Chapter 240

Liu Yan is studying several sets of armor rushed back from the front line.

Those armor were dragon guards captured in the state of Zhao in Shijie, which were divided into four layers. The first layer is a kind of barreled iron armor (plate armor) cast with iron sheet, with obvious Central Asian characteristics. The second layer is an iron armor perforated by iron armor pieces and then connected by iron wire, which tends to be armor and scale armor. The third layer is a lock armor connected by countless iron rings. The fourth layer is composed of five silk underwear.

It should be noted that at present, no matter in Central Asia or Europe, barreled iron armor has not appeared, and iron armor perforated by armor pieces and threaded around the world is still the mainstream. Plate armor was popular in the Greek city states at the beginning, and later acquired technology by Rome. However, Central Asia is still a kind of armor similar to armor. For example, the Parthian cavalry is that both men and horses are scale armor.

Liu Yan's understanding of history is limited. Obviously, he mistakenly thought that the iron bucket armor that would only appear in Europe and Central Asia in the Middle Ages had been removed.

In fact, scale armor has long appeared in Chinese civilization, but the manufacturing process is extremely numerous and complex. Only some families with inside information will make some, and the official still produces armor in large quantities.

Lock armour has appeared in Central Asia and was once the standard armour of Parthia.

What is Parthia? In the records of Chinese civilization, Parthia is actually the resting empire. The Sabbath Empire has perished. It first fought with the Roman Empire for more than 200 years, and then was replaced by the Sassanid Dynasty. The Sassanian Dynasty, which replaced the Sabbath Empire, should be said to be the absolute overlord of Central Asia at present.

"Silk..."

Liu Yan was stunned when he looked at the silk clothes laid out one by one. Didn't it come to the period of the rise of Mongolia that silk was found to be arrow proof?

It has to be said that Liu Yan's impression is wrong again. Silk can prevent arrows. It has been found as early as the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. The Han army generals in the Western Han Dynasty did not wear several pieces of silk underwear, but it was not used on a large scale in the Mongolian period.

In later archaeological discoveries, the bodies of nobles basically wore several pieces of silk underwear, especially the tombs of military generals. Silk was almost as important as military armor.

In fact, since the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty, silk has spread to Central Asia and then to distant Rome. The role of silk has soon been found. Central Asians and Europeans pursue silk not only because it is comfortable and gorgeous to wear, but also because it can prevent arrows, so that silk soon became popular.

"Dragon guards? Really heavy cavalry!"

Liu Yan said that for a reason, the Dragon Guard's armor alone is more than 130 kilograms, and the vest also weighs 50 kilograms. Even the first half of the horse is dressed in a suit made of silk and silk.

In the battle with the Dragon Guard, the Han army fired more than 10000 arrows. As a result, it only shot about a hundred horses, about 150 arrows, to solve one loaded heavy horse. Finally, the Dragon Guard was shot like a hedgehog, but he was still alive.

That's a strong crossbow, not a bow, not a strong bow!

Liu Yan turned over the battle records again and whispered, "within 30 steps, a round of volley shot over more than 50 horses."

The penetrating power of the powerful crossbow within 30 steps can even shoot through the steel plate. One round of volley is 700 crossbows and arrows. Considering the hit rate, the data seems normal.

In fact, it's really like that. It doesn't mean that every arrow can hit the target. It's good to hit three out of ten shots on the battlefield. In other words, the powerful crossbow can shoot through the cavalry with four layers of protection at a distance of 30 steps.

"Silk... Is there any silk production under the rule of China?"

Liu Yan remembered that he didn't produce silk under his rule. At this moment, he attached the same importance to silk as Xu Zheng, Ji Chang and others on the front line.

It was a memory leak before. I knew there was such a thing, but no event touched the memory. Naturally, I wouldn't think of anything.

Now that he knows that, Liu Yan will certainly pay attention to silk.

You know, there is a heavy cavalry in the Han Dynasty, that is, the Huben army, but the equipment of the Huben army is a little crude compared with the Dragon guards.

Outside the Huben army is a layer of bright light armor, inside is a set of lock armor, inside is a layer of linen war robe, and the underwear is made of silk.

In fact, Mingguang armor is also made of iron armor and leather. The armor piece is not the style of armor. The armor piece is sewn on cloth or leather. It is the style of overlapping fish scales. Part of the structure is a layer of leather, and there are two pieces of goggles on the chest.

Fish scale armor is actually excellent in defending arrows, splitting, chopping and stabbing. However, the manufacturing process is too many and complex, but it is more flexible than plate armor, that is, it will not have much impact when only twisting and bending. It has to be said that the fish scale armor is heavier than the plate armor because of its different braiding and stacking area.

Liu Yan weighed it himself. The board armor of the Dragon Guard weighs 60 kg, and the Mingguang armor of the tiger Ben army weighs 70 kg. He even wore the Dragon Guard's plate armor. Once he wore it, it was difficult to bend down. Even twisting his body left and right would have a strong sense of restraint.

Fish scale armour is just composed of scales. It has a space for contraction and extrusion. It won't appear too rigid when moving. It's a process that deserves criticism.

Originally, Liu Yan was considering studying plate armor, which is the kind of chest armor cavalry, but the results of the first battle in Taishan County returned. Obviously, he should continue to develop heavy fish scale armor.

Indeed, every era has its own characteristics. Products suitable for one era may not be able to adapt in the next. Therefore, the term "prescription" appears.

The first battle of Taishan county gave Liu Yan more than a victory. According to the rule of rewarding 200 system heavy cavalry for every 10000 annihilation, he had 200 new system heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry of the system is a system in which both people and horses wear fish scale armor. Liu Yan specially checked the literature and found that the heavy cavalry of the system is very similar to the tiger and leopard cavalry of Cao Wei, but it is only similar.

The tiger and leopard riding in the Cao Wei Dynasty is a kind of cavalry with heavy armor. It is equipped with a horse cutting knife with a length of about one foot eight, a length of one foot four, and the rest is the back blade. In addition to Zhangba's horse chopping knife, there are two 1.2-meter halberds in the back box, and a ring head knife at the waist.

The weapons of system heavy riding are consistent with the configuration of tiger and leopard riding in the Wei Dynasty, but there are differences in armor. If you want to carefully identify them, you will find that they are more similar to the iron futu (or iron harrier) of Xixia in the Song Dynasty.

Liu Yan is still studying heavy riding and thinking about the development road of heavy riding in his department. Cai you came to report that there is a new special envoy from the small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The special envoy of the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is Gong Ze, the guy who fooled Feiyan to attack Yanzhou.

"I think it's a matter for you to light the Han flag." Cai you said with some worry: "the small ~ Dynasty ~ court tried their best to destroy the stone tablet and go south. We will light the Han flag..."

Yes, Liu Yan's order to light the Han flag has played an encouraging role, but the side effects are also ready-made. For example, the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who needed to curry favor with the Han Dynasty can be proud and charming.

Liu Yan doesn't plan to see Gong Ze in person. He is not interested in anything. He knows whether Gong Ze is a pseudonym or something else. He asked Cai you, "Oh, does de Cai think it's inappropriate to put up a banner now?"

How to put it? It depends on what you need, or whether you have the strength.

There is no doubt that for the current situation, it is also appropriate to say appropriate, but it is also inappropriate to say inappropriate.

No matter whether Shi Hu wants to go south or not, he can't get around and occupy the Han part of Qingzhou. Then, whether he puts on a banner or not, the war will always break out. That is, Liu Yanliang's Han flag will cause Shi Hu's attention to the Han Dynasty to soar.

If the Han flag is not displayed, the first target of the state of Zhao in Shijie will be the small ~ Dynasty ~ court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But if Liu Yan displays the Han flag, the Ministry of Han will "take over" and become the first-class object of the state of Zhao in Shijie. Not only Shijie Zhao Congress did its best to conquer the Han Dynasty, the small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty would turn hostile, and even the rest of the Hu people would have the same attitude.

"War is bound to break out. We need cohesion." Liu Yan said with a smile: "no force can become stronger without a test. Any group will completely stand firm after a test. There is no better time than now."

Cai you is silent.

What is the strength of Hanbu? If you count it up, the productivity is definitely at the top level. In fact, the number of elite troops is not too far away from several powerful races, or the available combat power of the secondary level is seriously insufficient.

"Shi Hu's iron heart wants to clean the Jin people..." Liu Yan said sadly, "there should be a bright lamp in the dark. We are the bright lamp."

Cai you nodded. It is for this reason that they feel dangerous and still agree to light the Han flag.

In the past, only a few Jin people in the whole Central Plains lived fairly well, and the rest basically belonged to the environment of being bullied.

Since last year, Shi Hu has suddenly gone crazy. It is not just bullying. He only needs to shout it out publicly, but his action is to exterminate the Jin people.

At present, Shi Hu is playing with different tricks, and most of Zhao Guo in Shijie are Jin people who can't live. And these Jin people did not choose to explode, but to find a tree to hang?

"Population is our weakness." Liu Yansu said, "we need a large population, a large population!"

Cai you smiled: "in just 17 days, we have received more than 3000 people who came to join us, only a few are old and weak, and the rest are young and strong.", He waved his arm and continued, "those young and strong people have a high enthusiasm for joining the army. They are a good source of troops!"

Cruel things will happen. Only a group of young people can escape into the Han controlled area, which is the premise determined by their health.

But this historical version at least has a Han ministry that can provide shelter for the Jin people. Without Liu Yan's history, the Jin people need to cry out to ran min in despair.

Liu Yan didn't know what he was thinking. He sighed and said slowly, "crisis and opportunity always coexist, don't they?"