The high gate of Jiajun City leans against the sky, and the nine-fold trace is still there. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dingding Gate is the main gate of Luoyang Outer Guocheng, it is connected with Luoyang's main road "Tianjie", straight to the imperial city, is one of the buildings on the central axis of Luoyang. Dingding Gate has one door and two que, because the span is too large, a total of three door openings are opened.

Today, the Dingding Gate is wide open, and a steady stream of soldiers stream out from the three door openings, pulling into a mile-long marching column. In the Chinese army, Wang Shichong sat on a horse with full armor, followed by the crown prince Wang Xuanying, who had just returned from the defeat of Cijian.

Wang Xuanying had a look of frustration on his face, this rescue of Cijian thought that the battle was a success, and he was captured, but who knew that he was beaten in disgrace. During the battle, he was stabbed under the horse by Luo Shixin, if he wasn't wearing two layers of armor, this little life would be difficult to protect.

Wang Shichong looked at his son's decadent expression and sighed: "As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, as a prince of a dynasty, how can you be depressed because of temporary success or failure, cheer up, and all the generals are watching." ”

Wang Shichong has changed from a magistrate to a hegemon in just a few years, and his rise is not fast. But because he led the troops all the year round and neglected the education of his children and grandchildren, the two sons have been living in their hometown for many years, and they did not take over from their hometown until he joined Luoyang last year.

The sudden change of identity was a bit fast for an ordinary son-in-law, Wang Shichong had the heart to train his son, and this time he sent him to rescue Cijian. Knowing this, it would have been better to be ruthless and take his son to the battlefield as soon as possible.

"Father taught me." Wang Xuanying said dejectedly.

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Being a father is not to teach you, but to remember that you don't lose your ambition because of a small setback." No one is born to fight, and his father has gone through countless battles in his life, but in fact, he has lost more than he won. What a heroic figure Li Mi is, the leader of the anti-king alliance, the entire Central Plains fell into his hands, why did he lose in the end at the hands of his father? ”

"Because my father is the Son of Heaven, he is naturally blessed by the emperor." Wang Xuanying slapped a little fart.

"It's good for the emperor to bless you," Wang Shichong said with some pride, "The most important thing is that my father will never be discouraged by temporary success or failure, as long as you wait patiently, there will always be a moment when defeat will turn into victory." Do you still remember what your father told you about the Eastern Han Dynasty general Wu Han? ”

When Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was fighting, he once suffered a defeat, and when he inspected the military camp at night, he found that his morale was very low, and the soldiers were very depressed. After turning around, he finally came to a camp tent, and found a young general, looking as usual, not sad or happy, and was polishing the blades of his armor with a rag. Liu Xiu knew that this person would become a great weapon in the future. This young general was Wu Han, who later became one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai and the Kang Jinlong in the legendary twenty-eight constellations.

Here, Wang Shichong was teaching his son, and suddenly heard a chaotic sound of the front army, and hurriedly called someone to inquire about the situation. After about two quarters of an hour, the spies sent reported that a group of Tang troops' scouts had an encounter with the front army.

"How's the battle going?" Wang Shichong was determined when he heard this, since it was the enemy army exploring the horse, there must not be many people.

"There are only a few dozen people on the other side," sure enough, the answer from the person who came was in line with Wang Shichong's guess, "Our army surrounded it, but there were still more than a dozen people who fought their way out of the encirclement and escaped." ”

Wang Shichong was shocked when he heard this, the other party had only a few dozen people, and they had escaped among the ten thousand troops, what kind of combat effectiveness was this. He asked again, "What are the characteristics of those probe horses?" ”

"The people who came were dressed in black clothes and black armor, wearing black clothes, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but they were all extremely brave and good at fighting, and when our foothold was not stable, they actually took the initiative to charge our army. The front army was temporarily disorganized, so they fled. ”

"Black clothes and black armor? Xuanjia Army! "Wang Shichong has long heard that the second prince of the Tang Kingdom, Qin King Li Shimin, has an elite cavalry under his command, called the Xuanjia Army. I heard that the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army are each one of ten, and they are very brave, and I am afraid that what they encountered today is this Li Shimin's cronies. In this way, I am afraid that the Tang army is not far from Luoyang.

"Xuanjia Army?" Wang Mai shook his head, "I've never seen what the armor of the Xuanjia Army looks like, so I don't know." After seeing the rolled thin steel, the warden of the iron casting workshop in front of him actually proposed to use this thin steel sheet to cast armor, imitating the legendary Xuanjia Army and creating the same ironclad cavalry for Zheng Guo.

"No," said the pawn, "although I have never seen what the armor worn by the Xuanjia Army is, I have heard that the Xuanjia Army can travel a hundred miles in one night. The iron piece made by Wang Shaojian is extremely thin and flexible, and if it can be made into armor that protects the whole body, it is both light and strong, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

After listening to this person's description, Wang Mai was dumbfounded. Damn, this buddy, talent, he's talking a lot like the big iron bucket that looks intimidating in the European Middle Ages, isn't this the legendary plate armor?

"That makes sense," Wang Mai nodded, "but you have also seen that although we can make fine iron extremely thin, the yield rate is extremely low, and it takes extremely time to make fine iron, have you thought about the cost of this set of armor?" "At the end of the day, it's the carbon content of iron that is difficult to control, which makes the idea extremely costly.

I've been by the Yellow River for almost a month, and I'm still using the stupid method of last time to make clockwork steel. But this time Wang Shichong has higher requirements for the pendulum, and naturally requires more materials, and the blacksmiths have been busy creating fine iron that meets the requirements during this time, and today they have just made the first qualified spring steel.

Wang Mai naturally has the idea of improving the carbon content in his heart, but one is that time does not allow it now, and the other is that there is no need to make such a good steel for Wang Shichong.

"How much does it cost?" The workshop priest thought for a while. Indeed, it took such a long time to produce such a small amount of steel that met the requirements, and in order to make that ideal armor, it had to be processed in addition to steel. Wouldn't it mean that in addition to consuming so much manpower, it would take at least more than a month to make a set of armor like that, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Therefore, there is still a long way to go from the success of scientific research to the realization of mass production." Wang Mai patted him on the shoulder with a serious expression.

But what is the armor of the Xuanjia Army like? Wang Mai was very curious, and glanced at Fugui and asked him to come out with him.

The two walked to the reeds by the Yellow River and stopped, Fugui scratched his head after listening to Wang Mai's description: "Brother Mai, you are mistaken, the heavy cavalry is not a heavy cavalry, but a cavalry specially used to charge into battle. ”

"What's the difference?" Wang Mai asked puzzled.

"Of course, there are differences, but the role is different. For example, our Xuanjia army is mainly used to disperse the enemy's formation head-on, so the probability of injury is very high, so it needs the protection of armor, which naturally looks heavier than light cavalry. But the difference between the two is mainly in the use, not in the armor. There are also many light cavalry with armor, such as ......"

"Like what?" Wang Mai looked at Fugui, how could this kid be stunned at the critical moment, and looked at himself in a daze.

Fugui pointed behind Wang Mai, Wang Mai looked back, and was suddenly startled: "Where is sacred?" ”

I saw that I didn't know when a dozen black-clothed and black-armored men came out of the reeds, and there was still dark red blood on the blades in their hands. These big men looked dusty and embarrassed, with face armor on their faces, and they looked like soldiers on the run.

I heard a sound in the reeds just now, and I thought it was just the reason for the strong wind by the river, but I didn't expect these people to come out. Wait a minute? How can these people be dressed so much like the legendary Xuanjia Army?

"Rich?" Someone in the crowd lifted his visor and shouted in this direction.

This voice is so familiar, Wang Mai looked carefully, although this person was covered with dust, how could he look more and more like Cheng Biting Jin?

"Wheat!" Another man lifted his visor and called out his name. Damn, this one is a bit like Qin Qiong.

"General Cheng, Brother Qin, Big Black Man, Qin ......" Fugui called out the names of the people one by one, and halfway through the shout, he suddenly stopped.

Hearing the shouts of wealth and wealth, Wang Mai was sure that these guys in front of him were indeed Cheng Biting Jin Qinqiong and others, but they were all generals who led the troops, how could they run so close to Luoyang and make such a mess.

"Why are you here?" Wang Mai stared, still unable to believe what he saw.

"It's hard to put into words." Qin Qiong said, "Now is not the time to speak, there are chasing soldiers behind you, who may chase you at any time, are you familiar with the nearby roads?" ”

"Follow me!" Ignoring the old days, Wang Mai and Fugui hurriedly led a group of people through the reeds for a while and came to a puddle. There was a boat in the puddle, which was originally left by Wang Mai for his own backway, but now it was just for these people to escape.

A big man jumped on the boat first, and just now Fugui called him a big black man, it should be the legendary right door god Chi Gong. Wei Chigong jumped onto the boat, jumped on the board a few times, and after confirming that the boat was strong, he stretched out his hand to the shore.

Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin dodged to both sides, a tall man with a bow and arrows on his back also jumped, and Wei Chigong hurriedly stretched out his arm to catch the man and help him sit down at the bow of the boat. The man got into the boat and lifted his visor, which was also dusty, but he looked very young, and looked at Wang Wheat on the shore with a pair of eyes.

After everyone got on the boat, Qin Qiong drew his knife and cut the cable of the boat, and the boat went farther and farther, just as it was about to enter the river. The young man at the bow of the boat hugged his fist towards the shore: "Thank you brother Tai for saving your life, and we will meet again in Luoyang City one day." ”

"Who is this man? Such a big breath. Wang Mai shook his head, let's fight Luoyang first.

"This is His Royal Highness King Qin." Seeing that the ship was far away, Fugui said in a low voice.

"What?" Wang Mai picked at his ears, thinking that he had misheard.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, the second prince of the Tang Dynasty."

"He is Li Shimin?"

"Yes."

"Looks pretty average!" Wang Mai commented.