Chapter 37: The Bright Light Armor is born

This short song line was written by Cao Cao before the Battle of Chibi, and he was full of poems, and he was satisfied. The 300,000-strong army went south and drank the Yangtze River. It seems that if you want to pinch the world in your hands, you can annex Kyushu with a flip.

Bad luck is only one aspect, but Cao Cao made the common mistake of countless commanders in history and underestimated the enemy. The fire burned Chibi, and in an instant, hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, and the Confucian general Zhou Yu became famous in a battle. The establishment of the Three Kingdoms delayed the unification of the world for decades.

This poem expresses that time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle; Expressing the desire for talents, Zhou Gong vomited and fed, eating three times, this attitude of the corporal of courtesy and virtue made countless wise men in the world happy and convinced.

This poem is not only written for Jia Mu, but also for Jia Xu to see, so that he can experience his own mood.

For Jia Xu, Liu Fan is honest with each other and does not hide his ambitions, whether to be Zhou Gong Ji Dan or Guangwu Liu Xiu, he can only rely on the general trend.

"Good rhyming poems." Jamu muttered. At his age, he doesn't fully understand the meaning of the poem, but he just thinks it's catchy to read.

"Haha, goodbye, little brother, it won't be long before I come again." Liu Fan laughed, inserted the Qingxuan Sword back into the scabbard at his waist, and turned to leave.

I don't know why? The depression and frustration just now were swept away, and Liu Fan was full of energy.

In today's world, not only the king chooses the minister, but the minister also chooses the king.

In troubled times, no one will easily recognize people as masters, and once they recognize the Lord, they must be cautious and cautious.

To be the master of a person, you must not only have talent, knowledge and personality charm, but also cultivate yourself and broaden your mind. It is necessary to know that there is no need to use doubts, and there is no doubt about employing people.

Maxima is not fast but endurance. In just three days, Liu Fan returned to Yuwangdu and crossed the Yellow River, which was Hedong County.

"Boatman, can you give me a ride?" Liu Fan came to the river and asked a middle-aged boatman.

"What a handsome horse! Two baht. The boatman exclaimed, then stretched out his right hand and gestured with two fingers.

"Yes." Liu Fan said briskly.

This boat is not big, just enough to take Liu Fan and Mo Qilin one person and one horse, after getting on the boat, the boatman swings the oars and sails to the opposite shore.

It was almost the end of November, and looking at the still turbulent river, Liu Fan asked the boatman: "Why is the Yellow River not frozen, will it not be frozen this year?"

"At first glance, Gongzi is a layman, our Weihe Plain, the climate is warm, the Yellow River here will not freeze, only the upper reaches of a hundred miles away will freeze. But in another month I won't be able to get out of the boat. The boatman replied to Liu Fan.

"Why?" Since this section of the Yellow River will not freeze, the boatman makes a living by carrying people across the river by boat, so why don't you get out of the boat.

"A month from now, winter is coming to an end, when the weather is warmer and ice rows are likely. If you encounter an ice flood, you will die nine times out of ten. The boatman said in a slight voice, as if he had experienced an ice flood himself.

Ice Flood! Liu Fan understood, what the boatman said should be Ling Xun.

When the upper reaches of the Yellow River freeze, the ice in the upper reaches breaks before the downstream, and breaks into blocks, and the water flow under the ice moves downstream with the ice, and when the downstream Yellow River is narrower than the upstream, the ice continues to accumulate, and the pressure of the embankment is too large, which will cause flooding.

Lingxun is a hydrological phenomenon in which the water level of the Yellow River rises significantly due to the resistance of ice to the water flow.

After Liu Fan arrived on the other side, he went straight to Anyi from Puban County. I haven't been back for almost two months, so it's good to go back and take a look.

More than an hour later, Liu Fan came to Yingshan Pavilion, which is located between the border of Anyi and Wenxi County. Liu Fan bought a compound in Sakurayama Pavilion and hired more than a hundred famous blacksmiths to develop weapons and armor for him at a high price.

This compound is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the terrain is remote, which is just a matter of hiding people's eyes and ears.

Liu Fan came to the door, and the guards guarding the compound found that it was Liu Fan and hurriedly paid a visit. There are more than 20 nursing homes here, all of which were the nursing homes of the Marquis Mansion of the Western Qin Pavilion in the past, and because they were bought since childhood, they were loyal to him.

"Shentu Gang is here?" Liu Fan asked.

"It's in the hospital." One of the guards replied.

Liu Fan walked into the compound and saw Shen Tugang at a glance. I saw a pair of battle armor hanging in front of him, the round guard on his chest and back had been fixed, and he was weaving small iron armor on the armor, and each piece of the armor was firmly fixed, very carefully.

Liu Fan walked towards Shen Tugang, he walked next to Shen Tugang, and Shen Tugang was still wearing his battle armor.

"If you don't do your thing, why are you doing here?" Shen Tugang's face darkened, and he turned his head and reprimanded. He thought it was two of his apprentices coming.

When he saw that it was Liu Fan, his face changed, and he hurriedly got up to salute. Now it's different from before, Liu Fan is the master, he is the minister.

"Brother Shentu is engrossed in his work, he doesn't squint, he is really a skilled craftsman." Liu Fan praised.

If his craftsmen can do this, why worry about not being strong? Soldiers are disadvantageous?

"My lord, the armor you ordered to be made has finally been made after nearly two months of development. Please come with me, my lord. Shen Tugang is a person who is not good at words, and he doesn't like to say those flattering nonsense, so he directly took Liu Fan to see his research and development results in the past two months.

In the storeroom, several pieces of molded armor were hung. Arm pads, shoulder pads, knee pads, etc. are readily available.

Liu Fan took one casually, changed it on his body, put on the helmet and shoes, and finally put down the mask on the helmet.

Liu Fan moved his hands and legs, squatted, got up, and stretched freely. Because the joints and waist are connected by leather armor, this armor does not affect the battle, which is very good.

"Can this visor block the arrows that are galloping?" Liu Fan put the mask on it and asked Shen Tugang.

Almost all other parts are protected by fine iron, especially the round protection of the front chest and back, which is the thickest, and the only thing Liu Fan is worried about is the face armor.

"The face armor is different from other parts, it can't be done in all aspects, the crossbow arrow is huge, the face armor is afraid that it can't be blocked, ordinary bows and arrows shoot on the face armor, at most the face armor can be broken, and it can't hurt the human face." Shentu Steel answered this question comprehensively and thoroughly.

Liu Fan nodded with satisfaction. It is good to be able to resist bows and arrows, and there are few crossbows in foreign races. The soldiers of the cavalry army all wore bright light armor, plus stirrups and saddles, and with effective tactics, they could definitely destroy any cavalry of this era.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, the cavalry was lightly equipped, generally wearing light armor, this kind of light cavalry was mobile and flexible, suitable for sports operations, but the protection ability was limited, at this time there were no stirrups and saddles, and the knight's feet were suspended in the air, and there was no focus point, and the combat effectiveness was greatly affected.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the iron cavalry replaced the light cavalry and became the elite troops in the cavalry, which was characterized by the fact that people and horses were equipped with heavy armor and tight protection, so the cavalry of this era was called heavy armored soldiers, and saddles and stirrups had appeared in this era, and the knight's feet had a focus point, which was suitable for fighting on horses.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the heavy armored troops that were dominant during the Northern and Southern Dynasties were eliminated because they were not mobile and their equipment was bulky. The weight of the Mingguang armor is far lighter than the heavy armor, the defense is not weak, the heavy armor is too much, the horse is not armored, the mobility is much stronger, the two cavalry meet, the heavy armor will be dragged out by the Sui and Tang cavalry, the Sui and Tang cavalry can ride and shoot, and the hand-to-hand combat is not weak, which is higher and which is lower? Glance.

However, it is very necessary for Liu Fan to establish a heavy armored army, it has shortcomings, but also advantages, needless to say, the protection ability, the most important thing is his strong impact ability, which is very suitable for galloping in the north of the land of China.

The Haihe Plain in Jizhou, the Huanghuai Plain in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, the Jianghuai Plain in Yangzhou, the Heluo Region and the Jianghan Plain in Yuzhou. Large-scale heavy armored troops, on the plain, the infantry simply could not stop it.