Although Yun Zheng was not angry, he had to let go of Xiao He quickly and shouted feebly: "Brother, wait a moment, the younger brother is putting on his armor." Then he looked at Xiao He, Yintang said in a dark voice: "It seems like things are relaxing today."
It won’t work”
Xiaohe's body was released by him, and he felt relieved, but he felt a little disappointed in his heart. He felt empty for a while. Then he saw Yun Zheng's unhappy expression and said something that seemed to have some "teasing" content.
He jumped two more times. He didn't know whether he was embarrassed or annoyed, so he had to bite his lips and say nothing.
Yun Zheng saw that she was blushing but not speaking, and seemed a little disappointed on her face, so he pinched her little face and said with a smile: "Good boy, although I am not very warm today, your young master, I will still
You are very young. There will be plenty of warmer days for you in the future. Don’t be too angry. When this girl is angry, she will get wrinkles..."
When Xiao He heard this, he quickly refused and said: "I... this slave will not be angry. The third young master has only been to Luoyang for a few days, how come he has learned so badly!"
"Is your study bad?" Yun Zheng blinked: "What's wrong?" When he saw Xiao He, he immediately said: "Okay, don't talk about it now. Get the young master's armor quickly. Don't make people wait for too long.
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"Yes, Third Young Master." Xiao He turned around and walked into the next room. He took out a set of armor with difficulty, put it on the table, and asked, "Is this set okay?"
Yun Zheng was shocked when he saw it, because the armor looked like it was made of fine steel, and it was quite heavy. Although Xiao He's strength was limited, it was a bit awkward to hold that armor and almost be unable to walk.
He exaggerated and asked quickly: "I don't think this young master only has this pair of armor? Is there anything lighter?"
"Huh? Of course there are lighter ones, but didn't the young master like this before?" Xiao He asked strangely.
Yun Zheng was stunned. I actually liked such heavy stuff before. Could it be that I was using my martial arts skills to show off?
In fact, Yun Zheng had a misunderstanding. In the world before Yun Zheng traveled, many people thought that compared to the West, the ancient Chinese army was dominated by light infantry and light cavalry. In fact, this was misled by Western military strategists in previous centuries.
As a result, for example, Engels once mentioned that the Eastern cavalry was mainly light cavalry because information was not circulated at that time. These Western military strategists had no understanding of China at all. Their impressions of the Eastern army came from the nomadic cavalry that ran to the West. From this,
A series of Eastern armies emphasize mobility and light protection. The nomads in the East are indeed composed of light cavalry with poor equipment and high mobility, but the farming people are not like that at all. Take the unearthed Han Dynasty armor as an example, without helmets.
The total weight is 11 kilograms, while the Roman heavy infantry of the same period had nine kilograms of armor and two kilograms of helmets. By the Song Dynasty, the infantry armor had reached the world's highest weight of thirty-three kilograms (including crossbow armor), while the knight's armor in Western Europe was still more than twenty kilograms.
By the time Western European knights' armor reached more than 30 kilograms, China was already in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army used firearms extensively, and infantry armor dropped to 28 kilograms. Before China used firearms extensively, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the weight of armor was the leading
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The only exception is the war horse. The Chinese cavalry has never liked to armor the war horse. This is due to different tactical thinking. The Chinese cavalry often separates from the infantry and conducts rapid maneuvers independently. The war horse carries too much weight, and the strategic maneuver speed is not much faster than the infantry.
, the sustainability is not good either. Western European knights often follow the infantry and have their own followers. Even if they conduct strategic marches independently, the speed is the same as that of infantry. In terms of marching speed, Western European knights are just infantry on horseback.
Another very important thing is that the military industry system in ancient China is also different from that in the West. The military industry in Western Europe is privately owned. The state must purchase weapons from private workshop owners with money, so every penny is carefully calculated to use heavy infantry and heavy cavalry.
The protection is the best, but due to money, there are not many in number. Other spearmen and archers are relatively simple. Their armor is mainly leather armor, or even no armor. The second weapon is mainly dagger. When the Macedonian phalanx was defeated by the Romans,
, the Macedonian spearmen discovered that their spears were too long and their daggers were too short, and they were basically massacred by Roman infantrymen holding swords.
In ancient China, the military industry was state-owned, and even the iron mines were state-owned. Because iron was a strategic material, the priority was to ensure that the country needed weapons. The workshop was an assembly line and continuously produced weapons. The country did not need to pay a penny for this, it only needed to pay the workers.
The wages are the same as those in Qin. The names of craftsmen were engraved on the weapons in all dynasties. A strict tracing system ensured the quality of the weapons. The unearthed Qin soldiers can prove the quality of the weapons.
Therefore, the personal equipment of Chinese soldiers can almost be said to be luxurious. They have a collar of armor, a long soldier, a sword about one meter long, a bow and dozens of arrows, covering all kinds of combat distances, including long, medium and near.
The bow and arrow equipment is very unique. Arrows are a consumable item. Hundreds of thousands of arrows were fired in a battle, and only a few can be used directly after recovery. Western European countries cannot afford to consume them. They basically focus on melee combat.
Moreover, China’s military workshops even have a surplus of products. There are local arsenals in various places to store weapons, as well as central and central arsenals. Weapons are consumable items. With the scale of the Chinese army’s battles, regardless of victory or defeat in a battle, weapons are often worn out.
Tens of thousands, temporary production often takes several years to complete, so spare weapons are often produced in advance and stored in the arsenal, and the military workshop only needs to replenish the arsenal. During the Anshi Rebellion, the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, and the loss of soldiers and weapons was difficult
Counting, Feng Changqing arrived in Luoyang and had to temporarily recruit brave men. Within a few days, with only the equipment from the local arsenal in Luoyang, an army of 60,000 people was armed. In Chang'an, Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan successively recruited armed forces.
Recruiting nearly 100,000 troops, Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing relied on Hebei's local arsenal to recruit 200,000 troops after the Anlushan army passed through.
Sufficient national arsenals provide the basis for the temporary recruitment of large numbers of reserves. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, various countries recruited large numbers of reserves to participate in wars, which also relied on national arsenals. History books often describe the armies of various countries as "millions with halberds" and "millions with armor". It can be seen that
The amount of weapons stored in the arsenal is quite huge. However, due to financial resources and military-industrial systems in Western European countries, even temporary conscription is limited due to the lack of weapons and armor.
In addition, China's strong crossbow equipment is also quite large. In the unearthed Qin army's formation, a thousand-man team had two hundred crossbowmen. According to the excavation results of the Juyan Fortress in the Western Han Dynasty, among the Han army's defensive weapons,
Crossbows account for 60% of siege equipment that cannot be used in field battles and are not convenient for marching. They are generally made on site by craftsmen accompanying the army in the supply camp and burned after use. They do not participate in field marches.
Of course, when it came to the Wei Dynasty, a country that unexpectedly appeared, there were slight changes. Because of the strength of the four hereditary frontier armies, the court could not stop the four self-made weapons and equipment, so it came up with another idea: controlling the iron mines.
Take the current Yun family as an example. The weapons manufacturing factory owned by the Yun family has enough craftsmen. If they work at full capacity, their production capacity will probably be one or two points higher than that of the entire Liao Kingdom. However, since the iron mines are owned by the imperial court,
, but the imperial court limited the supply of iron ore to the Yun family, so the weapons production of the Yun family can almost maintain the scale of the current army. If there is a war with foreign enemies, the lost armor will need to be inspected by the imperial court, and then the imperial court will supply iron ore at its discretion.
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Yun Zheng's main battle thought for sending troops this time was "speed", so he was determined not to wear the heavy armor that Xiao He brought out, which was estimated to be about a hundred kilograms. Seeing Xiao He, he took it out one by one for himself to choose.
It was too slow, so I just went in and picked it myself. Finally, I chose a piece of plate armor that seemed a bit weird in this era, but quite in line with Yunzheng's aesthetics.
This set of plate armor was originally suitable for people of medium size. However, Yunzheng's height of 8.8 meters obviously did not fall into the "medium size" category, so after putting it on, he thought about it a little, and simply took off his coat.
Wear the plate armor outside your underwear, and then put on the robe and fur coat. It is much more comfortable and looks good.
Yun Zheng felt proud, Master, with the way I am dressed, others may not be able to tell that I have a "bulletproof vest" inside, and they must think that I am not wearing armor, hehe.
"Xiaohe, stay at home and wait for the young master to come back, then I can warm you up... Haha, the young master is gone!" Yunzheng strode away in a "cool" manner, with a righteous and awe-inspiring heroic spirit - if he had not secretly stretched out his hand and
If you touch that handful on Xiao He’s butt
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