Thousands of mountain birds fly away.

Only one resounding gunshot remained.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who got the arquebus are like a treasure.

After Yang Qi simply taught them shooting skills, they couldn't wait to start shooting.

They have a foundation in archery, and they can get started with arquebuses much faster than ordinary people.

In just one day after getting the arquebus, many soldiers played the arquebus in a good way.

After Huang Quan figured out the use and range of the arquebus, he carried the arquebus and frowned to the barracks where Yang Qi was resting.

Inside the barracks.

Yang Qi was barefoot, sitting on a soft couch, half-lying, reading secret letters from scarecrows and volcano guards from all over the world.

After Huang Quan entered the room under the leadership of Peng Pai, he knelt on one knee and saluted.

"Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Yang Qi glanced up at Huang Quan, then put away the secret letter in his hand, put on his shoes and socks, sat upright, and stroked his hands and said, "No need to be polite, get up." ”

"Your Majesty Xie......"

Huang Quan stood up with his arquebus, he had just opened his mouth, but he had not yet spoken.

I heard Yang Qi say with a smile: "You suddenly came to me with an arquebus, with a sad face, but the arquebus is not as good as you want?" ”

Huang Quan was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "How did Your Majesty know?" ”

Yang Qi shook his head and smiled: "The range of this arquebus is about eighty zhang, although it can break through fish scale armor and chain mail, but it may not be able to break through the armor." And you Huangquan is good at using copper bows and iron arrows, within two hundred zhang, nothing can be broken.

This arquebus, which only has a range of 80 zhang, naturally cannot be as you wish. ”

Huang Quan scratched his head in embarrassment, raised the arquebus in his hand, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, this arquebus takes twenty breaths from filling gunpowder, loading iron bullets, igniting twists, and shooting.

Twenty breaths before one shot, there is time for these twenty breaths.

The minister can shoot thirty arrows with a bronze bow......"

At this point, Huang Quan stopped, and then looked at Yang Qi helplessly.

Obviously, for the arquebus provided by Yang Qi, Huang Quan felt frustrated.

Although Yang Qi had expected that Huang Quan would talk to him about this issue, he didn't expect that when Huang Quan really came to the door and found out this problem, he looked at Huang Quan's aggrieved little expression, and actually had the urge to vomit blood.

Yang Qiqiang resisted the urge to drive Huang Quan out, and said with a dark face: "You Huang Quan is different from ordinary people, and his strength is infinite, so he just looks at all the soldiers like you?"

You can endure a lot, go and try to lift my coiling dragon stick with one hand. ”

Huang Quan's face stiffened, his face was bitter, his head drooped, and he said angrily: "I can't lift it......"

Yang Qi glared at Huang Quan and scolded: "You Huang Quan can make copper bows and iron arrows, but other soldiers can't use them." In this divine machine camp, in addition to bed crossbows, heavy crossbows, and machine crossbows, there are more ordinary bows and arrows.

What is the range of a normal bow and arrow?

The sky is within 30 zhang.

How lethal are ordinary bows and arrows?

Even if it reaches the sky, it can only penetrate three layers of leather armor.

Arquebus, although slow to reload, has a longer range and greater lethality than ordinary bows and arrows.

The most important thing is that it is portable.

A soldier carries a bow and arrows, and a maximum of three hundred arrows.

However, if you carry iron bullets, you can carry more than 1,000.

In contrast, I don't believe you can't tell which is stronger and which is weaker. ”

Huang Quan's scolded dog blood was coming, and he couldn't say a word with his head drooping.

After a while, he stammered: "But it's ...... to load."

Yang Qi glared again and asked, "How are the machine crossbows and heavy crossbows launched?" ”

Huang Quan muttered, "Divided into three sections......"

After only saying four words, Huang Quan raised his head suddenly and said excitedly: "The minister understands what to do." ”

Yang Qi didn't give Huang Quan a good look, and snorted coldly: "It's not too stupid, why don't you get out of here and take the soldiers to train." ”

"No!"

Huang Quan replied and ran out of Yang Qi's room with a disgraced face.

Yang Qi just shook his head and smiled bitterly, letting Peng Pai stare at the training of the Divine Machine Battalion, and then he didn't care about the matter of the Divine Machine Battalion.

There is a question about the tactical tactics of the arquebus, and there is no need for Yang Qi to help Huang Quan explain it in detail.

As a pure crossbow soldier, they have the awareness of long-range combat, as well as the tactics of long-range combat.

The appearance of muskets was only a substitute for bow and crossbow combat.

Its properties are superior to the crossbow, but that doesn't mean it requires a whole host of new tactics to match.

Crossbowmen can still be used as musketeers.

Many people believe that the tactics of the musketeers are more advanced than the foreigners.

In fact.

As early as the Qin Dynasty, some of the tactics used by the archers of the Qin Dynasty were enough to match the musketeers.

And at that time, the foreigners were still shouting Sparta in big pants.

Therefore, Yang Qi never thought that foreigners were so great.

Our ancestors are tired of playing a lot of things that foreigners play.

It's just that the descendants of later generations are not angry and do not dig up the treasures left by our ancestors.

Straight to the point.

Huang Quan is stepping up his training for the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, so that they can quickly transform from crossbowmen to musketeers.

Yang Qi stayed in the barracks, flipping through the news delivered by the scarecrow and the volcano guards from all over the country.

From the time Yang Qi felt the conspiracy, until now, more than half a month has passed.

The scarecrows and volcano guards were also busy for most of the month.

Under the investigation of nearly 50,000 spies, there is basically nothing to hide from them.

The conspiracy of Song and Liao appeared in front of Yang Qi one by one, and finally weaved a big net that encompassed the Southern Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom.

The route of the two countries' march, the division of troops, and the situation of the troops have been clearly investigated by Yang Qi at all.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to take a map.

The routes of the two countries are outlined on the map, as well as their followers.

Yang Qi first drew a circle on the territory of the Northwest Zhejia.

wrote down Li Jiqian's name.

This hero, who had disappeared for a long time, actually jumped out in the end and gave him a little surprise.

But in Yang Qi's view, Li Jiqian is not to be afraid.

When Li Jiqian was strong and strong, he was still beaten by him and the Zhe family.

Now there is a group of miscellaneous soldiers, and it seems that there are many people, but in fact, they are not vulnerable at all.

faced the proud soldiers of the folded family, and could only be beaten and continued to run around.

So Li Jiqian is not afraid.

Yang Qi also outlined four places on the map: Dongsheng Mansion, Gubeikou, Yuguan, and Gangcheng.

This is the attack port of the Liao soldiers in four ways.

Whether it is Gubeikou or Yuguan, there are elite soldiers and horses in charge, and it is difficult for the Liao people to break through these two places.

The biggest possibility is that the Liao army and the Yan State soldiers and horses who raided these two places are deadlocked.

So there is nothing to be afraid of these two places.

On the contrary, the two places of Dongsheng Mansion and Port City are very dangerous.

Outside Dongsheng Mansion, there is a vast grassland.

The cavalry of the Liao people could easily gallop on it.

Although Dongsheng Mansion has an iron cavalry army led by Yang Wu.

But the Iron Cavalry was significantly less mobile than the Light Cavalry.

After the two sides confronted each other, if the Liao army gave up confronting the Iron Cavalry head-on, it could completely drag down the Iron Cavalry through mobility.

Therefore, the Iron Cavalry guarding Dongsheng Mansion is a little insufficient.

It stands to reason that the rangers under the command of the Fallen Son are the best soldiers and horses to support the Iron Cavalry.

But the mourner had a broken arm and was now recuperating from his injuries.

Without the leadership of the brave head wolf.

The Rangers can't exert that kind of fierce combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness of the rangers was weakened, and it was obviously a little difficult to deal with the Liao army, which was several times larger, and they had to transfer people over.

It's just that when mobilizing that army and horses, Yang Qi was a little hesitant.

I couldn't pick out the right person for a while.

Yang Qi put this question aside for the time being.

The goal is on the next center of gravity.

Port City.

Compared with Dongsheng Mansion, the port city is even weaker.

Except for the 30,000 newly built naval troops, there are basically no other soldiers and horses on the coast of the port city.

The naval army was newly built for less than a year, and there was not much combat effectiveness at all.

Not to mention against the elite of the Liao people, even against a group of miscellaneous troops, they may not be able to defeat.

The Liao army could easily break through the defense line of the naval army, land on the coast, and attack the city of Xiagang.

However, the port city is very important in Yan Kingdom.

The port city is the first place in the Yan Kingdom, except for the four northwestern prefectures, to prosper.

It is bound to become the economic center of the next Yan Kingdom.

Once the port city is destroyed, the commercial system that has just been established in the port city may not be able to develop in three or five years.

Moreover, after the enemy took the port city, he could not only attack Yuguan from the inside and outside, but also drive straight into Yanjing City.

Thus.

The port city is crucial.

Yang Qi must defend the port city.

The 30,000 naval army could not be relied on, so they could only mobilize troops and horses from other places.

At present, in the territory of Yan Kingdom, the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized are the Earthquake Battalion, the Shenji Battalion and the Yan Army guarding Yanjing City.

Yang Qi planned to send the Earthquake Camp to Gubeikou and Yuguan to help defend the city.

Then the only remaining soldiers and horses that can be used are the Shenji Battalion and the Yan Army guarding Yanjing City.

The captives in Yanjing City still need to be suppressed.

Therefore, there can't be too many people and horses mobilized from the Yan army.

Yang Qi carefully calculated, and the number of people who could be split from the Yan army was less than 30,000.

Plus the musketeers of the 10,000 Divine Machine Battalion.

A total of 40,000 men were to defend the coast of nearly 200 miles.

"Let's do it~"

Yang Qi dropped the pen, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed: "It's still not enough......

If the Liao people are not stupid, they will inevitably attack in Dongsheng Mansion and Gangcheng.

And the people in Yang Qi's hands are obviously not enough.

Just as Yang Qi was thinking about where to divide the generals, Peng Pai hurriedly entered the room.

"Your Majesty......"

"Huh?"

"The Great General, the Fifth General, and the Sixth General have arrived."

When Yang Qi heard this, a happy look flashed on his face, "Invite them in." ”

Peng Pai nodded, went out, and entered the room with Yang Da, Yang Wu, and Yang Liu.

"Ministers, see Your Majesty'......"

Yang Da and the three entered the door, didn't say a word, and bowed down.

Yang Qi couldn't cry and laughed, stepped forward to help Yang Da San, and complained: "Three brothers, are you responding to me?" ”

Yang Dasan looked at Yang Qi with some excitement in his eyes.

Yang Liu quipped: "What is the diaphragm?" Although we are brothers, since ancient times, we have not talked about brothers, but only about monarchs and ministers. You are the king, we are the ministers, and the etiquette cannot be abolished. ”

Yang Qi glanced at Yang Liu complainingly.

The trio burst into laughter.

Yang Da stepped forward, patted Yang Qi's shoulder, and said excitedly: "You don't know, I heard that you were assassinated in Yanjing City and your life was dying. The three of us were in a hurry.

If I hadn't stopped me, your fifth brother would have led people to kill Liao.

I got your letter before, and my brothers still don't feel real.

Now that we see you standing in front of us, we are relieved. ”

Yang Wu pursed his lips, and said without being salty or light: "Good people don't live long, and they will harm ...... for a thousand years."

For his cold-faced and hot-hearted fifth brother, Yang Qi has no temper at all.

"Three brothers, sit down and talk."

After the four brothers sat down.

Yang Qi directly started to get to the point.

"This time, I invited the three brothers to come over to talk about it, that is, there are important things to discuss with the three brothers. Presumably, the three brothers have heard some rumors on the way here, right? ”

Yang Da nodded slowly, "I heard that Song and Liao conspired together and were ready to attack us." ”

Yang Qi said seriously: "This is not a rumor, but a fact. The soldiers and horses of the Song and Liao countries have already set off. Look at this ......."

Yang Qi led the three of them to the map, took out the secret letter that the spies had discovered, and handed it to the three of them.

The three of Yang were looking at the map and secret letters, and Yang Qi was not idle on the side.

He continued: "The Song State sent 500,000 troops, including 150,000 horse foot soldiers, led by my father-in-law Hu Yanzan, to contain the Cao family in Dali. Among them, 250,000 soldiers and horses, led by Shi Shouxin, passed through Yongzhou, crossed Python Mountain, and invaded the southern country. There are also 100,000 sailors, led by the Jiangning Prefecture regimental training envoys, along the waterway, surprise attacks on the south.

Before that, I had already sent a letter to the second and third brothers, asking them to gather the soldiers and horses of the southern kingdom and prepare to meet the enemy at any time. ”

When Yang Liu heard this, he muttered: "The soldiers and horses of the southern country are all soldiers who have followed us in the southern and northern wars over the years. In particular, the slang bureaucrats who came out of the mountains and forests were more combative.

Although you have issued an order for disarmament before, some of them have been laid off.

But as long as they are used in the army, they will quickly reassemble into an army.

In this way, the strength of the southern kingdom was not weaker than that of the Song state.

The southern country has a special geographical location and complex landforms.

The Song army was not familiar with the topography of the southern country at all, but the soldiers and horses of the southern country were very familiar.

Therefore, in terms of mountain warfare, the Song army could not get any benefits in the south.

As long as the second brother and the third brother are not reckless, they will fight steadily.

The Song army couldn't take the southern country. ”

Yang Qi nodded slowly, "I think so too, so I have already sent a letter to the second and third brothers, and sent them the corresponding supplies." I'm not worried about the southern side, I'm worried about Dongsheng Province and Minato City. ”

Yang Qi told Yang Dasan in detail about the difficulties he had encountered before.

At this time, Yang Da also finished reading the map and the secret letter.

Yang Da looked down at the march route of Song and Liao, and sighed: "I didn't expect that one day Song and Liao would unite together." If it hadn't been for the Seventh Brother to find out earlier, I'm afraid that we would have suffered a big loss this time. ”