I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 122, Ceramic Armor

The fighters from both sides clashed with each other for three rounds on the grass, and a large number of soldiers would fall in each round.

Li Gang rode on a horse, drenched in blood, fighting ferociously, with the steel sword in his hand again, fast into lightning, as long as he fought against Li Gang, all the barbarians were killed by him with a single blow.Most of the other Han cavalry were like this. When the sword went down, the Xianbei cavalry was hacked to death even with the sword.

Luo Luoheng realized that the situation of the Xianbei people was at a disadvantage, and a large number of Xianbei soldiers fell under the horse. He saw the brave and invincible Li Gang chasing him on horseback, and wanted to kill Li Gang to reverse the situation. He looked at Li Gang with his heavy sword , Li Gang also raised his knife and looked at Luo Heng.

The two slashed eleven knives in a row. Li Gang forcibly saw Luo Luoheng's sword cut off. Then, taking advantage of Luo Luoheng's unarmed situation, he cut Luo Luoheng with a one-foot-long bloody mouth. Luo Heng stabbed Li Gang with the broken knife, but the broken knife couldn't pierce Li Gang's armor at all, and there was no way to hurt Li Gang.

"Good knife" Luo Heng glanced at Li Gang's steel knife, and then he staggered off his horse.

What happened to Luo Luoheng was a common situation encountered by Xianbei fighters. Their sabers could only be bounced off when they hit the iron armor.

Even a soldier without iron armor is still a layer of leather armor, a layer of rattan armor, and a layer of silk inner armor inside. Rattan armor and silk inner armor don't matter, but leather armor is not just a simple cowhide armor.

When Xu Wei was unable to manufacture a large amount of iron armor in a short period of time, he thought of the ceramic armor technology in a novel. Of course, instead of firing ceramics into armor, he fired ceramics into small pieces, and then Use these small pieces of ceramic pieces to inlay on the leather armor, just like the armor of the big man.

Old man Wang and the others don't believe that armor made of ceramics is useful. This thing shatters when touched, so how could it be used to make armor?

But Xu Wei knew that this should be useful. In modern body armor, steel plates are no longer used, but ceramic inserts are used. Obviously, ceramics are more effective than steel in defending against bullets, but everyone is disturbed by the fragile characteristics of ceramics. No, I never thought of using ceramics to make armor.

Because of the temperature problem in this era, there are only pottery, and porcelain has not yet appeared because of the temperature.

Here Xu Wei has to be thankful that he lit up the technology tree in advance and produced coke. The burning temperature of coke is much higher than that of coal, which has reached the temperature of firing ceramics. Mayi already has a small amount of experience in firing ceramics. And ceramic chips are not difficult things, and hundreds of thousands of them can be fired in one furnace.

Then he found workers, made more than a dozen pieces of ceramic armor, and then used swords to test the defensive power of these armors.

As a result, people were surprised to find that the defensive power of these ceramic armors is not much worse than that of iron armor, and the elasticity of ceramic armor is greater, making it easier to bounce off the opponent's sword. Facing such ceramic armor on the battlefield, the enemy will go down with a single blow. , it is very likely that even the knife was blown away, because during the experiment, several soldiers did not hold the knife tightly, and directly bounced the knife.

The weight of the armor made of ceramics is only one-third of that of iron armor. Of course, the only flaw is that such ceramic pieces are very easy to break, after a war.These ceramic armors will be inlaid with tiles again. (I checked the information and found that the hardness of ceramics is twice that of steel. Of course, because it is too brittle, it is very easy to break, but this defect can be solved by making small ceramic pieces. The ancient craftsmen never thought of using Ceramics are used to make armor, they even made paper armor, they never thought about ceramics, what a great loss to our Celestial Dynasty.)
But Xu Wei felt that this difficulty could be overcome. At worst, some ceramic pieces were fired in advance and distributed to the soldiers so that they could see where they were broken and where they could be repaired. This would not solve the problem.

And the advantages of ceramic armor are too many, firing ceramic pieces in one furnace is enough to equip thousands of sets of armor, which is economical and has a large quantity. It's a piece of ceramic armor.

These three layers of armor are enough to defend against most attacks. Most of the Xianbei fighters were defended against the attack. Only a few unlucky ones fell directly under the horse, so Li Gang and the others suffered few casualties.

The Xianbei people can't even have a piece of leather armor, but Li Gang's cavalry has stronger and sharper steel knives than Bailian Dao.After several confrontations between the two sides, thousands of Xianbei cavalry fell to the ground.

Luo Luo Bu Po saw that one-third of his elite was missing, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and blow the horn to retreat!"

"Woo, woo, woo!"

The Xianbei cavalry didn't have much to do. After hearing the order to retreat, they immediately turned their horses and fled to their side.

Li Gang was overjoyed when he saw the Xianbei fleeing, "Everyone take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely defeat the Xianbei army!"

At this moment, he heard the sound of Ming Jin retreating from the rear.

Li Gang had no choice but to shout: "Everyone go back! Take all the injured brothers back!"

Then both sides of the battle returned to their own formations one after another.

Luo Luo Bupo counted the number of troops, and found that half of his warriors were lost on the battlefield in a short period of time, and even his most heroic nephew Luo Luo Heng died on the battlefield.

He said angrily: "Who said that Lei Gong's subordinates are all mobs? They are also called mobs. Then what are we Xianbei warriors!"

The others didn't dare to answer, but looked at Luo Luo Bu Po and got angry!
They were also shocked by the scene just now. The battle between the two sides just now was not fake at all. Lei Gong's men forcibly defeated one of the most elite cavalry of the Xianbei people.

Riding and fighting is the foundation of their Xianbei country. If they can't even compare with the Han people, how can the Xianbei dominate the grassland!At this time, these tribal leaders are in a state of broken three views.

Half a day later, Luo Bupo took a few deep breaths to recover, and said to his subordinates: "Lei Gong's subordinates are extremely elite, we can't fight recklessly, and our army will continue to surround Lei Gong's troops like a lone wolf. Let them have no way to go all out! Send someone to inform Da Khan and them that the Lei Gong's elite is abnormal, we can't delay for a few days, let them speed up the attack on the city, break through Pingcheng Wubao as soon as possible, and fight Lei Gong on this grassland!"

Then he looked at Wang Yong's cavalry and said: "Now we retreat!"

After speaking, he took the lead to leave the battlefield that made him sad.

The other leaders and Xianbei soldiers also retreated after him.

Divide the words!

After winning the first battle, Wang Yong and the others, both officers and soldiers, were beaming and their morale was high. At first, they were worried that the Xianbei people were too powerful to win, but after this battle, both the officers and soldiers felt that the Xianbei people were just a strong outsider. Paper tiger!

Li Gang returned to the army formation and found Wang Yong, saying: "General, our army didn't have many casualties at all, why didn't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it? In the situation just now, if our entire army attacks, we should be able to keep this group of Xianbei people behind!"

In the first battle, Li Gang had only 300 casualties, of which only more than 100 soldiers died, and the Xianbei people left at least 1000 corpses on the battlefield. Such a record can be described as a complete victory, so it is no wonder that Li Gang has plans to pursue the victory .

Wang Yong said with a smile: "We have forgotten what Shuai Qu taught us. When marching and fighting, you must count your defeat before you count your victory. You must first establish yourself in an invincible position before seeking victory."

Xu Wei taught his own way to these subordinates. Obviously Wang Yong is his loyal believer, he tried hard to learn Xu Wei's spirit, and applied it in the way of marching and fighting.

Li Gang said: "Judging from the situation of the fight just now, this Xianbei cavalry is not too strong, we can completely annihilate them!"

Wang Yong explained patiently: "You are fighting against the vanguard of the Xianbei people, which does not mean that all Xianbei people are of such strength. The number of enemies is comparable to ours. If we fight against the Xianbei people rashly, it is okay to win, but If the battle is defeated, the Tengjia Army will have no cavalry.

On the grasslands, without cavalry, half of the war has been lost before it even started. The Xianbei lost [-] soldiers and couldn't hurt their bones. The Xianbei people will be invincible after one war, so we can't afford it, and we can't fight it! "

Even if Wang Yong explained it like this, Li Gang didn't have much to say!
It's just that just after Wang Yong finished explaining, he took the cavalry and retreated without breaking the law, which made him a little embarrassed.

Li Gang raised his hopes and asked, "Are we going to chase the Xianbei people?"

Wang Yong looked at the retreating Xianbei and said: "No, there are so many Xianbei horses, it is difficult for us to catch up, and there may not be an ambush among them, and we have to take on the task of exploring the path of the entire Tengjia Army, scouting the enemy's situation, and checking the geographical situation. Mission, I don’t have time to chase these Xianbei people. Just report this news to Qu Shuai, we will continue to march on Pingcheng now, but everyone should be careful, we are already approaching ** City, we may encounter an army of tens of thousands of Xianbei people at any time !"

Hearing what Wang Yong said, Li Gang remembered that there were still 8 Xianbei troops in Pingcheng, and the distance of 100 miles was only half a day's journey for cavalry.

The Tengjia Army, the Central Army, and Xu Wei led an army of 8 to Pingcheng. They planted a field for a year and made a year of money. Xu Wei bought a lot of horses, cattle and sheep and made a lot of four-wheeled carriages. Although it is not yet possible to turn the entire army into mules and horses, it is already possible to ensure that the entire army is built on horse-drawn carriages. In addition, the road from Mayi to Pingcheng is very flat, and a large number of post stations have been established on the road, so Xu Xu Wei's marching speed was very fast, reaching 60 miles a day.

When Wang Yong and the others passed the news of their victory in the first battle, Xu Wei and the others were also overjoyed.

In this battle, they said that they were not worried. It was false. The Xianbei people defeated the Han army 10 years ago.The fighting power of the Xianbei army is not the first in the world, it is also the second in the world. (No way, this is the case with monster houses in Southeast Asia. In this era, the third in the world is the turn to get Rome. This means that Goguryeo has not risen, otherwise the third in the world will not have their share.)
It is completely different from the county soldiers and horse thieves they fought before.

But now that the first battle has been won, the high-level officials like Xu Wei can feel at ease. This battle has told the high-level people of the Tengjia Army that they have the strength to fight the Xianbei people.

Of course, Wang Yong also expressed their thoughts, thinking that Zhao Rong and the others were still fighting the Xianbei people, so the Xianbei people had to divide their troops to prevent them from supporting Zhao Rong.

Xu Wei and the others also thought it made sense, especially Xu Wei. He knew that the bastion was known as the strongest defensive fortress in the feudal era. The Xianbei people didn't even have a trebuchet, so how could they break through the bastion he made of earthen cement?

Wang Ge suggested to Xu Wei: "Shuai Qu, we must find a way to annihilate this Xianbei cavalry, so that we can fully support Zhao Rong and the others!"

Xu Wei and the others wanted to steal Helian's house, so they were naturally worried that Helian would do the same for them. In addition to the 2 army in Mayi, the rest are old, weak, women and children. They were really driven to Mayi by this Xianbei. Xu Wei and the others will suffer a great loss.

Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Let Wang Yong lead people to drive away this Xianbei cavalry, and we must drive them back to Pingcheng."

Wang Yong quickly received the order. He led people to drive away Luo Luo Bu Po's army, but even if Luo Luo Bu Po swam and did not attack, he did not flee in the direction of Pingcheng. It looks like it's about to attack.

Xu Wei could only put out a diamond-shaped spear formation, ready to fight the Xianbei people.

But every time Xu Wei's formation had just been set up, he led people to retreat without breaking through.

"Grass! The Xianbei people are trying to hold us back, let us continue to move south and north to support Zhao Rong and the others." Although Xu Wei has confidence in the bastion, after all, there are more than 8 enemies, and they only rely on 3000 people to defend. Zhao Rong and the others It's still too dangerous.

Wang Ge said: "Shuai Qu, Mayi is surrounded by high mountains, and there is only this small piece of plain. As long as our army is lined up with 2 battalions of [-] people, it is enough to block the road for the Xianbei people to go south. The cavalry is divided into four As long as the Xianbei dare to attack our army, we will lead the army to outflank them and wipe them out completely."

This is the only way, Xu Wei firmly agrees!
In ancient times, it is reasonable to say that there are hundreds of miles of company battalions. Once people pass thousands of miles, Xu Wei's 8 troops are divided into 8 square formations, and they are marching in the direction of Heisei.

This impenetrable army has no room for maneuver.

It's not that he didn't think about breaking the surface with a point, but Xu Wei's spear phalanx is extremely strong, and there are a large number of crossbow bolts for long-range attacks.

Every time an invincible army attacks Xu Wei's phalanx, it will first be hit by a wave of crossbow arrows. In this era, the power of cavalry and archery is not strong. Without the assistance of a horse stool, the killing range of cavalry and archery is generally 30 Step to 50 steps.

Every time the Xianbei attacked, they had to suffer two rounds of crossbow arrows, and then they had to face Rulin's spears. If he continued to attack, Xu Wei's cavalry would soon support him. He almost couldn't escape several times, but he was decisive. After making people break, this led the large army to escape from Shengtian.

However, his goal of obstructing Xu Wei's march has been achieved. Xu Wei walked 10 miles in 100 days, and finally saw the wall of Pingchengwubao here.

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