Chapter 20: Riding in Armor
Armor is a general synonym.
It contains a number of parts.
Although Li Zheng personally purchased the formula drawings of the armor suit, the formula drawings did not indicate it, and he did not fully know all the parts contained in the armor.
Now, after seeing all the finished parts, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Armor, which contains all the equipment needed by knights and knights.
Knights' weapons, armor, helmets, knights' armor, shoes, stirrups, saddles, and reins are all there!
In the first-order armor drawings, there are four types of cavalry weapons: standard spears, standard sabers, standard longbows, and standard arrows, including charge, melee combat, and long-range attack.
There are two types of cavalry armor, one is a metal-based full-body fish scale armor with a metal helmet. One is fur-based leather armor, which is matched with a leather helmet.
There are also two types of armor for war horses, one is mainly metal, and the other is mainly fur.
There are no types of shoes, saddles, stirrups, bridles, etc., all of which are the same.
Li Zheng did not expect that the parts contained in the drawings would be so comprehensive.
In this way, the equipment forged by the first-order armor drawings can be completely divided into two categories: light and heavy. Heavy cavalry is mainly spears and metal armor, and is mainly used to charge and break the formation.
The light ones are mainly bows and arrows, sabers, and leather armor, which are used to harass, lure enemies, and pursue.
In this way, as long as the scale of Li Zheng's army increases, then he can confidently face any enemy!
Of course, too much equipment can also cause a series of problems.
The first is the huge consumption of raw materials.
The raw materials that had been hoarded for more than half a month were all consumed within a few hours. However, there are only two batches of forged armor, that is, twenty sets.
You know, although because of the mining technology and transportation capacity, the efficiency of the guide zhì is too low. But the amount of ore and fur accumulated in half a month is recorded in 10,000 catties!
With so many raw materials, only twenty sets of armor were created.
It makes people scratch their heads just thinking about it.
Secondly, some of the preparations that Li Zheng originally made became completely redundant. For example, blacksmiths, such as bow makers, etc., they basically have no room to play now.
To solve these two problems, Li Zheng had to adjust some of the structure of the grassland and some of its previous plans.
The problem of ore is that before the road is built, the only way to expand production is to invest more manpower. But with the food now hoarded in pastures, it is unlikely that it will be possible to feed a larger population.
Only after the harvest of newly planted ginseng wheat can we be free to recruit displaced people.
The problem of fur is stricter.
For such a long time, the hunting team hunted prey everywhere, and with the accumulation of fur in the pasture, it ran out in a few hours. In this way, it is even stricter than the ore problem.
The only solution is to expand livestock and eventually become self-sufficient.
But it's not something that can be done in a while.
As for the blacksmiths, bow makers, armor makers and other manpower who had no room to play, Li Zheng thought about it in his heart and made arrangements. Isn't it necessary to set up a branch for civilian research under the Ministry of Industry, and just fill them in?
Although the level of knowledge of these craftsmen is very low, they are already considered talents in comparison. As long as we pay attention to supplementing their knowledge and increasing investment, we will definitely be able to research some good things according to the experience of these craftsmen.
After being confident, Li Zheng immediately gave Zhao Wu an instruction.
As for himself, he brought twenty sets of armor and Zhang Shan, and couldn't wait to prepare to equip the war horse with first-order armor.
The area of Shenzhou grassland was originally only a little more than 300 acres, and after filling in various buildings, the area of grassland that is actually used for grazing is less than 200 acres.
The nearly 200 acres of grassland are basically in the northern section, close to the water source.
Especially after the successful cultivation of thatch, due to the demand for water, the livestock center of the pasture was moved to the two sides of the creek.
For the grassland, the most important Qingjia warrior lives here.
With Zhang Shan, he called Wang Laohu, Xu Xiaojiu, Lin Shishi, White Wolf, Nuluo and a few others to go to the northern section of the creek together.
As for Kamuko, he was out hunting during this time and did not return.
When I arrived at the cistern by the stream, I saw that it was already covered with purple grass that was different from ordinary pastures. This is a thatch. At a glance, it looks like a luxurious lilac carpet, which makes people feel happy.
The growth cycle of thatch is very short, and after planting in early March, it has been less than a month before it is fully ripe. Fourteen blue-armored warrior riders wandered among the thatched grasses, and from time to time they ate a bite of the tender thatch, looking very leisurely.
Seeing Li Zheng coming, Qingyun led by him raised his head and hissed, shook off his hooves, and galloped over.
Seeing this, the other thirteen war horses also galloped, although there were not many of them, but the rumbling momentum was indeed not small!
"Alright, alright!"
Li Zheng stroked Qingyun's forehead, dodging its tongue, and instructed Zhang Shan: "Take Qingyun with you, remove the juveniles and pregnant mothers, and put armor on the strongest of them!" ”
After that, he turned to Nuro and the white wolf and said, "You two will go to the horse group and bring ten horses of the best quality." ”
"Whoa!"
Of the fourteen blue-armored warriors, six were originally adults, five were grown, and three were juveniles. However, with the maturity of the Mao, the Qingjia warriors have also ushered in a stage of rapid growth.
Adult blue-armored warriors have been nourished by the grass and appear stronger and more powerful. The growth period and the juvenile green armor war rider have entered a period of rapid growth.
Up to now, both the adult Qingjia War Rider and the growth period Qingjia War Horse can already be used for riding, and Li Zheng fully believes that they can carry the knight across the battlefield.
The attributes of the Qingjia War Riders determine their current service direction, that is, heavy riding! Half of the armor produced by the forging center, that is, ten sets of heavy riding armor.
But after removing the three hatchlings, there are still four pregnant mothers, and only seven suitable ones remain.
In this way, ten sets of heavy armor will not be used up.
Li Zheng couldn't help but laugh at himself secretly, he had thought about rapidly expanding the production scale of armor earlier, but he didn't take into account the number of war horses for a while.
What about more heavy riding armor? Unless it is used to equip ordinary war horses, it will not work at all.
And when it is used to equip ordinary war horses, not only can it not play the role of armor, but it will also cause a burden on ordinary war horses, but it will reduce the maneuverability of war horses, and even weaken the combat effectiveness of war horses in a certain range!
Shaking his head, Li Zheng, together with Zhang Shanwang Laohu and others, began to put armor on the selected seven-headed warriors. Although the spirituality of the Qingjia War Horse is not much different from that of ordinary war horses, because it is synthesized by the Tongguò system, it can achieve simple communication with Li Zheng, the host of the system.
Li Zheng pacified the seven selected horsemen and made them all lie down - this was not easy for the horsemen. After all, it is a war horse synthesized on the basis of war horses, and in a certain way, it inherits the characteristics of most war horses. War horses are standing even when they sleep, and it is not easy to make them lie down.
However, for Li Zheng, it is not difficult.
Let Qingyun take the lead, and the other six warriors did the same, and lay down obediently.
First of all, it is to put on the farrier and hit the horseshoe.
With a tiny nail, the farrier is nailed to the hooves of the war horse, which can play a great protective role. In the process of galloping, the unevenness of the ground and various obstacles will cause great damage to the horse's hooves. Therefore, the war horses of this era have a high probability of being scrapped, which is why the horseshoe was produced later.
It can be said that the horseshoe in Li Zheng's hand is an extremely advanced equipment in this era.
Zhang Shan and a few others originally didn't understand the role of this piece of shoes, but when Li Zheng explained it slightly, they couldn't help but praise it again and again.
The hooves of the blue-armored war horses are much tougher and thicker than ordinary war horses, but this does not mean that they do not need the protection of the shoes. The Qingjia war horse is much more precious than the war horse, and it is not surprising how to protect it.
The hooves of a war horse or war horse are actually a layer of cuticle without nerves, just like human fingernails. It may seem like it hurts to nail the shoes into the hooves of the knights, but they don't feel it at all.
In a few moments, the farrier was ready.
The Qingjia warriors who stood up all had a strange feeling, and they couldn't help kicking indiscriminately, as if they weren't used to it. In Li Zheng's opinion, that feeling should be the same as suddenly putting on shoes after being barefoot for a long time.
After the farrier is struck, the horse is reined, heavily armoured, and then saddled.
Zhang Shan and the others are much more skilled in these tasks than Li Zheng, and they will be done well in a short time.
The blue-armored battle horse after wearing the armor top, the appearance has changed greatly in an instant!
If there is one word to describe it, it is mighty!
After the blue-armored warrior was fully clothed in armor, it looked like a metal monster at a glance. They are covered in armor, with only their eyes, the sharp horns on their foreheads, and their tails exposed, and even a small section of their hooves!
This is an all-round protection, and Li Zheng believes that with the defensive strength of the first-order armor, it will be absolutely difficult to break through an ordinary blow. Unless it is a powerful general, unless an ordinary soldier attacks the eyes of the blue-armored war horseman, what he will face is a killing fortress!
Looking at the Qingjia war horse behind the armor, whether it was Li Zheng, Zhang Shan and others, they all showed wolf-like eyes, and they couldn't wait to ride it and try it.
But at this time, the white wolf and Nuro came with ten war horses.