Chapter 47 Armored Riding Equipment (please order first, please order first)

Author: Yang's Good Son

Chapter 47 Armored Riding Equipment (please order first, please order first)

Sun Ce made the decision to continue the battle. The soldiers in the army immediately became busy and began to transport food, grass, military tents, equipment and other supplies.

In Niuzhu Camp, Sun Ce's troops were divided into 4,000 people, and Zhou Yu was assigned two thousand people. More than 2,000 people were able to send troops with Sun Ce. In addition, Wu Jing and Sun Ben's troops, the entire army had a total of more than 4,000 infantry and cavalry.

This number has expanded four times more than when Sun Ce set out from Shouchun more than a month ago!

Moreover, these four thousand infantry and cavalry are all elite, including forty-seven black armored knights, more than a hundred cavalry, more than 600 crossbowmen and 3600 men of the mandarin duck formation! The entire army has a total of 4,347 people.

While sailors and soldiers were shuttled through the camp to prepare food and supplies, Xu Yi traveled through the busy camp and arrived at Sun Ce's tent. He was divided into Zhou Yu's subordinates and would start a few days later, so he is not busy now.

When he saw Sun Ce, he hurriedly said, "General, I must report to the general before today on the matter of the blacksmith in the camp, otherwise once the camp is opened, it will probably be delayed for several months."

Sun Ce looked up with interest and said slowly: "I have some time before I set up the camp, so you can explain it in detail."

Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "General, the private casting trend is prevalent in Danyang. The men and women captured in the camp and captured them, and a total of more than 1,800 people were cast iron."

This number surprised Sun Ce.

About a thousand craftsmen captured from Zhang Ying's camp, but now they have gathered and scattered, the number of people has almost doubled!

Sun Ce asked with concern: "How many armored equipment can so many craftsmen produce every day?"

"During this period, the navy transported the Hengjiang iron chain in Yangpu for batches, with about 100,000 kilograms of iron. The craftsmen had sufficient materials and kept melting. They created tens of thousands of agricultural tools, more than 400 sets of ploughs, more than 6,000 spears, more than 200 sets of long armor, and four sets of horse armor."

"Four sets of horse armor?" Sun Ce smiled in surprise.

A cavalry is a man’s romance!

A thin and thin priest saw a horse-drawn carriage and a horse with hundreds of pounds. Without fighting, the psychological pressure would be enough to make him collapse.

Moreover, the Southern Dynasties lacked horses, and horses were worth ten thousand yuan. Only with cavalry could they protect war horses and maximize the value of war horses.

"Take the horse armor over here and I'll take a look."

Following Sun Ce's order, soon the worker Cao's clerk Jiang Yuan brought his men and used a chariot to push four sets of horse armor to the central army's tent.

Horse armor was found in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it was made of leather at that time, but now it has only been replaced by iron, and the technology is very mature.

Moreover, many of the craftsmen were iron officials who were exiled by the Han Dynasty, and they had directly built horse armor for the Han army.

Therefore, with the efforts of these skilled craftsmen, the horse armor placed in front of Sun Ce is quite complete, consisting of a face curtain, a chicken neck, a chest, a horse armor and a few parts behind it, which are dispersed rather than integrated, and the parts are connected by iron pins.

Jiang Yuan directed his soldiers to put the horse armor on Sun Ce's mount. After putting it on, the war horse was protected tightly, leaving only eyes, ears, nose, mouth, limbs and tail exposed.

More professionally, the craftsmen also created a component "parasitic" on the armor on the horse's buttocks, that is, long feathers are attached as decoration, which is a bit like the red feathers on the top of the soldier's head.

Sometimes we have to admit that Zhu Xia has a romantic and heroic style in his bones. Decorate the horses with feathers and put on the horses with five colors to practice, and do whatever they want.

The remaining three sets of horse armor were given to Chen Wu, Xian Yulie and Yang Xiao respectively. They were the brave generals in the army who followed Sun Ce to charge the most. With this horse armor, they would definitely be like a tiger with wings.

The output of this Makai is a little lower. It has only been four sets in almost a month. By the end of the year, it may not be possible to arm all the forty-seven-life Black Armored Knights into armored cavalry equipment.

Sun Ce thought for a while and said to Jiang Yuan: "After we set up the camp, all the craftsmen will be under your supervision. If you want to come up with a charter, you can no longer be scattered in a mess as you do now. The craftsmen are divided into arrays, one group is dedicated to making horse armor and the other group is dedicated to making equipment."

Organizational ability is also one of the strongest manifestations of an army.

Jiang Yuan had never been in the Luoyang government, nor had he seen how the imperial court set up different government departments to build equipment, so Sun Ce specifically mentioned a few words.

"You can ask the Iron Officials how the Iron Officials organize the production on weekdays. You can improve it and let the Iron Officials specialize in making armor and craftsmen specialize in making armor."

Jiang Yuan quickly took the order and said, "Yuan must do his best to improve production and provide more armor and equipment for the general's army."

Of course he was full of energy and racked his brains. After all, more than a month ago, he was just a small and inconspicuous grass, and no one would care about him even if he died on the roadside.

But following Sun Lang, he had already supervised more than 2,000 blacksmiths, craftsmen, carpenters, etc., which can be said to have started in a small and prosperous state.

If he doesn't do his best, he will even be in a state of conscience. What's more, if he cannot satisfy the general and lose his position as a worker, he will regret crying until midnight!

The soldiers were not interested in paying attention to the matter of Jiang Yuangong Cao. They were still concerned about the iron horses. Now there were iron horses in the camp. Xian Yulie asked enthusiastically: "Do you want to give this cavalry a mighty military call?"

"A mighty warlock?"

Xian Yulie nodded excitedly: "For example, the iron cavalry under General Gongsun is named Baima Yicong, and Dong Zhuo also has a flying bear army."

The name of Feixiong Army is indeed good, which means that the cavalry in the army are tall, just like Feixiong. It is precisely because of this kind of strong army that Dong Zhuo can be strong for a while, and the princes of Guandong dare not look west.

Unfortunately, this name has become terrible and no one has ever been willing to use it since Dong Zhuo.

Chen Wu said: "All the majestic names are nothing more than tigers, leopards, dragons, and bears. Our red robes and black armor are somewhat like dragons and birds. The charge is like dragons and birds spreading their black wings, and the sun, moon and stars are obscured. There is a saying in "Tokyo Fu" that dragons and birds are coiled and horses are half a day."

"Therefore, the Iron Cavalry is suitable for the Dragon Bird Thunder Cavalry."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce felt a little moved. Zhu Xia, who had never experienced Lu Chen in China, was really full of romantic temperament.

Sun Ce thought it was already very romantic, as well as the mandarin duck formation, the tiger-leopard cavalry, and the tiger-spotted cavalry, but Chen Wu had to go further and the dragon-sparrow cavalry.

Sun Ce waved his hand quickly and said, "Now there are only four sets of horse armor. Don't worry about it. Let me think about it and decide after the army is formed."

However, it is necessary to give this cavalry a war mark. Cao Cao had a tiger and leopard cavalry and Li Shimin had a black armored cavalry, which attracted countless fans in later generations.

Whether a famous general can build a legendary elite soldier is the most romantic thing in the war.

Sun Ce was just considering which style to choose, whether to adopt Chen Wuti's one, the more romantic style of the costumed Dragon Bird Cruise, or the more restrained and simple costumed champion Bird Cruise, which he thought.

Everyone felt a little regretful if they didn't decide the name of this cavalry, but soon their attention was turned to the armored horse.

Armour riding outfits are truly romantic for men!

Especially at present, every black armored knight is more than seven feet and seven inches tall, like Yang Xiao, who is eight feet and three inches (196 cm), and is infinitely close to two meters.

He was covered in a wardrobe, with only his eyes exposed outside his cap, and sat on the armored horse with a long spear and hip in his hand. He was burly and strong. Anyone would be amazed at the sight of him that he was definitely a brave general with the highest level of the three armies.

Even hundreds of disciples may not be able to stop the left and right rush of such heavy-armed warriors.

Sun Ce's temperament is even more romantic than Yang Xiao. He is wearing armor, riding a horse, and not wearing a helmet. His appearance can be seen clearly by everyone. All the soldiers of the three armies are fanatical. The so-called "Lanling King's high and respectful demeanor is nothing more than that.

But in terms of courage, Sun Ce was better than him. He was truly awesome and brave enough to win the three armies.

Such a romantic affair made Sun Ce even though he had a number position, the military and civilians in Jiangdong did not call him Sun Lang by name.

In addition, Sun Lang's army was very strict in military discipline, and there was no offense wherever they went. The people were happy and welcomed Sun Lang's army to arrive.

The people's hearts were like water, and Sun Ce followed the public's wishes and arrived in Moling County in just three days.

Moling County is the place where Jiankang was known to everyone in later generations, and it was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties of the Central Plains.

The country here is a victorious place, and it is an absolute military strait.

Sun Ce has already broken through the Yangtze River, so Liu Yao has deployed heavy troops to guard the enemy here.

Before Sun Ce brought his troops to arrive, Cheng Zi had already led the rafts to investigate the enemy situation and personally rode his horse to the central army to report to Sun Ce.

"General, Liu Yao deployed heavy troops in Moling City, defended by the dangerous river, and had extremely careful defense."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce frowned slightly: "Back to the dangerous river and guard it? The other party did not hide in the county?"

Cheng Ji nodded with a serious expression: "The other guard is definitely a man of war. The cavalry saw the flag of Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng, and the flag of Chen, the commander of the commander of the formation. It should be Chen Heng, the general of Liu Yao. Ten miles south of the county, there is a large camp, and the flag is the fusion of Xia Pi. The city and the camp outside the city are mutually supporting each other."

The other party did not hide in the city, but instead supported each other, which shows that the other party not only knew the troops, but also had great confidence in their combat power! The key to supporting each other is to dare to go out of the camp, go out of the city to fight, and support each other.

"Where did the other party get the confidence? He dared to divide his troops to fight with us?"

Cheng Zi said: "I have asked the people here that they have been poisoned for a long time. I heard that we are Sun Lang's army and we can say everything."

"The pillar of their guarding the city was the Chingrong outside the city. He was originally the prime minister of Xia Pi, and was the governor of Guangling, Xia Pi and Pengcheng for Xuzhou Prime Minister Tao Qian. However, after he obtained the grain and taxes of these three counties, he did not send it to Tan County. Instead, he cut off the loss of the three counties and started the Futu Temple. The top was filled with gold plates and the bottom was a heavy building, and the clothes were made of gold and colorful. The cost was a billion yuan. There were more than 10,000 people who went to the investor."

"When Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian in the east, Xu Fang was uneasy. Zuo Rong then took the men and women and three thousand horses to Guangling. Guangling prefect Zhao Yu was waiting for guest courtesy. Zuo Rong was also greedy for Guangling's resources, so he took a banquet to kill Yu and plundered the troops. After Guangling burned and robbed him, he took the deployment and plunder of money, equipment, and armor from Guangling County to the south and rely on Xue Li, and respected Liu Yao as the main force."

"This person is both insidious and cunning, cruel and fierce, and has many desperate and desperate people under his command, so he dares to fight on the battlefield and fight for the fierce battle."

Just what Cheng Zi said can probably infer the combat power of Zuo Rong.

First of all, he has more than 10,000 men and women, more than 3,000 horses, and thousands of cavalry, which is enough to influence the situation in any battle.

Moreover, his subordinates were not mobs, but Buddhists who had followed him for a long time. He provided a large amount of money and food, and was already considered a full-time professional soldier. He also plundered the treasury of Guangling and armed with a large number of equipment and armor.

There are professional soldiers, a large number of armor and equipment, and even thousands of cavalrymen. It can be said that he is the most powerful unit under Liu Yao's command.

But even so, Sun Ce still smiled: "Let's go, then we'll meet this Xie Rong, see how cruel he is, and whether he can defend his large amount of gold, silver, money, grain, silk, and more than 3,000 war horses that were robbed from Xuzhou!"

Zuo Rong cut off all the money, grain and taxes of the three southern counties in Xuzhou, looted the entire Guangling treasury, and took more than 3,000 horses to the south. Even if most of these materials were squandered by him, the rest would be enough to make Sun Ce get rich! Even Sun Ce could form a professional army.

Sun Ce handed over the camping matter to Wu Jing, and he took Cheng Pu's troops, crossbowmen, cavalry and other nearly two thousand infantrymen to the Zurong Camp to test the reality and reality in person.

There were many cavalrymen in Zuo Rong's army, and the traces of Sun Ce's army had long been discovered.

Sun Ce personally mentioned the army to fight, and Zu Rong also led elite troops out of the camp to form a formation. He had many cavalry under his command, and most of them were strong soldiers from Jianghuai. Naturally, he had to take advantage of his field battle and could not defend the camp to the death.

Zuo Rong has been arrogant all his life, and he is arrogant and looks down on the young man Sun Ce at all.

The army of both sides lined up. Before they got close, Zu Rong sent several brave knights to ride forward, laughing and sarcasm.

"I heard that you Sun Lang is beautiful and beautiful, and you are in your prime. You must keep guarding him, don't let him die in the battlefield! Today we are not only fighting with him this time, hahaha!"

"Hahaha, let Sun Lang wash his body and wait for us to care for it!"

"You guys follow such a stingy boy, it's just because they are greedy for him! If you want me, men still have to be a little ambitious. If you capture him, you can still fuck him, hahaha!"

Sun Ce was furious and raised his long spear and was about to step forward to stab the three madmen to death. Yang Xiao, who was standing beside him, had already lifted his spear out: "General, these three rats are not worth your personal action, you will dirty your hands! I will kill them for the general!"
To be continued...