Chapter 907 Everyone has their own agenda

Malingzhou, Fengyan Army Camp, volunteers are training in stabbing, slashing, and archery.

A middle-aged man with an armband, a weird military uniform and leather boots used a steel nail to drive out the eye of the sugar cane knife, then took out a round copper piece with a slit in the middle, and knocked it in from the end of the knife blade.

He nailed the handle of the knife with bamboo nails again and said with a smile: "Okay, now our knife has a guard and can steal the enemy's hand."

Zhang Lingcong pulled out his sugar cane knife and slashed at the man. The man raised his knife to block it, put Zhang Lingcong's knife on his gauntlet, then wiped it down along Zhang Lingcong's blade and shouted: "

Cover your fingers!"

Zhang Lingcong threw away the knife and laughed loudly: "Brother Muyi, I have it for you!"

That man was none other than Muyi, a volunteer from Kuizhou. During this time of seizing the city, Su You hired Erlin, a recovered soldier from Kuizhou, with a high salary to provide tactical guidance to Fengyan's army.

These people were all tough soldiers. They joined the rebel army to fight together, and their tactical skills quickly gained the respect of the rebel army.

Muyi said: "In the jungle, you need to use a two-and-a-half-foot knife like this. Our long knife was used in the Northwest War in Xia Goubuzi. When used in the forest, sometimes it can't be pulled out.

come out."

"Besides, this is the weapon you are used to, so there is no need to change it."

After speaking, he looked at the group of people practicing bows and arrows on the field, and the guy holding a super gorgeous spear with a bright copper coin hanging on the bottom of the thin blade: "That is a good thing, but you need to practice more.

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The bows used by the rebels were very long, up to two meters long, but they were not as bulky as the English longbows, and seemed a bit weak.

Moreover, the bow arms are long at the top and short at the bottom, which looks very strange.

That was Taira Masamori's suggestion to the Cochin County Transportation Department. Bamboo and wood cores were temporarily bonded and baked, and some parts were reinforced with rattan. A large number of Japanese bows were made and put on the battlefield as long-range attack weapons for the rebels.

It is still a mass-processed product, a little rough, but it is powerful enough to penetrate one centimeter of wood. It can easily deal with Champa people, as long as they are not high-ranking officials wearing rhinoceros armor.

Moreover, the operation and strength requirements are much easier than that of Song Bow, and the corresponding training time can be greatly shortened.

Things like crossbows are too complicated, and the Song crossbows have many metal parts, which is not conducive to the maintenance of the rainforest. Let alone firearms. When supplies are not smooth, giving them to the rebels is a waste.

So Su You instructed Yezhou to make bamboo strips and wooden cores according to standard drawings, and the Jiaozhou workshop bonded, baked and painted them. Using the production line method, tens of thousands of powerful bamboo bows were produced within a month.

Arrows are even simpler. This thing is troublesome in the northwest, but not a problem in Jiaozhou.

Countless bamboos have been stocked here for a long time. The flesh of big bamboo is so thick that you can pull out a standard arrow shaft just like pulling chopsticks.

The tail feathers are definitely not enough, and using Seruluo will cut your hands. Jiaozhou arrow feathers are made from abaca paper coated with konjac glue film.

It's not comparable to feathers, but it's more advanced than the Ming Dynasty when palm leaves were used as crossbow nocks.

Arrowheads are the simplest. Yezhou's stamping machine can produce tens of thousands of arrowheads in a day.

Therefore, within a month, the Red Army had 10,000 more archers in the explosion mode. Xiao Su Shaobao secretly asked Mu Yi to give Zhang Lingcong and others a message, don't cherish the bows and arrows, give me brutal training,

Jiaozhou has enough control for you!

This has resulted in a pile of discarded bows and arrows on the sidelines of the training ground. After removing the arrows, they have become a favorite fire starter for the cooking soldiers.

There is a paint film on it, which is particularly easy to burn!

Zhang Lingcong looked there carrying Qie Yuxi, wearing gorgeous bamboo armor, a gold helmet, and a brocade robe on a hot day. There were two long-handled lacquer sheathed knives in his waist, and even

Ping Zhengsheng, who had a small folding fan sprinkled with gold, shook his head and said: "I'm a good boy. I'm good at bow and horse, and I'm proficient in generals. But I'm too ostentatious, and I've been ruined by this..."

Muyi smiled and said: "Don't worry about him. I heard that they like this. This is not a complete set. I haven't gone into battle, and there is still a mask that I haven't worn..."

He saw Ping Zhengsheng stop next to an archer, seeming to point out that there was something wrong with his posture. Then he took the bamboo bow, pulled out three arrows and fired three times in a row. The arrows hit the bullseye at forty paces, and then

He handed the bow to the dumbstruck shooter, and with adoring eyes, he picked up the gun again and walked toward the next shooter.

Zhang Lingcong shook his head, feeling dizzy because of the golden decoration on the helmet that looked like a lyrebird's tail feathers.

The war in the three states has now entered a stalemate stage. The Champa king's army is still in control of the state city, but the rebels in the surrounding counties, villages and towns have frequent activities and become more powerful. Now even the movement of grain and grass between the three states must be escorted by large armies.

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Three urgent documents from the generals of the three prefectures flew to Hengshan Pass a day, making Liangbao, the garrison guard at Hengshang Pass, extremely anxious.

In fact, the King of Champa has been testing the Song Dynasty's reaction. Judging from the current situation, it is quite satisfactory.

The Champa navy is in the hands of Wang Zhen. Champa did not participate in the battle at the Maluka Strait, so we don't know how powerful it is.

After testing, the Song Dynasty only published a newspaper with empty words, and did not even dare to send troops to intervene in the three states.

After all, no matter how powerful the Song Dynasty was, what would happen to the millions of troops in the country? That would be beyond the reach of the whip.

There are only 40,000 natives in the county of Jiaozhi.

I heard that the native troops from the Song Dynasty were less than three thousand.

Therefore, He Li believed that Da Song's reaction was normal, and it would have been the same if it had been him.

The next step will be easy. He didn't originally want to focus on solving the Three Prefectures area. He wanted to eliminate Wang Zhen and ensure his absolute control over the area south of Hengshanguan before moving into the Three Prefectures.

Although he was satisfied with the results of the test, he still had to maintain pressure on the frontline generals, so the letter Liangbao received mainly reprimanded him for his incompetence in combat.

After reading the king's letter, Liangbao sighed to the deputy commander Gu Lun and the consul Zou Shilan who sent the king's letter: "I don't want to fight, it's really... From here to send food to the three states, the land route is too dangerous, let Wang Zhen transport the food

, and kept making excuses to shirk it, not to mention the three states now, Hengshan Pass is running out of military supplies."

"It's not that the general is incompetent, this... I also ask the king to deal with Wang Zhen as soon as possible, and advance by land and water at the same time. This is the best way to take advantage of the three states."

"If Bintonglong does not fall, the chaos in the three states will not be ended in one day."

Zou Shilan chuckled: "How do you say this? Are you trying to shift the blame to the king?"

Deputy Commander Gu Lun quickly smoothed things over: "Commander, that's not what you meant. Now the people of the three states are thinking about Song Dynasty..."

"Shut up!" Zou Shilan immediately stopped him: "Okay! How dare you argue at both ends and make various arguments, are you going to rebel or surrender to the Song Dynasty?!"

Liangbao was furious: "The three states are still in my hands, and the Song people are hundreds of miles away. How did the consul say this?"

Zou Shilan sneered and said: "Isn't it true that the commander is guarding only three isolated cities? As far as I know, the defenders dare not go out of the city for fifty miles."

"We are still dealing with those bandits. If the Song army comes, won't they be invincible?! Surrender without a fight?!"

"I should note that you, both good and bad, are all in the royal capital. If you really want to rebel, think carefully!"

Liangbao drew his knife in anger: "Even the late king dared not speak to me like this. I'll kill you first, you sycophant!"

Gu Lun quickly hugged Liangbao and said, "Commander, calm down! You can't do it!"

After that, he said to Zou Shilan: "What the commander-in-chief means is that our army is already running out of food. Logically speaking, when the second crop of rice arrives, the country should ship 100,000 dan to Hengshan Pass, but so far not a single load of food has arrived.

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"Nowadays, in the three states, we can only rely on the soldiers to collect food on the spot. This has caused widespread complaints and the people of the three states have turned more towards the Song Dynasty."

"Consul, when will our army's food and grass arrive? As soon as the food and grass arrives, we will organize an offensive immediately."

Zou Shilan sneered and said: "The food and grass are not available for a while. Is this your excuse? In previous years, the royal city issued a letter that Hengshan Pass must have three years of savings. Let me ask you, where did the food go?"

Liangbao and Gulun were immediately speechless.

"Can't you tell me?" Zou Shilan sneered: "Did you exchange it for gold and silver and make a deal with Wang Zhen, a rebellious minister, to make a fortune and earn interest?"

"Hehehe, congratulations to both of you for making a fortune. I will report back to the king right now and tell him the truth about the lack of food at Hengshan Pass!"

Gu Lun quickly grabbed Zou Shilan and said, "You can't do it!"

After pushing Zou Shilan onto the chair, Gu Lun smiled and said, "The consul's words are serious. We are forced to find some food and clothing for the soldiers."
Chapter completed!