Baozhou City has returned to calm, this is the 7th day of the destruction of Baozhou City, the smoke of war has long been gone, but the trauma of war is far from leaving.

In fact, this siege battle is already relatively gentle, at best, the large-scale siege is only one day, and the focus is also near the city wall, in fact, the city wall was breached, when the forbidden army entered the city, this battle has actually ended.

But before, the rebels' destruction of Baozhou City was the focus, whether it was buildings or personnel.

Baozhou lost at least more than 200,000 people in this rebellion, and without the help of the imperial court, it could have taken decades to recover.

Time is always a good medicine, even if it is the killing during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, in the face of time, it will change, five years, ten years, or even a hundred years, and the previous killings will no longer see results.

In the stage of entering the civilian bureaucracy, Han Qi's affairs are less, fortunately, with the longbow, in order to train the longbow, every commander is full of interest, and they will not have the idleness of the end of the previous war, and they have devoted themselves to training.

The longbow is really a good thing, this is the consensus of everyone, if you change to other weapons, it may take time to figure out, after all, a new weapon is put into use, and all the advantages and disadvantages must be figured out.

The longbow is not the same, first of all, there are a large number of short archers in the army, from the short bow to the longbow, just a little uncomfortable, the longbow is slightly cheap to use, some elite archers, even three or five days to be proficient, after all, the longbow is always a probability to attack, you say that it is difficult to shoot the bullseye 100 steps away, or it is difficult to shoot the target.

Not to mention, as long as the longbow has an error of less than 10 meters, it is considered okay, so that even an untrained person, as long as he has a certain talent, can quickly get started with the longbow.

It is this convenience, as well as softness, that makes the popularization of the longbow possible, at first it was just the archer turning, and later, as long as it was a soldier, as long as the longbow could be drawn, they all came up and tried it, some radicals, and even wanted to turn the vast majority of soldiers into longbowmen.

The attack power of the short archer is okay, but the weakness is also quite obvious, on the contrary, the longbow, which is also an archer, because of the relationship between the range and the coverage of the attack, the weakness is much less.

This is the comparison of attack power, in the era of thermal weapons, defensive arms such as heavy infantry and cavalry have been canceled, the reason is that when the opponent group charges, there is not much flesh that can withstand the cluster attack of thermal weapons, white-knuckle combat, only a very small number of cases, or in a special place, if this is the main thing, it is putting the cart before the horse.

The longbow is somewhat similar, in terms of attack, the longbow is much higher than the short bow, and the range is long, which means that when attacking near the longbow, you need to pay more casualties, and the same is true for the fast rate of fire, and the equivalence changes to the extent of qualitative change, and the excellence of the longbow is shown.

There has never been a weapon, in the early days of use, it has received so much recognition, a cheap, powerful, and more usable weapon, of course, everyone likes it, the army is the easiest place, maybe there is some faction or nepotism, but one thing is unavoidable, that is, strength.

The strength of the army itself, the merits of war, these are the abilities of an officer to upgrade, but when there are no merits, the strength of oneself represents future merits.

An enemy army of 10,000 people, put it there, few people can eat, but if it is really eaten, it will be a great achievement, this is clear, so most of the commanders are soaked in Han Qi's place, waiting for Han Qi to allocate them as many longbows as possible and as soon as possible.

The previous 2,000 have been evenly distributed, and the first batch of training has also been evenly divided, and the 500 regimental training is already fragrant, although, in the standards of the forbidden army, they are unqualified in one way or another, but by using the longbow alone, they are qualified.

Sun Ji also managed to keep these seeds easily, he knew that Zhao Xin valued these seeds, and he could say unceremoniously that these people were a qualified part of Zhao Xin's protective force in the future.

However, fortunately, the speed of longbow production is very fast, just near Miaojiazhuang, there are a lot of materials, plus now Miaojiazhuang has 5 00 skilled craftsmen, plus Han Qi's support, it can produce 800 longbows a day, so the arrows are a little complicated.

These commanders also have alternative methods, the arrows of the longbow are somewhat similar to the smallest bed crossbows, although the performance is not good, but if you take the arrow, and then install the arrow shaft, it is a good long arrow, maybe in battle, the attack power is a little weak, but the training is enough.

In fact, now it is only the war machine of the Great Song Dynasty, and I haven't paid attention to it, but these not very qualified craftsmen of Miaojiazhuang and the forbidden army, but this kind of production speed is already very terrifying.

On this point alone, the longbow instead of the short bow was irresistible, and these commanders knew it very well, and they were engaged in it one after the other.

At this juncture, an 800-mile urgent messenger entered the barracks.

If it was when the war was going on, when the 800 li rush over, these commanders would still listen, but now that the war is over, the 800 li rush must be Renzong's order to Han Qi, and these old oilmen in the officialdom, of course, know this, and immediately leave one after another.

Han Qi didn't keep it, what he wanted to know more, could it be that Renzong was persuaded by him to comprehensively promote the fortress and the longbow, this is a good thing, a good thing, as long as there is a year or two of training, when the longbow and the fortress are formed separately, it is the time to repay the hatred of the northwest, he is even willing to give up the identity of the privy deputy envoy, go to the northwest, and preside over the battle.

The messenger handed the urgent box to Han Qi, and after Han Qi took it, he didn't open it, but checked the seal, although it was said that in the territory, it was impossible to replace it, but some rules should still be there.

There was no problem with all the seals and keys, and then I opened it, and there was a letter inside, which did not have the center, the Privy Council, but the private seal of Renzong, which was a will written by Renzong to him, and a decree that did not go through the cabinet, but was given by Renzong himself.

Zhongzhi, his strength is not high, maybe for low-level officials, it is also a holy decree, but for high-ranking officials, when it comes to Han Qi's level, if it violates certain circumstances, he can return it.

But what, I have to judge after reading it, when Han Qi finished reading it, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.

Han Qi didn't expect that this eight-hundred-mile expedited was not issued to reward him, nor was it issued for the two weapons that changed the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, the longbow and the fortress, but just issued an order to him, and the result of the order was very simple, it was still Miaojiazhuang, let him provide complete protection.

This time it is no longer the same as before, the rhetoric in the clouds, some people don't know what is good, it is an exact order, the reason is very simple, the second son of the emperor, Zhao Xin, is currently in Miaojiazhuang, protecting her safety His safety is the top priority of everything, at all costs.

Han Qi has never met Zhao Xin, even if he is an important minister of the imperial court, the reason is very simple, Zhao Xin is still too young, less than 4 years old, has not yet entered school, and has no teacher, so he has not yet entered the field of vision of important ministers of the imperial court.

But his name is known to all.

Heirs, in ordinary people, it is a private matter, but in the emperor's place, that is a state affair, whether there is an heir, this is a big deal for any emperor, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, the heirs have always been relatively thin, Zhenzong, there is only one Zhenzong, Renzong is even more outrageous, not only the heirs are scarce, there are few survivors, and now there are a few princesses who survive, and there is the second son of the emperor, the only prince of Renzong who is still alive.

Zhao Xin is in Miaojiazhuang, isn't this a joke, but Renzong's private seal and familiar handwriting prove that this thing really exists.

Before, seeing the Baozhou mutiny, and even the actions after the mutiny, Han Qi felt very strange, this mutiny, no matter how you look at it, does not look like a mutiny with a strong purpose, nor does it have any purpose, it is a mutiny that exists because of its existence.

At the same time, Sun Ji's appearance is also inexplicable, such a device to be guarded will appear in Miaojiazhuang, this is originally a big joke, when Sun Ji did not offer the longbow and the method of breaking through Baozhou, Han Qi has always been more suspicious, after seeing the effect of the longbow and explosives, he put his mind at ease, maybe Sun Ji is really on a secret mission.

This question has always haunted Han Qi's heart, but he didn't say it, and now, this question has a result, and it turns out that Zhao Xin is here.

Zhao Xin at this point, all the doubts are easily solved, even if he is still a child, just a son of Renzong, or the only son of the identity, it has already proved its importance, and the mutiny that broke out in Baozhou inexplicably can also be explained, the purpose is for Miaojiazhuang, for Zhao Xin, and the reason why Sun Ji is here can also be explained.

Renzong only has such a son, and his safety is related to the fortune of the entire country, not to mention a royal weapon, even if it is three or five, it is normal.

However, the only thing that is a little strange about Han Qi is that how old is Renzong and how old is Zhao Xin, he has actually been involved in this matter, and he even has a little understanding of who is behind it, as a promising young official, as a young official in his early thirties, he has already reached the level of deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Han Qi has his own judgment, and even faintly feels that there may be someone behind it.

Some people have co-opted him, but he knows quite well that this is not something he can intervene in, even if he is a privy deputy envoy, but now, he must intervene, Renzong told him the result unmistakably, he can't intervene if he wants to, his brows furrowed Han Qi, it is very clear that he is in trouble, and it is a special trouble.