Chapter 761 Who Designed This Donkey's Plate Armor
Chapter 761 Who designed this armor?
Author: Middle-aged paper tiger
Chapter 761 Who designed this armor?
Outside Sizhou City, Liu Renzhan stood on a large flat-bottomed boat.
This is a kind of river boat with a flat hull, a square head and a flat bottom. In the Tang Dynasty, the shapes of the ships varied from place to place. The so-called river boats do not enter Bian, Bian boats do not enter the river, and river boats do not enter Wei. This is what is meant
situation.
The advantage of this kind of flat-bottomed boat is that even if the boat is small, it can still have a strong load-bearing transportation capacity and drive very smoothly.
The disadvantages are high driving resistance, insensitive control, and especially difficulty in turning around.
Therefore, it is only suitable for certain rivers with calm water. If you go to the Yangtze River, which is relatively rough and fast, something will definitely happen.
The section of the river where Liu Renzhan's boat is currently traveling is the gentle Sizhou Moat.
This place is not far from the Sizhou city wall, so arrows are constantly being shot at Liu Renzhan's boat. Liu Renzhan also has elite Jianghuai crossbowmen around him who are constantly firing back.
Arrows fell on the hull like raindrops, and people kept screaming and being hit by arrows. They were then dragged to the cabin for treatment. Several arrows hit Liu Renzhan, but he still remained unmoved.
The second son Liu Chongliang and the third son Liu Chongjian were guarding Liu Renzhan with large shields. Seeing the arrows getting more and more dense, Liu Chongjian wanted to pull Liu Renzhan back, but Liu Renzhan pushed him to the ground.
Waves of exclamations came, and Liu Renzhan looked to the west of the city. Those who hurriedly exited were the Southern Tang troops dressed in black.
Yao Feng, the commander of the troops and horses in charge of the attack, even lost his flag. Thousands of people rushed forward, only regretting that their parents had lost two legs.
Those chasing them from behind were the Zhou troops wearing white robes and white robes lined inside and outside their armor.
Two days ago, Liu Renzhan first smashed it with a catapult, and then rammed it with a catapult, knocking out a huge gap in the city wall thirty steps from the west gate of Sizhou. Then the armies of Zhou and Tang Dynasties surrounded this gap and carried out seven large and small attacks.
A battle for battle.
However, each time it ended with the Southern Tang Army being driven out. This time, Liu Renzhan ordered the commander Yao Feng to attack in person, and saw that they were all beaten in, but they were still driven out, and they were still in such a mess.
"Beat the drums, prepare the crossbowmen!" Liu Renzhan ordered loudly with an ashen complexion.
Suddenly, the war drums of Liu Renzhan's boat and several large boats behind him rumbled.
This man was the only one left in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Perhaps he should be called the only one. Chai Kehong and others could not compare with him. He was the only famous general in the Southern Tang Dynasty before Lin Renzhao appeared. He was very strict in running the army.
Therefore, when the defeated Southern Tang Army heard the war drums and saw Liu Renzhan's recognition of the flag, they did not flee in all directions, but slowly began to form formations.
When the Zhou army chasing them saw the crossbowmen lined up on the boat, they wisely stopped.
But they did not retreat to the city, but retreated beyond the range of the crossbows, roaring and roaring to demonstrate to Liu Renzhan.
The Southern Tang Army that had just assembled in the distance still had two to three thousand people. Looking at the more than two hundred Zhou Army soldiers showing off their power more than three hundred steps away, no one dared to step forward.
Er roared angrily, and a soldier from the Zhou Army wearing silver-white cotton armor suddenly ran to a place only a hundred steps away from Liu Renzhan.
He quickly raised the divine arm bow unique to the Zhou Dynasty in his hand, and with a bang, an arrow was shot towards Liu Renzhan on the boat.
Liu Renzhan's third son, Liu Chongjian, let out a howl that was about to break with his eyes, and immediately threw Liu Renzhan down. He had already recognized that the man on the other side was holding not a step bow, but a divine arm bow.
At more than a hundred steps, the lethality of this thing is comparable to that of a crossbow.
Sure enough, this crossbow arrow came very quickly, and the arrowhead was made of fine steel and was extremely sharp.
With a snap, the crossbow arrow penetrated the shield held by Liu Chongliang, and then hit the shoulder of Liu Chongjian who threw Liu Renzhan down. Liu Chongjian screamed in pain.
Liu Renzhan quickly checked to see if his son was injured, while Liu Chongjian grinned and shook his head.
When the crossbow arrow hit here, it was already the end of a powerful crossbow. The arrow did not penetrate his armor, but the huge impact might have bruised his shoulder.
At the same time, Liu Renzhan's dozen crossbowmen sitting on the bow of the boat immediately shot at the Zhou general, but the Zhou general did not dodge and laughed loudly.
Liu Renzhan was about to think that this man was in danger, but he didn't expect that after a burst of arrows, more than a hundred steps later, the crossbow arrows fired by two stone crossbows did not hurt the man at all. He tore off the crossbow shaft hanging on his body.
, making a louder mockery.
Liu Renzhan's third son, Liu Chongjian, was stunned and said, "What kind of armor did the Zhou thief wear? It can actually prevent crossbow arrows!"
"Liu Renzhan, the commander of the inner chamber of the Holy Week, Marquis Jinchang, has asked a certain family to tell you that if you beg for surrender as soon as possible, you may be able to save the lives of the whole family. If it is too late, once the saint's army arrives, everyone in Shouzhou will be turned upside down."
Everyone on the boat exclaimed, "There is nothing we can do. The reputations of Mon Bear, Dunzhu, Wang Tongtong, Qiongre Duojin and the Four Bears and Tigers under my command, Zhang Shengren, are too great."
Even in the Southern Tang Dynasty, they were like thunder, and the world regarded them as unparalleled generals like Yuchi Jingde.
"This is Zhou Zhou's traitorous deception. Zhang Zhao wants to protect Da Nei, how can he come here?"
Liu Renzhan refuted loudly, but as soon as the words came out, he was shocked.
Even his own subconscious thought that Zhang Zhaojiu (Dondup), a brave and tiger general, seemed to be invincible.
And since Zhang Zhao didn't come, the one who raised the flag of Fuzi Commander in the city could only be Fu Zhaoxu, the military and horse supervisor of Xuchang Prefecture, as claimed by Zhou Jun.
Liu Renzhan himself had 20,000 elite soldiers and 40,000 to 50,000 civilians, so he claimed to have a hundred thousand army. However, he could not even defeat Sizhou City guarded by a little-known Zhou general. What else could there be in this battle?
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Zhang Deqing rolled and climbed back to the city wall of Sizhou. This was Yuhou, the seventh general of the Xiong Ban in Xiangdu in Xiangshan Mountain, who came from the royal family of Zhang Zhou.
Because the seniority of the Zhang family of Longtou is sorted according to the principles of loyalty and loyalty, and virtue and loyalty.
This person is not only a member of the royal family, but also a close relative. He is Zhang Yan's third uncle and Zhang Yichao's nephew, Zhang Huaizhen's fifth generation grandson.
He is of the virtuous generation and can be regarded as the grand-nephew of Zhang Yan. Counting from Zhang Yan, he is the bravest third generation in the Zhang Zhou royal family.
After taking seven or eight crossbow arrows, he ran back to the city wall of Sizhou and immediately took off his cotton armor, revealing a large steel plate on his chest.
This thing shines with a unique dark silver light, which makes it obvious at first glance that it is not ordinary.
Zhang Deqing was panting heavily. He had run so hard for a while that he was already exhausted. If his breathing had become less severe, he would have no doubt that he would pass out.
While Zhang Deqing was gasping for air, four Dr. Lao Shizi from Tiangong Institute were surrounding him, their eyes shining with curiosity.
After being able to catch his breath for a while, Zhang Deqing waved his hands unconsciously and said intermittently: "Tell your fourteenth cousin that when you return to Shendu, if he doesn't pay five hundred guan for the decoction, you won't go to a certain family in the future.
What the hell is this plate armor called? I don't think it's some kind of plate armor, it's just a fucking turtle shell, it's so hard! It'll be fine even if it's hit by a crossbow.
But can you not only consider the protective power, but also consider that the soldiers wearing it are made of flesh, not made of iron.
Is that okay?
This damn thing only had a large piece of iron on its chest, with no support behind it. That Southern Tang warrior came over with a black hammer, and my vision went black at that moment, and I almost fainted from the pain."
Zhang Deqing's complaint was spot on. What kind of plate armor is this? It's just a big iron plate tied to the chest. It's completely inconsistent with the characteristics of plate armor that form a barrel or box-type defense on the torso.
This thing seems to have strong defensive power, but it can't unload its power at all. If the enemy hits it with a heavy hammer or a big ax, it can still break the armor's internal organs and kill him to death.
In addition, this iron plate weighs thirty or forty kilograms, which is completely incomparable to the cloth-covered iron armor that weighs only thirty kilograms. It has shortcomings in every aspect.
"This is such a stupid design that only a fool would wear it on the battlefield."
Recalling that he had believed the deception of the four idiots in front of him, thinking that he could really protect against heavy weapons, but was almost beaten to death with a hammer, Zhang Deqing was furious.
He learned Zhang Yan's mantra and made the final conclusion.
A doctor from the Armor Department of Tiangong Institute stopped recording and looked at Zhang Deqing, a sinister smile flashed across his face.
"So that Marquis Yu will know that the design idea of this plate armor was designed by a saint and he also drew the sketch himself."
"Ah!" Zhang Deqing was immediately stunned and quickly grabbed Dr. Jiazhou's hands, "Dr. Du, someone didn't say anything just now, right?"
Dr. Du held Zhang Deqing's hand and said sincerely: "A certain family is going to make some changes based on the information fed back by Marquis Yu after going back, but I don't know who can help us try it out of justice?"
"Easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Deqing took his hand back with a grimace and said insincerely: "Dr. Du, don't worry, a certain family is the one who is eager for justice and justice! You can come to me next time."
Dr. Du nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to ask Zhang Deqing about his experience wearing armor this time. He recorded half a booklet, and then the four of them discussed in whispers for a long time and came to a unanimous opinion.
First, it must be made into a barrel-type integrated armor, so that it can fully buffer the impact of heavy weapons such as axes, hammers, and maces against the armorer.
Secondly, the current smelting technology still needs to be improved, otherwise it would weigh more than a hundred kilograms, which would be too expensive for no one to wear.
Fu Zhaoxu waited until the four idiots had gone away before approaching Zhang Deqing.
For some reason, Fu Zhaoxu felt that none of the servants in Tiangongyuan from Ziting County Duke Cao Yanming to the sweeper below were normal.
When Zhang Deqing saw Fu Zhaoxu approaching, he immediately became energetic and said, "Supervisor, Liu Renzhan will definitely retreat now. We will not block the gap and let him fight. But he fought seven rounds with 20,000 people and was defeated."
After seven battles, four to five hundred soldiers were lost and thousands were injured. He could no longer fight."
Fu Zhaoxu's head was wrapped in a white bandage that was still bleeding, and his left hand drooped unnaturally, but the expression on his face suddenly became lively.
Originally, the order he received was to lead the 400 elite soldiers from Zhongwu Town and Xuchang Left Guard of the Forbidden Army, plus the 100 elite cavalry from the inner Xiangdu in Hanshan Mountain, to rush to Huai'an Prefecture (Chuzhou), at least to save Huai'an Prefecture.
But Fu Zhaoxu knew the actual situation in Huainan far better than Guo Tiance, the privy envoy of Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and the queen in the palace.
Zhang Yanqing, the governor of the Huaiyin Mansion and the military supervisor of the Mansion, and Zhang Xiong, the commander-in-chief of Baisheng Town of the Forbidden Army, are much stronger than Guo Tiance and others thought.
Moreover, the sage sent Li Gu, the deputy privy envoy, to preside over the equalization of land in Huainan. The sage personally ordered that most of the 300,000 acres of farmland in Huai'an Prefecture that had been occupied by senior officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty be returned to the people of Huai'an.
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Such a great favor made Huai'an Mansion the most stable fortress in the Huainan region in the entire Zhou Dynasty, much more reliable than Xuzhou Mansion.
The people here deeply hated the oppression of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and those with vested interests in the upper class were almost completely eradicated by Li Gu. They all remembered the kindness of Zhou and the saints, and they were like iron buckets, which Liu Renzhan could not defeat at all.
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So Fu Zhaoxu proposed to go directly to Sizhou, because in his opinion, Huai'an Prefecture did not need to be guarded, and Haozhou was too close to Shouzhou to make time. He could only go to Sizhou in time.
Of course, more importantly, how could he show off Fu Zhaoxu's ability by just going to Huai'an Mansion and then defending it.
The current result is as expected by Fu Zhaoxu. He first sent an urgent message of 800 miles to inform Zhang Yanqing and Zhang Xiong to mobilize a thousand elite troops from Huai'an Prefecture. Then he directly led 500 elite troops into Sizhou and took over the command from Gao Yunquan.
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By the time Liu Renzhan sent Huangfuhui and 5,000 vanguards to arrive, he had basically completed his defense.
Huangfu Hui surrounded and fought for a day without making any progress. Instead, Fu Zhaoxu seized the opportunity and charged forward with his cavalry. Unable to stand, he could only retreat and wait for the army to arrive.
But as soon as he retreated, a thousand elite soldiers from the Huai'an Prefecture, commanded by Zhang Xiong himself, immediately entered Sizhou City.
No matter how Liu Renzhan fought, the 1,500 of them plus the 1,500 of the Sizhou Guards, a total of 3,000 elites and 2,000 civilians, Liu Renzhan claimed to have an army of 100,000, but he couldn't stop it.
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Although the Qing Huai army took advantage of the naval force to control the moat, they could no longer advance any further. They attacked fiercely for twenty days and gained nothing except heavy losses.
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In the camp of the Qing Huai Army, Liu Renzhan rode his horse to the hillside in the dark night and looked to the southeast. The southeast was pitch black and there was still no movement.
Before starting the army, he wrote to the court several times, asking the Jiangning court to send the newly built Longwu Army of the Forbidden Army to Shouzhou for him to command.
In this way, he will have 30,000 elites at his disposal, and he will definitely be able to restore Huainan.
When the time comes, Liu Renzhan will act without authorization and push him out and behead him. If not, he can use him as a shield to deal with Zhou Guo.
But unexpectedly, the king was so afraid of Zhou that not only did no Longwu army come, he didn't even send an angel to reply, as if he hadn't received his report.
"Alas! The destiny is not in the south! The foundation created by Emperor Liezu Gao will be returned to the hands of the Zhou people." Liu Renzhan looked up at the sky and sighed, feeling heartbroken.
"Send an order to break out of the camp at three o'clock tomorrow and throw away all the baggage. The army will retreat in order, and the cavalry will be at the rear to guard against the pursuit of the Zhou people's cavalry."