The changes in the war between Tang and Chu were huge. In just ten days, the Chu army captured Yucheng and Wucheng. The 300,000-strong army was less than a hundred miles away from Cang County.
The speed of the Chu army's attack and the speed of the Tang army's retreat were beyond everyone's expectation.
This also caused Qin Yu's plan to die immediately. After all, Cang County was already close to the front line of the battlefield. Who dared to come here.
The entire Cang County also lost its previous vitality at this time, and everyone was worried that the Chu army would come here at any time.
As a county captain, Qin Yu had no intention of continuing to be lazy.
Qin Yu personally came to the Forbidden Industrial Zone in Cang County, where Qin Yu established the first iron smelting workshop in Cang County.
After Cang County stabilized, Qin Yu took out a large number of arrows from the system. After removing the fine steel arrowheads, he resmelted them and forged them into other weapons.
"Sir, you are here." After learning about Qin Yu's arrival, Lao Zhangtou, who was in charge of the workshop, hurriedly came out to greet him.
"Thank you for your hard work. I came here to see how the equipment is being made?" Qin Yu stretched out his hand to help Lao Zhangtou, who was saluting.
"Sir, please follow me." Lao Zhangtou immediately led Qin Yu towards the warehouse.
Lao Zhang opened the lock and opened the door of the warehouse. What he saw was a pair of armors of uniform specifications and various weapons.
Qin Yu felt a lot more at ease when he saw these armors and weapons.
Lao Zhangtou said from the side: "Sir, because those arrows are difficult to smelt, our speed is a bit slow."
"Currently there are only one thousand pieces of armor in the warehouse, eight hundred spears, six hundred swords, one thousand scimitars, and the twelve hundred pairs of stirrups you mentioned."
After listening to Lao Zhangtou's introduction, Qin Yu walked into the warehouse, picked up the armor and inspected it.
The weight of this armor is lighter than the ordinary armor of the Tang Army. After all, copper is much heavier under the same specifications.
Qin Yu put on his armor, picked up his weapon, and strode out of the warehouse.
There happens to be a place to test swords outside the warehouse.
"call out!"
The spear was pushed forward in Qin Yu's hand, and with a "bang!" sound, the wooden stake was immediately pierced, and Qin Yu shook the spear with all his strength.
"boom!"
The wooden pile suddenly exploded and shattered into debris on the ground.
The moment Qin Yu inserted his spear into the ground, he pulled out his sword. The sword flashed and the waist-thick wooden stake was cut in two.
Qin Yu then took out his scimitar and slashed at the wooden pile again. Although the wooden pile was broken directly, the blade of the blade had penetrated more than half of the way, and then came out from the side of the wooden pile. It could be said to be very smooth.
If this blow hits a person, even if he is wearing copper armor, he will be disemboweled.
"Very good!" Qin Yu looked at several weapons with satisfaction. With these weapons, Qin Yu could at least form a powerful infantry.
Thinking of this, Qin Yu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
It's a pity that he only has a dozen war horses in hand. If he had thousands or hundreds of horses, he could form a thousand-man cavalry.
"Sir, I heard that the Chu army is very close to us. Is it true?" Lao Zhangtou asked cautiously.
"Well, it is less than a hundred miles away. It is possible that the Chu army will arrive at the city early tomorrow morning." Qin Yu did not choose to hide it, because this kind of thing could not be hidden at all.
Lao Zhangtou cupped his hands and said: "Sir, whenever we recruit troops to defend against the enemy, we can all wear armor and go into battle!"
Qin Yu looked at Lao Zhangtou, reached out and patted Lao Zhangtou on the shoulder.
"I can't bear to let you go to the battlefield. What you have to do is to do your best to forge armor and weapons."
"As for going into battle to kill the enemy, leave it to those of us who usually have nothing to do."
After hearing this, Lao Zhangtou couldn't help but have a hint of disappointment in his eyes, but he still handed over his hand and said: "Don't worry, sir, we will go all out to forge armor weapons!"
Qin Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then asked people to move all the armor and weapons out of the warehouse.
Now that the enemy is facing us, these armors and weapons are not needed now, let alone when.
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In the county captain's house, everyone was anxiously waiting for Qin Yu, even Zhao Xingzhi came.
The situation changed so fast that Zhao Xingzhi did not have time to react. Now that the Chu army was approaching, Zhao Xingzhi also felt worried.
Zhao Xingzhi has sent a message asking for help to the county governors Du Tao and Yuchi Xiong, but it will obviously take some time to get a reply.
In front of us, we can only see whether Qin Yu can hold on, or whether he is willing to hold on.
It's just that after waiting for a long time, everyone didn't see Qin Yu, so they couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
Zhao Xingzhi looked at Xiao He and asked, "Qin County Lieutenant?"
Xiao He was sitting there reading a book. Suddenly, after hearing Zhao Xingzhi's question, he replied: "I don't know, but your Excellency asked us to wait at the county captain's mansion."
Zhao Xingzhi sighed helplessly, this answer was tantamount to no answer.
Zhao Xingzhi could have just left. After all, Qin Yu didn't ask him to wait, he just left like that. Zhao Xingzhi felt uneasy, after all, it was a matter of life and death.
"Master Zhao, please be patient. You have made arrangements. All we have to do is wait carefully." Qin Yuan said to Zhao Xingzhi.
Gongsun Qi sat there expressionless, as if he could wait forever as long as there was no order from Qin Yu.
At this moment, Lao Huang ran in.
"Your Majesty has your order! Assemble at the military camp and school grounds!"
Gongsun Qi and Qin Yuanteng stood up immediately, turned around and ran out of the hall.
Xiao He also jumped down from the chair, and then ran out.
Zhao Xingzhi also wanted to follow him to have a look, but was stopped by Lao Huang.
"Sir Zhao, the murderous atmosphere in the school is too strong. You should go back first. My master said that he will come to discuss it with you in person later."
Zhao Xingzhi's face darkened, this was intentional to distract him! Is it possible that Qin Yu has something shameful going on?
But there was nothing Zhao Xingzhi could do about it. Now Cang County only knew Qin Yu but not Zhao Xingzhi. Zhao Xingzhi could only swallow this sigh of relief.
"In that case, I will take my leave first." Zhao Xingzhi tossed his sleeves and walked out with a gloomy face.
Lao Huang smiled and personally escorted Zhao Xingzhi out.
On the other side, Gongsun Qi and Qin Yuan had already ran to the military camp.
All the officers and soldiers in the army had been gathered by Qin Yu, and they all stood firmly on the school field.
In front of the entire army, there were several carriages covered with cloth. Anyone with experience could tell that they were pulling ordnance.
After Qin Yu saw Gongsun Qi and Qin Yuan arriving, he ordered them: "Lift the cloth."
"promise!"
The two men stepped forward as ordered, and one carriage after another lifted the cloth covering it.
I saw pieces of armor and weapons, reflecting dazzling light under the sunlight.
When all the soldiers saw these armors and weapons, they were so greedy that they shed tears.
However, the entire army remained quiet, and no one dared to say a word at this time. This is enough to show that Qin Yu's training in military discipline is still effective.
When Qin Yuan opened these cloths, he was also very frightened.
After dealing with weapons for so many years, it is obvious at a glance how powerful these weapons are.
Even the weapons forged by famous masters may not be so good.
And, there are so many here at once! Simply amazing!
