A month later, in the camp of the Chinese army, Zhang Feng was discussing the surrounding war with Li Tao.

Dian Wei suddenly walked in excitedly and said to Zhang Feng: "Lord, a good thing, a great thing!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhang Feng, Li Tao, and Zhao Yun moved their eyes from the map to Dian Wei at the same time, and asked, "What's a good thing?" ”

Dian Wei smiled: "Our men and horses have found two open-pit ore veins on the edge of the river. ”

"Open pit veins?"

"Exactly, an iron ore vein, a carboniferous vein. The two veins are almost next to each other, with a radius of hundreds of miles and extremely fine texture! ”

Dian Wei continued: "Such a spectacular and high-quality open pit vein! It is really rare to see that if the lord built a smelter on the edge of the river, he could mine it on the spot and smelt iron from coal, and as long as there were enough manpower, he could continuously smelt fine iron. ”

Li Tao and Zhao Yun were overjoyed at the same time: "Lord, this is really a great thing!" ”

Zhang Feng didn't mention how excited he was in his heart, but his face was silent and said, "Dian Wei, will you fool me?" ”

"Lord, I don't dare."

"Let's go! Let's go and see, if it's true, Dian Wei, you have made a great contribution this time, I will definitely be rewarded! ”

An hour later, Zhang Feng came to the slope of 200 miles east of Sanfeng County under the opening of Dian Wei, only to see that the slope was backed by the river (Yellow River), one soil was black, and the other soil was rusty.

Zhang Feng put aside the surface soil, and saw that the black soil was full of coal (charcoal), and immediately shouted happily.

"God help me!"

"Strategist, set up the blacksmith shop here in the army, and vigorously mine iron ore and coal, I believe that in less than a year, we will be able to build heavy cavalry."

"Heavy cavalry?"

Zhang Feng swore and said: "Yes, build a set of heavy armor for the war horse, so that its whole body is protected by armor, together with the knight on horseback, the two are combined into one, like a steel monster, once it charges, it is a god to block and kill God, and a Buddha to block and kill Buddha." ”

"My lord, the cavalry is better at speed, but once you put on heavy armor, the last general is afraid that the speed will slow down."

Zhao Yun was proficient in cavalry training and put forward a different view.

Zhang Feng said with a smile: "Zilong asked well, if the ordinary war horse is afraid that it will not be able to run far and be lame, but our war horses are equipped with horseshoes, which are conducive to carrying heavy loads, and the iron armor is much lighter than our current bronze armor, so it is not a problem." ”

"Strategist, just say it directly, how many people are needed!"

Li Tao estimated it and replied: "If there are 1,000 people, you can probably refine 100,000 catties of refined iron in a year." ”

"100,000 catties, no, it's too little, a set of heavy armored cavalry will cost about 100 catties, so it's only a thousand sets, we can't wait that long."

Zhang Feng said in a deep voice: "Give you 5,000 people!" Go all out and refine more refined iron. ”

"Five thousand?"

Dian Wei said in surprise: "Lord, you are going to pull all the soldiers over to smelt!" ”

"Definitely! Definitely! ”

Zhang Feng said in a deep voice: "I have discussed with the military advisor, and we are going to clean up the Hu people and Qiang people in the Hetao, and send all those who are disobedient here to make iron and reform through labor, so why worry about no manpower." ”

This is the rhythm of another battle, Dian Wei said excitedly: "Lord, I want to take the lead." ”

"This time, the cavalry will be used to fight quickly, and Zilong will lead the White Flag Army to go with me, and you and the military division will stay here and build a military fortress."

Dian Wei suddenly felt a sense of loss in his heart, and muttered: "The lord is eccentric, why only bring Zilong and not me." ”

"You nigger, let you stay and help the military advisor, and you can't do it, and you're still muttering here, let me ask you, the princess of the Changyue of the Kebi Neng Department has been with you for half a year, why is there still no movement, are you not good! After waiting for a year, if there is no movement, think about the consequences. ”

Dian Wei was speechless by Zhang Feng's words, thinking that he had promised Zhang Feng at the beginning, but who knew that Changyue's stomach had not moved, which made him anxious.

"My lord, I ......"

"Alright, go back to camp and go your separate ways!"

"Drive!"

Zhang Feng took the lead in riding his horse back, leaving an innocent Dian Wei, not that Zhang Feng was unwilling to take Dian Wei to go, but that Shuofang County was now reorganized, it was more loose than before, and only by leaving Li Tao and Dian Wei behind, Zhang Feng could give it a go with peace of mind.

……

The closest to Shuofang was the Yueshi, although the Yueshi did not participate in the rebellion of Yufuluo, but Zhang Feng had to borrow from here if he wanted to unify the entire Hetao region.

The beautiful Yueshi Lake, the home of the Yueshi people.

The endless grassland is like a sea of green, the moving sheep are like drifting white clouds, and the herds of horses are leisurely sucking water by the lake.

On the other side of Yueshi Lake, the white felt bags are like stars scattered in the sky, and curling smoke is rising from each felt bag, revealing the vastness and beauty of the grassland.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from the lake, startling a group of waterfowl that were roosting in the water and grass by the lake, flapping their wings and flying to the depths of the lake.

When he was young, several slender Yue women sheltered their queen Ayiguli and urged the horse to gallop, and the queen of the Yue clan, Ayiguli, rode a white horse, wearing colorful Luo clothes, and a bare and unbearable small waist, which was sultry in spring.

"Quack ......"

A single wild goose flew through the sky, and the queen of the Yue clan, Ayiguli, laughed softly: "Look at me shooting it down." ”

Ayiguli pulled her bow and arrows, and her slender and delicate body actually bent backwards from the horse's back, and the plump crisp (Yuehun ) looked more and more upright, almost wanting to break through the thin Luo shirt bound on (Yue Hun).

"Instigation!"

Ayiguli was about to loosen the strings when she heard a sound of breaking the sky in the sky, and the lone wild goose screamed in an instant, tumbled and tumbled down from the sky, and fell behind the low gentle slope not far ahead.

"Wow!"

In the loud neighing of horses, an incomparably strange ride suddenly turned out behind the gentle slope, and the white was surprisingly white, and the remnant sun of the western slope just fell behind the knight, as if stepping on the clouds burning all over the sky, and the clouds came in the fog.

The white-robed general reined in his horse, and behind him, a tiger-faced banner was rising.

"Woo ......"

The sound of low horns came and went, and the people of the Yue Clan took up their weapons one after another and protected Ayiguli's side.

On the gentle slope, Zhang Feng stepped forward slowly, and took a closer look at Ayiguli, who was really delicate, and Zhao Yun was indeed a good match, she was really a talented woman, it seemed that this time she was going to be forced to be a moon old.

Zhang Feng raised his right arm and waved it forward.

Suddenly, countless cavalry appeared from behind him like ghosts, and there were fifteen hundred of them.

"Wow!".

Amid the fierce neighing of horses, two cavalry sliced out of the flanks and surrounded Ayiguli and her handmaidens.

The maids of the Queen of the Yue Clan hurriedly drew their exquisite scimitars, protected them in front of the queen, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "What do you want to do? This is the Yue Clan's country, if you dare to come here, the warriors of the Yue Clan will not spare you. ”