Su Shi was not injured, even the demon Dao and the anti-thief couldn't bear to hurt Su Shi.

Su Shi was sick.

He was not angry because he was deceived, but because his concubine Aunt Wang was pregnant and found out that he had unloaded Yuanyang and cut off the immortal road, he fell ill.

Of course, there is another reason, Su Shi found that his medical skills were sparse and ordinary, and he was degraded to worthlessness by the former imperial doctor An Zhongyang.

However, Hua Rong did not bring too bad news: "Brother don't worry, the old man is much better." With Imperial Doctor An by his side, it is impossible for him to have an accident. It's just that the old man no longer lives in Changzhou and went to Jiangning Mansion. However, Brother Gongsun seemed to be seriously injured, but after he escorted his ancestor to Jiangning Mansion, he immediately chose to go north to ask for help. ”

"Damn the thief!" Li Kui's face was full of anger, he had probably guessed who this demon dao was. Unexpectedly, even Gongsun Sheng did not defeat the other party. What made him even more angry was that Su Shi didn't provoke anyone, but he suffered an unjustified disaster.

According to Hua Rong's thoughts, everything was a false alarm, and Li Kui shouldn't be angry.

But to his surprise, Li Kui was not only angry, but also made a decision that made him stunned - to go to Jiangnan.

"You want to go down to Jiangnan?"

"Zhang Xiang, the Praetorian Guards are training in the capital, and they lack training in mobile combat, and the lower officials think that in the uncertain long-distance attack, it is the top priority to train an elite. And, as you know, the Iron Warden may not be able to build enough muskets to meet the needs of the Praetorian Guard in three or five months. ”

According to Li Kui's plan, the 10,000-strong Praetorian Guard needed 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 artillery. And the number of musketeers should also reach more than four thousand. With the addition of baggage, sappers and other troops, it will exceed 10,000 people. But if the number of the Praetorian Guard was fifteen thousand, then the number of musketeers should have exceeded seven thousand.

On the contrary, the number of cavalry did not need to be increased.

In this way, the output of the new breech-loading flintlock pistol was less than 300 iron prisons a month, and it would take a year and a half to meet the equipment needs of the Praetorian Guard.

Even if the Praetorian Guard was reduced to the strength of its newly formed force, it would only look like 4,000 men. Two thousand musketeers were also needed.

Zhang Dian hesitated: "You don't want to avenge Zizhan, do you?" ”

"What's wrong with my ancestor?" Li Kui's eyes widened, and he seemed to know nothing in a confused manner.

Zhang Dian pointed at Li Kui and teased: "Pretend, continue to pretend." Zizhan is really, he doesn't know the importance of being so old. actually followed the wild Taoist to cultivate immortals, and now it's not just you, the immortal relationship of the Sumen disciples has been broken, and it has become a laughing stock. Do you think going south can really save face for your ancestors? ”

Zhang Dian obviously knew that the Great Song Forbidden Army was only more than 100,000 people around Kaifeng Mansion. However, the entire Great Song Dynasty had more than 800,000 forbidden troops.

Although the Great Song Dynasty implements strong stems and weak branches, this 'stem' is too fine.

As a last resort, the imperial court also has secret agents in various places. Su Shi's unfortunate experience had already been reported to the Dushitang, and even Zhang Dian got the news earlier than Li Kui.

"I'm really going to train the army."

Li Kui gestured: "Zhang Xiang, the flintlock pistol has adopted a new design, but the output of the iron prison cannot keep up, and it will take at least eight months or so to meet the needs of the Praetorian Guard." If the Praetorian Guard were to be fully recruited, even the Iron Warden would have been busy for more than a year to build such a number of flintlock guns. However, I went to inspect the Iron Prison a few days ago, and found that the Iron Prison was building artillery from top to bottom. And none of these guns were for the Janissaries. ”

Zhang Dian secretly saved equipment for his brother Zhang Qi, and after Li Kui saw through it, he was slightly embarrassed and said: "Renjie, the Praetorian Guards don't want many artillery. ”

Li Kui argued: "But it shouldn't be given to others!" ”

"The Janissaries will have a longer time to form an army. Xia Guan didn't know whether Zhang Xiang would launch the Northwest War within the year, but if it was launched within the year, the Praetorian Guard would only have 500 front-loading flintlock pistols, and if they wanted to go to the Northwest Battlefield, they would simply be sent to death. Zhang Xiang, you should always tell me when the Northwest War will start, right? ”

"In two months." Zhang Dian said slightly embarrassed. He originally thought of using the Praetorian Guard as a secret weapon and throwing it into the northwest battlefield. And then slaughter all sides. It's a pity that Zhang Qi disagrees, the strength of Western Xia is more than 300,000, what is the use of thousands of Praetorian Guards?

But Li Kui couldn't agree: "Zhang Xiang, in two months, what weapons did you let the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard take to kill the enemy?" Sticks? ”

Li Kui used to train with a wooden stick in the shape of a flintlock pistol, but this was just training, and combat was two different things. And on the premise of a lack of sufficient weapons. He covered his head and looked at Zhang Dian with a kind of foolish gaze: "Zhang Xiang, the flintlock pistol needs a lot of training, and even before entering the battlefield, it needs to take some unimportant opponents for training. It is good to test the proficiency of soldiers with weapons. If you venture into the battlefield, you will bury the new army that you have built with a lot of money on the battlefield! ”

A musketeer without a flintlock pistol can only be a fat sheep on the battlefield, slaughtered at will.

I can't stand defending the city!

Li Kui continued: "Only when the number of muskets reaches a certain number can they gain the advantage of strong lethality on the battlefield. Even the larger the quantity, the greater the advantage. On the contrary, a few hundred musketeers are not even as effective as a few hundred crossbowmen. ”

"Really?"

Li Kui said with annoyance: "Zhang Xiang, why don't you even believe the truth? ”

After being deceived many times, Zhang Dian already had too much defense against Li Kui. However, the effect of these precautions was very poor, mainly because Zhang Dian was in the bottom of his heart for no reason because of the problem of fighting in the army and Li Kui's theory. I was afraid that Li Kui would ridicule his ignorance. Zhang Dian talked about military strategy, and Li Qingchen, An Tao, and Su Zhe were very confident.

Bullying these people don't know how to march and fight, and he is a former Great Song Privy Envoy who has won the battle against the Wuxi savages. But in the face of Li Kui, this only record made him ashamed.

Zhang Dian looked at Li Kui suspiciously, he was worried that he had been deceived by Li Kui again. The main thing is that the gap in strength is too large. In particular, the firearms battalion was established under the leadership of Li Kui, and even the arms were Li Kui's final say. And Zhangdun's combat method of firearms only stopped at the set of artillery bombardment. Even if it's this set, it's still a battlefield killing move made by Li Kui.

In the words of his brother Zhang Kai, even an ordinary Western army, as long as it is equipped with a certain number of artillery, it can be reborn. But Zhang Dian couldn't imagine what kind of powerful combat power the firearms battalion advocated by Li Kui and the Praetorian Guard created for this purpose would have?

Zhang Dian hesitated for a long time, and almost said to Li Kui: "You didn't lie to me? ”

Fortunately, he finally held back, and Zhang Dian pretended to be arrogant and said: "Let's believe you again, I will tell you where the Privy Council is." ”

Although Zhang Dian has a stubborn personality, he does things very simply.

The next day, the Zhongshu Province issued an order for the Military Command Bureau to fully assist the Praetorian Guard.

At the same time, the secretary province sent the emperor's appointment, Li Kui was the commander of the army, Cao Fang was the deputy general, and the first musketeer of the Praetorian Guard commanded the south. The commander of the 1st Artillery Corps was also on the list of southbound troops.

Even Hua Rong felt that Li Kui was making a big fuss, just dealing with a demon Dao, could he alarm the emperor and the Dushitang?

Of course, the number of troops sent is not much, and with the logistics it is only eight hundred.

But it was such an army that alarmed the emperor, the metropolitan hall, the privy council, and the front secretary of the palace...... It's impressive.

On the day of the army's departure, even Hua Rong felt that it was a bit big, wasn't it just to deal with a demon Dao?

Of course, the demon path also has helpers, but they are not alone!

Troops were dispatched from Bianliang and went south by boat all the way.

During this period, the soldiers of the musket battalion were all driven off the boat by Li Kui and chased the boat on the riverbank.

This made Cao Fang, who originally thought he was fat, itch his teeth angrily, and he commanded the Praetorian Guards, and he even had to run with him. If you let the friends in the capital know, where will he put his face?

What's even more infuriating is that Li Kui sent two spies to keep an eye on him and not let him have any chance to be lazy.

"Wu Song, Jiao Ting, do you two want to join the Praetorian Guard?"

Wu Song and Jiao Ting looked at each other, shook their heads, and said, "I don't want to." ”

Cao Fang was furious: "I'm the deputy envoy of the Jiedu Envoy, you offended General Ben so much, can you think of the consequences?" ”

"You threaten us?"

Jiao Ting took a deep breath and yelled at the boats in the canal: "The bureau is ......"

"Woo woo woo ......"

"You are a dignified nine-foot man, and you can sue at every turn, what about your face?"

Jiao Ting watched Cao Fang wipe the saliva on his hands with the grass he pulled up on the ground in disgust, and said disdainfully: "You think we are stupid? In the Military Bureau, you dare not send us. If you go to the Praetorian Guard, won't you be humiliated every day? ”

Cao Fang has a question mark in his head, he is the main general, shouldn't he send his subordinates?

Don't these two people understand, there is a strict hierarchy in the army, is it possible to think about showing the face of the official?

Fortunately, Cao Fang didn't think about making a contribution, he was more thinking about not making mistakes. Even if Li Kui did not lead his troops to the battle, he did not know how to command the battle.

From the training to the combat methods of the musketeers, Cao Fang was confused. Let him lead the troops to fight, the previous experience cannot be used, and the new tricks are not learned, this is a disaster.

"My lord, there is the Qinhuai River in front of you."

Li Kuiwo was napping in the cabin, not seasick, but too bored.

He even regretted a little that he took the Praetorian Guard to the south, dealing with a demon Dao, and the rain moved the people.

Li Kui raised his eyelids and said to Ruan Xiaowu: "Raise the banner and enter the Qinhuai River." ”

Just when Li Kui wanted to stand up and move his body, the boat suddenly swayed a few times, and he heard the noise outside, and soon he cursed: "You eyeless goods, don't see that this is the family of the marshal Pi Dashuai of the Guangde Army, and you have disturbed the inner house, so you wait for the dog's life to be buried with you." ”

"Brave enough, I've never known how to write the words I'm afraid of. A small Guangde general, still dare to look at the court? ”

Li Kui walked out of the cabin and just walked to the bow of the ship, suddenly realized, hurriedly retreated a few steps, only then did he avoid the previous sneak attack, and stood on the bow of the ship angrily and said angrily: "Dog guts, assassinate the imperial court official, and take it for this official!" ”