Chapter 51 Armor

"Tunnel!"

The complete tunnel excavation map is on Zhao Xu's drawing. Read М

The deep tunnels are connected to each other, crisscrossing, and some tunnels even have entrances in wells.

And there are places to store food and go to the bathroom in the tunnels.

It can be said that it is no problem to spend ten days or half a month in it.

"The Beidi are strong in cavalry, so we use tunnels to resolve their advantages. This tunnel can not only hide civilians, but also soldiers." Zhao Xu said, "If the Beidi scouts plunder the village, the people can hide food in the tunnels and use the secrets of the tunnels to attack the dismounted cavalry."

Liu Fu was stunned. He had never seen such a fighting method.

Zhao Xu continued: "Also, the Beidi people are soldiers, and Yan County can also be soldiers. This time, in addition to supervising the excavation of tunnels in each village, you must establish a township soldier system in each township, give them weapons, and let them train. When the Beidi come, you can turn civilians into soldiers."

"Great, great." Liu Fu became more and more excited as he listened.

Now that the land has been distributed, most of the people in Yan County are dependent on the palace, so there is no problem doing this.

If implemented in this way, each village will be a fortress.

It will no longer be a place where the northern barbarians can slaughter at will.

The next day, at noon.

Zhao Xu picked up a pen in the study to draw a pattern of armor.

In his mind, there are several types of armor to choose from, such as chain mail, scale armor, Song armor, plate armor, etc.

In the end, he decided to choose scale armor and plate armor according to the different targets of the soldiers and the performance of the armor.

Scale armor is a traditional armor in the ancient East, named after its fish scales.

The armor plates with slightly curved surfaces are stacked layer by layer and sewn on the lining.

Scale armor has good defense against swords and bows and arrows, but its disadvantage is that the coverage rate is low, and the armor plates are easily attacked and fall off during battle.

Plate armor is a product of the post-cold weapon era in the contemporary West.

It is made of riveted large pieces of armor, with a high coverage rate. People are like being put in an iron barrel. It also has good defense against swords and bows and arrows, but the disadvantages are high cost and cumbersome manufacturing.

So generally speaking, it is only customized equipment for Western knights and cannot be generally equipped to soldiers.

And the weight of plate armor is large. In contemporary Western countries, it is mainly used for heavy cavalry and heavy infantry.

At present, Beidi has a large number of light cavalry. If all his cavalry wear this, they will probably be kite-flying by Beidi cavalry.

After weighing it, he decided to produce some scale armor for light cavalry and light infantry, and then produce some plate armor for heavy cavalry and heavy infantry.

In this way, the advantages of armor can be fully utilized.

However, because he has improved the smelting level of Yan County.

He believes that no matter plate armor or scale armor, the ones made by Yan County Armory Department are absolutely better than other Armory Departments in Dasong in terms of quality.

Moreover, since he can smelt iron and steel in large quantities, the cost of plate armor is not very high for him.

The only thing he needed to do was to use the water power to build a hydraulic forging hammer along the river to forge large pieces of armor.

After drawing the decomposition diagrams of the two types of armor, he was about to ask someone to send them to the Armory.

At this time, Feng'er walked in.

Since she was going to be the housekeeper of the palace, all the big and small things in the palace were under her control.

However, this little girl was very energetic and was able to handle it with ease.

"Your Highness, General Chang has woken up." Feng'er smiled.

She knew that Zhao Xu would be happy to hear the news.

"Really?" Zhao Xu stood up, "Let's go and see."

Feng'er nodded and accompanied Zhao Xu to Chang Wei's yard. On the way, she was surprised and said, "Your Highness, you are really amazing. You only used a bunch of garlic to save General Chang. Doctor Hu called it a magic medicine. Please give him some."

Zhao Xu was slightly proud.

Chang Wei got better in one day and one night, which was enough to show that Chang Wei's physical fitness plus this natural antibiotic was effective.

In this way, he not only saved Chang Wei, but also developed a Dasong version of antibiotics.

And this is amazing.

In the future battlefield, the number of his soldiers who died from wound infection will be greatly reduced.

The most important thing is that even if others know that it is made of garlic, they cannot produce it.

Because each process has its requirements, such as the garlic needs to be left to stand after being crushed. If this process is not done well, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, only he can produce high-proof liquor.

Arrived at the yard where Chang Wei was.

Zhao Xu entered the house, and Chang Wei sat up and leaned on the bed.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he struggled to get up and salute.

Zhao Xu directly pressed him on the bed and said with a smile: "Your injury has not healed yet, don't worry about these red tape."

Chang Wei's eyes suddenly moistened when he heard this, and he said sadly: "Your Highness, I am incompetent. I can't save the people, and I have lost soldiers and generals. I deserve to die."

"Victory and defeat are common in the military. You don't have to blame yourself. If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily do better than you." Zhao Xu comforted.

This was Chang Wei's first battle with the Northern Di, and the cavalry he brought was pieced together. It was good enough that he could come back alive.

Chang Wei still blamed himself and sighed, "Your Highness, I don't know how many troops will be sent for this autumn hunting of the Northern Di. From what I have seen, Your Highness is in great danger in Yan County. It is better to hide in another county and let me stay and fight the Northern Di to the death."

"I am not a coward. Yan County is my fiefdom. How can I abandon my people and run away? Don't mention this again." Zhao Xu scolded, "You should also cheer up. If you want to die, die with me on the battlefield."

Chang Wei was stunned and stared at Zhao Xu.

Previously, he only admired Zhao Xu's diligence and love for the people.

Now, the King of Yan is also a man of iron and blood.

I felt that the King of Yan was a rare wise ruler.

He nodded, "Your Highness saved my life, and from now on I belong to Your Highness. When the Northern Di come again, I will protect Your Highness and Yan County at the cost of my life."

Zhao Xu smiled, "That's good enough. You can rest and recover now. When you are better, I will show you something?"

"What is it?" Chang Wei was curious.

Zhao Xu showed the blueprint in front of Chang Wei, "This is it."