Yu Xiaotian saw that these officials and gentry in Jiaozhou were relatively sensible, so they were relatively polite to them, and after greeting them, he asked about the situation here, and rejected their request to invite him into the city to set up a banquet, saying that the military affairs were in his body, and it was not appropriate to drink the banquet now.

When the Jiaozhou magistrate and the officials heard it, they were moved by the fact that they almost had a handful of snot and tears, what a general! This is a good general of the Ming Dynasty! It is really rare for this kind of person to take state affairs as the priority, refuse to drink and feast, and fight the rebels first!

Look at these Fujian soldiers brought by Yu Xiaotian, look at their equipment, look at their military appearance, look at their military discipline, these Jiaozhou officials and gentry, immediately put their hearts in their stomachs.

The rumors are true, this group of Fujian soldiers appointed by the saint is really a strong army, over the years, the Ming army from all walks of life from the south to the north, to say that the officials here in Shandong have seen a lot, Shandong, Sichuan, Dongjiang, Guanning Army, Zhejiang, Huguang, Beizhi, Tianjin Wei, Henan.

People from all walks of life came and went to Shandong, or to go to Guanwai, but they have never seen a military appearance of such a neat officer and soldier, this force from Fujian, marching on the road, more than 100 people a sentry, no matter how many people in a horizontal line, the queue is as neat as a knife cut, the team emits a whistle, the footsteps of each officer and soldier, are just stepping on the point of the whistle, not chaotic at all, thousands of people's footsteps fall, only one sound, making a roaring footsteps.

This kind of footsteps is like the beat of a war drum, knocking heavily on people's hearts, knocking on people's hearts, knocking on people's souls, making people involuntarily produce a feeling of who can compete with them.

And during the march, very few of these soldiers were talking and laughing or even playing in the queue, and they all kept quiet silently, staring solemnly at the back of the heads of the people in front of them, silently moving their legs forward, and the queue was marching, but it could still maintain the slightest chaos.

In the distance, some teams were still singing some tunes as they walked, these tunes were simple, but when they were sung in hundreds of people, they seemed so high-pitched and majestic, like rolling thunder, scattering the dark clouds in the sky.

Except for some heralds or scouts, from time to time they would ride horses and gallop quickly from both sides of the queue, raising some dust and smoke, and the entire team of more than 8,000 people, like a giant dragon, meandered on the official road and swam towards the north of Jiaozhou City, but no one stopped privately to look at the scene around Jiaozhou City.

These Fujian generals, although the military uniforms are basically similar to the military uniforms of other Ming troops, but the clothes of these generals appear to be clean and tidy, and they look relatively new, even if some people's clothes are torn, they are also marked with patches with the same color and neatness, making the entire Fujian generals look full of spirit, not to mention, but also look unusually neat and clean.

Everyone's face looks ruddy, although there is no fat, but they all look energetic, at a glance you know that these Fujian generals, usually eat well, at least there is no frequent hunger, there is no problem with eating, this is compared with other ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, it is impossible not to be surprised.

Among the other Ming troops, those ordinary soldiers are wearing tattered clothes one by one, although they are also Ming army numbers and uniforms, but it can be seen at a glance that their military uniforms have not been changed for many years, some military uniforms have even faded to the point that they can't see the original color, and some military uniforms are so rotten that they can't see the original style, like the clothes of the rice flowers, hanging on their bodies, barely showing their identity, or a soldier.

In addition, the ordinary soldiers in the other Ming armies, most of them have yellow and thin faces, their faces are vegetable, they look like hungry people, and even compared to the faces of hungry people, they are not much better, most of them look sluggish, during the march, their steps are sluggish, and they all look half-dead, and even make people worry that some of these people may die on the side of the road at any time.

Looking at the armor on their bodies, the weapons of the sea wolf soldiers are not complicated, the main equipment is the spear and the "bird gun", the bird gun also occupies a large proportion, in addition, that is, some knife players, equipped with rattan cards and single knives, most of the people on the body are wearing a cotton armor or leather armor, and the helmet is all wearing a water mill six-petal iron helmet, or a simple overall iron helmet, and there is a knife-proof chain mail draped on the back of the neck on the shoulder.

Of course, they don't know that this simple iron helmet is a new product of the industrialization of the Seawolf Group, after the gears and bearings were successfully developed and began to be used in large quantities, a primary hot rolling mill was manufactured, and after the wrought iron or mild steel was burned red, it was repeatedly rolled through the Guò hot rolling mill to finally become thinner iron sheets or steel plates.

A kind of counterweight primitive stamping machine tool is also manufactured, casting a mold of an iron helmet, cutting the iron plate or steel plate into a standard shape, sending it into the stamping machine, with a bang, the punch falls, and an iron helmet or steel helmet can be stamped out at a time, with a little polishing, drilling is installed on the canvas helmet lining inside, and then the neck guard chain soft armor is installed, and it becomes a finished product.

This kind of production process is more than 100 times simpler than the previous process of relying on craftsmen to repeatedly beat and then combine pieces of iron helmets, and the production cost has been reduced a lot, which makes Yu Jiajun now all equipped with iron helmets, and the officers are even equipped with better steel helmets, and the protection and wearing comfort are far stronger than the six-petal helmets commonly used by the Ming army, but the production cost and price have been reduced a lot.

And the iron helmet of ordinary soldiers, without any decorations, bare, the style is very simple, usually maintained, it is relatively easy, after the production, it is also brushed with a layer of tung oil varnish, used to prevent rust, so that the helmet looks very smooth, and there are very few rust traces.

The officer's helmet is a little more complicated, the top of the helmet is equipped with a helmet rod, which is hung with various colors of helmet tassels according to different military ranks, so that soldiers can distinguish their position or rank just by seeing the color of the helmet, and once there is chaos in wartime, they can accept the command of officers who are higher than their rank. It is also a product of this era, and it is very appropriate to distinguish the identity of officers from ordinary soldiers.

Among the Ming army, like Fujian officers and soldiers, there are almost no such popular equipment with iron helmets and armor, and the ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, although they were also issued with cotton armor earlier, but because of financial constraints, coupled with official corruption, the replacement of equipment in the army is extremely slow, and the cotton armor used by the vast majority of ordinary soldiers has been tattered to the point that it is impossible to add to it, and it is better not to wear it, and not many people simply wear it.

Only some elites in the army, or the personal soldiers of the generals, can be equipped with more or less complete armor, these people are used by generals to save their lives, so it will be relatively better, but like Fujian officers and soldiers, the Ming army that is fully equipped with armor, now except for the Guanning army, which is relatively good, the other Ming armies can no longer be compared.

As for the weapons, the various weapons held by the Fujian officers and soldiers in their hands all look very sophisticated, the barrel at the front end of the spear is wrapped in an iron sheet more than a foot long, which covers the front end of the barrel to prevent it from being cut off by the enemy.

And the bird gun they carried among them was black and shiny, including the wooden body and butt, which were also covered with varnish and maintained a bright wood color, and at a glance you could see that it was quite well maintained.

As for the rattan card on the back of the knife player, it looks like a simple and generous style, the outer layer of the rattan card, there is also a layer of raw cowhide, and the rattan card is painted with color paint to draw a very hideous beast face, which makes people look at it head-on, and will produce a very strong sense of oppression.

"If it really lives up to its name, no wonder the saint will appoint your soldiers and horses to go north to quell the rebellion this time, after seeing your army's appearance today, I am very relieved, and this male soldier, why worry about the rebel army? This time to quell the chaos, there will be a lot of work! After looking at the Fujian soldiers in front of him who were continuing to move forward, Jiaozhou Zhizhou couldn't help but sincerely clench his fists and said to Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian turned his head to look at the appearance of these soldiers and horses he brought, and he was quite complacent, but he still said modestly: "These soldiers and generals brought by Xia can enter the eyes of adults, and Yu will be content!"

It is within our share of duty to suppress the rebellion for the sake of the country, and this time the Holy One appointed to come to the north to quell the rebellion, which is also the highest view of the Holy One today!

Yu Mou dares not to die? Therefore, please rest assured, as long as Yu is here, you will no longer be able to let those rebels be arrogant, as long as you can give you sufficient support, do not let the brothers below cut off their food, then you can guarantee that you will never let the rebels be arrogant again!

But this time, when the official came over, he heard some bad things, saying that there are many people in the local area, snakes and rats, secretly colluding with the rebels, in addition to acting as the eyes and ears of the rebels, but also secretly providing financial and food support to the rebels!

This kind of person is really a loss of conscience, if I let Yu find out who it is, the first thing Yu wants to kill is this kind of villain! ”

Speaking of this, Yu Xiaotian suddenly swept his cold eyes over the local squires and gentry who were not far away, accompanying the Jiaozhou Governor and the officials who came to greet his soldiers and horses, and there was a hint of playfulness in his eyes.