Chapter 60: Weapons (3)
Xu Huang and Zhang Liao saw that Dong Shouye had cast weapons for himself, but there was no movement on his side, so Xu Huang asked out loud: "Third brother, you have cast a new weapon for us, what about your own weapon?" Isn't it possible to keep using the spear made of the ash rod? ”
Dong Shouye heard that the two brothers cared about their weapons, so he replied, "Big brother, second brother." The younger brother's martial arts have no requirements for the quality of the weapon, regardless of the light or heavy material. The ash rod spear has always been used by the younger brother for practice, and it is very convenient and easy to use. But since the two brothers asked, the younger brother explained to the two brothers, hehe, can the younger brother still owe himself. Two brothers, please see. With that, he pointed to the spear on the weapon rack.
I saw that this gun was made of refined steel, the gun was two feet long, and the steel was made of quenched silver, which could break the armor. The head of the spear is sharp, and there is a crescent-shaped hook and the tip of the spear is crossed, which can also play the role of a hook and sickle, and there are some spikes side by side on the crescent hook, which are extremely sharp, and the tail vertebrae are also sharp, and the gun weighs 7749 pounds, which is Dong Shouye's imitation of Luo Cheng's Five Tiger Soul Breaking Gun and Yang Yanzhao's Reed Leaf Gun. These Five Tiger Soul Breaking Spear is the ancestral treasure gun of Luo Cheng, the seventh hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The marksmanship is unpredictable and infinitely deified. His housekeeper's trick "back to the horse gun", I don't know how many fierce generals have been picked down; The reed leaf gun is the treasure gun of Yang Yanzhao, the famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty. With this gun, guarding the three passes and resisting the Khitan, a Yang family will be loyal and heroic through the ages!
Zhang Liao asked, "Third brother, does this gun have a name?" ”
Dong Shouye replied: "Second brother, the younger brother of this gun calls it the Five Tigers Soul Breaking Gun. ”
Zhang Liao boasted: "A good name, the so-called gunman, is being used for soul breaking." The name of the gun is five tigers and the soul is very appropriate. ”
After Dong Shouye, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao each obtained their new weapons, Dong Shouye asked Xu Huang and Zhang Liao to lead their men and horses back to the Xinfeng camp with their new equipment, and quickly practiced to form a combat force. Now Dong Shouye still has more than 2,000 sets of heavy armor left, more than 3,000 hard crossbows, and more than 5,000 long bows. It can be said that more than 2,000 sets of heavy armor are the most precious part of Dong Shouye's treasures, after all, the smelting technology conditions were limited in ancient times, and it was not easy to forge a pair of heavy armor. Dong Shouye wants to use this batch of heavy armor to build a heavy infantry or a heavy armored cavalry to create heavy armored infantry, but there is no suitable leader for a while, Dong Shouye's own level is a two-and-a-half hanger, if you talk about it eloquently, it is okay, but if you train a heavy infantry independently, it is not so easy.
Dong Shouye's favorite candidate is Gao Shun, the leader of the trapped camp. But at present, Gao Shun is Lu Bu's subordinate, and the two are also brothers, and when they are full of passion, Gao Shun himself is also a well-known loyal person, and it is not easy to dig the foot of the wall. And at this time, Lu Bu, as a surrender faction, although he is nominally Dong Shouye's brother-in-law, but if Dong Shouye digs into Lu Bu's corner at this time, it will be quite taboo, and it is easy to make Lu Bu feel uneasy and suspicious of Dong Zhuo's father and son. At present, the relationship between Xiliangjun and Lu Bu is generally harmonious, and if Dong Shouye digs into Lu Bu's corner, it will be too unfavorable to unity. On the one hand, Cao Cao slept with Zhang Xiu's aunt and gave Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji a beautiful green hat. But at this time, Zhang Ji is dead, so this matter can be big or small in general, to put it bluntly, it is not a big deal, it is a big deal that Cao Cao married Zhang Xiu's aunt as a concubine in the future, after all, at that time, the husband died, and the wife remarried a lot, Cai Yan Cai Wenji is a typical example, and it was Cao Cao himself, this matter was also recognized by the mainstream society at that time, and there was no opposition to verbosity. The reason that is more important than Cao Cao sleeping with Zhang Xiu's aunt is that Cao Cao made friends with Zhang Xiu's subordinate Hu Che'er with a lot of money, if you want to say that after Zhang Xiu surrendered at this time, why did he gain a foothold in Cao Ying, there is no doubt that it is the spear and the army in his hand, Zhang Xiu is still a fart without the army, why should he settle down. The fact that you Cao Cao bought Zhang Xiu's subordinate Hu Che'er is clearly to set up Zhang Xiu first, and then you can clean up Zhang Xiu as much as you want, and you obviously want to kill Zhang Xiu. That Zhang Xiu was not a fool, so he naturally resisted, but Cao Boss was defeated and lost under Zhang Xiu's sneak attack, and the eldest son Cao Ang, the slave son Cao Anmin, and the henchman Dian Wei all died in this battle.
So no matter how much Dong Shouye wants to get Gao Shun now, he can only endure it, and he can't just dig into the corners of the wall. If he really can't find a general who is suitable for training heavy infantry, then Dong Shouye can only go on the field and tinker with it himself, or let Hua Xiong and other generals in the Xiliang Army train heavy cavalry like the tiger and leopard cavalry, and he can't let the best equipment and armor sit idle there, that would be too expensive, and the heavens would not allow it, and he would be struck by lightning. As for the training of 3,000 hard crossbowmen, it is relatively easy to solve, and Dong Shouye can handle this matter easily and without any problems. The Internet of the Great Celestial Empire in the 21st century is full of various forums, like this kind of bow and arrow, crossbow arrow lovers are many, there are many forums to discuss how to train and use ancient bows and arrows, crossbow arrows how to train and use the strategy, just look at a few glances can have an understanding, can say why, there is no big problem with leading people to train or something.
After dealing with Xu Huang and Zhang Liao's military training, Dong Shouye was also idle for a while, either training soldiers with Dian Wei every day, or learning how to deal with various political affairs with Li Ru, or chatting with his cheap Lao Tzu, listening to his cheap Lao Tzu teach him some experience in using soldiers to fight, or running to the backyard to chat and talk with his ancestors. When I really have nothing to do, I go outside Chang'an City to see how the cornfield managed by Dong Cunrui is doing, and in general, life is also leisurely. The only thing that was depressing was that the mount was really not strong, it was very uncomfortable to ride, there were no bilateral stirrups, and there was no Takahashi saddle.
Dong Shouye saw that he was idle, so he found a blacksmith in Chang'an City to build a pair of bilateral stirrups. There is no difference between a bilateral stirrup and a unilateral stirrup, they are all the same thing, but the effect of a stirrup and a left and right bilateral stirrup can basically be said to be earth-shattering. Stirrups weren't uncommon at the time, and no one cared if you hit one or a pair. Although the stirrup is a small object, its effect is quite huge, it is tied to the horse, and it hangs at the rider's feet, which can be said to be a major change in the history of cavalry. The biggest function of the stirrup is that it can free both hands, and the cavalry began to rely on the balance of the feet to charge, stab, split, and strike on the horse, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. It is estimated that Cao Cao's army in the middle and late Three Kingdoms has been equipped with stirrups, and it has been recorded in the history books that Cao's army once chased the defeated army for 500 miles in one day and one night.
This saddle uses a seat made of a wooden frame, stuffed with soft objects, and the outfit is made to fit the rider's buttocks, the front and back are convex, originally made out with stirrups, the two are used together, in the era when there is no saddle stirrup, people need to ride on the back of a bare horse, at most it is a cotton or leather, the rider only by grasping the reins or horse's mane and clamping the horse's belly with his legs so that he will not fall down when the horse's fart is galloping, and the riding skills are good, and he can pull the bow and release arrows on the horseback like growing on the horse's back. Or use a weapon with both hands, generally such a rider needs years of training and good riding skills.
It is not the same with the Takahashi saddle and the bilateral stirrups, the Takahashi saddle is convex in the front and back to stabilize the front and rear directions of the dìng rider, and the bilateral stirrups are displayed left and right, which can stabilize the left and right directions of the dìng rider, so that the average rider can also free his hands and use powerful moves such as chopping and slashing, and the horse can also quickly concentrate his strength and convert speed into an assault.
In the end, Dong Shouye got the horseshoe out again, and this horseshoe is also known as a horseshoe. The horseshoe is composed of two layers, the one that touches the ground is a layer of hard keratin about two or three centimeters thick, and the upper layer is a living keratin. The horse's hooves are in contact with the ground, and the corrosion of the stagnant water will fall off quickly, and the main purpose of nailing the horse's hooves is to delay the wear and tear of the horse's hooves. The storage of the horseshoe not only protects the horse's hooves, but also makes the horse's hooves grip the ground more firmly, which is very beneficial for both riding and driving. If the saddle and stirrup are to improve the combat effectiveness of the horse and the knight on the horse, then the storage of the horseshoe is undoubtedly to improve the staying power of the horse and the knight on the horse.
Dong Shouye gave the horseshoe, stirrup and Takahashi saddle to two blacksmiths and a carpenter respectively. The three of them absolutely don't know each other, and they don't have any connection. Then arrange for some sergeants and spies to secretly monitor. After all, these three things can be said to be the biggest secret in Dong Shouye's army in the future, and they must not be sloppy at all. With these three things, the combat effectiveness of the Western Liang cavalry can be greatly improved, and in the future battles with the Kwantung princes, the combat power of the Western Liang cavalry will be more powerful, and it will have a greater combat power advantage over the cavalry and infantry of the Kwantung princes. Of course, you can also rely on these things to arm the Xiliang cavalry, so as to conquer the surrounding Hu people, defend the tranquility of the frontier, defeat Xiang Xianbei, Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities, avoid the tragedy of the Wuhu chaos in China, and avoid the Chinese children being slaughtered by the Hu people.
Of course, the confidentiality work must be done well, the experience and lessons of countless blood in history tell us that confidential matters should not be disclosed, not to mention far away, take Dong Cheng, who was engaged in the edict with blood, for example, he took the edict out from the emperor in the palace, but Cao Cao searched for a long time and did not find it, I thought that I would be safe from now on, but I knew that this matter was heard by the little slave of my own family, and the little slave had an affair with Dong Cheng's concubine, resented Dong Cheng, and reported it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was furious after receiving the tip report from this little minion, and as a result, Uncle Dong Guo was dead, not to mention that many innocent people accompanied him to lose his head. This shows how important it is to keep this confidential matter secret.
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