The successful development of new heavy machine guns, mortars, and submachine guns made Li Yun feel very good.

After these weapons are equipped, the firepower of the Suzaku Army will be strengthened again, and the firepower superiority of the Suzaku Army will be completely established, and the situation on the battlefield will be completely reversed at that time. This can not only offset the strength advantage of the Qianyuan Empire, but also completely open up the gap between the Suzaku Army and the Empire's main battle legion.

In this way, the Suzaku Army will not feel the pressure doubled because of the heavy troops of the Qianyuan Empire.

At the same time, after Maoyan released the news of the Red Lotus Sect and secret contact with the Vermilion Bird Army, it really attracted great attention from the imperial court.

And after a thorough investigation, the Dragon Fu Secret Guard also discovered the Red Lotus Sect's firearms transport team, and mobilized heavy troops to raid it.

However, the Red Lotus Sect was scheming, and they secretly crossed Chen Cang by repairing the plank road, and although they lost a small part of their firearms, most of them were successfully transported away.

Li Yun didn't mind this, because all he wanted was for the Imperial Court to know about the Red Lotus Sect's purchase of Vermilion Bird weapons in large quantities, and it didn't matter whether the firearms were gained or lost.

Therefore, as long as the imperial court confirms this matter, then Li Yun's goal of using the Red Lotus Sect to contain the empire has been achieved.

And this is indeed the case, when the empire confirmed that the Red Lotus Sect colluded with the Vermilion Bird Army to purchase firearms, it immediately caused an uproar in the imperial court.

Although the Red Lotus Sect is not enough to achieve great things, its power is huge, and its members are all over the world. Although it was unsuccessful every time it raised troops, its momentum was extremely huge, and it also greatly threatened the Qianyuan Empire.

Therefore, when Emperor Qiande Ji Fengming and the important ministers of the court learned that the two anti-thieves colluded together, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

At this time, the rebellion of the Vermilion Bird Army had not yet subsided, and if the Red Lotus Sect added fuel to the fire again, it would be very bad.

Especially when Ji Fengming thought that the Red Lotus Sect was holding the exquisite firearms of the Vermilion Bird Army and causing riots in various places and gathering millions of rebels. My heart was instantly shrouded in a haze that could not be dispelled.

In the imperial study of the palace of Haotian Emperor City, Ji Fengming looked at the courtiers below, and his face was displeased. At present, the rebellion of the Vermilion Bird Bandit Army has not been quelled, and the matter of the Red Lotus Sect has been involved, which can't help but make him angry.

After a long time, Ji Fengming said expressionlessly: "Let's talk about it, the Vermilion Bird Thief Army has not yet exterminated the Red Lotus Sect and has come out to make trouble, how should the imperial court deal with this matter?" ”

But none of the ministers below said a word, because according to past experience, if the emperor was angry, no matter what he said, he would definitely be reprimanded, so no one wanted to touch this mold.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhuge Zhan took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Vermilion Bird Thief's weapons are sharp and erosive in the two provinces, but the progress of the Fierce Tiger Legion is slow, and it is impossible to exterminate it for a long time. Therefore, please increase the Fierce Tiger Legion again, so as to completely annihilate the thief army before it is large! ”

In fact, Zhuge Zhan didn't want to touch the emperor's mold, but he was the prime minister and the head of a hundred officials, and others could withdraw from the group, but he couldn't.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhuge Zhan finished speaking, he attracted Ji Fengming's dissatisfaction.

"Surge! The entire legion of the Fierce Tiger Legion, plus the attached patrol battalion, a whole million troops! But he can't even exterminate a small Suzaku thief army, and now he has to increase his troops, do you want to send him all the imperial army! ”

At this time, Ji Fengming was indeed very angry, because the progress of the Fierce Tiger Legion was slow, so the imperial court had already increased its troops several times.

Not only did they transfer all the remaining forces of the Fierce Tiger Legion to the front line. The patrol battalions of several nearby provinces were also mobilized, and the current strength under the command of Shangguan Jinglei has reached nearly one million, but it is still unable to exterminate the Vermilion Bird Bandit Army.

He Jingxuan, the right prime minister next to him, also said mockingly: "Haven't you forgotten the Red Lotus Sect, now the Red Lotus Sect has colluded with the Vermilion Bird Thief Army, if too many troops are deployed, I am afraid that the Red Lotus Church will take the opportunity to raise troops to make trouble!" ”

Zhuge Zhanli ignored this sworn enemy who would oppose whenever he proposed, and he reported directly to Emperor Qiande Ji Feng Mingyu: "Your Majesty, since the two rebel forces have colluded together, we should completely annihilate one of them before they join forces!" Otherwise, once the two sides join forces, the court will be very passive! ”

"Do you think the Tiger Legion can't wipe out the Vermilion Bird Bandits?" Ji Fengming asked casually.

I saw Zhuge Zhan hesitate for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, the Vermilion Bird Thief has sharp weapons, and even if the fierce tiger can destroy it, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties." Moreover, the strength of the thief army has expanded extremely fast, and the current strength of the thief army is close to 500,000 people, and the speed at which their strength has increased is simply appalling. If it can't be leveled as soon as possible, the Suzaku Thief Army will soon lose control! ”

What Zhuge Zhan said was also what Ji Fengming was most worried about, the use of firearms was extremely simple, once the Vermilion Bird Thief Army became powerful, then it would indeed be out of control.

At this time, He Jingxuan on the side also surprisingly did not refute, because the speed of the expansion of the strength of the Vermilion Bird Army really scared him.

So He Jingxuan rarely agreed, Zhuge Zhan's opinion, "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, the issue of the Vermilion Bird Thief Army is indeed not suitable to be delayed!" ”

Seeing that the two prime ministers agreed to increase the troops, Ji Fengming immediately said: "Since this is the case, immediately order the troops to follow, Yunhe and Xuangui Legion to transfer troops, cooperate with the Fierce Tiger Legion, and exterminate the Vermilion Bird Thief Army as soon as possible." At the same time, he ordered the garrisons in various places to raise their vigilance and strictly prevent the Red Lotus Sect rebellion! ”

"No!"

As the so-called lion pounced on the rabbit, he also tried his best, and the speed at which the strength of the Vermilion Bird Army expanded made Ji Fengming feel frightened. So Ji Fengming mobilized heavy troops to reinforce the Fierce Tiger Legion, and he would never give the Vermilion Bird Army a big chance.

Therefore, what Li Yun didn't expect was that his practice of using the Red Lotus Sect to share the pressure of the empire did not work. On the contrary, the imperial court paid more attention to the threat of the Suzaku Army, and intensified the encirclement and suppression of the Suzaku Army.

In fact, it can't help but be the imperial court, which recognized the threat of the Suzaku Army. With the increasing strength of the Vermilion Bird Army, especially when it was besieged by the million-strong army of the Fierce Tiger Legion, it advanced eastward and southward to attack the city and plunder the land, which made the world's forces look sideways.

In addition to the Red Lotus Sect, the hearts of other forces are also gradually restless.

Especially after the Vermilion Bird Army sold a large number of firearms from the Red Lotus Sect without any conditions attached. Those forces who coveted the Suzaku armament sent people to Nanze City one after another.

Just like the Red Lotus Sect, no matter which force comes to buy a firearm, as long as it gives money to the Vermilion Bird Army, it will be sold, without any conditions or asking for any reason, but the Vermilion Bird Army is also not responsible for delivering the goods.

It is precisely because of these that the existence of the forces that want to buy firearms, and the encirclement and suppression actions of the Fierce Tiger Legion, have added a lot of invisible pressure.

At present, the strength of the Imperial Siege Suzaku Army is nearly one million, and it is mainly divided into three major corps. It was mainly the Western Corps that attacked Ruzhou, the Southern Corps that went south to Guangyue to pursue Wang Ziwen, and the Eastern Corps led by Shangguan Jinglei and aimed at Nanze City.

At present, in the Guangyue and Ruzhou regions, Wang Ziwen and Xu Tielong are inseparable from the fierce tiger army, and Shangguan Thunder is also struggling.

Although Wu Xunqi did not have many troops, under the repeated attacks and harassment, he still effectively blocked Shangguan Jinglei's advance and bought time for Zhao Xin's eastward marching corps.

The Vermilion Bird Army is an army that is mainly equipped with firearms, while its opponents, the Fierce Tiger Legion, are mainly equipped with cold weapons.

However, the Suzaku Army has a shallow background, and most of its soldiers are ordinary strong men who have just been recruited. However, the Fierce Tiger Legion is a powerful soldier in the world, and its soldiers are all low-level monks, and the quality of individual soldiers is extremely high.

Therefore, with the blessing of firearms, although the Vermilion Bird Army has gained the strength to fight against such a strong soldier in the world. However, due to logistical supply and other problems, it is difficult to form an overwhelming advantage.

Since the start of the army, the Suzaku Army has expanded so rapidly that the production capacity of the arsenal is insufficient to provide enough weapons for these troops.

In order to deal with such a problem, Li Yun deliberately designed a simple Mini rifle to equip the second-line troops to reduce the pressure on the arsenal. However, even so, the supply of weapons for the Suzaku Army was still very tight.

In addition, in order to contain the energy of the empire, Li Yun sold a large number of firearms to the Red Lotus Sect and other forces, which made the supply of weapons to the Vermilion Bird Army even more stretched.

And under the large-scale attack of the Fierce Tiger Legion, the Vermilion Bird Army had to form a large number of troops to cope with the siege of the Fierce Tiger Legion. All of this caused great difficulties in the supply of weapons to the Suzaku Army.

The Qianyuan Empire was vast, and its troops were unusually strong. Therefore, when Li Yun was in Canglan Mountain, he attached great importance to the layout of the military industry.

At the same time, after the mobilization of troops, the local armed forces department will be set up in each place captured to assist the recruit training department in recruiting and training new recruits in a unified manner. In addition, a large number of local garrison units were set up, on the one hand, to eliminate the remnants of the local enemy and suppress the local resistance forces, and on the other hand, to increase the actual combat experience of the new recruits.

As a result, the Suzaku Army had plenty of reserve recruits to make up for the battle damage and form new troops.

Originally, in Li Yun's idea, simple equipment such as Mini rifles was mainly equipped with second-line troops to maintain local law and order. The arsenal made every effort to ensure the supply of weapons to the main force in order to maintain absolute superiority in front of the main battle corps of the Empire.

However, it backfired, and the intensity of the war far exceeded Li Yun's expectations. Therefore, in order to cope with the increasingly tense war, Li Yun had to directly convert a large number of Rongwei troops into the main battle force without changing their outfits.

It is precisely because of this that the Vermilion Bird Army has enough troops to deal with the siege of the million-strong army of the Fierce Tiger Legion.

In the face of the siege of the Fierce Tiger Legion, although the Vermilion Bird Army was not happy, it also suffered heavy losses from the Fierce Tiger Legion.

Not to mention Wang Ziwen and Xu Tielong, for the blow of the Fierce Tiger Legion, Wu Xunqi alone made Shangguan Thunder bleed enough.

Compared with Shangguan Jinglei, Wu Xunqi is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops. However, taking advantage of the firearms of the Suzaku Army and the power of guerrilla warfare, under the layers of blocking and piecemeal fighting, the losses of the Fierce Tiger Army were really not small.