The streams of the streams that can be seen everywhere in the northeast begin to thaw, revealing the black fertile soil covered underneath, and the tips of the trees are a little more green buds.

But on the ground in Liaodong, there is a tense atmosphere, after more than half a month of rest, the Qing Dynasty returned to the army has been settled, everyone because of the tragedy suffered by the tribe, the heart is burning with anger, but it is their opportunity to play their greatest strength.

Hongtang was stationed in Liaoyang with the heaviest troops, as an outpost to resist the Qing attack, at this time, Liaoyang City at this time, in just over a few months, completely changed its appearance, the city wall was thicker and more solid, and there were more fortifications on the wall.

There are more than 30,000 Hongtang soldiers stationed in the city, which has reached one-third of Hongtang's troops entering the Qing Dynasty, and they are quietly familiar with this strange city.

"General, the last batch of baggage has been transported into the city!"

At the head of the city, Shang Kexi was listening to the report of a deputy general, as the commander of Liaoyang City, he always set an example to patrol and understand between the various defense lines.

"Did you get what we wanted?"

Shang Kexi was happy first, and then asked.

"It's been delivered, just unload it under the city!"

"Okay, tell people to step up their placement, I want to let the barbarians of the Qing Dynasty see the power of our Hongmen!"

Shang Kexi was quite happy, for the Qing people who might kill him at any time, his mentality now has changed a little, and he can't wait for the arrival of the other party.

Wu Chao's death was a big shock to the Hongtang people, but in comparison, the losses and damage they caused to the Jurchen barbarians of the Qing Dynasty made the Hongtang soldiers even more excited and happy.

A cold, dark, textured steel cannon was slowly pulled up the city wall from the bottom of the city, and the deep muzzle was so long that it could almost fit into an adult-sized head, which showed its power.

For this batch of dozens of guns, the Hongtang fleet unloaded almost all the main guns on their battleships, and then transported them between the ice and snow, which was transported to Liaoyang City before the Qing army launched an attack.

With the arrangement of these dozens of artillery, Shang Kexi was more confident that he would be able to hold the not so majestic city of Liaoyang and let the Qing people return in a hurry.

The materials transported to Liaoyang City together with artillery, as well as enough food to feed an army of 30,000 for a year, as well as all kinds of swords and armor, were piled up in the temporary requisitioned houses and merchant warehouses in Liaoyang City.

Shang Kexi was ready to fight a protracted war, from the moment Hongmen launched a general mobilization, it also meant that the battle between Shang Kexi and the Qing people was inevitable, and only after the victory and defeat were separated, could they have a short peace with each other.

Shang Kexi actually didn't agree very much with the decisive battle between Hongmen and the Qing Dynasty today, if Hongmen launched the whole army to the north to conquer the Qing Dynasty at the beginning,

In the end, Li Tianyang thought about it for a long time, and still agreed to Ma Yao's request, for which Ma Yao also paid a little price.

Looking at Ma Yao, who got what he wanted, and when he rushed in the direction of Wu Jie and them, Li Tianyang couldn't help but smile meaningfully.

The price paid by Ma Yao was actually excellent news for their tribe and Ma Yao, that is, Li Tianyang asked him to bring at least twenty or more natives to join Li Tianyang's team, and the more the better. Of course, since they have joined Li Tianyang's team, they must abide by Li Tianyang's regulations, and they must not leave the camp for no reason, at least ensure that they are in the camp for most of the month.

Let the natives practice with everyone, this matter is a double-edged sword, which can not only hurt their own side, but in fact, why not let their blades be aimed at Li Tianyang's target? As long as the method is effective, Li Tianyang feels that there is actually a lot of room for maneuver on this issue.

The personal combat strength of the natives, Li Tianyang has been coveted for a long time, not to mention anything else, just archery alone compares the teenagers in the camp. There have been a lot of competitions when everyone interacts on weekdays, and any person among the natives is a little better than the best among the teenagers.

But this is also normal, the indigenous people rely on this craft to eat, the indigenous did not start to hold a bow and arrow as a toy since childhood, more than ten years, if there is no such accuracy, it is called a problem; On the other hand, Li Tianyang and his group, in fact, the focus of training is more on the sword and shield, as well as the cooperation of the team, and the bow and arrow skills are only incidental.

Li Tianyang knows that the future trend is firearms, which is an unchangeable fact, and now their camp is unable to be equipped with this sharp weapon on a large scale due to technological limitations, but this does not prevent him from preparing to develop in this direction. Therefore, such as bows and arrows, which are easy to learn and difficult to master, were abandoned by him, everyone only needs to be a little accurate, anyway, when it comes to naval warfare, everyone shoots arrows one by one, and it can be regarded as earning one.

Of course, the natives are crawling in the deep mountains and old forests all the year round, and their physical strength and flexibility are also superior to the teenagers.

Therefore, in Li Tianyang's eyes, these untrained natives were already a group of soldiers who could be used, at least compared to the group of pirates who were captured by them, they were not inferior to them, but they were just short of some group combat training. Moreover, if things go well, Li Tianyang has another plan in his heart, he wants to select some people with outstanding physical strength and excellent skills from these natives, imitate the special forces of later generations, and create a sharp small unit to carry out those technical tasks such as kidnapping and assassination.

As for whether Ma Yao can pull out a team of natives and join Li Tianyang's team, Li Tianyang is not worried at all. Don't look at Ma Yao's jumping around all day and night, he is not at ease at all, but as the youngest son of the indigenous patriarch of the Zhuluo Mountain Society, he is one of the candidates for the heir of the tribe from the moment he is born, although he still has two elder brothers on his head. If it weren't for the leadership of this guy, these natives would not easily trust Li Tian to raise them and come to their camp to work.

Early the next morning, Li Tianyang got up early in the morning to catch up with the morning training, and last night was busy until the beginning of the ugly hour, and he still couldn't open his eyes after sleeping for less than two hours. But he didn't want to miss today's morning training, he also wanted to see how capable Ma Yao was to be able to fool a few indigenous young people.

(End of chapter)