After the imperial envoy left, Sima Ying turned his head and asked the scout anxiously, "What's the result?" The scout who was still stunned quickly responded, "King, we have been traveling west for a distance of one or two hundred miles, and we did not find any trace of the Guanzhong army along the way. We inquired about the people along the way, but they had not seen an army from the west in these days."

"Damn it, I was fooled!" Sima Ying realized that she had been broken by Sima Yong, and was glad that she had followed Lu Zhi's advice, otherwise she would have been forced to go up the road to Huashan.

At this time, Wang Yan, who was also beside him, advised: "Master, at this time, the emperor...I guess Sima Yu has become suspicious. Since Sima Yong has broken the appointment, we need to leave here as soon as possible."

Sima Ying nodded and said, "I will pass on my military orders now and return to the north bank of the Yellow River." But he secretly hated in his heart: [Sima Yong, I will keep this account first. I will find an opportunity to settle with you in the future].

A hundred thousand Jizhou army returned to the north bank of the Yellow River from the Yellow River floating bridge again, and then ran towards Yecheng without stopping. In a dense forest a little further away, a young man in green robe and plain clothes were carefully observing the Jizhou army. He was Sima Yu, who ran out to check the military situation himself.

Looking at the army that was storming and continuous in the sky, Sima Yu sighed and said to himself in a low voice: "This is not Sima Ying's entire team, and Sima Yong in the west is more powerful. Therefore, to suppress them, you have to significantly increase your military strength to achieve it."

...

Sima's emperor rituals entered the mysterious small city north of Luoyang City with great fanfare. This city has been set as a forbidden area by Sima, and within a radius of five miles is a forbidden area.

In fact, the Acropolis had long been discovered by the nearby mountain husband, and the news gradually spread. However, people did not know exactly when this small town was built, but only knew that it was built in a very short period of time before and after Sima returned to Luoyang to ascend the throne.

After entering the city, Sima Yu opened the panel and saw that the points were increased by 10,000, which was the reward for the temporary task [Kill Sima Jiong]. There are now more than 30,000 available points.

Sima Yu operated step by step. 5,000 points, the workshop was upgraded to the Dark Age Advanced. 5,000 points, the military camp was upgraded to the Dark Age Advanced, 6,000 points, and the stable was upgraded to the Higher. The Dark Age Advanced was already the limit of the upgrade of this era.

At this time, there were two special military options in the military camp [Longbowman] [Rongting Heavy Cavalry].

The prototype of [Longbowman] is the "Britain Longbowman". The longbow in their hands is two meters long and is made of a complete yew tree. The limit distance of the arrows fired by the longbow can reach nearly four hundred meters, and the effective range is more than two hundred meters. More important than the range advantage, the arrows fired by the longbow are much longer and thicker than ordinary arrows. At the same speed, its kinetic energy is of course much greater than that of ordinary arrows. In theory, it can penetrate any armor of this era. It can be said to be a single projector, not a bow in a narrow sense.

These are not the biggest advantages of longbowmen. The biggest advantages of longbowmen lie on humans rather than on bows. These systems can fire a total of ten such heavy arrows per minute, and the shooting within a range of 200 meters can be achieved with 7 shots and 10 shots within a range of 150 meters.

But the disadvantage brought about by this is that these longbowmen are almost impossible to train with indigenous soldiers, just like the iron guards, because the training cost is too high. First, you must select soldiers with this physique, and then after years of training for nearly ten years, you can reach the level of longbowmen close to the system.

The prototype of [Rong Ting Heavy Cavalry] is the "Byzantine Heavy Cavalry". Like the Tiefutu, they are human and horse armor. These armors are different from the Tiefutu's mail. They are combined armor made of several forms of armor pieces. The vest is scaled armor made of large pieces of iron armor, and the armor on the human body is composite armor made of cotton mail. The helmet, arm guard, and shin armor are plate armor made of whole metal. The face is like the Tiefutu, covered by a layer of chain mail.

The main combat weapon of the Wangting Heavy Cavalry is a nearly four-meter-long cavalry. In addition, it is equipped with a fast bow and short knife. The most distinctive one is also equipped with a javelin. Like Tiefutu, they can dismount and fight.

Like the longbowmen, the greatest advantage of the Wangting Heavy Cavalry comes from the knights themselves. Their skillful cavalry tactics and strict discipline make it difficult for indigenous soldiers to imitate to reach the same level.

The cost of these two types of troops is also extremely expensive. The longbowman is not within the upgrade route of the crossbow-type troops, but is independent. A longbowman needs a full 15 points. The royal court heavy cavalry can be upgraded from Tiefutu. One costs 20 points, and the upgrade requires 10 points.

So Sima Yu first filled up dozens of system soldiers who were killed and killed in the war, and then spent 7,500 points to generate 500 longbowmen. 7,000 points to upgrade 500 Iron Pagoda to the Royal Court Heavy Cavalry and added 100 new ones. 33,100 points were spent by him, without any points left.

On the way back to Luoyang, Sima Yu on the carriage thought that [the newly added system elite forces are not enough to ensure the completion of the plan to remove the powerful vassals. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the scale of the imperial guards. It is better to expand all the foreign troops into imperial guards. However, these require a lot of money. Although he has a workshop in the Acropolis to continuously produce equipment, it still requires a large amount of raw materials. Moreover, these raw materials have to be mobilized and transported from all over the country. The money consumed will be a huge number. I also know the situation of the national treasury. After years of internal friction and the resettlement of refugees in Bashu not long ago, the national treasury has almost reached the bottom. Where does this money come from? If you sell the equipment made in the workshop through trade, it will be too slow and time will not be allowed.]

Thinking about it, Sima Yu's carriage had already entered the palace city in Luoyang City. When he got off the carriage, a yellow eunuch had already come forward to report, saying that the Secretariat Zhang Hua had been waiting outside the hall for most of the day.

When Sima Yu saw that it was getting late, he thought that Zhang Hua must have an emergency to report, so he brought the wind under his feet and came to Qinzheng Hall in a few steps.

Sure enough, when Zhang Hua saw him, he came forward with anxiety and reported: "Your Majesty, the barbarian general of Yiyang, Jingzhou, Zhang Chang, Shi Bing, has captured the five counties of Jingzhou, and some of the bandits have entered Yangzhou and Jiangzhou."

After hearing this, Sima Yu burst into his heart and said angrily: "What did Liu Hong, the governor of Jingzhou, do? Why did Yiyang Man turn against him?"

"Reported to the Emperor, Jing and Jiang prefectures have flooded and then drought this year, and the grain was not harvested. Zhang Chang and other thieves took the opportunity to deceive the victims and gathered to rebel. Liu Hong had been here many times before, but..."

Sima Yu calmed down and said, "I remember it, it's not Liu Hong. A few days ago, because of the Sima Jiong's rebellion, the road was isolated, and the northern disaster relief funds could not reach Jingzhou." Sima Yu knew in his heart that even if the road was smooth, there was no extra disaster relief funds in Luoyang.

At present, we have to use military service, money and food to Jingzhou. All the problems still fall into the word "money", and it has to be fast money. Sima frowned in sorrow.
Chapter completed!