With the addition of these old men who were familiar with him, Dingyang City's enemy defense arrangements became more efficient, and the entire position was in full swing.
Within two days, supplies from the Beijing Scientific Research Institute were also delivered.
Li Changfeng was completely relieved.
Now we have ammunition reserves, enough to fight battles like Zhennanguan five or six times.
He is not afraid of any powerful enemy.
At the same time, he released a large number of scouts, keeping an eye on the Southern Barbarians' movements.
Then, even after all the fortifications were completed, there was no sign of the Nanman army coming, which surprised Li Changfeng.
Military meeting hall.
Li Changfeng summoned all the generals to gather together.
Except for Chen Jiande who came from Huangfu, most of them were from Nangong Changming's old department. The only participants under his command were Li Jianye, Zhang Haihui and Zhao Yong.
Everyone was respectful to Li Changfeng.
"Today, I have summoned all the generals to hear your opinions on why the barbarian army has not made any movement."
Li Changfeng asked a question.
Li Jianye was the first to answer: "What's the point? He must have been frightened by our artillery and didn't dare to come again!"
Li Jianye's words were recognized by many generals.
"His Royal Highness the Eleventh Prince is right. He must be afraid of being beaten. Nanman is not stupid, so why would he come here to die?"
"Southern barbarians bully the weak and fear the strong. If we use our fists hard, they will be intimidated."
Li Changfeng glanced at Li Jianye and looked at Nangong Changming, whose brows were slightly furrowed in thought.
"What do you think, General Nangong?"
"Commander!"
Nangong Changming bowed his hands respectfully and said seriously: "Although I don't know why Nanmanzi has not seen any movement for so long, I believe that they will definitely not give up!"
Having said this, Nangong Changming looked around at everyone and then said: "The power of the artillery brought by the commander is indeed shocking, but everyone should not forget that we only killed 10,000 Nanman soldiers!"
Having said this, Li Jianye and many generals also calmed down and fell into deep thought.
Nangong Changming is still going on.
"The entire Southern Barbarians, not to mention ordinary soldiers, just the elites of the Royal Court, number one hundred thousand in number. A mere loss of ten thousand will not be able to damage their vitality at all!"
"Since they dare to invade me once, they dare to invade me twice! If they can drive the evil beast once, they can drive it twice!"
"So, at this time, we cannot take it lightly!"
Nangong Changming's analysis was well-founded and his tone of voice was sonorous and powerful. Li Changfeng couldn't help but nod secretly.
He is worthy of being a great general in the army. He sees the problem thoroughly and is not shocked by the momentary victory or the power of artillery. He loses his mind.
First of all, barbarians have methods to drive away evil beasts.
Secondly, the elite barbarians were not injured.
Finally, although artillery is powerful, it is not invulnerable.
As long as the barbarians use their brains to analyze carefully, they can discover the shortcomings of the artillery and come up with countermeasures to greatly reduce the killing effect of the artillery.
This is why he built a large number of traps on the battlefield while repairing Dingyang City.
"General Nangong is right."
Li Changfeng nodded in affirmation, then looked at Li Jianye and said solemnly: "It's a good thing that a big battle has built up your confidence, but I hope you won't be arrogant and underestimate the enemy. Any situation can happen on the battlefield."
Li Jianye had calmed down over this matter and said seriously: "I understand, Commander!"
Li Jianye looked at the other generals again.
"What I said to Li Jianye is also what I said to you. You must always be vigilant. If anyone causes problems due to negligence, military law will be dealt with!"
"Yes, handsome!"
Everyone's expressions were solemn.
"Okay, let's all get down, stick to your posts and stay alert at all times."
Everyone retreated, and Li Changfeng looked at Zhao Yong.
"Is the kerosene ready?"
Without waiting for Zhang Haihui to speak, Zhao Yong slapped his chest and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness has already prepared it. He has rehearsed it several times according to your plan!"
Li Changfeng nodded and looked at Zhang Haihui again: "You have already had a battle experience, so I won't give you any more instructions. I will leave the Musket Battalion to you to command this time."
Zhang Haihui's face was full of excitement: "Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me this opportunity!"
"Okay, you all go down."
After the two left, Li Changfeng looked at Li Jianye with a smile.
"Jianye, how do you feel about following your brother out this time?"
"It's so fun! It's so fun to fight like this!" Li Jianye laughed loudly, "So what if the barbarians won't give up? With these country-killing weapons you invented, I'm not afraid of anything!"
Li Changfeng sighed: "Jianye, why don't you make a career? Did I bring you here just to let you do the artillery? Do you think the captain under your command can't command the artillery, or Zhang Haihui can't command it?"
"Uh... Brother Ninth, what do you mean?"
"observe!"
Li Changfeng stared at Li Jianye seriously and said solemnly: "I brought you here to let you observe and learn! Let you understand the unique combat methods of these hot weapons and how they are different from the traditional cold weapons combat methods, and let you think
How to command combat!"
Li Jianye laughed dryly: "Aren't you here, Ninth Brother? Why should I use my brain?"
"If you are like this, then I will have no choice but to remove you from your military position and let you go back to Beijing to live a leisurely life."
Li Changfeng said coldly.
When the artillery battalion was established, Li Changfeng pulled Li Jianye into it because he had already considered today's situation.
As the inventor of artillery guns and grenades, and with actual combat experience, he will definitely lead the army in combat in the future.
But Li Changfeng actually doesn't like this kind of life.
Therefore, Li Jianye, who liked to dance with guns and sticks and engage in military affairs, was his replacement in his plan, which could reassure both Emperor Qianwu and him.
His plan was to train Li Jianye into a qualified new general who could skillfully and correctly command the thermal weapon army through this war with the Nanmanzi.
In this way, if there is another war in the future, Li Jianye can go out in his place.
Li Jianye became anxious when he heard that Li Changfeng was going to remove him from his military post.
"Brother Ninth! Is it okay that I was wrong?"
"You must not remove me from the military. I would rather die if I do so. I will listen to whatever you say in the future."
Li Jianye held Li Changfeng's arm with a worried look on his face.
The Artillery Battalion was so enjoyable that he couldn't bear to go back to Beijing and be an idler doing nothing, drinking and walking around.
Li Changfeng pulled Li Jianye's arm away in disgust, and said seriously: "Can't you see my intentions? Are you always willing to be an artillery battalion commander? You have to understand that there will be more artillery battalions to be established in the future. Get up."
Li Jianye was not a fool. He immediately understood what Li Changfeng meant and nodded heavily: "I understand. Thank you Brother Ninth for your good intentions. I will definitely follow you and learn how to command thousands of troops!"