Sun Quan calmed down for a moment before continuing to ask,""Is the outbreak of Shan Yue serious? If not, we can temporarily use a small number of troops to suppress it.”
Huang Gai sighed," Marquis Wu, you should know that this is the time when Shan Yue is at its most chaotic.”
When Sun Quan heard this, he clenched his fists tightly, not knowing what to say.
There were priorities. Although Chaisang was important, it couldn't threaten the foundation of River East for the time being. However, if the Shan Yue problem wasn't handled properly, Sun Quan's eyebrows would be on fire.
What exactly was Shan Yue?
The main groups of Shanyue were the remnant people of Baiyue and bandits. In other words, they were similar to the Yellow Turban Army.
According to estimates, there were at least a million people in Shanyue. They hid in the mountains and did not obey the government's management. From time to time, they would come out and plunder everywhere.
At the very least, they would plunder the surrounding villages. At the very least, they would break through the cities and plunder the provincial capitals. This was already a serious threat to Sun Quan's rule.
When Sun Ce raised his army, the mountains and Yue were rampant. At the beginning of Sun Quan's accession to the throne, Shanyue was rampant.
It could be said that this was the most serious time for Shan Yue's problem, and Sun Quan could not let his guard down.
"The problem of Shan Yue cannot be delayed. Gather the troops first to suppress the rioting Shan Yue.”
Sun Quan seemed to be very unwilling as he continued,"What about Chaisang? If Liu Jue takes advantage of Shan Yue's outbreak and invades River East, what should we do?”
At this moment, Zhang Zhao stood up and said,"Reporting to Wu Hou, it seems that there is only one way now. That is to send an envoy to take the initiative to make peace with Liu Jue."”
"Make peace?" Sun Quan clenched his fists and said. Wouldn't that mean that he was lowering his head to Liu Jue?”
Zhang Zhao said," Marquis Wu, now is not the time to act on impulse. We can only focus on dealing with Shan Yue after we pacify Liu Jue. We can discuss the issue of Chaisang later."”
Huang Gai also said," Lord Zibu is right. Why don't we feign civility with Liu Jue first? It won't be too late to take back Chaisang after we take care of Shan Yue."”
"Now it seems that this is the only way.”Although Sun Quan was unwilling, he could only agree to this method.
After conquering Shanyue, he could draw out the young and middle-aged men and add them to the Jiangdong army. He would be able to obtain at least ten to twenty thousand soldiers. By then, he would have a greater chance of winning when he attacked Chaisang.
"Liu Jue, I'll let you be smug for now!”A hint of viciousness flashed across Sun Quan's blue eyes.
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Leaving aside the matter in River East, it had been more than half a month since Liu Jue had captured Chaisang.
Liu Jue had already followed his plan and transferred Yi Ji and Huo Jun to Chaisang. At the same time, they brought five thousand soldiers to strengthen the defenses of the four cities.
Xiakou was safe now. Liu Jue had Ma Liang take care of the affairs there. At the same time, he had Deng Long and Wei Yan train the navy day and night.
There were no changes in West-Hill for the time being. With an experienced person like Xiang Lang around, Liu Jue could rest assured.
As for the defense of Wuchang, Liu Jue handed it over to Su Fei to manage. This person still had some ability. Otherwise, he would not have become Huang Zu's right-hand man.
Although there was still no movement from River East, Chaisang had thirteen thousand soldiers. No matter what Sun Quan did, Liu Jue was confident that he could handle it.
As Chaisang gradually settled down, Liu Jue began to prepare for the future.
The first thing Liu Jue had to do was to gather the skilled old blacksmiths from Jiangxia and Chaisang and teach them the method of pouring steel.
These old blacksmiths who had been forging for decades were all shocked when they heard about the pouring method. They almost worshipped Liu Jue as their ancestor.
In their eyes, this was simply an epoch-making technology. As for the steel-frying method, it could be directly thrown into the trash.
In order to prevent the leak of the steel pouring method, Liu Jue specially found a piece of land and had people build dozens of wooden houses. There were also two-meter-high walls around them as the residence of these blacksmiths.
Not only were there soldiers guarding the surroundings to prevent outsiders from entering, but Liu Jue also warned these blacksmiths that if anyone dared to leak a word, their entire family would not be able to live.
The old blacksmiths were so frightened that they kept nodding like little chicks.
Don't blame Liu Jue for being ruthless. If the steel pouring technique fell into the hands of Cao Cao or Sun Quan, it would directly increase their strength by several times. At that time, the one who would have a headache would be Liu Jue.
With the steel pouring method, Hundred Refined Steel was no longer a rare item. He could forge a large number of sharp weapons.
Other than the Imbued Steel Technique, Liu Jue also spent 50,000 merit points to purchase the forging method of the Night Iron Saber from the system.
The Night Iron Saber was a famous steel saber that was created in the Northern and Southern Dynasties after the Imbued Steel Technique was invented.
Unlike the weapons of this era that were made of iron or steel, the blade of the iron saber was made of hard steel, and the back of the saber was made of more flexible wrought iron.
The Night Iron Saber forged in this way was both hard and soft. It not only saved expensive steel, but also made it difficult for the saber to break when chopping.
According to the records, the Night Iron Saber was extremely sharp and could cut through 30 pieces of armor with one slash.
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was simply an existence like a divine weapon.
When the blacksmiths heard the forging method, they were all stunned on the spot. Then, their excited expressions made them feel as if they were going to die if they heard about it in the morning.
These old blacksmiths had never thought that weapons could be forged like this. This simply refreshed their understanding.
It couldn't be helped. This was technology from a few hundred years later. It would be strange if these old blacksmiths weren't shocked.
With the core forging process, the blacksmiths immediately took action, wishing that they could forge a permanent iron saber tomorrow.
Liu Jue looked at these old blacksmiths and couldn't help but smile.
When he had Su Tiedao, let alone Sun Quan of River East, even if Cao Cao went south in the future, he was confident that he would be able to defeat him.
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