"Second Master Yang, let's talk about the rest. Chu Yujiang looked at the second master Yang who was retreating with a smile, and pressed the hand he wanted to return the purple cold ginseng.

In the spring of the second year, the three families went down the mountain as a whole to integrate into the military department of the Chu State, and the monarch of the Chu State treated the three families with courtesy and sealed the heads of the three families as the secretary of the military department to take charge of all matters of the military department.

In the following year, the military department continued to send the weapons and armor developed by the previous three companies to Luoyan Pass, strengthening the front-line soldiers in order to recapture the Ruian Plain, which was firmly occupied by Lin Zheng.

In the spring of the third year, the Chu army had all been replaced with new armor, and the weapons in their hands had also been newly built, which could already cause non-negligible damage to the armor and shields on the heavy cavalry.

More importantly, the drawings of the seven-shot repeater have been perfected, and now the Chu State has built 5,000 seven-shot repeaters and sent them to the front line to Luoyan Pass, in order to recapture the Ruian Plain, the Chu State has made full preparations.

General Li stood on the edge and looked at the soldiers below who were actively preparing for battle, and there was a kind of heroic spirit in his chest that was a general who was bold and heroic in the southern expedition.

"In this way, it will be easy to retake the Ryan Plains. ”

General Li's hearty laughter almost resounded on the top of the mountain, and Jiang Deng, who was sitting on the side, was a little deafening, and at the same time, worries rose in his heart that Lin Zheng on the Ruian Plain was not unprepared for all these years, would he win?

Lin Zheng moved a chair and stood outside the big tent, today is the day of the beginning of spring and a rare sunny day, the sun shines on Lin Zheng's face, warm and a little itchy, very comfortable, so Lin Zheng almost fell asleep.

The small repeater in his arms almost fell to the ground, and Lin Zhengden woke up when he was startled.

Holding this small repeater with both hands, Lin Zheng was very satisfied, and the drawings left by Yang Luhai were sent back to the palace by Lin Zheng, and finally improved to make this small five-shot repeater.

The crossbow is only about three feet in size, small and light, not to mention the power should not be underestimated, as long as it is not facing the armor on the heavy cavalry, the general light cavalry will not be able to catch a round of fire.

Moreover, this small repeater is almost a hand, the cost is low, and the process requirements are not high, and the powerful production line of the Zhou Dynasty has been transported by 150,000 pieces.

These 150,000 crossbows are given priority to the infantry to be equipped with one, and the future to continue to capture Chu can not rely on cavalry, throw out this Ruian Plain, Chu is more of a forest, and the role of infantry will be greater.

The remaining 50,000 Lin Zheng were given to the light cavalry, firstly, the light cavalry was fast and mobile, and with this crossbow, it could exert stronger combat power, and secondly, it could also have room for resistance against the enemy who appeared on the flank.

The current situation in the Ruian Plain has been thoroughly eaten by Lin Zheng, and Lin Zheng has set up secret posts in many key positions, no matter how hidden the actions of Luoyan Pass are, as long as they dare to come out, Lin Zheng can know it as soon as possible.

"My lord, don't catch a cold when it's cold. Someone took a coat and covered Lin Zheng's body.

"It's Yan Liang. Lin Zheng nodded: "Have you received a letter from Li Yu recently?"

"Yes, this letter has just been received. Yan Liang handed a letter to Lin Zheng.

Lin Zheng took the letter, the letter was cold to the touch, with some moisture, and he knew that it had come from thousands of miles away.

Lin Zheng opened the letter, Li Yu said in the letter that everything was going well in the Heavenly Master Pavilion, and he knew that the autumn wind had helped the Heavenly Master Pavilion a lot, and the Qingshan Sect Master was gradually suppressed by the Heavenly Master Pavilion, and the good wealth boy had a war old man who was always in peace, but Zhao Mingcheng had disappeared recently and didn't know where he went.

"It seems that Li Yu has taken good care of the Heavenly Master Pavilion. Lin Zheng nodded: "It's just a pity that it is now in the realm of White Emperor City, and there is no way to recruit troops to continue to cultivate the black armor heavy cavalry." ”

"That's it. Lin Zheng shook his head, it was a blessing that the Heavenly Master Pavilion did not perish, there was no need to ask for more.

Suddenly, a falcon-like bird appeared in the sky, with a golden body and a red feather on the top of its head.

"What kind of bird is this?" Yan Liang frowned.

"It's like a bird. Lin Zheng stood up, and the Peng bird really landed on his arm.

On Peng Bird's leg, there was another tight envelope, which touched a layer of wax and oil, and was sent here without fear of wind and rain.

Lin Zheng quickly opened the letter, and sure enough, it was Wang Zixuan who sent it.

At the beginning of the letter is some thoughts that I haven't seen Lin Zheng for many years, but these are not the most important, what really matters is the content behind the letter, seeing these makes Lin Zheng frown.

"What's wrong?" Yan Liang asked.

"Guanquan was lost, and a big man was released. Lin Zheng said, the letter said that two years ago, when Lin Zheng set out to march into Chu, the Shang Dynasty united with the Western Regions to launch a war against Guanquan, because the incident happened suddenly, so the frontier was quickly breached, Wang Zixuan and General Feipeng had to retreat to Guanquanzhou to continue to confront the coalition army, and Guanquanzhou was lost this year.

The target of the Shang Dynasty army was obviously several active volcanoes in Guanquan, and the master who Lin Zheng and Wang Zixuan found in the volcano that had a roar that had injured Wang Zixuan also broke the seal, and his true identity turned out to be the sect master of Wudang Mountain, Wu Linfeng.

"Wu Linfeng. Lin Zheng felt a big headache, calculating that the injuries of the masters of Wudang Mountain should have been almost healed, and now that Wu Linfeng has returned to the Heavenly Master Pavilion, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.

Lin Zheng was having a headache when a warning bomb lit up from the sky, followed by a series of alert bombs all the way to Ruicheng, where Lin Zheng was.

"Finally can't help it?" Lin Zheng stood up, and the fox fur fell to the ground to reveal the battle robe underneath.

"Attack!"

Li Zhengzhi's Yanqian City has already withstood the first round of attacks of the Chu army at this time, and at this time, countless Zhou Dynasty soldiers on the head of the city are waiting with shields in their hands, and the arrow rain of the Chu State has always shot, and many people's shields have been shot into hedgehogs, and they are full of arrows.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came, and after the head of the city was suppressed by arrows, the Chu army had already launched an attack on the city gate.

Seeing this, Li Zhengzhi immediately ordered people to abandon the city gate, and all the soldiers retreated to the inner city, so that even if the outer city gate was broken, the Chu army would not necessarily dare to enter.

"What the fuck is this quantity. Li Zhengzhi looked at the rain of arrows falling from the sky and couldn't help but scold, this sword rain has not stopped since the siege, and the effect of this arrow sharp and abnormal shield has been greatly reduced.

"Hasn't Qian Weimin come yet?" Li Zhengzhi jumped up, jumped to the highest point of the inner city, and found that there were also people fighting on the horizon.

"Was it blocked?" Li Zhengzhi looked coldly at the troops who had already broken through the city gate and swarmed in, and gave an order: "Release the arrow!"

Not only the archers, but also the light cavalry who did not mount their horses also took out their crossbows and annihilated every Chu army that entered the city.

"The Commander-in-Chief should be coming. Li Zhengzhi grabbed an arrow from the air and broke it at him, and noticed that the Chu army had come up at the head of the outer city, so he immediately divided a part of his people to attack the head of the outer city.

"It's still holdable. "Li Zhengzhi is also a good general, under the command of Yitong, the Chu army was blocked in the outer city and could not rush in, and the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty did not suffer too many casualties because they retreated to the inner city in time.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lin Zheng sent 50,000 people to help him defend Yanqian City, because Yanqian City, as his name suggests, is too close to Luoyan Pass, so close that once Luoyan Pass attacks, he can't react at all, so the other two cities only have 50,000 people to defend the city, but Li Zhengzhi here Lin Zheng sent 100,000.

"Reinforcements are coming. Li Zhengzhi was still standing at the top of the city, and when he saw smoke and dust at the other end of the horizon, he knew that Lin Zheng had arrived with cavalry.

The soldiers of Chu no longer loved to fight, and immediately prepared to retreat.

Seeing this, Li Zhengzhi sneered: "How can you come here and leave as soon as you want?"

Taking advantage of the fact that the inner city was higher than the outer city, Li Zhengzhi first continued to shoot the Chu soldiers in the outer city, and then occupied the head of the outer city to shoot the Chu soldiers after the Chu soldiers withdrew, and when Lin Zheng came, there were only corpses left on the ground.

"Your Excellency. Li Zhengzhi knelt on one knee, and Qian Weimin on the other side also led the army to come.

"Hmm. Lin Zheng nodded, and the two got up in frustration, and then looked around at the battlefield: "It seems that both armies have suffered heavy losses." ”

"I'm sorry, my lord, it was my subordinates who didn't grasp the movement of the Chu army and let the other party take the lead. Li Zhengzhi knelt on the ground again and pleaded guilty.

"You have done a good job, and it is already merit to be able to pull back the loss when the other party has no intention of calculating or not. Lin Zheng shook his head and pulled Li Zhengzhi up.

"There must be some reason why the Chu State is the first to attack now, otherwise it would not have been launched so suddenly. Lin Zheng frowned.

"Could it be that they are running out of food and grass, and they have no choice but to break the boat. Qian Weimin said.

"I don't rule out this possibility, but the Chu State should know the situation of its own country, and if they lose the Ruian Plain, they will face a dangerous situation, so they will definitely hoard a lot of grain and grass in advance. Lin Zheng always felt that it shouldn't be so fast.

"The subordinates who have just fought have found that the soldiers of the Chu State are well-equipped, especially since this arrow is completely made of our armor and shield, I think this is probably a reason why the Chu State took the initiative to attack. Li Zhengzhi handed Lin Zheng a shield full of arrows, and each arrow on it penetrated more than three fingers of the shield.

Lin Zheng pulled out one of the arrows on it, and found that the process was really close to the drawings obtained from Yang Luhai, and understood in his heart that the real confidence of the Chu State came from the fact that the upper three families had already stood in line, otherwise the Chu State would definitely not have the courage to start a war so early.

"My lord, what do you see?" asked Li Zhengzhi and Qian Weimin.

"It's the organ master family, they are the best at making weapon drawings, and without them, the Chu State would not have been able to create such a powerful weapon anyway. Lin Zheng broke the arrow and threw it aside.

"I will send all the cavalry to Jinfu City and Tai'an City, so that they can support you at any time and have the ability to protect yourself. After Lin Zheng finished speaking, he paused again: "The good days have passed, and it will be a cruel war in the future, no matter who you are, don't drop the chain for me, do you understand?"

"Understood!" said in unison.