Six large ships came by the wind and waves. When they approached the berth, the ship speed slowed down. Several sampans came to guide the port, and six large ships were introduced into the berth in turn.

When Zhao Lie appeared at the bow of the ship, Su Jingzhan, the commander of the navy who had been waiting for a long time in front of the port, smiled and bowed to his courtesy: "Marquis Xin'an is worthy of being the descendant of King Xiu, and is extremely brave and resolute. When he met the Yuan bandits, he was defeated in one battle, captured thousands of households and hundreds of soldiers, and captured warships. His bravery made it difficult for us to stand against each other. Jingzhan was ashamed of his evil spirit."

Zhao Lie bowed and returned the gift: "Zhao is just luck, General Su doesn't have to be too humble. If the general had not planned the capital account, purged the navy, patrolled day and night, the enemy would not dare to infringe lightly, but I was afraid that the Yuan army in Qiongzhou would have come here long ago."

Su Jingzhan smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Marquis Xin'an does not need to comfort Su. The Yuan army has actually come here long ago. It is not Su and these few hundred navy troops and ships that have made the enemy retreat. It is the hurricane that has made the enemy retreat. "

Zhao Lie had already learned from Hong Siniang that the Yuan army warships in Qiongzhou had set sail ten days ago, led by the new affiliated army, Ma Fuji, and prepared to rush around the south bank of Qiongzhou to attack the Song army with his back. Unexpectedly, the man's calculations were not as good as the heaven's calculations. After two days of going out to sea, before he arrived at the Wan'an army, he caught a hurricane. As a result, the fleet was blown away, several ships were sunk, and the military funds and troops were severely damaged. The entire army was defeated and the army died before they could succeed.

This hurricane came from south of the South China Sea, and the first thing that was hit was the Song army ships attacking Jiyang. When Zhao Lie entered the port, he saw many Song ships seriously damaged, with a large number of broken ship boards, keels, canvas, bows, arrows, weapons and even sprouting grains floating on the sea. However, the Song army's losses were much smaller than that of the Yuan army, not because of good luck, but because the Song ships mostly stopped in safe havens and did not go out to sea.

Both the Song and Yuan armies were ravaged by hurricanes without distinction, but it was precisely because of this hurricane that the Song army escaped and avoided the enemy's disaster. Compared with the two, the losses caused by hurricanes to the Song army are nothing.

Zhao Lie was about to comfort him, but then Ma Nanbao laughed loudly: "Doesn't this mean that God bless General Su, and even more bless me in the Song Dynasty?"

Jiang Fenglie, Ouyang Guanhou, Ma Nanchun and Su Jingzhan appeared later, both laughed: "Mr. Ma said it is reasonable, God bless me in the Song Dynasty!"

Everyone was familiar with each other, so naturally they didn't have much politeness.

Su Jingzhan repeatedly apologized to everyone, saying that his father wanted to greet him in person, but the war broke out suddenly. The prime ministers, Zhang Eng-Governor and his father were gathered in the festival hall for emergency consultation, but they were unable to meet him in person.

"The war broke out? But is there something unusual about Jiyang Military City?" Ma Nanbao is a literati and a scholar, but he is even more warlike than a warrior.

"You will know this when you come to the festival hall to listen." Su Jingzhan pointed to a halfway up the mountain protruding from the coast, "That's where, please follow me."

The hall of the ritual refers specifically to the discussion of important affairs of the military and national affairs. Although the ritual has fallen to the same level as the King of the Mountain, all the rituals of the court are not reduced at all. A small stone house also requires craftsmen to carve out the word "the hall" and paint it with red paint. The momentum of "we stay in our place, the squatter is the temple" is about to emerge.

When Zhao Lie and his party entered the hall, the four pillars of the hall were held: the right prime minister Wen Tianxiang, the left prime minister Chen Yizhong, the envoy Zhang Shijie, the hall commander Su Liu Yi, and the court officials under the hall did not argue endlessly as before, but instead frowned and said nothing.

Seeing Zhao Lie come in, Wen Tianxiang smiled He Xi on his face: "Li Yi is back, very good, you are very good."

Rescue Ma Nanbao, kill thousands of enemies, and capture a warship, which can be said to have exceeded the task. Such an outstanding record is even more difficult for the generals in the army. Wen Tianxiang is increasingly appreciating this young royal family.

Chen Yizhong is also similar to Wen Tianxiang. He is very optimistic about the newly rising royal family. He walked down the hall, laughing and laughing, and took Zhao Lie and Ma Nanbao to his seat respectively.

Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, Zeng Yuanzi and others also nodded to Zhao, Ma and others.

As soon as Zhao Lie was settled, Zhang Shijie praised him for his outstanding completion of the task. After a change of tone, he asked, "How many military weapons and armor have you brought here?"

Zhao Lie knew the military preparations of his Dragon Que Army and said without thinking: "The Long Que Army currently has 419 soldiers, including 326 soldiers, 54 people who did not join the team (non-combatants), and the rest are ship workers. There are 39 lieutenants, 24 side signs, 17 bows, 18 crossbows, one sword, spear, axe, and a hand, and four warships..."

Zhao Lie poured out almost all his assets, but he did not mention the number of guns and ammunition. It was not that he deliberately concealed it, but that few people here understood it, which was wasting their words. It was better to fight a real battle than a thousand words, and then he naturally realized the power of the firearm.

The ministers heard it mixed joys and sorrows. They were happy that Zhao Lie, the new army of Ma Nanbao had a lot of troops, and they were worried that although there were many soldiers, there were few military equipment. According to the regular ratio of the Song army, more than 400 soldiers occupied more than 300 soldiers, which was quite amazing. However, Zhang Shijie was obviously not satisfied: "There are too few bows and crossbows, and only account for 10% of the total number of soldiers. This is not possible."

The Song army was extremely short of cavalry. When facing powerful cavalry from northern alien races such as Liao, Jin, and Yuan, they could only use medium and long-range weapons to fight against cavalry. Therefore, they were particularly focused on arches and crossbows. Usually, crossbows accounted for one-third or even half of the army's strength. Over the past few hundred years, this tactic has formed a fixed mindset, and it is the same as fighting against the strong cavalry in the north, and the same is true for the new affiliated army, which is the same as fighting in the same infantry battle. The crossbows like Zhao Lie accounted for only one-tenth, which is no different from the death of Zhang Shijie.

Wen Tianxiang was also a commander of the army, so he was naturally well aware of this, and opposed a general behind Zhang Shijie and said: "Zhang Tongzheng, can you even the bows and crossbows for the Dragon Crow Army?"

The general had a leopard's forehead and eyes, a curly face, tall and strong. At a glance, he knew that he was a powerful general. But at this moment, when the general heard Wen Tianxiang's words, his face suddenly wrinkled and complained: "Mr. Wen doesn't know that from April to May, this Qiongzhou will be wet and stuffy, and the living room will seep water, and the clothes will not be dry. The crossbow used in the army has opened rubber and broken strings, and the bow arms are moldy and rigid. In addition, the hurricane has hit a few days ago, destroying many of my ships. Many of the arms are lost to the sea. It is difficult to replenish and cannot be repaired. Many soldiers in the army have complained..."

Zhang Shijie looked calm and said nothing. If Wen Tianxiang asked him, it would be difficult to push him down with his identity, and he would give him even if he had to bite the bullet. Fortunately, Wen Tianxiang was not a person who had no eyesight, so he only asked about his subjects, so that it would be easier to talk about at least.

Wen Tianxiang also knew that what Zhang Tongzhi said was the truth, but no matter how he did not let the newly formed Dragon Que Army suffer too much, so he turned his eyes to Su Liuyi.

Su Liuyi's situation is not much better than Zhang Shijie, but it is not easy to make the Prime Minister. Xin An Hou was too ugly and cleared his throat and said, "Liu Yi can work hard to get a crossbow..."

Ma Nanbao kept trying to say something, but Zhao Lie stopped him with a wink. It was not until Su Liuyi spoke that Zhao Lie smiled and said, "Since the crossbows in the army are so difficult, Zhao Lie is willing to donate all the crossbows and arrows of the Dragon Que Army to Su Dianshuai Su, as well as the commander-in-chief."

Ah! There is still such an operation? The ministers were speechless for a moment and looked at each other.

Wen Tianxiang was angry when Zhao Lie was angry and frowned and said, "List on the cliff..."

Zhao Lie bowed and said seriously: "Your Majesty doesn't know that the Dragon Crow Army does not need a crossbow."

Ma Nanbao also bowed and said, "The Dragon Crow Army does not need a bow and crossbow."

Ma Nanchun, Jiang Fenglie, and Ouyang Guanhou also left his seat to salute, and said in unison: "The Dragon Crow Army does not need a crossbow."
Chapter completed!