Seeing that the gunfire was about to start, Shi Dayong couldn't help but remind Cao Bianjiao. It doesn't matter if the horse is dead. If the horse is frightened, the horse with full iron armor and a long spear will be furious and step forward. No matter how fierce Cao Cao is, he can't be more than a flesh and blood body.
, how to stop it!
Cao Bianjiao didn't seem to hear it, his face didn't change at all, he just stared at the fire rope. He didn't move, but he frightened the craftsmen's faces, and everyone was frightened.
The match burned quickly and soon reached the medicine room. In an instant, there was an explosion, followed by black smoke, and then a hiss, which was the scream of the shot horse.
Almost at the same time, the six iron horses rushed forward like crazy. Because the horses' bodies were all connected by iron ropes, the six horsemen rushed forward at the same time.
Shi Dayong was so anxious that he shouted: "Xiao Cao, run!"
However, Cao Bianjiao was not afraid at all, and shouted: "Beast, stop!" He took a step forward, and when the horse was about to hit him, he blocked the horse's neck forcefully, and stood upright as if he was holding a huge stone.
Don't sway your body.
This Cao Bianjiao is so powerful!
Shi Dayong's eyes widened when he saw it. Even though he was very weak, compared to Cao Bianjiao, he was probably nothing compared to Cao Bianjiao. I really don't know whether Cao Bianjiao was born with divine power or how he developed it!
The horse was so pushed by Cao Bianjiao that it could not move forward. However, the horse was dragged forward by the other five riders and rushed forward involuntarily.
The six riders exerted their strength at the same time, and their strength was no less than a thousand catties.
Although Cao Bianjiao was extremely powerful, he was really no god. Even though he tried his best, he was led back a few steps, but that was all.
"Hurry up and pull the horse out!"
Under Shi Dayong's call, the soldiers woke up and stepped forward to pull the war horses. Some pulled the tails, some pulled the legs. More than ten soldiers finally stopped the war horses that were frightened by the sound of gunshots.
Down.
It wasn't until the horse was completely motionless that Cao Bianjiao exhaled, released his hands, and slowly took a few steps back.
Not red in the face, not out of breath!
This... this... this...
The soldiers and craftsmen who witnessed this astonishing scene were simply dumbfounded. In the past, they had heard of strong men lifting two to three hundred kilograms of boulders with both hands. Today, Mr. Cao Qian managed to hold off six cavalrymen with one person. This is really unheard of in his life.
What a strange thing!
"Xiao Cao, are you okay?"
Shi Dayong, who was still in shock, was afraid that Cao Bianjiao had suffered internal injuries, so he asked anxiously.
Cao Bianjiao waved his arms and said with a smile: "General, don't worry, Xiao Cao's body is very strong. How can a horse or an animal hurt me?"
Seeing that Cao Bianjiao didn't seem to have any internal injuries, Shi Dayong calmed down.[
Cao Bianjiao walked straight to the horse where he had tried the gun before, and bent down to check where the gun had hit. However, he saw that the armor plate was obviously dented, forming a big crater, but not a single bit of the gun was exposed. His face suddenly changed.
With a look of joy on his face, he shouted: "Okay, that's it, that's it, general, there's hope for Iron Pagoda, there's hope for Iron Pagoda!"
That vest can withstand the shooting of bird muskets from a distance and protect the war horses from being injured. With this armor, the iron pagoda can be built naturally.
Shi Dayong looked carefully and carefully, feeling happy, but also doubtful, because the armor on the horse he saw was not a whole piece of iron armor, but made of iron pieces as big as a palm, with a thickness of only two or three centimeters.
But I don't know how to have such protection.
Perhaps seeing Shi Dayong's doubts, Cao Bianjiao couldn't wait to pull over an old man among the craftsmen and said to him: "Old Qin, tell the general how these vests are made."
Lao Qin was the head craftsman in Jinzhou. He was so happy that the armor he made could block the blunderbuss. When Cao Qianzong asked him to talk to General Shi Shen, he hurriedly explained: "General,
This vest is exquisite. Although it is made of ordinary chain mail used in the army, the villain has put a lot of effort into modifying it."
"Oh? Where are all the changes?" Shi Dayong became interested.
Lao Qin pointed to the armor on the horse and said: "Please see, sir, these armors are as wide as one hand. Put three or four pieces together, apply resin on them, and then connect them with belts or leather ropes, overlapping them one by one."
, like fish scales, connected in this way, one armor can be as thick as three or four armors. Although it is occasionally lacking, it can be several times better than an ordinary single armor."
"Fish scale armor?" Shi Dayong nodded with some understanding.
Lao Qin said again as if he was boasting: "General Cao Qian told the villain about the general appearance of the Iron Pagoda, and the villain thought that in order to ensure that the war horse is invulnerable, it is necessary to use a whole iron plate on both sides of the horse's body, but such a
However, the horse could no longer bear the weight. So the villain thought for a while and then overlapped the armor with fish to see how to reduce the weight.
This armor covers the horse's tail from the horse's head, and is tied to the saddle in the middle. A knot is tied behind the saddle, and a knot is tied in front of the saddle. Then a piece is used to cover the horse's buttocks, leaving a hole in the armor for easy access.
The horse's tail stretched out from the hole. Another piece of armor was taken to cover the horse's chest. The four armors were connected side by side until the horse's leg joints. Finally, the villain followed Cao Qian's instructions and put a piece of armor on the horse's forehead, along with the two sides.
The armor is connected together and tied to the horse's head, and finally, that's what the general sees."
Speaking of this, Lao Qin suddenly stopped for a moment, hesitated, and then said: "General, in fact, fish phosphorus armor was used to cover the horses. There was an example in the previous dynasty. There seemed to be such cavalry among the Mongols in the BC Yuan Dynasty. I heard that they were used in many ways.
In the Western Regions, no one knows whether it is true or not."
Did the Mongols also build heavy armored cavalry?
Shi Dayong was a little confused, but no matter what, since the problem of war horse armor was solved, it would be easier to solve the problem of human armor.
Just as he was about to ask Cao how the armor turned into a dragon, Lao Qin said first: "The armor on the knight's body is also like that of the war horse, but it is thicker than the war horse. The chest armor and back armor are picked by the villain.
It is an iron plate. Two iron plates are connected with buttons. There is an iron plate on each shoulder. There is also a piece of armor on the arms, covering it from the shoulders to the wrists, and the wrists are exposed. On each leg, it is covered with armor.
Another piece of armor. The helmet is made of iron, with a mask added to protect the head and open the eyes for the knight to observe. In this way, it is watertight, but it weighs much more than the vest, with one armor weighing about eighty kilograms.
Chong. Well, from a humble perspective, the iron pagoda mentioned by the general and Mr. Cao Qian is probably just like this."
The human armor weighs eighty kilograms, and the vest weighs more than forty kilograms, which is one hundred and twenty kilograms. Adding the weight of the rider on the horse, the load-bearing capacity of a single horse is nearly two hundred and fifty sixty kilograms. This is already the limit of Mongolian horses.
, and under such heavy armor, the war horse can only charge into the formation once at most, and has no power to charge into the formation repeatedly.
If they charge in a burst, but fail to complete their efforts, and fall back into the enemy's cavalry, even if they are injured by swords and arrows, the war horses themselves will collapse to the ground. The iron pagoda will be regarded as the entire army being wiped out. Therefore, there must be a light cavalry similar to the kidnapping horse to cover it.
Only in this way can we ensure that Tiefutu's charge to the battle is successful. Even if it fails, we can return with our whole body intact instead of falling into a tight siege and dying of exhaustion.
Shi Dayong was not worried that the Eight Banners soldiers would imitate the Song army and chop off the legs of horses, because the Eight Banners were cavalry and they were proud of their cavalry shooting. They considered themselves the enemy of the world and looked down upon the Ming Dynasty's infantry. But the Song army lacked cavalry.
It can only be based on infantry groups, so the tactics chosen will naturally be different. If the Eight Banners are arrogant, they will definitely abandon their strengths and choose the tactics of the Song army.
Since there is no difficulty in building the Iron Buddha Tu, the next step is to solve the problem of auxiliary soldiers and kidnap horses.
He opened his mouth and asked Lao Qin: "Since this double armor of men and horses has been successful, I would like to ask you, can you build 300 double armors of men and horses for me within half a month?"
Hearing this, Lao Qin looked embarrassed and started to squeak: "This..."
"What?" Shi Dayong's heart dropped and he glanced at Cao Bianjiao.
Cao Bianjiao smiled bitterly: "General, it is absolutely possible to build double armor for three hundred men and horses in half a month. You don't know, this armor making is too cumbersome. Old Qin led more than 20 people to make six armors for several days. And we don't have enough manpower.
, and there is little wrought iron. According to General Mo, if you can make thirty pieces of armor in half a month, it is considered fast." [