The atmosphere in Guangzhou City is becoming more and more tense, the military situation is changing day by day, and the scouts returning from all directions have new reports almost every hour, and Zhang Zhensun has set up the hub of the Guangzhou City Command Center in the lobby of the Xianglong Mansion. There is no so-called rest time, except for him who eats and lives here all day, other slightly important officials in other positions can no longer go home to rest, and need to be on duty here all day and night.

After a period of personnel replenishment, as well as the gathering effect produced after the great victory over Li Heng, there were more than 8,000 cavalry in Guangzhou City, and the number of ordinary soldiers in the city defense army had exceeded 60,000, which was a world of difference compared with the initial strength of Guangzhou City.

Zhao Tianyou's firearms battalion grew even faster, with more than 3,000 people stationed in Guangzhou, and the number of Hongyi cannons also doubled several times, basically there were ten cannons in each city gate area, and there were countless thunderbolt cannons fired from ballistas.

Because of the tense war, the surrounding situation became more and more complicated, and the sea area for patrol and defense gradually expanded, and several warships of the South China Sea Fleet began to be a little overstretched, and it was very obvious that they were not enough. But shipbuilding is also a technical job, and the craftsmen on Zhao Tianyou Island have specializations, and they are all talents who are convenient for gunpowder iron casting and steelmaking, and there is no good hand who is proficient in shipbuilding.

In fact, not to mention Hong Kong Island, even the shipbuilding workshop craftsmen near Guangzhou, the craftsmanship and the boats built are second-rate, in the entire territory of the Song Dynasty, ninety percent of the shipbuilders are on the east coast, and ninety percent of the best craftsmen are in Quanzhou.

Quanzhou has the world's largest shipbuilding center, the best quality shipbuilding wood, the most advanced shipbuilding technology is the first birthplace in Quanzhou, unfortunately, all this is in the hands of Pu Shou Geng.

The rural army outside the city of Guangzhou has a lot of boats, all of which are mainly small boats running in the rivers, which are full of only a few dozen people, and they can be used to intercept the river and raid the wharf or something, but they are not of much use.

Hong Kong Island is anxious to need a large-tonnage ship, and he has already prepared a shipbuilding workshop, but he doesn't know how long it will take for the finished product to come out, and Zhao Tianyou remembered Jiang Gongzi again in a hurry. Last time, a quick glance in the city of Guangzhou frightened him, and since then there has been no news, all the industries in the city that can be found out about the Jiang family have been cleared, where to find him at this time?

Zhao Tianyou didn't come to him to discuss with him, but wanted to take others as hostages, and replace them with a few large cargo ships from Jiang's family, which could be put into use on the battlefield after a little modification, which was a very ingenious way to improve the strength of the South China Sea Fleet at present.

There were many warships of the Yuan army on the sea, and there were also many foreign trade cargo ships passing by, so they simply covered their faces and made a living as pirates, and drove the gunboats directly to the sea channel to wait, and they would always catch a few big fish.

It's not that Zhao Tianyou didn't think about this, but every method may lead to serious consequences, thinking about it is likely to be more than worth the loss, just take the passing foreign trade cargo ships as an example, it is easy to grab once, even take the cargo with the ship, and make a small fortune!

But if you want to not leak the slightest rumor, it is too difficult to do, even if you kill all the merchants on the ship, you can't guarantee it, after all, your own subordinates are also ordinary people. If the notoriety spreads, Chao's vision of developing Hong Kong Island into a place where industry and trade go hand in hand will be frustrated, and the newly established trading market will soon be over.

At present, it is even more risky to rob the warships of the Yuan soldiers, not to mention that the Yuan soldiers are all large fleets assembled, and as soon as they are dispatched, there are dozens or hundreds of large ships, and these eight gunboats that rashly start a war are probably not opponents.

When there is a huge advantage in numbers, even the power of the Hongyi cannon cannot be reversed, not to mention the question of victory or defeat, it is to attract the attention of the main force of the Yuan army, which is a great mistake and crisis.

Of course, it is not unintentional to kidnap Jiang Hanchen, a boss who does business on Hong Kong Island, revealed to Zhao Tianyou that the son of the Jiang family may want to come to Guangzhou, and his target is also related to Hong Kong Island, that is, the Hongyi cannon in the head of Guangzhou.

"Shui Rou, I'm going to work hard for you this time, only you and Meng Hao have seen Jiang Hanchen. Last time we found out, this time he will also disguise himself when he comes, and it is impossible to show his true face, so you have to keep an eye on it, and you can't let go of a suspicious target.

Remember Shui Rou, this time it is not for his life, but for their ship, and his subordinates must have accurate heads, and there will be no blood until the last resort! ”

"Brother Tianyou, don't worry, I will never let you down, but I still have a small condition!"

"Say what the conditions, I will definitely promise you!"

Zhao Tianyou was a little curious, since the last time the two couldn't help but have an affectionate kiss, Meng Shuirou began to train hard, not only for her own kung fu, but also for the teaching of her subordinates, she spared no effort to fight again.

Meng Shuirou once said that she would be qualified to be Zhao Tianyou's woman only after she became a female general, and it seems that she has been working in this direction, and she has no intention of being opportunistic, and wants to become a general with her own strength.

"Can you raise the special operations platoon by a level? Meng Hao should be the commander of the regiment, I am still a special operations platoon here, and besides, the number of people under my command is almost five hundred, which is enough to support the establishment of a battalion. ”

"Five hundred? So fast, the requirements for longbowmen to recruit people have not been lowered, right? ”

Zhao Tianyou was taken aback, in the process of expanding his ranks, the most important main force was the firearms battalion, and the best and the most promising and flexible minds were assigned to the firearms battalion, and it was necessary to ensure the basic quality and development potential of the troops.

Zhao Tianyou's favorite is the Miaodao Brigade, which has become a regimental structure when it was later expanded, and because of the high requirements for the physical condition of the personnel, the number has not exceeded five hundred.

The special operations platoon based on longbowmen under Meng Shuirou was somewhat unable to find its position in the early stage of development, and large-scale killing weapons such as ballistae and artillery were highly valued, and the reliance on longbowmen became less and less. However, Meng Shuirou was bent on making some fuss about bows and arrows, in addition to bursting rockets to ignite, he was interested in increasing the research and development of some useful killing moves, and he never relaxed the recruitment and training of his subordinates.

Without Zhao Tianyou's divine guidance, Meng Shuirou's development resistance in the bow and arrow was very high, and there was no breakthrough if she wanted to break her head, so she simply threw this problem to the countless blacksmiths under Lao Feng Tou. Among them, there is a group that delves into basic materials, and the master who took the lead has developed a formula for steelmaking, which is first to strengthen the strength of the sub-cannon of the sub-cannon and refining, and after the hardness is reached, the material is a little brittle, and then used on the arrow, and it is found that the characteristics of armor-piercing have increased several times.

"No, our current armor-piercing cone range has been increased by three percent, and the damage to soldiers and war horses is very powerful, and the weight gain of arrows is only suitable for strong longbowmen, so it will not lower the personnel standard!" Meng Shuirou nodded very affirmatively.

"Armor-piercing cone! That's a good name! ”