Daming wolf ride

Updated: 2012-10-09

"Little Cao, be careful!"

Seeing that the blunderbuss was about to go off, Shi Dayong couldn't help reminding Cao Bianjiao.It doesn't matter if the horse is dead. If the horse is startled, the armored and long-speared war horse will go berserk and step forward. No matter how fierce Xiao Cao is, he is only flesh and blood, how can he stop him!

Cao Bianjiao didn't seem to listen, his face didn't change at all, he just stared at the fire rope.He didn't move, but frightened the craftsmen's faces, and everyone was terrified.

"Sizzling..."[

The fire rope burned very fast, and soon reached the medicine room. In an instant, there was a "bang" explosion, and then black smoke rose, and then there was a "hiss", which was the mournful cry of the gun-horse.

Almost at the same time, the six iron horses rushed forward frantically, because the horses were all connected by iron chains, the six riders were divided into front and rear, and rushed forward at the same time.

Shi Dayong shouted anxiously: "Xiao Cao, run!"

Cao Bianjiao was not afraid at all, and shouted: "Beast, stop!" He strode forward, and when the horse was about to hit him, he forcibly pressed against the horse's neck, standing erect like a weight, Don't shake your figure.

This Cao Bianjiao is so powerful!

Shi Dayong's eyes were straightened, although he himself was very weak, but compared to Cao Bianjiao, I'm afraid it's a little witch who sees a big witch, I really don't know if Cao Bianjiao is born with supernatural power or how he cultivated it!

The cavalry was so beaten by Cao Bianjiao that it couldn't move forward.However, the horse body was dragged forward by the other five riders and rushed forward involuntarily.

The six riders exerted force at the same time, and their strength was no less than a thousand catties.

Although Cao Bianjiao is extremely weak, he is really not a god-man. Even though he tried his best to suck his milk, he was led back a few steps, but that was all.

"Hold the horse quickly, pull the horse out quickly!"

Under Shi Dayong's call, the soldiers came to their senses and stepped forward to pull the horses one after another. Those who pulled the tail pulled the horse's tail, and those who pulled the horse's leg pulled the horse's leg. More than a dozen soldiers managed to stop the horse, which was startled by the sound of gunfire. Down.

Cao Bianjiao exhaled until the horse didn't move at all, let go of his hands, and slowly took a few steps back.

No red face, no breath!

this... this... this...

The soldiers and craftsmen who witnessed this astonishing scene were stunned. I have heard that a strong man can lift two or three hundred catties of boulders with both hands. Today, Mr. Cao Qian is able to forcibly reach six cavalry with his own strength. This is really unheard of in his life. It's also a miracle!

"Xiao Cao, are you okay?"

Shi Dayong, who was still in shock, feared that Cao Bianjiao would suffer internal injuries, so he pulled him out and asked anxiously.

Cao Bianjiao waved his arms and said with a smile: "Don't worry, General, Xiao Cao's body is very hard, how can horses and animals hurt me."

Seeing that Cao Bianjiao didn't seem to have internal injuries, Shi Dayong finally settled down. [

Cao Bianjiao went straight to the horse that had tried the gun before, and bent down to check the place where the gun was shot.But seeing that the armor plate is obviously sunken, forming a big hollow, but none of the blunderbuss has penetrated.A look of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he shouted: "Okay, this is the armor, this is the armor, general, there is hope for the Iron Buddha, there is hope for the Iron Buddha!"

The vest can withstand the shooting distance of the bird gun, and protect the horse from being injured. With the armor, the Iron Buddha can naturally be built.

Shi Dayong looked and looked carefully, happy in his heart, but also doubtful, because the armor he saw on the horse's body was not a whole piece of iron armor, but made of pieces of iron the size of a palm, and the thickness was only two or three centimeters. But I don't know how to have such protection.

Xu Shi saw Shi Dayong's doubts, so Cao Bianjiao couldn't wait to pull an old man among the craftsmen over, and said to him: "Old Qin, tell the general how these vests are made."

Lao Qin was the head of Jinzhou's craftsmen, and he was so happy from ear to ear that the armor he made could block the blunderbuss.When Mr. Cao Qian asked him to talk to General Shi Shen, he hurriedly explained one by one: "General, this vest is very particular. Although it is made of ordinary chain mail in the army, the villain has spent a lot of effort to change it. .”

"Oh? Where are the changes?" Shi Dayong became interested.

Lao Qin pointed to the armor piece on the horse and said: "Look, my lord, this armor piece is as wide as one hand, put three or four pieces together, smear resin on them, and then connect them with belts or leather ropes, overlapping one by one. , like fish scales, connected in this way, one armor has the thickness of three or four armors, although there are occasional deficiencies, it is several times stronger than ordinary single armor."

"Fish scale armor?" Shi Dayong nodded understandingly.

Old Qin boasted again: "Mr. Cao Qian told the villain about the general appearance of the iron pagoda, and the villain thought that to keep the horse invulnerable, one must use a whole iron plate on both sides of the horse's body, but such a Now, the horse cannot bear the weight. Therefore, the villain thought a lot about how to reduce the weight by overlapping the armor with the fish and phosphorus.

This armor covers from the horse's tail to the horse's head, and is tied in the middle to the saddle, behind the saddle, tied with a knot, and in front of the saddle, also tied with a knot.Use another piece to cover the horse's buttocks, and leave a hole in the nail so that the horse's tail can protrude through the hole.Take another piece of armor to cover the horse's chest.The four armors are connected together until the joints of the horse's legs.In the end, the villain followed Mr. Cao Qian's words and put a piece of armor on the horse's forehead, connected to the armor on both sides, and tied it to the head of the horse. Finally, it was what the general saw. "

Speaking of this, Lao Qin suddenly stopped, hesitated, and said: "General, in fact, fish phosphorus armor is used to cover the horses. There is an old example in the previous dynasty. There seems to be such cavalry among the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Western Regions, whether it is true or not, the villain does not know."

The Mongols also built heavy armored cavalry?

Shi Dayong was a little puzzled, never mind it, since the problem of horse armor was solved, it would be easier to solve the problem of human armor.

Just as he was about to ask Cao Bian what happened to his armor, Lao Qin said first: "A knight wears armor like this horse, but it is thicker than a horse. The chest armor and back armor are made by villains. It is an iron plate, and the two iron plates are connected by buttons, and there is an iron plate on each shoulder. There is also a piece of armor on the arm, covering from the shoulder to the wrist, and the wrist is exposed. On each leg, covering Another piece of armor. The helmet is made of iron, with a mask added to protect the head and open the eyes so that the knight can observe. In this way, it is watertight, but it weighs a lot more than the vest. A piece of armor weighs about [-] catties Heavy. Well, from a villain’s point of view, the Iron Buddha Tu that the General and Mr. Cao Qian mentioned is roughly the same.”

The human armor weighs 120 jin, the vest weighs [-] jin, which is [-] jin, plus the weight of the rider on the horse, the weight of a single horse is nearly [-] jin.This is already the limit of the Mongolian horse, and under such heavy armor, the horse can only charge once at most, and it is absolutely impossible to charge repeatedly.

If you rush forward for a while, and you don't do your best, you will be surrounded by the enemy cavalry. Even if you are injured by a knife and arrow, the horse will be tired and paralyzed to the ground.Even if the Tiefutu was completely annihilated, it was necessary to have a light cavalry like a kidnapped horse as cover to ensure the success of the Tiefutu's charge.

Shi Dayong wasn't worried that the soldiers of the Eight Banners would chop off horses' legs like the Song army did, because the Eight Banners were cavalry, they were proud of riding and shooting, they thought they were the enemy of the world, and they didn't look down on Ming's infantry at all.However, the Song army lacked cavalry and could only rely on infantry groups as the main force. In this case, the tactics chosen were naturally different.With the arrogance of the Eight Banners, it is absolutely impossible to abandon their strengths and choose the tactics of the Song Army.

Since there is no difficulty in building the Iron Buddha, the next step is to solve the problem of auxiliary soldiers and kidnapped horses.

He opened his mouth and asked Lao Qin: "Since this man-horse double armor has been successful, then the general asks you, within half a month, can you build 300 man-horse double armor for me?"

Hearing this, Lao Qin's face showed embarrassment, and he groaned: "This..."

"What?" Shi Dayong's heart turned cold, and he glanced at Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao smiled bitterly: "General, it is absolutely possible to build 300 men and horses in half a month. You don't know, this armor is too cumbersome. Lao Qin led more than 20 people to make Liujia for a few days. And we don't have enough manpower. There is also little wrought iron, according to the general, if thirty armors can be produced within half a month, it is considered fast." [