Li Yi didn't come back for a long time, so he immediately asked Xiaoyu to book a banquet in a restaurant and invite the old patriarch, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Wan, Mr. Liu, and the various battalion commanders of the Iron Brigade to attend the banquet.

What happened in the morning shocked everyone greatly, and they also had some grudges against Li Yi's unmerciful approach, feeling that it was a bit too harsh.

Now that Li Yi invites them to the banquet, he undoubtedly means that they are still a family. In this way, some of the grudges in everyone's hearts will be eliminated.

The group went to the restaurant, but Li Yi grabbed Zhao Youlin.

Li Yi was very powerful today, and Zhao Youlin was also very frightened, and he was more respectful than usual.

"Why did the brigade commander call his subordinates to stop?" Zhao Youlin said politely.

Li Yi watched Xiaoyu climb the stairs and immediately said with a smile: "The situation in Anxin is good now, but the training of the railway brigade battalions cannot be relaxed. The Han camp is the main force of the Anxin railway brigade. Hongyan has been away for many days. I don't know.

When can I come back?"

When Li Yi asked about Chen Hongyan, Zhao Youlin looked a little unnatural. Everyone in the camp knew that he admired Chen Hongyan, and Chen Hongyan respected Li Yi very much.

"Hongyan left with her master. Before leaving, she asked me to lead the training camp. As for the date of return, she originally said it would be a month at most, but she thinks she will be back next month." Zhao Youlin said reluctantly.

Li Yi nodded after hearing this.

Hongyan’s master is the giant of Momen.

When the Momen giant promised to move part of the Momen's foundation to Anxin, Li Yi asked Chen Hongyan to assist him. However, the party dispute intensified and the Momen went to the capital one after another to observe the situation, and Chen Hongyan followed.

The intensification of party strife is said to be related to the new emperor's tactics. With the death of Wei Zhongxian, Chongzhen began a large-scale liquidation of the eunuch forces. This was done by the Donglin Party. But when the new emperor ascended the throne, the situation in the court changed.

, the Donglin Party once again ascended to the center of power and wanted to completely control the government, so it took the opportunity to launch a new round of party struggle against the remaining opponents.

As a result, the eunuch party's vitality was greatly weakened and it began to go dormant. The war between the Donglin party and the Qi party, Chu party and other forces began. Not only did the entire government fail to stabilize due to the fall of Wei Zhongxian, but it entered a more chaotic battle.

Hearing that it would take a month for Chen Hongyan to come back, Li Yi calculated that it would be almost after the government examination.

At the banquet at noon that day, everyone was a little tired, so they dispersed to rest.

In the afternoon, Li Yi went to inspect the situation of the railway brigade.

Nowadays, the strong camp is stationed in Baiyangdian Wubao, the private camp is stationed in Anxin, and the yong camp is transferred to Taihang Mountain to guard the bandits.

Accompanied by Zhang Mingde and others, Li Yi watched the private camp's drill.

In fact, in the impression of Anxin villagers, the private battalion should be the weakest battalion of the Iron Brigade. Because when the three battalions were established, Li Yi gave all the tall and burly iron soldiers to the other two battalions. After that, the private battalion

The iron soldiers are generally not as tall and majestic as the other two battalions. In the competition, their fighting skills and bravery are not as good as those of the other two battalions.

Although everyone else thinks so, Li Yi does not think that the private camp's combat power will be weaker than that of Yongying and Hanying. You must know that although the private camp's close combat power is weak, its firepower is the strongest among the iron brigade.

His idea at the time was to turn the civilian battalion into a firearms unit, specially used for attacking and supporting. The difference between strength and weakness did not lie in other things, but in different functions. Once the war situation changed, the civilian battalion would probably cause more damage than the other two battalions.

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Today, Li Yi came to inspect. The private iron soldiers had known about it for a long time, so they were all wearing combat uniforms and neatly wearing their equipment.

There are 600 iron soldiers in the private camp, now lined up in order, slowly passing in front of Li Yi.

Marching in the front were three sentries and nearly 400 fire gun soldiers, all of whom carried thunder cannons on their backs, carried sabers on their waists, and wore red cotton armor like blazing fire, with an imposing manner like a rainbow.

Following closely behind were two spearmen with more than 200 men on guard. They were wearing iron armor and holding spears in their hands. Looking up, the spears were the same length, forming a dense and powerful forest of spears.

The last person to appear was the artillery sentry. After the Ordnance Institute successfully manufactured the artillery, Li Yi ordered the private camp to set up a specialized artillery army.

This artillery post has fifty personnel and is equipped with two Folang machines and four Tiger squat guns.

These are all the iron soldiers in the private camp, four hundred gunmen, two hundred pikemen, and fifty artillerymen.

As for the strong camp, it is an infantry close combat unit with an organization of 600 people. There are 300 light infantry, 200 spearmen, and 100 archers.

The Yong camp had more troops. In addition to 200 heavy armored infantry, 200 spearmen, 100 archers, and 300 horse troops.

Moreover, the heavy infantry in Yongying were all mounted infantry.

It means marching on horseback and dismounting to fight in battle, which can improve the mobility of infantry.

This is the combat strength of Anxin, which is about 2,000 people, which is a regular force. As for the militiamen, who train in their spare time and enlist in the army to serve as heavy troops during war, there are 3,000 people.

In fact, Anxin also has an army, but no one can remember it, and that is the slave soldiers. Anxin now has a total of 4,000 slaves, most of them are vicious bandits, and their combat power cannot be underestimated. If there is an emergency, they can

Pulled out to fight. On weekdays, they are the forced labor force of Anxin.

Two thousand regular iron soldiers, three thousand militiamen, and four thousand slave soldiers, this is the entire combat strength of Anxin.

Seeing the well-equipped iron soldiers, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh.

When the Yong camp was first established, the Yong Ding were just a group of farmers fighting with crude weapons. At that time, except for a few company commanders, the others did not even have a piece of armor. But just a few months later, An Xin not only

When a person wears armor, his energy and spirit undergo earth-shaking changes.

Of course, these are all piled up with money.

Because of Li Yi's special supervision, Anxin's industry has made great progress. Not only has it built a variety of workshops, the industrial zone has also developed many commercial weapons.

There is an endless stream of fleets transporting goods from Anxin to various Fucheng terminals every day, and many chambers of commerce come all the way to Anxin to discuss cooperation.

Although the sales of Anxin products were extremely hot, Li Yi still did not forget his original intention and still increased the production of weapons.

Since the last time the second master of the He family ordered a batch of gunpowder guns, many large households have highly praised these sophisticated firearms and have come to buy them one after another.

However, the scale of Anxin's military industry is still very small today. In addition to selling some to build a reputation, most of the weapons it manufactures are used to equip the iron brigades.

After watching the private training subjects, the two-day holiday given by Mr. Wang is almost over. But according to the current situation, Li Yi is afraid that he will not be able to go back in time, because next he has to go to the Taihang Mountains.

After going to Taihang Mountain, Li Yi always felt that there was something abnormal in Changping Village. The feminine eunuchs, the powerful cavalry, and the mysterious people hiding in the room made Li Yi feel that there must be some secrets hidden in Changping Village, the most critical of which

He is the mysterious person who can make Yue Bufan obey orders.

Since he wants to get involved in Changping Village, he cannot ignore these anomalies, so Li Yi wants to take this opportunity to explore the bottom to avoid future troubles.

After going home and saying goodbye to his mother, Li Yi took Zhang Mingde and Li Si and rushed towards Taihang Mountain without stopping.

As for Zhu Qilong, Li Yi asked him to escort Xiaoyu back to Gaoyang, and explained the reason to Mr. Wang on his behalf, asking for an extra day of leave.

The group all rode horses and arrived at the foot of Taihang Mountain at dusk.
Chapter completed!