Out of Yuan Shu's Chinese army tent, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Yuan Shu fought a big defeat, and the 10,000-strong army was almost wiped out, but there were many women around him, and at this time, he still had the heart to drink and have fun, which was really heartless to the extreme.

The two came to the camp of the sailors. Sun Ce gave Huang Chengyan the appointment and seal of the Nanyang Iron Official. The two had discussed this matter a long time ago, Huang Chengyan accepted it without saying anything, and gave Huang Yueying a look, Huang Yueying nodded, turned around and got into the cabin, took out a long knife, and stuffed it to Sun Ce.

"Give!"

Sun Ce took it and looked at it. The workmanship of this knife is very exquisite, the scabbard is painted with black lacquer, and the white tiger is painted on one side, and the fire phoenix is painted on the other, polished to a shiny finish. There is a red silk rope wrapped around the handle of the knife, and at a glance, you can see that it is from Huang Yueying's hand. The only thing that surprised Sun Ce was that there were more knives, and they were a bit exaggerated, but there was no knife ring or other decorations, just a bare handle.

"You pull out the knife." Huang Yueying said, her eyebrows raised slightly.

Sun Ce pulled out the long knife as he said, but found that the knife was not as long as he imagined, at best it was four feet, and compared with the blade, the handle and scabbard were a little excessive, just like the scabbard and handle of a two-handed knife were matched with the blade of a one-handed knife.

"It's ......"

Huang Yueying pointed to the tail of the scabbard, Sun Ce turned around and immediately understood the mystery. The end of the scabbard is not solid, but empty. He tried the long knife in reverse, and the handle was inserted just in, and the scabbard became an elongated hilt, becoming a genuine long knife, nearly a zhang long, which was more suitable for holding and chopping with both hands in close combat than Dian Wei's long knife.

"This is the work of the winner of the Cai family's blacksmith competition." Huang Chengyan stroked his beard, a little proud. "Limited to time, this knife is only thirty refinements, but it is stronger than a hundred refining knives, and the sharpness has also improved. I heard that it was built for the captain, and the blacksmith also took out the Tiantie that had been hidden for many years. ”

Sun Ce was very happy. Tiantie should be meteoric iron, it is indeed very precious, but he doesn't care very much, he hopes that these blacksmiths can put their minds on improving their skills, so that they can equip the troops in a large area, and one or two good knives made of Tiantie can't solve any practical problems.

He held the knife and swung it twice, feeling that the knife was indeed good, not only the center of gravity was well distributed, but also the feel of the scabbard was good. Although the blade is not lonely, it is a common straight knife of the ring head knife, but in this way, the knife can not only cut, but also maintain the function of stabbing, if equipped with a longer handle, it can even be used as a spear in horse warfare.

Zhou Yu frowned. "Sir, this is...... The shape of the long pipe, right? ”

Huang Chengyan smiled. "The general is overly concerned, this just looks like a long piston, but the handle is shorter than the long piston, the blade is longer than the long puff, and it is not a double blade of the long prong, this is a single-edged knife, and the shape of the prong is also different."

A smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth, and he didn't say anything more. Sun Ce's heart moved, and he remembered one thing. The long hammer is an ancient weapon, which is equivalent to a sword with a long handle - of course, a short sword in the pre-Qin period - which can be split and stabbed, and is very powerful. However, the long sword body caused high costs and could not be used to equip ordinary soldiers, and in the case of the increasing scale of war, the long sword slowly disappeared because of its uneconomicality, but became a kind of honor weapon.

The forbidden army of the Son of Heaven was equipped with a long pipe. In a certain theory, the Chang Qi is a special honor guard weapon for the Son of Heaven, and not everyone can use it. The assembled long knife that Huang Chengyan created for him deliberately avoided the shape of the long pipe, but in fact, it was a long pipe, and it was a more powerful long knife.

"Good, I love it." Sun Ce came to a conclusion and terminated their discussion. The world is in chaos, and etiquette is broken, so we should be more concerned about whether the weapon is practical or not, rather than sticking to the etiquette system. Chang Qi was not born to be the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, and it was originally a battlefield weapon, which should be the favorite retro style of Confucianism.

Huang Chengyan can take advantage of loopholes and is a pragmatic talent.

Huang Chengyan said that although the Cai family's blacksmith competition cost a lot of money, it gained more. The blacksmiths racked their brains and thought of a lot of ideas during the month, although there has been no breakthrough progress, but their enthusiasm has been greatly mobilized, and they have accumulated a lot of experience, which has been recorded one by one. When he masters the Nanyang Iron Official, he will sort out the files over the years and refer to each other, and the speed of improvement should be faster.

In addition to Sun Ce's knife, Huang Chengyan also gave Dian Wei a pair of iron halberds and a long knife. The weight and size are about the same, but the mass is much stronger than Dian Wei's original iron halberd. Dian Wei was overjoyed when he saw it, and he grinned with a rare mouth, and he was not so happy when Sun Ce gave him words. Knowing that the silk rope on the long knife was also woven by Huang Yueying himself, he saluted Huang Yueying again and again, and his waist was about to break.

A group of people were talking happily, and someone came to report that Cao Cao's messenger had arrived and was waiting outside the barracks.

Sun Ce was very surprised, what did Cao Cao send someone to do at this time. He asked the messenger to come in, and it turned out to be an acquaintance, or the self-acquainted Ding Fei. As soon as they met, Ding Fei was envious. "This ship has such a deep draft, I'm afraid it is loaded with a lot of money and food, right? The heroes of Xiangyang were all killed by the general, right? ”

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly. Ding Fei was really good at inquiring about the news, and when he arrived at the camp, he inquired about his promotion to Zhonglang General.

"Cao covenant I meet, what's the matter?"

"Last time the general missed the appointment, Cao Fujun was very sorry, I heard that the general came from Xiangyang, so he sent me to see the general and renew the previous contract."

It's okay not to mention the last agreement, but as soon as the last agreement is mentioned, Sun Ce is angry. "Cao Fujun obviously went to attack the general after a sneak attack, and he asked me to meet, but he has no integrity at all, I don't want to see him."

Ding Fei spread his hands and spoke solemnly. "General, what you said is not right, the two armies fought, and it was natural for Cao Fujun to attack Yuan Highway at night, and he did not break the appointment because of this, but the general obviously agreed to go to the appointment, but he never showed up. It is the general who has no integrity, not Cao Fujun. ”

Sun Ce was speechless, staring at Ding Fei for a long time without speaking. At this time, Huang Chengyan took over the topic. "General, although the ancients only asked about temperament when making friends, they did not distinguish between friend and foe. But now after all, it is the time when the two armies are fighting, even if you want to go to the appointment, you should inform the general. Cao Fujun and General Hou have been friends for many years, and since the envoy is here, he should also greet him. Ding Jun, do you think this is the reason? ”

Ding Fei nodded. "What the gentleman said is true, I am indeed going to see General Hou. Cao Fujun took a step ahead and had already occupied Wancheng, so he couldn't go back. If he is willing to surrender, Cao Fujun will naturally welcome him, and he will have to go out of the city to greet him. If he refuses to surrender, Cao Fujun will treat his family well for the sake of having been friends for many years, and ask him to fight with peace of mind. If you can get lost and know how to return, I can say a few good words for you in front of Cao Fujun. General Sun, what do you think? ”

Sun Ce stared at Ding Fei and sneered: "Aren't you afraid of blowing through the and making you stupid?" ”

Ding Fei laughed. "Believe it or not."

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