The temperature drops, the humidity drops. If it weren't for the last wave of mosquitoes going crazy, autumn in Gangnam would be perfect. Zhao Jiaren scratched the pimple on his arm, applied some flower water, and couldn't help but miss the reinforced concrete forest. From a medical point of view, reinforced concrete forests have fewer bacteria and fewer mosquitoes, and even if there is more air pollution, it can be regarded as the most suitable environment for human survival on the earth.

But if you want to build a reinforced concrete forest, you need strong industrial capacity. is thinking about the good of the reinforced concrete forest in his heart, and Zhao Guanjia can only think about it, he relies on mosquito coils to repel insects at this time, and relies on flower water to relieve itching, in exchange for the tranquility when reading documents. Soon, a document made Zhao Jiaren sigh. Hao Ren, a Mongolian Wanhu who took away the wife of Yang Tiexin, the commander of the Hebei Military Region, was in Shanxi and began to carry out the imperial examination. Although the intelligence showed that this man was preparing to go west, there were also fears that he would choose to stay.

After reading Commander Li Yun's report, Zhao Jiaren picked up his pen and wrote a warrant, "The training course for senior commanders recently held in Hangzhou suggests that Division Commander Yang Tiexin be added to receive training. ”

After writing this order, Zhao Jiaren also felt that such a calculation was very unpleasant, but he could only give such an order. Division Commander Yang is indeed very pitiful, but the strategy of the Great Song Dynasty cannot serve Division Commander Yang alone. Rather than allowing the conflict between the individual and the collective to erupt, it is better to eliminate it before it happens.

Of course, this training was not specially set up for Division Commander Yang Tiexin, and the arsenal finally came up with an epoch-making equipment, the Migne rifle. The epoch-making significance of the Minérgy rifle lies in the rifling and the bullet, the conical rifle bullet will rotate due to the rifling in the chamber, and after flying out of the muzzle, it will still rotate and fly with its central axis as the center. Not only is the kinetic energy loss much lower than that of the smoothbore gun, which starts to roll out of the muzzle, but the mode of flying with rotation in the center of its axis is very stable, so the Mingne rifle ushered in a new era. The accuracy and range far surpassed the front-loading smoothbore guns now used by the Song army.

The Migne rifle is also the name in Zhao Jiaren's memory, this model of rifle was developed and finalized in 322 years of the Great Song Dynasty, and the name approved by Zhao Jiaren was the Type 22 rifle. The Song army will gradually phase out the previous weapons and fully replace them with Type 22 rifles.

The telegram delivered the latest news to Hebei, and Yang Tiexin put down his work and went to Hangzhou. Before leaving, Li Yun specially explained to Yang Tiexin, "You are a master of rifle assassination in our army, and you have to let others know your ability for matters related to assassination." ”

Although Yang Tiexin was depressed, he also nodded and agreed. Seeing Yang Tiexin get on the steam car and ship from Youzhou City to Zhigu Village, Li Yun was relieved. After solving this matter, Li Yun inquired about the big operation to deal the final blow to the Hebei traitors.

The deputy commander in charge of the operation said with some regret: "Zhang Hongfan hasn't been caught yet." ”

"How could you let Zhang Hongfan slip away!" Li Yun was quite annoyed in his heart.

"After all, he is a local snake, and he is always a loyal lackey." The deputy commander replied, "Except for Zhang Hongfan, the other places have been cleared. ”

"If Zhang Hongfan is allowed to escape from Hebei, it will be bad." Li Yun was still full of thoughts about catching Zhang Hongfan and cutting this guy with a thousand knives.

The troops pursuing Zhang Hongfan said that Zhang Hongfan was seriously injured and could not run away at all. We have strictly inspected all passes, and Zhang Hongfan should still be in Hebei. The deputy commander comforted Li Yun.

Admiral Li Yun could only believe it, and he continued to ask how many people were left in Hebei. The deputy commander sighed, "There are probably less than a million people left in Hebei now. ”

"A million or a million?" Li Yun was also quite shocked by the loss of population in Hebei.

"It's a million people. Where there will be a million households. The deputy commander gave a clear answer. In this era, households are registered as young and middle-aged men, generally with 3 generations of families, a father, 5 to 10 children, of which 2 to 3 men are generally registered, and there are 2 or 3 grandchildren, but other than the eldest son has to set up a separate door, so the average family has about 4 to 10 people; An average of 6 people.

It is said that before the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, there were two million households in Hebei. That's 12 million people. Although this figure is certainly problematic given the statistical ability of the Mongols, the Great Song estimated that Hebei had a population of more than 8 million. After several years of war, Hebei's population is only 1 million, which is enough to see how violent the war was.

"That's it, it still let Zhang Hongfan escape." Li Yun still has a hard time giving up on this issue. Among the Mongolian generals and marquis of the Han army who had participated in the southern invasion of Mongolia, those who were captured alive were sent to Hangzhou alive and beheaded in Hangzhou in public. Those who were killed were turned into heads and sent to Hangzhou, where they were hung next to the city gate for public display. After being displayed in Hangzhou, the heads will be sent to other cities for public display. Zhao Guanjia was a very compassionate and compassionate person, and in order to appease the disturbed hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, he spent great effort.

If Zhang Hongfan, the Mongolian marshal, also appeared in the ranks of being paraded, tried, and beheaded, it would make the people of the Great Song Dynasty feel more comforted. That's why Li Yun is worried about this.

Da Song can think of this, and Zhang Hongfan also thinks of this. Although he couldn't turn over freely, Zhang Hongfan struggled to gently touch the short knife on his waist with his hand, making sure that this sharp weapon that could decide his life and death at the last moment was still by his side. However, I heard a whispered conversation outside, "Isn't it okay to go by water?" ”

"Nanban ships patrol various waterways, and when they encounter a boat that does not have a certificate approved by Nanban, they arrest it. Everyone on board the boat is required to register and report any injured passengers. Even if we go to sea, where should we go? ”

"It's easy to go anywhere. We will cross the sea directly to conquer the eastern province. ”

"Expedition to the Eastern Province? That's a good idea. But why not try to go to Shanxi? ”

"It's not like I've tried a few times, but I've encountered the Nanban's fortress blocking the way. Those damn Nanbans stuck all the passes. ”

"Can't you really find a mountain trail?"

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The people who saved Zhang Hongfan discussed in a low voice, but Zhang Hongfan just listened quietly and did not interject. More than a month ago, Jang Hong-beom was fighting to the death with the enemy. The Song army initially used larger troops to solve the Hebei region, but as those large forces ran out or died, the size of the Song army's forces began to shrink, and those who continued to kill the Han army in Hebei became those who had a blood feud with the Mongol forces and the Han army.

Li Fangfang, the remnant of Li Pu's family, is undoubtedly one of them, Zhang Hongfan's last irons kept dying under Li Fangfang's cruel blows, but Li Fangfang had no intention of stopping. She doesn't need captives, what she needs is to enjoy the joy of killing Zhang Hongfan, the great enemy's cronies.

Zhang Hongfan personally went into battle and fought hard with Li Fangfang, this 44-year-old man was not a female armorer in his early twenties, and he was seriously injured not long after. Zhang Hongfan's cronies desperately stepped forward to snatch Zhang Hongfan, and the gang that lost the command of the leader quickly collapsed under the onslaught of the Red Turban Army. In the chaos, Zhang Hongfan's nephew changed into Zhang Hongfan's clothes and pretended to let people run away, which was regarded as leading away the pursuers. The injured Zhang Hongfan finally escaped and ascended to heaven under the cover of his family. Since then, there are only a few hardcore cronies left around Zhang Hongfan.

Of course, his family hopes to let Zhang Hongfan live, Zhang Hongfan knows this very well, and from these people's answers, Zhang Hongfan also heard that they have found many ways. If it was before, Zhang Hongfan was afraid that he would have to join the discussion. Now he can only hope that he will recover as soon as possible, so as to reduce the hardships of these relatives.

After the people outside discussed in a low voice for a while, someone said, "We still need to be careful at this time, or we can find a place for Uncle Nine to recuperate." As long as we get through these few months, we will always have a place to go. ”

"Hmm. But it's fine. Do you want to contact Zhang Jun again? ”

Immediately, someone said indignantly: "Just tell him, let's hide for a while." Let him find a way out of Hebei for Uncle Nine by himself. When I see Zhang Jun now, I really want to go up and beat him, so you guys go. ”

"Although he hates this part, it's not to the point of hitting him."

"This kid now has his wild father Zhang Shijie as a backer, is he still the one who shows him off. In the Zhang family before, when everyone spoke, he dared to speak? Now he has to speak at any time. Our Zhang family can't take his turn to speak! If it weren't for Uncle Nine, I wouldn't want to see him again. ”

Listening to the young Zhang family venting their hostility towards Zhang Jun, Zhang Shijie couldn't help coughing. Not long after, the young man outside walked in, and the one at the head said with concern: "Uncle Nine, you are awake." ”

Li Fangfang stabbed a sword into Zhang Shijie's right chest, Zhang Shijie injured his lungs, his breath was very weak at this time, and he whispered: "You first find a remote place for me to recuperate." The Mongols created countless no-man's lands in Hebei, and I'll tell you a few. You go and see it first. As long as I can survive this winter, I can walk on my own. ”

"Good, good! Uncle Nine said that, I was relieved. Zhang Hongfan's nephew hurriedly responded.

"You are all good sons of the Zhang family, don't get involved in danger now. Uncle Nine, I am a person who has half been cut into the ground, and there is nothing to be sorry for dying now. If you make any mistakes, my Zhang family will have no descendants. ”

"Uncle Nine! Don't worry, we'll get you out. Zhang Jiahou shouted excitedly.

Zhang Hongfan tried his best to say: "This is not to save me. It's that my Zhang family will spread out in the future. Some stayed in Hebei, others followed west. As long as our Zhang family's descendants are still alive, the Zhang family will not perish. ”

"Huh." Suddenly there was a laugh outside the window, and the laughter was full of sarcasm, and it was bad for me to hear it. Zhang Hongfan's heart was beating faster, he turned his head as hard as he could, and spit out three words, "Zhang Shijie!" ”

"Haha, it's me." Zhang Shijie laughed twice, "My stupid son is taken care of by you!" ”