Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 272 Plate armor is different from plate armor

Hearing these words made people very uncomfortable, especially Li Yuanji, who was jealous of General Tiance, he said dissatisfied: "Doesn't that mean that this king will never be able to surpass King Qin in his lifetime?"

"Wrong." Xue Deyin criticized his mistake.

"Wrong?" Li Yuanji turned to look at him, "Where is this king wrong?"

Xue Deyin said: "Your Majesty, no matter how strong the King of Qin is now, he is still the King of Qin, not the prince. Unless the prince dies suddenly, the King of Qin will always be the King of Qin. Taking a step back, even if the King can surpass the King of Qin one day, the King of Qin is the second Son, and the king is the fourth son, there is still a big gap."

No matter how stupid Li Yuanji was, he could tell that Xue Deyin was hinting at him.

"What do you mean?"

Xue Deyin said indifferently: "The crown prince's foundation is in the court, not in the army. King Qin's foundation is both in the court and in the army. If His Highness wants to leap into the dragon's gate, he must defeat the king of Qin, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

Defeat King Qin?

Fishing over the dragon's gate?

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji's eyes burst into light.

He doesn't care about brotherhood. To him, the second brother is just the second brother, which has no special meaning.

What's more, this second brother is still his deadly enemy.

"Please sir teach me."

"It's easy to say." Xue Deyin chuckled.

Don't worry, I will teach you well.

Weihe Workshop.

Under Li Zhiyun's supervision, the hydraulic forging hammer was finally completed, the water wheel was running well, and the plate armor was cast piece by piece, at a speed far faster than the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.

"How many are there now?" Li Zhiyun knocked on the plate armor and asked Yuwen Rutong beside him.

"More than two thousand pieces."

Li Zhiyun nodded and continued to inspect.

More than two thousand pieces are naturally not all the plate armor parts of the whole body, but only the upper body armor. He still dare not cast it on a large scale.

Looking at it all the way, Li Zhiyun is quite satisfied. The workshop has already started to build the other two waterwheels. When it is completed, the work efficiency will be greatly improved.At that time, it is trivial to arm a plate armor army that is not inferior to the Xuanjia army.

In addition, soap workshops, sugar workshops, looms and other things have been gradually completed, and they are only waiting for Li Zhiyun's order to manufacture on a large scale.

However, he won't do that now.

Low key!

On the school field, Yu Chigong was wearing full body armor, like an 'iron man'.

The biggest feature of plate armor is that it has many parts.Different from traditional armor, plate armor is completely made of parts according to various parts of the human body, which can perfectly cover the human body.

It can be called the ancient version of armored warriors.

Yu Chigong moved his limbs and found that there was no restriction, then picked up the horse, turned on the horse, practiced on the horse, and felt that there was no problem.

Seeing this, Qin Qiong also began to put on the plate armor under Li Zhiyun's signal.

This thing is different from wearing armor. It can be put on by one person without help.After a while, Qin Qiong put on the plate armor, bowed to Li Zhiyun, and then rode to Yuchi Gong on horseback.

The two generals practiced on the school field and fought very fiercely.

"Uncle Fang, can you see anything?" Li Zhiyun asked.

Xie Shufang stared at it for a while, and said, "It's very simple, and the arms can be used freely."

Li Zhiyun nodded.

After a while, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong came back one after another.

"Your Highness." The two lifted their visors at the same time, revealing a pair of eyes.

Li Zhiyun asked: "What do you think?"

Qin Qiong took the lead and said: "It's very light, even lighter than Mingguang armor, but it doesn't seem to be strong enough. In the end, it can kill the person wearing this armor with a single spear." Since Qin Qiong was still wearing a helmet, his words were buzzing.

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun rolled his eyes, isn't this nonsense, in the entire Tang Dynasty, how many people can hold your horse?

"Jingde, what do you think?"

Yuchi Gong said: "It can defend against ordinary arrows, but if it encounters a bed crossbow such as the rhubarb crossbow, it may not be able to block it."

Li Zhiyun said: "Yes, although the plate armor is light and has a certain defensive power, there is indeed a problem with its hardness."

Hearing this, Qin Qiong frowned and said: "Your Highness, if you say that, isn't this armor useless?"

Useless?

For the elite, wearing this kind of plate armor is naturally impossible to exert their maximum strength, and it is also impossible to become a special unit like the Xuanjia Army.

But the problem is that Li Zhiyun never planned to use this kind of light plate armor to create a unit comparable to the Xuanjia Army from the very beginning.

Because it's not realistic.

"What do you think will happen if you use this kind of plate armor to arm an army of [-] people?" Li Zhiyun asked.

Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong looked at each other and said in unison: "The world is invincible."

Although both of them think that this kind of plate armor is not particularly strong, if there is a [-] soldiers and horses fully armed with this kind of plate armor, what is it if it is not invincible?
You know, ordinary soldiers still wear cloth armor now!
And once hundreds of thousands of people wear this kind of plate armor and charge in the field, they can almost ignore the opponent's sword.

It should be noted that in today's world, the military power of the Tang Dynasty is the strongest, but the Tang Dynasty has no way to arm every soldier, let alone other forces, even the Turks can't do it!
This is what Li Zhiyun wanted. When the quantitative change caused the qualitative change, the disadvantage of the plate armor would be covered up.

Now he has a hydraulic forging hammer to forge a plate armor of [-] people, but it is only a matter of time.Think about it, one hundred thousand cloth armor soldiers against one hundred thousand plate armor soldiers, who is stronger without considering other factors?

Think about it again, if a Turkic who is proficient in riding and archery encounters a plate armor cavalry army of tens of thousands, who will win?
This is the change brought about by productivity!
In the eyes of others, plate armor is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive to build, but Li Zhiyun can perfectly avoid it, because he can use water power to minimize labor costs.Save time, effort and money!

Qin Qiong said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not easy to forge this armor. Arming one hundred thousand people, it can't be done in a short time, right?"

He felt that it was not only impossible, but also a bit like a dream.Because although this kind of plate armor looks rough, it has many parts, and I am afraid that it takes no less than Mingguang armor to build.

Li Zhiyun smiled and did not explain.

It is impossible for others to do it, but he can do it easily.As long as there is enough iron ore and enough hydraulic forging hammers, it can be forged day and night, and it will definitely be produced within a year or two.

At this time, Yuwen Rutong came over with someone.

"Your Highness, the heavy plate armor is here."

Heavy plate armor?
Hearing the words, all the generals cast their eyes on Yuwen Rutong's back.

Behind him, more than a dozen people carried two pairs of plate armor identical to those of Qin Qiong and Yu Chi Gong.

However, the thickness is visible to the naked eye.

Li Zhiyun asked: "How much does a pair weigh?"

"Sixty-five catties."

"Who will try it on?" Li Zhiyun asked.

"I'm coming!" The generals shouted at the same time.

Li Zhiyun picked Cheng Yaojin and Xie Shufang to come out and try them on.

After the two of them got dressed, just looking at their appearance, they were no different from Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong.

But when walking, the sound of dull footsteps surprised everyone.

"How?" Yuchi Gong asked.

Cheng Yaojin chuckled, and suddenly punched Yu Chigong in the chest, with a bang, Yu Chigong took a step back.

"Dog thief!"

Yu Chigong was furious, and punched Cheng Yaojin's breastplate with his backhand, and there was another bang, Cheng Yaojin also took two steps back.

But everyone's expressions changed again and again.

Because of Yuchi Gong's strength?What kind of strength is Cheng Yaojin?
"Haha, it doesn't hurt!" Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, "Black thief, come again!"

After speaking, he rushed over.

"Come on!"

Yu Chigong didn't fear him, he just punched him.

The two were on the school field, one was wearing heavy plate armor and the other was wearing light plate armor, and they began to fight hand-to-hand.

(End of this chapter)