Chapter 18: It's a Little
Huo Gang had a decision in his heart here, and just when he saw that Gongsun Lin in the distance had been arranged, Huo Gang thought about it and said loudly: "Gongsun Lin." ”
Hearing Huo Gang's voice, Gongsun Lin immediately quickly ran in this direction, and ran in front of Huo Gang, Gongsun Lin directly bent down and arched his hand: "General." ”
"It's okay, you stand still, I'm going to study the armor on you." Huo Gang nodded.
"Yes!" Gongsun Lin said a word, and then stood up straight.
Huo Gang walked over and reached out to touch the iron pieces of the armor on Gongsun Lin's body, in addition to the heart guard on the chest, the skirt armor of the abdomen and thighs are all made of fish scale armor and long strip armor, according to the information of later generations, the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty is composed of 1590 pieces of fish scale armor and 644 pieces of long armor.
It took about 190-260 days to make a pair of Mingguang armor in this era, and it took more than forty workers to repair a pair of armor, so most of the Mingguang armor in this period was only qualified to be worn by officers.
However, when Huo Gang's hand touched the armor pieces on Gongsun Lin's body, he was stunned for a moment, and then Huo Gang subconsciously exerted force on his hand, but the piece of armor he was holding was almost immobile.
I'll go, alloy steel?! Huo Gang subconsciously had such a thought in his head.
In this era, although the so-called hundred steels are used according to the records, in fact, most of the Mingguang armor can be used with slightly forged iron sheets, which is already good, even so, its cost and process are extremely terrifying.
The so-called 60% armor rate in the middle and late Tang Dynasty is definitely impossible to be Mingguang armor, and Mingguang armor can only be worn by a few elite troops and generals.
And now, Gongsun Lin is wearing a ...... This piece of armor is actually made of alloy steel?
As a modern person, Huo Gang can still tell the difference between steel and iron, this armor piece is only about 2 mm thick, but it is extremely hard, and the hand can't bend it at all, if it's iron, it will be relatively soft, and the hand can definitely bend.
If that's the case...... This protection is ...... The arrows of this era are simply powerless against it, except for some large crossbow arrows, or siege crossbows.
"Come here." Huo Gang directly greeted another ordinary white horse soldier not far away, and after he walked over, Huo Gang confirmed that the armor on their bodies was exactly the same, and there was no difference.
This...... The corners of Huo Gang's mouth twitched slightly, this is the legendary elite cavalry? I'll go, this is simply hanging, in this era, such armor can't be made at all, and you can't make it with any amount of money, okay?
If this is an enemy soldier, Huo Gang is going to report it, but it's just his own soldier...... Then no problem.
"I'll take a look at your bow and weapons." Huo Gang asked for their bows again, Huo Gang didn't have many bows and arrows, but when he took these bows into his hand, he knew that these bows were the same as armor, and they were definitely the best of the best, just from these woods.
The longbow they used was a typical Turkic bow style, but after more careful optimization, and Huo Gang experimented with it, the strength of this bow when fully opened was not too high, but it was not low.
Archers and other bows and arrows are not as hard as possible, because mounted archery will inevitably affect accuracy, so the archers require that they can fire more arrows while ensuring the range of the bow and arrows, so that they can shoot more arrows.
And Gongsun Lin's archery methods were later called Mongolian-style archery methods, which were more accurate, because Huo Gang had already seen the wrenches made of animal horns worn on their thumbs.
"How many times can you shoot a bow?" Huo Gang looked at the soldier and couldn't help but ask.
"Retained melee ability, 20 consecutive bow shots." The soldier spoke in an unwavering tone.
Huo Gang took a deep breath, ancient bows and modern bows are different, limited by material problems, the bow of this era wants to maintain lethality and range, it is very hard, according to the memory of his ancestors, a soldier can open a bow 10 times in a row, even if he is a qualified soldier, if he opens a bow more than 10 times in a row, he is an excellent soldier.
20 times, I'm afraid only some generals can do it, because these generals have better nutrition to exercise their bodies.
If these soldiers can fire their bows 20 times in a row, and they can also maintain their melee ability, this is really worthy of the introduction given to them by the Spirit of the Jade Gate, the elite archers of the Great Han! This is truly the best of the best!
In history, Gongsun Zhan's Bai Ma Yi never knew if he was so strong Huo Gang didn't know, but now, these his soldiers are put in this era, it can be said that they are invincible!
Speaking of which, the weapons and equipment on the personal guard cavalry led by Huo Zheng should be the same.
With this thousand white horse righteous followers, Huo Gang dared to face 10,000 Turkic cavalry!
Then, the strength and weapons and equipment of those Huo Quai's personal guards cavalry are definitely better than these archers, at least they are all the same.
Gongsun Lin didn't even use up an hour to clean up the entire battlefield.
"General Qiyu, the battlefield has been cleaned, all the corpses have been buried, the materials in their tent have been counted, and the grain can last about a month's rations, and there are more than 5,000 sheep, more than 200 cattle, and 400 horses."
"In addition, we found some goods from the Tang Dynasty in these Turkic tents, and some things that seem to be specially used to entertain the Tang Dynasty, it should be that caravans often pass by here to trade in the Western Regions and stop here."
Huo Gang nodded, this is not surprising, don't forget that not far from here is the ruins of the abandoned Yangguan of the Han Dynasty, which is one of the places that must be passed on the Silk Road. Although Yangguan was abandoned, it was impossible for the caravan to travel from other places.
And the numbers like the flock made Huo Gang breathe a sigh of relief, at least this food is already there.
The number of this flock seems to be a lot, but in fact, this tribe is not small at all, and the tribe of more than 400 people is already a medium-sized tribe in the grassland, let alone in the Western Regions.
The Turkic people's rations are mainly meat, and they want to feed more than 400 people, and more than 5,000 sheep is not a large number, because you can't kill all the sheep, in that case, what will you eat in the future?
They will choose some fat sheep to kill, and the ewes, lambs and the like are immovable, in fact, for the whole tribe, it is impossible for ordinary herdsmen to eat meat every day, and people in later generations often think that nomads have so many cattle and sheep and eat meat every day, which is misled by TV dramas.
In fact, the ordinary herdsmen of these nomads live very poorly, if they live so well, they have meat to eat every day, they are crazy and have nothing to do?