Outside the study door.

With a shout, hundreds of elite armorers with powerful bows and crossbows poured out from behind the rockery, green trees, and courtyard walls, and the dense rain of arrows locked on the purple shadow that was rapidly fleeing.

Qin Feng followed and appeared on the steps outside the study, and at this moment, Yun Qijun's figure was already a hundred meters away, and the rain of arrows in the sky was just chasing after her in vain.

At this speed, even if it is too late to replenish the gun.

Behind him, Zhao Yuanjin also walked out under the escort of a group of masters, he was not in any big trouble, he was just a little frightened.

However, in the short confrontation just now, there were as many as six masters who died under Yun Qijun's sword, and many of them were seriously injured, and they had to be carefully recuperated before it was possible to recover.

"Mr. Qi,"

Qin Feng frowned and asked, "Could it be that the martial arts masters of the Innate Peak Realm are all so powerful?" Wouldn't that be more dangerous than we had anticipated? ”

Qi Yingchan is the only innate martial arts master under Zhao Yuanjin's command, although he is nearly seventy years old, he looks like he is only forty.

Hearing this, he replied: "This woman's cultivation is indeed above decay, and there is a great hope that she will step into the realm of human immortals in the next few years, but even so, she can't have such a terrifying speed now, it should be caused by the use of some kind of costly secret method to induce." ”

"That's pretty much it." Qin Feng felt a little relieved when he heard this.

Overdrawing his own essence and blood potential, temporarily exchanging for more terrifying lethality or escape opportunities, this situation is not unfamiliar to him, but he doesn't know if this woman will have any hope of recovery in the future.

"It's a pity that the three-bow bed crossbow in the army is still being made and debugged, otherwise she would definitely be able to stay here today." Zhao Yuan sighed.

Qin Feng shook his head slightly, the range of the three-bow bed crossbow is amazing, but unfortunately it is relatively cumbersome, and the launch and transportation are not very flexible and convenient. It is good to use it in defending cities and large-scale field battles, but it may not be easy to use it to besiege and kill such top masters.

Sun Xiangqing said with a solemn expression: "This time I have torn my face with Ling Cangshan, and the lord has to strengthen the guards around him." ”

Zhao Yuanjin nodded and said, "This is natural." In addition, martial law was ordered throughout the city, and the secret agent eyeline of Ling Cangshan's vein was searched, if that Yun Qijun could be found, whether he was captured alive or killed, he would be rewarded. ”

The monarchs and ministers discussed for a while, and decided that from now on, all officials and generals above the sixth rank must be equipped with a certain number of sword, shield, armor and crossbowmen, and they must be very careful when traveling.

When the world was in turmoil and the heroes were competing, it was not uncommon for some hermit sects to assassinate important officials under the rival princes.

After the discussion, Qin Feng returned to the courtyard where he lived, and Captain Zhao Cheng still accompanied him with a group of armor soldiers.

Zhang Qiuyun was still outside early, and when she saw his figure, she greeted him happily, bending over and saluting, like a little wife waiting for her husband to return home.

Qin Feng nodded, didn't shy away from anything, grabbed her hand and entered the room.

"Is Mr. Zhu back?"

After sitting down, he took the fine porcelain teacup offered by the maid and put it aside, and asked in his mouth.

"The gentleman has been back for a while, and is waiting in the wing." Zhang Qiuyun replied.

"Okay, let him come and talk."

Zhang Qiuyun gestured with her eyes, and a maid next to her hurriedly went out to spread the word.

Not long after, Zhu Yuntai, who was dressed in a green shirt and had bright eyes, walked in, and two servants behind him followed and carried in a large box.

Qin Feng was not in a hurry to speak, and waved his hand to signal that no one else had anything to do with, leaving only Zhang Qiuyun present.

"Childe, what you want, your subordinates have already bought it."

Zhu Yuntai said, opening the box with his own hands, and inside were two sets of armor of different styles and styles, as well as swords. It was the finest armor blade he had ever found out there.

Qin Feng picked up one casually, examined it carefully, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Although the workmanship looks good, it is inevitably heavier and the protection is not ideal, which is far from his expectations. But thinking about the level of craftsmanship in this era, you can't be too demanding.

He was planning to form his own personal guard force, so he instructed Zhu Yuntai to do this, and for various considerations, he did not open his mouth to Zhao Yuanjin this time. Instead, he figured out his own way, from manpower to armor and blades, bows and crossbows, and solved it alone, anyway, he was not short of silver.

As for whether to buy guns and ammunition and then equip his guards in batches, Qin Feng is still considering weighing it.

"By the way, did you buy the soft armor I asked you to keep an eye on?" Qin Feng asked.

"I bought one, but the price was not cheap, and it cost three hundred and fifty taels of silver."

Zhu Yuntai said, took out another box from the bottom of the big box, and after opening it, there was a pair of light black small armor on the silk satin backing inside.

Qin Feng picked it up and looked at it, and the disappointment in his heart was even worse.

This kind of soft armor is woven with fine metal wire, which can be worn on the body to play a protective role. However, with the technical conditions of this era, it was quite difficult to weave metal wire into armor, so the price was also extremely expensive, at least not less than the same weight of silver, and the quality was not inferior to the same weight of gold, so there was no possibility of widespread use.

Soft Mail, like chain mail, is effective against slashing weapons such as knives, preventing knives from slashing into limbs, and reducing the force of knives to relatively minor blunt injuries by increasing the contact surface. However, there is a limit to this effect, and it is very limited to heavy slashing weapons such as axes, which can directly cut off soft armor.

Because the woven mesh is not dense enough, piercing weapons such as bows and spears can easily concentrate their forces to exert huge pressure on a small point, and then destroy the soft armor. So this thing is very limited in its usefulness for piercing weapons. It is almost completely defenseless against blunt weapons.

So there are actually a lot of disadvantages of this soft armor. Not only is it not lightweight. And because it is soft, its weight can not be borne evenly, and the force is completely on the wearer's two shoulders, which can easily cause the wearer's shoulder fatigue. Shoulder fatigue on the battlefield means not being able to swing a weapon, which is a fatal flaw. However, general rigid armor, such as plate armor, although the weight is more than that of soft armor, but the weight is shared by the belt at the waist and the lower armor of the hips, so it is less likely to get tired than soft armor.

Therefore, soft armor is generally only used for important people to wear it on important occasions to prevent assassination, or for those who appear on the battlefield such as the emperor's personal conquest, but absolutely do not need to fight in person.

“…… Looks like we're going to have to figure out something in the Overworld, and it seems better to find a way to get some body armor? However, body armor is suitable for firearms and weapons, and the defensive effect against cold weapons is not satisfactory, which is really a bit troublesome......" Qin Feng pondered.

After thinking for a while, he said to Zhu Yuntai: "Okay, you did a good job, that's it for the time being." Let's get all the people selected first, tentatively set the number of hundred, and I'll figure out a way to make the blades and armor. ”

Nowadays, there are so many civilians who have no livelihood outside, as long as they do not spare food and wages, it is not difficult to recruit some desirable guards.

For other officials, it is obviously taboo to recruit and form guards without permission. However, with his special status, of course Zhao Yuanjin would not say anything.

The two discussed properly, and after Zhu Yuntai left, he gave the soft armor directly to Zhang Qiuyun: "Put this on close, it's best not to take it off when you sleep." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Qiuyun's pretty face flushed, and she looked at him with some confusion.

"I've offended a very powerful guy, maybe one day she will come to seek revenge, I'm not worried about anything, I'm afraid that she will vent her anger on you." Qin Feng explained.

"Yes, slave maid understands."

Zhang Qiuyun nodded obediently and meekly agreed.

The effect of this soft armor is better than nothing, so I'll use it for her for the time being, and I'll have to hurry up and get a few better sets of equipment another day.

……

In a cave somewhere outside the city.

Yun Qijun, whose blood was faded and her face was pale, was half-leaning against the cave wall, gritting her teeth and dealing with her wounds, when the sequelae of overdrawing her physical energy to perform the secret method began to appear, making her feel weaker than ever.