Great Military Division

Chapter 289 Insufficient quality of war horses?The idea of ​​aluminum alloy instead of iron armor!

Among the tens of thousands of horses, only 85 horses were selected that met the requirements of tiger riding, not even 1%, which completely overturned Liu Bian's imagination.

You know, Liu Bian originally thought that if he captured the war horses of the cavalry camp, he would be able to gather at least a thousand heavy cavalry, but he couldn't believe it, but in the end, he didn't even have enough for a hundred horses.

Of course, there were heavy cavalry from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were not heavy cavalry in the strict sense because they had insufficient armor, but Liu Bian was stunned.

of course!

He will not lower the standard of tiger riding because of this.

After all, if the rate of wearing armor is insufficient, there will be flaws, and as long as there are flaws, then the real meaning of tiger cavalry charging and being invincible will be lost.

When Liu Bian stared at the 85 war horses selected by Tang Feng according to the standard, he had to admit that they were indeed eye-catching. They were tall, burly, and had an extremely loud sniffing sound, which made them BMW-level at a glance.

"teacher."

Liu Bian frowned, and with a thought, he communicated with the Military Division Alliance: "Is the standard we set too high? Out of more than 1 horses, only 85 meet the requirements."

"Don't be in a hurry, Master."

"Experts say it's actually quite normal."

The Army Division Alliance seems to have expected it, and analyzed: "There are mainly three types of war horses in ancient my country, Mongolian horses, Hequ horses, and Southwest horses."

"The average Mongolian horse is 120-135cm in height and 267-370kg in weight. It is a small and medium-sized horse. It has strong limbs, excellent adaptability and endurance. It can march 120 miles in eight hours a day, and last for many days without lowering the standard."

"Mongolian horses are not good racehorses, but they are first-class war horses, especially suitable for light cavalry. Most of the war horses in Bingzhou and Liangzhou are Mongolian horses."

"so!"

The military division alliance said softly: "Although we have more than 1 war horses, in fact, most of the war horses are suitable for light cavalry, not heavy cavalry. It is normal that we can't pick out many."

"what?"

Liu Bian suddenly froze: "Then the expert still wants to form a tiger cavalry?"

The military division alliance replied: "Although most of Bingliang are Mongolian horses, there are also a large number of Hequ horses in Liangzhou. The average height of Hequ horses is 132-139cm, and the weight is 350-450kg. They are suitable for heavy cavalry."

"Experts predicted that there should be more than 85 Hequ horses, but they didn't expect that only [-] horses that met our requirements were selected."

"Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, if it does not reach a certain scale, it is difficult to truly display its combat effectiveness. These 85 horses are obviously not enough."

The corners of Liu Bian's lips twitched subconsciously: "Teacher, are we going to give up forming Tiger Cavalry?"

The Alliance of Military Advisors immediately denied: "Master Bian, please don't get me wrong. Tiger cavalry, leopard cavalry, and wolf cavalry are indispensable. Especially since we may have a decisive battle with Yuan Shu, how can we miss the tiger cavalry charge!"

"But."

Liu Bian frowned, and took a deep breath: "The practical problem is in front of us. We can't pick too many war horses at all. Those that meet the requirements of tiger riding can't meet the quantity, let alone the quality."

"Don't be in a hurry, Master."

The military division alliance hurriedly said: "The experts still have a backup plan."

Liu Bian was amazed: "As expected of an expert, he has prepared a backup plan? Let's hear it!"

The military division alliance said softly: "It's actually very simple. The reason why the heavy cavalry has strict requirements on horses is that the load is too heavy. If the load can be reduced, the number of horses that meet the requirements will naturally increase."

"According to the previously calculated part, the horse's load includes four aspects, the soldier's weight, the soldier's armor, the horse's armor, and the weapons carried by the soldier."

"And among them, there is no way to change the weight of soldiers and the weapons they carry. We can only reduce the load by reducing the armor of soldiers and horses."

Liu Bian was a little confused: "Teacher, don't we want to reduce the armor rate? In this case, wouldn't it expose the weakness of the defense, so that the opponent will catch the weakness and fight back?"

"Master Bian misunderstood."

The military division alliance immediately denied: "We must not reduce the armor penetration rate, but should find a way on the material, and find a material that can replace the iron sheet."

hiss-!
Surprised, Liu Bian gasped, his thoughts wandering.

Liu Bian, who was born in engineering, immediately thought of a material: "Aluminum? No, aluminum is too soft, and its defense ability is not as good as that of iron. It must not be replaced by aluminum."

"Pure aluminum really doesn't work."

"but."

The military division alliance continued: "Although the strength of hard aluminum alloy is not as good as that of iron armor, it must be no problem to defend against ordinary swords and swords."

"The most important thing is that the density ratio of aluminum alloy and steel is about 2.7:7.8. Calculated in this way, the original 65kg armor load can be reduced to 22.5kg, which is a full reduction of 42.5kg load."

"If calculated in this way."

The voice of the Army Division Alliance was slightly elongated, and said softly: "As long as it is a Hequ horse, basically it can meet the requirements of tiger riding, and even some excellent Mongolian horses can also meet the requirements."

While Liu Bian was ecstatic in his heart, doubts suddenly arose: "Teacher, this is obviously the best plan, why is it just an alternative plan for the experts?"

"It's simple."

The military division alliance did not hide it: "Because aluminum alloy is not only aluminum, but also other metals, such as copper, manganese, and magnesium. In other words, we must at least find aluminum, copper, magnesium, and manganese to make aluminum alloy."

"Ah, this"

Liu Bian had to admit it.

This is indeed a very real problem.

He tentatively asked: "Aside from copper mines, are these mines hard to find?"

Military Alliance: "It's not hard to find. Modern Henan was originally a large aluminum province, second only to Shanxi and Guizhou. If you compare it to the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are several heavyweight mining areas in the Sili and Yingchuan areas. .”

"One: Shan County - Mianchi - Xin'an;"

"Second: Yanshi-Gongyi-Xingyang;"

"The third: Yangcheng-Mi County;"

"Fourth: Yangcheng-Yangzhai-Jia County;"

Liu Bian was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Then how difficult is it to mine? How about our current technical conditions?"

The Alliance of Military Divisions did not hesitate: "During the Western Han Dynasty, Gongyi's iron smelting furnaces used bauxite as a refractory material. It is not very difficult to mine, and it may even be an open-pit aluminum mine."

"Moreover, in the early 80s, our country was still dominated by open-pit mining, and it was only after the [-]s that we switched to well mining. So don't worry, bauxite mining is not difficult."

"only"

A magical turn of the military division alliance said: "The rare metals magnesium and manganese are a bit difficult to deal with."

Liu Bian frowned: "Difficult to do? Or can't get it?"

"Difficult!"

The military division alliance affirmed: "Our country's magnesite mines are mainly concentrated in Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei and other places, and the closest to Bianye can only be the brucite in Xixia, that is, Xixian County. We can mine independently, but it is relatively waste time."

"As for the manganese mines, they are mainly concentrated in Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and other regions. The ones closest to Bianye, which can be mined in the open pit, are in Chen (chēn) County, Guiyang County, Jingnan, which is now called Agate Mountain."

"So Debating!"

The military division alliance concluded: "If we want to replace iron armor with aluminum alloy, we must mine brucite and bring back manganese ore from Guiyang County. Both are indispensable."

Nima!

Liu Bian finally understood.

Why does the military division alliance use aluminum alloy as an alternative.

The reason is simple, there are many things needed, and some of them are beyond the scope of one's control.

Liu Bian hesitated immediately: "From this point of view, there are indeed some difficulties, not to mention whether the mine in Guiyang County can be settled, even if it is done, I don't know when it will be."

"Don't be in a hurry, Master."

The military division alliance said softly: "The experts have a solution, but the success rate is not too high."

Liu Bian tried to ask: "What plan?"

Military Division Alliance: "Let Jingzhou Mu Liubiao pay manganese ore, this kind of thing should be just a kind of useless stone to him, if he is not willing to offend Master Bian, he will not refuse."

"A tribute?"

Liu Bian's eyes brightened, and he nodded slowly: "It's really a good idea. It's useless to Liu Biao. He doesn't need to offend us because of it. Even if the success rate is not high, it won't be too low."

The military division alliance gives the probability: "The success rate is 66.8%."

Liu Bian did not hesitate: "Do it!"

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty?"

Seeing His Majesty the Emperor in a daze for a long time.

Xun Yu tentatively greeted him.

"Well, it's okay."

Only then did Liu Bian come to his senses, and said with a long breath, "Where is Tang Feng?"

Tang Feng took a step forward: "My minister is here."

"If this standard is slightly lowered, how many war horses can there be?"

"This"

Tang Feng bowed and saluted: "That depends on how much your majesty lowers? If it's lowered by [-] to [-] percent, there should be three hundred horses. If it's lowered a bit more, it's also possible to have thousands of war horses."

Thousands of horses?
Liu Bian took a deep breath and nodded with interest.

If the number of heavy cavalry can reach [-], the effect of charging into the formation will inevitably be greatly enhanced.

In this way, even if you encounter tens of thousands of enemy troops, it is possible to penetrate the opponent's army formation.

Liu Bian took a deep breath, and ordered: "Use this standard, lower it a little bit, gather a thousand war horses, and raise them alone. I will keep them for great use."

Tang Feng bowed his head: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will leave it to my minister."

"Walk."

Liu Bian nodded and waved his hand: "Let's go and have a look at the war horses that are known for their speed."

Tang Feng waved his hand to make a petition: "Your Majesty, this way please."

The three of them walked together.

Tang Feng pointed to the horse farm not far away: "Your Majesty, they are there. Most of these war horses have the blood of Yanqi horses from the Western Regions, and they are quite good at endurance and speed."

"Yanqi horse?"

Liu Bian frowned.

He had never heard of such a war horse.

Tang Feng bowed and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is a war horse produced in Yanqi in the Western Region. It is a war horse no less than the Dawan BMW. It is famous for its endurance and speed. It travels across mountains and seas like walking on flat ground."

Uh.
Stepping on mountains and crossing seas is like walking on flat ground?
Liu Bian only felt that Tang Feng was bragging, how could there be such a war horse in this world.

As a result, the voice of the Military Division Alliance followed: "Master Bian, Tang Feng did not lie, Yanqi horses can indeed swim, but the distance they can swim is limited."

"Fuck!"

Liu Bian was taken aback, and thought: "A war horse that can swim?"

The Military Division Alliance explained: "Yanqi horses have the reputation of dragon colts and seahorses."

"It is called a dragon colt because Yanqi horses are good at galloping. A good Yanqi horse can really travel three hundred miles a day. It has great advantages in terms of endurance and speed."

"In ancient times, the post station sent news from Xinjiang to Yanjing, and it was urgent to travel 1200 miles. It took five or six days for the report to be delivered to the capital, and the emperor's order also had to be delivered to Yanqi in five or six days. Yanqi horses were used at that time."

"The reason why it is called a seahorse is because the Yanqi horse is good at swimming. If possible, the Yanqi horse can swim [-] to [-] kilometers without any problem. In addition to carrying the owner for paddling, it can also carry the owner's luggage for diving."

"Indigenous Yanqi horses are well-known in the Central Plains and Western Regions for their strengths such as resistance to walking, lightness, agility, and stability. They are comparable to the well-known Yili horses throughout the country. They were later crossed with Central Asian horses, and their characteristics are more obvious."

"Have to admit it."

Even the experts of the Military Division Alliance couldn't help but praise Tang Feng: "Tang Feng's vision is rather vicious. These war horses are indeed stronger than Mongolian horses in terms of speed and endurance."

"The leopard cavalry is a soldier who wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle. Speed ​​and endurance are the most critical indicators. It is indeed very suitable to incorporate them into the leopard cavalry."

"I see."

Liu Bian heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded slowly: "Very good! You have done a very good job. These war horses with Yanqi horse bloodlines also need to be carefully raised, understand?"

Tang Feng clasped his hands together and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have no other skills, but when it comes to raising horses, I am afraid that there are not many people in the world who are my opponents. Your Majesty can rest assured."

"it is good!"

Liu Bian was very satisfied with Tang Feng's answer, and gave him a faint smile: "How can I not feel at ease when you say that! The horse will be handed over to you. If you need anything, just ask the court."

Tang Feng cupped his hands: "Here."

"Wen Ruo, let's go, I have something to discuss with you."

"Here."

Liu Bian didn't waste too much time at the racecourse.

After all, Tang Feng's management is much better than he imagined, so you can rest assured.

And he needs to concentrate on solving the problems of equipment and soldiers.

on the carriage.

Liu Bian and Xun Yu took their seats respectively.

"Wen Ruo."

Liu Bian didn't waste any more nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Thinking about it, you should also understand what I intend to do by classifying war horses in this way."

Xun Yu nodded and nodded: "In fierce battles in the Central Plains, horses are king. Your Majesty wants to build an elite cavalry force, and he should follow the example of the court's establishment of Yueqi and Tuenqi."

"kindness."

Liu Bian nodded: "That's right, that's exactly the case."

Xun Yu frowned: "However, Your Majesty, war horses that are good at carrying weight and speed are so good, but there are only a thousand war horses. What should the rest of the war horses do?"

"Is such that."

Immediately, Liu Bian briefly described the plan of the cavalry to Xun Yu: "These three types of cavalry have their own characteristics. If they can be used in a reasonable manner, they will be invincible in the world!"

"Wolf, tiger, leopard, dragon."

"These four riders do have their own characteristics."

Xun Yu marveled at Liu Bian's talent, and couldn't help nodding his head in praise: "Your Majesty is really a great talent, I am ashamed of myself! However, since Your Majesty has already made a specific plan, how can I help you?"

Liu Bian said bluntly: "Wen Ruo, the tiger cavalry I want is by no means the same as the Northern Army's cavalry. Its armor rate will be very high, which leads to higher requirements for the load-bearing capacity."

"You saw it just now."

Liu Bian heaved a sigh of relief and shrugged his shoulders: "There are only 85 cavalry that meet my requirements. Such a number is really difficult to form an effective combat force. I must find a way to solve it."

Xun Yu bowed: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, can you do something?"

Liu Bian nodded: "Yes! In the case of keeping the armor penetration rate unchanged, we can only use a special material instead. I have seen it in a certain book before. Someone made a steel with a hardness comparable to steel, but the quality is not as good. Extraordinarily light material."

"I remember the forging method very clearly, but there is an ore that Nanyang does not have. It is on a certain mountain in Chen County, Guiyang County, Jingnan."

hiss-!
Xun Yu couldn't help gasping: "Liu Biao's territory?"

Liu Bian nodded: "That's right! It's here, do you have any suggestions?"

"This"

Xun Yu pondered for a long time, and tentatively said: "Your Majesty can send people to sneak into Chen County, Guiyang, buy the mine privately, and then transport it to Nanyang by water."

"It's just that there are too many checkpoints to pass, and once others suspect it, I'm afraid that His Majesty's secret of forging special materials will also be leaked."

"No!"

Before Liu Bian could speak, Xun Yu himself denied it.

Liu Bian didn't bother to wait for Xun Yu's analysis, so he simply gave his own opinion: "Wen Ruo, I have a solution, but I just need someone capable to do it for me."

Xun Yu hurriedly bowed, "I don't know what to do?"

Liu Bian said softly: "It's very simple! I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so I can directly issue an edict to Liu Biao, in the name of building the emperor's palace, to let him collect various stone materials and send them to Nanyang."

"If he obeys, he will be fine."

An irresistible kingly aura flashed in Liu Bian's eyes, and he said in a cold voice, "If not, I will send Sun Jian to lead troops south to destroy Liu Biao and conquer the whole Jingzhou when the harvest is harvested."

"Ah, this"

Xun Yu was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. I think that Liu Biao won't tear himself apart with His Majesty just because of some stones. It's not worth it."

"After all, we are his neighbors, and Dong Zhuo is out of reach. Although Liu Biao accepted Dong Zhuo's post of Jingzhou Shepherd, Cai Mao never came to take up the post, which proves that he does not want to make things difficult for His Majesty."

Liu Bian said with great interest: "So, this plan is feasible?"

Xun Yu nodded and nodded: "It is possible."

"Then who is the right person to send to Jingzhou?"

"this."

Xun Yu pondered for a moment, and a person suddenly appeared in his mind: "Your Majesty, Lu Su, the magistrate of Danshui County, is enough. If he can complete this matter, there will be more reasons for promoting him."

"Lu Su?"

Liu Bian was naturally aware of this person's ability: "Okay, then let Lu Su go, you can send someone to deliver the order."

Xun Yu bowed and said solemnly, "Here."

Squeaky.

The carriage moved slowly.

After half an hour, return to Wancheng.

While Xun Yu was compiling the edict, Zhu Tong sent the emperor's personal letter.

Not long after, set off on a fast horse and head straight for Xinye and Danshui counties.

*****
Xiangyang.

State Shepherd House.

The main hall of government affairs.

Liu Biaoduan sits at the head, and the next cadres of civil and military personnel line up on both sides.

At this moment, Jingzhou Biejia is engaged in Kuaiyue and is reporting work in the hall: "My lord, the loss of people in Jingzhou has been serious recently, and most of them are moving to Nanyang. I am afraid there are no less than tens of thousands."

"so much?"

Liu Biao couldn't believe it, and said with a nudge: "Although the Nanyang Hanting has exempted the oral tax and counting tax, the land rent is very high. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be too many people migrating!"

Kuai Yue took a deep breath: "My lord, it's only one aspect that the Nanyang Han court exempted oral Fu and counting Fu, and I heard that the imperial court invented a water conservancy machinery that can transport water to farther places for irrigation. Hundreds of thousands of acres of paddy fields."

"My lord should be clear that the yield of paddy fields is very high. It is far beyond what can be achieved by an ordinary field, and may even reach two stones. Even if the land tax is higher, the actual income of the common people will naturally be more."

Liu Biao frowned slightly: "But is Gao Tong turning the car?"

Kuai Yue nodded: "That's right! Exactly, the lord also heard the news?"

"kindness."

Liu Biao responded, and sighed, "Xi's family in Xiangyang suffered a lot from it. I heard that many tenants of the Xi's family went to Deng County, Nanyang to plow the fields for the Han court in Nanyang, leaving thousands of acres of land uncultivated by the Xi's family .”

Deng County is adjacent to Xiangyang, just a short distance away.

The policies of Nanyang Hanting can indeed affect Xi's family outside Xiangyang.

Xiyu, the ancestor of the Xi family in Xiangyang, was granted the title of Marquis of Xiangyang by virtue of his meritorious service in the battle with Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and returned home in fine clothes.

Therefore, the Xi family became a well-known wealthy family in Xiangyang.

Kuai Yue sighed, and said softly: "Not only the Xi family, but also the Cai family, Huang family, Pang family and other aristocratic families have all been affected to varying degrees, especially after Gao Tong came out."

"What do you mean by that?"

Liu Biao frowned and asked.

He knew very well that since this incident affected the Jingxiang family, he had to intervene.

After all, Liu Biao was supported by them.

Now that he is still on a shaky footing, before he can counter the family, he can only be at his beck and call.

"Lord."

Kuai Yue bowed his hands and said softly: "I think that such an irrigation artifact must be introduced to our Jingxiang, otherwise a large number of people will move to Nanyang in the future."

"Humph!"

Liu Biao snorted softly, as if he had already realized something: "Then I don't know how to introduce the aliens? Could it be that you want me to go to Nanyang in person and ask His Majesty the Emperor of Nanyang for help?"

"This"

When Kuai Yue was about to speak.

"Report—!"

Suddenly, a long announcement sounded outside the hall.

Liu Biao looked up.

However, a soldier hurried up to the hall, bowed his body and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, outside the hall there is Lu Su, who claims to be the envoy of the Nanyang Han court, and said he came with the emperor's imperial edict, and asked you to come out to meet him."

"Nanyang Hanting, Lu Su?"

Liu Biao was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of shock.

"Yes."

The soldier nodded affirmatively: "It is this person."

The corners of Kuai Yue's lips twitched slightly: "Master, Nanyang Hanting sent people here at this moment, there must be something important, maybe it's a chance to discuss, if possible, the lord should ask for the design drawing of the Gaotong transfer car."

"Is that so?"

Liu Biao nodded with great interest: "It's not impossible, but can you make sure that the Nanyang Hanting didn't send an evil edict?"

Kuai Yue smiled lightly: "Don't worry, my lord, it's not yet time to issue an evil edict."

"kindness."

Liu Biao agreed deeply, and said softly, "If that's the case, then let's welcome you."

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