Chapter 102: Zhuxia Armor
After Lu Yuan found out that the map was drawn by Zhuxia, he immediately studied the map excitedly.
There are three places on the map.
After some research, Lu Yuan found that he was actually quite familiar with these three places.
The first location was near the current White Emperor City.
The second site is near Fanjing Mountain at the mouth of the river in present-day Guizhou Province. The last one is in the area of Mount Emei in Xishu.
"What's the mystery of these three places?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but wonder curiously, could it be that these two giants had been to these three places.
Or do they also have their people in these three places? And these three places happen to be the areas where the Ba people live. Is this a coincidence or is the giant connected to the Ba people?
Could it really be that the Ba people and the two giants came from the same place, as he had guessed before?
Lu Yuan's heart was hot, and he felt that the development of the earth's civilization was really getting more and more interesting.
After pausing to think for a while, Lu Yuan carefully rubbed the map.
After putting away the rubbing map, Lu Yuan used his camera to take pictures of all the surrounding murals and statues.
Some things that can be moved are all stored in the Xiaoding space.
After doing this, Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction and returned the same way. Next he plans to go is the Pyramid of the Moon.
He is looking forward to getting more out of the Moon Pyramid. He was very satisfied with the harvest in the Pyramid of the Sun, which in turn led him to have higher expectations for the Pyramid of the Moon.
The Pyramid of the Moon is not far from the Pyramid of the Sun.
It took only about 20 minutes to enter the pyramid through the underground passage.
The structure inside the Pyramid of the Moon is not much different from that of the Pyramid of the Sun.
It's just a little smaller, but because it was built later, the interior is more decorated and more elaborate.
Entering the tomb of the pyramid, what surprised Lu Yuan was that there was no coffin in the tomb.
However, Lu Yuan was not disappointed, although there was no coffin, there were all kinds of murals on the walls around the tomb.
In each of the four corners of the burial chamber, there is also a statue of a samurai. Lu Yuan first observed the four statues.
The four samurai statues are all about the same height, about 180 centimeters.
The face of the samurai is that of a pronounced oriental.
They held two-handed long swords in their hands, and from the appearance of the long swords, they were very similar to the long swords held in the hands of the unearthed Sui and Tang warrior figurines. However, the armor worn by these four warriors was different from the armor of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Not only that, but the armor worn by the four statues is also different.
The first thing that attracted Lu Yuan was the samurai statue in the northeast corner, and the armor on this statue was so familiar. In Lu Yuan's opinion, the armor on this statue is clearly plate armor.
When it comes to plate armor, the first thing that comes to mind is the full armor formed by Europeans in the 16th century.
But in fact, plate armor also appeared in East Asia, and more than a thousand years before Europe.
As early as the 3rd and 4th centuries, early plate armor made of monolithic metal appeared in the regions of Juxia and Samhan.
However, contrary to popular belief, these plates were not intended for the upper echelons, but were intended for the lower ranks as a substitute for the armor.
However, because the form and scale of warfare in East Asia were completely different from those in Europe, these plate armors had disappeared from the battlefields of East Asia around the 6th century.
The main reason for this is that the speed and cost of plate armor is lower than that of razor armor.
But its weakness agrees obviously.
First of all, when it comes to dealing with bows and arrows, plate armor of the same thickness has lower defense than zha armor.
If you want to defend against crossbow shots, you need to thicken the thickness of the plate armor.
This is also the reason why the plate armor of the Europeans later became more thickened to 6 mm.
But when the plate armor is thickened to this extent, there is a very serious problem, and the weight of such a thick plate armor is also very gratifying.
Soldiers fight with such heavy armor on their backs, and mobility and continuity in wartime can become very bad.
Before the modern era, the Europeans had been wars of a small scale, requiring little mobility and not having long fought for a long time.
So this serious shortcoming of plate armor is quite acceptable. But East Asia is different, not only is the scale of the war much larger, but the duration of the battle is also much longer, often requiring soldiers to maneuver long distances.
In the face of the form of warfare in East Asia, the shortcomings of plate armor were completely exposed.
It was not until the advent of human cold forging technology and high-quality steel that the weight of plate armor began to decrease.
But at this time, the whole world was already a world of gunpowder weapons.
In fact, most of the beautifully crafted, defensive plate armor that has survived today is from the 18th/19th century.
At this time, there is actually no actual combat value.
In fact, it is true that the plate armor that remains today is mainly used for decoration and ceremonial purposes.
Lu Yuan judged that the plate armor on the warrior figurines should have been influenced by the Wuhu armor of the 3rd-6th centuries.
Lu Yuan carefully examined the plate armor on the warrior figurine's body, and soon he confirmed his speculation.
The ornaments on the plate armor are obviously the legendary beasts of Zhuxia.
"It seems that Harry's research is correct, what Fusang really refers to is Teotihuacan, not the Japanese slave country as it was thought in the Ming and Qing dynasties!"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder the Unu and some history lovers often say that there is no China after Yashan, and there is no China after Jiashen!"
If there is still some truth from a cultural point of view, after Yashan, a large number of Zhuxia elites died.
Not only did it lead to the demise of the country, but the more serious consequence was that there was a cultural disconnection.
All kinds of texts and valuable knowledge have been lost. Thinking of these, Lu Yuan couldn't help but think of "Siku Quanshu".
During the Manchu Dynasty, in the name of repairing the four libraries, a full 700,000 ancient books were destroyed. More than 30 million documents.
Not only that, but almost all the classics and historical materials that have been handed down have been tampered with on a large scale by Ji Xiaolan and others at the behest of Qianlong.
If there is no these, will Zhuxia be different today, will the road of Zhuxia's revival be smoother, and will Zhuxia people's self-confidence be stronger!
It's a pity that there is no way to change this, and Lu Yuan now only hopes to try to find the knowledge and technology of the various civilizations that once existed on the earth.
It is hoped that through this, we can contribute to the development of mankind and try to prevent modern mankind from embarking on the path of destruction.
Lu Yuan sighed, and then turned his gaze to the warrior statue in the northwest corner.
The armor on this warrior's body has an even stronger oriental element.
He was wearing a typical oriental Kai armor. Judging from the model, it should be two crotch armor.