Yang Wen and the others went to the grove to observe the effect of the shelling. I saw that where the shelling was fired, the trees were like a strong wind blowing, or the roots were broken to the ground or the waist was broken, and the sawdust flew everywhere and the leaves were everywhere where the cannon wind went. Where the lonely cliff was shelled, a huge hole suddenly appeared, and the surrounding cliff body had become crisp and crumbling, and the surrounding area was full of falling stones. Seeing this scene, the Hao chieftains no longer had the heart to oppose the Banzhou Yang family, and even the always unruly Ah Kun was completely convinced. At that moment, he looked around at Ouyang Xuan's figure, wanting to apologize for his previous reckless courtesy.

Ouyang Xuan was not at the scene of the shelling demonstration at this time, but slept in the guest house. I drank too much wine last night, and I still had a hangover when I got up this morning, and I tried another game with Ah Kun in the morning, and my body was really a little tired, so I simply asked Yang Wen for leave. The reason why he did not want to go to the site of the shelling demonstration was that he could not be disturbed. After the contest ended, many family and Miaojiang tribal leaders approached him and asked to buy firearms. On the one hand, the current Thunderbolt Army does not have enough firearms and will not sell them at all, and on the other hand, it is impossible to sell them rashly. Although the arms trade is a huge profit, the situation in Banju and the surrounding area is extremely complicated, and the slightest carelessness will affect the interests of the Yang clan and the Perak army.

The development of the Perak army in Miaojiang and even the future march into Dali or the opening of the sea in the direction of Qinzhou will be based on Banzhou. The marriage of Ouyang Xuan and Yang Yan made the interests of the Thunderbolt Army and the Banzhou Yang family highly aligned. Therefore, Ouyang Xuan did not intend to directly interact with the major families in Banzhou and the surrounding tribes, but entrusted the Yang family with full responsibility. In fact, Yang Yan was in charge of the economy and commerce in the Yang family, and his subordinates were also loyal people. The Thunderbolt Army handed over the trade, including arms, to the Yang family, which was naturally the most reassuring. Therefore, when those tribal leaders came to visit, as soon as the matter of cooperation was mentioned, Ouyang Xuan pushed it to Banzhou, claiming that the matter of cooperation with the Thunderbolt Army was entirely up to his father-in-law.

When these words reached Yang Wen's ears, he was naturally happy in his heart. After seeing the power of firearms, especially artillery, the prestige of the Banju army was greatly boosted, and the rule of the Yang clan was more stable. Although some big families in Banzhou are superficially obedient to the Yang family, they have different intentions in private, and even quietly contact forces such as Dali, while the surrounding tribes and chieftains even have eyebrows with the Mongols. In the face of the influx of requests for the purchase of firearms, Yang Wen's attitude was very clear: there are only a few Banzhou troops at present, and when my virtuous son-in-law's family has surplus firearms, they will naturally be transported to Banzhou, and the number of firearms purchased will be allocated according to the size of the anti-Mongolian contribution.

Taking advantage of the three days before the wedding, the Banzhou side first signed an alliance with the tribes to jointly attack the Mongolian army, and then fully communicated with the Perak army on the next step of cooperation, and on this basis, discussed with the tribes again and reached a cooperation intention. The frequent talks and deliberations made Yang Wen, who had been marching and fighting for many years, feel a little unbearable, so he had to ask someone to discuss things while beating his waist. Ouyang Xuan was not idle, but he did not participate in these lengthy discussion processes, but found the business personnel sent by Boss Qian in Banzhou City to understand the situation, and discussed with Lu Dezhi, Zhu Zhuozi and Ran Zhong. Yang Yan saw that her father and Ouyang Xuan didn't care about the wedding, and even called Ran Zhong away, she was extremely unhappy but helpless, so she had to personally direct the marriage arrangement.

It was not until the morning of the wedding day that the Banju Army and the Perak Army reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the various tribes. Previously, the tribes had been talking to Banzhou, and when it was time to sign the pledge, a chief from Siju proposed to add the Thunderbolt army, which received a unanimous response from the tribes. These tribes usually look down on each other, and some even have a gap due to competition for resources, but at this moment they are united to put pressure on Yang Wen. Their reasons are also good - although Lord Ouyang is Lord Yang's son-in-law, this is not a family matter after all, and it still needs the official approval of the Thunderbolt Army to be safe. Ouyang Xuan had no opinion on this, but Yang Wen thought for a while before agreeing. After all, with the participation of the Thunderbolt Army, it means that the various tribes of Miao Jiang may deal directly with it, which still has an impact on Banzhou's monopoly position.

The content of the tripartite strategic agreement is mainly divided into several aspects of cooperation. First of all, politically, the three sides affirmed their alliances, supported each other on major issues, spoke together, and pledged the freedom and security of their personnel within their borders. The second is the establishment of mutual assistance militarily. Due to the distance and the fact that the level of mutual trust did not reach the level of a military alliance, the Perak Army only reached a military mutual assistance agreement with Banju. The tribes had no objection to this, after all, far water could not quench their thirst, and it was enough for them to reach an agreement with the Banzhou Yang clan to advance and retreat together. The agreement stipulates that if one side is attacked by the Mongolian army, the rest will send troops to help.

The second item of military cooperation is the military training agreement reached by the three parties. As a well-known anti-Mongolian army, the Banzhou soldiers are commendable in terms of training, tactics and weapons, while the soldiers of the various tribes in Miao Xinjiang are poorly trained and equipped, but the quality of the soldiers is extremely strong, especially good at guerrilla warfare in the mountains and jungles, and they are good at traps, poisons, and have a strong ability to survive in the wild. According to the agreement, the Perak Army will send a battalion of the Special Brigade to Banju to train with the Banju Army and the soldiers of various tribes, and rotate them regularly. Banju and various tribes will also send officers to the Perak Army's training camp to learn naval tactics, firearms use, operation and maintenance, and infantry and artillery coordination tactics.

The third aspect of cooperation is culture, education, and medical care. It is said that those tribes were not very interested in this aspect at first, and only a few enlightened chiefs approved it. It's just that under Yang Wen's guidance, most of the tribes still agreed to this agreement. This aspect is mainly selected by the tribes to Banzhou and Chongqing to learn culture, medical care, agricultural technology, for this reason Ouyang Xuan promised to go to Chongqing Mansion to learn, room and board and other expenses are free. On the other hand, the Perak Army sent people to Banju to learn Miao medicine diagnosis and treatment methods and herbal medicine production techniques. Although Miaojiang culture and medical care are generally backward, it has unique characteristics in the prevention and treatment of epidemic miasma.

The fourth aspect of cooperation is economic and commercial trade. This is also where the tribes are most interested, or the chiefs are interested in firearms. Although Miao Xinjiang has a large land and abundant resources, the resources of various tribes are limited. In their perception, whoever is strong in force can occupy the best land and feed more people. And in addition to the number of people, the strength of the force depends on the quality of the sword and armor. As long as there are firearms, the strength of the tribe will naturally become stronger, and there will naturally be more arable land and forests, and more women will be married, and more people will be reproduced.

It's just that Yang Wen has clearly told all tribes that firearms are not available for the time being, but in the future, they can be qualified to buy them with the head of the Mongolian army, and they can even buy them at a preferential price. If it weren't for the preferential price to buy firearms, the tribes wouldn't be able to buy much at all, according to Yang Wen's original words, this firearm was worth the same weight of gold and silver.