Yuan Shao, who was not far from Lu Ye's side, still had no time to completely recede the smile on his face at this time, looking at Lu Ye's seemingly panicked look, his heart began to become more satisfied at this time.

One of the biggest reasons why Yuan Shao held such a military exercise was to promote military strength.

Now that he can see Lu Ye's surprised and panicked look, Yuan Shao's heart is of course complacent, he just thinks that Lu Ye has never seen such a luxurious lineup.

But in reality, this is not the case.

Lu Ye had seen Cao Cao return from Xuzhou to the court, and he was also a person who had seen the world, so how could he be uncomfortable because of such a scene.

It's just that at this time, what he was thinking in his heart was a little different from what Yuan Shao was for.

"Zihang doesn't need to panic, it's just to split the two sides and conduct offensive and defensive drills." Yuan Shao said lightly. Lu Ye also nodded hurriedly, thinking that maybe this was the initial military parade.

I didn't expect that I would be able to stand on the city tower one day and watch such a huge drill.

Under the tower, Gao Ran led the army to rush left and right.

The sun is also climbing high at this time. At this time, Lu Ye finally discovered something different, these troops under Yuan Shao, the weapons in their hands, at this time, under the sun, actually emitted a dazzling golden light.

This made Lu Ye feel a little surprised.

"Yuan Gong, how do the weapons in the hands of those soldiers look like gold?"

Indeed, such a golden sparkle can make people connect with the body of gold at the first time.

Hearing Lu Ye's question, Yuan Shao's face showed a more pleasant look at this time. However, before Lu Ye could speak, Tian Feng on the side touched his beard at this time and said, "The envoy must have too many things to do." This is a secret in our military, and there seems to be no reason to tell you. ”

Tian Feng refused, but he didn't notice that Yuan Shao's face on the side became a little unsightly at this time.

Yuan Shao originally heard Lu Ye's words, and was ready to start boasting about it again, but was interrupted by Tian Feng's words when he stood up and said.

Lu Ye was also a little at a loss at this time.

Yuan Shao coughed angrily and said, "Things are not as ...... as Yuan Hao said. ”

Tian Feng listened to Yuan Shao's words, and at this time, his heart also jumped in a hurry, thinking that it was difficult for him to say something wrong again. So I couldn't help but feel a little sad on my face.

Yuan Shao didn't care about the change in the expression on Tian Feng's face at all, and said to Lu Ye at this time: "Zihang doesn't know anything about this matter. Gold is so expensive, of course, it is impossible to use it to craft weapons. ”

In fact, Lu Ye also knows this.

Gold is not only expensive, but also soft in texture, and certainly not a good material for making weapons. Besides, if Yuan Shao could really have so much money, and the weapons of these 3,000 people were all made of gold, then there would be no need to fight for any more territory.

With so much money, is there anything else that Yuan Shao can't take down?

Even if you use money to smash it, you can also smash it out of a world unification.

But Lu Ye still honestly showed a very surprised look, and asked Yuan Shao, "Isn't it gold?" What is it, it looks almost indistinguishable from gold. ”

Of course, Yuan Shao's face was smug at this time: "Actually, this thing is also a very simple thing to say, those weapons are actually made of brass." The brass texture you know, of course, can show such a golden appearance under the sun. How's it going, isn't it very luxurious and gorgeous? ”

Lu Ye also nodded hurriedly, and followed Yuan Shao's words and praised him fiercely.

What is in mind is something else.

Bronze weapons were the material used by most of the princes' soldiers in this era. Even in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the most elite armies of the Han Dynasty used bronze weapons.

And Yuan Shao also has a great yearning for such standard equipment.

Of course, the reason is also very simple, it is because it is good-looking. Brass weapons look especially good in the sun, and the glitter of gold also looks very high. Yuan Shao, as a second-generation official, how can he resist such a splendor.

And as the same northern warlords, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's choices were diametrically opposed.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, there were already iron weapons, but at that time, the technology of iron smelting was not yet mature, and even had not been thoroughly improved and invented, and iron tools had not yet been popularized.

By the time of the Warring States period, iron-smelting technology had developed slightly. It was not until the Han Dynasty that this small-scale ironware workshop appeared.

It's just that the two lines of salt and iron are rigidly controlled in the hands of the national government. In the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was constant turmoil, and iron-smelting technology stagnated.

There is only a small amount of iron that can be produced every year.

But Cao Cao was timely and realized the power of iron weapons, although Cao Jun has not yet achieved an iron weapon in his hands for the time being, but those elite troops have already achieved such a point.

The iron is hard, the copper is soft, and when the two touch each other, there must be no copper weapon slag left. It's just that the current Yuan Shao, relying on his strength, has forced Gongsun Chan into such a desperate situation.

Obviously, Yuan Shao didn't realize such an important thing yet.

"It's gorgeous...... Lu Ye also admired from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, such standard equipment is good-looking, but the combat effectiveness can be exerted a few percent, but it is an unknown.

Yuan Shao was still complacent: "With such a majestic army, who else can be my opponent in the whole world?" You say, compared to Cao Mengde, who wins and who loses? ”

Lu Ye did not hesitate, of course, he directly chose to pat Yuan Shao's ass: "Of course Yuan Gong is better." ”

"Hahaha." Yuan Shao got such an answer from Lu Ye, and he also laughed out loud at this time. Then he went down directly to the city tower, and was quite dismissive of the drill of the sergeants outside the city.

Lu Ye saw these things, and only then did he think in his heart that in the later battle of Guandu, so many people under Yuan Shao chose to surrender to Cao Cao when the war had not yet shown defeat at all.

And Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, even if he was defeated, there were countless civil and military generals around him.

Perhaps this is the gap between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Although Yuan Shao was gone, Lu Ye still watched the military exercises under the city with relish at this time until the sun set.