In the military system of the Han Dynasty, the armor rate of the most elite troops was only about one-fifth, and generally speaking, one of the five people in a troop had armor. Don't think that this rate is very low, the battle of Guandu

, Yuan Shao's cavalry is 10,000 and the infantry is 100,000, but there are 10,000 people in armor and 300 people in horse armor, which is only a tenth of the ratio. And Cao Cao's men can't even reach this ratio. Those battles in history that cost hundreds of thousands and millions at every turn, no

It's an exaggeration, but all kinds of logistics personnel used to transport grain and grass are counted as armies, but in fact, those who can really go into battle and fight are about one-tenth.

Therefore, Liu Bei fooled Emperor Ling of Han with a blank check, and Emperor Ling of Han gave Liu Bei three hundred pairs of armor. Three hundred pairs of armor seems a bit small, but in fact, according to the Sima Law of the Book of War, one chariot, three armor soldiers, and seventy-two foot soldiers

, which shows how low the armor rate was in ancient times, only one in twenty-five. Liu Bei said that he could recruit 10,000 horses, and Emperor Han Ling gave him 300 pairs of armor, which was actually not too little.

However, when Liu Bei took the holy decree given by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and led his men into the arsenal in Luoyang, he found that three hundred pairs of armor were not a drop in the ocean for the Eastern Han Dynasty, but almost a drop in the bucket. There are more than 50,000 pairs of iron armor and more than 150,000 pairs of leather armor in the entire Luoyang arsenal. There are 100,000 swords, guns and spears, more than 100,000 bows, hundreds of thousands of crossbows, and tens of millions of arrows.

It can be said that as long as this arsenal is opened, it can immediately arm an army of at least 200,000 armored soldiers, 300,000 archers and more than 500,000 troops. No wonder as soon as Dong Zhuo's goods took Luoyang, he immediately rioted with 200,000 soldiers, shocking the world.

The Luoyang arsenal is very large, 300 steps wide, 700 steps long, it is divided into several large reservoir areas, in order to prevent fire, there are also several wells, there are equipment for lifting water, and many large tanks for storing water are placed. Each tank is filled with water to ensure that in the event of a fire in one warehouse, it will not ignite the others. Xu Li, who was guarding the warehouse, led the way in front.

Passing by several warehouses, the entrance of each warehouse is guarded by four soldiers, at this moment, some of these people are sitting at the door dozing, some are chatting in a low voice, a few people heard the movement, they raised their eyelids to look at Liu Bei and his party, and when they saw them walking in front of their own defense area, they lowered their heads again, no longer paid attention, and continued to chat or rest. Liu Bei glanced at these soldiers, just at this time, in this kind of weather, these soldiers were still sticking to their posts, and he knew that the Eastern Han Empire had not completely decayed at least militarily at this time. The so-called dynasties have all perished with weakness, and the single Han has died with strength, which can be seen.

Of course, there is a difference between armor and armor, three hundred pairs of leather armor and three hundred pairs of iron armor are different, as the so-called Hades is better, the little ghost is difficult, Liu Bei is not polite, naturally he used the means of silver bullet offensive again.

"Ming Gong, Liu Bei is the one who pins his head to the waistband of his trousers, and he is going to go to the battlefield desperately, so he naturally wants to choose a few good armors for himself and his brothers. This is the life of the brothers and my Liu Bei, in the future, Liu Bei will go into battle to kill the enemy, and Ming Gong will be Liu Bei's life-saving benefactor, and he will not dare or forget at any time. One day, if Liu Bei makes a fortune, he will never dare to forget the virtue of Ming Gong today. While speaking, Liu Bei stepped forward to shake hands with the little official, who was stunned for a moment, and already had an extra gift list in his hand. After glancing at it, he suddenly gasped, stuffed it into his sleeve, nodded, and said no more.

Liu Bei glanced at Jian Yong, Jian Yong immediately pulled the official to talk, and the little official glanced at Liu Bei and turned away. The weapons in the arsenal can be said to belong to the emperor of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, or to the Eastern Han Empire, or to the imperial court, and they are all public anyway. Besides, the three hundred pairs of armor written on Emperor Han Ling's holy decree did not indicate whether it was iron armor or leather armor, and this official received a gift from Liu Bei, so naturally it would not be too troublesome.

Fortunately for Liu Bei, things like armor and weapons are just a man's natural hobby for weapons. But for Zhang Fei, Zhao Yundianwei and others, it is not too much to say that these weapons and armor are the second life, and their current feeling is that it is no longer a mouse that has fallen into the rice tank, it is simply a mouse that has fallen into the sea of rice. Immediately split up to pick up iron armor and weapons.

"Remember to pick the armor for your second brother as well," Liu Bei instructed.

"Don't worry, big brother, I remember."

In each warehouse, the relatively rare and expensive weapons are placed in obvious positions, and the equipment of different levels will not be mixed together, but it saves a lot of effort, and there is no need to look at the piles of goods behind, and they are specially selected among the best weapons, armor, and equipment.

"Hahaha, Mingguang Armor, it's actually Mingguang Armor." Zhang Fei let out a deafening laugh.

The armor is equipped with heart guards on the chest and back. The so-called heart goggles are actually a metal plate, mostly made of copper and iron and other metals, and polished smooth, quite like a mirror. The defense of the chest and back has been increased, and the principle is the same as that of the tin cans in Europe. Wearing the bright light armor on the battlefield, due to the sun's irradiation, it will emit a dazzling "bright light", hence the name bright light armor. The Mingguang armor was considered the best armor of antiquity.

The little guard glanced at Liu Bei, then turned around and continued Jian Yong's conversation, Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei from laughing, and said in a low voice: "Take the back, don't take it all, don't move the front." ”

Zhang Fei nodded vigorously, these Mingguang armors naturally can't be used for small soldiers, they are used to reward generals in the future, so try to take as many as possible. Finally, take twenty pairs of Mingguang armor. In addition to the Mingguang armor, Liu Bei took three hundred other armors.

Originally, the little official who was guarding the warehouse was already very happy after seeing Liu Bei's gift list. It's just that when he saw the armor Liu Bei was holding, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and then glanced at the silver seal on Liu Bei's waist and the cyan ribbon tied with the seal, and said: "Xuande Gong, it's really good eyesight, good eyesight." ”

"Hahaha." Liu Bei let out a burst of laughter, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in his words at all: "It's over, it's over, isn't this armor." ”

"Naturally, it's armor, it's just ......" The little official wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Liu Bei. People want armor, horses naturally need armor, and people and horses together can be regarded as a pair of armor, just three hundred pairs, which will not make Ming Gong you embarrassed. ”

It turned out that Liu Bei was holding the legendary armored horse, or armored horseman. That is, the combined name of human armor and horse armor, which is the protective equipment of ancient heavy cavalry. This heavy cavalry can be said to be a tank in the era of cold weapons, if there are thousands or even tens of thousands of armored horses, Liu Bei can also play a game of steel torrent.

A horse, a man armor; Equipment, horse armor also.

In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao had 10,000 cavalry, and there were no more than 300 armored cavalry, and Cao Cao couldn't even get together ten armored cavalry, which shows the rarity and preciousness of this thing. The entire Luoyang arsenal had no more than 1,500 pairs of armored cavalry at the moment, and Liu Bei took one-fifth of it from the arsenal at once.

Why didn't anyone get me something like a space ring when I crossed over, so I could take away all the good things here, Liu Bei thought unwillingly. Liu Bei secretly vowed to find an opportunity in the future to return here and take away all these high-level equipment.