"Fang Liang!"

"The subordinates are here."

"What about the new appendages? How many people can be singled out? ”

"These are all of them on board voluntarily, and most of the men, except for the younger, are willing to serve our army."

"yes, it seems that it's better to be voluntary. Go, pick 5,000 new people from each ship, those who understand the Central Plains dialect are preferred, go ashore tomorrow after the situation is clear, and send veterans of the coalition forces in the army for training, we can't just wait stupidly, we have to train while walking. ”

"Subordinates obey."

After instructing Fang Liang, Bai Liyan and Jiang Jie said:

"Jiang Jie listens to orders!"

"The subordinates are here."

"After Fang Liang picked up the young and strong, there were still strong men among the new vassals of each boat, and they were organized with other men over the age of sixteen to practice rowing, and those who knew how to water could be charged into sailors. But remember, beware of Central Plains thieves, if you find a proficient Central Plains speaker secretly on guard, wait for them to be secretly executed! ”

"Yes, sir."

The situation of the new subjects of Songdia is very different from that of the new subjects of Po Song Province, and due to the long-term cultural purge, most of the original people of the third, fourth, and fifth generations cannot speak the Central Plains dialect and can only understand some of it.

Only the Central Plains thieves hidden in it have not changed much, on the contrary, in order to prevent the Central Plains people from secretly colluding in rebellion with language skills, these Central Plains thieves are proficient in the Central Plains dialect.

Previously, it was discovered that among the new annexes and new vassals, there were Central Plains thieves who pretended to be smart and volunteered to act as interpreters, trying to gain the trust of the coalition forces, but they were discovered by the coalition forces and touched a few Central Plains thieves.

It is true that the ancients could not be deceived, but modern people are not easy to be fooled.

On the night after the coalition troops stopped the ship and went ashore, Bailiyan ordered all the troops on the ship to add food to boost the morale of the soldiers and release the news to prepare for the slaughter of the city. The oarsmen and the new annexes who had already been attached to the coalition were even more demoralized, while the coalition veterans were talking more privately about preparing to harvest more gold and silver treasures.

Although the coalition forces have a clear stipulation, all the looted finances will be recovered, and after returning to the Central Plains, everyone will be rewarded for meritorious deeds. Even so, when it came to handing over the spoils of war, there were countless people who filled their pockets. Many of them were the first to join the coalition forces, and the new vassals who were now promoted to petty officials also learned this set, and so on and so on, and there were many soldiers who secretly hid gold, silver and jewelry.

For this matter, Bailiyan has always turned a blind eye, as long as it is not excessive, he will not ask.

Because there was a limit to what a man could carry, and the more gold and silver he had, the less equipment and rations he had, so it was impossible for a soldier to hide more gold and silver. Hiding too much will inevitably lead to weight gain, which will affect the march and battle, and it will be you who will be unlucky. died in battle, and in the end, it was cheaper for others.

However, Bai Liyan occasionally takes some unlucky eggs to set an example.

If someone actually hides more than 100 gold coins, is so dead and heavy, you can hear the metal when you walk, accidentally falls to the ground and is grabbed, admits to being planted with 15 military sticks, and all the gold coins are confiscated, this kind of person is too greedy.

Jin Xuedi's gold coin five pieces are equivalent to the weight of three inches of gold, one hundred pieces is sixty, the price is the same as six hundred inches of silver, this price even in Xianguo, is a huge rich, these tigers and wolves are crazy for money, in case they fall into the water, drown and even the corpse can't float.

So while being beaten by the board, I have to be reasonable at the same time, so that they can be convinced, and I have to say thank you in the end.

The next day, the coalition forces continued to tighten the siege, and at 150 paces outside the south, north, and west gates, they set up incendiary belts, dumped oil and gunpowder, stacked firewood and grass, and intensified the training of the new vassals.

From time to time, Bailiyan let the warships approach the shore of the east gate and fired gunpowder arrows and oil arrows into the city with bed crossbows to intimidate the city and create tension. The defenders of Kelownas repeatedly went out of the city in an attempt to raid, but were routed by the allied cavalry and sailors, and were repeatedly defeated for several days.

There are not 200,000 refugees pouring into Kelownas, but 150,000, and looking at the city from the mast of the coalition warship, it can only be described as a sea of people, at least 2670,000, like the dilemma of internal and external difficulties when the Black Turban Army besieged Guangxin.

While besieging Kelownas, the exodus of a large number of refugees left the villages under Kelownas' rule empty, and the drills of the new Civilian Army soon turned into looting and culling.

Baili Yan ordered Bai He to lead a thousand cavalry to escort him, and with his new subjects, he greedily swept through every village under the rule of Kelownas like locusts, grabbing all visible wealth.

On the seventh day of the siege, there were still sporadic merchant ships upstream that had not received the warning, and they rashly broke into the coalition war zone, only to be robbed by Bailiyan. At the same time, Bai He single-handedly returned to the fleet with a few retinues, and Bai Liyan thought at first that he had suffered an enemy attack and suffered a defeat:

"Why did you come back alone?" Bai Liyan asked in wonder.

"General Qiyu, our army found a mine in the two hundred miles of mountains, the mines are quarryed by Jin Xuedi miners, after our army entered, they found that the mountains collected a strange black brown stone and soft soil, not like coal, ask them what they are, we don't know what they are talking about."

"Is there anything like that, are there any samples?"

"Yes."

Bai He asked his entourage to bring a sack, and when he opened it, it was all brown and black stones, as well as black soft soil, Bai Liyan carefully distinguished, tried to recall some memories, and contacted the weapons of the Jin Xuedi people, and it was estimated that most of these black and brown stone soft soil were manganese ore.

"It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, God has eyes!"

"General, is this still possible to practice gold?" Bai He was puzzled.

"With this sample, our army will have to return to Xianguo in the future, and then this stone can be used to find mines and use it, and then refine it into better steel than the good steel now, which is ten times sharper than the steel knife used by our army now."

"Wouldn't that be invincible in the world."

"The invincible world is also an exaggeration, but it is true. Go, let people collect it and bring it back to the fleet, no need to take it, just bring back a hundred stones. ”

"The last general obeys!"

Manganese is a vital metal element in the metallurgical industry, and it is widely used in various fields such as chemical industry, light industry, electronics, and heavy industry.

The application of manganese ore by the Jinxuedi people is still extremely primitive, manganese ore does not go through any smelting and chemical extraction, but the manganese compounds after preliminary screening of the ore are ground into powder, directly put into molten iron for smelting, and then cast the city iron ingots, which are beaten and decarburized to eliminate impurities, so that the beneficial elements can spread evenly. Then simple heat treatment, and finally in the processing and forming, can obtain a level that is lower than carbon steel, but not manganese steel in the true sense.

If it is a standard industrial-grade manganese steel, its hardness is far above that of carbon steel, and the hardness is very amazing after heat treatment.

Previously, Bailiyan tried to find manganese ore in Xianguo, but due to the lack of mineral specimens and the lack of knowledge of the geological characteristics of manganese ore, manganese ore has not been found in Xianguo. Now that the specimen is available, it will be much easier to find it in the future.

The coalition forces besieged Kelownas without attacking, and it was not until the ninth day of the siege that the exact news reached the city of Sondia, and Cahorn was puzzled:

"Gudapa, Kelownas has been besieged for almost ten days, they are neither attacking the city nor going away, what the hell do they want to do."

"The Northerners have always been cunning, and they may be waiting for us to mobilize forces from other places to besiege them, so that they can sail down the river and attack other towns much faster than our cavalry, and this is how they slaughtered Chapters before that."

"Yes, but they only have tens of thousands of people, Kelownas now has 270,000 people, and there are our sailors nearby, how can they slaughter the city!"

"Don't forget, in and near the territory of Kelownas, there are nearly 100,000 Central Plains men, and they may be hitting their attention."

But the news said that the northerners took the initiative to withdraw after encountering the agitated Central Plains people. This shows that they have no way to sweep away the Central Plains people as they did before. ”

"But it's better to be careful, I suggest that Mooney should be told about the anomaly in Kelownas immediately, he knows all about the northerners, and he should be on the lookout."

Gudapa proposed, and Cahorn nodded in agreement:

"You're right, Mooney is His Majesty's most important general, and he probably knows what the northerners are up to. I immediately wrote to have them delivered to Parvins as quickly as possible with Maxima. ”

Cahoun's letter arrived at Mooney's camp outside of Parvens five days later, and Mooney was upset to learn that the coalition forces had besieged Kelownas:

"Oh no, Gudappa and Cahorn are too optimistic!"

"Your Excellency, there are 270,000 people in Kelownas, and there are naval troops nearby, if the northerners attack the city, it will be tantamount to killing themselves." Norrengar Road.

"No, they won't attack the city, they will starve 270,000 people to death."

"What, how is this possible!"

Norenga was taken aback, and Mooney said in grief:

"There has been no war in the homeland for many years, the rear has been unprepared for war for many years, the reserves in various places are extremely bad, and the rations of the towns are dependent on the supply turnover of the village and the lord of the manor. If the city is besieged and the reserves are insufficient, it is equivalent to waiting for death.

However, after the beginning of autumn this year, the treasury stocks were exhausted, and all localities levy additional autumn grain to raise rations for His Majesty's army next spring, so there is not much grain in the official warehouses in various cities and towns.

The resident population of Kelownas is only 50,000, and this time more than 80,000 women and children from the Central Plains have moved in, plus more than 100,000 people have poured in, and there are 5,000 cavalrymen who have entered the city, 270,000 mouths, and 50,000 rations, you say you can eat for a few days! ”

"This ...... They're too vicious! ”

"Humph!" Mooney snorted sarcastically, and a helpless wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's been sixteen days since I came and went, and when my letter arrives in Sundia City, it will be twenty-two days, and I'm afraid that Kelownas will already start killing horses to satisfy his hunger." ”

"What then?" Norenga asked hurriedly.

"What else can be done, Nakikas and Eses were frustrated in the south, Temir and Kartensen were blocked by Khubigon, we were dragged under the city, and now it is us who are entangled in them, and they are slaughtering in our rear. The lesser of two evils, drink to quench your thirst.

There are only more than 30,000 people in the northerners, and there are only 350,000 people in the Central Plains who took them away. Now you take my warrant and go to Posong City in person, and at the same time transfer all the remaining auxiliaries from all over the way to Posong City to assemble. Gudapa is already recruiting new soldiers, and all the assembled troops, no matter how small, will be sent to Kelownas, and the previously scattered cavalry will be regrouped, and our naval army will be united to defeat them in Kelownas. ”

"With the current situation, it will take fifteen or sixteen days to gather auxiliary troops from all over the province to assemble in Posong City, and it will take at least a month to walk to Kelownas, I'm afraid it's too late!" Norrengar Road.

"Idiot!" Mooney scolded: "Transfer the war horses in our camp and requisition all the horses along the way, even if you run away from the dead horses, you can always arrive in half a month." Remember, when you arrive in Sondia, you should transfer the rations first, and don't wait until the northerners are defeated and starved to death, and then the grain and grass will be transferred. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Not long after Norenga left the camp, Nakikas, who fought against Gongliangwen, suffered a defeat, and Gongliangwen used the main wall of snow as a barrier to build a city overnight, and Nakikas was caught off guard and was defeated by Gongliangwen.