On September 15 of the first year of Kaiqing, Zhao Jiaren decided to let the troops move to the city to rest for a few days. It was not until September 18 that this goal was achieved. Because on the 15th of September, the follow-up convoy arrived in Huangzhou and sent a small boat to Hanyang to deliver the message. So the convoy poured out of the nest and escorted the convoy from Huangzhou to Hanyang. Coupled with the toss in the middle, the plan was delayed by three days.

"From today, we're going to fix it for four days." In front of the entire team of 1,500 people, Zhao Jiaren loudly announced his plan.

"Roar!" Fifteen hundred warriors cheered in unison in a blacksmith's converted barracks.

The roar in unison of this scale was earth-shattering, and the Song soldiers in the city were all surprised, and the expressions of those officers were complicated. They relied on the Fujian militia led by the Fujian Lutidian Prison in their hearts, but they were robbed of the limelight by these Fujian Yankees, and the unhappiness in their hearts was also natural.

Zhao Jiaren didn't think about the Song army in the city, everyone was very happy, and Zhao Jiaren was also very happy. Although the Song army was not very good in the field, the strength of defending the city could still be believed. If it weren't for this kind of housekeeping skills, Ezhou would have fallen long ago. The walls give everyone a sense of security, at least no longer have to worry about the Mongol cavalry or infantry suddenly attacking the temple outside the city.

The first thing to do was to build a dwelling, the blacksmith shop was quite large, but there was no iron, no fuel, no blacksmith. Even if there were a fixed number of 200 men guarding the ships, there would not be enough houses for 1,300 people in the city, and temporary shelters would have to be built.

Fortunately, in addition to the replacement artillery, enough artillery and shells for a year, the supplies sent by the transport fleet also included a large number of mosquito coils, salt, spices, pickled food, especially cotton clothes and quilts. With cotton clothes and quilts, as long as you build a shelter that can keep out the rain, everyone can survive the winter.

In addition to these tasks, the troops also have to stretch each other's bodies. Physical fatigue is difficult to relieve by simple sleep, and it needs to be fully stretched. Stretching three times a day, the fighters were stretched apart by the other fighters according to their body structure, and many of them were humming and chirping because of the soreness. The ones who had little tolerance for numbness laughed weirdly, making the warriors who stretched them laugh too. If it weren't for the fact that it was a recuperation period, I would only be afraid to eat a few military sticks to warn me about it.

During the day, the house is repaired and repaired, and at night it is eaten and drunk, singing and dancing. Harmonica and guitarists are on stage, and the entertainment is healthy and motivated, and there is no carnal activity at all. Looking at the expressions of the soldiers who finally relaxed, Zhao Jiaren was quite happy in his heart. There is no shortage of content related to ** in the labor army of all eras, if there is no PLA as an example, Zhao Jiaren is afraid that he will also believe that this approach is the right way.

In the information that Zhao Jiaren has read, after the Japanese devils learned about the PLA system, they even questioned in surprise that the PLA was not normal**. Zhao Jiaren thinks that from a psychological point of view, what needs to be done in the retouching is to let everyone get out of the negative emotions brought about by the war as soon as possible. This kind of mentality adjustment is not necessarily related to ** in the first place.

However, in a sense, the mentality of the Mongol army was closer to war. In the same fierce war, the accumulation of negative psychological emotions in the Mongol army seems to be relatively small. Of course, this is also Zhao Jiaren's personal thoughts, and he has not had time to investigate the Mongol army until now.

Zhao Jiaren's troops did sports, exercises, sang and danced, and tried their best to recover their physical strength and mentality. In the Mongolian military camp in Huangpi, the Mongolian soldiers dragged out the craftsmen and soldiers who did not finish on time and whipped them, and strictly ordered them to hurry up and complete the work. It also made the barracks look orderly.

Zhu Guobao patrolled the camp every day, his eyes were like torches, scanning everyone and everything he could see. Kublai Khan asked Zhu Guobao to solve the Song army, and after seeing so many cronies and villagers killed or captured, Zhu Guobao felt as if there was a fire burning in his heart. As the ships and imitation guns were completed, the heat in his heart grew.

During the camp, some of the fishermen who had surrendered were nestled together, pointing at the craftsmen who had been whipped, and laughing at them. Zhu Guobao ordered his opponents: "Arrest them and give them twenty lashes each." ”

His men immediately ran and called a team of Mongol soldiers to come and arrest the men who mocked the craftsmen and take them to the open space where they were executed. In the afternoon, when the armies assemble together for training, the gang will be announced for their crimes and executed in public.

Zhu Guobao didn't think there was anything wrong with corporal punishment at all, the army talked about rules, and no one could disturb the order of the army. Including laughing at others at will. A group of fishermen who surrendered also accompanied and laughed at the craftsmen? They don't know what to do!

Regardless of the execution of the order, Zhu Guobao rode on his horse and took the guards to a mountain col in Huangpi. When I got there, I saw that several cylindrical guys had been arranged, and the appearance of these guys looked exactly the same as the weapons on the bow of the Song navy. When the craftsmen saw the Lord coming, they immediately began to operate the weapons. Fill gunpowder, fill iron balls, pierce gunpowder bags, insert fuses. All the steps are exactly the same as the practice of the Song State Water Army.

There were two muffled bangs, which made Zhu Guobao, who was so close for the first time, feel his heart tighten for a while. Not long after the two sounds, I saw that the center of the wooden target twenty paces away was smashed. Zhu Guobao was overjoyed, and shouted out the word 'good' at that time!

Looking at the relieved craftsman, Zhu Guobao smiled: "Try again!" ”

"Honorable Order!" The craftsmen hurriedly imitated the practice of the Song army, cleaned the chamber of the cannon, loaded it with gunpowder and shells, and fired the cannon again. This time, the shell still went out, but it was not accurate enough, and it did not hit the center of the target, but knocked off a large piece of the wooden board on the side.

The craftsmen looked panicked, and the burning pain of the whip marks on their backs made them very afraid that the Mongol army would order another whipping.

Zhu Guobao didn't think of whipping the craftsman at all, he himself was skilled in bowing and horses, and he knew how difficult it was to hit the target accurately. The shelling is not allowed, in Zhu Guobao's opinion, it is too normal. However, he was extremely surprised by the accuracy of the first shot, and the second shot could also hit the edge of the target, which made Zhu Guobao extremely appreciative of this firearm. Some guys who have never touched a bow and arrow can do this, and the potential of this weapon is so great that Zhu Guobao cracked his mouth with laughter.

"For the next five days, I will reward these people with wine and meat every day!" Zhu Guobao, who was satisfied, ordered with satisfaction.

Hearing that the boss wanted a reward, the craftsman hurriedly said: "Qianhu, this firearm we have built can penetrate the wooden board in a maximum of thirty steps. ”

They had seen the Song army's firearms from afar, and those weapons were able to maintain sufficient lethality at a distance of thirty paces. If this Zhu Guobao Qianhu wanted a weapon as powerful as the Song army, the craftsmen felt that they were only afraid of eating more whips.

Zhu Guobao laughed after hearing this, "You don't have to be afraid, I didn't ask you to make the same firearm as Song Jun now." It's only been a few days, and if you want to build it, you won't be able to make it! ”

The words of comfort spoke, and without waiting for the craftsmen's faces to be completely relaxed, Zhu Guobao said with a straight face: "But don't be lazy when you wait, I think this is enough." In the future, you must be proficient in crafting this firearm, and whoever can make this firearm fight farther, I will have a great reward!" ”

Hearing that the Lord would personally agree that the task at this stage was finally completed, all the craftsmen felt that their hearts fell back into their stomachs.

Zhu Guobao smiled and ordered his subordinates, "Give these people wine and meat tonight!" ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Guobao raised his gaze to look in the direction of the Yangtze River, but the sight was the woods and slopes of the mountain col. These days, the heat in my heart has turned into anticipation. Powerful weapons were no longer unique to the Song army, and the Mongol army, although it paid a huge price, also got the opportunity to defeat the Song army. After a few days of training, the Mongol navy was able to compete with the Song army on the river.