Liu Yan is studying several sets of armor rushed back from the front line Starry Night.

Those armors are the Dragon Guards captured in Shijie Zhao Kingdom, divided into four layers. The first layer is a barreled iron armor (plate armor) made of iron sheet, with obvious characteristics of Central Asia. The second layer is the iron armor that is perforated by iron armor pieces and connected by iron wires, which tends to be the stage of tie armor and scale armor. The third layer is a chain mail made up of countless iron rings. The fourth layer is composed of five pieces of silk underwear.

It should be noted that at present, regardless of whether it is Central Asia or Europa, the iron armor in barrels has not actually appeared, and the iron armor with perforated pieces of armor is still the mainstream in the world. Plate armor was popular in the Greek city-states from the beginning, and later it was acquired by Rome. However, Central Asia is still a kind of armor that is similar to Zha.

Liu Yan's knowledge of history is limited. He obviously mistakenly believed that the iron barrel armor that would only appear in Europa and Central Asia in the Middle Ages has been made.

The scale armor has actually appeared in the Chinese civilization for a long time, but the manufacturing process is extremely many and complicated. Only some families with the foundation will build some, and the official still mass production of the scale armor.

The chain mail has appeared in Central Asia, and it was the standard armor of Parthia.

What is Parthia? In the records of the Chinese civilization, Parthia is actually the Parthian Empire. The Parthian Empire has been destroyed, and it was first fought with the Roman Empire for more than two hundred years, and was later replaced by the Sassanid dynasty. The Sassanid dynasty, which replaced the Parthian Empire, should now be said to be the absolute hegemon of Central Asia.

"silk……"

Liu Yan looked at the silk clothes that were laid out in a daze. His impression that silk was discovered to prevent arrows was not in the period of the rise of Mongolia?

I have to say that Liu Yan’s impression was wrong again. Silk was found to be anti-arrows as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. When the Han generals in the Western Han Dynasty didn’t wear a few silk underwears, they just didn’t look like Mongolia. The period is used on a large scale.

In the archaeological discoveries of later generations, the corpses of the nobles basically wear several pieces of silk underwear, especially the tombs of military generals. Silk is almost as important as a funerary.

In fact, since the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty, silk spread to Central Asia and then to remote Rome. The role of silk was quickly discovered. Central Asians and Europa people pursued silk not only because silk is comfortable and gorgeous to wear. Also because silk can guard against arrows, silk soon became popular.

"Dragon Guard? A heavy cavalry in the true sense!"

Liu Yan said that there is a reason. The Dragon Guardian's armor alone is more than 130 kilograms, and the waistcoat weighs 50 kilograms. Even the front half of the horse is covered in silk and silk.

In the battle with the Dragon Guardian, the Han army fired more than 10,000 arrows, but only shot around one hundred and fifty arrows. In the end, Dragon Guard was shot like a hedgehog, but he was still alive and kicking.

That is a strong crossbow, not a bow, nor a strong bow!

Liu Yan flipped through the combat records again, and whispered: "Within 30 paces, a volley of more than 50 horses will be shot."

The penetrating power of the powerful crossbow can even shoot through steel plates within 30 steps, and a round of volley is seven hundred crossbow arrows. Considering the hit rate, the data seems to be normal.

In fact, it really is like that. It doesn't mean that every arrow will be able to hit the target. Ten rounds on the battlefield can hit three. In other words, the powerful crossbow can shoot through a cavalry with four layers of protection at a distance of thirty steps.

"Silk...is there any silk production under the rule?"

Liu Yan remembered that he did not produce silk under his rule. At this moment, he paid the same attention to silk as Xu Zheng, Ji Chang and others on the front line.

It used to be a memory loophole, knowing that there is such a thing, but no event touches the memory, naturally it will not think of anything.

Now that he knows all this, Liu Yan will definitely value silk.

One thing to know is that the Han Dynasty has a heavy cavalry, that is, the Tiger Ben Army, but the equipment of the Tiger Ben Army is a bit crude compared to the Dragon Guardian.

The outside of the tiger army is a layer of bright light armor, the inside is a set of chain mail, and inside is a layer of linen shirt, and the underwear is made of silk.

Mingguang armor is actually made of a mixture of iron armor and leather. The armor piece is not a style in which the armor piece is sewn to cloth or leather. It is a style with overlapping fish scales. Part of the structure is a layer of leather. Two protective goggles.

Fish scale armor is actually very good at defending arrows and cutting, cutting, and stabbing. However, it has too many and complicated manufacturing processes, but it is more flexible than plate armor. It will not have much effect when only twisting and bending are performed. . What I have to say is that the scale armor is heavier than the plate armor because of the different overlapping areas.

Liu Yanyou personally weighed the weight of the Longteng Guardian's plate armor is 60 jin, and the Tiger Armor's Mingguang armor is 70 jin. He even wore the Dragon Guardian's plate armor specially, and he could find that once it was put on, it was difficult to bend over, even twisting the body left and right would have a strong sense of restraint.

The fish scale armor is made up of scales. There is a kind of shrinkage and squeezing space, which will not appear too rigid when moving, but the process is very worthy of criticism.

Originally, Liu Yan was thinking about studying plate armor, which is the kind of cuirassier, but the results of the first battle in Taishan County were passed back, and it was obvious that he should continue to develop heavy scale armor.

Indeed, every era has its own characteristics, and products that are suitable for a certain era may not be able to adapt to the next, so the term "presence" appears.

The first battle of Taishan County gave Liu Yan more than a victory. According to the rule of rewarding two hundred system heavy cavalry for every 10,000 annihilated, he had two hundred new system heavy cavalry.

The heavy cavalry of the system is a system in which both humans and horses wear fish scale armor. Liu Yan specifically checked the literature and found that the heavy cavalry of the system is very similar to Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry, but only similar.

Cao Wei's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is a kind of cavalry in which both men and horses wear heavy armor. They are equipped with a saber with a length of about one foot and eight feet. In addition to Zhangba's saber, there are two 1.2-meter short halberds on the back box, and a ring-headed sword on the waist.

The weapon of the system heavy cavalry is the same as that of Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry, except for the difference in armor. If you need to identify it carefully, you will find that it is more similar to the Tiefutu (or Iron Harrier) of Xixia in the Song Dynasty.

Liu Yan was still studying the heavy riding and thinking about the development of the heavy riding. Cai You came over and told him that a new special envoy had arrived from the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The special envoy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the court, was called Miyazawa, who was the one who attacked Yanzhou by Huyou Feiyan.

"I think it's the matter of the monarch lighting up the Han flag." Cai You said with some anxiety: "The little ~ the court did everything we could to destroy the Shijie and go south, we light up the Han flag..."

Yes, Liu Yan ordered the display of the Han flag, which played an inspiring role, but the side effects were actually readily available. For example, the Dongjin Xiao~chao~ting, who originally needed to fawn on the Han tribe, could be proud of it.

Liu Yan didn't plan to see Miyazawa in person. He had no interest in knowing whether Miyazawa was a pseudonym or something else. He asked Cai You, "Oh? Does Decai think it is inappropriate to show the flag now?"

how to say? It depends on what is needed, or whether there is that strength.

There is no doubt that in terms of the current situation, it is appropriate to say that it is appropriate, but it is also inappropriate to say that it is inappropriate.

Regardless of whether Shihu was going south, he couldn't get around the Han Tribe that occupied Qingzhou. Then no matter whether the banner was displayed or not, war would always break out. That is, Liu Yan's display of the Han flag will cause Shihu's attention to the Han Department to soar.

Without the Han flag, Shijie Zhao’s first conquest target would be the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but when Liu Yan showed the Han flag, the Han tribe would “take over” and become Shijie Zhao’s first target for conquest. Not only did Shijie Zhao Guoguo try his best to conquer the Han tribe, but the small ~ imperial ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty would also turn hostile, and it can even be said that the other Hu people would have the same attitude.

"The war will inevitably break out. We need cohesion." Liu Yan said with a smile: "There will be no power that can become stronger without a test. Any group will completely gain a foothold after a test. There is no better time than now. Up."

Cai You was silent.

What is the strength of Han Bu? If you count it, the productivity is absolutely at the top level, and the number of elite troops is actually not too far away from a few powerful races, or the available combat power at the next level is seriously insufficient.

"Shihu is determined to cleanse the people of Jin..." Liu Yan said sighfully, "There should be a bright lamp in the dark, and we are that bright lamp."

Cai has the best advantage. It is for this reason that they feel dangerous and still agree to display the Han flag.

In the past, only a small part of the Jin people in the entire Central Plains lived well, and the rest were basically bullied.

Since last year ~lightnovelpub.net~ Shihu has suddenly gone mad. It is more than just bullying. He just shouted out publicly, but the action is already to exterminate the group of Jin people.

At present, Shihu is playing in different ways, and the people who lead Shijie Zhao Guoduo are Jin people who can't survive. And these Jin people did not choose to break out, but to find a tree to hang themselves?

"Population is our shortcoming." Liu Yansu said: "We need population, a large population!"

There was a smile on Cai You's face: "In just 17 days, we have accommodated more than 3,000 people who have come to defect. Only a few are old and weak, and the rest are young and strong." He waved his arm and continued: "Those young and strong people are extremely enthusiastic about joining the army, and they are a good source of troops!"

Cruel things will happen. Only a group of young and strong people will be able to escape into the Han Dynasty control area. That is the prerequisite for the health of the body.

But this historical version has at least one Han tribe that can provide shelter for the Jin people. In the history without Liu Yan, the Jin people need to go to Ran Min to give out that cry in despair.

Liu Yan didn't know what he was thinking, he sighed, and said slowly: "Crisis and opportunities always coexist, don't they?" (To be continued.)