In the next period of time, the Kaiping Guards began a vigorous military training. Due to the basic formation training in the early stage, the practice of the phalanx went much faster than expected. The soldiers quickly entered the state, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner. Running and chasing
, the formation is not chaotic.
About a month later, the training of the Kaiping Guards has been basically completed. Jia Ke decided to conduct a simulation exercise to see the actual combat cooperation of the three parts of the Kaiping Guards, the archers, the phalanx soldiers, and the cavalry in the field, in order to observe
Can the current phalanx achieve the expected goals in actual combat?
As soon as he had this idea, Jia Ke decided to implement it immediately, because time waits for no one. According to the usual practice in previous years, after a while, the Tatars will take advantage of the autumn to invade south, and then Kaipingwei will be the first to bear the brunt.
.So now we must seize all the time to form combat effectiveness and even improve combat effectiveness.
Because there are two Deputy Qianhu, when discussing matters in Kaipingwei, we no longer need to recruit all the Hundreds at every turn like before. Now the general situation is that Jia Ke recruits two Deputy Qianhu, and the three of them discuss it.
.Once a consensus is reached, execute it at full position.
That afternoon, Jia Ke summoned Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng to Qianhu Mansion. The three of them discussed the proposal of price exercises in Jia Ke's study.
In fact, it can't be called a discussion. Brother Jia proposed to conduct an exercise in three days. Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng gave unconditional support, and the meeting was over.
This situation occurs entirely because Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng have regarded themselves as Jia Ke's die-hard confidants, and they will now implement Jia Ke's words unconditionally.
Once the decision was made at the meeting, the team quickly started moving. Three days later, on the grassland in the north, Kaiping Wei conducted its first drill in its history.
The exercise was commanded by Jia Ke, with Feng Mo and Kaipingwei commanding two Macedonian phalanxes respectively as the backbone.
At the beginning, the phalanx of archers kept firing at the imaginary enemy in front, while the cavalry team simulated the prairie cavalry. From the initial shooting to the final approach to the archers, they could fire a total of fifteen rounds. They could win 1,500 arrows.
, then the archers moved to the rear of the Macedonian phalanx, and the cavalry formally faced a dense mass of spears. They were unable to advance, and they could not retreat. In the end, they suffered very heavy losses. They were almost completely wiped out.
In this exercise, the powerful power of the Macedonian phalanx was fully demonstrated. Once the phalanx was set up, the cavalry could hardly move forward. Not only did they have to face the spears that the Macedonian phalanx kept attacking, they also had to face the Macedonian phalanx.
From behind, the archers kept firing.
But in this exercise, a huge flaw of the team was also exposed, that is, none of the people were wearing armor. When facing the steppe cavalry, the steppe cavalry kept firing bows and arrows at the Macedonian phalanx.
When there is actual contact, many people in the phalanx may have fallen. If the prairie cavalry were smarter and kept wandering around the Macedonian phalanx to shoot on horseback, they would still be attacked by archers.
But without the help of cavalry, the Macedonian phalanx would suffer heavy losses.
Jia Ke had no idea what to do about this situation, so he called together two deputy Qianhu, and the three of them worked together to find a solution. But they had no clue, and they couldn't conjure armor out of thin air.
The Macedonian phalanx, without the protection of armor, still has a strong combat capability, but it will also suffer heavy casualties. This hidden danger must be resolved.
Jia Ke sent the two deputy Qianhu away and walked around the study, irritable. The more irritable he became, the more he had no choice. The more he had no choice, the angrier he became. Suddenly he picked up the sword hanging on the wall and
I looked at the books on the bookshelf angrily.
That's when he soon discovered that the sword could continuously cut these books made of paper. You must know that Jia Ke is extremely powerful now. Although he does not use all his strength, each sword is very powerful, but in many cases he can cut
Impenetrable to these books made of paper.
Jia Ke suddenly thought that before traveling through time, he had seen a piece of news in the news, saying that ancient China made paper armor to equip the army for combat.
I was very curious at the time and read some information on this topic.
According to the data, China is the country that invented papermaking. The ancient Chinese used paper in various ways with incredible wisdom. Making armor is one of the great inventions.
After thinking about the general method of making paper armor for a long time, Jia Ke remembered something. Probably, paper armor is made from paper. To make paper armor, the paper is first stacked thickly, and then beaten into three inches.
Thick, and then nails are driven into some special positions, and then these small pieces of armor are connected with silk threads, and finally cut into a complete armor. If this kind of armor is soaked in water, it can not only withstand the shooting of bows and arrows, but even fire cannons.
.
Although paper armor also has the disadvantage of short lifespan, paper armor is low-cost, light-weight, and easy to make, so it has become Jia Ke's current first choice. Let's be honest, there is still a certain gap in the defensive power of paper armor compared to iron armor.
But at this stage, something is better than nothing.
So Jia Ke decided to gather all the craftsmen from Kaipingwei and try to make a few pieces to see if they can be used. If they can be used normally, they will be promoted throughout the army.
Jia Ke didn't waste any time. He wrote down the rough steps for making paper armor on a piece of paper, and then took the piece of paper to the craftsman's camp in Kaipingwei.
The system of this dynasty was inherited from the previous dynasty. The craftsman household had no freedom in life. The identity of the craftsman household was inherited by the son after the death of the father. Moreover, except for the salt and grain distributed by the government and the occasional clothing reward, there was no other income. Therefore, life was difficult, and food and clothing were difficult.
If they don't give it, it often happens that their children are pledged.
The Jianghu Camp in Kaipingwei is no exception. When Jia Ke and Liu Yu came to the Jianghu Camp, they saw that sewage was flowing across the ground and the houses on both sides were all shanties. It was already autumn, but the craftsmen in the Jianghu Camp were all
Still wearing unlined clothes, it seems that the exploitation and oppression of craftsmen in this era was very heavy.
The ordinary craftsmen in the craftsman's camp saw Jia Ke coming and immediately notified the head of the craftsman's camp. After a while, the head of the craftsman's camp ran to Jia Ke and immediately knelt down when he saw Jia Ke.
He kowtowed and said humbly: "Master Qianhu, if you have anything to do, just let me come over. I don't need your precious steps to come to us."
Jia Ke saw that he was well-dressed, and his face was red, which was very different from those ordinary craftsmen. So he said to him impatiently: "Get up, come here, I have something to tell you. Is there anyone here who is clean?"
The place?"
The head of the camp quickly said to Jia Ke: "Sir, in front of you is the lobby of the Jianghu Camp. If you have anything to do, you can give me your humble duties there."
So the head of the camp led the way, and Jia Ke followed behind. They came to a fairly neat building. Jia Ke sat on a big chair in the center of the room. The head of the camp was beside him.
Jia Ke asked the camp leader: "Can our Kaipingwei make armor?"
The battalion leader replied: "We open the Pingwei. Although there are some craftsmen, they can only repair various armors, swords and guns. When it comes to production, firstly, there is a shortage of iron materials. Secondly, there are also big flaws in the skills of the craftsmen.
It is possible if it is made by force. But firstly, it is expensive, and secondly, the manufacturing time is too long.”
Jia Ke nodded. Although this battalion leader seemed to have some corruption, he was still relatively capable. At least he did not blindly agree with Shangguan, and his words were still very realistic.
Jia Ke took out the paper armor making method he had written and asked at the same time: "Look at the method I mentioned, can it be made successfully? You have to look carefully and think carefully, and don't jump to conclusions immediately."
After saying that, he handed the paper to him, and the camp leader took it. He stood in the hall and looked at it carefully.