Chapter 614: The master of weapons, one is a powerful crossbow, the other is a large axe
A group of majestic and powerful warriors, equipped with heavy weapons specifically designed to break armor, are specifically designed to target the enemy's elite soldiers. Naturally, in order to target the enemy's heavily armored elites, one's own elites must also be equipped with heavy armor.
When Li Mengxi thought of heavy armor, he immediately thought of walking armor.
Li Mengxi immediately asked someone to bring Bu Renjia.
There are currently only two sets of infantry armor in the army. One set was worn by Zhang Fei to fight tigers, and the remaining set is kept in the city lord's palace.
After a while, two soldiers, one holding a breastplate and helmet, and the other holding a skirt, greaves, and arm guards, brought the infantry armor over.
A complete set of ordinary infantry armor weighs seventy or eighty kilograms. The armor made according to Guan Yu's size is even heavier and heavy to hold.
When Jiawei arrived, Li Mengxi called Zhou Cang to come over.
Li Mengxi pointed to the heavy armor in the hands of the soldiers and said to Zhou Cangdao, "This armor is called the heavy armor of our army. It is unique to our army. This armor is better than the armor of the imperial court."
Come, General Zhou Cang, put on your armor and try it."
Zhou Cang could tell at a glance that the armor was thick and unusual. When Li Mengxi asked him to try it on, Zhou Cang was extremely cautious.
The foot armor is different from the ordinary sleeve armor of the big man. The parts are much more complicated. It is estimated that Zhou Cang will not be able to put it on the first time, so Li Mengxi helped Zhou Cang put on the armor.
Zhou Cang is very tall, but Li Mengxi is small and cannot reach it, so he has no choice but to let Zhou Cang kneel down for easier operation.
Who is Li Mengxi? Although he is not as good as a weakling, he is a high-ranking military advisor of the Zhuozhou Rebel Army.
It is such a great gift to help someone put on their armor with your own hands. Li Mengxi has a weak concept of dignity. He himself does not think that the effort of a single hand is worth mentioning. But Zhou Cang, who was half kneeling on the ground, looked at the busy little man in front of him.
My son, my heart was burning, and my eyes were so moved that they turned red. The idea that a scholar who values himself will die has been deeply implanted in Zhou Cang's heart.
A complete set of infantry armor, including helmet, breastplate, skirt armor, and greaves. All key parts are included except for the gauntlets, shoulder armor, and boots.
The difficulty of putting on the foot armor lies in the breastplate and skirt armor. The helmet of the foot armor is connected to the collar, and the skirt around the collar is very large. If you put on the helmet first, you will not be able to put on the armor, so you have to put on the skirt armor first.
Put on the breastplate again.
When Li Mengxi crossed the straps of the breastplate to the left and right, he helped Zhou Cang tie it on his shoulders.
"Okay." Li Mengxi patted Zhou Cang on the shoulder, "Just bring the helmet yourself."
With that said, Li Mengxi held up the heavy iron helmet and handed it to Zhou Cang with a smile.
Zhou Cang looked solemn and took the iron helmet with slightly trembling hands. He stood up slowly and put the iron helmet on his head.
After that, Zhou Cang tied the greaves and arm armor himself, and a set of foot armor was finally put on.
Looking at it, from top to bottom, the iron helmet was tightly wrapped, only Zhou Cang's eyes were exposed. The top of the helmet protected his neck, and at the same time, it drooped down to the shoulders, intersecting and overlapping with the collar of the breastplate, just enough to cover the helmet.
The connection with the breastplate is completely blocked.
Then, the breastplate reaches to the thighs, and the skirt armor goes from the waist down, so that the middle breastplate and the lower skirt armor also have overlapped and nested parts, so the gap between the armor and stomach parts is tightly blocked.
Then, the skirt armor goes past the knee, the greaves are just below the knees, and the arms are draped over the elbows, while the arm guards protect tightly from the elbows to the wrists.
The various parts of the armor and stomach are overlapped and nested, and the defensive gaps are completely covered.
Li Mengxi looked at Zhou Cang up and down after putting on the step armor with satisfaction. He nodded and said with a smile, "Most people can't hold up this step armor. But the general's body fits perfectly when he puts on this armor."
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While evaluating Zhou Cang, Li Mengxi already had an idea in his mind about how to arrange the Yellow Turban Warriors.
I think during the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Song and Jin Dynasties were at war, the Jin army's men and horses at Tiefutu were all wearing heavy armor and were extremely fierce.
The Song Dynasty also lacked horses and cavalry, so they could only carry them with heavy armor.
General Yue Fei ordered the infantry and soldiers to use mazha knives to chop the cavalry and the horse's legs. They fought fiercely for a day and defeated the Jinwu technique.
Furthermore, Wanyan Aguda commented, "The weapons used in the Song Dynasty are not as great as the divine arm, but the second best is the heavy axe, which is fearless outside."
Well, I'll kill you with a divine arm crossbow and a big axe.
Li Mengxi didn't know anything about the structure of the Divine Arm Crossbow or the manufacturing process, but the Divine Arm Crossbow was used to deal with top-class armored cavalry such as Tiefu Tu. It was the end of the Han Dynasty, and horse stirrups were not yet popular, so he must have used the powerful crossbows of the Han Dynasty.
, enough to deal with the Han cavalry.
Then, organize the Yellow Turban Warriors into a battalion. All members of this battalion are foot soldiers. Everyone wears heavy foot armor. Everyone carries a strong crossbow, carries a big ax on his back, and is equipped with a hook and sickle spear.
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In this way, when attacking the enemy's army, use powerful crossbows to shoot from a distance, and line up a formation with hooks, sickles, and spears to resist the enemy's attack when approaching. When approaching closer, use foot soldiers with heavy axes to attack and break the formation.
In this way, no matter whether the enemy is weak, whether it is heavily armored infantry or armored cavalry, an infantry unit that is heavily armored and can form a formation at a distance or at a distance is a sure thing on the battlefield.
Sound's infantry weapon.
No matter whether the enemy is mounted or on foot, even if it is an iron pagoda, once the infantry heavy armor team goes into battle, it will definitely inflict heavy losses on the enemy.
Among the powerful crossbows of the Han Dynasty, the strongest one was the Big Yellow Crossbow with a strength of ten stones. I don’t know how big the difference is between the Big Yellow Crossbow and the Divine Arm Crossbow.
However, even though the big yellow crossbow was slightly inferior, another Wanyan Aguda called the "wonderful weapon" the big axe. The axes of the Han Dynasty were definitely not inferior to the axes of the Song Dynasty, and were even better than those of the Song Dynasty.
Due to the quality of iron, charcoal was mostly used to make iron in the Han and Tang dynasties. The iron contained less sulfur, and the quality of the iron was good, so the weapons produced were also of good quality. However, in the Song Dynasty, coal was mostly used to make iron, and the iron was mixed with a large amount of sulfur, so the weapons were therefore
Slightly crispy.
The weapons of the Yellow Turban warriors include large axes and large yellow crossbows, coupled with hooks and sickles, or they can be paired with other short soldiers, such as iron whips, copper maces, hammers, maces, flails and other armor-breaking weapons.
utensil.
But then I thought about it, it seemed that it would be bad if the weapons were so complicated?
Although iron whips, copper maces, and plum blossom silver hammers and flails can break armor and have their own effects on enemy heavy armor units, compared with large axes, the combat power and combat effects of various armor-breaking weapons are difficult to distinguish.
High or low.
But in addition to dealing with enemy soldiers, the Yellow Turban Warriors also have an important role - they also have to deal with the enemy's elite cavalry.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When dealing with cavalry, it seems that the best tactic is to chop off the horse's legs. However, it is not as good as maces, iron whips, chains and flails to chop off the horse's legs.
The ax is good.
A blunt instrument such as a flail can be used to hit a war horse's leg with a round wheel, but it does not seem to be able to break the leg with a single blow.
A flail may break the horse's legs, but the war horse can still barely support itself with its lame legs. If a large ax chops off the horse's legs with an axe, the war horse will inevitably fall to the ground.
Li Mengxi figured it out. Although the tactics can be more flexible and the combat effectiveness is stronger when equipped with armor-breaking equipment such as flails and maces, on the one hand, cumbersome armaments bring logistical pressure. On the other hand, weapons such as flails are powerful in breaking armor, but
It is not suitable for dealing with cavalry and will reduce the ability of infantry soldiers to fight against cavalry.
Therefore, Li Mengxi felt that all foot soldiers should use large axes. The large axes were suitable for Wanyan Aguda even if he was chopped down.
And this kind of big ax specially used for foot soldiers must be a big axe, not a one-handed axe, but a two-handed axe.
Thinking of this, Li Mengxi came back to his senses. He looked at Zhou Cang, who was armored like an iron tower, and asked, "General Zhou Cang, can you use a big axe?"
Big axe. When Zhou Cang fought with Zhang Jiao, he used a big axe.
Zhou Cang chuckled, "I, Zhou Cang, am used to using a big axe."
Li Mengxi nodded, that's good. Zhou Cang is actually good at using axes, and Zhou Cang happens to be one of the leaders of the Yellow Turban Warriors. The Yellow Turban Warriors are going to be organized into infantry heavy armor, and the best main battle weapon happens to be the cutting weapon.
A heavy ax capable of cutting down horses.
Chapter completed!