After the victory of Guangzhou's city defense, the Song army in the city watched the Yuan soldiers pack up the corpses, gather the scattered horses and fallen equipment and materials, just like walking in their own back garden, and the Song army really did not have the ability to go out of the city to defeat the Yuan soldiers.

The horses that the big black horse has turned back need to be raised and trained for a long time before they can be used by new riders, and they cannot be effective in combat effectiveness for the time being. Although the casualties of the defenders in the city are not as good as the Yuan soldiers, but the grain and grass supplement is not as good as the Yuan soldiers have the support of many channels, Guangzhou City only relies on the help of the Panyu area, and the grain of Qiongzhou Island, the largest rear base, has always given priority to the protection of the young emperor's fleet.

When the people sent by Zhang Shijie arrived in Guangzhou, Li Heng's large army had already returned to Wuzhou, and Lu Shikui was seriously injured and unable to command the post again, and the men and horses under his command followed Li Heng to retreat to Wuzhou, preparing to recuperate and fight again in the next year.

This siege battle was really short-lived, but it had a huge impact on the generals and ordinary soldiers who participated in the battle, and many soldiers who were frightened by the Hongyi cannon would wake up at night from nightmares, and the next day they told nothing more than the experience of being killed and injured by shells.

The messenger visited Zhang Zhensun in the yamen of the state capital, and handed over a letter written by Lu Xiufu himself, in which he praised the soldiers and civilians of Guangzhou for their great victory against the Yuan soldiers, and then asked whether the Hongyi cannon and other firearms really existed, and whether they were the key to the defense battle.

Zhang Zhensun has an upright personality, and he didn't think much about telling Zhao Tianyou about it, all the firearms belong to him, and it is purely righteous to take them out to defend Guangzhou City, and I hope that the court will give a big reward.

After sending the messenger, Wang Daofu asked: "Lord Zhang, Lord Lu is kind to care about the war in Guangzhou, we should report it truthfully, but if we talk too much about General Zhao's affairs, will there be something inappropriate?" ”

"What's wrong? Lu Xiufu is a role model for the civil officials of our dynasty, and he has suffered all the way to protect the young emperor for the country, and I believe that Lord Lu will definitely have no problem just because he cares about the defense of Guangzhou and asks a few more words.

Let's talk about General Zhao, the people in the city know better than us, many young people have entered the workshop to learn art in the past six months, and there is nothing to deliberately hide on Hong Kong Island, General Zhao's character is known to the world, is there any suspicion! Lord Wang, you are too careful, and you will not mention this matter in the future, so as not to cause Zhao Tianyou's misunderstanding! ”

"Obey, Master Zhang, I won't mention this matter in the future!"

Wang Daofu got up and said goodbye and left the yamen, turned around and went to the headquarters of the firearms battalion in the city of Guangzhou, a newly built barracks on Langhu Street, where Zhao Tianyou's residence in the city was also located.

After all, when Zhao Tianyou came to Guangzhou, he defected to Wang Daofu, and after reading Lu Xiufu's letter, he felt that the letter was too enthusiastic about detecting firearms, and did not mention a word about the soldiers and civilians who were injured and killed, which was not the mind of the prime minister.

"Lord Wang doesn't have to care, it's normal for people to be interested in firearms, and they don't need to be too concerned. By the way, I recently received the news that Lord Wen was in Zhangzhou, and he won two battles in a row, and the Yuan soldiers who went south from Quanzhou returned with feathers, and they were not able to take advantage of Zhangzhou. ”

Zhao Tianyou was mentally prepared for the secret peeping among the court officials, but what he didn't expect was that it came from Lu Xiufu, who was still in exile at sea, and he was a little surprised by this. Although he has been persuading Wang Daofu to be relieved, he has a very good impression of Lu Xiufu, and the feat of jumping into the sea and martyrdom of the young emperor is not something that ordinary people can do.

But now the enthusiasm for the firearms battalion may turn into Deng Huaiyuan's kind of greed, how can Zhao Tianyou deal with it, the entire country is left with such a small boundary, if there is infighting for the firearms battalion, then Yuan Bing will be called to see the joke!

"Mrs. Lu Xiu's character is absolutely no problem, loyal to the monarch and loving the people is a rare good official, but looking at the tone of that letter, I don't think it is Lord Lu's intention, or it is written by someone else, but it is just stamped with Lord Lu's seal, and I have the intention to borrow the friendship between Lord Lu and Zhang Zhensun." Wang Daofu is a small soldier, but he can be civil and martial, and he has risen from the people little by little, and he pays special attention to the relationship between the officials and the people, so he is not at all sympathetic to the dead and injured soldiers and civilians in that letter, which makes him very skeptical.

Lu Xiufu has the kindness of Zhang Zhensun, and Zhang Zhensun will naturally not slack off in his letter, and must tell the truth without concealment.

Zhao Tianyou understood what he meant, put down the tea set in his hand and said happily: "There is such a large territory left, and the army of 180,000 is being chased and has nowhere to stay, do you still have the mind of infighting?" ”

"Chen Yizhong and Zhang Shijie have long been at odds, why Chen Yizhong has repeatedly taken people out, either to Vietnam or to prepare a big ship to go to the South Seas, or because of his discord with Zhang Shijie. If it weren't for Lu Xiufu's mediation and running-in, and repeatedly standing up for it, I'm afraid that the hundred officials around the young emperor would have been scattered a long time ago. Wang Daofu sighed, when the fortunes of the country are declining, if the ministers who control the government are not united, where is the future and hope?

Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie and Chen Yizhong are not compatible, but they cherish Lu Xiufu, but Chen Yizhong and Zhang Shijie are both literate and martial, and are deeply trusted and appreciated by the Queen Mother, and almost all military and political affairs are controlled by these two people.

Although Wen Tianxiang is also the prime minister of the first rank, his ideas have been repeatedly opposed by Zhang Shijie and Chen Yizhong, and he felt powerless, so he raised an armed resistance to the Yuan in the local area, and was unwilling to be an official with these two people by the young emperor's side.

Zhao Tianyou nodded and said: "Well, Lu Xiufu is loyal and diligent, but Chen Yizhong is his original boss, and he can't mediate the relationship with Zhang Shijie, so he can only suffer by himself!" Hey, these literati doctors, when the national crisis is at hand, they are still thinking about intrigue and playing their own little calculations! How can such a country thrive? ”

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the city of Guangzhou is thriving. After the great victory of the Yuan soldiers, according to Zhao Tianyou's policy, the collected silver taels were distributed to the common people who participated in the defense of the city, and the families had some money, and the grain in the nearby townships was abundant, and the meat, fish and shrimp were already abundant, and the city of Guangzhou was able to live a rich and stable New Year.

On the open sea near Zhanjiang, a large line of warships is filled with smoke, the kitchen men are busy preparing for the New Year's meals, and the idle soldiers go to the sea to catch fish and shrimp, and some laugh and play on the deck.

Moored in the cabin of the dragon's head flagship in the middle of the fleet, Zhang Shijie took Zhang Zhensun's reply, his brows were tightly knit and his face was surprised, but Qian Kang, a staff member next to him, was happy.

"Lord Zhang! The little one guessed right! ”