There are still many things to do, and the voyage does not dare to delay more. After getting up, I simply ate a few bites of food, and then took Ah Ah Jin out of the mansion and walked towards the Zhizhou Mansion.

Shang Mu Zhong had already sent the samples and drawings of the repeater to the Zhizhou Mansion and handed them over to Duanmu Yoshito according to the instructions of the voyage. What the voyage has to do now is to seize the time to train the soldiers to become familiar with this repeater.

"Lord Ye, it's good that I haven't seen you for a long time?" Before the voyage came to the Zhizhou Mansion, the soldiers reported that the rear end of the wooden dragon came out to greet him in person, and it was only seen from the civilian clothes that Duanmu had just woken up.

"It's all good." Yuanhang was polite, and the two came into the house side by side.

"Lord Duanmu, can the crossbow be made in a hurry?" Yuanhang asked directly.

Duanmu Yiren smiled and nodded: "It's already being made, I have summoned all the craftsmen in Jiangzhou, and I am afraid that there are 3,000 crafts in the past month." ”

"It's still not enough, in another month, it must reach 10,000." Yuanhang's tone was firm, as if he didn't give him room to bargain.

"This ......" Duanmu Yiren's face was embarrassed, the corners of his mouth were half open, and before he could speak, Yuanhang looked solemn and continued: "I just came back in the back hall, this is what the emperor meant." ”

After hearing this, Duanmu Yiren immediately became serious, "Please rest assured, Lord Ye, from today onwards, this official will personally supervise, and order the craftsmen to rush to make it day and night, and order to make enough 10,000 in a month." ”

Yuanhang nodded with satisfaction, he is still a good envoy of the emperor.

"Where do you store your repeater? I'll send someone to pick it up later. ”

"It's in the back house, Lord Ye doesn't know, where do you dare to store so many crossbows elsewhere, and my mansion is not as spacious as yours, so it's better to ......"

"Stop......" Yuanhang hurriedly interrupted him, fiddling with the jade pendant on his waist, and said: "There are nine princesses in my mansion, who dares to let outsiders in, if you dare to promise not to disturb the nine princesses, I don't mind storing the crossbow in my mansion." Yuanhang saw Duanmu's intentions and blocked his mouth with the Ninth Princess.

Duanmu Yiren was stunned for a moment and asked, "The ninth princess is in your mansion?" ”

"Yes, the emperor has already married the ninth princess to me, but he hasn't married yet." Yuanhang proudly threw a look at Duanmu Yoshito.

"Oh, congratulations to Lord Ye. You can rest assured that those crossbows are stored in my house without fail. Duanmu Yiren pulled the words back, this lord really can't be provoked.

Yuanhang got up, "That's it, I still have to go to the school grounds, so I won't disturb Lord Duanmu." ”

After sending off the voyage, Duanmu Yoshito hurriedly took the soldiers and hurried to the craftsman. It is not easy to build more than 6,000 repeaters in this month, and it seems that I will have to supervise it overnight.

The Qin Dynasty had been waiting for the voyage in the school yard for a long time, and when the voyage came in, a group of strong soldiers had already lined up outside the empty field, waiting for the voyage to be reviewed.

"Pick three thousand elites and train them to use repeaters. After getting acquainted with it, you will get three thousand, and you must practice it until you are as familiar as using a knife and gun. Yuanhang looked at the sturdy soldiers in the school yard with his hands behind his back, and Qin Chao stood behind him.

"Send someone to the governor's mansion to bring back the repeater. Also, did Sun Ke send someone back? ”

"Lord Hui, it has been dispatched, and at most tomorrow, several generals can rush back."

Yuanhang nodded and returned to the house to wait for the Qin Dynasty to retrieve the repeater.

It took an hour for the soldiers sent by the Qin Dynasty to transport all the 3,000 crossbows back. Yuanhang taught several team leaders how to use it, one pass ten, ten pass hundreds.

Looking at the soldiers fiddling with the crossbows in the school yard, Yuanhang asked with some concern: "Qin Dynasty, how much grain and grass is still in Jiangzhou?" ”

"There should be more than 100,000 stones, adults don't have to worry, it's enough for the army for half a year."

"I'm afraid of this war, it's far from being over in half a year......" Yuanhang was worried but reasonable, now he is going to send troops to fight, and it is not as good as saving food in the city. What's more, it is a winter battle, and a large amount of grain and grass is needed to replenish physical strength. Once the supply is not available, let alone fighting, the alternation of cold and hunger destroys a team.

When I returned to the house and entered the front yard, I heard the constant cheers coming from the other side, and walked over with a long voyage.

Fu Yashi and the others were watching in the courtyard, and the meteor was aiming with the golden bow.

"Your Excellency is here." Shadowless saw the voyage call out, and the meteor let go of his bow and ran over.

"My lord, did you give me this bow?" Meteor's little face was excited, and he kept stroking the bow in his hand, and asked lovingly.

Yuanhang smiled and touched his head, "Do you still like it?" ”

"Well, I love it." Meteor laughed, looking like a doll, "Look, my lord, this bow is called a bare-armed golden bow, and the bow is extremely powerful, and it should pass three stones." ”

Yuanhang took it and looked at it carefully in the sun, and there were indeed four small words on the bow. The bow was shining brightly in the sun, reflecting the golden light.

I tried to pull it twice, but the bowstring was only slightly bent. Yuanhang handed the bow to the meteor and said, "If you like it, you can keep it for you, but you have to use it to kill the enemy." ”

"Holo." Meteor put his back on his back with his backhand and raised his little head proudly.

Fu Yashi walked over and asked with a smile: "My lord, how can the emperor say it?" ”

"The emperor has adopted our established strategy, and it is no surprise that he will send troops to Qi in a month."

"Well, it looks like we're going to have to prepare early." Fu Yashi nodded, his eyes stared at the past like a torch, and under the warm sun, there was already a hint of coolness in the wind.

The next day, the autumn rain began to fall, dripping on the ground. Yesterday the sun was shining, but today it is a black cloud, and even the sky is dark, which makes people feel depressed.

Sun Ke was stationed in Yanshun Mansion, the closest to Jiangzhou, and rushed over early in the morning. The four of them chatted in the hall for nearly an hour, and Gu Xin and Duanmu Long also came to the garrison mansion.

"Your Excellency, the last general has been ordered to come." Gu Xin stood in front of the hall and saluted Yuanhang with his fists. The clothes on his body kept dripping with rain, and the places under his feet were already soaked.

Yuanhang got up and welcomed the two of them into the hall, took off his coat for Gu Xin lovingly, and said with a smile: "The two generals have come all the way, and they have worked hard. ”

"Thank you, sir." After Duanmu Long gave the salute, he took off his robe and threw it aside.

"Come, sit down." Yuanhang took Gu Xin's hand and walked back to his seat. Sun Ke and Qin Chao got up and saluted Gu Xin.

After the six people sat down, Yuanhang Province was verbose and said straight to the point: "I call you back today, because the Holy Lord has decided to send troops to Qi at the beginning of November, and the troops are divided into two routes. ”

"But listen to your lordship." The four generals stood up together and answered in unison.

"Sit down, no outsiders don't have to be cumbersome." Yuanhang waved their hands to sit down, and the maid came in to serve tea to everyone.

"Warm up with some tea first."

"My lord, this time the army is sent out in winter, and our army needs to prepare things to protect against the cold." Sun Ke took a sip of tea, put the cup down and said.

"I have already thought of this, Lord Duanmu is already in preparation, and it will be supervised by Fu Yashi at that time. Now that Shangmu Zhong has made 3,000 crossbows, you can bring 500 with each of them when you go back, and then select 5,000 elite soldiers to use crossbow arrows proficiently. "The power of the crossbow is naturally known, but the key is to be proficient. Counting the soldiers killed, there must be at least 30,000 crossbowmen for 10,000 repeaters.

"Generals, how many soldiers and horses do you have in each department?" Fu Yashi was in charge of the dispatch in the army and asked several generals.

"Back to the army, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou City." Qin Chao stood up and said. Yuanhang knew that there were not many soldiers and horses in the city, and they had been transferred when they attacked the Shang Kingdom, and now they are mostly stationed in Yanshun Mansion.

Sun Ke also got up and said, "There are quite a lot of soldiers and horses in Yanshun Mansion, about 60,000. ”

Gu Xin was stationed in Guyang, north of Yanshun, with 30,000 soldiers in his hands. Duanmulong is in Qing'an, the northernmost place, and there are more than 40,000 soldiers and generals under his tent.

After the calculation of the voyage, there were 160,000 soldiers, except for those who stayed behind, they could barely make up 150,000, of which there were more than 20,000 Shang troops surrendered.

There are many generals in the Qi State, and the defenders in Yubo alone are no less than 80,000. He had to lead his troops all the way to the east and capture Yin Tiancheng continuously, so that Guxin Mansion could reach Suzhou, the capital of Qi State, and form a siege with Situ Hao.

"My lord, our army is short of soldiers and horses, and the country should avoid colliding with it. The east of the city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the west of Yanshun Mansion is very easy to attack. Our army should quickly take Qibo, use Qibo as a line, and resist Qi, so as to reduce the loss of attrition. Fu Yashi said.

Yuanhang also understood that Qibo was originally the capital of the Shang Kingdom, and it was bound to be strictly defended towards the Qi State, and the city walls and fortifications were very strong. As long as you take Qibo, you can confront the Qi army. Otherwise, his own men and horses will be wiped out after a few battles in the wilderness.

"You go back and get ready, leaving only one general in each city to defend the city, and the rest of the generals will all go out with the army. In late October, they began to assemble in Yanshun Province, where they awaited my orders. "The eyes of the voyage saw the scene of war again, the walls of the city piled up with thousands of corpses, and the blood all over the field stained the mountains and rivers red. There is also the neighing of the horse, the sound of the sword, the sharp arrow and the iron armor, just for this windward battle flag, which can float over every inch of the country under the iron horse.

"My lord, is it slightly insufficient to leave only one general to defend the city?" Duanmu Long was a little worried after hearing this, the Qing'an City he was stationed in was in the northernmost part, and there were still Nubei tribes roaming there.

"General Duanmu doesn't have to worry, this time Vaqi has made an alliance with Nubei, and they will definitely not violate the boundary." Fu Yashi saw Duanmu Long's concerns, flicked his fingers and knocked a reptile on the table to the ground, and crushed it a few times with his toes, "What's more, Nubei is just a small worm, you can get rid of it with a wave of your hand." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. Everyone knows that Yashi has always been calm, why do you say this? Yuanhang looked sideways, "What does Yashi mean by this?" ”

"Adults have always been smart, why should Yashi say more."

"Are you saying that once the Qi State breaks the city, the emperor will destroy the anger and humility?" This is really something that Yuanhang didn't dare to think, and as a special envoy, he personally promised that Liang Guo and Nubei would share the world equally. If it is really as Yashi says, he will not become a traitor.

"My lord, what emperor doesn't want to dominate the country? The Central Plains is unified, how can the Holy Lord let the land of Saibei belong to others. Fu Yashi smiled lightly, the same smile as before, but it made Yuanhang see a different feeling.

"No, the emperor will not be the ...... of the untrustworthy king" Yuanhang muttered to himself, but he had no confidence in his heart. The rain outside the window had stopped at this time, and the clouds cleared in an instant. If it weren't for the excessive amount of water on the ground, who would have known that it was still pouring rain just now. If the weather is like this, will the Holy Heart really be like this?

Several generals did not stay in the garrison for dinner, and the Qin Dynasty ordered the soldiers to load the crossbows into the carts, and then bid farewell to the voyage and hurriedly returned.

Yuanhang returned to the hall alone, sitting on a wicker chair with a heavy heart. Fu Yashi's words were like a basin of cold water, splashing him awake. He is doing things for the emperor, and he is like a tiger, and Chen Fu is the best example. No matter what credit you have made, if you do one thing wrong, you will die without a place to bury. The Holy Heart, it is even more difficult to guess than this rainy season, whether it is time for me to think about it.

"Your Excellency." A soft call outside the door interrupted the thoughts of the voyage. Looking up, Qinglian stood outside the door in a regular manner.

"You're here, come in." Yuanhang straightened his body, and Qinglian slowly walked into the hall.

"You want to know what's going on in the palace, right?" Yuanhang stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down." ”

"No, I just want to ask, her old man...... Are you okay? Qinglian learned that she had returned from the voyage in the mansion, and hesitated for a long time, wanting to know about the Queen Mother, but she was afraid to know. was afraid that Yuanhang would tell the Queen Mother about her, but he hoped that the Queen Mother would know about her. After a day of contradictions, I still had the courage to come and inquire about the voyage.

The uneasiness in Qinglian's eyes was seen by the careful voyage. Yuanhang didn't want her to know too much, but was worried.

"Don't worry, everything is fine with the Queen Mother, she knows that you are doing well outside, and asks me to take more care of you." Yuanhang whispered to comfort her.

Qinglian's eyes gathered a lot of tears, and she twisted her head to the side. The hairpin that was leaning into the head was suddenly shaken, and the silver spikes under the hairpin made a few jingling sounds.

"Oh, yes." Yuanhang saw the hairpin on her head and remembered the jade pendant on her body. got up and took it off and put it on the table next to it, "This Jade Pendant Empress Dowager has also seen it, she said to return it to you, leave a memory." ”

Qinglian turned around, raised the back of her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes, and laughed with tears, "My lord, she didn't blame me, I'm very happy, how dare I keep this jade pendant." Qinglian walked over and took it in her hand and handed it to Yuanhang, "Please give this jade pendant to Zhilin, and I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha and leave it for the child to protect himself." ”

Yuanhang didn't expect Qinglian to give such a valuable jade pendant to Zhilin, this jade pendant was undoubtedly more valuable to her than her own life.

Seeing the sincere look in her eyes, Yuanhang couldn't refuse, "Thank you, I'm thanking you on behalf of Zhilin." Yuanhang took the jade pendant and tied it back around his waist.

When she came to the Ninth Princess, Yuanhang handed her the jade pendant, "This is given to Zhilin by the Queen Mother, you put it away first." ”

The ninth princess curiously flipped through the jade pendant and asked, "The queen mother knows that we already have a child?" ”

"I don't know, I'll leave it for later." Yuanhang didn't mention Qinglian, not wanting the ninth princess to know too much about the past.

"Do you have something on your mind?" The ninth princess looked sideways, saw Yuanhang's brows furrowed, and couldn't help asking.

"It's some things in the court, and you don't know about it."

"Although I don't know, Lord Situ knows, Xianggong can go and ask him."

Yuanhang's eyes lit up, yes, my grandfather is here, why don't I go and ask him for advice.