The sound of iron hoofs crushed the leisurely elegance and emotion of this moment.
Even though the current emperor of Dangxiang is a member of the Mi Qin clan, everyone in Dangxiang knows very well that the fact that the Mi Qin clan is the king is just the result of the compromise of various royal families and the deliberate suppression of the Tuoba clan. In the land of Dangxiang,
The Tuoba family has always been a standing giant, looking at all the mountains and small ones.
The Tuoba clan's spirit is best reflected in front of the never-closed gate of the great city in front of them.
Even in the face of the Shaba coalition forces spreading like a sea in the wilderness, the gates of Darban City have never been closed. What's more, some caravans are still entering and exiting in an orderly manner.
When the sound of iron hoofbeats sounded in the city, a caravan passing through the city gate evaded to both sides.
The city gate of Darban City can accommodate ten troops marching together, and hundreds of cavalry rushed out of it. However, maintaining a straight line in the middle did not cause any trouble to the caravans on both sides.
The entrance to Darban City is not a smooth road. The Tanggur people who first built the city here did not expect that this would become the most important trade city in the future. From the entrance of Darban City downwards, there are more than
Hundreds of stone steps. Due to military considerations, the Tuoba clan has not made any changes to this in the past few decades. They only set up slings on the wall at the end of these stone steps.
Heavy cargo from caravans would be unloaded on the flat ground below the stone steps and then carried into the city using slings, even heavy ordnance.
These stone steps have been worn as smooth as jade by the foot traffic, and the water vapor seeping out of the city has even made these stone steps a thick layer of ice crust. Not many people fall down from these stone steps every year.
few.
The advantage is that these stone steps are also natural barriers for enemies who want to attack the city.
Especially some powerful siege ordnance, it is naturally difficult to cross these stone steps to pose a threat to the city wall. Even a catapult standing next to these stone steps can only pose a threat to the outermost city wall at most, but its range is not
It is impossible to touch the inner wall.
Tuoba also had a unique trick when it came to transporting some particularly heavy goods or ordnance. There were two water outlets carved into the shape of fish mouths on both sides of the city gate. As soon as the stone gate in the city was opened, these two water outlets would
There will be a steady stream of water spraying, and as long as a few wooden boards are laid to guide it, after a night of cold wind, two sloping ice surfaces will form on both sides of the stone steps.
Towed by a sling from above, the heavy cargo slides very smoothly on the ice.
The cavalry charged down the stone steps, and it was easy for them to stumble. However, the Tuoba clan's cavalry that rushed out of Darban City at this time fully demonstrated their powerful skills. All the cavalry marched on the ground as if they were on the ground.
Rushing down the steps, the iron hoofs crushed the thick ice shell, and at the same time there was a clear cracking sound, large clouds of ice shavings were thrown up.
The riders on the horses were jolting, but their bodies were controlled very rhythmically. From a distance, they looked like waves of wheat blown by the wind.
A rider on a horse is the most eye-catching, even exaggerated.
Both he and the horses beneath him can be described with the word "huge".
But what really makes people feel exaggerated is that the rider is wearing what seems to be a piece of true energy heavy armor!
This is indeed an exaggeration.
In the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, no practitioner wearing true energy heavy armor could ever ride a horse, because the weight of him and the armor alone could crush the horse the moment he mounted it.
If Lin Yi were to choose at this time, in order to save the physical strength of the wearer of the True Essence Heavy Armor and ensure the ability to quickly enter the battlefield, he would definitely choose Xia Ba Ying's Flame Pagoda.
But under the dim sunlight, the Tuoba general's armor was constantly flowing with regular halos, and circles of light yellow halo flowed inside the armor around his neck and joints. His armor
The surface, as these pale yellow haloes continue to flow, emit an increasingly dazzling golden light.
This rider had long hair, and most of his long hair flowed unruly from the back of his helmet, flying forward in the cold wind blowing from behind, and was dyed golden by the light emanating from his armor.
He was originally very tall and tall, but now wearing this golden Zhenyuan armor, he looked a full head taller than a normal adult man.
The war horse under him is covered in golden soft armor. This war horse is several feet taller than ordinary war horses! When its hoofs are raised, the hoofs of the other horses raised behind it are so small that they look ridiculous.
"Tuoba Hongyan is not at the high level of Chengtian Realm."
Looking at this extremely exaggerated rider, Xia Baying didn't have much respect in her eyes. She just said lightly: "Wearing such a conspicuous golden unicorn heavy armor specially made by the Northern Wei Dynasty, if it really comes to your Southern Dynasty or Northern Wei Dynasty,
On the battlefield, I’m afraid I won’t survive the first battle at all?”
"Golden Qilin Heavy Armor?" Lin Yi was slightly startled. For him, this was a completely unfamiliar name. He knew almost all the heavy armors of the Southern Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty, even some true essence heavy armors that were difficult to see on the battlefield.
, he should have heard the name of even the True Essence Heavy Armor that had been eliminated decades ago, but he seemed to have never heard the name of the Golden Qilin Heavy Armor.
"The Tuoba clan has a blood relationship with the Northern Wei royal family. The Northern Wei army borrowed passages from Dangxiang territory many times before, and the Northern Wei Dynasty also gave many benefits to the Tuoba clan. This heavy armor was personally given to Tuoba Hongyan by the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Seeing Lin Yi's confusion, a Xiaba general explained softly beside him: "Tuoba Hongyan is the third son of Tuoba Honglie, the leader of the Tuoba clan. He is not one of Tuoba Honglie's sons.
The most outstanding, but when he was born, the ancestral land of the Tuoba clan happened to have a golden glow, just like the flame brought by the golden unicorn in the Tuoba clan. The main totems of the Tuoba clan were the unicorn and the bear, so Tuoba Hong was born.
It was considered to be an auspicious omen at the time. In fact, if nothing happens, the position of leader of the Tuoba clan should be inherited by Tuoba Honglie's eldest son Tuoba Hongkang in the future, because Tuoba Hongkang is not only cultivating but also handling relations within the clan.
They are far ahead of the others, but Tuoba Hongyan is very likely to become the high priest of the Tuoba clan. That is, the priest who is in charge of all the Tuoba clan's pretense. His role should be regarded as a religious leader in your Southern Dynasties, and his status is extraordinary. So.
The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty did not give Tuoba Hongkang a special True Essence Armor at that time, but gave him a special one. This Golden Qilin True Essence Heavy Armor is said to be unique and specially made. It borrowed some designs and some of the Kunpeng Heavy Armor.
It is specially made from rare materials. Not to mention our party, there is no other one even in the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Lin Yi listened very seriously, but when he heard the Xiaba tribe general finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile, and he understood why Xiaba Ying had such a tone just now.
Ordinary people may not understand, but people like him know very well that even the most ordinary main battle Zhenyuan Heavy Armor, from material selection to manufacturing, has to go through countless rounds of modifications and adjustments, and is refined and refined.
It even needs to be put on the battlefield for trial use so that it can be continuously improved and finally finished.
This process can take as little as ten or eight years, or as long as several decades. It is unknown how much hard work of craftsmen and practitioners it will cost, and even many lives.
To specifically create a piece of True Essence Heavy Armor, and only one piece, is really a loss for a dynasty and a workshop. In fact, there is absolutely no workshop that would research and manufacture it specifically for someone.
A piece of heavy armor.
This kind of improvement of heavy armor that has not been tested by time and actual combat may also have many weaknesses and problems, and it is simply unable to adapt to the extremely cruel duel between true essence heavy armors.
Therefore, this golden unicorn heavy armor looks extremely majestic. It is said that it was made based on the Kunpeng Heavy Armor, the strongest true element heavy armor in the Northern Wei Dynasty. But in fact, there is only one possibility. This heavy armor is either a failed experiment of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Or it was the product of the trial production of a certain piece of heavy armor.
Lin Yi himself had actually fought with the Kunpeng Heavy Armor. If Lin Yi was to judge objectively, at this time, the Golden Qilin Heavy Armor and the Kunpeng Heavy Armor seemed to have nothing in common, not even the temperament at first sight.
It's completely different.
At first glance, the Kunpeng heavy armor gives people a feeling of being unparalleled and domineering, but this golden unicorn heavy armor does not give people that domineering feeling. Instead, it gives people an extraordinarily rich and luxurious feeling.
Bai Yuelu concealed herself well at this time, and no one paid attention to her at this time.
Wrapped in a thick crimson cloak unique to the Xiaba tribe, she seemed to be no different from Xiaba Ying's maids.
But she is the one who knows the origin and depth of this heavy armor best.
When it came to doing business, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was comparable to the most cunning businessman.
This golden unicorn heavy armor is actually not comparable to the Kunpeng heavy armor.
If there is a connection, this heavy armor is actually related to the Shenjiu Mountain Armor of Jiankang Yingtianfang in the Southern Dynasties.
It's a pity that this relationship is so slight that it can even be described as failure.
In the early years of Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty took advantage of the unstable situation in the Southern Dynasty and caused a lot of friction with the Southern Dynasty on the border. However, in one of the battles, three thousand elite troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty were completely annihilated during a raid on a Southern Dynasty earth city.
, that earth city actually happened to have only two hundred Southern Dynasty sergeants passing through, but coincidentally, among those two hundred Southern Dynasty sergeants, there was the famous Southern Dynasty general Qiu Fengyu, and he happened to be one of the owners of the Southern Dynasty Divine Prison Mountain Armor.
The Kunpeng Heavy Armor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was actually used against the Divine Prison Mountain Armor of the Southern Dynasty. Before that, the Northern Wei Dynasty had suffered enough from the Divine Prison Mountain Armor, and that battle made the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty feel heartbroken.
For three years, the Northern Wei Dynasty tried every means to obtain a piece of the Divine Prison Mountain Armor for research, but even the fragments of the Divine Prison Mountain Armor were not obtained by the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the end, all they could get was a piece of the Divine Prison Armor.
Illustration of the trial production process of mountain armor.
A group of outstanding craftsmen in the Northern Wei Dynasty spent several years researching, but the final result was the golden unicorn heavy armor worn on Tuoba Hongyan at this time. This golden unicorn heavy armor had so many shortcomings that among them
Several craftsmen felt that they could hang themselves out of shame.
In the end, they came to the conclusion that this catalog was probably the earliest prototype of the Divine Prison Armor, and it was a drawing that had long been rejected.
In fact, this catalog is probably not that bad, but the key point is that the Northern Wei Dynasty did not have all the materials on this drawing, and they could not understand some runes clearly, so they made corresponding changes.
As a result, this heavy armor had to be modified both in terms of materials and runes, and eventually turned into something that made them ashamed and incomprehensible.