In the Battle of Nanyang, from morning to night, the only killings rolled, the blood flowed into a river, and the white water turned red.

With the help of another Song army hidden in the cover, Guo Jing, Wang Jian and Ye Chu led their respective troops to slowly withdraw from the battlefield and quickly escaped.

The Mongolian army suffered heavy losses, with more than 100,000 troops killed 20,000 and injured tens of thousands. Kublai Khan's men suffered nearly 100 losses.

Fortunately, Ye Chu was determined to kill Mongolian soldiers and did not target Kublai Khan, otherwise he would have been captured for the third time, which would have become an unprecedented joke.

However, the Song army suffered serious losses, with nearly 2,000 people killed in battle, almost all of whom were injured.

But they achieved unprecedented victories, not only causing major damage to the Mongolians, but also burned their granaries. It is conceivable that in the next few months, Kublai Khan and this Mongolian army will be treated very badly.

The Mongolian leaders are not fools, so they will naturally fight openly and secretly because of the defeat in this war. When they decide the winner and the final winner, it will probably take several years to pass. In this way, Ye Chu has plenty of time to develop his own power.

Guo Jing, Ye Chu, Wang Jian and others led their troops back to Xiangyang City. The pacifier Lv Wende had already led his personal soldiers and generals to sing loudly and lined up outside the city to welcome him. The people also hugged outside the city, displaying wine, mud, incense, candles, and Robai comforted him.

Guo Jing took Ye Chu's hand and picked up a glass of fine wine presented by the people, turned to Ye Chu, and said, "Brother Ye is a young man and a heroic figure, and he has made great achievements. He respects all over the world. All the soldiers and civilians of the city value gratitude."

Ye Chu laughed loudly, took off his wine glass and drank it all, and said loudly: "Haven Guo, you guard Xiangyang, and you will transform the world into virtue. All the warriors in the martial arts world will follow you. This hero is the best, and you should be a role model in the world!"

The two of them felt sympathy for a moment, and at this time they drank three cups of each other. The two heroes of the world poured their hearts out and felt that they were born in this state, so what else could they ask for?

The two entered the city hand in hand, but they heard the cheers of the military and civilians in the middle of the road, and the sound was like thunder. Every family in Xiangyang City was hanging colorfully and every household was in full swing. Although there were fathers, brothers and children who were killed in this battle, the army won the city and their grief was slightly reduced.

From then on, Ye Chu completely took root in Xiangyang. He continued to cultivate young people, and according to their talents, he either devoted himself to the army he trained or joined the industry he created.

Due to the war, about hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and 10,000 orphans were homeless. All of them were adopted by him.

He also provides enough gold, silver and food to support them, and also allows them to produce for themselves.

The Erguotou he brewed was named Han Jiangchun and was sold well all over the country. The snow sugar he made entered every family of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. He also created five or six other industries, each of which made money every day, bringing him a lot of wealth.

At this point, Xiangyang City no longer lived with him, so he moved his power into the Jueqing Valley.

There are 30,000 acres of land here, with fertile land, which can be used for military reclamation, and can also build schools and scientific research institutes.

That's right, it's the research institute.

Although the Song Dynasty boasted about the farts and winning rate all day long, there were not just scumbags. For example, the literacy rate was relatively high, but because there were too few officials and a large number of literati were idle, they began to study something strange.

And these people were attracted by Ye Chu to create various weapons.

The heroes he recruited also made a lot of contributions.

Qiu Qianren was originally the leader of the Iron Palm Gang. In the past, he led the Iron Palm Gang and the Beggars Gang. He had outstanding management skills and managed the affairs of Jueqing Valley in an orderly manner.

Yang Guo and Yelu Qi are both young people in their early twenties, with great martial arts skills and a sharp mind. During this period, they have been promoted rapidly. Both of them have extremely high military talents and never fall behind in training the army.

"General!"

While Ye Chu was dealing with his subordinates' affairs, a voice from Yun Ge sounded outside the door.

"Come in and talk!"

Ye Chu said.

Because he made great contributions and had a very arrogant training army, Lu Wende dared not object, but Guo Jing and Huang Rong saw it, so he found someone to move and gave him a miscellaneous number of the Zhaowu Captain.

So his subordinates called him General.

Brother Yun walked in and shouted: "General, fortunately, my subordinates have fulfilled their fate and finally found the iron ore in Ma'anshan."

Brother Yun presented a piece of iron ore and said excitedly.

Ye Chu was definitely inseparable from iron when he developed his power in the name of expelling the barbarians, especially his subordinates were even messy in the armor. In his opinion, at least one person had to wear bright light armor. The war horses of the Song Dynasty were not good, but they could not compare to the Mongols. If the armor was not good, the gap would be a bit far.

To smelting iron, you must first have iron ore. The most famous iron ore recently is naturally Ma'anshan on the lower reaches of the Han River, along the Yangtze River. Yun Ge led the miners and then led 200 people to Ma'anshan to find iron ore. Now he has finally found it.

“This taste is still a bit low!”

Ye Chu looked at the iron ore.

"But it's also the saying that it's good to have it. We will make a big steelmaking army, and I want to build an iron armored army!"

Ye Chu said.

Of course, the land output value of Jueqing Valley is not good. Fortunately, Mongolia invaded the south, causing a large area of ​​barrenness and countless lands needing to be reclaimed.

And he now has three thousand elite soldiers and five thousand young orphans under his command. These are the seeds of his development of power. He has to wear steel armor and use iron armor and elite weapons to deal with the invincible Mongols!

This is not difficult. As an emperor and national teacher, I have read various engineering books, including the Yongle Ceremony. It is not a problem to ask him to build a Ming Dynasty version of the pig iron furnace and a Pudlin furnace. Of course, he also needs a hydraulic forging hammer. This is not difficult. With the Han River, all this is not a problem.

As for the firearm...

He really has to come step by step.

After all, there is no qualified craftsman, it is hard to cook without rice!

So soon, he devoted himself to a busy period,

He is really busy.

During the day, he led his subordinates to carry out construction, build small iron-smelting blast furnaces, build iron-crystal furnaces, build hydraulic forging hammers, and even guided his subordinates to beneficiation.

He also directed people to build a dock by the Chu River and to build some small inland river boats so that the iron ore in Ma'anshan could be delivered to his place continuously.

Fortunately, Yang Guo and Yelu Qi were both young talents, and with the help, he also made him much easier.

In order to reward the two, he took them to the sword valley of Dugu Qiubai, allowing them to see the eagle and the majestic past of Dugu Qiubai.

Of course, he also looked for an opportunity to capture the Bodhi-curved snake, using the snake gall to increase the skills of the two, and using the waterfall to increase the martial arts.

The martial arts of these two people are progressing very quickly.

But Ye Chu wouldn't have too much free time because Zhu Ziliu was here.

He is here to be the Moonlighter.
Chapter completed!