Generally, soldiers' armor is divided into three types according to materials and protective capabilities. The best is naturally iron armor, followed by leather armor and rattan armor.
Ordinary armor is only equipped by elite divisions. The structure of the armor is also different depending on the financial resources. Some senior generals wear fine fish scale armor. This kind of fish scale armor is composed of more than 2,000 steel plates throughout the body and has great protective capabilities.
Nature is best.
Ordinary soldiers mostly wore zha armor consisting of two iron plates at the front and back, connected by straps at the shoulders and ribs, and some animal skins were tied to the arms and legs as arm guards and leg guards.
Due to the scarcity of fine iron and the lack of craftsmen, most soldiers did not have iron helmets and mostly wore leather hats made of animal skins.
As a captain, Kang Long's armor is quite good. Two sets of navy blue cotton robes, a pair of iron leaf armor, iron arm guards, and leggings. Even his hat is an iron helmet.
.It seems that the Jin Dynasty royal family attaches great importance to these personal guards of the Military Division. In terms of equipment, a small capital can have such sophisticated armor.
With the help of Li Ba, Kang Long put on the armor and immediately became majestic and majestic, with the demeanor of a general. It really complied with the saying, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle.
Everyone had breakfast in the back kitchen of the camp. Three cannons were fired from the army, and the soldiers of the second and third battalions of the Spear Battalion quickly gathered. The captains of each team were in front, with their heads in front of the captains, standing in a row.
Two commanders, Hua Tian and Li Jixun, wore brand new armor and carried swords at their waists. They stood majestically in front of the crowd and scanned the soldiers in their respective camps.
Due to the important matter of imprisoning and transporting grain and grass, all the soldiers of the two battalions were in bright clothes and armor, and their iron guns flashed with cold light, exuding unparalleled murderous aura in the morning light.
The two of them nodded. Hua Tian glanced at Kang Long and nodded slightly to him. Then he stepped to the standing platform and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the imperial court has supported me for many years, just for this moment. I hope
All of you, please work together with us to deliver imperial rations to the Jin generals, repel the Khitan dog soldiers, and relieve the difficulties in Yedu!"
"Defend the Jin Dynasty and repel the Khitan dog soldiers!"
All the soldiers raised their spears high and roared!
Thousands of iron-blooded soldiers roared in unison, the sound was astonishing!
"Haha, very good. Commander Hua is indeed worthy of being a good general of our court! With such an elite teacher here, I think this mission will go smoothly!" A long laugh came from the gate of the camp. From the sound, you can tell that this person is not very old.
big.
Everyone looked towards the camp gate. Hua Tian and Li Jixun stepped down from the general platform and walked quickly towards the camp gate. Li Jixun rushed to the camp gate and raised his hands, saying loudly: "The escort has come at the right time. We and our troops have already gathered."
Let’s gather together and leave as soon as the escort officer gives the order.”
For this escort mission, Feng Chenfeng was the chief envoy, and Hua Tian and Li Jixun were the deputy envoys. They escorted 300,000 shi of grain and grass to Yedu.
This seems to be a lot of food and grass, but there are nearly 50,000 troops stationed in Yedu and tens of thousands of households. Since the Khitan army has been besieging the city for nearly a month, the food in the city must not last long.
If these 300,000 stones of food and grass were only supplied to the garrison, they would probably be able to last for two or three months, but if the people in the city were included, they might not be able to last even one month.
Feng Chenfeng was in his twenties, wearing light armor, with a pale complexion and a somewhat hollow eyes. He looked like a rich man who drank too much and drank too much.
But because he is very tall and quite strong, coupled with this light armor, he does look quite majestic.
Feng Chenfeng bowed his hands to Hua Tian and others, and said with a hearty smile: "In this case, I will leave everything to you. All the grain and grass have been transported, and there are thirty grain ships. Two commanders, you still need to make arrangements for these personnel."
Hua Tian and Li Jixun seemed to have discussed it long ago. At this time, they were constantly dispatching manpower, and the two battalions of spearmen in the camp were dispatched in an orderly manner.
The camp of the Qinjun Division is located by the Luoshui River. Just a few hundred steps eastward from the gate of the Qinjun Division is the Dajin Kyoto Water Transport Terminal.
Thirty tall water transport ships lined up in a row were moored quietly on the shore. Behind and behind the water transport ships, there were two slightly smaller iron-headed warships, which must have been escort warships.
According to prior arrangements, each grain ship was escorted by two captains and twenty armored soldiers. Due to this special period, the grain ship was equipped with two large bed crossbows at the bow and stern. This bed crossbow machine was extremely powerful.
, it takes three to five soldiers to control it.
There are thirty porters on each ship. Although these porters are humble servants, they are all strong and strong. They are also equipped with some simple weapons and equipment. In case of emergency, they can also serve as soldiers.
In this way, there were thirty grain ships, with 600 armored soldiers and 900 young and healthy servants. The other 400 armored soldiers were assembled on the two warships at the front and rear.
Hua Tian was in charge of the rear, with Kang Long and Li Hu's two capital soldiers in the rear warship. On the front warship, Li Jixun led his two capital soldiers and Pontu armor soldiers, and under the command of the escort Feng Chenfeng, was responsible for opening the way.
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A huge yellow dragon flag was hoisted on the first warship. Since it was already late autumn, the northwest wind was blowing and heading east. It was just right to use the wind to move forward, so the thirty-two tall cannons raised their giant sails and weighed anchor.
Set sail.
Kang Long, Hua Tian and others stood on the bow of the boat, silently watching the crowds of people and buildings along the coast of the north and south cities that were retreating.
Kang Long was wondering why no one from the imperial court came to hold a farewell ceremony for such a grand event? Could it be that the Jin royal family was not worried about the frontline war at all, so they did not pay too much attention to this action?
Last time Haoran Hall gathered the governors of each town to apportion money, food and troops. I remember that the figures reported by each town seemed to be very large. For example, Hedong was willing to give out 500,000 shi of food at once. Why was the court so stingy this time and only transported
300,000 shi of grain to go to the front line of Yedu?
Naturally, these things were beyond the knowledge of his little head. After thinking about them for a moment, he couldn't figure out why, so he simply stopped thinking about them.
"Commander Hua, if there is nothing else, I will go down to practice." Kang Long said to Hua Tian.
From the chat with Kang Long yesterday, Hua Tian knew that he was practicing Xuan Gong. While he was envious of him, he became more and more polite to him. There was nothing going on at this time, so he nodded and smiled and said: "Kang Du, go ahead and practice with your heart, and be on duty."
You don’t need to worry about anything, but if something happens, Kang Dutou should do his best.”
Kang Long agreed, turned around and walked back to his lounge in the cabin.
Ever since that day when the mysterious Lan Lanshuai forced him to have a scroll of Wuji Kung, Kang Long had studied it in detail. Although he didn't know who the master of Lan Lanshuai and Li Yi was, and why he gave him Xuan Wuji.
However, after studying Wuji Kung Fu, he found that this set of techniques was a wonderful set of Taoist meditation methods for cultivating the mind, so whenever he had free time, he practiced it with all his heart. Now, more than a month has passed, and he has shown signs of success.
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Although it has not yet been able to open up the profound entrance of Rendu's Meridian, the inner energy in the Dantian is getting stronger and stronger, and it seems to be full. The two entrances are gradually loosening. As long as the inner strength is further improved, it will be a matter of course.
Two entrances.
The grain ship left Luoyang City and headed for Yedu with smooth sailing.
Royal water transport dragon flags were mounted on each ship, and all ships gave way along the way, so that nothing happened.
The journey from Luoyang to Yedu is more than a thousand miles by land. If you travel by fast horse and horse, you can reach it in three days. But if you use a grain truck to transport grain, it will take about ten days.
Although the water route is more than a hundred miles farther than the land route, it can be reached in five or six days if the wind and water are favorable.
We walked for three or four days. Since all the states along the way had received notices from the imperial court in advance, they were escorted by local warriors wherever they went. Moreover, although the world was in chaos, the majesty of the emperor could still intimidate people.
There were many young people, so no bandits dared to rob them along the way.
In the evening of that day, the boat was traveling very fast. In front of us, we saw a majestic city approaching Huazhou.
Huazhou is the hub connecting the Zhuolang River and Yongji Canal. It has always been a must-pass for water transportation. No matter which dynasty or generation, Huazhou attaches great importance to it, so most of the guards of Huazhou are selected from the royal family.
Shi Chongyu, the governor of Huazhou, was Shi Chonggui's cousin. He was the Duke of Wei, and he was responsible for the military and political affairs of Weizhou, Huazhou and Chanzhou, and he was the envoy of Yicheng.
The three prefectures have a total of 23,000 soldiers and horses. Since 3,000 troops and horses were deployed to assist in the previous battle, the three prefectures now have a total of 20,000 troops stationed.
Among them, Weizhou and Chanzhou each had 5,000 troops and horses, while Huazhou had 10,000 defenders.
The Khitan army has already attacked Yedu. During these days, Shi Chongyu reorganized the defense of the three states and recruited 30,000 civilians to strengthen the defense of the three states. He was afraid that the Khitan army would capture Yedu and attack Huazhou soon.
That night, Shi Chongyu picked up everyone at the water transport wharf under Huazhou City. In order to allow the defenders of Yedu to defend Yedu, he did not dare to have the slightest intention of being greedy for this batch of military rations. If in normal times, a grain ship passed by Huazhou,
If you don't deduct half of it, you won't be able to rest assured.
In order to reassure Feng Chenfeng and others, Shi Chongyu specially held a banquet in the Duke's Mansion to entertain Feng Chenfeng, the escort envoy, and the generals who were escorting the grain and grass.
All generals above the capital were invited. Kang Long did not want to participate in such a banquet, so although Hua Tian repeatedly invited him, he refused to go there in the name of staying behind on the canal.
In fact, the real reason why he didn't want to go was ridiculous, but it was also full of irony.
Shi Chongyugui is the Yi Cheng Jiedu Envoy. Presumably, the officer accompanying this banquet is at the lowest level of the military commander. His small head is nothing. Going to such a banquet is just humiliating himself.
Sure enough, not long after Kang Long had eaten on the boat, Li Hu came back cursing. After a while, almost everyone came back to the boat with their heads full of curses.
Li Hu saw Kang Long sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat and said with a wry smile: "If I had known he was so useless, I should have followed Kang Dutou's example and not attended this bird banquet. Grandma, what's the big deal? I'm the commander of the military capital."
Every one of them wants to turn their eyes to the sky. Damn it, if I can fight on the battlefield, I will definitely be a higher official than them."
Kang Long smiled slightly and didn't answer. He just looked at the stars in the sky and was lost in thought. He didn't know what he was thinking about.
Everyone was suffocated by the cold looks they received in the Duke's Mansion. They all gathered on the first iron-headed warship and got some food and wine. While eating, they cursed in a low voice.
Li Hu looked at the first iron-headed warship and saw that they were drinking quite happily. He asked Kang Long, "Kangdutou, are you going?"
Kang Long shook his head and said: "Brother Li, you go ahead. I'm going to practice, so I won't go."
Li Hu muttered something, tightened his belt, jumped to the shore, and walked quickly towards the first boat.