Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 765: Smelting iron and casting armor, searching for people and promoting them

In the dense jungle, a troop of soldiers and horses was slowly advancing.

This group of soldiers and horses numbered about a thousand, and everyone was wearing uniform clothing. The dozens of people at the front were all wearing armor.

This armor is a type of iron armor, and it is also the most common type. It is the most commonly used armor shape in actual combat. It can be worn by generals and pawns.

The structure of the armor is to use knitted fabric as the inner lining, and the iron sheets are stitched and fixed on the outside. The iron sheets are spliced ​​together, and the left sheet can be stacked with the right sheet, and the right sheet can be stacked with the left sheet, or the upper sheet can be pressed down. Form a face and protect the body.

This sounds like a simple structure, but behind it is the industrial structure and cutting-edge technology of this era——

Smelting iron.

In an era of limited productivity, iron smelting has always been a standard for measuring the technical level of a country and power. Even in later generations, research on materials science, alloys, and iron smelting processes are still top priorities.

The development of the iron smelting industry was also an important part of the Central Plains dynasty's maintenance of technological advancement for the nomads in the north.

The seemingly simple thin iron sheets that make up the armor are the expression of the iron smelting process.

The style, thickness, toughness, and hardness of the iron sheets involve many complex processes and techniques. Without sufficient technical accumulation, it is impossible to cast and piece them together.

"This time the troops are dispatched, in addition to eradicating the bandits, we also need to test whether there are any defects in the use of these armors. General, don't forget this matter..."

At the front of the team, there was a man wearing leather armor, speaking carefully to someone. The person he was talking to was the general who was walking at the front of the team.

The general nodded and said with a smile: "Gao Jun, don't worry, a certain family knew what the Fu Jun meant and let me come out to help me rectify my name. After all, I am young, and I used to lead troops to chase outside the city. In fact, I didn't have much credit for defeating the army, so now I'm just acting as the captain. Today's expedition is to accumulate credit. When the imperial court allows the government to open a mansion and build a tooth, and lead the Weizhen, I will get better and will not be arrogant. "

The leather-armored man next to him immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then reminded him: "Since the general remembers it, that's good. This matter seems simple. With the strength of our soldiers, even if they are new recruits, we must It is not necessarily difficult to exterminate them, but this time the order from above mainly mentioned the population, money and food in the stronghold, so the general should not indulge in killing the enemy, and should allocate his energy to analyze the situation."

The general complained a little at this time: "Gao Jun, do you have so little confidence in me? I know it all, just wait and see."

This general is none other than Ran Zhan. After more than half a year of training, his whole temperament has changed. His childishness has gone away, and he has become capable and strong. Because he has been practicing martial arts all year round and has kept up with his nutrition in the past six months, although he is still Although he has grown taller, he is not short in stature. At least compared to the person he is talking to, his stature is not bad at all.

And the leather-armored man who was talking was actually Gao Bing who was copying on the ground during the Long Street Lantern Festival.

Everyone came from Goguryeo, and they wanted to go back, but for some reason, someone came to recruit. He was worried about not being able to go home at the time - in order to buy paper for copying, this person used up all his money, so that Holding a few pieces of paper, but no money back home.

Someone happened to come over to recruit him, so the high-ranking student gritted his teeth and simply joined.

This was the few days when Chen Zhi was in low clothes, sitting in a teahouse and wine shop watching the luck of the people passing by, he saw that this high and extraordinary luck surpassed ordinary people, so he asked someone to record it, and then asked someone to call it , stay and use it first, see if there are any achievements in the future, and then promote.This is because Chen Zhi has also noticed that some people have strong luck because of their pure family traditions, their offspring have achieved something, or they have a high background and status, and they are born with fame, not because of their own talents.

Although Chen Zhi wants to gather talents and consolidate his luck, he does not want to be a collector and just collect celebrities to raise. If this is the case, those who are collected will leave their own historical position and positioning, which is like a fish out of water. , and everyone was lost.

However, after a few days of service, Chen Zhi discovered that this person was not the only one with extraordinary luck.

Therefore, after giving him a rough test and understanding some of Gao Bing's characteristics, he directly placed him in the barracks and asked him to start working on his military record.

As expected, Gao Bing had some skills. Within half a year, he was noticed and appreciated by Yang Yuan through several small things. Although he was not directly promoted, after all, the military is a place that pays attention to military merit, and it is not easy to be directly promoted within half a year. So he was mobilized to a key position——

Directly served as Ran Zhan's subordinate record officer.

Don't underestimate this position, because what Ran Zhan is currently commanding is close to an army——

In the military establishment of the Xinhan Dynasty, the main division standard is the army and the team, which is one of the reasons why the folks call the military team the army.

This "army" can be said to be one of the basic units of the New Han Army, but its number is variable, ranging from 1000, 500, 2000, and 500.

When Emperor Xuanwu unified the north, he decided to move the capital in order to strengthen his control over the north. However, he was not reassured by this and was well aware of the power of the southern families. Therefore, in order to help the royal family consolidate the north without reducing its control over the south, , so they divided the kings among themselves.

What do these princes, princes, etc. rely on to consolidate the land and protect the capital?That is the soldiers and horses in hand. The smaller countries only have an army of 2000 people.

Today, although Ran Zhan is not a military leader, he has 50 "teams" under his command, each with 800 people, which adds up to [-] people, which can barely be regarded as an army.

This time he was ordered to suppress the bandits, so he took all his troops and went straight to the mountain stronghold closest to Dai County to destroy it with the force of thunder.

The present time is no different from the later generations. In the later generations, development was taking place everywhere. If you wanted to see a forest, you had to run to the west. When you saw a dense forest, you had to draw a red line to protect it. At this time, not long after leaving the city, there is a forest, where birds and animals can fly. There are so many, coupled with communication and transportation restrictions, even if Chen Zhi has reached a high level of control over Dai County, he can't control the flowers, plants and animals in the wild.

Such an environment is undoubtedly a breeding ground for bandit houses. In addition, there are many scattered civilian households.

After marching for a while, someone suddenly came to report that a mountain depression was found ahead, with three villages in a row. Add up, there must be thousands of people living there.

When Ran Zhan heard this, he became excited, and said: "Thousands of people live here, even if there are two young and strong families, there must be more than 700 bandits. Such a large group of people has been kidnapped in the past, how can we keep them! People are still too slow. It took more than half a year to detect the bandits in various places. If you ask me, I should have captured them all long ago! Gentlemen, listen to my orders!"

　Thanks to "cxlcoo" for the tip!

　　
　
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