At this time, the handsome guy Ma Xianglin interjected: "Zhengyi, you said before that you wanted us to rectify the ordnance, how can you bite off the two taels of meat of Jiannu, what to do, you can tell me." ”

Qin Minping also said: "Zhengyi, this Jiannu is so tricky, can their armored soldiers stab our spears into it, and the remaining soldiers who are not wearing armor, in groups of thirty, hide in four shield carts and shoot at us with bows and arrows, three-eyed guns, and fire guns, but there is a way to deal with it."

Ma Zuochen also said: "My stone pillar soldiers are all spearmen, and they don't wear armor, so how to defend against arrows is a big problem." ”

"The bow force of the Manchurian bow is relatively large (1 bow force is equal to 14 catties today, and the pulling force of the Eight Banners war bow before Kangxi was more than 8 forces, and 1 force was 14 catties, that is, more than 112 catties. If it is converted into the current number of catties according to the Qing Dynasty's half-catty eight-tael system, it will be at least 80 catties or more. More than 12 forces are tiger powers, and the highest reaches 15 powers. The Qing soldier's war bow was reduced to 6 forces in the Qianlong era, and in the Xianfeng era, it was generally reduced to 3 forces, that is, it was equivalent to the 40-pound bow force of the current Olympic bow), but the use of heavy arrows, the range was not far, and the arrows would be released at a distance of more than ten zhang, but they would be directly broken by 100 shots. At this distance they can shoot through the cheek from the side and the eye from the front, and the one who hits will die.

"I used to use rice as a unit, and one meter is about the same as a clothing measure (32 centimeters) and three feet and one inch per minute." Saying that, Li Jing took out the plastic tape measure he bought from the light curtain from his arms and opened it, although everyone couldn't understand the Arabic numerals, but there was not a meter, and the logo of a meter and a centimeter was still very clear. "It's this one-meter length, the Eight Banners archers will generally release arrows within fifty meters, and the vast majority of the armor of the Ming Dynasty can shoot through, and the Shanwen armor and multi-layer scale armor can be blocked if they are well-made. But it is expensive, and only generals can equip it. This tape measure is given to you, you can refer to it as a standard, my things weights and measures are different from those of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"From this point of view, it's a good thing that you don't wear armor, and it's useless anyway, it will only increase weight and affect mobility. The Manchurian soldiers were good at finding all the terrain and wind direction that were favorable to them, and often kept charging down from a high place in the field battle, and at the same time firing cone-headed armor-piercing arrows in the downwind direction, in order to give full play to the maximum power of the bow and arrow, hit the opponent's morale, and crush the opponent. At the same time, the Manchurian cavalry was accustomed to flank assault at the beginning of the battle, cutting the opponent's formation, dividing the enemy, preparing for the infantry advance behind, and deterring the Han soldiers in the Guannei with the momentum of the barbarians outside the Guan, and liked to supplement it with sniping enemy generals, striving to defeat the enemy's momentum, and it was best to make the enemy collapse at the first touch. In this case, the Manchurian soldiers will begin to slaughter the rout from behind and grab the baggage. ”

"The white fangs of the Eight Banners, equipped with triple armor, are not easy to penetrate with spears, so they must be pierced inward from the junction of the armor, or directly stab the neck and face such as eyes and mouth. The lower part of the armor skirt is also divided into four petals for movement, and the thighs and feet are exposed when they move, and they are directly stabbed with spears, and the feet are pierced, and they can't walk. The rest of the armor is generally vigorously used, and it is still possible to pierce the crack of the armor, which can seize all the time to contact. If you want to prevent the damage of the bow and arrows, there is only one way that can be done in the short term, and the spear must be equipped with a shield, and use a large shield, the kind that is two feet high and two feet wide for one person, and it must be made with an opening in the middle, so that it is easy to observe the enemy situation and assassinate the enemy from the opening. In wartime, large shields are used on all sides to defend against arrows. People inside the phalanx can also hold large shields above their heads. Prevents arrows from diffuse damage from the air.

Qin Liangyu said: "Zhengyi, you said that the only way in the short term, there are other ways, it takes a long time to prepare, and you can deal with the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners." You also said just now that the war with Jiannu will not end in the short term, it may take more than ten years to fight, what is the best way, but you have to tell Aunt Qin"

Li Jing smiled bitterly, this Aunt Qin is really not easy to fool, she was caught by her as soon as she showed a little. "Has Aunt Qin ever read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"" The Three Kingdoms was written in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and it was already widely popular in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It is sold in most places.

"Naturally, I have read it, Zhengyi, is there a way to restrain the bow and arrow of the Eight Banners Army in this book."

"Then you must know that Zhuge Liang captured Meng Shouzhong seven times, and burned a section of rattan armor soldiers, this rattan armor is made of green rattan in the Yunnan-Guichuan region, and the spears of the Eight Banners, waist knives, and heavy arrows can be effectively defended, and they are light in weight and easy to carry, but they do not block the wind, and the weather in Liaodong is cold. But if you put on your cotton clothes, you'll be fine. ”

"This thing has been lost for thousands of years, and you know how to make it. This thing is afraid of fire, if Jiannu had read the Three Kingdoms, wouldn't he have shot me with a rocket at that time, but he would have burned himself. ”

"I do know how to make it, but it takes two years to make a nail to meet the requirements, and if it is made for five years, the best effect can be achieved. It's too late. As for fireproofing, this is very simple for me, I will give you a kind of fireproof powder, you use tung oil to mix it and brush it on the rattan armor with a brush, so that even if it is burned in the fire, it will not be lit. In the end, it can only be turned into dry distillation. ”

Li Jing had seen on a television program that approached science that a certain village in Yunnan Province still maintains the production technology of rattan armor, and the staff of the military museum tested the defensive performance on the spot, and used contemporary steel knives to cut and stab, which can be completely resisted. Shot more than ten meters with a wooden crossbow wound with a foot, some arrows hit the gap, and although they penetrated, they were stuck between the rattans and pierced into the skin a little at most. Some are set on rattan and bounce off directly. The rattan is elastic and does not resemble a piece of hard metal armor, which blocks the bow and arrow, but causes blunt trauma and bruising. This one is completely reliable.

Qin Liangyu asked in surprise: "What is a fire retardant, can this thing be fireproof?"

"This involves chemistry, and you don't understand it. This thing is called sodium silicate. There are two types of production methods: dry (solid phase method) and wet (liquid phase method). The dry production is simple to mix quartz sand and soda ash in a certain proportion and then heat it to about 1400 °C in a reverberatory furnace to generate molten sodium silicate. Don't ask, you know that I can do it, it's pointless to say this now, when you come back from Liaodong, let's talk about the rattan armor"

"How to make the shield, you all know, you don't need me to say, if you want to do it quickly, just soak it in dried green vine for a few days. A three-foot-wide and six-foot-high rattan shield that was directly woven into an arc like a basket, covered with copper and iron sheets, with a high-level observation opening at eye level and a square opening at the waist for piercing spears outward. This is lightweight, and when marching, it can be carried diagonally on the back, and it can also prevent rain and snow, and it is also moisture-proof when lying directly on it when sleeping. The tenacity of this rattan is related to the time of paulownia oil, anyway, you will brush the oil on it when you march and rest, and wait until the war in Liaodong has been brushed for a few months, so you can finally finish this war. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Liangyu reorganized Li Jing's method tonight, and made up his mind to mobilize the entire Shizhu area, and ordered everyone to hand over all the furs, regardless of the old and new, and women sew cotton clothes, gloves, fried noodles, and fried noodle bags. Kill dogs to make dogskin hats, send people to the surrounding area to buy all the necessary supplies, and collect all the copper and iron. Li Jing directly auctioned out 30,000 taels of silver tickets and asked Qin Liangyu to send someone to Chongqing Mansion to exchange for cash.

Tusi is the emperor of the soil, an order, the entire stone pillar is in action, every village has come to the local officials, beating the gong to gather the people, arrange work, Tusi Yamen promised to register according to the head, pay wages and material money, will not levy materials in vain, for a time all the fur is expropriated, even the wolf skin mattress of many people's grandmothers have been taken away. All the animals with fur were slaughtered, and those who did not have fur at home went up to the mountains to hunt, in short, the skins had to be handed over on time. The local official's face was hideous, and he explained to the mountain people, if he couldn't finish his work, the handsome man couldn't spare himself, and you also wondered how the official would clean you up.