Six large ships rode the wind and waves, and slowed down as they approached the port. Several sampans were introduced to the berth at the anchorage, and six large ships were introduced into the berth in turn.

When Zhao Lie's figure appeared on the bow of the ship, the navy army that had been waiting for a long time at the end of the long pallet in front of the port was in charge Su Jingzhan smiled and bowed his hand: "The Marquis of Xin'an is worthy of being the king of Xiu, and he is brave and resolute. On the way, he met Yuan Kou, fought a battle and drew it, captured and killed thousands of households, and captured the warship. The courage of God makes it difficult for my generation to look forward to it. Jing Zhan was ashamed. ”

Zhao Lie returned the salute: "Zhao is just lucky, General Su doesn't have to be too humble." If there is no general to plan the capital, purge the naval army, and patrol the defense day and night, the enemy will not dare to offend, but I am afraid that the Qiongzhou Yuan army will be killed early. ”

Su Jingzhan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xin'an Hou doesn't need to comfort Su, the Yuan army has actually been killed a long time ago, but it is not Su and the hundreds of sailors and ships in this area that make the enemy retreat, but the hurricane ......."

Zhao Lie had already learned from Hong Siniang that the warships of the Yuan army in Qiongzhou had set sail as early as ten days ago, led by the newly attached army under the ten thousand households of Ma Fuji, preparing to go around the south bank of Qiongzhou to kill the Benjiyang army and attack the Song army. I didn't expect that people are not as good as heaven, just two days out of the sea, before they arrived at Wan'anjun, they caught up with a hurricane. As a result, the fleet was blown apart, several ships were sunk, the military resources and strength were seriously damaged, and the whole army was defeated.

The hurricane blew from the south of the South China Sea, and the first to bear the brunt was actually the Song ships that were attacking Jiyang. When Zhao Lie's ships sailed into the port, he saw that many Song ships were badly damaged, and there were a large number of broken ship plates, keels, canvases, bows and arrows, weapons and even sprouted grain and rice floating on the sea. However, the losses of the Song army were much smaller than those of the Yuan army, not because of good luck, but because the Song ships mostly stopped in safe harbors and did not go to sea.

Both the Song and Yuan armies were indiscriminately ravaged by the hurricane, but it was precisely because of this hurricane that the Song army escaped and avoided suffering from the enemy. Compared with the two, the losses caused by the hurricane to the Song army are nothing.

Zhao Lie was about to say a few words of relief, and Ma Nanbao, who appeared later, laughed loudly: "Doesn't this mean that God blesses General Su, and even more so bless me Da Song Hu?" ”

Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, Ma Nanchun and Su Jingzhan all laughed later: "Ma Shilang is right, God bless me Da Song!" ”

Everyone greeted each other, they were all familiar with each other, and naturally there was not much politeness.

Su Jingzhan repeatedly apologized to everyone, saying that his father wanted to greet him in person, but the war broke out, and the prime minister, Zhang Envoy and his father were gathering in the festival hall for urgent consultations.

"Sudden war? But there is an abnormality in the Jiyang Military City? "Ma Nanbao is a literati and a scholar, but he is more warlike than a martial artist.

"You can see this matter when you go to the festival hall to observe." Su Jingzhan pointed to the halfway point of a mountain protruding from the coast, "That place, please come with me." ”

The festival hall refers specifically to the important matters of the military state. Although the Xing Dynasty has fallen to the same level as the King of the Mountain, all the courtiers have not diminished half a point. A small stone house also has to be carved out by a craftsman with the word "Jietang" and painted with vermilion lacquer. The momentum of "my generation is safe, and the squatter house is the temple" is about to come out through the wall.

When Zhao Lie and his entourage entered the hall, the four pillars of the hall: Wen Tianxiang, the right minister, Chen Yizhong, the left minister, Zhang Shijie, the palace marshal, Su Liuyi, and the courtiers under the hall, did not argue endlessly as before, but frowned and said nothing.

Seeing Zhao Lie come in, Wen Tianxiang showed a kind smile on his face: "Liyu is back, very good, you are very good." ”

Rescued Manambao, killed thousands of enemy households, and captured a warship by the way, which can be said to have exceeded the task. With such an outstanding record, it is even more difficult for even a veteran general in the army. Wen Tianxiang became more and more appreciative of this young clan.

Chen Yizhong is also similar to Wen Tianxiang, he is very optimistic about this newly rising clan, and walked down the hall directly, smiling and smiling, and seated Zhao Lie and Ma Nanbao respectively.

Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, Zeng Yuanzi and others also greeted Zhao, Ma and others.

As soon as Zhao Lie sat down, Zhang Shijie praised him for completing the task well, changed his words, and asked, "How many military armor did you bring here?" ”

Zhao Lie knew everything about the armament of his Dragon Bird Army, and said without thinking: "The Dragon Bird Army has a total of 419 soldiers, including 326 soldiers, 54 non-combatants, and the rest are boatmen. There are 39 pairs of foot armor, 24 side cards, 17 bows, 18 crossbows, a sword and spear and axe blade, and four warships......"

Zhao Lie poured out almost all the family funds, but did not say the number of guns and ammunition, not that he deliberately concealed it, but that few people here understood it, and it was in vain. A real battle is worth a thousand words, and then you will naturally see the power of firearms.

The ministers heard mixed feelings, happy that Zhao Lie and Ma Nanbao had a lot of troops, and worried that although there were many soldiers, there were few armaments. According to the regular proportion of the Song army, more than 300 soldiers accounted for more than 300 soldiers, which was already quite amazing, but Zhang Shijie was obviously not very satisfied: "There are too few bows and crossbows, only accounting for 10% of the total number of soldiers, which is not possible." ”

The Song army was extremely short of cavalry, and when facing the powerful cavalry of the Liao, Jin, Yuan and other northern aliens, they could only use medium and long-range weapons to fight, in order to overcome the cavalry with bows. Therefore, the bow and crossbow are particularly important, and usually the crossbowmen account for one-third or even half of the total strength of the army. Over the centuries, this method of warfare has formed a mindset, and this is true for fighting against the strong cavalry of the north, and the same is true for attacking the new annexed armies, which are also mainly engaged in foot combat. A crossbowman like Zhao Lie accounts for only one-tenth of the total, which is no different from sending him to death in Zhang Shijie's eyes.

Wen Tianxiang is also the one who commands the army, so he naturally knows this very well, and said to a general behind Zhang Shijie: "Zhang Tong, can you give some bows and crossbows to the Dragon Bird Army." ”

The commander has a leopard's forehead and ringed eyes, a bearded face, tall and strong, and at a glance he knows that he is a fierce general. But at this moment, when the fierce general heard Wen Tianxiang's words, his face suddenly wrinkled, and he cried bitterly: "Wen Xianggong doesn't know, this Qiongzhou is humid and stuffy in April and May, the residence is seeping water, and the clothes are not dry. The bows and crossbows used in the army are very serious when the glue is broken and the bow arm is moldy and rigid. In addition, a hurricane struck some time ago, destroying many of our ships, and many of our armaments were lost in the sea, and it was not easy to replenish them, and it was impossible to repair them, and the sergeants and soldiers complained a lot......"

Zhang Shijie was silent with a calm face, if Wen Tianxiang asked him, with his identity, it would naturally be difficult to push back, and he would give it to him. Fortunately, Wen Tianxiang is not a person who has no eyesight, and only asks about his parts, so that at least it is easier to speak.

Wen Tianxiang also knew that what Zhang Commander said was the truth, but no matter how much he couldn't let this newly formed Dragon Bird Army suffer too heavy losses, his eyes turned to Su Liuyi.

Su Liuyi's situation is not much better than Zhang Shijie's, but it is not good to make Prime Minister and Xin'anhou too ugly, so he cleared his throat and said, "Liu Yi can barely make a bow and crossbow here......"

Ma Nanbao wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhao Lie with a look, and it wasn't until Su Liuyi opened his mouth that Zhao Lie smiled and said: "Since bows and crossbows in the army are so difficult, Zhao Lie is willing to give all the bows and crossbows and arrows of the Dragon Bird Army to Su Dianshuai, as well as Zhang Tongzhi." ”

Yes! And such an operation? The ministers were speechless for a moment and looked at each other.

Wen Tianxiang was still angry with Zhao Lie, frowned and said, "Stand up......"

Zhao Lie arched his hand and said: "Xianggong doesn't know, the Dragon Sparrow Army doesn't need a bow and crossbow. ”

Ma Nanbao also saluted and said, "The Dragon Bird Army doesn't need a bow and crossbow. ”

Ma Nanchun, Jiang Fenglie, and Ouyang Guanhou also left their seats to salute, and said in unison: "The Dragon Bird Army doesn't need a bow and crossbow. ”