At the end of December, Li Ze arrived at Shijiawu, Yingzhou. Xue Ping, deputy envoy of Wuweijie Town and governor of Yingzhou, and Bao Hui, chief secretary, accompanied him all the way. Liu Chenglin, the right governor of Qianniu Guard, and Li De, the Ranger General, also rushed back from Mozhou.

A grand memorial ceremony was held outside Shijiawu. Here, two thousand Wuwei Army soldiers were almost wiped out, and there were very few people who could escape their lives. Even Liu Changfeng, the central guard of Liu Chenglin, was seriously injured and has not recovered yet.

This is the first time since Li Ze formed an army, the main soldiers of the enemy were eliminated by the enemy in an organized manner. Before that, Li Ze was able to be prosperous. Even when facing a whole town in Henghai, he killed the other party and fled in a desperate situation.

Li Ze actually knew very well that the longer the time, the closer he was to failure. There would be no real unbeaten general in this world. But what he never expected was that the one who gave him the unforgettable pain for the first time was the lord of a small fort that he had never seen in his eyes, and the rich man in his heart.

This failure also made Li Ze truly alert. It was not those who were in high positions and had heavy troops who were heroes, and there were many heroes among the grassroots.

The lord of Shijiawu did not choose to escape at the last moment, but chose to commit suicide, which also made Li Ze feel a little respect for him. Although he would definitely cut him into pieces by a thousand knives when he fell into his hands, it is worthy of admiration for his choice to end himself in this way.

This also told Li Ze a cruel fact that the other side he wanted to reach would never be so easy and simple, but would have more hardships that he could not imagine waiting for him.

A monument was erected outside Shijiawu. This is the second monument erected by Li Ze. The first one was in Mengjindu. Li Ze hopes that such things will not happen again in the future.

Shijiawu now has almost no one with the surname Shi. After that battle, Liu Chenglin, in anger, launched a retaliatory massacre in Shijiawu. The males in Shijiawu almost survived. Now living in Shijiawu, who are farming surrounding farmland are the soldiers who were disabled and retired after the continuous battles in Yingzhou. More people are working hard to mine the oil produced in the Death Valley not far from Shijiawu.

Now under his own rule, Li Ze only found such a place of crude oil that can be easily mined from the surface. Of course, Li Ze knew that there were many such things under this land, but unfortunately, with his current ability, he should not think of digging them out at all, so it is crucial to use the crude oil that can be easily mined from the surface.

In the battle on the Yishui River, if it weren't for the almost devastating blow of the most elite central cavalry that Zhang Zhongwu charged, Li Ze wouldn't feel that he had much chance of winning in that battle.

When Li Ze thought of that battle, he still shuddered. It was the first time he actually saw the almost suffocating scene when thousands of cavalry launched an attack.

There are tens of thousands of cavalry, boundless.

In that battle, Zhang Zhongwu had 20,000 cavalrymen.

In that battle, Wan Fu, more than half of the infantry under Liang Han's command were injured and killed. Li Ze spent his best efforts to smash the Thousand Modao team with countless money, and the losses exceeded half.

You know, even during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty had an army of millions, but it was only a mere 20,000 Modao teams.

The death of more than 600 Modao team members made Li Ze really hurt. Until now, Modao team has only added more than 100 people. It is really difficult to find Modao team members who truly meet the conditions.

"Brother Xue, I feel very sorry for Cheng Xu's troops." Li Ze looked at Xue Ping and said, "But their performance is worthy of their names. If Cheng Xu had not been involved in Pan Feng's troops' 5,000 cavalry, our losses would have been greater in that battle."

The entire three thousand Shence army fought in Matou Village until the end, only hundreds of people were left, but they finally defended the last little camp, and they restrained the entire five thousand cavalry.

Xue Ping was also sad and sad. The ten thousand Shen Ce Army that followed him came, but the one he carefully selected from the 200,000 Shen Ce Army was a real brave man. It was fake to say that he didn't feel sorry for him.

"It is their glory to be able to fight to the death for His Majesty." Xue Ping said: "If they keep their military flag, then they will exist forever."

"It's true!" Li Ze nodded and said, "After this battle, although there were only hundreds of people left, the new army built with them as the skeleton will inevitably rise to the next level. Brother Xue, I came here this time and I also want to ask for your opinion. If you agree, I will add these three thousand troops to Cheng Xu's troops."

Xue Ping shook his head: "I have submitted a secret report to the emperor. Your Majesty has decided to select three thousand people from the Shence Army to come to Wuwei." Speaking of this, Xue Ping smiled and said, "I have to thank the heavy rewards of Jie Shuai for the death of the battle. When Chang'an selected the Shence Army again, the applicants were enthusiastic. Qin Zhao, the general of the Zuowu Guard who was responsible for selecting the personnel, was jealous and said that the essence of the Shence Army was about to go to Wuwei. But the emperor was quite happy."

Li Ze smiled. Xue Ping's move was naturally afraid that he would mix sand in the Shence Army. In fact, he did have this idea. But it doesn't matter. His reward after the war has caused extremely subtle changes in the Shence Army's heart. Didn't Xue Ping say that the applicants are enthusiastic? Didn't Qin Zhao say that he is jealous?

Because the people who came must be those who are truly capable but have no chance to make a breakthrough in the Shence Army, those who are poor and want to use their lives to fight for wealth and gain some wealth for their families. As for those rich and powerful young men who are living in the Shence Army and having qualifications, they are afraid that they will not have time to hide when they hear such a terrible casualty rate, so how can they come to Wuwei to die?

The rewards Li Ze gave out are rare wealth for some people in their lives, but for some people, they are just some pocket money they usually spend.

OK here!

All the people who came here have the intention of making achievements and have the desire to get promoted and make money. At that time, Xue Ping would not be able to avoid the war even if he wanted to avoid the war.

"That's good!" He nodded lightly and expressed his approval.

"Jie Shuai, I want to transfer the four thousand Shence troops from Nangong County to Zhuozhou." Xue Ping said: "It's time for them to hone their skills."

"Don't touch them for the time being!" Li Ze shook his head and said, "In this season, Jicheng is just a siege. Now when they are transferred up, it will only add to the difficulty of logistics. And the march is difficult now, so let's talk about it after the spring next year!"

“如此也好.”薛平想想也是,遂点头认可了李泽的意见.“节帅,关于猛火油这一种东西,我也上奏了陛下,请陛下下令各地寻找这种东西,节帅能否将提练猛火油的秘方亦呈给陛下一份?”

李泽不置可否:“薛兄,河洛,关中之地,是没有这种东西的,而且我担心,就这样将秘方送到长安,只怕用不了多久,这玩意儿便会出现在很多人的案头.这可不是一件什么好事.”

When Xue Ping heard Li Ze's attitude, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Thinking of the current predicament in Chang'an and Luoyang, he could only sigh. Li Ze said, what's the use of the emperor even if he got this thing? The Tang Dynasty was indeed vast, but when the battle on the Yishui River, the power of fierce tinder oil was already famous all over the world. No matter which town discovered this thing under its own rule, would it still pay tribute to Chang'an? I'm afraid that I would hid myself and secretly refine this weapon. Thinking about it, Li Ze's secret and unrecognized is a good thing.

"But Lu Long also has such things. Wherever they do, they may not leak it out." Xue Ping reminded.

“薛兄放心.”李泽道:“我们提练的猛火油,与卢龙的相比,还是有了许多变化的,简单地点,就是我们的威力,比起卢龙的要强悍许多,而随着时间的推移,我们的威力会越来越大,你以后会看到的.卢龙,只不过初窥门径而已,现在的我们,已经登堂入室,正在精易求精了.”

"That's great." Xue Ping exclaimed: "I was worried before that when we attack the other party in the future, the opponent's large-scale use of this weapon will cause us a lot of damage!"

“猛火油最基本的功能,原本只有燃烧,想要扑灭他,也不是没有办法.想要他爆炸,需要很多的限制条件,以后我们的这种武器嘛,将爆炸的限制条件大大减少了,基本上可以做到想让他炸,他就能炸!”李泽笑道.

"I also heard that Jie Shuai used another explosive weapon in Yishui River, which is also quite powerful!" Xue Ping asked.

Li Ze laughed: "It's just a thing to spread rumors. It's just a thing to bully those animals who don't understand human affairs. The biggest function is to cause some chaos."

想起那些名字倒很威风的火药武器,什么震天雷,一窝蜂,李泽便苦笑不已.想要这些东西真正能投入实战,不知自己这辈子还能不能看到?潘多拉的盒子是打开了,可里头的那头魔鬼,却死活不肯出来,自己也没有办法.因为他也不懂这玩意儿到底要怎么才能增强威力.

"So that's it!" Xue Ping couldn't help but feel disappointed.
Chapter completed!