"Don't think too much, there must be a battle between the party and the Great Song Dynasty, it's nothing more than sooner or later, now we have the advantage, so the sooner this battle comes, the more beneficial it will be for us!" I saw Cao Wei reply with a calm smile at this time, as early as after knowing that Li Yuanhao was blown up and crippled by Li Zhang, he was ready for a big battle.

"If the party really comes to attack next year, isn't it a little thin to rely on the soldiers and horses in our state, do you need me to write to the Queen Mother and ask her to transfer the soldiers and horses from the nearby states over?" Li Zhang was a little worried again at this time, he was mainly relieved, after all, this matter was caused by him, and in case the Great Song suffered too many casualties because of this, he would also have a bad conscience.

"Haha, you also underestimate my soldiers and horses in Gyeongju, although the strength of the party is getting stronger, but it is only tens of thousands of horses, if you can't even prevent this bit of people, then my soldiers from Gyeongju might as well go home and pick up the children as soon as possible!"

I saw Cao Wei laugh again when he heard Li Zhang, and then suddenly showed a somewhat emotional expression and continued, "Actually, I hope that the party members will come sooner, after all, I am not young now, and my health has not been good in the past few years, so before I die, I also hope to completely solve the threat of the party item." ”

When Cao Wei said the second half of the words, his face also showed a bit of a gloomy expression, he was born in Jiangmen, when other children were reading and playing, he had already begun to follow his father in the army, it can be said that he has stayed in the barracks almost all his life, when he was young, he also had a grand ambition, wanting to help the Great Song Dynasty recover Yanyun, but as he grew older, he had already stopped his youthful ambitions, and now he just wants to help the Great Song Dynasty sweep away some threats as much as possible.

Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard this, if he remembered wrong, Cao Wei's remaining life seemed to be less than ten years, that is, when Zhao Zhen was not in power, he died, as a result, Li Yuanhao's side also rebelled, and no one in the northwest could resist the party's soldiers, and he won three battles and three victories against the Great Song Dynasty, and then made peace with the Great Song Dynasty with the momentum of the great victory, and at the same time let the Great Song recognize the national glory of Western Xia.

"By the way, I still haven't asked you something, what did you use to blow up Li Yuanhao like that last time, I heard that half of his entourage died on the spot?" Cao Wei suddenly thought of something at this time, and asked Li Zhang at the moment.

Hearing Cao Wei ask this, Li Zhang also smiled and said: "I call that thing a mine, in fact, it is also a firearm, that is, put gunpowder into a sealed iron ball, and then bury it in the ground to pull the lead, and when the enemy comes over, calculate the time to ignite the fuse, and then 'boom' sound, even if it can't kill the enemy, it can blow up or hurt their legs, and then they can't escape if they want to." ”

"Landmines? This is a good thing, can it be equipped in the army? Cao Wei was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately thought of its military use, so he asked very eagerly.

"The equipment is no problem, but I'm worried that the production of gunpowder can't keep up, after all, now that the musketeers are expanded, the consumption of muskets alone is a problem, and the gunpowder workshop I set up in Tokyo before is very small, even if the imperial court wants to expand, I'm afraid it will take a while, so the output of gunpowder is still limited, and I'm afraid it will still be impossible to produce mines in a short time." Li Zhang also spread his hands at this time.

In fact, when Li Zhang and Liu Shu built the musket together, he drew drawings of simple and useful firearms such as mines and grenades, and handed them to Liu Shu.

Cao Wei also showed a disappointed expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, but he also knew that some things could not be reached quickly, and now they were mainly based on muskets, and the restrictions on mines were still relatively large, at most they could only be used for defense, and they had to be ambushed in advance, which was far less widely used than muskets.

It's going to be the New Year, Cao Wei also gave his officials a holiday, Li Zhang and Hu Yan Shouxin had nowhere to go, so they simply went to Jinshan's house for the New Year, Mrs. Jin They have bought a yard, and they also rented a façade to make a fat powder shop, but the goods in Tokyo have not yet been delivered, and there are no merchants in Gyeongju City in winter, so the business of the fat powder shop has not yet risen.

After the New Year, it is the Shangyuan Festival, and the lantern festival is also held in Gyeongju City, but compared to the Lantern Festival in Tokyo City, the scale of the lantern festival in Gyeongju City is too small, and there are few large-scale headlights on the street, there is nothing to see at all, and it is much colder than Kaifeng City, so it is not yet the second half of the night, and there are no people on the street.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the weather began to warm up day by day, the snow on the road slowly melted, and the road was opened up as early as before the Chinese New Year, but because the weather was too cold, the flow of people in Gyeongju City was much less, and it was not until it warmed up that some merchants appeared in the city again.

As the weather warmed up, Cao Wei began to order the border guards to prepare for defense, and at the same time sent spies to the party side, paying attention to the movements there, and as the snow melted, the spies sent to the party before brought back some news, as Cao Wei expected, Li Deming began to mobilize troops last year, and now his subordinates have gathered tens of thousands of people, and they may go south at any time.

One of Li Yuanhao's legs was completely crippled, it is said that Li Deming looked around for a famous doctor to treat him, but it had no effect at all, plus Li Yuanhao's face was also blown up and disfigured, which hit him extremely hard, and there were rumors in Xingzhou that Li Yuanhao was drunk all day, and people became very decadent.

Seeing his favorite son become the person he is now, Li Deming is also very sad, which is also the main reason why he gathered troops to avenge his son, and even if it wasn't for the heavy snow last year, maybe he would have killed him last year, but now that the snow has melted and the temperature is starting to warm, Li Deming is also ready to move.

"Why haven't you come yet, Lao Tzu even quit drinking in order to wait for them!" On the second floor of the Tokyo Building in the border city, Cao Ma looked at the northwest direction with a resentful face, the training of the musket army has been completed, and now it is waiting for the test of actual combat, and Cao Yu is now full of confidence, just waiting for the party members who come to try the power of the musket, but now that February is almost over, there is still no movement on the party side.

"Don't worry, it's still too cold in the northwest after all, I heard that after the snow melts, the roads are all muddy and impassable, don't you see that those Hu merchants who came to the border market are all covered in mud?" Li Zhang said with a smile at this time, after the training of the musket army, he was transferred to Tuoyuan Village to set up defense, and Cao Yu even quit his favorite wine in order to wait for the party members, because he was afraid of drinking and making mistakes.

"Yes, although the border market has become lively during this time, the main ones who come are our businessmen from the Great Song Dynasty, and there are not many Hu businessmen from abroad, especially the party people, who used to come to the border market the most are party people, but this year I haven't seen any of them, it seems that the party really plans to use troops against us." At this time, Jin Shan next to him also said, now there are few people in the border market, and there is only Li Zhang and them at a table on the entire second floor to eat, so they can talk about some things without scruples.

"I'm afraid that they won't come, I really want to see what kind of results the three thousand musketeers can achieve on the battlefield!" Hu Yan Shouxin ate a piece of mutton at this time, and then looked out the window and said, last time his musket battalion attacked and destroyed Zhangshanbu, but that battle was too easy, and the scale was also small, plus he and the musket battalion were new to the battlefield, and there were a lot of problems, so he was also very much looking forward to this time when the party members went south, and then they could also verify how far he and the musket army trained by the musket battalion could reach?

At this moment, Li Zhang's gaze inadvertently swept out of the window, but he saw a familiar figure coming from a distance, which made him immediately shout: "Di Qing, come up and eat together!" ”

A group of people walked on the street outside the window, led by Di Qing, behind him were a few soldiers escorting two Hu people, looking at their blue noses and swollen faces, it is estimated that they committed something to teach Di Qing a lesson, during this time Di Qing worked under Li Zhang and Jin Shan, helping them to rectify the border market, he is good and smart, now not only Li Zhang and Jin Shan like him, Cao Yu and Hu Yan Shouxin also want to dig him into the army several times, because in their opinion, it is a pity that Di Qing is so good not to go to the army.

Di Qing also raised his head when he heard Li Zhang's voice, and when he saw Jin Shan and the others upstairs, he immediately smiled and agreed, and then ran upstairs, and Cao Ma immediately smiled when he saw him: "Xiaoqing, what did you think about what I told you last time, as long as you are willing to come to our musket army, start with my own soldiers, and I will promise you all after a year!" ”

"Hehe, thank you Brother Cao for your attention, I also want to go to the army, but I promised Brother Jin to help him before, so at least I have to wait until I help Brother Jin and Brother Li clean up the border market." I saw that Di Qing also sat beside Jin Shan at this time, picked up his chopsticks and swallowed a few pieces of mutton before replying.

"Okay, you can't stand without trust, I'll keep the seat for you, you can come whenever you want!" Cao Ma was very happy, and patted his chest again at the moment, Di Qing is not only good, but also smart, plus he is young, which is suitable for training from an early age, so Cao Yu also likes him very much, and wants to pull him under his own hands every time they meet.

Li Zhang and Jin Shan also looked at each other and smiled at this time, they did not object to Di Qing's going to the army, it was also a good thing for Di Qing to have Cao Yu to protect him, and as long as Di Qing made meritorious contributions in the army, he could be exempted from punishment with merit.

"Drive! Drive! But at this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then a cavalryman with a red pennant on his back rode through the streets of the border city in the direction of Gyeongju City.

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