At the end of May, Yang Peng went to the armor forging workshop to have a look. After a year of development, this armor workshop has reached a considerable scale. The armor workshop uses a steam engine to drive a forging hammer to forge steel armor, which is very efficient. Although Yang Peng only planned to equip thirty steam engines at the beginning, in the end, as the demand for armor increased, Yang Peng increased the number of steam engines to sixty.
Today, there are more than a hundred craftsmen in the armor workshop, two people operate a forging hammer, and 60 handymen manage the steam engines. This armor workshop can now produce more than 10,000 sets of armor a year. Of course, the expansion of armor workshops increased the demand for crucible steel. Yang Peng also tripled the scale of the steelmaking workshop, increasing steel production to 60,000 kilograms per month.
Yang Peng's requirement for armor was that it could prevent direct arrows from shooting at thirty paces, so the steel armor forged by the craftsmen was quite thick. The front breastplate is three millimeters thick. And a set of armor not only includes a breastplate, but also a skirt, leggings, shoulder pads and arm guards. The frontal protection is very complete and can be regarded as full body armor.
However, this armor only has front protection, and there are no steel plates on the sides and rear. Yang Peng's troops generally face the enemy head-on, leaving the protection of the sides and rear to their comrades. Yang Peng believed that if the soldiers wore such a set of plate armor, the Khitan archers would not be able to shoot through them. Even if the soldiers were hit by more than a dozen arrows, they would probably only be minor skin wounds. As a result, the Khitan's old method of relying on mounted archery would have no way to defeat Master Hu Ben.
However, this kind of armor is relatively heavy, weighing more than thirty kilograms. It cannot be worn during normal marches and must be carried by a baggage convoy. This actually increased the requirements for the baggage train. Fortunately, Yang Peng had captured a lot of mules and horses in previous battles and had enough carriages, so this was not a big problem.
In the armor workshop, Yang Peng hung a newly made full-body armor a hundred meters away and shot it with an unrifled flintlock gun. Yang Peng often plays with rifles when he has nothing to do, and he is very proficient in loading and loading ammunition. It took him more than ten seconds to load the bullets and gunpowder, and pointed the musket at the full body armor. There was a gunshot, and the round lead bullet hit the left side of the chest armor, making a dent in the steel armor. But the dent is not big, only a few millimeters deep, so it probably won't cause much harm to the wearer.
Yang Peng thought for a while, shortened the shooting distance to seventy meters, loaded and fired again. There was another gunshot, and the bullet hit the right side of the steel armor. The bullet still failed to penetrate the steel armor and made a dent one centimeter deep in the steel armor. However, steel armor is not worn close to the body. It is already at a certain distance from the skin. It is expected that a dent of one centimeter will not cause serious injury to the wearer.
Yang Peng walked another twenty meters and fired at the steel armor from a distance of fifty meters. Only a loud bang was heard, and the lead bullet penetrated the steel armor. The steel armor hanging on the wooden shelf was violently shaken, fell down, and fell to the ground with a clang.
Yang Peng took the steel armor for inspection and found that the lead bullet had made a hole in the steel armor. It seems that at a distance of fifty meters, an ordinary musket can penetrate three millimeters of steel armor. If you encounter a red-haired person in the future, you cannot let the red-haired person get close to 50 meters to shoot. Once the enemy is allowed to shoot at the Tiger Division within fifty meters, even with such well-equipped steel armor, it will cause a large number of casualties.
After Yang Peng finished his work in Tianjing New City, he chatted with his master at the Seven Books of the Book of Secretaries. Now the Seven Books of Tianjing New City don't have much effect. Yang Peng is in charge of most everything. Even if they want to control it, they don’t know how. Yang Dezheng is now Zhang Xiang’s deputy. At first, Yang Dezheng was dissatisfied. Wen couldn’t defeat Zhang Xiang, and Wu was not Zhang Xiang’s opponent. Yang Dezheng was also thinking about how he would fare in Bianjing. He couldn't find an opponent. When he arrived at Tianjing New City, he didn't know how many people could knock him down. Even his seventh aunt was so powerful that he couldn't survive ten rounds in his hands. Yang Dezheng was disheartened. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to studying with Zhang Xiang, and Old Mrs. She was also happy to see it. Old Mrs. She also didn't expect that these teenagers were so powerful, and just one of them could knock Yang Dezheng down.
The Yang family's martial arts is no joke in Bianjing, it is really powerful, but these people in Tianjing New City are monsters. Even though they are not very powerful, they just do it with their hands. That is really not a joke, Mrs. She I heard that Xiao Tianzuo could not even go a round under Fan Long. Mrs. She knew how powerful Xiao Tianzuo was. He was the number one master of the Liao Kingdom. In the past, Yang Laoer and Yang Wulang of the Yang family could compete with him. In the first battle, no one else was a match. He couldn't even get past one round under Fan Long. This was so impressive. Think about it, Fan Long was only twenty-one years old, four years younger than Yang Bamei.
Yang Peng is also leaving. It has been nearly half a year since Yang Peng left Youzhou. In the past six months, his living space in Ryukyu has also expanded, and he also has a territory of his own. Lin Qing'er and Mrs. She are also very happy. Yang Peng clicked Nodding, "Continue to work harder." "Yes." Yang Peng glanced at the other brothers and warned: "The other brothers should do a good job in training. I hope that in three months, both recruits and veterans will be able to go into battle to kill the enemy. !" Everyone agreed in unison.
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Let's get going." Everyone hugged Yang Peng and left the hall one after another. As soon as they left, Qian Letian ran in, clasped his fists and worshiped: "General." Qian Letian, who has already appeared in the previous article, was the former Liao Dynasty's general judge in Shangjing.
Yang Peng glanced at him and said, "It's you, what's the matter?" He said and sat down. Qian Letian said mysteriously: "Xiaoguan once said that he must show his loyalty to the general." Yang Peng smiled and said: "So you have thought of a way?"
Qian Letian nodded, walked quickly to the map stand nearby, pointed to a place, "General, please look." Yang Peng stood up, walked over, and saw that he was pointing to Jizhou. Jizhou is also one of the sixteen states of Yanyun, but it is still under the control of the Liao Kingdom. Yang Peng frowned and said: "Jizhou is in the hands of the Liao Kingdom. Do you want to help me capture Jizhou?" Qian Letian shook his head and said mysteriously: "No!"
Yang Peng said angrily: "Don't sell it to me, what's going on?" Qian Letian smiled and said: "I know that the general has been worried about the lack of war horses. This Jizhou is the most important place in the south of Liao Kingdom. The horse farm. According to the information obtained from the relevant people, the horses at Jizhou Horse Farm have not been transferred, and everything remains the same. Don’t you want to get these horses?"
Yang Peng frowned and said: "It's very tempting! But I'm afraid the moon in the mirror is really out of reach!" Pointing to Shunzhou, "If you want to go to Yuyang, you must first break through Shunzhou. But Shunzhou has Xiao Xiao from the Liao Kingdom. The Queen Mother is heavily guarding it, and it is difficult to do it with the current strength of our army." Jizhou is more than a hundred miles east of Shunzhou, and Shunzhou is backed by a river from north to south called Qidu River. The river cuts off the connection between the Shangjing area and Jizhou. When Empress Dowager Xiao retreated that day, she ordered the destruction of all ships on the west bank of the Qidu River and all pontoon bridges except Shunzhou Floating Bridge. Then Empress Dowager Xiao ordered a large number of lookout posts to be set up along the river, and there were always thousands of war cavalry along the Qidu River. Patrolling back and forth across the east bank of the river.
Qian Letian said mysteriously: "You don't have to go through Shunzhou." Then he pointed to a place, which was a place called Yanfangdian on the lower reaches of Qidu River and east of Shangjing. There is a swamp and lake area, with a dangerous environment and inaccessible people. The cattle and sheep that accidentally entered Yanfangdian disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. They were all swallowed up by the swamp and mire. There are bones left on the grass and corpses floating on the water. It is definitely a forbidden area for life.
"There is a small road in this place that few people know that can be crossed. The reason why my subordinates did not report this to the general during this period is to confirm whether this road is still feasible." "What's the result?" Qian Letian clasped his fists. Said: "God bless you, General. This road is still feasible, and the Liao Kingdom's security here is very weak. Obviously they don't know the existence of this road."
"How did you know about this road?" "To be honest, when I was doing the Nanjing trial of the Liao Kingdom, I did some smuggling business with others, and I learned about the existence of this trail from those people." "Where are those people now?" "They are all in Shangjing City."
Yang Peng asked with a smile: "Still doing trend trading?" Qian Letian nodded, and then said: "But my subordinates are no longer cooperating with them." Yang Peng patted him on the shoulder, "I want you to They found it for me." Qian Letian asked doubtfully: "What does the general mean...?" Yang Peng looked at the map and thought: "Since they also know this valuable passage, I can't let them It fell into the hands of the Liao people." Qian Letian's face turned pale, "General, General, is it possible that..."
Seeing the change in his expression, Yang Peng understood and said with a smile: "You misunderstood, I have no intention of killing people and silencing them. I just want to temporarily control them until I use this channel. Of course, since They discovered this passage, and I will also pay them a certain amount of reward."
Qian Letian breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates will contact them as soon as possible and bring them here." "Just say that I have a business to cooperate with them."
"Yes." Yang Peng looked at Yanfangdian and thought. Qian Letian asked: "I wonder when the general will take action? I can make preparations in advance." Yang Peng smiled slightly, shook his head gently, and murmured: "Now is not the time, maybe there will be more opportunities in this passage." Great use!”…
Emperor Zhao Heng led all the civil and military officials and all the lords in Beijing to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven at Jiucheng Palace outside the capital, praying to God and the heroic spirits of his ancestors for a complete victory in the Northern Expedition. Jiucheng Palace is a large-scale and magnificent Taoist palace built in the suburbs of Beijing due to the initiative of Master Pang during the Taizong period. There are nine palaces located in the nine directions of the eight wastelands of heaven and earth, respectively storing the nine tripods. This is nothing more than a matter of amusement for Taishi Pang and Emperor Zhenzong.
The emperor led the officials and nobles to worship heaven and earth according to ancient etiquette. At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the scene, as loud as thunder. Everyone present was horrified. He quickly sent someone to inquire, and after a while, someone reported that the tripod enshrined in the palace to the north suddenly exploded for some reason!
Zhao Heng was panicked and suspicious. Seeing this, Taishi Pang immediately went out to congratulate: "Congratulations to Your Majesty! The rupture of the Northern Cauldron is clearly a sign from God that the Liao Kingdom is about to fall apart. I, the Great Song Dynasty, will soon aspire to dominate the world!"
Zhao Heng turned his worries into joy. All officials are good at maneuvering according to the wind. Seeing this scene, they all shouted congratulations: "Congratulations to your Majesty for establishing a foundation that will last forever!"
Zhao Heng was extremely excited. Looking at the Lord Baiguan kneeling in front of him, he felt in a daze that he seemed to have surpassed his ancestor, Emperor Taizong, and even surpassed Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who was regarded as the model of a wise king!
The day after the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Zhao Heng held a grand swearing-in ceremony. Coach Lao Jiang Caobin received the sword representing the emperor's authority from Zhao Heng and immediately swore to go to war. One hundred thousand troops marched to Beijing in a mighty manner, and at the same time another one hundred thousand troops gathered in Beijing from all directions. A war has begun.
Go to Beijing and stay in the hall of the mansion. Yang Peng frowned slightly as he looked at the letter that had just been sent, then put it down and said to the brothers: "Cao Bin has sent troops." Everyone started talking in low voices. Yang Peng looked at Zhan Jinguo and others and asked, "How is the training of the new recruits?" The recruitment of new recruits was completed almost two months ago. During these two months, each division was seizing the time to train. In addition to the combat and battle formation offense and defense that the army of this era must master, the training content also includes some physical training and team spirit training for later generations of armies. In addition to these trainings, the 'sisters' of each division use every night and Ideological education was carried out at noon. The methods were all brought by Yang Peng from his own mind. He watched these soldiers become fanatical one by one.
Zhan Jinguo clasped his fists and said, "Everyone can't wait to go to the battlefield right away and kill the enemy and make contributions!" Duan Zhixian said loudly, "If there is no more battles, these boys will probably cause trouble!" Everyone laughed. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Soldiers, just want to fight! Don't worry, there will be a war soon, and it will be a big war! All divisions must be ready to go out at any time!" Everyone agreed in unison, with a loud voice. It had to shake the tiles.
Yang Peng said to Zhan Jinguo: "Each division will dispatch 10,000 elite troops and secretly transfer them to the vicinity of Yanfangdian. Instructor, you lead this unit. When you get there, you must strictly block the news and wait for my order." Zhan Jinguo clasped his fists. swear. "The others are preparing for war step by step." "Yes." Everyone agreed in unison.
A secret guard rushed in and presented a letter to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, read it again, and frowned slightly. He raised his head and said to everyone: "This is a letter from Zhang Yan. Not long ago, they and the imperial troops from other military states supported Dongping and Dongchang states, and the Black Wind Mountain horses quickly evacuated. Unexpectedly, the Black Wind Mountain soldiers and horses did not retreat. Heifeng Mountain instead raided several other states with empty defenses, including Qingzhou. The prefect Cai Tongzhi fled without a fight, and Qingzhou's treasury was looted."
Duan Zhixian asked angrily: "Many villagers must have died!" Yang Peng shook his head, "This time there were no casualties among the soldiers and civilians. The Black Panther strictly restrained his subordinates and was not allowed to harm ordinary people." Duan Zhixian raised his thick eyebrows, "This It’s strange that the bandits don’t kill anyone anymore!?”
Zhan Jinguo asked hurriedly: "I wonder what Zhang Yan's situation is now?" Yang Peng said: "Erlang and the others have nothing. By the time they rushed back, the soldiers and horses from Heifeng Mountain had already left. Not long after, Gao Hu The 20,000 forbidden troops he led arrived at Heifeng Mountain, and now the soldiers and horses of Heifeng Mountain are confronting Gao Hu. It is said that Heifeng Mountain has lost two battles first, and has been huddled in Heifeng Mountain, not daring to come out."
Zhan Jinguo sighed with emotion: "The descendants of Gao Huaide! They bravely champion the three armies, just like Guan Gong back then. They are truly well-deserved!" Cheng Shijie looked unnatural. Cheng Shijie is said to be a descendant of Cheng Yaojin and the queen of a famous general, but his reputation cannot be compared with Gao Hu. …
That night, Yang Peng pulled Yang Jiumei into the room. Yang Jiumei blushed and looked at Yang Peng excitedly. Yang Peng dragged Yang Jiumei to the bed, pointed to a set of clothes on the bed, and said excitedly: "Jiumei, put these on quickly and show me."
Yang Jiumei took a look at the strange clothes and pants on the bed. They were all made of black leather and looked like water. Yang Jiumei picked up the dress and found that it was very small. She couldn't help but frowned and said, "Can such a small dress be worn?" "Of course you can. This is your eldest brother who I specially asked someone to make for you! Put it on quickly and let me see it." look."
Yang Jiumei took off her clothes, leaving only a small bellyband and a pair of close-fitting pants, and then prepared to put on the small black leather dress. Yang Peng said quickly: "You have to take off all your clothes and pants!" Yang Jiumei blushed, thinking that Yang Peng was deliberately causing trouble, and rolled her eyes at him. He reached behind his back, pulled open the slipknot, and took off his bellyband. Yang Peng couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Yang Jiumei threw her bellyband on the bed, then took off her obscene pants. A pair of extremely slender breasts appeared in front of Yang Peng. Maybe Yang Jiumei is not the most beautiful, but her pair of breasts are definitely unmatched by anyone. They are extraordinarily slender and as white as jade, making people excited. Yang Jiumei put on the leather pants first. They were tight and had long legs, very sexy. Yang Jiumei frowned, "It's too tight!" Yang Peng praised, "It's so beautiful!" Hearing Yang Peng's praise, Yang Jiumei couldn't help but feel happy, and she didn't mind the tightness of her pants.
Then put on the narrow leather jacket and button it up. It was so tight that it made Yang Jiumei's slender waist extremely slender, while a pair of peaks stood out and attracted attention, exposing the large areas of snow skin and deep ravines on her chest. Yang Peng was stunned. The Yang Jiumei in front of me is so beautiful! Yang Jiumei wears such a tight-fitting leather jacket and leather pants, which makes her figure look taller, and her breasts are enlarged and her waist is slim, which all reveals a sexy and charming charm.
Yang Jiumei looked at her very sexy self and felt a little uneasy and a little excited. He looked up at Yang Peng and saw a look of surprise and obsession in Yang Peng's eyes, which made him feel happy. Yang Peng couldn't help but walked up to Yang Jiumei, hugged her slender waist, and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!" Yang Jiumei couldn't help but smile, and then said with some annoyance: "What kind of clothes are these? There is no way to see people!"
Yang Peng kissed her red lips and said with a smile: "This set of clothes is specially worn for eldest brother." Yang Jiumei rolled her eyes at Yang Peng and said angrily: "You will change your ways to mess with us!" Yang Peng laughed. , "If Jiumei doesn't like it, I won't wear it in the future." Yang Jiumei said quickly: "Since eldest brother likes it, I will wear it for eldest brother!" Yang Peng was extremely happy, "You are really my good Jiumei!" Yang Jiumei said lightly Smiled softly. The two looked at each other and couldn't help but fall in love. Yang Peng's eyes were burning with passion, while Yang Jiumei's beautiful eyes were full of excitement. The two couldn't help but kissed each other's lips. The temperature then rose rapidly. …
A maid sneaked out of Yang Peng's room carrying a basin of water. He looked around and found no one else, so he immediately put down the basin and took out a dagger from his arms. This maid was clearly Han Bing who tried to assassinate Yang Peng in Fanlou, Tokyo that day, but her face was very sallow and her original beauty was gone. Why is she here? It turned out that Han Bing had not given up on assassinating Yang Peng since the miss. She secretly followed Yang Peng all the way back to Shangjing. When the left-behind mansion was recruiting maids, she disguised herself and went to apply for the job. Fortunately, she got the job, so she lurked in the left-behind mansion and waited for the opportunity. Today, she finally got an opportunity.
I saw her quickly walking along the corridor under the eaves to the window next to the bed in the back. Press your body against the wall next to the window and carefully stick your head out to observe what's going on inside. I saw an extremely tall and slender woman with a naked body and a charming figure. She was holding her head high and looking like she was in a state of intoxication. Her hair was flying and she was moaning softly.
Han Bing's eyes suddenly widened, looking horrified. Immediately, his cheeks turned crimson, and even the sallow disguise couldn't hide it; his eyes were full of panic. Snapped. The two people in the room heard a soft sound coming from the window, but they were intoxicated with passion and did not pay attention to the sound. …
The next morning, when Cui'er was cleaning the room behind Yang Peng's bedroom, she picked up an exquisite dagger. The little girl felt something was unusual and ran to report it to her master, Yang Tong. Yang Tong told Yang Peng about this and handed the dagger to him. Yang Peng looked at the dagger in front of him and immediately thought of Han Bing, whom he had met once in Fan Lou. Could it be her? At this moment, someone came to report that a maidservant was missing in the mansion.
Yang Peng understood. Yang Tong said nervously: "Mr. sir, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!" Yang Peng looked at the dagger, put it down, waved his hand and said: "It's not necessary. It's not good to make people panic. Just be more careful in the future." Yang Tong was still a little worried and frowned. Yang Peng stood up and walked to Yang Tong, held her delicate hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Yang Tong rolled his eyes at Yang Peng, "How can you not be worried?" After a pause, "Ms. sir, there is something I want to discuss with you." Yang Peng nodded, showing a listening look, and hugged him gently. Yang Tong's slender waist. Yang Tong leaned lightly in Yang Peng's arms and said, "The slave family feels that it is necessary to form a female guard to guard the back house."
Yang Peng thought for a while, nodded and said: "It is indeed necessary." Yang Tong quickly raised his head and asked with shining eyes: "Do you agree, sir?" Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Let Jiumei lead this group." Let's form a team, what do you think?" Yang Tong nodded quickly and said: "The Nu family originally wanted to recommend Jiu Mei."
Then Yang Peng and Yang Tong found Yang Jiumei and told the matter. Yang Jiumei was very happy. She had actually wanted to form a female army for a long time. She felt like she was going moldy after staying in the backyard all day long!
Now that the matter was settled, Yang Jiumei immediately got busy. On the one hand, women who want to join the army are recruited, and on the other hand, the armory and ordnance field are made to create armor and ordnance specially designed for female soldiers. Soon after, a female guard force of several hundred people was formed. What surprised Yang Peng was that most of the members of the female guard were somewhat pretty, and they were not as ugly and ugly as Yang Peng had imagined before. At this moment, Yang Peng didn't know the reason. Later, Yang Peng found out that the outside world had misunderstood his intention to form a female soldier team, thinking that he was using this as an excuse. In fact, he just wanted to select some young and beautiful women for his own enjoyment, so there were some Women who are beautiful and want to use it to jump over the dragon gate flock to become female soldiers. From this, word spread about General Habayashi Wei's lecherous destiny, and the rumors became more and more outrageous.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
