October 11, 320 of the Great Song Dynasty. The ships of the Great Song Dynasty came to the wharf of Dongying, and it had entered autumn at this time, and since the Yellow River returned to the north, there was more rain in Hebei. Waiting for the ship to dock, Liu Pet walked out of the cabin. Looking up at the gloomy sky and feeling the scattered rain, Liu Pet couldn't help but think of the rainy season in his hometown.

Autumn and the rainy season in the north feel completely different. Although the rainy season in Jiangnan is cool, there is no chill. It's very different from the cold winds in the north. This makes Liu Pet miss his hometown even more, he hasn't been home for a long time. Fortunately, before coming out this time, Liu Pet told the director that he was going to take family leave after this time.

The troops began to unload their stuff from the ship, and the boxes were quite heavy, tied with thick ropes, and then transferred to the cargo dock by cranes, and pulled away by transport trucks.

However, this transportation was only the beginning, and the donkey cart was also shaking vigorously when it walked on the rain-soaked dirt road. The weight of the donkey car was insufficient, and the escort carried rain gear and led the donkey with a lot of clothes on the dirt road. When they arrived at their destination, everyone's rubber-soled leather boots were covered in mud. Everyone first found something to scrape off the mud, and then moved things to the county yamen.

At this time, there were already people waiting in the county yamen. In addition to the magistrate, it is the current leader of the Red Turban Army, General Lin Dengwan. That is, the head of the Zheng family. There were also some cadres and other generals of the Red Turban Army.

Liu Pet wiped the rain off his face, and after saluting everyone, he ordered someone to take out a few sets of armor. These armors were made of strips of leather with steel plates pierced, and helmets were made of steel and lined with cotton and leather braces. Just take it out, and the room where several candles have been lit immediately looks brighter because of the reflection of the armor.

The leaders of the Red Turban Army immediately had heat in their eyes. The Zheng family is not an ordinary person in Hebei, and some people in the family also participated in the Great Khan's army and were selected as the family of heavy armored cavalry. They knew the value of the armor sets, and there were more in the large, unopened heavy chests. The value of these things has exceeded the value of all the Zheng family's property.

Liu Pet asked, "I don't know which general is willing to come out and try the armor." ”

The leaders of the Red Turban Army, you look at me, I look at you, a great sweat stepped forward and replied loudly: "I am willing." ”

This is called Qin Mohuan, not the Zheng family's forces, but another Hebei warrior who independently resisted the Mongol rule. Liu Pet has been in Hebei for a while, and he hopes that more characters like Qin Mohuan can rise. The Red Turban Army became the Zheng Family Army, which was just a repetition of the situation in the last years of the Jin Kingdom. It's not good for Da Song.

"Anything else?" Liu Pet continued to ask.

General Lin Dengwan motioned to his family, and a tall Zheng family member also stood up and replied, "I am willing to give it a try." ”

"Armor for both." Liu Pet said to the staff of the Intelligence Department.

The Intelligence Department has tried many times in Jinan, and is now quite proficient. First take off their coats, then put on the inner lining of silkworm silk soft armor, and then put on the armor made of steel sheets and leather strips.

"With so much iron, it didn't weigh as much as I thought." Qin Mohuan said in surprise.

Liu Pet smiled slightly, it was not an iron piece that was worn on the leather strip, but a steel piece. At this time, Liu Pet didn't want to explain, and the explanation dropped the price. If the Zheng family really thought it was a piece of iron and imitated it with an iron piece, it would only be more interesting.

This is a kind of half-body armor that is protected by armor plates on the thighs in addition to a nail piece on the chest and back. This shiny metal armor is full of cold weapon beauty, and Liu Chong, who has seen it several times, still feels that it looks very powerful when he sees it again. The two of them put on steel helmets again, and the helmets wore metal visors, and when they dropped the visors, they looked not only mighty, but also imposing.

The spear with the ash rod was handed to the two men, and the two stood straight with the spear. Everyone in the room couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration when they looked at these two generals of the Cold Weapon Era. Even General Lin Dengwan, the head of the Zheng family, couldn't help but smile and nodded again and again.

"And." Liu Pet smiled.

Everyone didn't know how to strengthen it with this kind of equipment, but they saw that the staff had already taken out two silk cloaks and tied them up. The metallic luster is mighty, and the luster of silk is luxurious. The two generals were mighty and magnificent, and everyone in the room didn't dare to say anything more. When everyone watched the staff go to get something again, they held their breath and wanted to see what they were going to take out.

saw that the staff took out two large silk red scarves and tied them around the necks of the two generals. The silk red scarf is conspicuous, which is more in line with the meaning of the red scarf army. Steel armor, white silk cloak, red scarf. The color mix is excellent. I saw General Lin Dengwan, the head of the Zheng family, slap his thigh, stand up, and then shouted: "Okay! ”

This shouted out the hearts of the people, and the others followed suit. For a while, the cheers came one after another, making the house lively. When the two draped generals saw that they had taken out the same thing, they looked at each other's attire. Seeing the other party's majestic clothes like a divine soldier, although he was jealous in his heart, he also knew that he was the same. Jealousy is also joy.

When the cheers fell slightly, Liu Pet shouted again: "You don't have to worry, there are some things that need to be tried to let everyone know." ”

Everyone no longer knew what else Liu Pet could come up with, and they all stared at Liu Pet with bated breath. I saw that Liu Pet asked people to quickly move out a support frame and put on a suit of armor to form a model. Then, at a distance of four to five meters from the model, a large Song steel arm crossbow could be most effective, and several arrows were fired. Sharp triangular crossbow arrows pierced through the cloak, about two millimeters thick of steel armor, and the arrows plunged into the armor.

When everyone's faces deteriorated, Liu Pet asked the model to disassemble the part of the arrow, but saw that the sharp three-edged arrow shot through the two layers of armor and reached the end of the strong crossbow, and failed to shoot through the silk lining armor in the armor.

The generals of the Red Turban Army all knew how sharp the steel-armed crossbow produced by the Great Song Dynasty was, and it was not possible to shoot into the human body at such a close distance, let alone Da Yuan's bow and arrow. At this time, there is no need for Liu Pet to say a word, the importance of the Great Song Dynasty to the Red Turban Army is enough to prove.

General Lin Dengwan, the head of the Zheng family, immediately came up to salute Liu Chong, and Liu Chong immediately supported General Lin Dengwan and encouraged him to fight bravely and do his best to protect the people of Hebei.

The others couldn't interject, so they touched and looked around the two generals. Some lamented the softness of the silk cloak, while others praised the sturdiness of the armor. The two generals hurriedly prevented others from moving their armor, as if the people around them could touch the steel armor. In addition to stopping others from touching indiscriminately, the two looked at Liu Pet with nervous and expectant eyes.

Of course, Liu Pet knew the thoughts of the two, and he smiled: "These two generals, the armor and spears on your bodies will be given to you!" ”

"Good! Good! "Great!" In the cheers of the two of their respective forces, the two hurriedly stepped forward to thank them. Qin Mohuan preemptively said: "Zheng Daguan, I will definitely fight bravely to kill the enemy and make a contribution." ”

Liu Pet nodded with satisfaction. It looked like appreciation, but in fact, he was thinking about something else. While in Jinan, the Intelligence Department conducted firearm tests in addition to crossbow arrow tests. When Da Song's musket was fired from a distance of 30 meters, the bullet failed to penetrate the steel armor, but it made a crack in the wooden plank inside the steel armor model. Such facts prove that as long as you are hit by the Great Song musket, the human body will be violently impacted. On the battlefield, a fighter who breaks two or three ribs can basically be regarded as losing his combat effectiveness.

Determined that no amount of silk or steel armor could defend against musket fire, the Intelligence Division was completely relieved. As long as the muskets of the Great Song Dynasty still have an overwhelming advantage, it is not a problem to equip the Hebei rebels with anything.

The next thing is that everyone has a feast. The middle of October in the Song calendar is around the beginning of December of the 21st century, and the weather is already cold. In such weather, a spicy hot pot with a focus on hemp was used that was transported from the south. A lot of meat was pulled down from the pot, and the cheeks of the Red Turban Army were trembling one by one, but they still tried to stuff it into their stomachs. Even a reserved person like the head of the Zheng family had a smile on his face.

Liu Pet was also eating, but he stopped talking. Before the head of the Red Turban Army sent by Hangzhou arrived, the person in charge of this side of affairs was a military colonel named Li Kang. Hearing this name, Liu Chong couldn't help but think of the historical records he had read, in which the son of General Fei Li Guang was called Li Kang, and it was recorded in the book that Li Kang was also a colonel. However, Liu Pet didn't dare to show off such a story no matter what.

This time, he had already said everything he should have said, except for the seemingly generous gift of two sets of equipment, Liu Pet did not say anything about the other equipment. This time, his work has been completed. The distribution of other armors is completely out of Liu's control.

The day after eating, Liu Pet sent a report to Jinan. After receiving a response, he boarded the boat and began to go on family leave.