The victory in the defense of Yacheng not only saved the Song dynasty from peril, but more importantly, since the Battle of Qishan in February of the second year of Xiangxing, the Xing Dynasty, which had been beaten by Meng Yuan, could finally take a breath.

At this time, the Changhua army also had news that Zhang Ba, the deputy commander of the Yuan army, was besieged by Liu Zhongxiao's troops of the Yuan army, fighting steadily and steadily, attacking in defense, although he failed to defeat the enemy army and broke out, but the Yuan army never succeeded in defeating the small Changhua army. When the news of Ali's defeat in The Hague came, Liu Zhongxiao immediately packed up the remnants of his army and ran away, and the siege of Changhua was resolved.

As soon as Liu Zhongxiao ran away, the news of the defeat of the Yuan army would soon reach Qiongzhou, but how far away was Qiongzhou from the capital? After the news of Ali's defeat in The Hague reached Qiongguan, it then spread to Leizhou, then to Jinghu Province, and finally to Dadu with fast horses, to say the least, it took two months. Wait for the Meng Yuan monarchs and ministers on the Dadu side to react, come up with the response regulations, and then feed back to Jinghu Province, and then recruit ships and send troops, don't think about it for half a year.

In other words, the Xing Dynasty has at least half a year's precious time to recuperate and recuperate, waiting for another battle in the coming day.

The good news came one after another, due to the defeat of the Yuan army and the lifting of the naval blockade, Su Liuyi, Su Jingzhan and his son were also able to return smoothly with a large number of people and materials, which solved the urgent need for the Great Song Dynasty, which was seriously short of troops.

Compared with the Mengyuan Dynasty, the power of the Xing Dynasty is still very weak, and due to the extreme lack of population and materials in Qiongzhou, this contrast between strength and weakness will not change significantly for a long time in the future. Because of this, the Dragon Bird Army and the weapons they used in this battle to defeat the Yuan army with a weak attack on the strong and finally broke the Yuan army, which attracted great attention from the top and bottom of the line.

Zhao Lie became a busy man, and every day he was either invited by the prime minister or the privy council, with a very clear purpose, and he wanted to get the support of him, the largest weapon supplier.

In the three years of Xiangxing's policy towards the Yuan state, the DPRK and China were divided into two factions.

Radicals, such as Wen Tianxiang and Yang Liangjie, believe that the most critical moment has passed, and the country should be revitalized and there is much to be done in state affairs. As long as a steady stream of muskets is produced, and over time, thousands of musketeers can be trained, and Qiongguan, the location of the pacification envoy of Yuanqiongzhou, can be captured, and the entire territory of Qiongzhou will return to the Great Song Dynasty. After that, he crossed the sea to recover Leizhou. Consolidate the bridgehead of the Leizhou Peninsula, use it as a strategic buffer for the dynasty, and then sweep the coast with boat divisions to seize strategic points such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou.

There are two main reasons why Wen and Yang adhere to this policy: First, although Qiongzhou is an excellent place of refuge, the supply of population and materials depends on the mainland, and it is still not enough to defend it, let alone forge ahead. Therefore, troops should be sent to the coast as soon as possible to recover important areas in order to obtain a steady stream of supplies.

The second is that the two of them have always insisted that the dynasty should be stationed in Dabu, and a small place like Yacheng is really inconsistent with the system of the Celestial Empire. In the past, there were more and more maritime merchants in Fanguo, and the spread of the word was detrimental to the reputation of the Celestial Empire and not conducive to the prestige of Yuanyi.

The conservatives are Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi and other military generals, all of whom from a military point of view, believe that Qiongzhou is blessed with unique geographical advantages and is beyond the reach of Meng Yuan. At a time when the enemy is strong and we are weak, we should take advantage of the new victory to strengthen ties with the heroes and righteous people on the mainland who are loyal to the country, and constantly transport the population's money and grain to supplement the shortage of Qiongzhou. They were also in favor of equipping more muskets, training more musketeers, and also favoring taking the whole island and seizing Leizhou. However, he did not approve of going north too quickly to seize Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Fuzhou.

When the court debate was fierce, Zhang Shijie directly threw out a killer shot: "If this time the Yuan chief Ali Hague is not surrounded by Yacheng but Fuzhou, dare to ask the monarchs how to defend the palace and protect my dynasty?" ”

Hearing this, even with Wen Tianxiang's eloquence and Yang Liangjie's changes, it was difficult to refute it for a while.

The radicals are civil servants, and the conservatives are military generals, but it is also a strange talk.

And Chen Yizhong, Zeng Yuanzi and other important ministers also tend to be conservative, if it weren't for Wen Tianxiang being the head of civil and military, Yang Liangjie being the uncle of a country, and the inner and outer courts working together, the court would have been a conservative hall long ago.

The two factions disputed each other, and in the end, they had to ask the Empress Dowager Yang for a ruling. But Empress Dowager Yang is a woman in the deep palace, and she is far inferior to the ministers in terms of knowledge and courage, so how can she be a saint? There was no result in the court meeting for the time being, so the two factions began various offline activities to win over the neutrals of all parties, so as to increase the weight of their own speech during the next court meeting.

As far as the current downward dynasty is concerned, Zhao Lie, who has made immortal feats and holds the supply of weapons in his hands, is definitely one of the most powerful people to speak, no matter what kind of opinion, without Zhao Lie's support, it will be like a mirror, and everything is impossible to talk about. As a key figure, Zhao Lie, but he has never made it clear which school of views he supports, except for the invitation of several important ministers, the invitation of the rest of the parties can be pushed.

Probably because Zhao Lie's attitude was unclear, the two factions changed their goals and set their sights on Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou and other generals of the Dragon Bird Army. At the same time that the two generals received invitations from different factions, Zhao Lie also received an irrevocable banquet - a palace banquet.

For the banquet of Empress Dowager Yang, Zhao Lie was not surprised, with his identity as a clan, he made such a great contribution, which is the proper meaning of the question. But to his surprise, the will specifically stated that he should bring the members of the special operations team who had made great contributions in the defense of Yacheng that day to the palace for a banquet.

Zhao Lie was surprised and puzzled. Of course, he hopes that the soldiers who fought bloodily will be duly rewarded, and the reception of the queen mother is undoubtedly a high-level reward, but his days in this era are not short, and he is still very clear about the hierarchy and humility of this era. The members of his special operations team are completely qualified in terms of meritorious service, but their identity is far from enough, and they once claimed to be "ruling the world with a half-step "Analects", how could the Zhao and Song royal families, who were the most Confucian courtesy, have such a mistake?

Seeing Zhao Lie's confusion, the chamberlain said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, there is also a scroll of hand-piercing here, which is the text of the military department, please take a look." ”

Zhao Lieran took it in confusion, opened Huang Siqi, and opened it to see, but it was a list of confessions: Long Feiyi, Yang Zheng, Jueyuan, Ding Xiaoyi, Zhang Junbao......

All the special combat team members who participated in the defense of Yacheng, whether they survived or died in battle, were given a rank officer: the team officer and above were martial arts doctors from the seventh rank, and ordinary special combat team members were from the seventh rank martial arts lang.

Although it is also from the seventh grade, the "doctor" is several orders higher than the "lang", which means that the level is much higher.

In the Song Dynasty, the rank official was used to indicate the rank of the official, and the official title was used to express the rank of the official, and the official title was similar to the scattered officials in the Tang Dynasty. And the rank of the military minister is equivalent to the modern military rank. In addition to being used to determine the official salary, it is also the basis for the implementation of shadows, gifts, recommendations, and redemptions for officials, and it also has a certain impact on serving as a minister.

As the saying goes, "Seven Grades of Sesame Officials", this is right in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty grade is indeed worthless, but it is completely different in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty pressed the rank more ruthlessly, the seventh grade, placed in the Song Dynasty, was definitely a middle-level official, and even if it was a high-ranking official above the fifth grade, it was like the well-known regimental training envoy and the history of the state assassins, but it was only from the fifth grade.

Previously, except for a few people such as Long Feiyi, Yang Zheng, Ding Xiaoyi, and Zhang Junbao, who had the lowest rank from the ninth grade, such as Chengjielang and Chengxinlang, none of the rest of them had ranks.

As soon as this confession document was made, most of the special combat team members who were originally white became middle-level officers, and the special combat team was upgraded to an officer corps. This strongest army of the Great Song Dynasty, with their own flesh and blood, blocked the invading army of Ali Hague and cut off his claws, this is the glory they deserve, and they deserve it!

It's just that...... Zhao Lie stared at the rank official, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became: "Martial arts doctor, martial arts lang-isn't this a martial arts team?" The 'martial arts team' of the Song Dynasty? It's so much fun! ”