The king behind the empress

Chapter 64 The idea of ​​building heavy cavalry

"Two thousand sets of heavy cavalry armor?"

Hearing Mo Zizai's request, Tao Qiong was startled. Among the armies of this era, heavy cavalry can be said to be a real lethal weapon. When all men and horses are armored, general slashing and bow and arrow killing can't do anything at all. them.

To put it bluntly, if two thousand heavily armed heavy cavalry warriors could exert their full power, it would be enough to defeat a fifty thousand army head-on.

It is not an exaggeration for them to be called the kings of land warfare in the cold weapon period.

But such a powerful arm does not come without a price.

First of all, the mobility of the heavy cavalry is poor. Although it is said that the cavalry has six legs, the heavy cavalry plus the armor weighs nearly [-] catties. Such a heavy load, even the horses in this world can't bear it.

Therefore, in the general marching process, the heavy cavalry will not move much faster than the infantry, and because of the slower speed, the heavy cavalry is easy to be targeted by the enemy. Once ambushed in a terrain that cannot charge, the heavy cavalry is Target on horseback.

Therefore, the heavy cavalry is extremely dependent on the coordination of arms, and two thousand heavy cavalry alone is useless at all.

There is also the cost.

The first is the price of the horses. Dazhou doesn’t have much ranch, so most of the war horses are purchased from the Northern Man. Although the people in the Northern Man are not yet civilized, they are not smart enough to deal with wild beasts all the year round. No, the war horse sold to Da Zhou was extremely expensive.

The second is the price of the battle armor. The armor of the heavy cavalry, no matter in terms of materials, thickness or workmanship, its manufacturing cost far exceeds the price of the armor of ordinary soldiers.

In terms of cost, a set of heavy cavalry armor can produce at least ten sets of infantry armor.

Apart from horses and armor, the most important thing is people. The armor of heavy cavalry is extremely heavy, and ordinary people can't wear this kind of armor at all, let alone use it for combat.

Therefore, those who can afford this kind of armor and use it for combat are generally only those elites in the army.

Difficult to build, limited range of use, high requirements for knights, and various shortcomings, it is difficult for heavy cavalry to become popular. Even Mo Congyi and Tang Shuyu were at their peak in the East, and only built [-] heavy cavalry.

Now that Mo Zizai asked for two thousand sets, Tao Qiong immediately felt that Mo Zizai must be crazy.

"My lord, this thing is not very practical, why do you want this thing?"

"You don't have to worry about it, the king has his own use."

Mo Zizai didn't say much, but just warned, "By the way, the strength of the armor should be twice that of normal armor."

"double……"

Mo Zizai didn't want to say more about some things, so Tao Qiong naturally didn't dare to ask any more, but the double intensity Mo Zizai asked for really made him a little embarrassed.

"My lord, the armor of the heavy cavalry is all forged by cold forging. It's not that there are no good materials, but those materials are too heavy. Even if the armor is made of those materials, ordinary people can't wear it."

"Secondly, those materials are too hard, and there are only a few people in our Armaments Bureau who can handle them. If it's okay to make one or two weapons and armors, it's okay to make two thousand sets at once, I'm afraid it will take them more than ten years , they couldn’t finish it either.”

"Too heavy?" Mo Zizai pondered for a moment, then asked, "How heavy is it?"

"If you want to build in large quantities, the most suitable material is undoubtedly graphite iron."

Tao Qiong thought for a while, and then continued: "Ink iron is more than twice as heavy as ordinary refined iron. It is usually used to make shields. If it is made into armor, it is estimated to weigh about [-] catties."

"If it is used in the army, I am afraid that only warriors in the refining realm can wear it and move freely."

"Refinement Realm?"

Hearing this answer, Mo Zizai seemed very satisfied, "The refinement level can be worn just fine, then use black iron to make two thousand sets of heavy armor."

"As for the problem that the black iron can't be broken, I can find some stronger warriors for you to serve as coolies. You can tell me what kind of cultivation level can forge the black iron, and I will find you a thousand."

Seeing Mo Zizai's full confidence, Tao Qiong couldn't help showing a wry smile, "Returning to the lord, building Mo Tie requires the strength of Youzhaojing."

"You...you photo???"

Mo Zizai's expression of confidence just now froze.

As a quasi-first-class martial artist in this world, Youzhaojing is not a Chinese cabbage. If nothing else, let’s talk about the entire Tianjing City. One, it would be nice to add up to a thousand.

As a result, Tao Qiong now actually said that he wanted the warriors of the Youzhao Realm to come and forge iron for him. Where could Mo Zi find a thousand warriors of the Youzhao Realm?

"Ambassador Tao, are you entertaining me?"

Mo Zizai looked at Tao Qiong suspiciously, "Your Weapons Bureau should have used black iron to forge weapons before. Could it be that your Weapons Bureau still has Youzhao Realm fighters?"

"Also, you said that Mo Tie's defense can't be broken even at the Condensation Realm? Are you kidding me?"

"Your Majesty, how dare you entertain your Majesty."

Tao Qiong quickly explained, "If you want to break through Mo Tie's defense alone, you can do it with Qi Sea Realm fighters, let alone Yuan Condensed Realm."

"But forging iron is a laborious job. If you want to make a pair of black iron heavy armor, if you are alone, it will take at least a month of uninterrupted work."

"For Qihai state and Condensed Yuan state warriors, it can be forged, but this..."

"This king understands!"

When Tao Qiong said this, Mo Zizai immediately understood that although a martial artist who cultivates true qi can strengthen his body while cultivating true qi, his strongest is true qi.

As for true qi, it is strong, but its staying power is a little bit weaker.

For example, if a martial artist in the Qi Condensation Realm is asked to forge black iron with all his strength, he can fight for a morning at most, and then he has to rest for an afternoon. This efficiency is simply impressive.

You must know that the blacksmiths in this world don't have any labor laws. They usually start blacksmithing at dawn in the morning and don't stop until dark.

In the words of Mo Zizai's previous life, the working hours of the blacksmiths here are at least twelve hours, while those in the Qi Condensation Realm are at most four hours.

Comparing the two, the efficiency of the Yuan Condensation Realm fighters is so weak that they can't even match one-third of them. No wonder Tao Qiong said no.

But Mo Zizai really has no way to deal with the matter of shadow warriors. You must know that he only has Zhou Qi and Jia Fu as ghost warriors. Now he wants a thousand. Where can Mo Zizai get him? go.

Originally, he thought that he could get it done at the Qi Sea Realm at most, and he could go to the Habayashi Army to borrow some people and he would be able to get it done, but now it's two realms short, so how can he borrow it.

"So when your Military Weapons Bureau used black iron to forge weapons, you always used shadow warriors?"

"That's not it."

Tao Qiong shook his head. Their Military Weapons Bureau was not that extravagant. "Our military forging craftsmen are usually physical trainers. There are several bone-forging master craftsmen in the Military Weapons Bureau. Usually there are people who need to forge black iron weapons. It's all from them."

"Bone Forging Realm."

Mo Zizai felt a little headache. Even with the accelerator in his hand, he would not be able to do it for a bone-forging-level fighter for a while. "Is it okay for the body training at the refinement level? Two thousand?"

"Two thousand refinements?"

Tao Qiong was a little shocked, "Your Majesty actually has [-] physical cultivators at the refinement level?"

"No."

Mo Zizai deliberately misleadingly said: "But it's enough to make up, so you just say it's okay?"

"Come together?"

After hearing Mo Zizai's words, Tao Qiong really misunderstood. He thought that Mo Zizai was going to transfer people from other troops, but no matter which army he was in, he was absolutely elite. of.

Although he thought that Mo Zizai was imaginative, Tao Qiong didn't talk too much. He thought for a while and said, "If it's a martial artist in the refinement realm, the two of them work together to build it. It's okay, but the speed may be slower."

"If this is the case, let's do this first. You go to buy Mo Tie, and wait until the king finds two thousand bone-forging realms. As for the money for buying Mo Tie, don't go to the treasury. Later, the king will let Jia Fu will send you the silver taels you need."

(End of this chapter)