Before dawn the next day, Zhao Mang and Li Xu of Crouching Tiger Mountain got the news of the victory of the Red Wolf Battalion, which is the so-called joy and joy.

After listening to the good news of the messengers, Li Xu couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Zhao, your subordinates still have a lot of talents, a sentry commander, a strategy, it doesn't cost a single soldier to annihilate a thousand cavalry of the Yan Army, it really makes me ashamed." ”

Zhao Mang was also very surprised that the poisoning plan would really succeed, and said with a smile: "It's all because the Yan Yan Army is too stupid, and besides, the Nufeng Battalion is also a member of the Pro-Guard Army, and it is often taught by adults on weekdays, so this achievement is nothing." ”

Li Xu was born in the pro-guard battalion, and he was the closest team to Zhao Xun in the pro-guard army, so he naturally knew that Zhao Xun was trained once every three days. Not to mention anything else, even he himself was deeply affected, he believed that if he hadn't joined the pro-guard battalion, he wouldn't be where he is now, let alone being alone and leading the army outside.

Li Xu said with some admiration and awe: "For adults, I am becoming more and more incomprehensible, I am several years younger than me, but when I do things and speak, I seem to be mature middle-aged people who have been through personnel for a long time, and they are becoming more and more powerful." ”

Zhao Mang also nodded in agreement: "Yes, even I, a sworn brother, can't understand my eldest brother, but only such a character can become my Zhao Mang's eldest brother." ”

"By the way, what are we going to do now? Majiazhuang still sent rangers to move around, so that they didn't dare to make a move. ”

Zhao Mang said: "There are 1,000 cavalry of the Yan Army in Majiazhuang, we can't let them return to Le'an County, we must drag them there." Therefore, it is necessary to let the rangers move around Majiazhuang, so that they dare not leave lightly, after all, there are the BMW mounts of those generals in the Yanshan Fort camp. ”

Li Xu said with some excitement: "Now there are only 1,500 to 2,000 people in the county seat of Le'an County, and there are more than 1,000 rebels in the Yan army, that is, the servant army. And we now have 2,000 Red Wolf Battalions, 2,000 Yingzhou Troops and 800 Nufeng Battalions, and we can basically capture Le'an County. ”

Zhao Mang also had some intentions, but after thinking about it for a while, he still said calmly: "Don't be careless, the county seat of Le'an is high and thick, we have siege equipment or not, and it is really difficult to take the front." More importantly, we take the city, and it is only right that we hold it firmly. Otherwise, it will be difficult to become your own thing. Don't forget, one hundred and eighty miles north of Le'an County, is the Yanshan Fort camp of the Yan Yan Army, once the army is sent back to help, can we hold Le'an County? ”

Li Xu also regretted: "The situation in Le'an County is unknown, if we can win the support of the people of Le'an County and those servant troops, we can occupy there and fight the adults back and forth." Not to mention anything else, as long as it resists the pressure from the south, it is completely possible to cut off the supply of the Yanshan Fort camp. When the time comes, the Eight Thousand Warrior Army will collapse. ”

Zhao Mang smiled: "Le'an County? Someone must be doing it. By the way, let the soldiers rest well, who knows when the war will start again. ”

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"Big brother, the Nufeng Battalion and the Red Wolf Battalion are in place, news came this morning, Li Xu has taken control of the situation, and as soon as it is going according to plan, our people have entered Le'an County to contact those who may be anyway."

Hearing the news, Zhao Xun was overjoyed, let go of the worries in his heart, and then asked, "How did the news spread so quickly?" Is it a carrier pigeon? ”

Zhao Hai said with a smile: "What the eldest brother said is right, it is the carrier pigeons, after many trainings, they can come in handy." However, it may be that we did not have enough means, and only two of the five carrier pigeons reached their destination in the end, and the remaining three disappeared. However, our messages are in password format, so we don't have to worry about losing content. ”

Hearing that the carrier pigeon can come in handy, Zhao Xun was overjoyed, this matter is more important than the victory of a war, and the timely transmission of information can affect the outcome of all wars.

"More training, more quantity and scale. I asked the lieutenants of each battalion and the generals of the left and right prefectures to go and cooperate with you, and in the future, each battalion will need to be equipped with carrier pigeons. The same is true of the counties, as well as the forts, which must be equipped with carrier pigeons, so that we have a far advantage over the rest of the armies. Zhao Xun ordered repeatedly.

Zhao Hai naturally knew the impact of carrier pigeons on the war, and he naturally did not dare to relax on these.

"Big brother, now are you going to Yanshan Fort?"

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "The Zuofu Army and the four cavalry battalions have quietly moved to Lexian and Yanshan Fort, it's time to start moving, and it won't be long before the winter snow is coming, and it will be even more difficult to act at that time." Besides, the Angry Blade and Red Wolf Battalions have created a favorable situation that we cannot afford not to take advantage of. The Shadow Guard stepped up its investigation of the Yingzhou Mansion and the Weizhou Mansion, and at the same time cooperated with the Blood Shadow Guard to attack and kill some targets in the land of the two Prefectures, creating favorable conditions for us. ”

Leaving the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Xun came to the heavily guarded craftsman camp under the escort of the personal guard battalion, which is the manufacturing place of the Huolin Army's weapons, and is also responsible for the research and development of some new weapons.

The craftsman battalion is located in the north of the city, specially expanded, and there are also a battalion of soldiers stationed in the Zuofu Army around, at least there must be ordinary people left around, no one is allowed to enter and exit at will without Zhao Xun's warrant. Because the internal guards are in charge of the pro-guard battalion in turn, they only recognize Zhao Xun's warrant and nothing else.

At present, there are more than 1,000 craftsmen in the craftsman camp, and they are constantly cultivating new people. They are also served by the mining departments of coal (coal) and mines. The mining of the coal and mines was carried out by more than 1,000 slaves, who were captured by the wandering Anttar army and some mountain bandits.

Knowing that Zhao Xun was coming, people from all over the craftsman camp came to greet him, including many old people who were over fifty or sixty years old.

"Your Excellency!" As soon as he came to the gate of the craftsman's camp, Lu Shijie saluted, and the rest of the people also saluted.

These nodded, and said: "Everyone, by the way, at the current speed, how many weapons and armor can be made in a month?" Do you have an accurate number? ”

Lu Shijie opened his mouth and said: "According to the assembly line taught by you, my lord, based on the current number of people, I can guarantee the production of 1,000 spears, 400 leather shields, a white set of chain mail, 50 sets of Mingguang armor, and 500 horizontal knives every month. 400 longbows, 100 crossbows, and 10,000 arrows. The large crossbow machine has only been fully studied, and the production of zuò has not yet begun. ”

"Oh? Can the crossbow machine be copied? Zhao Xun asked with joy.

Lu Shijie said: "Thanks to the blessing of the lord, we have carefully developed the crossbow machine brought by the lord from the Long Xiang army, and it took more than ten planes to be reproduced before it can be copied. As he spoke, Lu Shijie pointed to an old man in his fifties beside him.

"I don't dare to take credit, it's all everyone's credit." Old Blacksmith Li hurriedly waved his hand and said.

Zhao Xun smiled and said: "Elder Li, don't be modest, Lu Shijie has already told me about your situation, but I didn't expect that your ancestor was also a master craftsman in the Ministry of Industry." ”

Old man Li smiled bitterly and said, "Alas...... That's all the old calendar, not now. ”

Zhao asked: "How can you say no? Isn't your son also in the camp of craftsmen? Who knows if it won't be in high positions in the future? ”

After browsing around the craftsman camp, Zhao Xun gathered several responsible persons together, and Zhao Xun formulated a new system.

"I took a look, and now there are more and more people in the craftsman camp, but there are all kinds of things in the hands, and there is no clear division of labor, and now we are going to subdivide it."

Lu Shijie said: "Please make it clear." "In fact, Zhao Xun had already greeted the craftsman camp a few days ago, but now he has officially issued an order.

"The craftsman battalion is subdivided into bow and crossbow battalions, sword casting battalions, armor battalions, and crossbow machine battalions. The bow battalion is responsible for the control of bows and arrows and crossbows; The sword-forging battalion is responsible for the production of standing weapons; As the name suggests, the armor camp is a place where zuò armor is made, but it also includes other armor and some cluttered items, such as shields, saddles, stirrups, etc.; The crossbow machine battalion, without me saying more, you will also understand that this is responsible for the production of large crossbow machines, and it will also be responsible for the production of some special weapons in the future. By the way, I will later equip the craftsmen in your battalions with slaves, and some of the less difficult and labor-intensive processes will be taken care of by the slaves. ”

Lu Shijie smiled: "This is just right, in this way, our division of labor is also clear, and there will be no waste of resources." ”

The rest of the masters also nodded secretly, Zhao Xun's arrangement was also very beneficial to their work.

Zhao Xun continued: "In addition, I have also formulated a new reward and punishment system, we are an assembly line system, and each weapon is made by several or dozens of people. Therefore, I decided that each craftsman has his own rank, which is one star to seven stars, with one star being the lowest and seven stars being the highest. For example, Li Lao Blacksmith is a five-star craftsman, and he is paid a fixed salary of ten taels of silver per month. And the ordinary one-star craftsman is one or two silver a month, that is, a thousand yuan. As for the division method, it is divided according to the quality and ability of the water according to the method I told Lu Shijie last time, and at the same time, the number of apprentices trained has been set as a standard. ”

Hearing this, several craftsmen were overjoyed, because according to Zhao Xun's division method, they were all craftsmen above three stars. But it also made them a little hesitant, why? If you want to rise to six or seven stars, it is no longer the level of ability, but the number of apprentices trained. Only when the number of juniors cultivated reaches a certain number can they be promoted. Of course, the salary is also several times that of five stars, and you will also enjoy some preferential treatment. Lu Shijie had already given them guò qi before.