Nearly half of the troops brought by Zhang Xiu were lost, most of the rest surrendered, and some crippled wounded were killed on the spot by the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield.

Perhaps from the point of view of modern people, this is a bit cruel, but in this era, it is a very common thing, even if these injured people surrender, it is useless, if they don't care, but they will become notorious, take care of it, the cost of treatment is a lot of expenses, and after being saved, they lose their ability to work, and they can't fight, and the government doesn't have so much money to support these people for a lifetime.

A flying boat took off flutteringly, ready to go to Zitong to give orders, but just took off and did not fly far, in the stunned eyes of the soldiers on the ground, the lanterns on the flying boat suddenly dispersed, and a large stream of black rocks gushed out of it, floating into the air like a dark cloud, the flying boat quickly fell to the ground, and the screams of the soldiers came from above.

Rumble~

In a tooth-sore cracking sound, the flying boat crashed into the wall outside the Jiameng Pass, and the Teng frame carrying the soldiers rolled down from the air with the soldiers, rolled on the ground several times, and was silent, and a large amount of soot accumulated inside fluttered down from the sky like black snowflakes, and a large area of ground around it was dyed black.

Some people had the courage to step forward to check, and the two soldiers inside had been thrown into human shape.

"What's the first?" Ye Zhao quickly got the news, brought someone to check, ordered someone to bury the dead soldier, and after a moment of silence, he looked at Guan Hai beside him and asked.

"Since the formation of the Air Force, this is the twenty-third self-destroying flying boat." When Guan Hai heard this, his face was a little ugly.

Ye Zhao asked people to summon the accompanying craftsmen, and asked them to bring back the wreckage of the flying boat scattered all over the ground to study.

"Lord, it's not that I don't do my best." After seeing the wreckage that Ye Zhao brought back, the craftsman led by him looked at Ye Zhao bitterly and said, "Although this thing is good, there are a few points that are difficult to deal with. ”

"The skin of this flying boat must gather the rising smoke, and the animal skin needs to be tightly sewn, so the thread should not be too thin, and the stitching place should be covered with other animal skins, at least three layers must be superimposed to ensure that it will not leak, and the stitched silk thread should not be too thick, but the ordinary silk thread is not tough enough, it is difficult to support the long-distance battle of the flying boat; In addition, the dust accumulated in the smoke will continue to fill the flying boat with the smoke, and over time, a large amount of smoke and dust will accumulate inside, which will also increase the load bearing of the lantern above. ”

A group of craftsmen also expressed their own opinions, there are many problems, but in the final analysis, there are two, one is the problem of the sewing of the lantern, that is, the airbag, and the other is the filling of smoke, which will accumulate a lot of dust over time, although Ye Zhao can make this thing, but it is limited to material and technical problems, and he really has no way to overcome these two points.

"Is there a way to fix it?" Rubbing his temples, such a powerful weapon is of great significance to this era, if he lets it go, Ye Zhao is unwilling, but if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the people in the Air Force will be disheartened.

"Yes!" The eldest tailor bowed to Ye Zhao and said: "We have pushed down according to some of the teachings of the lord, the flying boat made of this can generally fly about thousands of miles, but because of the different workmanship and texture, if you want to ensure safety, fly five hundred miles, you have to replace the lantern, disassemble the old lantern and re-stitch it, and clean up the dust inside, but in this way, it takes a lot of money." ”

"There's no other way?" Ye Zhao frowned and said, five hundred miles, it sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is only equivalent to flying from Nanzheng to Langzhong.

"Please forgive the grass people for their incompetence, unless it is like the flying boat that we built for the lord, the lord's flying boat is estimated to be able to fly at least thousands of miles before it needs to be replaced." Several craftsmen looked at each other and smiled bitterly, shook their heads and said, this is the only method they can think of at present, Ye Zhao's flying boat is large in size, and the materials used are also the best, and the safety is naturally much higher than that of ordinary flying boats.

"Five hundred miles...... It's just 500 miles! Ye Zhao sighed, although the conditions are limited, it is impossible to produce on a large scale, but it is better than nothing, even if it is only five hundred miles, it can play a great role at the critical moment, but the cost of this flying boat is already high, so the maintenance cost is not low.

However, it is better than nothing, with this beginning, as long as you continue to research, there is always a chance to make a more cost-effective flying boat in the future.

"Let's replace the current flying boat again, I don't want to hear any more news that a soldier died because of the self-destruction of the flying boat." Looking at everyone, Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.

No matter how expensive the flying boat is, but this first batch of air forces was brought out by Ye Zhao, and hundreds of them were lost for such a gratuitous reason, which already made him feel painful, if he continued to lose at this rate, not to mention the morale of the air force, how would he recruit a new air force in the future? Without anyone to operate, no matter how good things are, they are useless.

"Whoa!" Several craftsmen finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, they were very worried that Ye Zhao would use them to ask for blame because of this.

"The three passes have been lowered, but since Zhang Xiu has come here, the army in Shuzhong should not be far away, I should prepare as soon as possible, and immediately send an order to Ji Ling and Fang Yue, the two generals, to lead the troops into Shu and join the main force of our army, Ding Li's department, first go to Zitong Pass to station, if the Shu army arrives, then stick to Zitong, after finding out the reality of the enemy army, and then make plans, the army will arrive!" After dealing with the matter of the flying boat, Ye Zhao looked at everyone.

"The last general commands!" Ding Li got up and said to Ye Zhao.

"The last general will arrange for someone to pass the order." Guan Hai's mood was a little low, after all, he was the chief general of the Air Force, and he thought that he could show his strength, but he didn't expect that there would be so many problems just after a battle, it seems that if he wants to rely on the Air Force to show his might, he can't do it in a short time.

"Lord, I don't know when I will contact Bashu Haoqiang to respond to the lord?" Zhao Wei got up, bowed to Ye Zhao and asked.

"This is not in a hurry, after I win this battle first and win Shuzhong, then General Zhao will contact again, and it will be much easier to persuade these Bajun scholars." Ye Zhao smiled.

In fact, Zhao Wei is a little worried, although there is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, but on issues related to interests, it is better not to think too highly of the discipline of scholars, and do not deny that there are some real gentlemen and people of integrity, but among the family, it is still the first interest, and now Ye Zhao has not been able to get enough deterrence, to let these heroes in Shu belong now, the conditions put forward by the other party are definitely different from the requirements put forward by themselves after defeating the Shu army.

Accepting people depends on sincerity, but when dealing with scholars, it is better to talk more about interests, Ye Zhao is easy, and the other party is also relaxed.