The northwest camp of the Yan army is undulating, and in the corner of the east, there is a special camp, where the ping-pong sound is non-stop all day long, and in recent days, this sound has been around the clock, and the blacksmiths of the blacksmith battalion have stepped up to build weapons.

This is the blacksmith casting battalion of the Linyang Pass garrison.

Han Mo and Tie Kui dismounted in front of the casting camp, and a soldier had already come up to lead the horse, and after the two entered the camp, the general commander of the blacksmith battalion had already been reported and galloped over.

The blacksmith camp is different from the ordinary barracks tent, this piece is adobe houses, dozens of adobe houses are gathered together, everywhere is the sound of endless iron weapons fighting, but also has the pungent smell of gunsmoke, although it is a cold winter, but approaching this camp, there is a warmth, in the camp, many stout men or carrying heavy iron tools, those furnaces are also burning fire, the red weapons are placed on the stone platform, striking while the iron is hot, a splash of water, is the sound of "Z", a thick white smoke rises.

The blacksmiths here, in addition to some authentic blacksmiths recruited from within the Yan Kingdom, a large part of them are prisoners who have been sent to do hard labor.

"How many pieces have been made?" Walking in the blacksmith camp, Han Mo put his hands behind his back, looked at the blacksmiths on both sides who were stepping up to build weapons, and asked the generals beside him.

The commander of the partial general immediately replied: "Back to the general, since the general sent the drawings over, the casting battalion has stopped the creation and repair of all other weapons, and the whole battalion has built new weapons, and more than 1,300 pieces have been manufactured so far!" ”

"Not enough!" Han Mo frowned and said, "Hurry up, you have to speed up!" ”

The partial general commander was a little embarrassed: "General, everyone has not slackened at all, since the general gave the order, most people have rested for less than two hours a day. ”

Han Mo said in a deep voice: "It has been half a month to create 1,300 pieces, but the general has issued a military order, before the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, if you can't create 3,000 pieces, you will be subject to military law." ”

Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the general.

Tie Kui also said in a deep voice: "There are not enough manpower, and people can be transferred from other battalions, but the weapons must be delivered on time, and there must not be any problems." After a pause, he said: "Go back and pull dozens of pigs for you, as long as it is completed as scheduled, everyone will have a heavy reward, otherwise you, the partial general, will be the first to lose his head!" ”

The partial general had a bitter face and did not dare to agree.

Tie Kui said solemnly: "I can tell you, this is not child's play, if it is delayed, even if you cut off your head, you may not be able to afford it!" He kicked the ass of the partial general, and shouted: "Don't go find someone yet, speed up!" ”

The partial general was helpless and hurriedly ran away.

Han Mo and Tie Kui walked all the way to the warehouse of the foundry camp, and when they entered it, they saw that countless armor weapons were placed inside, and they were arranged in an orderly manner.

It's just that in the open space in the middle, there are a lot of hook and sickle guns neatly placed at this time.

On the blade of the spear, there are sharp barbs, the spear is seven or eight feet long, the wall is extremely sharp, and the lower part has a sideways protruding barb, the hook tip is curved inward, and the hook blade is extremely sharp.

Han Mo stepped forward, lifted a hook and sickle gun, raised it with his flat hand, looked at it visually, and then took it back, and looked at the edge of the hook tip carefully, and only then did a smile appear at the corner of his mouth.

Tie Kui also picked up a hook and sickle and looked at it carefully, and saw a wooden stake standing not far away, walked over with a hook and sickle, slammed out of the wall, and pulled it back, the barb had already hooked the stake, only to hear a "click", and the hook and sickle had easily hooked the stake in two.

Tie Kui came back and said with a smile: "The weapons made by our Yan Kingdom are still very durable. ”

Han Mo looked at Tie Kui and said, "The number is too small, far from enough, we need at least five thousand to six thousand hook and sickle guns before it is possible to fight with the Wei people." ”

Tie Kui nodded and said: "Qingren's heavy armor and tiger shield are delivered to us, and it will not be able to arrive in three or five days, it will take some time, and when the heavy armor and tiger shield all arrive, there will be almost enough hook and sickle guns." He put down the hook and sickle gun in his hand and said: "The news of our army's dispatch, the Qing army and the Wei army will soon know that the morale of the Qing army will definitely rise, and the morale of the Wei army will definitely fall a lot, plus Lin Chengfei still has some skills after all, and he should be able to support it for a while." ”

Han Mo touched his chin and smiled: "Before the people of Qingguo are exhausted, we always have to see how long they can last." ”

The two of them looked around in the casting camp again, and then they went out of the camp gate, and just got on their horses, they saw a fast horse galloping from afar, Han Mo saw that the man was wearing wind riding armor, and when he got closer, he immediately recognized that it was the dark officer of the West Flower Hall who was disguised as a wind cavalry.

When the official got closer, he turned over and dismounted, ran over in a few steps, and said respectfully: "My lord, Master Li has an urgent letter!" ”

Although Han Mo is now sitting in the northwest, the dark officials in the West Flower Hall are still called "adults".

Han Mo took the letter, frowned, opened it and looked at it, his expression first showed a look of horror, and then it looked extremely gloomy and terrifying.

Seeing that his face was extremely ugly, and even a little pale, Tie Kui couldn't help frowning and asked, "General, Jingli...... Could it be that something happened? ”

Han Mo handed the letter in his hand to Tie Kui, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said with a wry smile: "Taishi...... He's dead! ”

Although Tie Kui was steady and composed, he also changed color at this time.

This letter made it very clear that on the way back to his hometown, Taishi Xiao was assassinated on the bank of the Fengling River, and he was beheaded, the head disappeared, and all the guards he brought with him were killed.

The dignified Taishi Yan, the head of the Xiao family, was beheaded by an assassin on the way back, which was really shocking news.

Han Mo's expression was solemn.

Although the Han family and the Xiao family competed in the middle of the court, and Han Mo himself did not have a good impression of Xiao Taishi, he never thought that Xiao Taishi would be beheaded by an assassin one day.

At the time of Tianya Peak, before Xiao Huaiyu died, one of his instructions to Han Mo was that when the Xiao family lost power in the future, let Han Mo try to keep Master Xiao as much as possible, and don't embarrass him too much.

And Han Mo has great respect for Xiao Huaiyu, and has always kept this in his heart, and he has also thought in his heart that if there is really one day when the Xiao family falls, he still has to save Xiao Taishi's life as much as possible.

After all, Xiao Taishi has made great contributions to Yan Guo, and he is Xiao Huaiyu's father, and he is Xiao Lingzhi's godfather, Xiao Huaiyu is the person he respects the most, Xiao Lingzhi is the woman he loves, and he should do his part for these two people.

Who knew that before the fall of the Xiao family, Taishi Xiao was assassinated on the way home.

This made Han Mo stunned for a while, his mind was chaotic, and after a while, he asked the official, "Can ...... Know who the killer is? ”

After asking this sentence, I knew that I was confused, this official had been following him in the northwest, and he only came to deliver Li Gu's urgent letter, I was afraid that I didn't even know the content of the letter, how could I know who the murderer of Xiao Taishi was?

The official was really very, and said respectfully: "My subordinates don't know!" ”

Han Mo waved his hand, signaled the officials to retreat, turned over and got on the horse, his face was solemn, and he galloped back to the camp of the marshal without saying a word.

The two of them entered the camp and did not speak, Han Mo sat on the big handsome chair, and Tie Kui sat on another chair in the camp.

Until this time, Han Mo did not come back to his senses.

Along the way, he was always thinking about who the murderer of the Taishi was.

Are you from Qingguo? Are you from Wei? Or are you from the Yan Kingdom?

Who will attack the Taishi who is already going into seclusion at this time? When the Taishi returned to his hometown, there was no doubt that he brought a lot of expert guards with him, who had the ability to assassinate him? And at this moment, not only did he assassinate the Taishi, but he also cut off the head, and all the guards brought back by the Taishi were killed, why were the methods so cruel?

……

There was silence in the camp tent of the marshal, and after a long time, a voice came from outside the door: "General, everyone has arrived!" ”

Han Mo frowned, Tie Kui had already gotten up and said, "General, now that military affairs are important, it is not appropriate to tell everyone about the affairs of the Taishi for the time being, so as not to affect the morale of the army." This matter will be dealt with by someone in Beijing, and the most important thing for us at present is to send troops to resist Wei! ”

Han Mo's expression froze, he became solemn, and nodded to Tie Kui.

He is the chief general of the first army, and now that the army is about to be dispatched, he is the backbone of the first army, the sword is the biggest thing in the world, and there can be no sloppiness, Tie Kui obviously reminded himself not to affect his mood because of other things, so that his mind could not be completely focused on this war.

"Come in!" Han Mo sat upright, and all the generals outside the tent came in.

Han Mo summoned the generals to come over, the main thing was to make the generals ready to send troops, although he stabilized his mind, but it was still difficult to let go of the matter of the assassination of the Taishi, he only felt that it was really weird, and he suspected that this matter was the beginning of a bigger conspiracy, and his heart was suddenly worried about the family in Jingzhong.

When the public generals heard that they were going to prepare to send troops to attack Wei, they were all excited, everyone's faces were glowing, Han Mo was actually not very familiar with how to deploy for a while, but fortunately, although Tie Kui had been away from the army for more than ten years, he had not lost his ability, Han Mo ordered him to dispatch, and he immediately passed down the order in an orderly manner, and the generals naturally received the order.

After the assignment was completed, Han Mo suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said: "The Qing people are trapped on both sides, and they have formed an alliance with my Dayan, and they are no longer able to pose a threat to our army. After a pause, he ordered: "Quickly pass the military order, and order Wan Qiqing, Kong and Xiahoude to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Linyang Pass to assemble...... The Qing people did not dare to transfer the Zhennan army, we transferred the troops ourselves, and the pressure on the Zhennan army was greatly reduced, and Lin Chengfei would inevitably draw troops from the Zhennan border army, so as to form an advantage over the Wei army. ”

In fact, Han Mo's deployment of troops is on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wants to put these three general soldiers under his nose in wartime.

The six general soldiers, Du Wei and Zhu Zicheng should have been included in their lineage because of their relationship with Tie Kui, but these three Han Mo couldn't see through it for a while, although they had been transferred, but putting the three of them under their noses was naturally much safer, otherwise who knows if these three people would take advantage of the fact that they were fighting in front of them and cause trouble in the back.