This time Wang Hou brought a lot of things, almost all of the output of the Rizhao ironmaking workshop in a month and a half after the completion of the workshop was brought by him, the conventional weapons of this era, more than 2,000 willow leaf spears, more halberds, a full 3,000, 2,000 ring knives, and more importantly, Wang Hou promised Zang Ba that he brought a thousand collars.

However, there are four models of this armor, and there are large plate armor cuirasses that are pressed under the cast pig iron mold and smashed with a hammer and hammer, so that the armor is the easiest to build, and it is also the most numerous, with 600 collars.

Then there is the current equipment of Wang Hou's personal troops, the kind similar to the ancient Roman army's equipment of the cargoggles lobster armor two hundred collars.

Chain mail with a hundred collars, this thing is made of pulled steel wires that are kneaded into iron rings one by one, and then woven using the densest eight-ring chain method.

It's too complicated to build! An additional twenty blacksmith apprentices worked alone for more than 20 days, only then did they create it but brought it, just when Wang Hou was depressed and wanted to give up this thing, he sewed new clothes for him, and Lu Ji, who came in to measure his figure, reminded him coldly, chain mail does not need to wield a heavy hammer like plate deck slatted armor to build, what is needed is patience, and women can also help make it!

He has more than 22,000 residents in Rizhao City, and only 8,000 adult men, plus additional specially recruited soldiers and Taishan thieves, there are more than 10,000 women, in fact, this part of the manpower, Wang Hou did not make good use of it, after all, carrying and building houses and making iron or something is heavy work, and women's strength is not of great use, so they can only be allowed to be housewives.

After the latrine was opened, he specially recruited more than 200 women to form a chain mail production workshop, and did not even use additional rebuilding production workshops, every day from the ironsmith workshop to take out the burn and leak out along the holes, quickly cool the iron wire, these women carried scissors and pliers and returned home leisurely, and in the remaining five days, he was given 200 sets of chain mail, or chain mail with shoulders and waist support.

This thing replaced the previous slatted armor in the late Roman period, and in the long Middle Ages almost a large number of equipment for Western countries, although the defense and weight, Wang Hou is not as good as making the simplest stamping plate armor, but the victory is better than the fit and dexterity, the kind of imitation Roman Luo ring armor originally created by him After actual combat, there are already soldiers who have reacted to the difficulty of wearing and inflexible activities, and the chain mail is likely to become a substitute for the slatted armor, so Wang Hou left a hundred collars, and only gave Zang Ba a hundred collars.

The remaining 100 collars are a bit more traditional scale armor, with a leather bottom, and a piece of armor is sewn on it with iron wire, but compared to the Hanzha armor of this era, Wang Hou's new armor is intertwined layer by layer, about twice as dense, but the weight has also doubled, which can be called heavy armor!

The reason why he gave Zang Ba four kinds of armor, Wang Hou didn't have any good intentions, he purely regarded Zang Ba's troops as experiments, to test which kind of armor in terms of weight, protection and dexterity was taken in the middle, and the most suitable one was selected, and then his troops were equipped on a large scale.

However, it was naturally impossible for Zang Ba to know that Wang Hou had a fancy belly, and he was full of gratitude, and he also personally put on the set of leather armor with double heart goggles specially made for him by Wang Hou on the spot, imitating the Tang Mingguang armor, the heavy feeling, the rattling sound, Zang Ba also moved a set of unknown boxing techniques, and then he suddenly took a breath and nodded in admiration.

"Good armor! Good nails! There is a state shepherd gift, and the last general will gallop on the battlefield, and he can be like a fish in water! ”

"Haha, if the general likes it, it's fine! There are a few gadgets in the thick, please take your eyes on the general! This is a steel crossbow, do not hide from the general, this crossbow is not as effective as the army's standard strong crossbow, but it is easy to make, this time for the general brought a thousand! Try it first! ”

It is really worthy of being a fierce general of Mount Tai, Wang Hou is so thick that he can only pull the steel crossbow that can be pulled apart by stepping on his feet, this Zang Ba actually pulled the pedals with one hand and pulled the string with the other hand to pull it away, and the arrow on the arrow shot out against the red lacquer pillar not far away, and the three-edged crossbow arrow of a few inches was firmly nailed inside.

"It's not as good as the crossbow in the army, but as many as a thousand, it's also useful!"

Holding the crossbow, Zang Ba is a very old driver's pertinent comment, especially his sentence is as many as a thousand, which can be regarded as entering Wang Houxin's mouth.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the crossbow equipment rate of the Han army is said to have reached about 35 percent, but at that time, the society was dominated by homesteaders, the country was strong, and the large-scale equipment production was complicated.

This trend is even more obvious at the end of the Han Dynasty when the family rises, Yuan Shao's general Lu Yi, the first battalion under his command is famous for his crossbows, and Gongsun Zhan Baimayi, who fought in the Battle of Jieqiao, was defeated by the cavalry, but there are only three thousand, Cao Zongzang's crossbow is managed by Wang Hou, and there are only five thousand crossbows in the Xu Du arsenal.

"There's also a good baby, please move to the schoolyard!"

This is a surprise enough, but Wang Hou is still so pretentious, it really arouses Zang Ba's interest completely, he puts down the steel crossbow and follows the heavy blow.

"State pastor, please!"

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What is really called the master and what subordinates, Wang Yuan is a good honest and simple man, and he was also brought into a cannon battle under Wang Hou's hands, under his angry finger and hand strokes, there were more than fifty Taishan thieves sweating profusely, and they were assembling something there in a panic, looking at the four wheels pressed heavily on the ground, even if he was mentally prepared, Zang Ba's heart still couldn't help beating violently, and he was stunned for a few seconds, and then he turned around sharply and asked Wang Hou with an extremely heavy breath.

"State pastor, this is ......, return to the cannon?"

"Yes!"

Returning to the prestige of the cannon, with the shattering of Guandu Yuan Shao's hegemony, it is also known to the whole world, especially in the battle of Cangting, once again breaking Yuan's 100,000 army, even if Zang Ba is all changed, I can't imagine that I can have such a big killing weapon! Excited, Zang Ba even clenched his fists in a gaffe and bowed deeply to Wang Hou.

"The state herd is so trusted, and he wishes that only the state herd horses will be the first to look forward to the work of the state herdsmen and horses!"

Hearing this, Wang Hou's gloomy old face once again showed a rich smile.

Of course, he is not so naïve, this little favor can really make Zang Ba and Zhao Yun as desperate as he become his gold medal fighter, let him go wherever he goes, even if it is between Lao Tie Chen Deng and him, there is still Guangling Chen! What's more, Zang Ba, the thief.

But with his words, it is still possible to mobilize Zang Ba's Taishan army to do something, and in his smile, Wang Hou is also trying to see the dagger! Disapproving, he said with a laugh.

"General Zang's words are serious!"

"But now that the general has this sharp weapon, won't he find a fat sheep and try the blade? From the thick point of view, then the cities and counties are very good! Just before this year's festival, the general will get some holiday benefits for his subordinates, and he can also present a gift to the prime minister, what does the general think? ”

Sure enough, he is worthy of being the leader of the big thief, what he just said is really, and in this excited mood, he paused and thought for two or three seconds, and then happily returned his fist to Wang Hou.

"Ba Gong invites the state pastor to hunt in Zhucheng!"

"General Zang's good intentions, how dare you brush off the general's good intentions! Ha ha! ”