Chapter 56: Precious Chain Mail (3000 Reward Fifth Update)

When Lei Zihao moved his gaze to the elite of Wei Wushu who suddenly appeared in the hall, he was really shocked!

I saw that a hundred majestic and mighty soldiers were arranged in a neat square array, and each of the Wei soldiers was wearing iron chain mail, wearing an iron helmet, holding a halberd, hanging an iron sword from his waist, carrying a rhino-faced oar, 50 crossbow arrows and strong crossbows. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lei Zihao only needs to check it a little to know that the strong crossbows held by Wei Wushu's soldiers are all twelve-stone strong crossbows!

This is a proper foot crossbow!

And it's one of those very powerful crossbows!

The value of this batch of crossbows alone far exceeds that of the Qin State crossbowmen!

Not to mention the halberds and swords made of fine iron!

By the way, there's also a skin shield that covers most of your body!

Damn, isn't this a combination of crossbowmen + shield spearmen + sword and shield soldiers?

It's really all-rounding......

There is another point that attracts Lei Zihao's attention very much, that is, the chain mail worn by these elite Wei Wushu!

It's not made of bronze, it's all knocked out of large pieces of iron!

You know, although chain mail was very popular in ancient times, it was not easy to create!

The chain mail worn by Wei Wushu belongs to the early iron chain mail, which is naturally not comparable with the later chain mail, and it was called ring chain mail in ancient China!

The West generally calls it chain mail!

In fact, in addition to the different materials of the two sides, the functions and structures are basically similar, and they are generally used to defend against arrows!

In the information displayed by the all-out war system, the chain mail worn by Wei Wushu's elite has obviously been strengthened and improved by the system, and the technology is more mature.

They are made of tiny iron rings that form a long garment with a hood on top of the body. All the weight is borne by the shoulder, which can effectively protect against the attack of sharp weapons such as swords, guns and spears, of course, the main role is the defense of the bow and crossbow, but the Welsh longbow and various Chinese crossbows, Central Asian national bows and arrows, Tatar bows, Manchurian bows, etc. can still penetrate through the chain mail. The biggest disadvantage is that it is soft, and it is difficult to resist when the sharp sword stabs at it, and if it is smashed down by heavy weapons such as meteor hammers and maces, the chain mail will be ineffective. The production is quite complicated and cumbersome, and the cost is high. Generally speaking, the finer the iron ring, the better the protection performance, and each iron ring must be welded and connected, and the workload can be imagined.

Even if the chain mail worn by Wei Wushu's elite is lighter than the chain mail in the later period, let's call it light chain mail, but it is not something that can be made by a second-level ironsmith shop!

In other words, the lightweight chain mail worn by the elite of Wei Wushu is a masterpiece for the current Longhan Town......

The production of chain mail is quite complicated and cumbersome, by the diameter of about 2 mm of wire, after heating and twisted into a ring with a diameter of about 1 cm, and beaten into a flat ring about 3 mm wide, at both ends of the ring out of the diameter of about 1 mm of small eyes (generally for one eye, there are also two eyes, three eyes are rare), after the socket is sleeved with each other, with a diameter of one millimeter rivets connected. The iron rings are interlocking, sometimes with smaller iron rings to turn the desired shape, suitable for human wear and activities.

Chain mail is a kind of armor made of many iron lock plates, generally the upper body armor, the upper shoulder arm, down to the knee pad. The size of the iron rope is about the same as that of a coin, and the chain mail that tightly ties many iron lock plates together has a strong ability to protect cold weapons.

The biggest advantage of chain mail is that it is more protective than leather armor, and it has good air permeability, and it is lighter and more flexible than sheet gold armor, and can also be used in combination with other armor as needed to increase the protection range and strength. Its disadvantage is that it is expensive to make and difficult to maintain, because the iron ring is easy to rust, so it is resistant to water, and the humid environment is also easy to make it rust and even break. Smash with a striking weapon and smash it hard, and you won't be spared if you wear chain mail.

The only difference between light chain mail and heavy chain mail is that the thickness and number of iron plates are increased, after all, light chain mail is a very light piece of iron armor, which is not very heavy on people, and there is still a lot of room for improvement!

However, the maintenance of chain mail is very complicated, after wearing it for a period of time, it will be stained with dirt, sweat, rust and other dirt, and it is very uncomfortable not to clean it. And the cleaning of chain mail is different from ordinary clothes, not with water, but with fine sand. The washing method is to put clean fine sand in a large wooden basin, then put the chain mail in it, and use a long wooden stick to pound and knead it repeatedly to make the chain mail shiny as new.

It can be said that compared with various plate armor in the later stage of cold weapons, chain mail does not have much advantage in addition to being lightweight, which is also one of the reasons why chain mail was later replaced by plate armor as the mainstream armor!

With a twelve-stone crossbow, precious chain mail, a majestic halberd in a long weapon, and an iron sword for melee combat, Freya really didn't deceive herself!

This equipment can be regarded as the second only canned walking knight in the late stage of the cold weapon class!

This time, the power of faith consumed is worth it!

By the way, what about the morale and combat effectiveness of such gorgeous equipment?

Lei Zihao, who was excited, silently opened the class profile panel.

[Class: Wei Wushu elite.]

Soldier size: 100 people.

Specialty: All-round soldier

Highest combat effectiveness: Nine stars

Morale: 10 Stars (War Faith Bonus)

Recruitment Fee (??? ), maintenance cost (20 gold per month).

Ability: Morale is constant and high, can form a phalanx, very abundant physical strength, super fine! There is discipline! Very strong! Able to dig tunnels and attack from a distance.

Note: This is the elite soldiers recognized by various countries during the Warring States Period in ancient China, their morale is high, the combat skills are superb, you deserve it, please cherish this elite, before the popularization of plate armor, they are definitely worthy of the core of the treasure of the town! 】

"Town Army...... Treasure ......" The corners of Lei Zihao's mouth twitched, resisting the urge to complain.

The data looks good, the highest combat power is one star higher than that of the Spartan trouser man, you know, in the total war system, the closer to the full value of ten stars, the greater the gap between the stars!

The all-out war system is based on the strength of the world's known arms to judge the highest combat effectiveness of the star, if it is ten stars, it means that this class belongs to the same number in this world, the existence of the highest combat effectiveness...... One!

It's just that there are only 100 elite Wei warriors, which is really pitiful, even if they can fight one against ten, they can only deal with a thousand enemy troops......

Hey, it seems that if you really want to become strong, you still have to rely on fundamental town upgrades, and the army not only needs a scarce elite foil, but also needs a batch of cannon fodder who is not distressed when they die!

Of course, even if it's cannon fodder, you can't be too scum......