At the same time, in Jingzhou, Cao Cao had won consecutive battles and had already taken down four counties.
Jingbei had completely fallen.
Liu Bei, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, and the others had suffered heavy casualties. Although they did not lose more than half of their forces, they had lost more than 100,000 soldiers.
As for the generals, they had also lost many.
Jingzhou only had three counties left to defend.
Since Jingbei had been lost, Jiangdong had also lost its barrier. It was only separated from Cao Cao's soldiers by the Yangtze River.
Sun Quan knew that if it was before, Cao Cao might not be able to cross the Yangtze River.
But it was different now!
Not only did Cao Cao have better warships, but he had also trained the navy for a long time. Most of them were proficient in swimming.
The Yangtze River was no longer an insurmountable gap for Cao Cao.
Therefore, Cao Cao had no choice but to transfer 150,000 soldiers back to Jiangdong. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Ling Tong were also transferred back to Jiangdong.
Sun Quan was afraid that Cao Cao would take advantage of this time to attack Jiangdong.
If that happened, Jiangdong would really be finished.
However, at this time, Cao Cao suddenly stopped in the four counties of Jingbei.
He did not send any more troops.
This gave the Sun Liu Alliance a chance to catch their breaths.
But they had a feeling that things were not that simple!
At this time, in Liu Bei's tent.
Basically, all the soldiers were here.
Even Lu Meng and Lu Xun were among them.
After all, there were only three counties left in Jingzhou. They might as well defend the frontline cities.
The entire tent was filled with a deathly aura.
The continuous losses during this period had made them see the reality.
They could not fight against Cao Cao at all!
Although Cao Cao did not take out grenades during this period, the combat strength of their soldiers was terrifying enough!
Arrows could not penetrate their armor. Swords, axes, and axes might not be able to break their armor.
The soldiers under Cao Cao's command were like a group of indestructible people. They were not afraid of any attacks at all.
However, their weapons were exceptionally sharp.
On the other hand, the weapons of Sun Liu Army's soldiers would be destroyed soon.
How could they fight them under such circumstances?
Moreover, the Tiger Leopard Cavalry was even more ferocious than before.
Only 5,000 soldiers could chase an army of 100,000!
This simply made one feel powerless even if they wanted to.
There was no way to fight this battle!
Zhuge Liang was also worried.
Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan had sent many spies to steal a few grenades for research.
However, none of the spies succeeded. They were all discovered and killed by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's vigilance was so high that it made one's hair stand on end.
Moreover, Cao Cao did not use it himself and had Jia Xu hide it. This made it even harder to find and steal it.
Therefore, this plan could only fail.
However, no matter how much Zhuge Liang thought about it, he could not figure out how the grenade was made.
How could such a small thing cause such a huge explosion?
Although Zhuge Liang was also very proficient in machinery and creation methods, he was still somewhat helpless when it came to grenades.
After all, he did not know that grenades would not appear for at least a thousand years.
If they could be easily seen at this time, wouldn't it be terrible?
"Big Brother, this Thief Cao is not human!"
"He's stopping and attacking. Is he deliberately playing with us?"
"If it were up to me, I'd send troops now. I'd poke a few hundred holes in his body!"
In this moment of silence, Zhang Fei finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He stood up and scolded.
Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.
Everyone was silent as well.
They all knew that Zhang Fei was just talking for fun.
Zhang Fei's weapon might not be able to pierce through Cao Cao's armor.
"What is this armor made of? How can it be so hard?"
At this moment, Liu Bei suddenly spoke. He looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and frowned.
"Milord, I've already brought the armor of the dead Cao Army for inspection."
"If I'm not wrong, these armors should all be made of Hundred Wrought Steel."
"And the armor of the Ferocious Cavalry is even more sophisticated. Perhaps …"
At this point, Zhuge Liang hesitated.
Pang Tong suddenly spoke.
"Perhaps it's Thousand Forged Steel!"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Thousand Forged Steel?
Thousand Forged Steel that only existed in legends?
Why would Cao Cao have Thousand Forged Steel?
Moreover, even though the Ferocious Cavalry only had five thousand men, these five thousand sets of Thousand Forged Steel armor required a lot of Thousand Forged Steel!
How did Cao Cao do it?
Not to mention Thousand Forged Steel, just Hundred Wrought Steel was enough to equip an army of five hundred thousand with Hundred Wrought Steel armor …
No one dared to think about it.
Liu Bei's face also became extremely gloomy.
Hundred Wrought Steel was not something that Liu Bei did not have.
However, it was extremely slow to make and consumed a lot of manpower, resources, and wealth.
Thus, Liu Bei only had Hundred Wrought Steel weapons for his White Nightmares and Wudang Flying Army.
As for the normal soldiers, they could only wear normal armor and could not enjoy this kind of treatment.
"Damn it! What kind of dogshit luck did that traitor Cao run into? "
"He actually knows the method to make Thousand Forged Steel?!"
"No wonder our arrows could not penetrate the armor of the Ferocious Cavalry!"
Zhang Fei could not hold back his anger and cursed while gnashing his teeth.
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang with a serious expression.
"I wonder if the military advisor has any ideas on how to make Thousand Forged Steel?"
"Since Cao Cao was able to make Thousand Forged Steel, he must have used some kind of method."
"If our army was also equipped with this kind of weapon, then we would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."
However, Zhuge Liang lightly shook his head.
"Milord, forgive me for being incompetent. Even though I understand that this item could be made from Thousand Forged Steel, there is no shortcut to Thousand Forged Steel."
"To make Thousand Forged Steel, the iron must be repeatedly tempered."
"After Hundred Wrought Steel, it requires even more time to make. Otherwise, it would not have such precision."
Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei already understood.
Helpless, Liu Bei slowly stood up and looked at the clear sky outside the tent.
"Who would have thought that Great Han's luck is declining. I'm afraid there is no way to reverse the situation!"
"To think that a traitor like Cao Cao would succeed. I'm not willing to accept this!"
Lu Xun who had been silent all this time suddenly stood up and said in a low voice.
"Imperial Uncle, I have a plan."
"Perhaps it can break the current situation."
Hearing these words, Liu Bei's eyes lit up.
"Boyan? Please say it! "
Lu Xun's expression was serious as he spat out two words.
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