In the dense jungle, a troop of soldiers and horses is slowly advancing.

This group of soldiers and horses, numbering about 1,000 people, each of them wore uniform clothing, and the dozens of people in the front were all wearing armor.

This armor is a kind of iron armor, and it is also the most common type, and it is the most used armor form in actual combat, from generals to pawns, all can be worn.

The structure of the armor is to use the knitted fabric as the inner lining, and the outside is sewn and fixed with iron sheets, and the iron pieces are spliced together, so that the left piece can be stacked on the right piece, the right piece on the left piece, or the upper piece on the lower piece, forming a surface to protect the body.

This sounds like a simple structure, but behind it is the industrial structure and cutting-edge technology of this era-

Iron smelting.

In the era of limited productivity level, iron smelting has always been a standard to measure the technical level of a country and power, and even in later generations, the study of materials science is actually a variant.

The Central Plains Dynasty's emphasis on iron smelting, development and secrecy was also an important way to fight against northern nomadism.

The seemingly simple thin pieces of iron are the manifestations of iron smelting.

The style, thickness, toughness, and firmness of the iron sheet are all measurements, and there are many complex operations involved behind it.

"This time, in addition to sweeping away the bandits, we also have to test whether there are defects in the use of these armors, don't forget about it, generals......"

At the front of the line, there was a man in leather armor, talking cautiously to people, and the person he spoke to was the general who was walking at the front of the team.

The general nodded and said with a smile: "Gao Jun, don't worry, a certain family knows what the prince means, let me come out, one is to help me correct my name, I am young after all, and in the past, I only led the troops to chase the defeated army outside the city, in fact, there is not much credit, so now I am only acting as the captain, and I will go out today, which is to accumulate credit, and when the imperial court allows the prince to open the mansion and build teeth, and lead the town, I will also get better, and I will not be rash." ”

The leather-armored man next to him suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then reminded: "Since the general remembers, it's good, this time, it looks simple, with the combat power of our soldiers, even if it is still a recruit, it is not necessarily difficult to exterminate it, but this time the order from above, mainly mentions, is the population and money and food in the cottage, so the general must not indulge in killing the enemy, or look at the situation more." ”

The general complained a little at this time: "Gao Jun, do you have no confidence in me, I know everything, you just wait and see." ”

The general is Ran Zhan, after more than half a year of training, the temperament of the whole person has changed, childishness, capable and strong, because of the perennial practice of martial arts, plus the nutrition of this half a year can keep up, so although he is still growing his body, he is not short, at least compared with the person who talks to him, his size is not bad at all.

And the leather armor man who was talking was actually copying Gao Ji on the ground during the Long Street Lantern Festival.

Everyone came from Goguryeo, and they wanted to go back, but for some reason, someone came to recruit him, and he was worried that he would not be able to return home - in order to buy paper to copy, this person used up all the coils on his body, so that he held a few pieces of paper, but he had no money to return to.

Someone happened to come to recruit him, so Gao and gritted his teeth and simply joined in.

This is a few days when Chen Zhi was in a small service, sitting in the teahouse and restaurant to watch the luck of people in the past, and saw that this high and luck is extraordinary, beyond ordinary people, so he asked people to record it, and then find someone to summon it, stay and use it first, see if there are any achievements in the future, and then promote.

This is because Chen Zhi also noticed that some people's luck is because of his descendants, or background status, not from talent, although he wants to gather talents and consolidate luck, but he also does not want to be a collector, just collect celebrities to raise, if so, those who have been collected have left their historical position and positioning, that is, the fish has left the water, and everyone is gone.

For this arrangement, Chen Zhi did not go over to assess it in person, after all, he served for a few days, and found that he was lucky not only this person, but also did not know what the future would be.

Therefore, after a general examination and understanding of some characteristics of Gao He, he directly put the person in the barracks and let him start from the military record.

This high is really a bit of a doorway, most of the time, from a small record, was appreciated by Yang Yuan, although he was not directly promoted, after all, the army is a place that pays attention to military merits, and it is not easy to be directly promoted in half a year, but he was still transferred to a certain position-

Directly served as Ran Zhan's subordinate record officer.

Don't underestimate this position, because what Ran Zhan is currently commanding is already close to an army-

In the establishment of the army of the New Han Dynasty, the main division criterion is the army and the team, which is also one of the reasons why the people call the military team the army.

This "army" can be said to be one of the basic units of the New Han army, but the number of people is uncertain, and there are 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 people.

At the beginning, Emperor Xuanwu unified the north, in order to strengthen the control of the north, set the policy of moving the capital, but this is not at ease, and he knows that the power of the southern family is strong, so in order to help the royal family consolidate the north, while not reducing the control of the south, so he divided the kings.

What did these princes, county kings, etc., rely on to consolidate the land and protect Gyeonggi? That is the soldiers and horses in the hand, and the smaller countries are only a military configuration, 2,000 people.

Now, although Ran Zhan does not have the reality of a military master, he has commanded fifteen "teams", each team is fifty people, which is seven or eight hundred people, which can barely be regarded as an army.

This time, he was ordered to suppress the bandits, that is, to take all the men and horses to go straight to the nearest cottage to Dai County, and to destroy it with the momentum of thunder.

The present is not as good as the later generations, in the later generations, no matter where there is development, if you want to see a forest, you have to run to the west, see a piece of Shun Forest, you have to spend a red line to protect, at this time, not long after leaving the city is the woods, there are many birds and beasts, plus the restrictions on communication and transportation, even if Chen Zhi controls the Daijun to the extreme, he can't control the flowers and animals in the wild.

And such an environment is undoubtedly a hotbed for the bandits, in addition, there are many scattered households.

After marching for a while, someone suddenly came to report, saying that a mountain col had been found in front of him, and there were three villages in a chain, and together, there must be thousands of people living in it.

When Ran Zhan heard this, he became excited and said: "Thousands of people live, even a family of two young and strong, there must be more than 700 bandits, such a large group of people, how can he be kept in the past!" The people of the secret spy department are still too slow, and it took more than half a year to find out the bandits from all over the world, and if you want me to say, you should have taken down all the people a long time ago! Gentlemen, listen to me! ”