I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 119 Appear, new arms!
In any era, if you want to do anything, you need the blessing of status. What kind of identity to do what kind of thing is an absolutely correct truth; if the identity does not match, do not mention whether you have the ability to do something Impossibility of smooth travel and difficulty in becoming a law will be the greatest possibility.

In layman's terms, as a commoner who knows how to govern the country, no one is willing to listen to it; as a leader, it is different, and the blessing brought by the official position is very important.

Therefore, mastering "name" and "vessel" is so important!

"'Scholars' and 'disciples' want to know whether Gongsun's new law can be applied to them." Zai Yu ran over one day and asked.

When Zhiyao promulgated the new law, he did not specify which group it was for. Even if someone could understand it, they still had guesses, and they still wanted to get a clear answer.

Jaeyu, who is very talkative, not only makes friends with nobles, but also has frequent contacts with any class, and his friends are of all kinds.

"Zhi's Tongtong, his family doesn't ask." Zhiyao replied.

It's not that Zhiyao made the decision without authorization. Before promulgating the new law, he obtained the consent of Zhixuan and the approval of Zhishen.

It seems that Zhiyao is only clearly announcing the channels for advancement, and the most important thing is the clear requirement of "promotion", and it no longer issues rewards in the mood of a leader.This is very important, and it's not like no one has thought about it. What they want is to be able to reward and punish according to their mood, and they have not set detailed rules for the terms and conditions of the promotion channel.

Walking over, Zhi Xuwu, who happened to hear just what to say, paused, thinking: "I don't know what the follow-up impact of the new law will be, but the enthusiasm of the soldiers who learned the new law is obviously higher in training."

that's for sure!

After all, more people will have a stronger fighting spirit for the goals they can see.

Zhi Xuwu came to report that a new batch of weapons had been shipped.

"It's known to everyone that my family transported goods to Hukou. Gongsun, it's hard to hide the military training here for a long time." Zhi Xuwu said.

Zhiyao said indifferently: "There is no need for Qi to use troops like this. His family naturally has a lot of guesswork. So what if I know that I am here to train troops."

There are only a few families who have the guts to send people to spy on them. Once the spies are caught by the old Zhi family, they will not only give an explanation, but also make concessions in certain places in the future.Under such a rule, unless it is necessary, each family will at most pay attention and will not act on the idea of ​​sending someone to spy.

Zhiyao has been waiting for this batch of equipment for a long time.

One after another, ox carts or horse-drawn carts entered the valley through the long trail, unloaded their goods, and then went out again in a long queue.

Because only some hardcover goods are packed and transported, the rest are tied up and placed directly on the vehicle and covered with cloth. After unloading, you can see a large number of spears, spears, long-handled machetes, horse-cutting swords, and spear axes. Some bows, crossbows and arrows for bows, crossbows for crossbows, and then there are armors such as leather armor, paper armor, wooden armor and various shields.

Those are unpacked goods, many boxes are filled with wild goose feather knives, and more boxes are filled with iron breastplates and leather related protective gear.

Yes, Baisteel can be produced in small quantities in Zhiyao, and carburizing steel has also been discovered, but the output of the two is extremely worrying, and can only be used to make a small amount of high-quality weapons. Zhiyao chose to make wild goose Lingdao.

As for the breastplate?It is not made of carburized steel, nor is it made of pure steel, it is forged from pig iron.

Zhiyao hasn't been to "Father Huang" for a long time. It's just that someone took the finished paper armor to report again and again, and improved it according to the requirements again and again, and finally finalized it.

Why make paper armor?It sounds very low-level.

However, in fact, the manufacture of paper armor in the Spring and Autumn Period was the most extravagant, and paper armor was very effective in defending against long-range weapons, even flintlock guns.The defensive effect against swords and swords is not inferior to that of iron armor, but its durability is not as good as that of iron armor.

To put it bluntly, paper armor is not weak at all, the worry is that it will not be used for a long time, and don't think that paper armor will be very afraid of water.You must know that the area where it has been used the most since its appearance is in the south, and many places in the south rain more frequently than in the north, especially the Shi Zai navy also used paper armor extensively!

The paper armor of Laozhi's family is made of paper and silk.In fact, the cost of using kapok will be lower, but Jin does not have kapok trees.The kapok in Zhuxia is mainly concentrated in the southwestern coast, and it is not known whether it is a local species or when it was introduced.

Since Zhiyao has mass-produced the paper armor and is going to put it on the market, the product must have gone through various tests and is a ready-to-use product.

"Wooden armor is used for training. If there is any shortage, cut down trees on the spot to make up for it." The wooden armor sent by Zhiyao is the stock of Lao Zhi's family, and it will no longer be used in the future.

Zhishi is a big family, it is impossible not to have an arsenal.The existence of the arsenal is more for the purpose of arming after recruiting "Xian", but when it comes to "Soldiers" and "Disciples", they will arm themselves.

In the future, the paper armor will become the most stocked armor of the old Zhi family. If the wooden armor is not used up in training, the wooden armor will only rot in the arsenal after a long time.

The transported weapons contain a large amount of bronze metal. The reason is the same as the existence of wooden armor. Once Zhiyao increases the number of smelting workshops to a certain number, even if steel cannot be mass-produced, pig iron will start to replace bronze weapons.

Now Zhiyao is looking at weapons. Among them, bronze weapons are spears, spears and swords, and only machetes and spear axes are made of pig iron.

How could Chunqiu know how to cut a horse sword?In fact, it appeared very early. Of course, it was made of bronze in the early stage. It was only in the Han Dynasty that iron horse-cutting swords began to be used in large quantities.This is related to the target of the war. The main opponent of the Han army from the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has become the northern barbarians, and the weapons chosen must be more aimed at cavalry.

There is no Ge among the weapons shipped, the reason is of course that Zhiyao found that Ge has begun to be unsuitable for the battlefield of today's era.

The real situation is that in the early Warring States period, the simple ge was eliminated by various countries, and it was replaced by the lance with "spear".

In this regard, Chu State was ahead of the other countries in the Central Plains. They started to fight and popularize the battle of war very early. On the contrary, the countries in the Central Plains did not take action until they entered the Warring States Period.

"Should I train the cavalry?" Zhiyao had been confused for a long time.

There is no shortage of horses in the countries of the Central Plains, and the difference lies in the quantity and quality held by each family.

For example, a long time ago, among all the families in Jin State, the Zhao family and the Hu family had the most horses; later, the Fox family separated from the Jin country, and the Zhao family and the Wei family owned the most horses.

Why does the Wei family have a large number of horses?They are very Rong people and have a long history of friendship, especially in the Wei Shu era when they did the "He Rong" business.

Therefore, the Zhao family's horses were bred by themselves, while the Wei family's horses came from trade with the Rong people.

Although the Zhi family is not comparable to the Zhao family and the Wei family in terms of the number of horses it owns, it does not mean that the Zhi family owns very few horses.

If the Zhi clan really lacked horses to a certain extent, how did they build so many chariots?
"The reason why I hesitate is purely because of the horses at home, their quality is really worrying!" Zhiyao was very helpless.

Take the engagement between Zhiyao and Fenying this time as an example, Mrs. Zhao gave a thousand horses, most of which were obviously better than Mrs. Zhi's horses.

Based on the average data, Zhishi's horse has an average back height of about 1.1 meters. It is good in terms of endurance, but it does not have any explosive power, so it is obviously not suitable for use as cavalry.

I don't know whether it was Zhao's deliberate selection, or their horse breeding skills are very good. The average back height of a thousand horses is 1.2 meters ten, and their endurance and explosive power are much better than Zhi's horses.

Don't underestimate the fact that the height of the horse's back is only ten centimeters more!
Riding a horse with a back height of 1.1 meters ten, the rider may land on both feet, and at least ten centimeters more can still swing.

When are cavalry most ferocious?Of course it's time for their group to charge.Therefore, for the cavalry, the explosive power of the horse is very important!

The horses obtained from the Zhao family were arranged by Zhiyao to the west bank of the Yellow River north of the "Zhi" land.That place is not yet part of the Qin State, but belongs to the Zhi Clan's sphere of influence. Since there is no development at all, it belongs to the original ecology. The most important thing is the plain terrain, which is very suitable for horse herding.

Zhiyao has asked Zhishi's people who are good at handling horses to choose from among them, pick out the highest quality stallions and mares, and try to breed better horses.

"Knife shield? Spear shield?"

Zhixuwu and Zilu are a little fascinated by Zhiyao's insistence on training arms with shields.

They still know how to write "knife" and what it means from Zhiyao.

A machete in one hand and a tower shield in the other; a spear in one hand and a buckler in the other.These are the two arms that Zhiyao wants to try to train.

In fact, the long-handled machete has a shorter handle, otherwise it can be regarded as a closed knife.With such a weapon, plus a tower shield, it was regarded as a kind of simple sword in the Han Dynasty.

Because there is really no concept, Zhixu Wu and Zilu just showed surprise, and they have to see the actual effect later before expressing other opinions.

Zhiyao simply asked someone to come over and dress and arm on the spot.

With the existence of the "model" and Zhiyao's teaching of the initial method of use, Zhixu Wu and Zilu, who are very good at military affairs, figured it out a little bit at once.

"If the handle of the knife is a little shorter, it might be better to match it with a round shield?" Zilu said.

Zhiyao thought: "A very traditional sword and shield soldier? You don't need to practice this. Every family has this kind of soldier specially used to break the 'array line'."

The difference is that those soldiers' weapons are short spears or swords, and shields are a must.

Understand what is going on, Zhiyao showed off a new type of army... No, the Xia and Shang dynasties already had units with heavy weapons, but the soldiers in the Xia and Shang dynasties used "axes", which Zhiyao made out The most are spearmen.

Zhi Xuwu and Zilu saw that the spear and ax held by the gun ax soldier had spear parts, and the ax looked very heavy. The "model" was wearing a breastplate and related accessories.

At this moment, both Zhixuwu and Zilu were thinking: "Just looking at it is very cruel!"

(End of this chapter)