As Ye Qing went to the front yard, Bai Chun, who had been staying in the study, found the letter with the word iron on it again.

The door of the study knocked again, and Yan Tingcheng, who also walked in with a tired face, closed the door casually and said: "It should be almost, even those pearls in the hands of Gucheng and Wujian have been deceived by me, it should be enough." ”

Bai Chun looked at Yan Tingcheng, who was tired and a little dissatisfied, smiled silently, personally poured a cup of tea for Yan Tingcheng, and then sat down next to him.

The tooth soldiers have long existed, starting from the private soldiers of the festival envoys in the Middle and Tang dynasties, and they are also a symbol of the size of the power and the dignity of the status of a festival envoy in that period.

The reason why it is called a tooth soldier is naturally an extension of the word tooth flag.

The official office yamen is called the tooth, the city where the residence is called the tooth city, the house where the residence is called the tooth house, the court commander is the tooth ginseng, the relatives will be the tooth generals, and the pro-soldiers are called the tooth soldiers, and the camp tent where the soldiers go out is the tooth tent, and the flag is naturally regarded as the tooth flag.

That is to say: Bedu Wang Qi is half purple in the air, and the general's tooth flag is three zhang yellow.

From the Tang Dynasty to the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the role played by the tooth soldiers in the war can be said to be pivotal and particularly crucial.

The hall capital, the wild goose capital, the silver spear filial piety festival capital, the Houlou soldiers, the Dingba army, the Jingjiang soldiers, etc., are all brave and brave troops that make the enemy fearful.

"These men are brave and good at fighting, fearless of death, and have a thirst for killing, and have always been known for their ferocity and ruthlessness in war. It was renamed the forbidden army after the commander was called the emperor, and then with Emperor Taizu's strategy of seizing its power slightly, controlling its money valley, and collecting its elite soldiers, it made the tooth soldiers a history. Bai Chun said lightly to Yan Tingcheng.

Yan Qingcheng frowned, and gradually understood Bai Chun's intentions in his heart, but he still asked: "So you want to follow your husband, and the woman raised by your husband thousands of miles away to rebel together?" ”

"It's life-saving!" Bai Chun angrily stretched out his hand and pinched Yan Qingcheng's face, and continued: "You also know about Lin'an, how embarrassed your husband is now forced by the courtiers, he doesn't even dare to stay in Lin'an for a while, he is bent on returning to Yangzhou, in addition to his own life, don't you still hope that his wife and son can live without worry for a lifetime?" ”

"It's been almost a year, and I don't know how Xiaobao is doing over there, this Jinse is going to give birth to a child for him, and so is the husband, and he won't let Xiaobao come back." Yan Tingcheng didn't refute Bai Chun as if she had accepted her fate, in short, all she had to do was to prepare the money, as for where the money would eventually flow from Bai Chun's hands, she didn't care very much.

"When you were born in the lonely city, your husband was by your side?" Bai Chun blinked his bright eyes and asked playfully.

"It's different, okay?" Yan Qingcheng retorted, then thought about it, and said a little strangely: "No, Jin Se is your maid, you are not in a hurry, why should I worry about your maid, really." ”

The two ladies in the backyard were joking with each other, and when Bai Chun gradually understood what the Flower Planter Army was, Ye Qing in the front yard just watched Liu Keshi leave, and Yang Huaizhi, who was the deputy envoy of the transfer envoy, hurriedly ran over.

The night was already deep, and the sound of hurried footsteps sounded extremely clear, looking at Yang Huaizhi, Tao Qian beckoned, and after signaling to walk in, he saw that Ye Qing happened to look at him as well.

"My lord, the ordnance supervisor sent armor and other items overnight, and now it is at the dock." Yang Huaizhishen said with some excitement.

Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, then looked at the joy on Yang Huaizhi's face, suddenly laughed, slowly got up and said, "It's really a slap and immediately give a sweet date, it's really seamless and ingenious." ”

With Ye Qing's words, this time it became Tao Qian and Yang Huaizhi stunned, and the two looked at Ye Qing a little blankly, not knowing what he meant by this.

Without waiting for the two to ask, Ye Qing said, "Don't you think that this armor weapon came at the right time?" ”

"Is there something wrong?" Yang Huaizhi asked blankly.

Ye Qing shook his head and smiled, and then said: "If Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun hadn't encountered the investigation of the Torture Division today, then they would definitely see me, and ...... Now it seems that this batch of weapons and armor is probably the meeting gift that the two of them brought to me by the imperial court. The imperial front is under control, sent in wartime, and then the two of them join forces with the commander and the deputy commander to send these weapons and armor, which is the so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, so ...... Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun, isn't it because of these things that they can be quickly accepted by Huainan East Road and me, so that they can ...... as quickly as possible. These are the stepping stones, the keys to knock on the officialdom of Huainan East Road to give them a place. ”

"Really, if they hadn't been taken away by the Punishment Division, as long as they saw you, my lord, they would have brought these armor and weapons sent overnight...... My lord, even if you want to attack them when they are new to the city, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a suitable excuse for a while, let alone turn them away, after all, they have brought the army of the five roads of Huainan East Road, and the armor and other things that are most lacking and difficult to refuse. Yang Huaizhi was startled, and said suddenly.

"And even if I am wary of them, they can also send these armors, weapons, etc. directly to the Fifth Route Army on Huainan East Road in the name of the same system and deputy commander, so that they can also achieve the purpose of winning over the commander of the Fifth Route Army, and they can also leave me aside. Such means...... Tsk, it's thoughtful. Ye Qing thought about it, and finally decided to go to the dock immediately to see those armor and other things.

Tao Qian prepared the car, and then followed Yang Huaizhi and Ye Qing to drive towards Yangzhou Wharf in the quiet of the night.

The infantry armor of the Great Song Dynasty can be said to be famous all over the world, especially the infantry armor equipped with heavy infantry equipment, and its weight has completely exceeded any armor of this period.

But also because the Great Song Dynasty was equipped with heavy infantry armor, it can also be seen that the strategic tendency of the imperial court has always been to focus on defense, which also makes it difficult for the army of the Great Song Dynasty to completely annihilate the enemy and cause large-scale casualties to the Jin army, even if it wins the heavy iron cavalry Tiefutu and light cavalry and kidnapping horses of the Jin people.

Looking at Lu You, the owner of "Beidu Wangqi is purple in the air, and the general's tooth flag is three zhang yellow", Ye Qing is somewhat weak-hearted.

Although Tang Wan and Zhao Shicheng will also become husband and wife in history, if it wasn't for Ye Qing's intervention at the beginning, presumably Tang Wan would have to wait a few more years if she wanted to marry Zhao Shicheng.

Facing Lu You, who was full of fatigue, Ye Qing didn't talk to him too much, nor did he give Lu You, who was in the dark, a chance to ask about Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun.

After ordering Yang Huaizhi to accompany the landing tour to stay in the post house, and Jia Shi guarded the armor materials at the dock, Ye Qing went to Sizhou early the next morning, and the last one had not yet "returned".

The Lianshui Army is carrying out the last rearmament.

After coming to the Southern Song Dynasty for so long, Ye Qing had never really entered the camps of the various armies, even after the Shenjin Army was dug up by Li Heng, but before he could see the Shenjin Army camp at that time, Ye Qing and Li Heng were demoted to the forbidden army, so the original Shenjin Army, or the later Imperial City Division Prison Camp outside Lin'an City, did not leave a deep impression on Ye Qing.

What's more, compared with the Fifth Route Army of the Imperial City Division, compared with the Fifth Route Army on the Huainan East Road, the Fifth Route Army is more like a border army on the front line of the war, so compared to the Imperial City Division's Prison Battalion, in Ye Qing's impression, the atmosphere here should be quite tense.

Met with the military judge who greeted him halfway, and then went to the Lianshui army camp again, along the way, the military judge told him about the current situation of the Lianshui army, as well as some of the deeds of Zhou Duanchao.

Zhou Duanchao is sleek, cunning, and sophisticated, and during the period when he was the commander of the Lianshui Army, he never offended any of the pacification envoys, even if Ye Qing's predecessor Yang Jian, although he had no personal relationship with Zhou Duanchao, but in Yang Jian's office, Zhou Duanchao was still able to get along with Yang Jian very well.

Eating the empty salary of the Lianshui Army also made the two of them quite harmonious, and the empty sound of two thousand people, Zhou Duanchao was able to share it equally with Yang Jian, which is enough to see how sleek Zhou Duanchao is in terms of sophistication and officialdom.

So even after Ye Qing arrived in Yangzhou, except for Zhou Duanchao, who had come to the mansion to visit him in the name of a subordinate before the first day of last year, the two had no intersection, and as for the situation of the Lianshui Army, Ye Qing was also a blur.

This is naturally because of Zhou Duanchao's absolute control over the Lianshui Army, even including his wooing of his subordinates and his generous treatment on weekdays, so that the Lianshui Army has not let the military judge find anything unfavorable to Zhou Duanchao for more than a year.

Compared with the battalions of other roads, the Lianshui Army or the five-way battalion on the Huainan East Road have a bit of a wartime flavor, which also has a great relationship with the reason why they border Jin.

Different from the barracks on other roads, there are really stable barracks, and the barracks and other facilities here are simpler, and there is a feeling of being ready to leave the camp to fight, or abandon the camp and flee south.

Zhou Duanchao was about fifty years old, with a big belly, and no armor on his body, a raccoon dog sleeve that was often worn by the Southern Song Dynasty generals on the outside of the armor, was worn by him on the outside of the robe.

This kind of raccoon dog sleeve is similar to the horse coat of later generations, the length is not more than the waist, the two sleeves are not more than the elbow, and the two ropes on the chest are tied into a rather beautiful knot, which makes Zhou Duanchao's big belly particularly prominent.

"The last general, Zhou Duanchao, has seen the appeasement envoy." Zhou Duanchao, who had a big belly, led the generals behind him to salute behind Ye Qing after jumping off the horse.

"Excuse me." Ye Qing walked to Zhou Duanchao easily, looked at the bearded Lianshui Army in front of him, and then looked at the other generals behind him: "Commander Zhou doesn't need to look around, the same system and deputy commander are not here, there must be something delayed on the road." ”

Zhou Duanchao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said with a smile: "The adults are too worried, and the last general is just ......." Zhou Duanchao glanced at the martial judge and continued: "The last general just thinks that this lord is a little familiar. ”

(PS: To be honest, I used to be a soldier for a long time, but when I wrote about war and military camps, I was really scared.) Today, Saturday, I went out for a day, just one chapter, and it has nothing to do with the limit. ）