Chapter 514: Deterrence is also support
"Yes, 100,000 sets of Mingguang armor and related weapons." Liu An said lightly.
"One hundred thousand?!" He Modu and all the other Turkic leaders were completely stunned.
"General Liu, are you right?" He Molu's whole person had an unbelievable feeling, what is the concept of 100,000 armor? In He Modu's opinion, isn't the entire Han army's fifty or sixty thousand people, even if they are all wearing Mingguang armor, and now they are suddenly given 100,000 at once?!
"Of course, please come with me." Liu An said with a smile.
He Molu and they glanced at each other, and they were all shocked, 100,000 armor, even when the Western Turks were the strongest, they couldn't take out 100,000 sets of armor, let alone 100,000 sets of armor, when the Turks were the strongest, 100,000 sets of full-body cowhide armor that had been completely tanned and had complete protective capabilities, and they Turks couldn't take it out.
At that time, in addition to the forty or fifty thousand elite troops, the other troops wore cowhide armor that could protect half of their upper body at most.
Most of the people are herdsmen themselves made of leather clothes, cowhide armor and cowhide made of clothes but there is also a difference, cowhide to go through a special tanning, and then made into cowhide armor, regardless of hardness or the ability to protect against arrows are much stronger than ordinary cowhide made.
And the armor ...... For the Turks has always been very rare.
In Liu An's camp, two huge warehouses had already been built, and they were built with the surrounding wood, and when He Molu and them came in, they couldn't help but gasp when they saw the things inside. Inside these huge warehouses, rows of neat wooden shelves are placed.
On top of the wooden frame, a pair of brand-new Mingguang armor were neatly placed and stacked there. These bright light armors were piled up on a wooden frame. The rows of wooden frames are taller than a person, and they are divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower.
Looking at this wooden frame that could not be seen, it was not clear if there were 100,000 He Molu here, but he believed that Liu An should not lie to him, I am afraid that there are so many in this warehouse alone.
He Molu stretched out his hand and touched these bright light armors, and even he used his fingers to test the armor pieces on it, just the elasticity and hardness from his fingers, He Molu knew that these armor pieces were all good stainless steel armor pieces, not those iron pieces that made up the numbers.
The gap between the iron and the steel armor is too great, but even the iron is not available to the Turks before, and now the leader is willing to give them the whole armor to become this kind of steel armor.
"I don't know if these long knives are in line with your habits, but these are knives created after careful calculation in Dahan Industrial City." Liu An next to him handed a long knife to He Modu, this long knife was no longer a typical Tang knife style.
It belongs to the scimitar, but it has not yet reached the point where the Mongolian handicraft knife in later generations is curved, that is to say, there is a big difference with the Arab scimitar, in fact, the Mongolian scimitar has also evolved, and the early stage of the Mongolian scimitar is more inclined to the scimitar of the Khitan people in the late Tang Dynasty, that is, the blade width is about the same as the Tang straight knife, and then the arc is slightly smaller.
It was not until the Mongol army, led by Genghis Khan, marched westward all the way to the Mediterranean, that around 1220, some weapons imitating Arabian scimitars appeared in the Mongol army, in fact, the scimitars at that time were more trophies.
The real advantage of Mongolia in the world, in addition to the very famous recurve bow of Mongolia at that time, is the combat mode of the Mongolian cavalry, which is different from the chopping and slashing that everyone imagines.
The Mongolian cavalry is not actually based on chopping, their scimitar style is more used to perform drag knife attacks, as a drag knife, that is, in the process of the horse galloping, the scimitar blade outward, and then out of the horse, and then rush towards the enemy, with the speed of the horse impact so that the scimitar uses huge inertia to cut through the enemy's body.
The power of the dragging knife was very great, and in a close battle, the survival of the Mongol cavalry was speed, and they would not lose speed and ride on their horses to slash at the enemy.
In fact, when it was the main combat weapon of the Mongol cavalry, it was not without chopping, but if it was necessary to chop, they did not use scimitars, but tomahawks and iron bones.
The so-called Iron Bone Duo is actually a bit like a mace, except that the head is very small, about the size of a human fist, and it is installed on willow wood or other wood, and is used to carry out instant slashing fights, and the power of this thing is ...... It's actually huge.
Because for the nomads, they do not have heavy armor, mainly leather armor, iron bones and axes have great lethality, which is the main weapon they need as a chop. Moreover, the elite cavalry of the Mongolian cavalry carried at least two melee weapons.
In fact, the current Turks also have similar things, but there are not many of them, of course, Huo Gang and they did not provide these things, if they wear this kind of bright light armor provided by Huo Gang, the slashing effect of the iron bone duo and the battle axe is not so good.
As for the effect of the scimitar, it is naturally average, so in this era, armor is the real contraband, and long knives and the like are not.
The long knife that Huo Gang provided to them was naturally a scimitar with not so much curvature, a bit similar to a straight knife, if it was used for chopping, it would be more labor-saving, and if it stabbed directly, the effect was also okay.
Moreover, these long knives are all special steel long knives, and all the power is naturally stronger than the weapons of this era.
With a "swish", He Molu pulled out a long knife from the scabbard, looking at the bright blade, He Molu took a deep breath, of course he could see that these were all made of steel, although he knew that Dahan was not short of steel, but this was too amazing.
It's not a hundred, it's not a thousand, it's a hundred thousand! Don't say give him 100,000, if he had been given 10,000 sets of such weapons and equipment back then, He Molu would have been able to dominate the Western Turks a long time ago.
"All of this for us?" He Molu repeated.
"Of course." Liu An nodded very seriously.
"Thanks to the high hopes of the chief, we will live up to the trust of the chief, and with these weapons and armor, we will have more confidence to wash away the sins from our bodies." He Molu said seriously.
"Well, by the way, in order to avoid your worries, when you are fighting against the Jieri Dynasty, the families of your warriors and other places where they are stationed can be stationed in the territory of the Han Dynasty, if the Jieri Dynasty dares to enter the territory of the Han, it is to declare war on the Han." Liu An said calmly.
"Thank you, Chief." This time, without waiting for He Moxuan to speak, the other dozen or so leaders all spoke loudly with joy on their faces.
Looking at their expressions were sincere, Liu An didn't know what to say for a while, fighting against the Ring Sun Dynasty, He Modu's troops naturally wanted to dispatch all the main combat forces, and it can be said that the young and middle-aged people must go out collectively.
And after the young man left, all that remained were the old and weak women and children, these people were in the territory of the Han Dynasty, if there was another person, it was estimated that these were the hostages of the Han Dynasty, in fact, these people may not have this meaning.
But from the expressions on the faces of these Turkic leaders, Liu An could see that they had really never thought of it in their hearts.
In fact, Liu An is indeed right to think so, but for the Turks, let's not say that the Turks now regard Huo Gang as their faith, let's just say that the Turks are actually very clear.
If Huo Gang wanted to kill them, he would have already had countless opportunities to do it, not to mention that as long as he killed all their cattle and sheep along the way, they would naturally starve to death. Even if they don't kill their cattle and sheep and don't provide them with food, it is estimated that their population will not only not increase, but at least shrink by one-third or more compared with what it is now.
In the past five years, they have already figured it out, so Dahan did this, obviously really wanting to protect their families.
"No thanks, although the leader asked them to do something, but also to solve your worries, and the leader also said, if you really can't beat it, don't force it, retreat directly to our territory, there is a big man to support you." Liu An said seriously.
"General Liu, please rest assured, even if all of us die in battle, it will be impossible to burn the flames of war to the land of the Great Han, and it is impossible for the Great Han to help us take the risk." He Molu said with a serious face, and the other dozen or so leaders also patted their chests and said that they must kill the enemy and not cause trouble to the big man.
Seeing their attitude, Liu An couldn't help but smile, which was convenient for what he said next.
"Don't worry, I'm serious, and the reason why Dahan said what is your backing is because Dahan has the strength to defeat any enemy."
"I know you're a little worried, but it's okay, come with me." Liu An said directly, and after finishing speaking, Liu An turned around and left the warehouse directly.
Although they didn't understand a little, they still followed directly.
Leaving the warehouse, everyone immediately rode out of here and went straight in the other direction, about ten minutes later, Liu An and they arrived at the foot of a mountain, about four or five hundred meters away from them is a hill, the hill is not very high, and next to them are some soldiers and camp tents.
However, Liu An did not stop his footsteps after arriving here, but led them directly to the top of the hill, and after reaching the bottom of the mountain, Liu An pointed to the building halfway up the mountain dozens of meters away from them and said, "Did you see that?" ”
"See." He Molu and they all nodded, there is a building in the middle of the mountain, which seems to be made of cement, and they all know cement, after all, it has been five years, and they also know a lot about Dahan, especially Dahan is building railways behind them, and they have seen these railways from afar.