Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 240 Bloody Night on New Year's Eve

"Go to the reserve warehouse? What did the Chen family say?" Ma Fengsun frowned.Looking to the side of Zong Lao San: "Old Zong, is the girl from the Chen family reliable in speaking?"

"A group of people get together in the building instead of fighting, go to a reserve warehouse?"

"Uncle Ma speaks carefully." It was Zhang Ren who was dissatisfied first. "The sister of the Chen family is my unmarried wife. How can you speak so rudely?"

"Besides, my sister has already analyzed it. The sudden rise of the building is probably Zhu Su's trick."

"Your child thinks he can do something, but we have to do the opposite!"

Ma Fengsun was taken aback, then looked at Zong Laosan again, Zong Laosan nodded: "Old Ma, you didn't see it. Zhu Su's little thief razed everything around that building to the ground."

"Standing at the top of that building, you can see everything at a glance! If we attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."

"At the beginning, I also wanted to forcibly attack the building, but the princess of the Chen family said that this is the plan of the little thief."

"If the reserve warehouse is burned and the food is cut off, the group of refugees in the west of the city will inevitably be restless again. Even though it's a detour, the result is the same."

"Besides, those who can issue orders in the puppet court are all staying in that building now!"

"Pick the persimmons softly. This reserve warehouse is definitely leaderless now..."

"..." Ma Fengsun thought for a while, and he was right to say so. "...It's just that I can't kill the little thief Zhu Su with my own hands. I really don't want to."

"Just let him live a few more days." Zhang Ren sneered. "When the second brother comes back, I will take Zhu Su's child to sacrifice the flag and formally raise my troops against the Ming Dynasty!"

Speaking of the second child of the Zhang family who was not here, for some reason, the members of the Zhang family who were still somewhat hesitant at first became imposing again like a rainbow.

They said on this side that all the things in the carriage on the other side had been unloaded one by one.In addition to the weapons, there are actually pieces of armor gleaming with cold light.They even dragged out two infantry armor made up of thousands of iron armor leaves and nails.Under the faint light of the fire, it was like a ferocious beast that chose to devour people.

"You actually made so many good things!" Zong Laosan looked at Ma Fengsun in shock.

"These things are not easy to handle." Ma Fengsun raised his head and said proudly: "There are more than fifty pieces of iron armor! It is enough to break the enemy!"

"These two armors were secretly cast according to the style of the former Song Dynasty. Wearing them on the body is hard to hurt by swords!"

"Don't grab it, the young master must wear one at this step."

"I'm strong, so I'll wear the other one!" Zong Laosan's eyes lit up. "In this battle, if the heads of the ten members of Minggou are not beheaded, I will write my Zongzi upside down from now on!"

Looking at these armors, a group of people are even more confident in the battle for a while.This place is only a hundred steps away from the preparatory warehouse of the government office, so they put on the armor directly here.

A group of people in the yard were full of fighting spirit, but no one noticed. On a crooked-neck tree outside the yard, there was a person hiding in the darkness at the crown of the tree, watching the situation in the yard quietly.

It was Jin Yiwei who secretly followed behind the Ma's convoy.

The Ma family took advantage of the New Year's Eve, when most of the people went out at home to watch the new year, and they walked on small roads. They thought it was safe, but they didn't expect that there was no one on the road on New Year's Eve. It is so conspicuous that you can't shake off its tail even if you want to shake it off.Among Jin Yiwei, there are naturally many spies who can lie high and low, and they followed them to find this courtyard with ease.

"There are... so many armors..."

"We must report to Captain Di immediately..."

The spy was secretly startled, he touched down the tree quietly, and hurried to report to Di Meng who was setting up an ambush.

Di Meng was waiting in the government office with Cao Yuan and the thousand "surrendering soldiers" borrowed from the Suzhou Guards, when he suddenly got the news of the spies and was startled.

"You mean, the thieves still have armor?"

"Yes. The dark sky can't see clearly, but roughly speaking, there must be dozens of them!" the Jinyiwei spies reported.

"More than a dozen..." Di Meng frowned, and Cao Yuan's complexion changed drastically behind him.This was unexpected, they really did not expect that the thief would have the background and strength to make dozens of armors.

As the so-called "one armor tops three crossbows, three armors enter the underworld", it is different from the "restriction of swords" that ordinary people think. In ancient times, the imperial court did not strictly control sharp weapons such as swords and swords.

After all, the living environment of the people in ancient times was harsh, and there were snakes, insects and ferocious beasts on the roads and mountains. It is not unusual to find a blacksmith to build a sword for self-defense.Even if there are occasional government restrictions, it is difficult to implement.After all, whether it is a weapon or a kitchen knife to kill pigs, it just depends on how people use it, doesn't it?
But armor is different.Regardless of the past dynasties, armor is one of the military equipment "strictly prohibited" by the imperial government.It is even more feared by the court than the most lethal weapon "military crossbow".One piece of Tibetan armor can hold up to three crossbows.If there are three hidden armors, they should be punished as a crime of rebellion, and they can be cut directly at the entrance of the vegetable market.

One of the reasons is that armor is military equipment, and ordinary people don't need to hide armor at all, unless they have evil intentions; another reason is that armor is a weapon in battle. With extremely terrifying strength.

A strong general wearing armor is often able to defeat dozens of soldiers who only wear leather armor and cotton clothes.Armored swords made of fine iron are difficult to injure, as long as they protect the vital parts, they can often slash and kill in the enemy's formation, and they are invincible; In a win-win situation:

In the Tang Dynasty, Qin Wang Li Shimin personally led the Xuanjia Cavalry Army with 500 people directly into the 10-strong Zheng Xia coalition army. At that time, the infantry wore "infantry armor" to resist cavalry with steps, and even in the gap between the two cavalry powers of Liao and Xia, they kept the Guozuo of the Great Song Dynasty for life.

Even later, Nurhachi, the Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, raised his troops, relying on the thirteen sets of armor only.It's just a cotton armor inlaid with iron sheets; the national surname Zheng Chenggong fought against the Qing Dynasty, and he relied on his infantry regiment "Iron Man Army" wearing heavy armor.In the Battle of Taiwan, these soldiers launched more than a dozen charges with foreign guns, and finally helped Zheng Chenggong regain the entire Taiwan.

"There are so many armors... Our army is only equipped with leather armor!" Qianhu Cao Yuan turned pale.Suzhou Guard also had armor, but they were always hated by Yang Lu, how could it be possible for them to equip them with extremely valuable iron armor?

"If they forcefully rush in with soldiers, we might not be able to hold back." Di Meng was also thinking.

Their original plan was to set up an ambush in the government office, wait for the thieves to enter, and then suddenly rush out, relying on the thousands of people on their own side to close the door and beat the dogs, they must take the thieves who have finally lured out to the pot up.

But now it seems that even if they are caught off guard by killing the thieves, they are very likely to forcefully rush into the reserve warehouse and set fire to the food by relying on those dozens of soldiers.

I remembered that when Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong trained them, he taught them that the battlefield is changing rapidly, even if they have made foolproof preparations, they may be disrupted by some unexpected situations.Di Meng now has a deep understanding of this.

"General Di, what should we do?" Cao Yuan asked Di Meng.

"...to ask Mr. Yao for instructions now, I'm afraid it will be too late..." Di Meng gritted his teeth.Forcibly put away the panic, thinking of ways to make up for the situation.

Grandpa Guo once said that at this moment, the most important thing is for the general to keep calm and make a decision early.Regardless of whether the decision is smart or not, it is better than being confused first!

"Send someone to seek help from Suzhou Guard!" Di Meng had come to a conclusion.He decided to overthrow the strategy that Mr. Yao and His Royal Highness ordered in advance, and let him take responsibility and use his own decision to achieve the strategic goal that His Highness set.

"General Cao, bring someone with me."

Since they are worried that they will use heavy armor to charge the formation, it is enough to thicken the depth of the formation.

"Give up the strategy of ambush, let's go outside and use our majestic army to wipe out the thieves head-on!"

(End of this chapter)