After a delay in the Yellow River, after which the speed of the march of the army accelerated, Tan Guohua rode his donkey, and did not have to worry about safety, and the journey was not tiring.

On this day, the brigade entered a mountainous area with relatively rugged terrain, and Tanma did not report that there was an enemy here, but Pan Mei was not at ease, so he personally went to the high ground to check the terrain, and then ordered two captains to take 500 people each to guard the high ground on both sides of the official road.

After a cup of tea, the forward battalion was about to walk out of the mountain, when suddenly the ground began to shake, and a sentry appeared in the front and rear of the team, just blocking the army led by Pan Mei, and at the same time, there were shouts of killing in the surrounding woods and grass.

A gong sounded, and Pan Mei instructed the sergeants to begin to shrink the defense in an orderly manner while checking the enemy's approach.

Tan Guohua looked around, and when he saw that the ambusher was not a bandit who had fallen into the grass, but a well-trained army, his heart couldn't help but sink, and he settled the "little ash" behind a big rock, and then pulled out an iron sword, which was built by a blacksmith in the army when making the cable car, and because of the material, it was only slightly stronger than the standard weapon.

The banner of the ambush was the banner of the Northern Han, and they did not give the Great Zhou army much time to prepare, and immediately began to rush and kill, and a melee unfolded.

The army fights, pays attention to attack and kill cooperation, personal force is limited to the minimum, what Tan Guohua can do is self-preservation, a Northern Han soldier saw that he was young, thought he had picked up a soft persimmon, but a knife split the air, he grabbed the arm holding the knife with a gold wire wrapped around his wrist, and he used it as a meat shield by pushing and pulling, and a sneak spear stabbed the person's vital point.

The corpse kicked him into the air, and the attacker hurriedly dodged, but he followed closer, and the iron sword slashed diagonally, and the man lost his spear and could not be blocked, so he had to retreat, and two spearmen came to his aid, which saved his life.

The two spearmen kept piercing, with tacit understanding, Tan Guohua seemed to slip under his feet, fell sideways, the two were overjoyed, the spear changed to stabbing to fighting, but they didn't want Tan Guohua's body to suddenly jump up like a snake, and with a wave of the iron sword, one of them broke his leg in response, which is a sword move derived from the drunken fist's move "bounce waist and offer wine".

With one successful blow, the body rolled forward, and at the same time, he performed a style of "carp spitting beads" in the Shaking Mountain Fist, and knocked the other spearman upside down and flew out with one punch.

He was just about to kill the two men, and other Northern Han soldiers rushed up, and he was once again besieged.

After the initial panic, the Great Zhou army gradually stabilized the situation, and the rugged and difficult mountain roads were conducive to ambush, as well as defense, especially Pan Mei's prescient name for letting people occupy the highest points on both sides, which was equivalent to taking advantage of the geographical advantage in advance.

It didn't take long for the two sides to turn from a chaotic battle to a soldier-to-soldier battle, and their respective generals would also meet, "Who is Gexia, can you dare to use your name?"

"And Yang Ye is also!"

Hearing this name, Tan Guohua, who was being besieged not far away, was distracted and revealed a flaw, if it weren't for the fact that he used the beginner's golden bell jar in a hurry, one arm might have been cut off.

struggled to repel the besieging four, and then he had time to look at the person who called himself Yang Ye, and secretly said in his heart: Is the grudge between the Pan and Yang families from now on?

Pan Mei's personal combat power is slightly weaker than Yang Ye, but it can still be supported in a short time, at this time the advantage of the number of the Great Zhou army is revealed, the army of the Northern Han sneak attack on the grain road is a guest army after all, and there are not many people and horses, not only is it difficult to win under a long battle, but it may fall into the territory of the Great Zhou.

Unable to win quickly, they retreated to the next best thing and began to burn grain.

The two thousand people had little combat power, but with them, it was difficult to burn the grain and grass, and Yang Ye saw that the goal could not be achieved, so he decisively ordered the Northern Han army to withdraw.

Pan Mei was willing to let him go, urging the horse to chase, and suddenly Yang Ye in front of him came to a rhinoceros looking at the moon, and three arrows were fired in succession.

The big knife waved, the first two arrows were blocked by him, and the third shot at his state of mind, thinking that the three arrows were over, the other party would slap the horse and leave, but suddenly there was a sound of "careful" in his ears, and a figure jumped up, and with a sound of "dang", a thumb-thick armor-piercing cone was deflected by the iron sword, almost grazing the root of Pan Mei's ear and flying.

Yang Ye's eyes swept over the young man who had broken his fatal blow, and then slapped his horse away.

Pan Mei broke out in a cold sweat, and arched her hand at Tan Guohua: "Brother Guohua, don't thank you for your kindness, the foolish brother has written it down!"

"Brother Pan doesn't have to be polite, don't chase after the poor, let's hurry up and gather people!"

Pan Mei nodded and began to beckon people to extinguish the fire and treat the wounded. Count the losses.

After this accident, the next journey became very smooth, a few days later the army entered Huazhou City, presiding over the handover of grain and grass and military supplies was Cui Cheng, after the official business, the master and apprentice told each other about the experience of the past half a year.

"Teacher, are you still suitable for joining the army?"

Cui Cheng knew that he actually wanted to ask his opinion on Zhao Kuangyin, "Everything is okay, the commander makes the adults extraordinary, and he treats people generously, and everyone in Huazhou is obedient!"

"That's good, will Senior Niang and Senior Brother come to Huazhou?"

Cui Cheng shook his head, "The big war is coming, and you are not allowed to bring your family, what are your plans?"

Tan Guohua originally intended to meet with the master, and then continue to travel, but when he heard that the Beibi faction had offered a large reward, he changed his mind and decided to stay with the teacher temporarily, on the one hand, he could help the teacher do something, and on the other hand, he took this opportunity to cultivate the iron cloth shirt well, and when his strength was further advanced, it was not too late to travel abroad.

"I want to stay in Huazhou for a while, and then go back to my hometown to have a look!"

"It's okay, I'm short of competent people around me, although you are young, but you are talented, early contact with practice is conducive to your growth!"

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Next, Tan Guohua stayed in Cui Cheng's temporary mansion, and after resting for two days, he began to purchase materials for the production of Dali Tiger Bone Soup and Dragon Snake Guiyuan Porridge, and most of the money accumulated in his hands was used in a blink of an eye.

In addition, he asked the blacksmiths and carpenters in the army to make several utensils, including wooden stakes, single parallel bars, and sandbags arranged according to the nine palaces, which helped him to quickly practice the work of iron cloth shirts.

Practicing martial arts at night, helping Cui Cheng handle government affairs during the day, and joining the army as a record, Cui Cheng's main responsibility is to supervise military affairs and review official documents, but in fact, he does more logistics work in the army, and Tan Guohua was arranged to supervise the armory.

Although Tan Guohua has no official position, he does not dare to despise the slightest bit of contempt, first move out the account books, and then introduce the inventory, "There are 23,000 original weapons in this warehouse, 6,000 pieces of leather armor, 400 pieces of iron armor, 125,000 arrows, and ...... new storage."

Tan Guohua listened to him while looking through the account books, the account books remember that they are all running accounts, and it is very troublesome to figure out the entry and exit, he believes that the problem can definitely be found here, but he does not plan to check carefully, as long as there are no major mistakes, the so-called water is clear, there is no fish, and the war is not suitable for big moves, Cui Cheng also asked for this.

At the end, he noticed that the number of damaged weapons had actually reached 4,000, "Yang Bingcao, how can there be so many damaged weapons?

"Shangguan doesn't know, what can be repaired has already been repaired, and the rest can only be returned to the furnace later, in addition, among the four thousand damaged weapons, thirty percent of them are the Mo knives and heavy armor left over from the former Tang Dynasty, which are a pity to be smelted, but they are not suitable for ordinary soldiers, so they have been accumulated here. ”

"Oh, the former Tang Dynasty's Mo Dao, can you take me to see it!"

"Absolutely!"

Yang Bingcao led Tan Guohua to the warehouse, and looked at it, the weapon rack was full of damaged weapons, some with broken blades, some broken, and even some with only handles left.

Tan Guohua quickly noticed a batch of long knives placed on the ground, these long knives were very similar in appearance to the knives used by Uncle Chen, but the handles were not hardwood, but pure metal.

"These are Mo knives, the lightest has more than 20 catties, the heaviest has more than 50 catties, our soldiers generally only use blades below ten catties, and no matter how heavy they are, they can't dance!"

Tan Guohua nodded, there are not no people with strong arms, but after all, they are a minority, as a general, Pan Mei's big knife is less than twelve catties, and his iron sword is only a little more than three catties.

He grabbed a Mo knife that didn't look badly corroded, but he almost didn't pick it up, so in order not to be ashamed, he had to use internal force.

"Shangguan's eyesight is extraordinary, Xiaguan admires, this is the heaviest Mo knife, it is said to be made by Ugin!"

"Oh, Ugin build?" Tan Guohua has worked in a steel foundry for many years, and knows that the so-called Ugin is actually tungsten ferroalloy, a material with high hardness and toughness, even in his previous life, it was a valuable cemented carbide.

"That's right, it's a pity that the weight is too heavy, and the hardness is extremely high, Lord Zheng En once wanted to smelt this knife, but unfortunately the blacksmith in the army can't do anything!"

Zheng En's name Tan Guohua is no stranger, but he is more concerned about this weapon, "Yang Bingcao, I don't know how to take this weapon?"

Yang Shen's face was embarrassed, Tan Guohua took out two gold leaves from his arms, which were his only remaining belongings, "If it's not enough, I'll borrow some from my teacher when I go back!"

"Enough, enough!" Yang Shen hurriedly smiled and took the gold leaf, two taels of gold is equivalent to two hundred taels of silver, even if someone wants to blame, he has something to say, not to mention that his top boss is Cui Cheng, how dare he offend Shangguan's disciple?