Night, Yacheng White Tiger Festival Hall. The deputy commander of the Song Army was receiving the special operations team of the Dragon Bird Army that had just broken into Yacheng. Although there are as many as 28 members of the special operations team, most of them are ordinary soldiers, and the captain of the company, Long Feiyi, is only a team leader. Limited to official positions, only Zhao Lie is qualified to enter the White Tiger Festival Hall to meet the two ministers.

"Hahaha! Great! Twenty-eight strong men broke through the enemy camp at night. In the past, Gan Xingba Baishi attacked Cao Ying at night, and Xin You'an rode fifty horses to the company camp, which was nothing more than that. What's even more rare is that Ligu not only has the courage to break into the tiger's den alone, but also has the talent of a general, who defeated the strong enemy with a weak brigade, cut off the arm of the enemy chief Ali Hague, shocked the enemy's courage, strengthened my morale, and hoped that the cliff city would be relieved! In the middle of the festival hall, Wen Tianxiang looked at the heroic young clan in the hall, dressed in navy blue, wearing black armor, and full of praise.

He really didn't expect that Zhao Lie would be able to defeat the 8,000 army of The Hague in such a short period of time with only 2,000 soldiers, and he still had the spare strength to go south to rescue Yacheng. Although Zhao Lie did not make a detailed report on the battle of the Wan'an Army because of the time relationship, judging from the actions of the Dragon Bird Army to pull out the camp and go south in just five days after the battle, even if it defeated a strong enemy four times its size, the Dragon Bird Army still did not suffer much losses, otherwise it would take a period of rest and recuperation, and it was categorically impossible to reorganize the army to the south so quickly.

This sudden rise of the young clan is really surprising.

Now that there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the Dragon Bird Army, Wen Tianxiang's pressure has decreased. It's not just a matter of halving the number of troops, it's a tactical multiplier. With the Yacheng Song army to resist the enemy under the city, the Dragon Bird Army launched a fierce blow to the back of the Yuan army from the sea with a boat division, even if the Yuan army occupies the advantage of troops, such a belly and back to the enemy, and the troops are under the strong city, I am afraid that I can't bear it. It can be said that from the moment Zhao Lie appeared in Yacheng, the situation of the Battle of Yacheng has changed, and the Xing Dynasty finally saw a glimmer of victory.

It is precisely because of this deep understanding that Chen Yizhong, the left minister of the left head, also praised from the bottom of his heart: "I was willing to take risks, resolutely broke away from the army, led the advance team of Youyi to bravely enter the enemy camp, and broke through the wolf's den with the strength of a tiger...... Xin'an waits for the community to worry about the community, and is loyal and loyal, which is really admirable. ”

Compared with Wen Tianxiang's joy and Chen Yizhong's praise, Zhang Shijie was much calmer, the de facto commander of the Song army was looking at Zhao Lie in front of him with a scrutinizing eye, and his mind was surging with the previous report of the general: "...... What Xin Anhou said was true, and a total of twenty-eight people came to help. They took advantage of the night to penetrate the western camp of the Yuan army, and none of them were injured, left behind, or missing. Nearly half of them are teenagers in their teens, as well as Li people, and even women ......"

Although the western battalion of the Yuan army is not as strong as the southern battalion, there are thousands of people and horses, and they have been broken through by these 20 or so "miscellaneous soldiers"? Is it the enemy who is too weak or is this commando too strong? Or is it ...... Thinking of the report made by the family a few days ago, Ma Nanchun, the defense envoy of the West Gate, had killed several strong enemies with two hand-held "Lianzhu muskets" to solve the danger of the West Gate. Zhang Shijie's eyes narrowed: "It is reported that Xin'an Hou has developed a new type of Lianzhu musket, I don't know how sharp, can you let me see this appearance?" ”

Zhao Lie didn't take Zhang Shijie's words, but just smiled and said: "The last general is here, and there is a good gift to give to you." ”

With a wave of Zhao Lie's hand, Jueyuan, Yang Zheng and other four special combat team members carried two long wooden boxes and opened them, and the black flintlock muskets flashed with the silver-gray light of the essence of fine iron under the light of butter candles.

As soon as he saw these muskets, Zhang Shijie really forgot about the muskets and stood up excitedly: "How many muskets are there here?" ”

Zhao Lie slapped him in the face: "Fifty." ”

Fifty sticks! Together with the musket team guarding the south gate, there are a total of 100 muskets, which can form a 100-person musket department.

Zhang Shijie's face sank: "Insufficient, greatly insufficient, Ben Shuai needs at least a thousand." ”

Facing Zhang Shijie's lion mouth open, Zhao Lie only said lightly: "At the moment, there are only fifty of them, and these fifty are still carried by our special combat team members." ”

Seeing that Zhang Shijie shrugged his eyebrows, his anger was revealed, and he seemed to be contrary to his intentions, Chen Yizhong said lightly: "The Marquis of Xin'an is worried about the safety of the Empress Dowager and the Xing Dynasty, and he has led 28 warriors to break through the camp, and he has done his best to bring fifty guns, and the Duke of Yue Guo does not need to be harsh." ”

Wen Tianxiang also said: "At the moment of the great enemy, Gongbi temporarily rests the thunder. Xin Anhou was able to build a dragon sparrow army full of muskets, but how could he disappoint Gongbi. ”

Zhang Shijie's towering thick eyebrows slowly flattened, and Sen Ran said: "That's fine." ”

Wen Tianxiang looked at Zhao Lie meaningfully: "I believe that after this battle, this militaristic weapon will definitely make my Great Song Huben's combat power go further." Does Xin'anhou think so? ”

Looking at Wen Tianxiang's gentle but sharp eyes, Zhao Lie took a deep breath and said, "Yes." ”

In fact, with the productivity of the military industrial base, under the condition of full horsepower, Zhang Shijie's wish to build a thousand muskets can be met in a month, but there are two key components that restrict Zhao Lie from realizing Zhang Shijie's wish: one is the ignition steel sheet, and the other is the plate machine spring.

If the ignition steel sheet can still be barely forged through the exquisite craftsmanship of craftsmen, then special spring steel is not something that can be manufactured in this era. The springs made of steel and hand-drawn wire in this era are difficult to pull when the plate machine is thick, and it is very easy to break when it is thin.

Zhao Lie once asked Guo Dajiang to organize all craftsmen to try manufacturing, but none of them were qualified. The best craftsmen and the best steels of this era are the same, not to mention others. Perhaps after a long period of development, this problem can be solved, but for now, there is no substitute for special spring steel.

Earlier, Zhao Lie gave Zhang Shijie more than 30 muskets, in addition to the steel sheet is made of pure handmade iron, the spring is from the military base. Later, the craftsmen of Yacheng worked hard to make more than 20 muskets under the guidance of the gun-making apprentices, in addition to the high rate of mute fire, the problem of the plate machine was also very big, at most five or six shots of the spring broke, had to be repaired. It's just that usually after a siege battle, the musketeers will shoot seven or eight projectiles, plus the mute fire rate, this firing frequency is even less, so this problem has not attracted enough attention for the time being.

The reason why this is so is not that Zhao Lie is stingy, but that he doesn't have many reserves. When you have the strength to help, you can help your colleagues, but you are not enough to apply, how can you pretend to be selfless? What's more, the other party who received the assistance still had a reasonable, justifiable, and even aggressive attitude......

A thousand?! Zhao Lie sneered in his heart, he supported the technology, supported the talents, and supported the materials, but he was still not satisfied, and now he directly wants to spot it! And it's a commanding tone...... It seems that it is really right to personally lead the team this time, otherwise with Zhang Shijie's face, he would not swallow the equipment of the special operations team in one gulp?

Hehe, the combat power of the Great Song Tiger will indeed go further, isn't the Dragon Bird Army a part of the Great Song Tiger Ben?

"Okay, next, you have a good discussion, how to cooperate with the Dragon Bird Army and attack Ali Hague!" Wen Tianxiang has also been pressed enough by Ali Hague these days, and at this moment, he can finally raise his eyebrows.

The White Tiger Festival Hall was originally a place for the marshal to discuss the important tasks of the military aircraft, and the generals basically only had the qualifications to accept the marshal's praise and painting strategy and had no qualifications to participate in the discussion, but because the dragon bird army commanded by Zhao Lie accounted for one-third of the Great Song Dynasty troops at this time, the next battle could not bypass him no matter what, so whether he was qualified or not, whether he was willing or not, he was indispensable.

However, Zhao Lie, who participated in the military aircraft for the first time, ignored the etiquette, did not wait for the two marshals to speak, and preemptively said: "The last general thinks that next, we must prepare for the Yuan army, or Ali Hague's crazy counterattack." ”

Wen Tianxiang frowned, pressed Zhang Shijie, who was about to have a seizure, and said, "Oh, why did you say this?" But what news did you get? ”

"Not really." Zhao Lie showed an embarrassed expression, "I just killed the Hague." ”