development and changes in Sichuan can be seen everywhere.

Back in Langzhong, Zhou Mo met with his uncle Zhou Qun, explained the whole story, and proposed the idea of ​​recruiting thousands of local warriors.

Zhou Qun thought for a moment and immediately agreed. Not only did he agree, he also approved 500 more people.

Although Zhou Qun is obsessed with prophecies and astrology all day long, he is not politically confused. He has long understood in his heart that because of Zhou Mo's relationship, his Langzhong Zhou family is different from the general wealthy families in Sichuan, but is closely related to the Ji Han regime.

Tightly bound together.

This child, Zhou Mo, is a rare genius in the clan who has been around for a century. He represents the future hope of the whole clan. Spending money on Zhou Mo is definitely the most worthwhile venture investment.

The fifteen hundred local warriors recruited by Zhou Qun for Zhou Mo are no small feat.

The Ba people are good at fighting and have been famous since ancient times. When Liu Bang came out of Hanzhong to fight with Xiang Yu, he often used the Ba people as the vanguard and unstoppable. These 1,500 people were all carefully selected and strong young and strong Ba people, many of them

They are all private soldiers of the Zhou family who maintain order in the countryside and have received a certain degree of military training.

Zhou Mo divided the soldiers into three battalions according to their territory, namely Langzhong Battalion with 800 people, Xichong Battalion with 300 people, and Nanchong Battalion with 400 people.

Compared with ordinary armies, every unit is from the same village, and every village is from the same surname and hometown. Their tacit understanding and trust have natural advantages, and they are not prone to collapse when encountering disadvantages in combat.

The only drawback is that they have a strong sense of ruralism and only accept the command of local people.

It just so happened that Zhang Ni was born in the Nanchong Kingdom, which was close to Langzhong and was still within the Zhou family's sphere of influence. There were also many children of the Zhang surname among the local heroes.

Zhang Ni's heroic deeds of fighting off bandits alone were well known in the local countryside.

With Zhou Mo as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Yi as the commander-in-chief, they were convinced.

Zhou Mo had high expectations for these three battalions. He spent a lot of money to buy high-quality iron for them and built a batch of weapons and armors of excellent quality. He also bought cloth of uniform colors to sew regular clothes and scarves to distinguish them from ordinary Shu Han.

Military uniform.

The commanders and above are all equipped with full-body fish-scale iron armor, and the lowest-level soldiers are also equipped with uniform breastplates. Sergeants of different levels are mainly distinguished by the shape of their crests.

In order to cope with the complex terrain of high mountains and dense forests in Nanzhong, in addition to the common short and medium weapons such as ring-headed knives, hooks and sickles, swords, etc., Zhou Mo also specially built a batch of long-handled axes to form a team of axemen to kill the enemy.

It can also be used to cut down trees.

As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle, and the same is true for the army. Wearing uniforms with uniform uniforms, holding a forest-like halberd, and a gleaming ring-headed sword at the waist, and shouting deafening slogans in unison, even if this army still has

He has never been on the battlefield, so he is fundamentally different from the ordinary county soldiers and rural warriors.

Zhou Mo came to the Liuli Workshop again and found his cousin Zhou Ju.

After several months of experiments, Zhou Ju has created a small batch of glass with a transparency close to the natural crystal used in telescopes.

The problem is that the reason why that batch of colored glaze is transparent is because it uses a special kind of alkaline soil bought from traders in Wei. This kind of alkaline soil is extremely rare and the quantity is not large. After it was used up, Zhou Ju sent people to search for it.

I haven't found anything exactly the same in Kawasaka.

Therefore, the ones made later were not as good as the previous ones.

According to the masters who make colored glaze, they have figured out the method of smelting and purifying it. All they lack is this material. As long as they can provide them with a sufficient amount of this alkaline earth, given time, transparent colored glaze will definitely be made.

Using this small batch of glass of acceptable quality, Zhou Mo ordered people to make more than thirty monocular telescopes, with a magnification of about four or five times. Although the field of view is relatively dark and full of impurities, it can be used.

If it can be used, it is better than anything else. It is definitely an epoch-making strategic equipment.

Zhou Mo returned to Chengdu with these 1,500 men. Including the more than 1,000 men under his previous command and the more than 1,000 men under Fu Shu, there were a total of 3,500 men. The Ba people's soldiers were commanded by Zhang Yi, and the rest of the sergeants

Under the command of Fu Wei, the troops trained hard every day to prepare for the expedition.

Langxing sent a reply from Yanniu Man, saying that Langmi had agreed to support 2,000 people, commanded by Langxing's brother Lang Lu, who was on standby at Yanniu headquarters and could go south to Yuexi at any time.

Huang Yuan also wrote a letter saying that he is ready to be called upon at any time.

Just before everything was ready and the army was about to go on the expedition, a mighty army of three thousand people came from the lower reaches of the river to join them in Chengdu.

The first general, whose surname is Chen Mingdao and whose given name is Shuzhi, is now a subordinate of Li Yanzhi and commanded an elite unit called Bai Jianbing under Liu Bei's account.

The so-called White Guards are actually a Qiang and Tibetan army selected from the Wenshan barbarians in the mountainous area west of Chengdu after Liu Bei pacified Shuzhong. Because of the custom of this nation, they like to wear a white guard made of ox hair on their crowns.

The decoration made of it is called Baijie Bing.

Chen Dao arrived with his army, which made Zhou Mo extremely happy.

While increasing his strength, it also shows that Li Yan was successfully appeased by Liu Chan, and the monarchs and ministers in Shu became more united.

Chen Dao himself was also very excited. For a general, nothing makes him more excited than being able to go to the battlefield to fight.

He knew that it was Zhou Mo who gave him the opportunity to wear armor and go into battle again, and he was very grateful to Zhou Mo.

Chen Dao is Yuan Cong who followed Liu Bei during his Yuzhou period. He is not too old, but his qualifications are very old. After the alliance between Wu and Shu, he felt that he would only be able to stay in Yong'an for the rest of his life and would have no chance to go to the battlefield again.
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He was already heartbroken, but he didn't expect to be called by name to conquer the Southern Barbarians. How could he not be excited?

Also coming with Chen Lao were Liu Chan's close ministers Fei Yi and Huo Yi.

Zhou Mo smiled at Fei Yi and said, "Ever since I learned that His Majesty sent you Fei Wenwei to Yong'an, I knew that this matter would definitely come true."

Fei Yi smiled and said: "General, thank you very much. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission."

Huo Yi said at the side: "General Zhou, I want to follow the army south, but I just want to be a small official by the general's side. Please allow the general."

Zhou Mo asked: "Does your Majesty know about this?"

Huo Yi said: "I finally got your Majesty's consent. But your Majesty said, Mr. Shao, I still need my brother's consent for this matter."

Zhou Mo said with a smile: "Since His Majesty agrees, I have no objection. Shaoxian, just follow me and become a planner."

"Yes, General!" Young Huo Yi was very excited and hurriedly bowed his hands.

On the first day of the third month in the spring of the second year of Shu Jianxing's reign (224), Emperor Liu Chan held a grand expedition ceremony outside the Zhuque Gate of the Chengdu Imperial Palace. He consecrated Pingnan General Zhou Mo, and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang personally read out the edict.
Chapter completed!