Ge Ritu said happily, and boasted to Gao Wa: "By the way, Siniang, do you know, the spies also reported that the Li family father and son made a lot of strange things in Shaoxi Mansion, but I didn't expect those cannons to be much more powerful than ours, so we won't be careful when attacking Shu?" ”

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Gritule laughed: "Yes, yes, yes." Siniang still knows my heart very well, and Ben Shuai's original plan was ......"

The weather was still as gloomy as yesterday, and the icy wind howled everywhere, looking for every crevice to burrow, intending to take away the little heat that the poor had in their tattered clothes, and there was no mercy at all.

It seems that it is impossible for God to change his face for a while, and the sky is not even a little bit better.

From the moment the warship picked up Li Xiang and Zhao Er at the beginning of their own time, a faint black smoke rose from the iron chimney in the rear, and it began to fire into three Shending steam storage that were used as boilers.

After placing the four people who had not recovered from their injuries to rest in the cabin below, and asking someone to take a dozen or so young people to another room, Zhao Yi led everyone to the cabin on the top floor.

There were two coal-fired stoves for heating, and the paper-thin windows and doors were closed, allowing a little light to let in the light that barely made out the people in the room. The room was very warm and pleasant, just arrived with Li Xiang by speedboat from the cold wind, and now Zhao Er, who was hiding in the corner of the house, yawned comfortably, closed his eyes and lowered his head to his knees.

Zhao Yi dipped his fingers in the tea and paddled on the small table, explained the situation in Jiangzhou City in detail, and said confidently: "The big ship is waiting outside the mouth of the river, and we can turn back as soon as we arrive." ”

Li Xiang: "Now let's continue to discuss, in case Yuya falls into the hands of the Mongolian army, we have a conflict with Ge Ritu because we want to save Yuya, how to save people, and how to retreat safely after saving people." ”

Zhao Er, who was sitting on the other side, nodded in agreement: "Yes, this is the top priority." My lord, I don't think it's better to do this, let people settle with Geritu's people first, and then probe them after receiving the money, and inquire about the whereabouts of Miss Yuya. Only by confirming her whereabouts can we begin to plan to save lives and what to do about it. ”

Li Xiang looked very worried in both his expression and tone: "The best result is that Yuya does not fall into the hands of these people, otherwise, five days have passed, and I don't know what terrible things will happen." If Yuya was really taken captive by them, and refused to let go, even if there was a huge difference in strength between the two sides, she had no choice but to let them go and grab it. ”

Zhao Er: "Adults don't have to worry too much, as long as we find out where Miss Yuya is, snatch it by surprise, and withdraw immediately after the people get it, and fight them hard in this place, we may not have no chance of winning." At the very least, there would be no problem returning to the ship. ”

After a short pause, Zhao Er then comforted Li Xiang and said: "According to the situation asked from the prisoners these days, after the tens of thousands of cavalry troops of Geritu were packed by us with nearly 1,000 men and horses, only less than 10,000 remained in the old camp, and the rest were sent out to rob with several other grain armies and have not returned. Once we fight with Geritu, I believe that it is still possible to get out of the way. If the artillery team is arranged to meet on the way back, then there is a seventy or eighty percent certainty. ”

Zhao Er took a rag to wipe off the water stains on the table, and also dipped his fingers in tea to draw on the table, while saying to Li Xiang: "You see, outside Jiang'an City, in addition to the canal embankment where two or three horses can gallop together, there are a few small roads that are not much bigger than the ridges, and the rest are all knee-deep paddy fields, and only the river beach sand that can run horses is more than two miles near the river. My intention is to ......"

After listening to Zhao Er's plan, Li Xiang's tightly frowning brows loosened a little, and he still said with some worry: "Zhao Er, if the Mongolian army of Geritu uses bows and arrows, won't our unprotected escorts and artillery suffer a big loss?" ”

Zhao Er smiled and said, "If there were no gunboats, you wouldn't be wrong. But with this gunboat, the situation is completely different, and we can use the cabins on the ship as a cover to fight the Mongolian army across the water. Can today's bows and arrows be compared to the rockets and tiger cannons that we shoot with steel crossbows, unless they can move crossbows or use fire to attack. ”

"Moreover, our escort team and water team have tiger squat cannons, which can be used as one as ten, and if they attack from afar across the water, it is very possible to use one as a hundred or a thousand. Although the terrain here is flat, which is conducive to cavalry fighting, but because of the relationship between the irrigation ditches and the many paddy fields, the war horses are inconvenient to move, and even if they can run in the fields, they cannot quickly reach the speed of sprinting, and the advantage of our infantry is not very great. If Geritu uses infantry to compete with us, before they can rush to the front of the hand-to-hand encounter, they will be wiped out by our tiger squat cannons first, and then there will be steel crossbows that can kill them in large numbers. ”

Hearing that Zhao Er and Zhao Yi were the same, Li Xiang stood up and said loudly: "The other two squads of guards are left to you, take advantage of their fire guns to shoot farther than arrows, and put them in the most important places, just in case." ”

Zhao Eryi grabbed Li Xiang and said loudly: "No, you are the backbone of everyone, you can't take risks, stay with me and learn how to lead troops to fight." ”

Zhao Yi also persuaded: "Son, if you want to go, you must bring all the personal guards." I'll go with me, so that people don't have to worry about it all the time. ”

Zhao Er said without backing down: "No, even if all the guards go together, it's too dangerous." It's better to wait a little longer, my lord, and let us go with you after the arrangements are made. ”

Wang Hailin, who had been silent, spoke at this time: "The two commanders don't need to stop it, the war can't be fought without your command." If you can trust it, let us go with you. With me joining, and more than 100 personal guards, I believe that no one can get close to him, and he will be able to keep him safe and sound. The two of them only need to be ready, and as soon as there is an alarm, they will be dispatched to answer immediately. ”

Li Xiang also smiled bitterly and said to them: "Zhao Er, Zhao Yi, please rest assured, I will no longer act recklessly, please let me go." ”

Zhao Er glanced at Zhao Yi helplessly, slowly let go of his hand and said, "Be careful, if something is wrong, return here immediately." ”

The sub-city of Jiang'an City is a square with a side length of about 115 zhang, there are two doors in front and back, the back door is located in the northwest corner of the sub-city, it is a heavy hanging door that can be opened and closed with a roller on the city wall, and the north gate of the city is less than one mile out of the back door.

The main gate of the sub-city, is also the first gate of the state government, the thickness of the door plate is two feet, there are two layers of horse-rejecting piles in front of the half-open door, there are more than 100 soldiers with cold faces, wearing standard leather armor in the horse-rejecting pile, and then a few steps forward after the rejecting horse is Li Xiang's two Shi personal guards, the steel crossbow frame equipped with rockets is on the rejecting horse, aiming at hundreds of Mongolian soldiers of different costumes fifty or sixty zhang away.

This time, Li Xiang handed over 200 cannons to Yang Wen, making Jiang'an's army even stronger. However, the Mongol cavalry also heard about it. (To be continued.) )