Chapter 180: Smarter than the Monster(1/2)
Intoxicated with the formation, he was completely undisturbed by external objects, and one day passed by with a snap of his fingers.
Li Mengxi quickly looked for his brother.
"Brick!" Li Mengxi shouted quickly.
Then, I heard the sound of my brother moving.
My little brother fell asleep in the car at some unknown time.
After shouting, my brother woke up unexpectedly.
Most children are timid. When they woke up and saw the darkness, the younger brother was so frightened that he wanted to cry.
"Let's go see and eat." Li Mengxi said.
As soon as he heard that he was eating, his brother stopped crying and quickly got out of the car.
When we got out of the van, everything was pitch dark.
The surrounding bonfires were sparse and not many were lit.
Li Mengxi scratched his head, what time is it? Is it past dinner time?
Li Mengxi looked around blankly and saw no one lighting up the fire to cook.
At this time, a little far away from Li Mengxi, Guan Yu and Liu Bei were talking happily around a bonfire.
When marching on weekdays, Liu Bei leads the central army, Guan Yu holds down the formation behind, leads the grain and fodder convoy, and Zhang Fei leads the cavalry in front.
The three of them don't necessarily get together every night.
Breaking off a piece of cake that was as dry and hard as a stone, he bowed down a small piece, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. Guan Yu and Liu Bei talked happily.
"Brother, Xi'er doesn't like our armor."
"He said that our army's armor was weak and not strong enough to withstand the swords.
He also said that there was a man who was heavily armored. This armor could not penetrate a powerful crossbow with ten steps, but could block a spear with three steps, and could block a sword or ax within one step."
What Guan Yu said was true, and he swore to the letter. Guan Yu actually remembered everything Li Mengxi said about Bu Ren Zhongjia.
Liu Bei just ate some gravel and vomited it out.
After listening to what Guan Yu said, Liu Bei was extremely surprised.
"There is such a precious armor? Unheard of!"
Since he led the army, Liu Bei has experienced battle formations. The armor of the rebels now varies in quality, but the best pieces of iron armor will be pierced by a strong crossbow at 30 steps, let alone 10 steps.
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Therefore, Liu Bei was surprised by the walking armor that Li Mengxi said could not be penetrated by a strong crossbow in ten steps.
Guan Yu stopped, thought for a moment, and then said, "Xi'er said that twenty pairs of inferior armor can be dismantled, more than 1,800 pieces of armor can be made up, and nearly two thousand armor pages can be compiled into one armor."
That's what Li Mengxi said during the day.
Now, I heard it. What Li Mengxi said was clear and logical. He even knew how much nail leaf was needed.
"That being the case, how about letting Xi'er try making this armor?" Liu Bei and Guan Yu thought together.
Guan Yu felt that this was exactly what happened.
As he spoke, footsteps approached.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked up and saw Li Mengxi pulling his younger brother over.
When Liu Bei saw it, he laughed loudly and said, "That's exactly what I said about the military advisor. The military advisor is here!"
(It should be Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived.) Li Mengxi suddenly thought wildly.
When we arrived, Li Mengxi didn't see him cooking porridge.
He came here just to see if Liu Bei had anything to eat.
But there was no clay pot for cooking.
"No rice cooked tonight?" Li Mengxi looked at the cakes in Guan and Zhang's hands strangely.
"There is no water nearby, so we can't cook." After explaining, Liu Bei picked up a large piece of cake on his lap and handed it to Li Mengxi.
Well, when we were marching outside, I thought it was hard enough to cook wheat porridge without even making batter every day.
Who knows, there may be an even more tragic situation where we encounter water sources and cannot cook for a day or two.
The pancake is thick and hard, similar to a pot helmet.
You will definitely be thirsty after eating this stuff.
Seeing the water bag placed by Guan Yu, Li Mengxi felt relieved. He broke open the pancake, gave one piece to his brother, and then bit into it.
Liu Bei obviously had something to say. He watched Li Mengxi moaning and groaning as he struggled with the pancakes, but he hesitated to speak.
After waiting for a while, Liu Bei couldn't help but ask, "Meng Xi, I heard Yunchang say, what you said during the day is that the step man is heavily armored...is this about it?" Liu Bei asked tentatively.
Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment. He put down the pancake, raised his head, and thought for a long time.
Come to think of it, I did mention Bu Renjia during the day.
Why do you think of Bu Renjia?
This is because when I watched the local warriors practicing breaking formations, I found that the local warriors were too timid and would not dare to move forward even if they were poked with the barrel of their guns.
From this, we realized that breaking the formation required either a group of brave soldiers who were not afraid of death, or a simpler method, building heavy armor.
When soldiers put on heavy armor, if the armor cannot be penetrated, they will not die. So the soldiers have no worries, so they become brave. When they break the formation, they can be extremely brave.
Thinking of this, Li Mengxi nodded and answered.
"Yes, people on foot are heavily armored!" Li Mengxi recalled his shallow knowledge about armor and thought about explaining to Liu Bei, "The essence of this armor is not in the armor leaves, but in the method of weaving.
We can also use the armor pieces we already have in our army to make infantry armor."
Li Mengxi expressed his conclusion.
Based on Li Mengxi's limited knowledge, he thought that Bu Renjia and Han Zhajia both came from Zhajia.
There shouldn't be a huge technological difference between the two.
They are all pieces of iron armor, pierced by ropes.
As for Song Bu's armor technology, how is it more advanced than Han Zha's armor technology?
First on the rope?
No, there was no nylon rope in the Song Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, beef tendon rope and hemp rope were used to weave armor. In the Song Dynasty, beef tendon rope and hemp rope were used.
Or maybe Song Jia’s nails are of good quality?
Not necessarily.
The armor plates of the Han Dynasty were made of iron armor, as was the case in the Song Dynasty. Even in the Song Dynasty, coal was used to smelt iron on a large scale, and the iron produced was relatively brittle. The quality of the Song Zha armor plates may not even be as good as the high-quality armor plates of the Han Dynasty.
So, there is no quality difference between the two crucial raw materials for piercing armor, armor pieces and armor ropes, Han armor and Buren armor.
However, the defensive area of infantry armor is much stronger than that of Han armor. Li Mengxi thinks that it should be a problem of thinking. The form of armor and so on.
Li Mengxi had many treasures hidden in him, such as distilling wine, pouring steel, and harvesting wheat. He would come up with a good thing from time to time, and Liu Bei was used to it.
Seeing that Li Mengxi's words were true, Liu Bei decided to get some pieces of armor for Li Mengxi when he had time, so that he could do whatever he wanted to see what kind of treasure this piece of human armor was.
This was the most uncomfortable meal Li Mengxi had while marching.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The pancakes are dry and hard, and there is grit in the teeth from time to time. After eating half a piece of pancake, Li Mengxi's cheeks hurt.
Finally, I took the water bag and drank some water.
This meal is considered finished.
Then, Li Mengxi said to Guan Yu with a feeling of asking for credit, "General Guan, this morning the general asked me to think about why the cone formation broke the formation and was better than the square formation and the long snake formation. I figured it out." Li Mengxi's eyes were bright.
"Oh?" Guan Yu couldn't help but open his eyes slightly when he heard this, "You might as well tell me!"
"Some people think that the cone formation is better than the two formations. One is the efficiency of manpower investment, and the other is the concentration of manpower.
The phalanx delivery efficiency is high, but the manpower is not concentrated.
The long snake formation, one after another, can attack the enemy's formation to a certain extent, and the manpower is extremely concentrated. However, the manpower investment is too slow."
"The cone formation has the strengths of both, without the shortcomings of either, so it is the first choice for breaking the formation."
After speaking, Li Mengxi looked at Guan Yu expectantly, "General Guan, is what I said correct?"
Guan Yu's eyes suddenly opened, and at this moment, his heart was filled with ups and downs.
Of course, Li Mengxi's words are weird, what is the investment and what is the effect.
Guan Yu didn't understand it very well, but he had a rough idea of the meaning.
Throwing, as the name suggests, is to push people forward.
Efficiency, I don’t know what it means.
However, high should also mean fast, which means that people in the phalanx rush fast.
To be continued...