Pillars of the Wu family

But the gun quilt did not solve the problem that the long handle was too long to exert the power of piercing. Yoshihiro Kira decided to shorten the length of the gun to 2 meters. The shortened length of the gun did not reduce the power of stabbing. On the contrary, it can greatly improve the performance of the spear Effectiveness, a long spear of this length can be used with one hand, and it also retains the basic attributes of anti-cavalry. It is no problem to block the whipping of the long handle with a rattan shield.

Then came the practice. It took half a month for the Mahui warriors to gradually adapt to the gun-shield combat method. The one-and-a-half-inch gun was a bit longer than the ordinary large-body gun, and shorter than the three-room gun made of cork. There are many, the body of the gun is made of hardwood to make it more conducive to stabbing. Yoshitomi Kira always believed that a spear that cannot stab the enemy has no meaning.

In a new round of small competition at the beginning of May, 4 teams of horseback samurai who had been trained held sword shields, gun shields, hammer shields, and ax shields against Saijo Bei's elite ashigaru, but the result was one-sided Victory, Saijo Bei did not expect this kind of weapon to have such a ferocious assault power, and he was defeated for a while. It was the first time for many people to encounter such a bizarre way of using a weapon. The original confrontation method was completely useless against this new type of weapon. , which made the ashigaru feel unconvinced.

They feel that things made of this kind of wood can't explain anything. I use wooden knives and sticks, and you use wooden shields to take advantage of it, but during the next demonstration, these people quickly shut up. The powerful destructive power surprised them, and the destructive power was enough, but both the sword and shield soldiers and the ax shield soldiers were good at chopping off the long-handled gun shafts and slashing at close quarters, which was almost unsolvable for ashigaru.

There is also such an annoying thing as a vine shield. The ashigaru have nothing to do with this kind of shield. No matter how experienced the spear ashigaru are, these horse back warriors can always find a gap to attack with a long handle, and even many horse back samurai frequently Using the skills of blocking and assaulting, once they are allowed to attack in close quarters, it will evolve into a one-sided massacre.

The rattan shield is an important part of the construction of new arms in Kira Yoshihime. It is made of a whole piece of hardwood, and then wrapped with rattan repeatedly around the shield. Finally, after repeated application of tung oil and exposure to the sun, it is finally made into a rattan shield. The shield is long. It is nearly one meter long and weighs twelve catties. It can easily protect the upper body and torso. Of course, it is disgusted by the ashigaru people. Compared with the thin wooden boards such as bamboo bundles and step shields that are not suitable for carrying, this kind of rattan shield is obviously stronger and stronger. practical.

But a new problem appeared again, because the three guns were too long to attack and could not hold the shield. Originally, the three gun handles were the best means of defense, but after being broken by the shield soldiers, they became the biggest burden In the end, Sanhe and Omi gave up the bulky Sanjian guns in a tacit understanding and switched to new weapons.

There are new differences in what weapons to use. Most of Mikawa’s equipment choose to use gun shields. They have been trained how to use guns since they were young. This one-and-a-half-length new long gun is just right for them. After being equipped with a shield, they only need to strengthen their lower limbs. With a higher defense, one can raise one's own defense to a level comparable to that of a high-ranking samurai in the current world.

Omi Bei and a small number of Mikawa Bei were also shocked by the other three weapons, and the machete with a larger arc than the samurai sword seemed to have good attack power during the experiment, but almost everyone was not very optimistic about him. The cost is too high and it is easy to roll the blade in battle, but it is not the best choice.

Moreover, it overlaps with the role of the samurai sword. It can only be used as a server at most, but it is the least promising combination. Some guys who originally wanted to use this combination were persuaded by their companions and immediately gave up trying.

The combination of the other two weapons has caused controversy. Whether to use the tomahawk or the mace has been debated endlessly. Although the tomahawk lacks armor-piercing power, it can easily break through the gun array, while the mace seems to be only used with horsemen. Banner warriors can only reflect their combat effectiveness when fighting, so almost everyone chooses the battle axe.

"What's the situation? Why are their choices different from what the family expected?" Seeing this unexpected result, Ji Liangyi felt incomprehensible.

He always thought that taking out these four collocations would shock everyone. He dare not say that the tiger's body will worship as soon as it is shocked, at least he should be ecstatic and cheering, but it is obvious that these experienced standing ashigaru are all experienced. I can see at a glance that the practicability of the sword and shield is far less than imagined, especially when the samurai sword is easy to roll when cutting armor, and when slashing armored enemies, the blade is easily embedded in the armor and cannot be pulled out. Solved today.

Famous swords can easily cut through armor, but this kind of sword can only be equipped by a daimyo like Yoshitoki Kira or a swordsman like Tokihide Nakajo. Ordinary samurai can't avoid cutting the blade with a inferior sword. The embarrassing problem that the armor cannot be pulled out, and the problem that the samurai sword cannot solve, of course this cheap machete cannot be solved, so it was the first to be abandoned.

The failure of the mace caused Kira Yoshitoki to suffer some blows. The reasons they gave are also very realistic. Japan is basically light armored units. There are not many medium armored and heavy armored units that need to break armor. Except for samurai, most of them are light armor made of bamboo and wood, which can be done with a battle ax with a thick blade. The hammer handle of the mace is too short, far from being as easy to use as imagined, and the mace is a bit redundant. .

Since some people said that the mace was too short, he ordered to design a new type of mace. This weapon has a long handle of hardwood up to 1.2 meters long, with a cast iron nailing hammer head on it, and a sharp spike on the other side. The awl is used for armor-piercing. The whole weapon weighs no more than ten catties. It does not have the huge weight of the legendary war hammer. On the contrary, it is very light and compact. There are two types of mace series, one long and one short.

In desperation, Yoshitoki Kira had to put away the scimitar and the mace, and compiled the mace and the scimitar as ashigaru's secondary weapons. Although he only succeeded halfway and failed to do his best, this military The equipment reform still played an important role. He also improved the weapons of the horse warriors by the way. The previous cavalry short spears were lengthened into cavalry long spears, equipped with machetes, heavy rattan bows, and other secondary weapons according to personal preferences.

The new weapons were distributed, among which the cavalry warrior team was organized as cavalry equipment, and the horse warriors followed the horse back to start training with new weapons. Their new training subjects started with the most basic horse chopping scarecrows, with [-] riders as a group, At the same time, he assaulted and chopped hundreds of scarecrows standing on a long road, and it took less than a month to master the skill of chopping scarecrows.

Of course, they are still far from the level of Mamluk hitting a candied date hanging in the air while riding a horse galloping. The number of scarecrows on the road has increased several times. At the same time, a wooden pile is set up every 15 meters on the road. There is a row of scarecrows on the left and right sides between the two wooden piles. scarecrow.

This is the level of training their horse control skills, spear skills, and knife skills. It requires high coordination and skilled horse skills. This is a huge challenge for them, which brings them a lot of trouble.

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ps: Many people think this is too exaggerated!Isn't it unimpeded to directly equip 1 people after playing like this?Actually no, iron deficiency is serious in Japan, not everyone can afford this kind of equipment.

Another most important point is that without the military system of the Kira family, the military service system gathered by a group of vassals would not be able to play this at all, not to mention that this kind of equipment requires extremely high training and discipline. .

How many elites are there in the Kira family?It’s only a small amount if it’s full-scale. If it’s really large-scale equipment, the economy will definitely not be able to bear it (the equipment damage rate on the battlefield is very high), and there are not so many elites to equip.

You must know that the result of a well-equipped suit for Mamluks is completely incomparable for a farmer who has only experienced [-] days of rough military training.

For the Mamluk it was a killing machine, for the farmer it was likely that the unlucky guy was chased and killed by the enemy when he was escaping because of his heavy armor.

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