A heavy gate was opened, and the sunlight from outside shone in through the gate, reflecting the shadows of two people on the ground, and the person in front of them spoke: "Virtuous son-in-law, please look, this is the place where I collect weapons, I will name it 'Thousand Army Pavilion', which collects famous weapons from all dynasties, in addition to some exquisite weapons produced by my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

The person who spoke was Cao Lu, and it was naturally Zhao Yan who followed him, the treasure that Cao Lu said in his mouth yesterday was the weapons he collected in front of him, as a person in the gate, it is normal for Cao Lu to have such a hobby, not to mention that he is now also engaged in the official affairs of the Ma Bu Military Division as the Privy Vice-Chancellor, nominally all the infantry troops of the Great Song Dynasty are under his jurisdiction, and he is one of the commanders of the Sanya, but because the Sanya is controlled by the Privy Council, coupled with the suppression of the military generals by civilian officials, Therefore, the power in Cao Lu's hands is actually not as great as imagined.

Zhao Yan also walked in with some curiosity, and on the way here, Cao Lu had already boasted to him about how good his collection was, such as the horizontal knife used by Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty; Cheng Bites Jin's used horse lance; Mo knife will be Li Siye's used Mo knife; The first fierce general of the five dynasties, known as the 'Thirteen Taibao' Li Cunxiao used the iron Laos, the iron gun used by Wang Yanzhang, etc., it seems that since the Tang Dynasty, all the famous generals have deliberately left their own weapons, so that Cao Lu can collect them, although Zhao Yan feels that the probability of this kind of thing is too low, but it is not easy to expose his father-in-law.

Zhao Yan followed Cao Lu into this collection room called Qianjun Pavilion, but as soon as he entered, Zhao Yan felt cold all over, only to see that the room was full of weapon racks, all kinds of weapons stood on the shelves, or rusty, or shining, each weapon looked murderous, and even Zhao Yan felt that the temperature in the room was lower than outside.

I saw Cao Lu walking to the middle of the Qianjun Pavilion very proudly, pointing to a horizontal knife on the shelf and saying: "Virtuous son-in-law, please see, this horizontal knife is the one I mentioned just now, which was once used by Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Jing attacked the Turks at night, he used this knife to cut off the head of Jieli Khan!" ”

Zhao Yan almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this, although his history is not good, but Cao Lu must be worse than him, if he remembers correctly, Jieli Khan was obviously captured alive, and later he was also made an official by Li Shimin, and when he was happy, he asked Jieli to dance for him, but when he arrived at Cao Lu, he became beheaded by Li Jing, which made Zhao Yan even more suspicious of the origin of this knife.

However, Cao Lu, who was on the rise, did not show the suspicion in Zhao Yan's eyes, and immediately told him about other weapons with great interest, such as Cheng Biting Jin's horse lance he just said, Li Siye's Mo knife, etc., although these weapons may not really be the personal weapons of those generals, but looking at their rusty and murderous appearance, it is estimated that they are all weapons left by the former Tang Dynasty.

After introducing the weapons of the Tang Dynasty, Cao Lu took Zhao Yan to a room next to him, this room was also full of weapons, but these weapons were the weapons of various generals in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

Zhao Yan is also the first time to see Cao Lu look at a weapon so solemnly, it is also very strange at the moment, he turned his head and looked at this weapon, only to see that this weapon is very strange, the event weapons are all made of metal, it looks very heavy, the head of the weapon is a human hand, in which the index finger and middle finger are straight, it looks like a spear tip, the little finger and ring finger are holding a brush, but the tip of the pen is extremely sharp, such a weapon looks like a stabbing and smashing and splitting, it is estimated that it is not easy to use.

Cao Lu stared at this strange-shaped weapon for a while, and then he sighed and said: "Virtuous son-in-law, this iron Laos is the weapon used by Li Cunxiao, the first fierce general of the fifth generation, it is said that Li Cunxiao has ribs and tendons, and he was born with extraordinary divine power, and led the army to gallop under the hands of Li Ke, the king of Jin, and never tasted defeat in his life, but unfortunately he was separated by the villain later, and died in the hands of Li Keyong." ”

"Li Cunxiao?" Zhao Yan had already heard Cao Lu mention this name just now, but at that time he just felt familiar, and he didn't remember where he had heard this name, and now after Cao Lu's reminder, Zhao Yan suddenly remembered and exclaimed, "Father-in-law, Li Cunxiao is the fifth generation general who was divided by five horses and did not die?" ”

Zhao Yan listened to the old man talk about the ancient times when he was a child, and often heard the phrase "the king is not Xiang, but the general is not Li", which refers to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Li refers to Li Cunxiao, in the entire history of the Central Plains, these two people should be the most courageous generals, Xiang Yu killed hundreds of people alone on the bank of the Wujiang River, and finally killed himself. And Li Cunxiao was raised by his father-in-law Li Ke with suspicion, and finally died willingly, Li Ke used five horses to pull Li Cunxiao's head and limbs, and wanted to divide his five horses, but unfortunately Li Cunxiao's muscles and bones were too strong, and the five horses did not move, and in the end, Li Cunxiao took the initiative to let people break his tendons and hamstrings, and then he was killed by the five horses.

"Yes, it is Li Cunxiao, who is known as the Flying Tiger General, but unfortunately although he is brave, he is too stupid and loyal, and his merits are high and he does not know it, and finally he was suspected by Li Keyong, and he was willing to die to show his loyalty, otherwise with his bravery, who in the world can stand in his way?" When Cao Lu said to the end, his eyes also showed excitement and regret, as a general, he naturally felt sympathy for such a brave general.

"In the final analysis, Li Keyong is intolerant, if he has the mind and means of my Chao Taizu, I'm afraid Li Cunxiao will not fall into the end of the car cracking!" Zhao Yan also sighed and said, although later generations said that the Tang Dynasty was strong and the Song Dynasty was weak, but these two dynasties had a characteristic, that is, most of the founding generals could have a good home, which was much stronger than Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son in later generations.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words praising Song Taizu, a trace of complexity flashed on Cao Lu's face, and he wanted to speak several times, and finally could only sigh silently and didn't say anything more.

Then Cao Lu took Zhao Yan to the last room, this room is no longer the weapons used by famous generals, but the weapons produced by the Great Song Dynasty, such as bows, crossbows, knives, guns, sticks, etc., each type has several or even dozens of weapons, such as the bow alone, there are yellow birch bows, black lacquer bows, white birch bows, hemp back bows, and six kinds of crossbows, when not in use, the strings are removed, so as not to make the bow power drop, these are all produced in the Great Song Dynasty bow and crossbow courtyard, but unfortunately Zhao Yan did not see the famous god arm bow of later generations here, It is estimated that it is not yet clear.

The weapons production of the Great Song Dynasty is very concentrated, divided into two major institutions, of which the bow and crossbow courtyard specializes in the production of bows, crossbows, arrows and other long-range weapons, and the north and south workshops produce knives, guns, armor and other commonly used weapons, of course, these two institutions are divided into dozens of small institutions, these small institutions are called "work", such as iron armor, arrows, etc., it can be said that the division of labor is clear, all the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty army are provided by the bow and crossbow courtyard and the north and south workshops.

Cao Lu is also a man with hands and eyes, in his collection room, almost the weapons produced by the north and south workshops and the bow and crossbow courtyard have been collected all over the place, from all kinds of arrows to bed crossbows and trebuchets, all of them are here, Zhao Yangang was also shocked when he saw the bed crossbow and trebuchet, although the trebuchet was disassembled because it was too big, but compared to other weapons, this large weapon is still very amazing.

"Father-in-law, it's okay for you to collect other weapons, but if a weapon like a bed crossbow is passed on, I'm afraid it will be a little inappropriate, right?" Zhao Yan kindly reminded that the Great Song Dynasty's supervision of weapons is actually very strict, for example, there are strict regulations on the possession of knives by the people, and the army's standard weapons are strictly forbidden to be held by the people.

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Cao Lu laughed and said: "Thank you for the reminder, but you see that this bed crossbow is just a spectacle, although I am now in charge of the Infantry Division, but it is not easy to get a bed crossbow to go home, and the cost of this bed crossbow is too expensive, even if I spend money to buy it, I will be very distressed." ”

Cao Lu said, stepped forward and pulled the crossbow arm of the bed crossbow, and then Zhao Yan realized that the crossbow arm of the bed crossbow was actually made of ordinary wood, and there was no tension at all, let alone shoot the spear-like crossbow arrow next to him.

"Father-in-law, is this bed crossbow very expensive, it looks like it's just a pile of wood?" At this time, Zhao Yan revealed the essence of his military idiot, he basically didn't know anything about the bed crossbow, the heavyweight weapon of the ancient army, and he didn't even know much about ordinary bows and crossbows.

"Of course, the cost of the bed crossbow is high, and the most expensive is its crossbow arm, you see that this is a three-bow bed crossbow, there are three huge crossbow arms on it, and this crossbow arm is not made of wood and bamboo, but with the best wood to dry for a long time, and then use the horn to make thin slices, plus tendons, glue and other pressure on the bow arm, in order to increase the elasticity, it can be said that just a crossbow arm, it will take a year or two to build, the crossbow arm of the bed crossbow is much larger than the ordinary bow and crossbow, not only consumes more materials, It is also more difficult to manufacture, only those who have the best skills in the bow and crossbow craftsmen dare to make the crossbow arm of the bed crossbow, and it is the high cost of the bed crossbow, so the bed crossbow in my Great Song army has always been underequipped. Cao Lu said with some regret, the crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty is the first in the world, but the cost is too high, and every year the imperial court invests a large amount of money into the bow and crossbow courtyard, but it is still not enough.

When Zhao Yan heard this, his heart suddenly moved, he thought of what he saw on the Internet in the later life, maybe it could reduce the cost of the bed crossbow, but he was not sure whether this method was feasible, so it was not too late to go back and try it himself. In addition, Zhao Yan also has a question, that is, there seems to be one thing missing from Cao Lu's weapon collection?

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