When Gao Jianchang entered the camp tent, there was already a Youzhou soldier in armor standing there honestly, and two personal soldiers next to him were guarding him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Seeing the armor of this Youzhou soldier, Gao Jianchang felt a burst of jealousy in his heart for no reason.

The Central Plains is worthy of being the richest and most powerful country, and any small soldier can be equipped with such excellent armor. You must know that salt, iron and other things are forbidden items controlled by the imperial court for the Central Plains, and they are not allowed to be sold to surrounding foreign countries. Therefore, the surrounding alien countries of the Central Plains lacked salt, iron, and other materials, so it was very difficult for them to build weapons and armor and other equipment. Often, the generals of a foreign country, in addition to their extremely high positions, cannot wear a complete set of equipment at all. Foreign countries have no iron and no technology, and it is extremely difficult to create armor, so their armor is usually taken from the soldiers of the Central Plains, and it is only by piecing together a complete set. And the armor on Gao Jianchang's body was obtained in this way. Now, when he saw that an ordinary soldier in Youzhou could wear a complete set of armor, how could he not be jealous in his heart.

Of course, Gao Jianchang naturally didn't know that among the various forces in the Central Plains, only the soldiers of Youzhou had this treatment, and in addition, the soldiers of other forces did not have such treatment at all.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the iron-smelting technology of the Central Plains was still quite backward, so most of the leather armor was used, except for a few generals who could use bronze armor. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because of the contention of a hundred schools, various technologies sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the iron-smelting technology developed rapidly, the production was liberated, and it entered the feudal society, therefore, the manufacturing technology of armor also came up, and iron armor could also be produced in large quantities. Of course, although the technology of iron smelting has improved, it does not mean that iron armor can be popularized and can be used by every soldier. At that time, the Qin State was the strongest after the Shang Dynasty reform and reform, however, the armor rate was only 20%, that is, only 20 soldiers out of a hundred people could wear iron armor, and the rest were either leather armor or bronze armor. After all, the Tang Dynasty had the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, while the Qing Dynasty had the prosperous era of Kangqian, however, in fact, few people know that the highest armor rate in all dynasties is actually the Song Dynasty.

The armor rate of soldiers in the Tang and Qing dynasties reached 50 percent, or 60 percent, which was already the sky, but in the Song Dynasty, the armor rate of soldiers reached an astonishing 70 percent, and even reached more than 80 percent in some periods. From here, it can be seen that the armor rate of soldiers is actually related to the economy, and the Song Dynasty, as the most economically developed country at that time, can have such a high armor rate, which is obviously a very normal thing.

And now, although the armor rate of the soldiers in Youzhou is not said to be 100%, it is also more than 70%.

Although, there is no doubt that Youzhou has money. Yuan Chang's refined salt, cement, and steel-making technology can bring huge profits to Yuan Chang, although Yuan Chang did not pay too much attention to this aspect, but it is inevitable that Youzhou is not short of money; secondly, Yuan Chang's military reform does not want other forces to be like this, the more soldiers, the better, Yuan Chang wants all the elite, and those who do not meet the elite standards can only be used as reserve troops. The people under the rule of other forces were afraid of war, because war represented death, but the people under Yuan Chang did not worry about this, because Youzhou was rich, and the people's lives were rich, and they were used to good times, and they were afraid that it would become the same life as before. Therefore, the people all supported Yuan Chang and encouraged their children to join the army, unless it was an only son, if there were several children in the family, except for a son who passed on the incense to the family, the other children let them join the army to serve Yuan Chang. The people are so active, and it is not difficult for Yuan Chang to pick out the elite. And the reason why Yuan Chang was able to do this step was because of economic reasons. Therefore, the wars of all dynasties are actually fought on the economy.

If the people of the Central Plains are suffering from famine every year and eat grass roots and tree bark, where will the alien race come to invade the Central Plains if they are fed up, it will be a waste of food and troops; and every time there is an uprising in the Central Plains, it will only appear because they are not full of food and cannot get by. If only they could eat enough, who would put their heads on the waistband of their trousers and rebel!

Because of jealousy, coupled with the fact that the third brother died at the hands of Tai Shici, Gao Jianchang didn't have a good temper, glanced at the Youzhou soldiers, and said in a flat tone: "Who are you, and what military situation do you tell General Ben?"

Originally, someone from the enemy army came to Gaomi, and Gao Jianchang should be treated with good words, and he couldn't show impatience like him. It's just that Gao Jianchang's heart is unbalanced at the moment, and his brother is dead, and his mood will inevitably be bad, so this is the case.

"Humph!"

However, the Youzhou soldier didn't seem to be a good person, seeing Gao Jianchang's expression, he immediately snorted dissatisfiedly and said, "Since General Gao doesn't want to see him, then he will leave!"

"Smack!"

Seeing that a small soldier dared to be so rude, Gao Jianchang suddenly slapped the desk in front of him angrily, and shouted angrily: "Bastard, what is the place where you are the general's barracks, you can come when you say you come, and you can leave when you say you're leaving, how can you put this general in your eyes." Come on, drag this guy down and cut it off!"

However, in the face of Gao Jianchang's anger, the Youzhou soldier held his head high, with an expression of looking at death as if he were at home, and let Gao Jianchang's two personal soldiers do it.

"Wait!"

Gao Jianchang was in a much better mood after venting just now, coupled with the performance of this Youzhou soldier, he felt that there must be something hidden, and at the moment he showed a smile on his face, looked at the two pro-soldiers with dissatisfaction, and drank: "This strong man is my friend of Goguryeo, what are you two going to do, don't let him go quickly." ”

The two pro-soldiers are also unhappy, just now you said that you were going to drag people down and cut them down, and in a blink of an eye, they became friends of Goguryeo.

Gao Jianchang didn't know what the two soldiers were thinking, so he stepped forward and grabbed the hands of the Youzhou soldiers, and said cordially: "This strong man, I don't know who you are, and what kind of military situation do you have to tell you in this general's camp?"

The Youzhou soldier did not answer immediately, but swept his gaze to the two pro-soldiers.

Although Gao Jianchang said that he wanted to know what the soldiers of Youzhou had to tell him, he was not confused, who knew if this guy was going to be unfavorable to him, so he smiled slightly and said flatly: "Strong man, please rest assured, these two people are the henchmen of this general, and there is no need to hide anything from them." ”

After listening to Gao Jianchang's words, there were still dissatisfied soldiers in his heart just now, and that little dissatisfaction immediately disappeared.

Gao Jianchang said so, and the soldiers in Youzhou naturally couldn't say anything more, otherwise, wouldn't it make people feel that he was going to be unfavorable to Gao Jianchang. Nodding, the Youzhou soldier said softly: "I am a disciple of the Fan Yang Lu clan below, and I came here today to save the general's life!"

"Oh!"

Gao Jianchang groaned in a low voice, noncommittal to the words of the Youzhou soldier, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, and he didn't know whether he believed it or not.

"The strong man said that he came to save the life of General Ben, I don't know what he said?"

The Youzhou soldiers held their heads high, with a proud expression, and said directly without the slightest concealment: "The previous time General Gao and others attacked Benxi City, Tai Shi Ci retreated without a fight and abandoned the city, General Gao and others must have thought that Tai Shi Ci was afraid of you." However, this is not the case, the reason why Tai Shici abandoned the city was because of the plan offered by the military advisers under the command of Youzhou Mu, in order to delay General Gao and other soldiers and horses, so as to eliminate you. ”

"Haha, ridiculous!"

Gao Jianchang listened to the words of the Youzhou soldiers, but suddenly laughed, and said disdainfully: "The reason why Benxi City was captured was because we and other warriors took it with their lives, and what kind of plan is there to speak of, it is simply alarmist." Moreover, Karasuma and Eastern Xianbei sent troops to Youzhou at the same time, and Youzhou resisted the enemy on three sides, so how could they have so many troops to attack our coalition forces. Even if what you say is true, Youzhou Mu wants to personally lead his troops to attack us, then General Ben will ask you, who are you, why did you inform General Yu Ben of the little news?"

Hearing Gao Jianchang's question, the Youzhou soldier suddenly had red eyes, a hideous look on his face, and said hatefully: "I am a child of the Fanyang Lu family, my Fanyang Lu family has always abided by the law and discipline, and is conscientious, but Youzhou Mu listened to slander and killed my Fan Yang Lu family for no reason.

"Bastard, you don't know the truth when you are a general, and you try to deceive General Ben with deception. Someone, drag this thief down and cut it down!"

Gao Jianchang shouted angrily and glanced at the two pro-soldiers.

The two pro-soldiers immediately understood, and dragged the Youzhou soldiers down without saying a word, but the Youzhou soldiers didn't say anything, hummed twice, and looked at Gao Jianchang with a sneer, as if they were looking at a dead man, and then they were dragged down by the two pro-soldiers.

After a while, one of the soldiers returned to Gao Jianchang's tent.

Gao Jianchang saw his own soldiers coming in, knocked on the desk in front of him, the expression on his face was calm, and asked in a deep voice: "What is the reaction of the soldiers in Youzhou?"

"General Qiyu, that guy didn't say anything, didn't beg for mercy, and completely looked like he was going home, as if he was really here to convey military information. ”

"Hmm!"

Gao Jianchang nodded and did not immediately convey the order. Just now, when he asked the two personal soldiers to escort the Youzhou soldiers down, he gave them a look, which meant that they should not do it first, but observe the reaction of the Youzhou soldiers, he was afraid that the other party was here to surrender, and now it seems that the other party really came to surrender.

"Invite him and treat him well!"

After thinking for a moment, Gao Jianchang gave the order again. When he did that just now, he was also deceiving the other party, and in the moment of life and death, people often have fear. However, as far as he noticed just now, the other party did not show any frightened appearance, and did not seem to be afraid at all. No one would want to die, Gao Jianchang was no exception, but the other party didn't look scared at all, obviously, his hatred for Yuan Chang has exceeded life and death, since this is the case, it seems that the other party is credible.

When the Youzhou soldiers were escorted up, Gao Jianchang hurriedly stood up from his position, stepped forward, took the hand of the Youzhou soldier, and said enthusiastically: "This strong man, now when our army is fighting with Youzhou, this general has some concerns, and he treats the strong man slowly, and I hope that the strong man will not mind!"

The Youzhou soldier's face remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "Since General Gao doesn't believe in Zaixia, then Bento Zai has never been here, so I will leave!"

"Stay strong!"

Gao Jianchang called the Youzhou soldiers and said apologetically: "It is the general's fault that the general treats the strong man slowly. Since he has arrived at General Ben's place, if General Ben does not express a little, it will not be a way of hospitality. Come on, go and prepare some wine and food, General Rong Ben and this strong man have a good talk. ”

The latter sentence was said to the pro-soldiers, and after the pro-soldiers left, seeing that the soldiers in Youzhou still looked like they were leaving, Gao Jianchang hurriedly said: "Because General Ben treats the strong man slowly, the strong man wants to leave, and the general has nothing to say." However, if the strong man leaves, when will the family's revenge be avenged?"

Sure enough, after listening to Gao Jianchang's words, the Youzhou soldier showed a hesitant look on his face, and finally, under Gao Jianchang's repeated invitation, the Youzhou soldier sat on the straw mat on the side.

After a short time, the soldiers brought two jugs of fine wine, as well as some snacks. After three rounds of drinking, Gao Jianchang put down his wine glass, with a smile on his face, and asked softly: "Strong man, General Ben didn't understand what you said before, I don't know if I can say it again?"

The soldiers of Youzhou seemed to be hesitating, and after looking at Gao Jianchang's earnest expression, he said: "Tai Shici abandoned the city on purpose the previous time, in order to drag General Gao's soldiers and horses, so that he could wipe out General Gao's soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. ”

This time, the Youzhou soldier just said a simple sentence and refused to spit out another word.

Gao Jianchang knew that it might be that his behavior just now made the family dissatisfied, so he didn't get angry, and with a smile on his face, he continued to ask: "Zhuangshi, my Goguryeo and other allied forces have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, how can Youzhou Mu have confidence that he can wipe out our soldiers and horses in one fell swoop? Besides, why does Youzhou Mu insist on destroying our soldiers and horses? In addition, Karasuma and the eastern Xianbei soldiers are in Youzhou, and Youzhou Mu's soldiers and horses are used to deal with our allied forces, how can they resist Karasuma and the eastern Xianbei soldiers and horses?"

The Youzhou soldier took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass and did not answer immediately, but looked at Gao Jianchang with a sympathetic expression, and then said: "General Gao, your third question is the easiest, and I will answer your third question first." ”

"Please!" (To be continued.) )