Looking at the soldiers dressed in various costumes on the school field below, Han Zhen said: "After this army expansion, I am going to unify the military uniforms and armor, what do you think?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Qi suddenly became interested, and his eyes lit up and said: "County magistrate, I have already had this plan." Our Qingzhou army is good at everything, but there are all kinds of ordnance and clothing, and it looks like a miscellaneous army, and there is no momentum at all. ”

"I think that the armor system of our Qingzhou Army should follow the Mingguang armor of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Think about it, 20,000 soldiers, with bright light, such as heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, the enemy army will be frightened when they see it, and they will surrender without a fight! ”

Han Zhen glanced at him and sneered: "Do you have to match another white daze!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... Hey! ”

Liu Qi nodded hurriedly, but when he saw Han Zhen's eyes squinting slightly, he immediately shrank his neck and laughed twice.

Every time Han Zhen wanted to beat him, he would squint his eyes.

glared at Liu Qi fiercely, and Han Zhen ignored him.

Mingguang armor, it's a shame that this guy can think of it!

If you want to say that the most practical and sturdy armor in all dynasties, then there are different arguments, but if you want to say that the most well-known, the most powerful and handsome armor is Mingguang armor.

Mingguang armor has appeared as early as the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhi's "First Emperor Bestows Ministers Armor" records: "The first emperor gave ministers armor, black light, Mingguang each have a collar, two when the armor and one collar, red refining armor one collar, horse armor one collar"

It's just that there were still various defects at that time, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that it gradually tended to perfection and reached its peak.

Mingguang armor is the head of the thirteen armors in the Tang Dynasty, made of 1590 pieces of fish scale armor and 644 pieces of long strip armor, there are metal round guards on the chest and back, polished extremely smooth, quite like a mirror, under the illumination of the sun, reflect the dazzling light, so it is called Mingguang armor.

In fact, the protective performance of the Mingguang armor is very strong, and it is no worse than the mountain pattern armor and black hammer armor of the Song Dynasty.

There is only one reason for the decline.

Expensive!

The cost is too expensive, the cost is too high, and because the upper body of the Mingguang armor has two complete plate armor, it is generally tailor-made, and it cannot be used by any soldier.

In contrast, the imperial court was naturally willing to use the more cost-effective fish scale armor and black hammer armor.

Seeing Han Zhen turn his head to look at him, Nie Dong muttered: "As far as armor is concerned, if it comes to protection, I think it should be the Poor Son Armor of Western Xia!" ”

"Indeed!"

Liu Qi on the side nodded in agreement.

Han Zhen said with interest: "Tell me about it in detail." ”

"From top to bottom, the armor is all cold-forged, and the defense is amazing, and even the divine arm crossbow is helpless fifty steps away. When he fought against the Tangut people at the border pass, he really had enough of the hardships of the Qizijia. ”

Referring to the past of fighting with the Western Xia people, Nie Dong sighed, and then said in a happy tone: "Fortunately, the forging process of the Qizi Armor is complicated, time-consuming and laborious, and a pair of Qizi Armor requires four or five party craftsmen, and it takes three years to take shape." Therefore, for so many years, there were only a few thousand pieces in the Western Xia army, and only the Iron Harrier was equipped in the Western Xia army, and the rest were paid tribute to the Liao State. ”

Fifty paces away, you can't even shoot through the Divine Arm Crossbow?

Han Zhen was slightly surprised and asked, "Can a firearm break armor?" ”

Nie Dong muttered: "If it is within ten steps, with the power of a firearm, it is enough to break through the armor, and it is difficult to say if it exceeds ten steps." ”

Hearing this, Han Zhen showed a satisfied look.

The firearms he made were originally weapons of close destruction, and ten steps was a distance of fifteen meters, which was already a large range for a dense battlefield.

After a slight pause, Nie Dong continued: "Secondly, it is Zhao Song's step armor. However, the step armor is the same as the Qizi armor, which is extremely heavy, even if there is no additional armor leaf, it is enough to have more than 50 catties. ”

"The county magistrate, the humble position, thinks that if you want to unify the armor system, you should use mountain pattern armor."

The mountain pattern armor, also known as the mountain character armor, is named because its armor leaves are stacked together, and the texture resembles mountain peaks.

In fact, the mountain pattern armor is also inherited from the Tang Dynasty, but because the iron smelting process in the Song Dynasty is more mature, and the cold forging technology has been mastered, so the blue is better than the blue, and the original technology in the Tang Dynasty has been improved, so that it is more flexible and easier to wear under the premise of protection.

Mountain armor does not refer to a specific type of armor, but includes three types of light and heavy armor, such as horses, infantry, and bows.

Han Zhen was curious: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of mountain pattern armor compared to other armors?" ”

Nie Dong Zhengse said: "The strength of the mountain pattern armor is not worse than that of the black hammer armor, the fish scale armor, the willow leaf armor and other armor, the advantage is that it is more flexible, especially the mountain pattern horse armor, the armor skirt can be stretched and folded up and down, and when the cavalry is fully armed, it can easily get on and off the horse without the support of others." In a big battle, the cavalry often had to change horses two or three times, and when wearing mountain armor, it was faster than the heavy armor next to it. The county magistrate must not underestimate such a little time, above the battle formation, often one step ahead of the opposing cavalry, can lay the victory. ”

Liu Qi chewed the chicken in his mouth and said vaguely: "What Nie Dutong said is true, the two armies are facing each other, and if the cavalry moves first, the war horse will be able to speed up by one point, so as to seize the opportunity." ”

As the commander of the cavalry battalion, and growing up in the border army since he was a child, he often witnessed the scenes of his father fighting with the Tanguts, so Liu Qi has a lot to say.

The two armies faced each other, except for the large gap in strength between the two sides, otherwise there would be no cavalry hedging.

After all, it is not easy to train a cavalryman, and the cost of money and energy is far greater than that of a foot soldier.

Besides, war horses are also money.

Even if there is a situation of cavalry hedging, it is a very rare extreme situation, unlike in later movies or TV series, where two cavalry rush together as if they were not dying.

The real cavalry hedge, the formation is very sparse, mainly based on grappling, not hand-to-hand combat.

Under normal circumstances, the cavalry is placed on the left and right flanks of the army, one is used to attack and harass and oppress the opponent's frontal infantry formation, and the other is waiting for an opportunity to move, looking for an opportunity to outflank the opponent's central army.

Even if the heavy armored cavalry rushed into battle, it was not brainless to rush forward.

No matter how fierce your heavy cavalry is, the heavy infantry of the people will form a formation of shields, set up a spear formation, and be equipped with a heavy axe and copper hammer, even if they can rush in, they will suffer heavy losses.

It was with this move that Yue Fei and Liu Qi defeated the Jin army countless times, and even wiped out the elite cavalry of the Jin army, Tiefutu.

So how to rush?

Again, formation!

To put it bluntly, in ancient times, large-scale corps battles were fought in formation, and discipline and willpower were fought for.

Whoever can hold the formation longer will have the last laugh.

As long as the formation is maintained, even if it is defeated, it will not hurt the muscles and bones.

When facing the heavy infantry that is ready to form a battle formation, the heavy cavalry needs to use high mobility and deterrence when charging to constantly cruise, force the opponent's formation, and exert psychological pressure at the same time.

Man is not a machine, and the sight of thousands of heavily armored cavalry rushing towards him makes him instinctively afraid.

In the event of a disturbance in a certain part of the enemy's formation, or if the movement is not timely, the heavy cavalry will seize this opportunity and rush into the formation with a sharp formation.

Don't look at the past when Han Zhen fought, he led the cavalry to rush headlessly, that is because the opponent is a group of anti-thieves, who have no armament and no training, and they don't even have a strong crossbow, so they have almost no threat to the cavalry.

If it were replaced by the Western Army, he would definitely not dare to advance so rashly.

Otherwise, all it takes is a salvo of divine arm crossbows, and you have to explain.

However, this pattern will soon be broken.

Because they have firearms, which are enough to change the pattern of war.

Heavy infantry?

Lao Tzu bombed the hoplites!

It is in this way that the speed of the cavalry is even more important.

War horses need time to accelerate, one step faster, one point faster.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen ordered: "Come here, take the mountain pattern armor!" ”

Hearing this, a soldier on duty immediately ran towards the arsenal.

After a while, he came with a mountain armor.

This is a half-length iron armor, which seems to have been purchased from Zhao Ting.

After taking the iron armor and taking a closer look, Han Zhen found that the nail leaves were Y-shaped, with every three nail leaves being a small group, linked by a ring buckle and decorated in a cross shape.

Han Zhen tried to stretch and fold, and found that it was indeed as Nie Dong said, flexible and free.

The step armor can also be folded up and down, but the step armor uses willow leaf armor, which is far less flexible than the mountain pattern armor.

"What about the downside?"

Hearing Han Zhen's inquiry, Nie Dong replied: "The disadvantage is that compared with other armors, the armor leaves of the mountain pattern armor are more troublesome to build, but there is a water conservancy forging workshop under the command of the county magistrate, and I feel that this small shortcoming is not worth mentioning." ”

Indeed, there is no stamping technology nowadays, and the Y-shaped nail leaf is naturally more cumbersome than the willow leaf armor and fish scale armor.

That's right, stamping technology!

At this time, the craftsmen have already mastered the hydraulic forging hammer technology, so there is no reason why they can't make a hydraulic stamping machine.

He doesn't need a lot of precision presses, just a simple press.

Han Zhen vaguely remembered that the ancients had already come up with roller bearings, but he forgot which dynasty it was, anyway, it was roughly between the three of Song, Yuan, and Ming.

Go back and ask Craftsman Yuan.

"In addition, in addition to being convenient for cavalry, it is equally important for infantry and crossbowmen, after all, firearms will be the main killer weapons of our Qingzhou Army in the future, and the armor is flexible, which is more conducive to the use of firearms."

Nie Dong continued to add: "Zhao Song's mountain pattern armor is all vermilion lacquer, and in order to distinguish it, the county magistrate can use black lacquer. The black armor is more conducive to concealment at night. ”

Actually, there is another reason he didn't say.

According to the five virtues, Zhao Song belongs to fire virtue.

This is not far-fetched by others, but set by Zhao Kuangyi himself.

Later Zhou belonged to Mude, and wood made fire, so in the first year of his ascension to the throne, Zhao Da set the Song Dynasty as Huode.

There is a clear record in the "History of the Song Dynasty and Taizu Benji": In the spring and March of the first year of Jianlong, the country was moved to King Huode, the color was still red, and the wax was used.

As for what later generations said about Tianshui Zhao Song, so Zhao Song belongs to water virtue, which is purely blind.

Let's take a look at what was the first era name after Zhao Gou crossed to the south?

Jianyan!

Why did Nie Dong use black lacquer mountain armor, Xuanhei belongs to water, and water overcomes fire!

In ancient times, the Five Virtues have always been extremely popular, from the emperor and courtiers to the ordinary people, they are convinced of this.

After weighing the pros and cons, Han Zhen nodded and said, "Since this is the case, the armor in the army is set to be black lacquer mountain pattern armor." ”

Seeing that his suggestion was adopted, Nie Dong was immediately overjoyed: "The county magistrate is wise! ”

"That's right!"

Suddenly, Han Zhen seemed to think of something, and added: "In the future, generals above the battalion level in the army will have a set of customized armor. ”

Again, the sense of ceremony!

If a general wears the same armor as an ordinary soldier, it is not easy to distinguish between them, and his prestige will be greatly reduced.

Sure enough, Nie Dong's eyes lit up.

And Liu Qi on the side said impatiently: "County magistrate, but Mingguang armor? ”

Han Zhen was a little speechless, this guy is really hopeless.

Seeing this, Nie Dong frowned and said: "Don't mess around, the Mingguang armor is too conspicuous, when the two armies face each other, it is like a guiding light, but if the enemy general is not a fool, he will order to shoot with a three-bow bed crossbow!" ”

How did Xiao Tzu Rin die?

It's because it's too much to be killed, and he was shot by a three-bow bed crossbow from a long distance!

Gollum!

Thinking of the terrifying range and power of the three-bow bed crossbow, Liu Qi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and suddenly died down.

Han Zhen asked, "In addition to Mingguang Armor, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Hearing this, the two fell into deep thought.

After a while, Liu Qi slapped his thigh and proposed: "County magistrate, since the army is dominated by black lacquer mountain pattern armor, how about our generals wear black light armor?" ”

Bright light and black light are of the same series, and the only difference is the color.

When it comes to black light armor, one has to think of an army.

Datang is the most mysterious, and it is also the most elite heavy armored cavalry under Li Shimin.

Xuanjia Army!

The battle of the Tang Dynasty was the battle of Tiger Pass.

In that battle, the Xuanjia army broke 100,000 from 3,000, and it has become famous all over the world since then!

Now, their Qingzhou Army also positions its armor in black, which is quite a bit of a inheritance of the Tang Xuanjia Army.

Han Zhen and Nie Dong glanced at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Not to mention, Liu Qi's proposal is really good.

Bright light and black light are not only practical, but also extremely domineering in key shapes.

Han Zhen asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Humblely seconded."

Nie Dong nodded.

Han Zhen clapped his hands and said, "Okay, then the black light armor, tomorrow I will call the craftsman to come to the barracks to give you the same size." ”

"Thank you, County Magistrate!"

Liu Qi was smiling at the moment.

If you can't wear bright light, black light can also do, and when the time comes, you will be full of domineering when you think about it.

……

"This stew is so delicious, I've lived so big, it's the first time I've eaten such delicious meat."

A man dressed as a military guard was holding a piece of stewed meat on his head, munching on it with a sigh of satisfaction.

"Huh."

Luo Jing smiled slightly, and tasted the wine without hurrying.

Seeing this, Nadu was puzzled: "Brother Luo, why don't you eat such a delicious stew?" ”

He found that Luo Jing was not alone, but also the vast majority of the Qingzhou army.

Even if the Qingzhou Army is eating meat, it is slow and logical, taking a sip of meat and a sip of wine, and then bragging with the comrades next to him, with a comfortable posture.

In contrast, the Martial Guards and the Zhenhai Navy were like starving ghosts reincarnated, stuffing meat into their mouths like crazy.

Some time ago, when he was in Shouguang, he secretly swore that he would eat ten catties of stew after he came back.

Now that I'm really back, I don't dare to touch it anymore when I have a pound of meat.

Luo Jing said deliberately: "I'll eat every three or five meals, and that's it." ”

"You eat meat a lot?"

His eyes widened and his face was full of incredulity.

Luo Jing raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't believe it? ”

"I believe it!"

Du Tou nodded.

Before he changed it, he definitely didn't believe that there was an army that often ate meat.

But now, he believed.

After gnawing on a large mouthful of meat, he said with a complicated expression: "Damn, this is the life you should live as a soldier, and our Wuwei Army is simply a dog!" ”

Luo Jing patted him on the shoulder and admonished: "Brother, listen to my advice, although the stew is delicious, don't eat too much, otherwise you will feel good tonight." ”

A person who has not eaten meat for a long time suddenly eats a lot of meat, and his stomach can't stand it.

It's nothing now, and by the middle of the night and tomorrow, my stomach hurts and it's almost fatal.

That's how they came here.

(End of chapter)