"More than six hundred sets of armor? Everyone has one?" Several officers were surprised.
"They're all there! They're all there!" A young soldier who had been stabbed in the chest spat out blood and lifted up his robe to take a look.
Under his robe, the iron plate was slashed with a sharp blade, leaving a deep mark, but it did not crack. Just now, the Mongolian war slave swung the knife with all his strength, intending to kill him with one blow, but not only failed
After successfully succeeding, the force of the counter-shock even bounced the scimitar high, giving several others the opportunity to pounce on him and fight for their lives.
"With armor like this, I can't die!" The soldier giggled a few times, probably because he was shocked by the experience of narrowly avoiding death, and his words were completely incoherent.
A sign leader from a neighboring team took a step here. He remembered the rules of the formation and did not dare to go any further. He could only stretch his neck and glanced at Blacksmith Fang and his apprentices. The felt robes they wore were torn.
It cracked, and indeed the cold light of the armor was exposed.
Everyone wears armor, which means everyone has an extra life. No wonder these new recruits are so bold and easily motivated. No wonder they are a little frightened when the enemy approaches, and then dare to fight against the Mongols!
"What about you?" The brand leader turned around and asked, "Do you have armor too?"
"Yes!" Several soldiers opened their robes and showed him the armor plates underneath. Only one person said with an angry face: "Those blacksmiths have full body armor, so we only got one piece, which can protect us from the front, but not the back!"
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A bystander slapped him on the head and cursed angrily: "The armor made by the blacksmith is better, what's wrong? Just face the enemy head on!"
At this time, it was a gathering during the cold weather. Before everyone left the city, they all put on thick clothes, firstly to prevent the cold, and secondly, to play a defensive role and even stop bleeding. Therefore, the grassroots officers who had been temporarily strengthened did not notice this.
A team of new recruits were all added to the team, and they were all tough.
It can be seen that this armor is the product of temporary work. There are no knots or painted decorations on the armor. There are only two large rough iron plates connected front and back with leather ropes, leaving a hole for the probe to extend the arm, and the front chest and back
The whole back is covered.
If it were just a piece of iron, it would look even uglier, like a big turtle shell... No wonder the recruits hid it in their thick coats to avoid becoming turtles. But, it works! He and any other
The fine armor worn by officers can block the slashing attacks of Mongolian cavalry!
Several officers looked at each other and immediately thought that they might as well be placed in a more critical position.
Although this is a bit unkind, soldiers on the battlefield are also consumables. You only need to consider where to use them to gain greater benefits.
However, the Mongolian brigade was approaching rapidly, which did not give the officers any room to adjust their troops. The second wave of offensive had already been launched. This time, a large number of arrows were used as the precursor, falling from the sky like raindrops. The soldiers either raised their shields,
Or they raised their capes or elbow pads to defend themselves, while those holding spears bowed their heads slightly and used the top of their helmets to resist. The officers shouted and ordered their subordinates to return to their original positions and concentrate on fighting.
In terms of the equipment level of the army, the Zhou Dynasty has always been higher than its peers. On the one hand, it is due to the complete inheritance of the arsenal and military industry sites of the Jin Kingdom. On the other hand, it is also due to the huge investment of the imperial court in this. Under normal circumstances, the main force of the Zhou army is
All soldiers wear armor, and they are all made of fine iron armor.
Relatively speaking, the three Recruitment Divisions in the north bear heavier military pressure, so the armor coverage rate is higher than that of the three Tongjun Divisions in the south. In the direction of the Tongjun Division in Henan, the reorganization work of a large number of old Red Coat Army units is not proceeding smoothly.
It was considered fast, so the unified distribution of weapons and equipment was not spread out.
Just like the brand names in front of me, some wore the standard piece armor of the Jin Army, while others wore the black hammer armor captured from the Song Dynasty in the early years, while the clothes of ordinary soldiers were more chaotic. After the Mongolian army came, Guo Zhongyuan urgently
Open the arsenal and distribute weapons and armor. Because a large amount of equipment needs to meet the needs of the northern war, it has been dispatched, and the remaining equipment cannot be unified.
If the Zhou Dynasty's strength only stops here, the army's equipment will become less and less in the war, and the Mongols will obtain more and more through plunder, and the strength gap between the two sides will soon widen.
Fortunately, Kaifeng is no longer the original Kaifeng. In other words, many cities in the Zhou Dynasty have become not only consumption-oriented cities relying on government offices and wealthy families, but also production bases full of factories. The same is true for Kaifeng. In the situation of holding on without fighting,
In just a few days, many workshops in the city were operating day and night, turning the daily iron reserves in the city into various weapons.
Not only armor, but also countless swords, guns and arrows were made. If it were not for the lack of sulfur locally and the limited amount of sulfur purchased from the Japanese country, the workshop would even try to imitate the artillery.
In the ranks of the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Wen Sengda said with emotion: "When we went out of the city to form an array, what we were most worried about was that the array would not be completed and we would be harassed by the Mongols. As a result, more than a dozen artillery blasts directly destroyed the Tatars under the city.
Now... artillery will not only be needed at sea in the future, but also in the army. Now that the formation is complete, the Tatars will definitely be unable to do anything to us!"
Having said this, seeing Wang Qingshan beside him wave his hand violently, as if he wanted to say something, Wen Sengda did not dare to neglect the old senior and asked quickly.
Wang Qingshan sighed: "It's nothing, I'm just not used to it. A few years ago, the Mongols invaded, and even the warriors we selected from hundreds of thousands of armies dared not face them head-on. Thousands of warriors and tens of thousands of civilians were killed.
A few Mongolian cavalry chased and chased them, like a scene of pigs and sheep, as if it was just yesterday."
He looked around and sighed: "Who would have thought that now that the Mongols are trying their best to play tricks, they can only gain prestige for a few days. Their troops scattered everywhere have been entangled by the soldiers and civilians of the Central Plains, and our side
By gathering the common people together, we will have the confidence to fight fiercely with the main force!"
Guo Lu, who stood behind Guo Zhongyuan with a bow and an arrow, laughed and said: "Mongolians are also human beings. They also have two eyes and one mouth. They bleed even after being hit by swords. As long as we have our own army in order, there is no reason for the Mongols to act recklessly."
?Just today, we will kill these Tatars and avenge the people of the Central Plains!"
Wang Qingshan nodded lightly.
He knew that Guo Luda was right. His momentary mood swings were unreasonable. Generally speaking, officers who were born in northern Xinjiang did have lingering fears for the Mongols. After all, they were in Jin Kingdom when they were at their weakest.
At the bottom, they witnessed the nightmare brought by the Mongols and witnessed countless relatives dying under the iron heel.
While soldiers from other places are not afraid of the Tatars, Guo Luda may hate the party members even more; for him, the Tatars are just a stepping stone for the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. And they are the kind of people who have been defeated time and time again, and have been defeated again and again.
Seriously, a stepping stone to life or death.
Wang Qingshan thinks that is good.
He didn't understand why the once terrifying Mongolian army looked like this now, nor why the once weak Han'er suddenly became so brave and tenacious. It was useless to think about it. The reason behind this was that Guo, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty,
Ning must understand, after all, he created the Great Zhou Dynasty in front of him. It seems that the young officers who studied in the military academy also understand. Unfortunately, Wang Qingshan is old and his brain can no longer keep up with this changing era.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have left the army for a while.
If he couldn't understand, he didn't want to think about it. He cheered up and decided to treat the Mongols as ordinary enemies like Guo Luda and then fight a decisive battle to eliminate them.