As soon as he saw the ultimate goal of this operation, Yuan Junling, who was following Gan Ning, suddenly became short of breath.
Just when the team leader reached into his arms and was about to take out something, a big hand directly pressed the team leader's wrist.
"Now is not the time to take action!"
Gan Ning used his eyes to signal everyone not to act rashly, then turned to the other side and said: "Go over there to get the weapons first!"
"Don't give up weapons for free!"
In order to pretend to be defeated at Xiakou, Gan Ning and his party only changed into the crimson cloth clothes of the Jiangxia Army. Most of them didn't even wear armor, and they didn't have many weapons in their hands.
Each person was equipped with only a short blade, a fire stick, and a yellow smear on his forehead when he set out.
The yellow forehead smear is worn in order to identify ourselves and the enemy during action, the fire breakers are necessary for burning food, and the short blade is the most basic weapon.
Of course, the short blade is not used for frontal fighting, but allows the elites of Yuan's army to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders and steal the main weapons such as swords, spears and halberds from behind.
But if you can pick up a main weapon for free without risking exposure, or even get a new armor, then why bother grabbing the weapon?
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but admire Gan Ning's boldness and carefulness.
On the left side of Houzhai is the place where Jiangxia Army weapons and supplies are stored.
At this time, a small tent was set up here, and a civil servant was sitting on the ground. Standing around him were two rows of fully armored soldiers. Some lower-class soldiers were carrying long weapons and short swords back and forth, and kept distributing them.
There were many Xiakou prisoners released by Yuan Jun, so there was a large queue in front of the tent, waiting for the defeated soldiers who had been disarmed by Yuan Jun and were waiting to receive new armor and weapons.
Gan Ning led 50 people, squeezed through the team, and got in the front.
"Hey, hey, which club are you from? First come, first served, do you understand?"
"We came first, why should we be at the back?"
There was a noise in the line.
When two rows of soldiers saw someone cutting in line, they immediately drew their swords and stepped forward to maintain order.
But Gan Ning was faster. He rushed directly to the clerk, stepped on the desk, and said with a golden sword: "You don't know Chen, Captain Chen?"
The civil servants were also startled, wondering whose arrogant and powerful general this was, being so unreasonable?
"I know Colonel Chen. We had a drink together the day before yesterday. You are his..."
Gan Ning: "Don't you know Zhang Shuo and Zhang Junhou?"
Literary official: "I also know Zhang Junhou. I sent him the documents for his promotion to military prince..."
"Are you Zhang Junhou's subordinates?"
Gan Ning cursed in his heart, how come this bad old man knows everyone, how can I pretend?
But all the pretense was put on, and if he didn't pretend to the end, his secret would definitely be exposed. Gan Ning was heartbroken and grabbed the clerk's collar directly: "Then you don't know me?"
"If we come here, we still have to queue?"
The civil servant was shocked by Gan Ning.
Huang Zu had a hot temper and was prone to beating or scolding his subordinates if they made the slightest mistake. All the generals and schools under him followed suit and whipped the soldiers at every turn.
Over time, a vicious cycle has formed. It is common for superiors to bully subordinates. The higher the status, the more temperamental.
This is true for most of the generals in the Jiangxia Army, such as Deng Long, Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others. The only exception may be Su Fei, the governor who was deeply trusted by Huang Zu.
Therefore, seeing Gan Ning lose his temper when he came up, the civil servant subconsciously thought that Gan Ning was a high-ranking general.
Not a military commander, but at least a military prince.
Therefore, he was grabbed by Gan Ning. Not only was he not angry, but he waved wildly to the soldiers on both sides to signal them not to interfere.
When the soldiers on both sides saw this, they immediately knew that Gan Ning was someone they could not afford to offend, and immediately stood there and looked away.
"Master, who are you?"
The civil servant's eyes widened, but he still didn't recognize whose general Gan Ning was, so he had to smile bitterly and beg for mercy: "We have something to talk, please put me down first."
Gan Ning threw the clerk to the ground and said in a bad tone: "Why, you don't even recognize me?"
The clerk was thrown to the ground, holding his butt and crying out in pain while trying to remember.
No matter how hard he tried, the clerk still couldn't match Gan Ning's appearance with that of the Jiangxia general he knew.
This is strange. I am a military officer, and I have dealt with almost all generals and commanders in the army. It is unlikely that there are people I don’t know!
But now he was sitting on the ground, a little farther away from Gan Ning. He could see Gan Ning's whole face clearly, and he felt as if he had met this man before.
"You are... Xiao Xiao Chen from Xiakou Camp... right?"
Really unable to remember, Bing Cao Shi had no choice but to make nonsense about a small school that he knew he had heard of but had never seen.
Gan Ning's eyes lit up: "I am!"
"Why don't you distribute armor to us first?"
Bing Cao Shi cursed Qiu Ba in his heart, but still smiled on his face. He got up and greeted the pawns behind him.
"Come here, take Xiao Xiao Chen to choose soldiers and armor first!"
Gan Ning raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you going to verify your identity so that you can register?"
"Don't you look at my military talisman?"
"How dare a lower official make a mistake!"
Bing Cao Shi shook his head hurriedly:
"Look here, everyone was attacked in the middle of the night. Whoever slept with the hard military talisman on his body would have had a hard time escaping across the river. Who would have checked so closely! "
"You can bring people over to pick whatever you want, pick the ones you like, and pick the ones you are satisfied with!"
Although he said this, Cao Shi, the soldier, said in his heart: Those Yuan Jun have no eyesight, so why didn't they kill you! Why didn't the boat capsize and drown you when we were crossing the river, and let you show off your power in front of me like a stinky guy?
This is the middle of the night. Mr. Bingcaopu couldn't get out of bed, so he asked me, an assistant historian, to distribute the armor here. See if I don't let Mr. Bingcaopu give you a copy in front of Huang Taishou tomorrow and give you a pot of good drink. of!
"That's pretty much it!"
Gan Ning waved his hand to greet his subordinates, turned around and left.
Within two steps, Gan Ning was led by the pawns to an armory. As soon as he entered, Gan Ning's eyes were caught by a bow.
This is a standard copper-tied iron-backed bow, referred to as the iron-tied bow.
The main material of this kind of bow is bamboo slices cut into bamboo strips, and other woods are used to form the bow body. The bow body is then wrapped with iron or copper sheets to improve toughness, range and power.
For the best iron-tired bows, steel wires are added to the bow body, brushed with isinglass, and tightened with molds to form the bow body; even the bowstrings are mixed with metal wires.
This kind of bow is much heavier than ordinary bows and cannot be used by ordinary people. And it has a function that ordinary bows do not have - it can be used as a combat weapon when it has finished shooting arrows and has no other weapons in hand.
The pawn also noticed something strange about Gan Ning. Seeing that Gan Ning not only had greed in his eyes, but also wanted to take it, the pawn quickly stepped forward to stop him.
But before he could open his mouth to dissuade him, Gan Ning's left hand suddenly had a bright short blade.
In the flash of lightning, the soldier clutched his throat and fell to the ground without making a sound.
In the blink of an eye, Gan Ning's hands had already touched the iron bow like a treasure, and he said with joy: "What a good treasure!"
"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you just take advantage of the guy?"
"If the guy in my hand is good, my waist will be strong!"
"You dare to do it head-on without a weapon? Just dream!"
Gan Ning tried to pull the bow string of the iron bow, and Gan Ning even smiled: "It is actually the best iron bow. It would be a waste to leave it here to eat ashes!"
“Once you’ve picked it up, let’s go, start now!”
