Destiny Only Han

Chapter 193 The Avengers

Liu Ying calculated the pros and cons of plate armor and pierced armor in her mind, and decided not to consider large-scale production of plate armor at this stage.

In the current all-out war, the first thing to solve is the problem of armor penetration rate.

When a soldier is wearing armor and fighting, he can gain a powerful bonus of courage, at least [-]% of his normal combat effectiveness can be broken out.

It's still said in Ji Xiao's new book that if you are very skilled in martial arts on weekdays, if you use five points temporarily, you can be successful; if you use eight points, you are invincible in the world;

The Han army is currently equipped on a large scale with standard armor obtained from the treasury of the State of Qin. It is also a type of pierced armor, but it is leather armor.

The advantage is that the cost is low. According to the usual value, it is worth about [-] to [-] yuan. Converted to the price of corn in that year, it is about [-] shi of grain.

That is to say, in the era when two stones were produced per mu, only a year's harvest of [-] mu of land was needed to exchange for such a piece of armor.

However, with the continuous improvement of iron smelting technology, in the contest between spears and shields, the sharpness of spears has been greatly improved, so the leather 'shield' seems out of date.

The leather armor currently installed by the Han army can only simply defend against the damage of long-distance crossbow arrows. If they are hit by a strong crossbow or a melee weapon such as a spear at close range, they still cannot escape death.

Therefore, after leaving Xingyang in the east, Liu Ying took the time to go to Yiyang, the metallurgical center of Sanchuan County.

There, he adopted a public-private partnership to incorporate all the state-owned metallurgical workshops and other private ironworkers.

He planned to transfer a group of skilled assembly line workers from the coal and iron trading company in Hanzhong as the team leader to reintegrate the metallurgical process in Yiyang.

It took three months to reproduce the coal and iron trading company in Hanzhong, and within half a year to start mass production of iron nails to replace the existing leather nails.

The advantage of Zhajia is that it can be perfectly adapted to any soldier's body, and in the era of cold weapons, Zhajia's defense is more than enough.

In the era when all the people are soldiers, this is a very good choice.

As for the plate armor, or the breastplate for ordinary soldiers, it is actually not suitable for this stage.

The characteristic of the plate armor is that it uses a whole piece of metal to improve the defense and reduce the load at the same time.

Therefore, at least the breastplate in front of him needs to fit the body.

For example, during the Napoleonic Wars, the standard for the French army to select cuirassiers was whether a soldier's body could match the cuirassier.

If it fits, you can become an honorable cuirassier, and then be sent off in a wave at the Battle of Waterloo...

If it is not suitable, then you can only be a line infantry.

Applying it to the current Han Dynasty, during the Chu-Han War where all the people were soldiers, a large amount of iron armor was needed to increase the armor penetration rate, so as to win battles one after another.

And when the world is unified and the old frontiers of the Qin State are ready to be restored, a well-equipped plate armor army is needed.

The first emperor wrote on the Langya stone carving: within Liuhe, the land of the emperor.It crosses quicksand in the west and ends in Beihu in the south.There is the East China Sea in the east, and Daxia in the north.Wherever there are people, there are all ministers.

The point is the latter sentence, wherever there are people, there are no servants.

In other words, as long as there are people, it is the territory of Qin!

Then, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, so naturally the Tyrant Qin cannot be allowed to be more beautiful than before!
Come on, fucker... Liu Ying clenched her fists, ready to fool Lao Liu into a model worker, and she just happened to be a second-generation lie.

For a moment, Liu Bang only felt that his back was hairy, as if something bad was about to happen.

But his attention was still focused on the distant battlefield.

Different from Liu Ying's determination, he was full of apprehension at the moment.

Well, fear Xiang Yu PTSD.

These days, whenever he dreams back at midnight, he can always dream of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood under Pengcheng that day.

The lives of countless people are forever frozen in the early morning of that day.

All of this is caused by his failure to achieve the ultimate.

If Han Xin loses today, although the Han Kingdom will not be destroyed, it also means that he will be passively beaten!
Moreover, there will be more people like Wang Wushentu, and Wei Bao, who betrayed him for no reason...

While Liu Bang was worrying about gains and losses, on the towering cloud car in the distance, Han Xin drew out the long sword at his waist and pointed forward obliquely.

In an instant, the 120 cowhide war drums of the Chinese Shogunate roared like thunder.

At the forefront of the army formation, Zhou Bo, who commanded the front army, waved the command flag in his hand, and the whole army pressed forward.

At the forefront of the Chu army, Zhong Limei was in charge of commanding the entire army to fight. He looked at Xiang Yu in the distance, and after finding that the other party had no instructions, he waved the command flag and ordered to fight.

This is a method of warfare commonly used by the Chu army. Although Xiang Yu is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he does not know how to command the entire army during such battles.

His position was always in the cavalry corps composed of the best of the Chu army and the surrendered Lou Fanren.

Like an invincible sword, what Xiang Yu should do is to tear apart the enemy's line.

It's just that Zhongli Mo felt a little uneasy at this moment.

Usually, in this position, either Yingbu, who won the war and won the three armies, or Pugu, who defended like an iron plate, could not penetrate needles or splash water.

Although he is one of the five generals of the Chu army along with Long Qie and others, he actually leads the army alone, and there are not many opportunities to give orders.

But at this moment, Yingbo is already the king of Jiujiang, and it is said that he and Xiang Yu are in a very tense fight. If it weren't for Xiang Yu's inability to make a move at this moment, he would have sent his troops south to destroy him...

As for Pu Gu, because he said a few more words, he was cooked and killed outside Panyang City...

Zhong Limo let out a long sigh, and led the surrounding drum bands, and started to move forward according to the usual method.

A drum sounded, and people took a step.

Anyone who does not follow the drumbeat will be killed immediately!

After a while, after using arrows for nothing, the two sides charged quickly and prepared to start hand-to-hand combat.

So, like the Yong army back then, the soldiers in the front row of the Chu army were dumbfounded.

In front of them, there are densely swaying gun heads, shining with metal light, and the death sentence!
One inch long and one inch strong.

Even if the soldiers in the front row of the Chu army swung their halberds desperately to open the spears that were stabbing at them, every time they opened their middle doors, there would always be one or two spear heads protruding out like poisonous snakes, piercing deeply. their bodies.

Then, blood flowed out, lost strength, and began to fall to the ground due to excessive blood loss, convulsing and waiting to die.

Immediately afterwards, he was stepped on by the following friendly army, waiting for the opponent to repeat his fate.

Seeing this, Zhong Limo waved the command flag and ordered the sword and shield soldiers to step forward.

The Chu army has been through battle for a long time, and even though they were defeated, the sword and shield soldiers stepped forward while passing sideways along the ranks of the long halberd soldiers.

However, like the halberdiers, although they had shields that could block the thrusts of the spear phalanx, they were powerless to push back the battle line.

As a result, the two sides fell into a stalemate.

The pikemen of the Han army swung their guns up and down, trying to knock the sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side to the ground.

The soldiers of the Chu army naturally couldn't do what they wished, but they were powerless to fight back, so they could only support hard.

Zhongli Mo was a little helpless, but with a flash of inspiration in his heart, he waved the command flag again, ordering the crossbowmen to join the battle line.

Since the Han army on the opposite side holds weapons with both hands, they are powerless to stop the strong crossbow from shooting.

Although the crossbow arrows are expensive, as long as they can kill the opponent's soldiers, everything is worth it!
Just as the Chu army was huddled together, the right wing of the Han army was full of smoke and dust, and the sound of horseshoes rumbled, shaking the gravel on the ground.

Zhong Limo was terrified in his heart. Almost all the cavalry in the Chu army followed Xiang Yu's side. On his side, there were only a few thousand cavalry who were responsible for covering the flanks.

If it is attacked by the cavalry of the Han army at this moment, under two pincer attacks, the more than 2 Chu troops in the front army are in danger of being completely wiped out!
"Where is King Xiang? Where is he?"

Zhong Limo looked very far, trying to find the man in the golden helmet and armor in the darkness.

As long as the other party is there, endless courage will surge in Zhongli Mo's heart.

And with the cavalry commanded by the opponent, I will not be directly impacted by the cavalry of the Han army here.

But at this moment, he didn't seem to see Xiang Yu's figure, so he could only try his best to mobilize the troops and form a square formation, preparing for a decisive battle with the Han cavalry.

Amidst the sound of horseshoes, a loud war song suddenly sounded.

"No clothes? I'm in the same robe as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my spear. I have the same hatred as my son..."

The singing is melodious and Qin Yin is loud and clear.

In order to fight against the cavalry of Chu State, Liu Bang selected people who knew how to fight on horseback among the Han army to form Langzhong cavalry.

The one who is leading this army at this moment is Guan Ying, who has been named a Chinese doctor because of his meritorious service, and his left and right hands are Li Bi and Luo Jia, former Qin knights from Chongquan.

This is a cavalry with high morale, although it has not withstood the test of blood.

They are here for revenge!

As members who mastered riding skills, most of them came from wealthy families, and most of their residences were around Xianyang.

The Chu army set fire to Xianyang city that day, raped and looted, and committed all kinds of crimes. Every one of them had relatives and friends who died because of this.

So, blood debt, blood payment!
When the Langzhong cavalry of the Han army began to attack the flank of the Chu army, Xiang Yu on the other side was crying in his heart.

He was fooled!

At the beginning of the battle, he was on the flank of the Chu army, closely watching the movements of the opposite Han army.

Then, the flaw revealed by Han Xin was discovered.

A big flaw!

After he mocked in his heart, the whole army immediately pressed on!

He, he has to teach him a good lesson today, his ignorant halberd-handler!

But when the cavalry of the Chu army rushed over, they found that the infantry of the Han army had dispersed and poured into a strange formation of chariots.

Afterwards, arrows rained down like rain.

Xiang Yu was furious, and led the army around the formation of chariots. While waiting for an opportunity, the Langzhong cavalry who quietly moved from the left to the right began to charge...

(End of this chapter)