The war in the northwest was finally slowed down after the grassland coalition forces captured Zezhou City at a heavy price. Whether it was Qingzhou, which had been previously captured or Zezhou, they were all stockpiled with heavy troops.

The city of Zezhou was so sudden that they had not had time to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and transferred a large number of granary arsenals in the city to the rear city for subsequent wars in the Tang Dynasty.

When the grassland cavalry rushed into the city, two of the four large granaries in the city were almost intact, and the harvest of the arsenal was slightly worse. Finally, the soldiers stationed in the crossbow arsenal died in ashes with the entire Zezhou arsenal. Although the grassland barbarians still rescued some equipment to siege and defend the city from the fire, most of them were burned down.

Compared with the granary, these arsenals are more attractive to the grassland people. So far, they only have rough stone carts, and they do not have the skills to imitate the crossbows with slightly tough crossbows. This is why most of the grassland army are still equipped with iron-tied hard bows, rather than lighter, and are also crossbows that aim at shooting targets.

In any case, if you have food and supplies, the army will at least not have to go hungry.

What is more surprising is that after the grassland army entered Zezhou City, it did not massacre the city, or even did not have too many to disturb the people. This is really incredible.

When the grassland tigers and wolves entered the city, the people in the city were already ready to die, but they had not waited for their butcher knife to fall.

The military alert of Tianwei Fort was still not lifted. They were on the border between Qingyou and the two states, and were not far from Zezhou. If the grassland coalition forces wanted to point their finger at them, they could come over at any time. It would be difficult to hide. If they were rooted here, they would have to fight to the death.

A few days ago, Han Yingying, the second lady of the Han family, returned to Tianwei Fort. This martial arts illegitimate girl who even had to be filled with weapons in her boudoir had just traveled to Dongyue. When she learned that the northwest army was approaching, she had captured Qingzhou in one fell swoop. She rushed back to Tianwei Fort without stopping.

Fortunately, Tianwei Fort has not suffered any war so far. After seeing his father, uncle and brother, this carefree girl breathed a sigh of relief without any concealment.

During these days, Tang Xiyue, who had always lived in Han Yingying's house, thought that she would vacate the house and return it to its original owner after seeing Han Yingying come back. However, Han Yingying insisted on living with Tang Xiyue, but she was unwilling to let her move away.

I don’t know why, but these two girls seem to have a tacit understanding at first sight, especially Han Yingying. Her favor for Tang Xiyue is almost incomprehensible, and she will keep picking food into Xiyue’s bowl even when she eats.

Han Fei once said to Tang Xiyue with a resentful look on his face that he had grown up with Han Yingying and had never been treated so close. I am afraid that this girl would probably be happy with you.

Tang Xiyue could only smile embarrassedly at this. Why was she so happy about a girl? This really made her feel goosebumps all over her body.

But soon, this girl revealed her real purpose.

At noon that day, Tang Xiyue had just returned to the fifth gate after practicing boxing from the martial arts hall in Tianwei Castle. Han Yingying rushed over: "Xiyue, you are going to practice martial arts again."

Tang Xiyue nodded, took the towel handed over by Han Yingying and thanked him, wiped his sweat all over his head: "What, are you waiting for me?"

Han Yingying smiled and said, "Xiyue, you see, we are about the same age. These peers should communicate more about what they should discuss between peers, right?"

Tang Xiyue felt nervous. What does this mean that peers should discuss? What should peers discuss? Could it be that it is a marriage debate?

Thinking of this, Tang Xiyue couldn't help but bit her lips gently. She was really taken away by Han Fei. When would such strange thoughts appear in her head?

Han Yingying suddenly took out a handful of Tianwei Army from behind, and handed it to Tang Xiyue, a standard hard crossbow that was equipped with the Blood Killing Camp.

Tang Xiyue looked at Han Yingying in confusion. What does this mean?

Han Yingying lowered her voice and said, "You are not a second-generation disciple of the Tang Sect. I heard that you helped the soldiers there issue a rotary crossbow in the northwest border military town. See if you can help the Feiyan Camp under my command to change a more powerful set. I mean, it is a crossbow machine with a longer range and greater damage than the rotary crossbow."

Uh... Looking at Han Yingying with a look of hope in front of her, Tang Xiyue couldn't help but feel ashamed. This girl really deserves the reputation of being a soldier and martial arts maniac. It turns out that she has always been by her side, just to find her to have a small treat.

Seeing Tang Xiyue being stunned here, Han Yingying couldn't help but show a little aggrievance in her eyes. She thought Tang Xiyue was unwilling to show: "If you are embarrassed, then..."

Before she could finish her words, Tang Xiyue waved her hand and explained: "This is nothing. If Yingying is interested in crossbows or other crossbow machines, I can help you design it, but this Feiyan Camp is?"

When Han Yingying heard that Tang Xiyue agreed to design a crossbow for her, she suddenly became excited: "You said Feiyan Camp, it was a private army built by my father and my uncle. It was previously trained with the Blood Killing Camp. Now that I am back, I will be reorganized into an army soon, led by me. There are a total of 800 Feiyan Essential Cavalry, and the lineup is not inferior to my elder brother's Blood Killing Camp." Speaking of Feiyan Camp, Han Yingying's face was filled with the unconcealed pride and joy.

"Eight hundred! I can't do that much!" Tang Xiyue was so angry that she made eight hundred pairs of crossbows. Even if she threw such a list to the Tang Sect, she would have to do it for several months. She would not have the ability to complete it alone.

Han Yingying approached and patted Tang Xiyue on the shoulder: "Don't worry, since yesterday, some disciples of the Mo family have already started to return to Tianwei Castle little by little. Before the city of Zezhou was broken, they fled out of Zezhou. Now they circled around and returned to Tianwei Castle. Those craftsmen can help you."

The Mohist family returned to Tianwei Fort, which is good news. With the Mohist family here, it is very important to build city defenses and supplement and improvement of military equipment.

Tang Xiyue weighed the standard light crossbow in her hand: "In terms of workmanship, this crossbow machine can be said to have done the best. If possible, I will take it back first and make a sample for you. If you are satisfied, I will draw the drawings and hand it over to the Mo family disciples for batch transformation."

Han Yingying naturally agreed happily: "Hehe, Xiyue, the crossbow I gave me is better than my brother's."

Tang Xiyue nodded with a smile.
Chapter completed!