In the morning, in the east of Xiyang Wangfu, many soldiers in the small school field are practicing archery, as the soldiers of the Xiyang Wang Guard, they need to deal with the scene on weekdays is different from the ordinary army, so the requirements for personal skills will be higher. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Traveling with the King of Xiyang, the soldiers of the guard can wear armor and hold crossbows without having to be taboo about anything, and while undertaking the work of the guard of honor, they must also undertake the work of guarding, and ensure the safety of the King of Xiyang when the assassin assassinates or there is an emergency.

First of all, the fighting ability of the individual should be good, because most of the Xiyang King's usual activities are in the towns, and the brigade of people and horses cannot be used, so the guards must be able to effectively block the assault of the outlaws, whether they are fighting with their hands or armed with weapons.

Secondly, in the field, if there is an outlaw attack, it will generally take the form of ambush, and the main weapon is indispensable to the bow and arrow, so the archery skills of the guards must also keep up, and at least suppress the opponent when shooting.

This is an unexpected event that may be encountered on weekdays, but Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen often leads troops to go to battle, and as a guard, he naturally has to follow to the battlefield, so the soldiers must also be skilled in riding and can follow the Xiyang King to charge into battle.

In these years, it is very common for the boss to charge in person, but the risk is also very large, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the chaos, so the combat effectiveness of the entourage must be strong, and you must have the courage to follow the boss to play with your life, and the palace guards are very likely to use their lives to cover the breakthrough of King Xiyang.

Based on the needs of these three aspects, the training intensity of the royal palace guard is very high, training physical fitness, training strength, martial arts, riding and archery, and the intensity of training for three days and one day off is the same as that of the Hulin Army, of course, the food treatment is also the same.

The palace guards are the establishment given by the imperial court, so the military salary, grain and grass are also allocated accordingly, but the imperial court allocates materials according to the usual practice, and the additional logistical burden caused by such a high-intensity drill has to be borne by the Xiyang Royal Mansion itself, but Yuwenwen can afford it.

For him, since he burned money to raise 5,000 soldiers, it didn't matter if he added some more money to raise 1,000 soldiers, it was nothing more than selling more fake and shoddy gold jewelry and strange rocks.

On the side of the school field, Yu Wenwen was watching the soldiers change their armor, which was a trial version of the new "Xiyang Armor" launched by the Ordnance Superintendent, while Sima Zhang Dingfa of the palace complained on the side.

"King, Huangzhou is located in Jiangbei, cold in winter and hot in summer, especially hot and stuffy in summer, wearing a military uniform and sweating when the action is bigger, and sweating after wetting the military uniform, let alone wearing a hood and armor."

"There's no way to get hot, there are arrows everywhere on the battlefield, and it's refreshing to be dead by an arrow, I'm afraid that I won't die on the spot after being hit by an arrow, and the wound will fester, and it will take more than ten days to die, so it's painful, and it's still cool to die, everyone has to think clearly."

Speaking of this, Yu Wenwen was a little strange: "Wasn't the previous Xiyang armor based on ring lock armor?" Supposedly it should be breathable, why do you still feel hot? ”

Zhang Dingfa smiled bitterly: "In the middle of summer, you feel hot even if you are bare-chested, even if the ring lock armor is breathable, it will be hot in the sun for an hour, not to mention that in order to prevent the armor from grinding your body, you have to wear a military uniform inside." ”

Yu Wenwen spread his hands: "Shannan is just this ghost weather, what can I do?" Didn't survive all these years? If you sweat a lot, you can only drink more water. ”

The weather in the Yangtze River basin is hot and humid in summer, and when fighting under the sun, the soldiers who are draped in their bodies are miserable, and if it rains, the sun is gone, but the bowstring is also weak, and there is water everywhere, and there is no need to fight, so they can only wait in the camp tent for mold.

Yuwen Wen has been in Huangzhou for nearly seven years, and he is used to the climate here, but it is really hard to march and fight in hot weather, so now he will find a way to improve after he has enough money.

When marching and fighting, you can't do it without armor, but wearing heavy armor to fight in array is easy to get heat stroke, what he wants to improve is armor, and the new style of armor should take into account the protection at the same time, try not to be so 'covered'.

As an 'abnormal human', Yu Wenwen has an impression of many classic armor styles, the armor has developed to the extreme is plate armor, and the plate armor in history has full-body armor, half-body armor, breastplate and other styles, but no matter what, with the current ability of the Huangzhou Weapons Supervisor, it is impossible to produce it in large quantities.

Although there is a hydraulic forging hammer, the production process of large-area iron plates is not mature, which is the smelting technology that has dragged its feet, not that it cannot be done, but that it cannot be made cheaply: the scrap rate is too high.

In order to improve the army's armor rate, it is necessary to take into account many factors, and the price is the most critical, so Yuwen Wen retreated to the second, the so-called 'Xiyang armor' style is still based on the armor, supplemented by ring lock armor (chain mail).

In fact, it can be understood that the soldier wears ring lock armor inside, and wears a piece of armor (裲裆armor) outside.

After more than a year of trial, some problems were found, this armor combination is easy to cause "overprotection" and cause waste of materials, so Yuwenwen wants to consider launching a new 'Xiyang armor', but at the beginning it was a little tangled:

Is it an improvement on the old model, or a redesign?

Yang Ji's suggestion was to redesign, Yuwen Wen was relieved when he saw that he was so positive, and asked Yang Ji to draw the intention first, but after the picture came out, he felt that something was wrong:

The eight-petal Ming iron helmet has a small flag on it, and the soldiers wear a short placket armor with a legless skirt, and the general officer wears a long placket armor with a leg skirt, with a pair of iron armour, and the arms and hands are connected with iron pieces with belts and rivets, which can protect the entire arm from the shoulder to the back of the hand.

Yu Wenwen felt 'familiar' no matter how he looked at it, and then he probably made up what the army in such armor looked like, and then suddenly realized: Isn't this the dress of the Ming army?

In the bloody remnant sun, in the city of Huangzhou Mansion, Yu Wenwen, the chief soldier of Huguang, and Yang Ji, the deputy chief soldier who defended the city, fought hand-to-hand with the Qing soldiers who broke the city together with the soldiers and civilians who suffered heavy casualties, and finally died in battle and died in martyrdom?

Well, this kind of scene can't happen, and the armor of the "Great Ming Wind" is actually nothing, but what's the matter with the lightning rod on the helmet? Will the field battle be struck by lightning during a thunderstorm?

Yang Ji's design was not bad, and Yuwen Wen was moved, but he took into account the actual situation and made modifications to this style of Ming army armor.

First of all, the style of the dou (helmet) remains the same, it is still a common style in this era, the eight-petal bright iron helmet with a small flag on the top is not to be discussed, Yu Wenwen doesn't want to have a lightning rod on his soldiers' heads.

Secondly, the armor of the Ming army is sleeveless, and the armor of Xiyang should be added with 'short sleeves', and it is a ring lock armor style, just like the T-shirt of later generations, and its placket method must also be changed.

The Ming army's armor is actually an upgraded version of today's crotch armor, and it is also very convenient to put on and take off, but the 'placket' is a bit shocking in this era, and the placket will cause a flaw in the defense of the chest.

So the placket of the armor was changed to a side placket, you ask me which way to open? Nonsense, right-handed, of course, isn't that a matter of course?

The armor was changed to a side placket, and the front chest was a complete piece, and then the armor leaves were woven with iron wire on the chain cloth to form a square hard armor, which was found on the front chest and back, which was a mixture of chain mail and armor, and strengthened the defense against bows and spears.

Soldiers and low-level generals were issued with long armor, that is, the hem of the armor reached the knee, which was a leg skirt that provided protection for the thighs; Everyone has a pair of arms and hands, if you feel that you feel heavy when you wear arms and hands, it means that you have not exercised enough.

Now the soldiers of the palace guards are trying on this new armor, and Zhang Dingfa also wears a bow to try to pull the bow and release the arrow, although he feels that his arms are a little limited, but the accuracy of the arrow is still good.

"How does it feel?" Yu Wenwen, who was watching from the sidelines, asked.

"My lord, the arm of the right arm... The arm and hand, for the archer, must be a burden under the long battle. Zhang Dingfa told the truth, "You must know that there is no light burden in a hundred steps, and the right hand must pull the string, and it is always good to be less burdensome." ”

"That's right..."Yu Wenwen touched his little beard, "It seems that if the archer wants to wear this armor, he doesn't need an arm on his right arm?" ”

"King, the archer is above the battle array, unless it is left-handed, it must be sideways and the enemy is on the left, so the chance of injury to the right hand will be smaller, and the lower officer thinks that if the archer is wearing armor, the right arm can be canceled."

Seeing that several soldiers were thinking the same way, Yu Wenwen nodded: "Zhang Sima is good at shooting, why don't you make some suggestions?" ”

"The subordinate has to think about it carefully, and he can't think of it in a hurry."

"It's okay, think about it, since it's a try-on, it's to see what everyone's opinions are, and if you have a problem, you can change it!"

While the discussion was gaining momentum, Liu Wenjing of the palace office hurriedly came and announced to Yuwenwen with a happy face: "King, good news! ”