(0215) The first thing Zhang Zhun did when he returned to Fushan City was to expand the army.

The high-quality iron ore from Lingshanwei soon replaced the low-quality ore produced by Laoshan, which greatly increased the output of Fushancheng Iron and Steel. Every day, the steel factory of Li Fenglai and others can produce about 300 catties of steel. The quality of some of them, quite good, can be used to make the barrel of the Tiger Ben. The arrival of high-quality ore has improved work efficiency and reduced production costs, and the same silver can be exchanged for more steel.

The 300 artisan households that were forcibly relocated from Lingshanwei by Zhang Zhun were also put into all aspects of production. Most of them work in the iron-making furnaces. A small number of reliable people were selected to join the craftsman's workshop. Some of them were adjusted to Xue Zhidie's shipyard. Thanks to the addition of these skilled craftsmen, the output of tiger guns has increased by more than 50%, and the daily output has reached about 30. The number of eagle eye guns has also been increased to five per day.

With sufficient weapons and equipment, Zhang Zhun naturally wanted to expand the army. As long as the weapons are sufficient, of course, there is no problem in terms of manpower. There are many young men around Fushan City who want to join the army, and there is no problem at all to recruit a thousand people in one go.

On the third day of September, the Fourth Association of the Escort Force was formally established.

Like the other three associations, the fourth association still commands three squads, each with 50 soldiers, for a total of 150 soldiers. In addition, there are about 40 officers of all ranks, a total of about 200 people. All the backbones of the Third Association are, of course, from the other three associations. All the new fighters are the backbone of the original guerrillas and martial arts teams. At the same time, Zhang Zhun also consciously added some new soldiers from the Lingshan Acropolis and the Thousand Households of Xiahe Village in the escort team, about twenty people each. The commander of the Fourth Association is Wu Qingliang, and the deputy commander is Zhang Lingyun.

At the same time, there was also an artillery association of the Guards Corps. The artillery from Lingshanwei, as well as the two artillery pieces from Fushan City, were dismantled and put together for use. The artillery association consisted of two squads, each of which consisted of 50 soldiers. Each squad is armed with 5 Franc guns. The commander of the artillery association is Xu Ziwen, and the deputy commander is Liu Chenzi.

Four infantry divisions, plus an artillery division, the strength of the entire escort corps adds up to about 1,000 people, plus the naval army, the total strength of Zhang Zhun is more than 1,200 people. For the escort team, this is not only a quantitative increase, but also a qualitative increase. Because, for the first time, the convoy had a professional artilleryman. Although the artillery is still using conventional Franc machine artillery, it has laid the foundation for the development of artillery in the future.

After the expansion of the army, Zhang Zhun's eyes were fixed on the Tartars of Tianheng Island.

Regardless of whether he was appeased or not, Zhang Zhun would not allow the Tartars to continue to run rampant on Tianheng Island.

For Zhang Zhun, there is only one way out for all Tartars, and that is:

Die!

All Tartars must die!

Only a dead Tartar is a good Tartar!

The Tartars of Tianheng Island, after suffering heavy losses, should have about a few hundred troops now. If they can't get reinforcements, with Zhang Zhun's current strength, they can completely wipe out the Tartars by means of a strong attack. Therefore, during this time, it is the best time to launch an attack. Otherwise, as soon as the Tartars get reinforcements, the battle will drag on again.

For the extermination of the Tartars of Tianheng Island, all the military households in Fushan City are unconditionally supported. Kill the Tartars, we don't talk about conditions! However, before eliminating the Tartars of Tianheng Island, Zhang Zhun still has one more very important thing to do, and that is:

Take down Aoshanwei!

Geographically speaking, Ao Shanwei was just stuck in Zhang Zhun's throat, which was really like a fish in his throat. Aoshanwei is the main threat to Jimo County and Fushan City. From Aoshanwei to Fushan City, it only takes a day and a half to walk. If Zhang Zhun was attacking Tianheng Island, and Ao Shanwei took the opportunity to sneak attack Fushan City, it would be more than worth the loss.

According to the information of the mouse, Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, deployed the troops to attack Fushan City as follows: Dengzhou Mansion dispatched 3,000 soldiers as the main force of the attack, and first arrived at Aoshanwei to make all preparations for battle. Then, Li Chengdong, the Laizhou garrison, led 2,000 soldiers under his command to Aoshanwei and Dengzhou soldiers to converge. Subsequently, Sun Zhiqi, the prefect of Laizhou, also led a thousand local troops organized by himself to Aoshanwei to join the attacking army. Together with the 1,000 guards of Aoshanwei itself, they made up 7,000 people, known as 10,000 people, and killed Fushan City.

Therefore, Aoshanwei is the meeting point of the enemy in all directions, the launching point of the enemy's offensive, and the logistics base of all the enemy. At present, Ao Shanwei is carrying out various preparations before the start of the battle. If you occupy Aoshanwei in advance, you can not only break the overall plan of Yang Wenyue and Liu Zeqing, but maybe, you can also have a good harvest in Aoshanwei. The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the grain and grass that Ao Shanwei is hoarding now should be a lot, right?

In addition, if Aoshanwei is taken, it will also be very beneficial to future battles. For example, the distance to attack Tianheng Island will be shortened a lot. Zhang Zhun wanted to attack Tianheng Island, and he had two routes to choose from. One is to board the ship directly from Fushan Castle, sail to Tianheng Island, and forcibly land. One is from Aoshanwei. In the former, it takes most of the day to sail at sea. The latter, in less than an hour. From the perspective of risk reduction, of course, it is better to choose the latter.

The east gate of Aoshanwei is connected to the sea. When the sea tide is high, the sea boat can dock directly at the east gate of Aoshanwei. In other words, the warriors who attacked Tayokoshima could board the ship directly at the east gate. When returning to the ship, you can also disembark directly at the East Gate. In this way, the distance will be shortened by more than 70% compared to attacking Tianheng Island from Fushan Castle. Sailing on the sea must have been risky, and Kublai Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops were sunk by the storm. Zhang Zhun can't be careless.

From the perspective of resource integration, Aoshanwei is, after all, an acropolis, controlling more than 1,000 square kilometers of land, more than 200,000 acres of fields, and nearly 40,000 military households. If such resources are controlled in their own hands, they can undoubtedly increase their strength effectively. In addition, from a strategic point of view, controlling Aoshanwei, the defensive depth of Fushan City also extended a lot. As long as Aoshanwei does not fall, Fushan City is absolutely safe.

Therefore, the key to everything is to win Aoshanwei.

With Zhang Zhun's order, all the combat preparations were carried out rapidly.

To attack the Acropolis of Aoshan, of course, the help of artillery is indispensable. The commanders of the Artillery Association, Xu Ziwen and Liu Chenzi, in accordance with Zhang Zhun's request, installed a gun carriage that could be moved from a distance to all the Franc machine guns, and the four-man soldiers could run away by pulling them. Ten fighters take turns pulling and can walk a hundred kilometers a day. In addition, they also prepared some special "gifts" for Aoshanwei's enemies according to Zhang Zhun's suggestion.

"Let's go!"

On the morning of the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, Zhang Zhun officially led the team to attack Aoshanwei.

…… Ao Shanwei commanded Zhao Yinying just returned from Dengzhou Mansion today. Along the way, Zhao Yinying kept comforting herself to forget about the unpleasant days in Dengzhou Mansion as soon as possible. As long as he returns to Aoshanwei and returns to his own territory, he is still the boss of Aoshanwei. On the one-third of an acre of Aoshanwei, only others nodded in front of him, and he didn't need to nod to anyone.

In the past month, Zhao Yinying's words have indeed been difficult. Every time she thought about it, Zhao Yinying couldn't help but scold. The son of Dengzhou Mansion is really not human. Those civil officials in Dengzhou Mansion are all veterans of cutting meat, and even with Zhao Yinying's old cunning, they have been extorted more than 5,000 taels of silver. And Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, extorted 5,000 taels of silver from Zhao Yinying. In Dengzhou Mansion for a month, 15,000 taels of silver were missing, and even with Zhao Yinying's good net worth, he had to vomit blood.

Zhao Yinying vowed not to continue this kind of life under the fence in the future. In any case, never leave Aoshanwei again. The dignified commander of the guard of the third grade, in Dengzhou Mansion, is not even as good as a dog. Even a small magistrate in Dengzhou Mansion dared to come directly to the door and blackmail him. Otherwise, some of his family members who can't be saved will be suddenly dragged to prison when they will be studied. The other party's excuse is very simple, Dengzhou Mansion has a special power, that is, to discern whether there is a Liaodong annihilation lurking. If you are charged with a trivial crime, you have to stay obediently in prison. Zhao Yinying, who was tormented by this danger, had to use silver to buy peace.

"Everyone, it's better to go back to Aoshanwei!"

After returning to the Acropolis of Aoshan, Zhao Yinying gathered all his subordinates and held a grand banquet to comfort him psychologically. Of course, I am also trying to tell myself that the nightmare is over. From now on, everyone's happiness is back again. As long as Zhang Zhun is cleaned up, everyone can sit back and relax.

Like Zhao Yinying, the officers of Ao Shanwei, large and small, were more or less extorted a considerable amount of silver by the officials there when they lived in Dengzhou Mansion. Even honest people like Lin Renjie, the deputy Qianhu, have been extorted thousands of taels of silver, not to mention those who command the same knowledge, command things or something. In short, their surnames have been saved, but their net worth has shrunk by at least more than 30%.

The officials of Dengzhou Mansion are very upbeat about this: I have protected you, and of course you have to symbolize the reward of your surname. Is your life important, or is your silver important? Your life is gone, what do you need money for? This is still very face-saving, if you are directly detained before, and the crime of losing your teacher and land will be applied, you will all have to be beheaded, and then all your family property will be confiscated.

"It's all Zhang Zhun!"

"It's all that damn Zhang Zhun!"

"It's all Zhang Zhun this madman! Evil Star! Dead Star! ”

Regarding the tragedy he suffered, the officers at all levels of Ao Shanwei unanimously believed that Zhang Zhun was the culprit. If it weren't for Zhang Zhun's scourge, how could they need to run around? If there is no scourge of Zhang Zhun, do they need to send someone under the fence? If there is no bastard Zhang Zhun, do they need to take the initiative to send it to the door and be slaughtered obediently?

Fortunately, with the arrival of the soldiers of Dengzhou Mansion, Zhang Zhun's trouble should be cleared up soon. Three thousand soldiers, three thousand experienced fighters, carrying a large number of firearms and artillery, were enough to wipe out Zhang Zhun cleanly and completely.

Zhao Yinying is especially looking forward to seeing the scene of Zhang Zhun being hanged. For a guard commander, it is indeed a bit rude to be frightened by others and run to Dengzhou Mansion for refuge. However, in order to escape, there is no way to do it. Who said that Ao Shanwei's own strength was not Zhang Zhun's opponent? Fortunately, now, the soldiers of Dengzhou Mansion have been dispatched, and they can finally deal with Zhang Zhun.

"We're going to take Fushan City and teach some people a hard lesson!"

"We will hang his head on the head of the city, so that all men may see it."

"In this world, it's not like they can go against it!"

Zhao Yinying vented all her anger.

said well, Zhang Zhun was ruined, how could Zhao Yinying not hate?

"Kill Zhang Zhun!"

"Kill Zhang Zhun!"

"Kill Zhang Zhun!"

The officers present all began to crusade one after another.

Of course, they still remember the suffering that Zhang Zhun caused them. If there was no this hateful Zhang Zhun, the current Aoshanwei should be calm, everyone's life is comfortable, and it is beautiful, where is it like now? Not to mention being scared all day long, half of his net worth is almost gone.

In this year, what is the purpose of working hard to be an official? Not for a few bucks? The money they had worked so hard to save was gone, how could they be willing? What's even more terrifying is that if they don't kill this Zhang Zhun as soon as possible, once they get into trouble with Aoshanwei, their sons will be even more sad.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Dengzhou Mansion were finally dispatched. In front of the soldiers, Zhang Zhun is a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't jump for a few days. As long as Zhang Zhun is eliminated, Ao Shanwei's son will return to the past. Everything is so relaxed and cozy. After experiencing the unbearable days of Dengzhou Mansion, everyone present felt that Aoshanwei was really heaven!

However, just when Zhao Yinying was full of ambition, he drank several glasses in a row while holding a wine glass, his steps began to float, and his eyes were hazy, a spy rushed over and said something in his ear.

Zhao Yinying was a little overjoyed for a few days, and drank a lot of spirits, and her mind was full of scenes of how to vent her hatred after catching Zhang Zhun, but she didn't hear the spies' words clearly, and shouted impatiently: "What's the matter?" Say it louder! ”

The spy hesitated, not daring to say it out loud.

Zhao Yinying became more and more impatient, shook the wine glass in his hand, and said loudly: "Say it loudly!" Could it be that the sky is falling? ”

The spy had no choice but to say loudly: "My lord, Zhang Zhun has led the army to kill Aoshanwei!" ”

(To be continued)