Chapter 43
All Baby
Li Yuan glanced at the row of warehouses and said a little embarrassedly, "They are all those ignorant people below. They were transported from the Dongdu Armory. The weapon chief over there made an error and transported some of the equipment that they didn't need to transport as a batch of shields. When the things arrived, they found that they were wrong, so they had to get a few warehouses alone and put them there. It was also our dereliction of duty."
After he said this, Chen Kefu became very curious, "Duke Tang, I don't know if I can take me in to see what equipment it is."
Seeing that they were so curious, Li Yuan had to say, "No problem, come with me, they are all vulgar things, but in fact there is nothing good to look at."
When he entered the warehouse, Li Yuan said to his followers, "Take a few of them and open them for the two adults." After that, he turned around and looked at Chen Kefu and said, "This matter is also my dereliction of duty. Please ask the two to include one or two of the Weiwei Temple in front of His Majesty, otherwise the censors will find out, and they will be held accountable."
After Chen Kefu and others nodded in agreement, the staff from Weiwei Temple also carried a few wooden boxes and opened them one by one in front of them. Looking at the various weapons and armors in the box in front of them, Chen Kefu and Yu Wenhua couldn't help but stare at them, wanting to see what the wrong equipment Li Yuan had transported.
First, the sword that penetrated Chen Kefu's eyes was a very strange sword, saying that he was strange because the sword was very long, probably at least 1.45 meters tall, almost one person tall. Moreover, the shank of the sword was very long, and the shank of the lightsaber was probably 40 centimeters. Chen Kefu had never seen such a weapon before, so he turned his head and asked Li Yuan, "Duke Tang? This is He Jian, why is it like this?"
"General Chen, this is a long sword made by craftsmen in the Han Dynasty. It is called the Horse-Slaying Sword. This sword is cut on both sides, with a handle of nearly one person long, and is specially used to chop horse legs. However, our army has never equipped this weapon, and the Emperor's Sword of our dynasty has always been used for court ceremonies. This time, the useless guy actually brought this thing away. Isn't this a mess?"
Chen Kefu stretched out and took out the horse-slashing sword from the box. It was very heavy to start, and it was probably at least about twenty pounds. No wonder such a sword was made with such a long handle. If you don’t use both hands, few soldiers could swing such a long sword to cut the horse’s legs.
Looking at the sword in his hand, Chen Kefu felt more and more familiar as he looked at it. After thinking a lot in his mind, Chen Kefu finally remembered that this was somewhat similar to the most famous Modao in the Tang Dynasty. When he remembered the most famous Modao team in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Chen Kefu couldn't help but be excited. As far as he knew, the Modao in the Tang Dynasty seemed to have evolved from the Horse-Slaying Sword. The only difference between Modao and Horse-Slaying Sword is that Modao is longer than the Marshes, whether it is the blade part or the handle part. The Modao is also heavier, from more than twenty kilograms to more than fifty kilograms, and the length has reached more than two meters, or even about three meters. Such weapons are arranged in square formations on the battlefield, advancing towards the enemy's cavalry as they are attacking the enemy like a wall. Such a scene can make Chen Kefu's blood boil.
"Duke Tang, how many horse-killing swords are there like this?"
"There are not many, there are a thousand horse-killing swords. Although they are sharp, they must have a special array to cooperate. First, they are fired with crossbows and bowmen, and then attack with Modao formation, and then guarded by cavalry. Each attack period will be protected. In this way, the attacks will be carried out in a row. However, such weapons are not available for expeditions to Goguryeo. The Goguryeo people only dare to retreat to the city to the Sui army, so how dare they fight with our army in field? Especially since the attack on Yizhi Wende was defeated by the two adults, it is estimated that there will be no chance of field battle in the future."
Chen Kefu knew that if Mo Dao wanted to show his power, he had to have one thing, that is, heavy infantry armor. This was something as awesome as armored cavalry. The Mo Dao team, which was worn with heavy equipment, was like a tank in World War II, unstoppable. Even if the heavy cavalry encountered it, these two most luxurious battle formations would probably have to be defeated by heavy cavalry. After all, no matter how powerful the heavy cavalry was, the four horse legs could not be worn with armor.
Unfortunately, Chen Kefu sighed in his heart. He was a cavalry general, and the horse-slaying sword was equipment for heavy infantry, and he would not have it even if he was about to pass it.
"General Chen, I think you like this weapon so much, so why not just take one and collect it. Anyway, this thing is also placed here. Lord Yuwen, why don't you take one too?" Li Yuan was very generous. He didn't feel sorry for giving favors from the public.
Chen Kefu really couldn't put down the Ma Sword. After hearing this, he immediately said happily, "Then I'm thankful Mr. Tang for his good intentions. Brother Yuwen, do you want to collect one too?"
Yu Wenhua and his beauties were interested in fine wine and were not interested in this cold weapon. If he hadn't accompanied Chen Kefu, he wouldn't have been lazy to come to such a place. It would be better to have some fun in the prostitute village and drink some flower wine or something.
After receiving this beautiful horse-slaying sword, Chen Kefu was in a good mood. He smiled and pointed at the other boxes and said, "Mr. Tang, what are the boxes?"
"Oh, the remaining two boxes are armor, one is infantry armor that cooperates with the horse-knife sword, which is heavy armor. General Chen doesn't need it anymore. The other one is armor, but armored cavalry equipment. There are two thousand pairs here. If General Chen wants it, just take it away. As long as this thing is delivered, it will only take up space here. Now, except for General Chen's broken military camp, the only cavalry in my court is left. However, those people dressed in a scene and showed their martial arts skills in the Celestial Dynasty in front of the outside. This time, Lord Chen broke through tens of thousands of cavalry with one thousand heavy cavalry. It was the general who used this armored cavalry. He heard that His Majesty the Emperor had ordered General Chen to form a heavy cavalry of 3,000 people. I am also considering borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and I should congratulate Lord Chen."
The wooden box opened, and the Sui armored cavalry equipment inside was revealed. At first glance, Chen Kefu was excited. It was indeed the armored cavalry equipment, and the handmade art of the Great Sui Dynasty was many times better than that of the Goguryeo people. The entire armor was filled with a layer of faint light, full of texture. He really didn't expect that he would have such unexpected gains when he came here today. Although he now has three thousand armored cavalry equipment, he was very clear about the power of the heavy cavalry. If there were five thousand heavy cavalry at the critical moment, even if he encountered a situation like the 70,000 cavalry of Yizhi Wende again, he would dare to rush forward to the opponent's formation.
"Okay, this is really the best gift I have received. Thank you very much for Mr. Tang. But if you have any instructions in the future, I will not dare to refuse. Mr. Tang, only this armored cavalry is equipped with 2,000 pairs of Mingguang armor, 10,000 horizontal swords, and even if you don't want horse spears, I know this thing is precious. We seized six thousand horse spears last time, probably made by the Goguryeo people. I originally planned to send the rest, but now it's a waste of trouble. I won't ask you Mr. Tang, and you Mr. Tang, don't ask me for it anymore. As for the others, hand crossbows, light bows, 50,000 arrows, and 10,000 spears. Just that, it's easy to collect an integer. If there is a broken or something, I don't have to come to Mr. Tang again, right?"
Li Yuan was also shocked by Chen Kefu's number, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he really dared to speak. Everything was basically doubled. If it were other generals, even the commander of the 24th Army, he would not be willing to give it to him. However, Chen Kefu, who is like the popular man in front of Zi today, and with Yuwen's backer, Li Yuan paused and still did not refuse.
"Please rest assured General Chen. I will immediately ask someone to count the supplies General Chen needs. General Chen will send his soldiers to transport them away later. If General Chen is inconvenient, I can just send them to the military camp."
Chen Kefu originally thought that the lion would open his mouth and ask for a price everywhere. He bargained with Li Yuan and finally got 60% or 70% of the price. He was satisfied. Li Yuan completely agreed to his conditions all at once, which really made him a little stunned. But he certainly wouldn't feel embarrassed when he reacted. Anyway, it was all from the court, so Chen Kefu didn't sell it for money to spend it. As for him to give it to, he was of course even happier to accept it.
After borrowing the Chinese books from the warehouse, Chen Kefu directly drafted a list in the warehouse. Anyway, this thing was just a formality, indicating that he had taken away the things, not Li Yuan embezzled them. As for whether he could receive so many at once, no one would care about him.
Yuwen Shu looked at Chen Kefu who was on the list and walked to Li Yuan and whispered, "Shude, I will tell you something. My brother Pojun seems to have a crush on your third lady. I know your third lady has not betrothed. Now you see Chen Pojun is young and promising, although his family background is a little shabby, his ability is not low. Besides, in this way, your third lady will not be bullied when she gets married to the Chen family. Brother Shude, do you think I am a matchmaker?"
Li Yuan also said a little disbelief, "Brother Yuwen, do this matter seriously? Chen Pojun really said this to you, please be the Yue Lao?"
Chapter completed!