Chapter 341 Armed Dawan

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 341 Armed Dawan

"The Han Dynasty is mighty...the Han army is victorious!"

The Yi Cong soldiers were all excited when they heard this. Everyone dreamed of the day when they would stand out and be crowned marquises.

After Zhang Yue's speech, Mahan did not continue to speak, but directly ordered the group to disband.

Then each uncle led each village to continue training.

…

"Your Majesty, you are not joking, let me lead Yi Cong!"

Su Fei suddenly jumped up from the ground.

Zhang Yue and Ma Han looked at each other and laughed.

"You don't want to?"

Zhang Yue asked jokingly.

Su Fei looked around, bent down and said respectfully, "Can't you give us a Han Army song?"

Zhang Yue asked back, "You were originally only a hundred generals, and at most you commanded more than a hundred people. How dare you want to command an entire Han army?"

Su Fei said with a shy face, "I think it's okay to bring a song to the Han army. If it doesn't work, I can give it to a certain official!"

Zhang Yue laughed and said, "What a beautiful idea. I just follow this song... If you don't want to, you can continue to be a personal guard for me!"

When Su Fei heard this, he immediately burst into laughter and said, "I will obey my righteousness and I will obey my righteousness. After all, we are also military princes!"

Everyone smiled when they heard this.

Zhang Yue shook his head. Su Fei had participated in many battles and had plenty of experience in leading troops, but his temper was still as out of control as before.

After Su Fei calmed down, Zhang Yue said to Wu Zheng, "Wu Zheng'er is willing to join the army for justice?"

Wu Zheng perked up after hearing this and immediately performed a military salute, "Don't worry, Lord, I will definitely live up to the expectations of Lord Ma and Duke Ma!"

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "In this case, from today onwards, Wu Zheng will be appointed as the Second Master of the Zuoqu Army, and Su Fei will be the Houqu Army Marquis!"

Su Fei and Wu Zheng both said "Promise" with serious faces!

…

On the other side, Pang Yi led Geng Chen away from Zhang Yue and arrived at the temporary base of Jiangzuo Camp.

"What do you think, His Highness the Vice-Prince?"

Pang Yi first introduced to Gengchen the old-style armor that was in stock in the camp.

The so-called piercing armor refers to armor in which the square nail plates are directly connected with leather strips and ropes. The nail plates are stacked on each other horizontally and vertically, making it difficult for swords to penetrate.

The armor of the Han Dynasty is very different from that of the pre-Qin period.

Its armor plates are actually not much different from fish scale armor, but they are still tightly connected with ropes and leather strips.

The telescopic parts are assembled with movable leather straps so that the upper and lower layers of armor can telescopically move.

The gaps in the armor are basically parallel to the human body. Even if the weapon penetrates through the gap in the telescopic part, the blade will be suppressed by the overlapping armor pieces at an angle parallel to the human body, making it difficult to cause effective damage to the human body.

Therefore, although the armor that Pang Yi showed to Gengchen was not as good as the armor currently in service in the Han army in the Western Regions, it was still much stronger than the armor of other Western countries.

What's more, most of these armors are iron leaf armor, whose defensive power is much stronger than leather armor.

The thickness of its iron leaves can completely withstand the slashing of ordinary swords.

Gengchen is also an old soldier, so he naturally knows the goods, and he naturally covets these armors.

He touched a pair of armor in his hand with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Pang Gong, can I try on one or two?"

Gengchen asked.

Pang Yi smiled and agreed, "Yes, the deputy king can do what he wants!"

Gengchen thanked him and quickly put on a set of iron armor with the help of his entourage.

Gengchen tried moving a bit and felt that the armor was well made and the joints were very flexible.

Far better than the Greek-style bronze armor he originally wore!

Gengchen asked at this time, "Pang Gong, don't you know how heavy this armor is?"

Pang Yi said: "This armor weighs forty-four kilograms (in modern Han Dynasty, about twenty-two kilograms in later generations), and is made of more than 650 pieces of armor.

Gengchen jumped a few times again and felt that the weight was very suitable.

He continued to ask, "I wonder how defensive this armor is?"

When Pang Yi heard this, he snatched Gengchen's attendant's bronze dagger and struck another piece of armor beside him with one strike.

"Bang!" There was a sound, and the bronze dagger actually had obvious gaps, while the iron armor only had a slight dent.

Gengchen and his entourage were surprised at first, and then overjoyed.

None of them expected that the defensive power of this iron armor was so strong.

Gengchen asked excitedly, "Mr. Pang, are all these armors like this?"

Pang Yi smiled and said: "This is natural!"

"I wonder how much armor the great Han can provide for the country?"

Pang Yidao, "Now there are two thousand iron armors here, and more than a thousand leather armors!"

Hearing this, Gengchen suppressed the joy in his heart and asked

"I wonder if I can take a look at a pair of leather armor?"

Pang Yidao, "Of course you can!"

After speaking, he turned to the attendant beside him and said, "Go get some pairs of leather armors!"

"promise"

The follower agreed, ran to the side, and soon returned with two pieces of leather armor.

Pang Yi took a pair of armor and handed it to Geng Chen, "His Royal Highness, you can test it at will!"

"Thank you Mr. Pang!"

Gengchen thanked him and took the armor with both hands.

He turned over and over carefully studying the leather armor in his hand.

The shape and craftsmanship of this pierced armor is no different from that of iron pierced armor, except that the material is changed from iron sheets to cowhide.

"Pang Gong, can I test it?"

Gengchen asked again.

Pang Yi said with a smile on his face, "Your Highness, the Vice-Prince, do as you like!"

Gengchen thanked him, then took a bronze dagger that was standard for Dawan soldiers and pierced the armor.

Gengchen's first blow failed to penetrate the armor.

He took a deep breath and stabbed the armor with his dagger again.

This blow naturally penetrated the armor, but it didn't penetrate much.

Gengchen easily judged that such damage would not make the soldiers wearing it lose their combat effectiveness.

Then he used a bow and arrow to test the armor.

He first used Parthian bows and arrows, which were also commonly used in Western countries.

Forty paces away, bows and arrows were completely unable to penetrate the armor.

Only when the distance is closer to thirty steps can the armor be broken.

Only at a distance of twenty steps can the Anxi bow and arrow truly penetrate the armor and cause fatal damage to the soldiers.

"Your Highness the Vice-Prince, why do you need to try my big man's crossbow?"

Pang Yi took out a Han crossbow and a Han bow and suggested with a smile.

"Thank you Mr. Pang!"

Gengchen also wanted to know the power of the crossbows equipped by the Han army at this time, so he agreed without thinking.

He first changed into a Han crossbow, but he didn't expect that he could break the armor fifty steps away.

Then he used the Han bow for testing. Unexpectedly, he could break armor even from forty steps away.

Gengchen's face lost the smile at this time, and instead became complicated.

Pang Yi saw this and didn't say anything, just smiled.

Pang Yi provided Han crossbows and Han bows for Gengchen to test, which had the purpose of shocking the Dawan people.

Gengchen couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

He bowed respectfully to Pang Yi and said, "Might Duke Pang provide a batch of Han crossbows and Han bows to the country?"

"no!"

Pang Yi heard this and immediately refused!
Chapter completed!