"I don't know!" In response to Li Zhang's inquiry, the wild dog gave a disappointing answer, and then saw the wild dog speak again, "I followed them for a day and a night, and I wanted to sneak into the camp again at night, but they didn't rest at all, but hurried overnight, but according to my inference, that Wei Ming should still be alive!" ”

The wild dog said that he had followed the story again, it turned out that after he caught up with the party member's team, he had been staring at it from a distance, and the other party had become heavily guarded, and there were patrolling rangers everywhere, he couldn't get close at all, so he could only hang far behind, hoping to find an opportunity to get close to the team.

In the end, the wild dog stayed up until the second half of the night, and finally took advantage of the night, coupled with the laxity of the patrol people, only then did he find an opportunity to get close to the team of the party members, but the guards of the party people were too strict, and no one rested at all night, which made the wild dogs only able to move in the periphery, and they could not enter the core position at all, and naturally they did not know the situation of Wei Ming.

However, the wild dog did not find nothing, because he found some bloody cloths on the road, which were obviously bandaged and then replaced, and according to the blood stains on these cloths, it is estimated that the injured person should be extremely seriously injured and bleeding heavily, and it is unknown whether such a serious injury can survive.

"There is a replacement gauze, which means that Wei Ming may still be alive, at least it didn't kill him, but he was extremely injured, so no one knows if he will survive?" After listening to the wild dog's words, Li Zhang also secretly groaned, no wonder the wild dog said that he didn't know, whether Wei Ming could live now, I'm afraid even he couldn't be sure.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but have a headache, the name of Wei is likely to be Li Yuanhao, if the other party dies halfway, of course, it is best, but if he doesn't die, wouldn't it leave a bigger hidden danger for Da Song?

"Big brother, if that Wei Ming doesn't die, why don't I sneak into the tribe of the party members next year, there will always be a chance to kill him!" At this time, the wild dog suddenly suggested that in fact, he had also suggested to Li Zhang before that he could sneak into the camp of the party members to assassinate Wei Ming, but Li Zhang thought it was too dangerous and was worried that the wild dog would not be able to get out, so he resolutely disagreed.

"No, it's just a party item, it's a big deal to spend some time in the past few years to speed up the promotion of muskets in the army, and one day we can destroy them!" When Li Zhang heard this, he refused again, the wild dog was his brother, and he didn't want the other party to take risks, not to mention that even if Li Yuanhao didn't die, Da Song might not be afraid of him with his help.

The plan to assassinate Li Yuanhao was unsuccessful, but it could not be said to be a complete failure, but Li Zhang immediately came to Gyeongju and reported the matter to Cao Wei in detail, and Cao Wei couldn't help frowning after hearing it.

"Can you be sure that the name is Li Yuanhao?" After hearing this, Cao Wei pondered for a long time, and finally suddenly asked Li Zhang.

"Eighty percent, no, I am more than ninety percent sure that the name of Wei is Li Yuanhao, and the surname of Wei is the surname of the party royal family, but very few people know it, Li Yuanhao uses this surname, obviously to restore the wildness of the party and completely draw a line with our Great Song Dynasty!" Li Zhang nodded very seriously.

"If it's really Li Yuanhao, in case he is just injured and doesn't die, with his arrogant personality as rumored, coupled with Li Deming's love for him, maybe next year the party will invade my Great Song Dynasty, it seems that we also need to be prepared!" I saw that Cao Wei did not blame Li Zhang at this time, but began to prepare for the party's next move.

"Pacify the envoy, I ......"

Li Zhang was also a little ashamed when he heard this, and he just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cao Wei: "You don't have to blame yourself, the possibility of success in this matter is not very large, it is very rare to be able to blow up Li Yuanhao into a serious injury, and the party has been dishonest in the past few years, and I am worried that I can't find a chance to clean them up, if they dare to come, I can just give them a cruel lesson, lest they dare to look south again!" ”

Cao Wei said this not entirely to comfort Li Zhang, in fact, he did have such thoughts, mainly because the power of the party has grown too fast in recent years, he was demoted before, he was really powerless, and this year the party has made some moves, but he has just taken office, and it is really not suitable to start a war with the other party, so he deterred the other party with a thunderous momentum, and when he rectifies Gyeongju next year, as long as the party dares to come, he will call the other party to come and go.

"By the way, the court has already replied to the matter of the musket!" At this time, Cao Wei suddenly thought of another thing, so he said to Li Zhang again.

"Really? What did the court say? Li Zhang couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he heard this, the power of the musket has been tested on the battlefield, and now he is waiting for the imperial court to order the expansion.

"Hehe, the imperial court gave me a quota of 3,000 musketeers for me to form locally in Gyeongju, as for the muskets and other materials, they will be allocated to me by Tokyo, and as for the musket battalion, they will be temporarily stationed here to help us train the musketeers first!" I saw Cao Wei laugh again at this time, the court moved very fast this time, of course, this is also thanks to the relationship between Li Zhang and Liu E, after all, there are talents in the court who are easy to do.

"Great, three thousand musketeers are enough to decide the outcome of a war!" Li Zhang was also overjoyed immediately.

"By the way, the Queen Mother also gave you a separate order, saying that your task has been completed, and you can return to Beijing at any time to receive merit, I'm afraid that this time you will also soar after you go back!" When Cao Wei said the end, his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Li Zhang, the best of his four sons, Cao Mata, could not be compared with Li Zhang, and even when he was young, he was far from Li Zhang's current achievements.

"This ......," Li Zhang showed a hesitant expression when he heard this.

"Why, won't you go back?" Cao Wei couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Li Zhang's appearance, not to mention that the conditions in Gyeongju are much worse than in Tokyo, and Li Zhang has made such a great contribution, don't say that he will pay homage to the marquis after going back, after all, he is too young, but at least he can be entrusted with important tasks, as long as he has a few years of training in the position, his future prospects are simply immeasurable.

"I don't want to go back now, after all, Li Yuanhao's life and death are still uncertain, in case he really doesn't die, the party will kill him next year to avenge him, but I went back to Tokyo, this is really not the work of the big husband!" Li Zhang also said what he thought in his heart at the moment, the disaster was caused by him, at least until the subsequent influence was eliminated, otherwise it would be difficult for him to leave with peace of mind.

"Hahahaha~, a manly man, you do have to be responsible for doing things, but you still have to write a letter to the Queen Mother to report this matter, you can only stay if she agrees with you, otherwise I don't dare to keep you." Cao Wei laughed out loud when he heard Li Zhang's words, Li Zhang was willing to keep him, he was very happy, after all, the musket battalion was built by Li Zhang, and staying could also help him train musketeers.

The selection of the three thousand musketeers also took a while, and Li Zhang couldn't help much with this kind of thing, and he also had to go back and tell Huyan Shouxin about it, so that he could also be prepared, so after talking to Cao Wei about the matter, he left again and returned to the military camp in the border city.

That night, Li Zhang wrote a letter to Liu E, in which he explained the reason why he was unwilling to leave, and he did not even hide the failure to assassinate Li Yuanhao, after all, even if he didn't say it, I am afraid he would not be able to hide it from Liu E's ears and eyes, because there must be an eyeliner planted by her in the musket battalion.

After the letter was written, Li Zhang immediately asked people to send the letter to Gyeongju City, and then sent it back to Tokyo through the official post, and he discussed with Huyan Shouxin about helping Gyeongju train musketeers, it is already winter, and there is not much time left for them, after all, the party may come to attack next year, although the training time of musketeers is short, but it is also a big challenge to train a group of qualified musketeers in just three or four months.

Cao Wei's movements were also very fast, and three thousand musketeers were quickly selected, and then a battalion of five hundred was formed, and a total of six battalions were formed, and these six battalions formed a musket army, originally an army was five battalions, obviously this musket army was overnumbered, but this is also a common thing, some important troops are indeed overnumbered, and some unimportant troops are not satisfied with people all year round, such as a rear garrison, five battalions on the surface, but in fact it may not even be half.

The formation of the musket army was completed, and Huyan Shouxin immediately dispersed the musket battalion under his command, and the original veteran as a coach began to urgently practice this musket army, and the musket army was directly under the command of Cao Wei, and the deputy commander was served by his son Cao Mata.

The reason why Cao Wei let his son lead the musket army is not nepotism, but has many considerations, the first is that Cao Ma is young and easy to accept new things, and secondly, he has cooperated with Huyan Shouxin before, has witnessed the power of the musket, and loves the musket very much, plus Cao Mata has a good relationship with Li Zhang and Huyan Shouxin, and it is convenient for the three of them to cooperate.

The drill of the musket army is in full swing, and Li Zhang is also paying attention to the movements of the party, and Cao Wei also sent some spies to sneak abroad to inquire about the news of the party, especially the news related to Li Yuanhao, mainly to know whether Li Yuanhao is dead or alive?

In addition to Li Yuanhao and their team, there are also some party members who are willing to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, these party members also serve in the border, and have had fierce battles with Li Deming many times, usually these people can also act as spies of the Great Song Dynasty, sneaking into the party to inquire about the news, after all, they are originally of the same clan, which is much more convenient than the Song people.

It was also when the Chinese New Year was approaching that there was finally a news related to Li Yuanhao from the party that made Li Zhang bittersweet.