At the end of August of the second year of Xiangxing, the city wall of each section of Wan'an Military City was basically completed, only the remaining towers, corner towers and various city defense facilities were being intensified, and the whole construction period was completed half a month earlier than Zhao Lie. The reason why it was built in such a hurry was not because the Yuan army was coming, but because Zhang Shijie was coming.

As early as mid-July, Zhang Shijie learned that the Dragon Bird Army had captured the Wan'an Army in just one day, and he wanted to see how it was done. However, the prime minister and privy envoy Wen Tianxiang took Zhao Lie's achievements as an example and constantly urged Zhang Shi's outstanding soldiers to transform the army. Strategically speaking, the Wan'an army has already started, as long as the Changhua army is captured, the safety factor of Yacheng will be at least doubled, and at the same time, the Qiongzhou Yuan army will form a clamping trend.

The military situation was urgent, Zhang Shijie had no choice but to press the surprise, and ordered Zhang Ba to lead 800 men and horses, four warships and four grain ships, and go north to capture the Changhua army.

Compared with the Wan'an Army, the Changhua Army was of much less strategic significance. The Wan'an Army still has a city (although it is abandoned), but the Changhua Army only has a barracks surrounded by thorns, and the public houses are all thatched houses, with only a dozen military households, which is not so much a garrison as a sentry.

At the beginning, Ali Hague occupied the entire territory of Qiongzhou, and only Qiongguan was the one who really went to war. After breaking through Qiongguan and Che Qiongguan's commander Zhao and Luo, with the momentum of great victory and the power of torture, the three armies (Jiyang Army, Wan'an Army, and Changhua Army) were transmitted, and the three armies all surrendered.

Because the miasma of the Changhua army was too strong, Long Wenxiang, the governor of Qiongzhou, did not even send officials, but asked the local officials of the original Song Dynasty to change their banners and become officials of the Yuan Dynasty.

It was only when it was learned that the desperate Xing Dynasty actually captured the Jiyang Army and used it as a garrison place that the geographical location of the Changhua Army became important. However, due to the lack of troops, the Wanhu Mansion could only send one member and one hundred households, lead a team of men, and then recruit local Li Fang in the local area, and finally got more than 200 people to defend it.

In the eyes of Zhang Shijie and Zhang Ba, except for the team of soldiers, the rest of the untrained natives are just a rabble, and they can be pulled out with 300 soldiers.

As expected, after Zhang Ba led the army to land, he fought on the beach and killed dozens of enemies; In World War II, Changhua killed 100 households, and then surrendered the remnants of the enemy. In just three days, the Changhua army was captured. Such a record, in the past, was also a great victory, but with Zhao Hunting Wan'an Battle Zhuyu in front, this victory was completely compared and looked bleak.

After Zhang Ba attacked the Changhua army, he also built a city to resist the Yuan soldiers. The Changhua army did not have the foundation left by the old city, and lacked manpower, money and food, so it had to ask for help from the Xingchao while temporarily building the Muzha military camp to defend itself.

At the beginning of August, Zhang Shijie took three boats of Qiangu and Dingkou to support the Changhua army, and brought rewards to Zhang Ba and the whole army, and at the same time inspected the Changhua military camp. By the end of August, on behalf of the dynasty, he inspected the Wan'an army.

In order to welcome Zhang Shijie's inspection, and also to stabilize the hearts of the emperor and the ministers, Zhao Lie had to speed up the progress of repairing the city, and even suspended the joint exercise of the Dragon Bird Army, and the whole army joined in the great cause of repairing the city. Only then was it possible to basically complete the project before Zhang Shijie's arrival at the end of August.

Early in the morning of the first day of September, under the scorching sun, Zhao Lie, Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, Shi Yang, Guo Chenggui and other generals went out for more than ten miles to greet the upcoming Taifu of the Great Song Dynasty, the deputy envoy of the privy council, the Duke of Yueguo, Zhang Shijie, the Pingzhang of Tongzhongshumen, and Zhao Ruohe of Wanning County.

Guo Chenggui stood behind Zhao Lie, saw Du Tong looking over, took two steps forward, and said in a low voice: "It has been arranged." ”

Zhao Lie nodded slightly.

At two o'clock, five large boats appeared on the sea, and in front of them were two guide swordfish boats sent by Zhao Lie.

Zhang Shijie, here.

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"You don't have to be polite, please get up." Zhang Shijie personally helped Zhao Lie up, and he only had one feeling for the young and heroic clan in front of him, "the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves".

Zhang Shijie's gaze swept across, and he suddenly stopped at the guards on both sides of the trestle, and raised his hand to point: "What those sergeants are carrying, are they Zhao Du's victory weapon 'muskets'?" ”

Zhao Lie responded with a smile: "Exactly." ”

"Can you take a look?"

Zhao Lie looked back and pointed to one of the sergeants: "The gun is coming." ”

The heavy flintlock pistol was held in his hand, and Zhang Shijie looked left and right, full of novelty. Around him, Zhao Ruohe, the new governor of Wanning County, and his general Zhang Yong, were all onlookers and amazed.

Since the First Battle of Wan'an and the power of firearms, the secret of the Dragon Sparrow Army's weapons has gradually become known after all. Zhang Shijie finally figured out why Zhao Lie was able to kill a strong enemy and conquer the Wan'an army in just one day. Due to the strict control of the weapons of the Dragon Bird Army, each firearm has a number, and Zhang Shijie has never been able to see the real thing.

It was not until this time that Zhang Shijie was full of interest: "Can you test the shot?" ”

Zhao Lie bowed and saluted: "I am willing to demonstrate for the prime minister." ”

An hour later, everyone came to the school grounds, and the thirty musketeers of the Broken Battalion A had already received the order and were waiting in formation. Since it was only a demonstration of the power of the musket, there was no official gun and shield combination "gun card array". Only thirty musketeers lined up in three columns, and fifty paces away from each other were ten log grass-wrapped targets.

Zhang Shijie watched intently for a while, then nodded slightly.

Zhao Lie raised his arm to signal, and the on-site commander Shi Yang held the red pennant in his hand and raised it high: "Load!" ”

The soldiers flattened their muskets, opened the fire door cover, took out the fixed ammunition pack from the cartridge pot on their waists with one hand, bit through the paper packet, poured the medicine into the fire door, and closed the fire door cover; A musket was erected, a cartel of propellant and lead from a paper bag was stuffed into the barrel, and a piece of tanned cowhide the size of an egg was stuffed into the hole of the gun, and finally compacted several times with a strip. This completes the entire reloading action.

When the soldiers were loading ammunition, Zhao Lie was on the viewing platform, explaining one action to another to Zhang Shijie. Zhang Shijie frequently brushed his beard, and silently calculated the loading action of these soldiers, which took about a few hours.

Zhang Yong, the general, asked: "Why do you want to stuff a piece of cowhide?" ”

Zhao Lie replied: "To prevent deflation, you can make the projectile hit farther." ”

Zhao Ruohe on the side was obviously also calculating, and asked: "With such a load, if the enemy rushes to the front from fifty steps away, how many arrows can be fired...... Uh, how many bullets? ”

Zhao Lie said lightly: "The enemy is not close. ”

Zhang Shijie frowned, and Zhao Ruohe snorted slightly.

Over there, Shi Yang's red flag had been violently slashed: "Fire!" ”

Bang bang!

Tongues of fire spat out, white smoke gushed, and sonic shook the school field. Fifty paces away, the target shook violently, and grass clippings and wood were scattered.

Zhang Shijie's hands trembled and he plucked off a few beards. Zhao Ruohe's eyes were as wide as eggs. Open your mouth wide. The expressions of the rest of the generals who followed were no better than those of these people.

After the first row of ten people finished fighting, they immediately collected their guns and retreated to the last row, and reloaded their ammunition again in a nervous and orderly manner. The middle ten people took three steps forward and took aim with their guns.

"Fire!"

Bang bang!

Fifty paces away, another piece of wood and grass clippings was stirred up. Some targets have been toothless, and some have been cut off.

The middle ten people retreated to the end, and the last row became the front, and then took five steps forward and raised their guns.

Round 3, bang!

The firepower continued, the sound shook all over the field, and the white smoke filled the air, drifting to the stage with the wind.

Zhao Ruohe rubbed his eyes, unbelievable.

Zhang Yongzheng inhaled as he saw it, caught off guard, and was choked with tears.

Zhang Shijie was holding a few of his own whiskers in his hands without realizing it, and only four words were churning repeatedly in his mind: The enemy is not close!