"Dao Chief, this bow is good, and it shoots far, but this bow is not good, you see, the range is only 100 steps, if you are facing a cavalry, a hundred steps away is only less than ten breaths, and at most you will shoot two arrows, which is not a problem at all." Niu Gao looked at the sergeant holding Li Guang's bow and said.

Jiang De smiled and said, "Come on, set up a target!" ”

The armor target is to put armor on the meat target, simulating the state of the bow and arrow when facing the armor, of course, this meat is generally pork or mutton, and only the barbarian people will use real people to experiment.

Soon, five targets were set up in the distance, wearing leather armor, paper armor, piercing armor, chain mail, and step armor.

Jiang De waved his hand and asked the sergeant holding Li Guang's bow to hand over the bow and arrow, Jiang De took it and handed it to Niu Gao and said, "Come, try it, there are eighty steps here, see if this bow is good." ”

Niu Gao took Li Guang's bow, pulled it first, and nodded, "But it's a hard bow, okay, let the old cow shoot an arrow." As he spoke, he took an arrow and hit the target of the leather armor.

The arrow flew away, hitting the chest of the first target, and everyone applauded.

"It's nothing to shoot through the leather armor, come again!" Niu Gao then shot two arrows in a row, and the arrows hit the target, Pang Wanchun couldn't help but praise, "Brother Niu Gao is a good archery." ”

Niu Gao said hesitantly, "Don't look at who my master is, the iron arm is the same!" ”

"Okay, let's carry the target over first, and see the effect of this leather armor, paper armor, and piercing armor." Jiang De said to the sergeant, after a while, three targets were carried over, and everyone gathered around to look, and saw that the three arrows had pierced the battle armor, among which the target of the leather armor was shot through a pair, and the armor of the armor was also completely broken, and the arrow body went in more than an inch, except for the paper armor, only one arrow went in.

"That's amazing! This power is almost comparable to that of a crossbow! Pang Wanchun couldn't help but stick out his tongue when he saw this effect.

"yes, this is a good paper armor, and it can be shot in." Ruan Xiaowu touched the paper armor and said with some concern. You must know that the biggest feature of paper armor is anti-arrow, because the thickness of paper armor can be much thicker than that of iron armor, and the shaping is good, and it can create a large oblique angle, and ordinary arrows cannot shoot through paper armor.

"This is a dry paper armor, you naval forces will pour water on the paper armor when fighting, and the paper armor with water may not be so easy to shoot into." Jiang De said comfortingly.

"Okay, let's try that step man armor next." Niu Gao said with some excitement.

Buren armor, in fact, is also a kind of armor, which is also made of iron armor leaves with leather strips or nails, but compared with ordinary armor, the thickness and density of the armor are much higher than that of ordinary armor, so the defense is also much higher.

Of course, because of the large number of nails, the price of the step armor is also high.

Niu Gao pulled his bow full of Xuan, and aimed at the armor target in the distance is an arrow, the arrow is like a meteor, everyone only sees a poof, and the arrow shoots into the foot armor.

"You can shoot into the foot armor! How can it be? Pang Wanchun snatched the bow in Niu Gao's hand in disbelief, he was an expert in archery and arrows, and he knew best how helpless the crossbowmen were in the face of the foot armor, and if they were not placed within thirty or fifty steps, they could hardly make trouble for the sergeant wearing the step armor.

The sergeant moved the armor target over, and everyone hurriedly moved the step family down and took it apart to look at it, Pang Wanchun studied it for a while before saying, "The armor piece of the armor was broken, but it was only two inches in, considering the strength of Brother Niu, ordinary sergeants are afraid that it is still difficult to penetrate, and it has to be placed within thirty or fifty steps, and ordinary sergeants can penetrate it, but this is also very remarkable, almost catching up with crossbow arrows." ”

Gongsun Sheng said, "Indeed, this Li Guang bow is better than the Jinneng Cave Armor, but the range is not as good as the eagle bow, what we mean is that the navy uses the eagle bow to the fullest, at most a small number of Li Guang bows, and the infantry and cavalry are more Li Guang bows." ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, everyone knew that the enemy they would face in the future would probably not be like the forces lacking in battle armor like Withered Leaf Island or Goryeo, but more likely to be the great armies of Song, Liao, and Jin, these armies are not short of battle armor, although the eagle bow shoots far, but the armor-piercing ability is not enough, if the other party is leather armor, if it is all heavy armor, I am afraid that it may not be possible to shoot to death in front of you, and it is not as good as Li Guanggong.

Besides, isn't there still ballistas and other ordnance in the distance that can deal with it?

Of course, if there is really money, it is not impossible for each sergeant to issue two bows .... But Pan Lianggui, who is in charge of money and food, is afraid that his face is about to darken.

The lack of armor-piercing ability of the English longbow is not nonsense, in the battle of Agincourt, the battle of England's longbow fame, in the face of the French knights wearing heavy armor and advancing on foot, their bows and arrows can only confuse them, as long as these lords keep their heads down and do not show the gaps in their armor, they can rush to the front of the British army unharmed, but the longbowmen are full of lethality to those light infantry without heavy armor, The knights, who had no light infantry to support them, were easily wiped out on the muddy ground by the English dismounted heavy knights and longbowmen with axes and swords.

Well.... Every ranged soldier has a melee dream.

After Gongsun Sheng finished talking about the bow, he talked about the heavy ordnance of the navy, "The heavy ordnance of the navy is divided into three categories: bed crossbows, ballistas, and artillery, but in the future, they will gradually be simplified into pure artillery. ”

Before the words fell, Ruan Xiaoer said, "Dao Chief, although this artillery is good, the ballista and bed crossbow are not bad, and the price of the artillery is much more expensive, and it will explode..."

Jiang De waved his hand and said, "This is my idea, you brothers not only have to look at the present, but also to see the future, ballistas and bed crossbows have been developed for thousands of years, has reached the extreme, and artillery is a new thing that has just appeared, there is still a lot of potential to be tapped, what can be seen is that the future water warfare must be more than whose artillery, whose artillery shoots far, whose artillery is powerful, if you don't believe it, wait a few years to see it and know." ”

Ruan Xiaoer saw that it was Jiang De's idea, so he no longer argued, in fact, he also knew that the artillery was good, but he was a little emotionally unacceptable to discard the ballista and bed crossbow.

After talking about the naval army, Gongsun Sheng began to talk about infantry, and he said, "The infantry of our army is divided into four types in principle: knife and axemen, pikemen, crossbowmen, and ballistaemen. ”

As he spoke, a group of sergeants wearing battle armor and holding blades walked over, and Gongsun Sheng introduced, "The knife and axe hand is a melee weapon, and the blade is divided into knives, goose knives, hand axes, and bones, and these short blades can be used for close melee combat with shields, and they are equipped with shuttle guns for throwing."

The main weapons of the pikemen are the cone-gun, the body of which is one zhang long, and the horse rejection spear, which is one zhang and eight feet long, and the horse chopping knife, which is seven feet long.

The blades of the crossbowmen are the Eagle Bow, the Li Guang Bow, the Tazhang Crossbow, the Divine Arm Bow, the Hand Axe, and the Hand Knife.

The armaments of the ballista are bed crossbows, three-bow bed crossbows, ballistas, and artillery.

Like the naval army, in the future, our army will gradually unify the use of artillery. ”

Luan Tingyu borrowed the horse-rejection spear in the hand of a sergeant, waved it and said, "This spear is really long, and the requirements for the sergeant are high." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "That's true, as the saying goes, an inch is long and an inch is strong, but every inch of the blade grows, the weight will increase by one point, and the requirements for the sergeants are indeed higher, but I think our sergeants are well-trained, and such spears can increase the combat power of our sergeants."

In addition, according to the different enemies, pikemen will be divided into two kinds in the future, one is holding a horse rejection spear, which is an array soldier, and the other is holding a cone-gun and is a fighting soldier, the array soldier is mainly used for dignified formations, and the fighting soldier is used for melee combat. ”

The spear of the Song Dynasty official army was customized to be one zhang and four feet, which is about four and a half meters by modern standards, and Jiang De's horse rejection spear is almost six meters long.

The biggest difference between a gun and a spear is the body, the body of the gun can be soft, while the body of the spear must be hard.

Gongsun Sheng said, "Of course, this is a general standard equipment, and you can also apply to create some unique equipment, such as the sickle hook gun of the Golden Gun Battalion. ”

Chao Gai said, "I use a big knife, my favorite is this big knife, but the big knife is not easy to use, I see that the knife is one inch wide, the blade is four feet long, it is really a sharp weapon, this horse cutting knife is used well, and the cavalry is not an opponent." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "What Chief Chao said is that there are many generals in our army who are good at broadswords, such as Liu Tang brothers, Lei Heng brothers, and Zhu Tong brothers, all of whom are good broadswords. ”

As he spoke, Jiang De remembered someone and muttered, "It would be better if Guan Sheng was here." ”

Gongsun Sheng listened really to the side, and asked, "Brother, have you heard of any heroes?" Love talent? ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "I was discovered by the Taoist, I remember that there is a person who is good at using a big knife, known as the big knife Guan Sheng, this person claims to be a descendant of Guan Yunchang, and his appearance is quite similar to his ancestor Guan Yu, and he is also a phoenix with phoenix eyes facing the sky, his face is like a heavy jujube, he is strong in martial arts, and he is well versed in the art of war. ”

"Oh? Doesn't that look similar to Brother Zhu Tong? Niu Gao laughed and laughed, Zhu Tong touched his beard, and also had the heart of fighting, and said, "I am known as the beautiful bearded man, this title is the title of the former Shouting Marquis, if there is really such a person, I really want to compete with him." ”

Jiang De smiled, and didn't say who was better, but said to Gongsun Sheng, "These are all things later, Dao Chief, let's continue to talk about the battle armor first." ”

Gongsun Sheng hummed and continued, "Our army's armor is divided into four parts: helmet, armor, boots, and sets, of which the helmet is divided into phoenix-winged helmet and hat-shaped helmet, the hat-shaped helmet is used by sergeants below the battalion, and the phoenix-winged helmet is used by generals above the battalion.

There are three types of infantry armor, leather armor, mountain armor, and piercing armor. ”

As he spoke, Gongsun Sheng knocked on the armor on the sergeant's body and said, "Both the Shanwen armor and the zha armor can be adjusted to the most intimate state according to the sergeant's figure.

The armor was worn by crossbowmen, axemen, and pikemen, as well as by ordinary cavalrymen.

The armor was worn by the pikemen in formation, and was heavier in comparison.

In addition, in comparison, the thickness of the front and back of this armor is different, the front armor should be thick, and the back armor should be thin, the reason, everyone understands. ”

After Gongsun Sheng finished speaking, Pan Lianggui's face was already extremely unsightly, and he came out and said, "Dao Chief, Master Hou, I also know that the mountain armor has excellent defense and is a good armor, but the price of this mountain armor is extremely expensive, if it is all mountain armor... I can't afford it. ”

The generals were still excited just now, Shan Wenjia, on weekdays, only generals can have, and now the sergeants can wear it, how strong is such an army.

Shanwen armor, in fact, is also a kind of chain mail, he is a piece of triangular iron through the nail and the nail piece of each other to bite each other into a nail, if the nail piece is made of exquisite uniformity, to make the whole armor does not even need a nail nail, do not need a strand of silk thread, the armor of the mountain armor is uneven, the arrow feather shot on the mountain armor will even slide away because of the angle.

It is worth mentioning that Shanwen armor has not been physically drawn in later generations, but it can be seen everywhere in sculptures and images, so it is called a disappearing armor, and even debates are everywhere on the Internet whether this kind of armor exists or not, but as long as you think about it, you should know that if this kind of armor has not appeared, it will not be recorded from "Tang Liudian Arsenal Order" to "Siku Quanshu".

Jiang De smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chief Pan, let's talk about it later, let's talk about the cavalry's equipment." ”

Gongsun Sheng waved his hand, and a team of knights rushed in the distance, and everyone looked at this team of knights and immediately gasped, why? Just because these knights were wrapped in shiny heavy armor, and the horses were also dressed in horse armor, and the knights had spears in their hands, and they felt terrible just by looking at them.

The knight's horse quickly descended, came to stand in front of everyone, Jiang De smiled and said, "This is the upgraded version of our chain horse, Tietu Ride, you probably haven't seen the armor you wear on this body, this is plate armor, it is a new type of battle armor that the Taoist just developed some time ago, the iron armor on the chest is a whole, with a curvature, and the cotton armor is worn inside to prevent shocks, and the armor is wrapped in plate armor from head to toe, and even the mask is iron, of course, the price of this plate armor is not low." ”

Yes, Pan Lianggui's face is even darker now.

Gongsun Sheng patted the horse armor on the war horse and said, "This horse armor also has five parts, such as a curtain, chicken neck, swinging chest, horse body armor and five parts, the material is also the same as the plate armor, it is a high-grade iron armor, these armor together, there are seventy catties, plus the weight of the armor warrior's own weight, the weight of the blade, there is a small three hundred catties, such a weight can only be borne by the best Hequ horse, even so, the horse army can only rush to kill half a stick of incense time, must be returned to repair, otherwise the combat power will decline rapidly." ”

How long is the half-pillar incense? In the fifteen minutes of the later generations, everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard it, this heavy armored cavalry is powerful, but there are also many restrictions, and it can't cover the world.

Pan Lianggui's face was already black and almost as black as Bao Gong, and he didn't need to ask to know how expensive this equipment was.