The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 281 Door Shield
After Liu Chan returned to the commander's tent, he immediately asked about Zhuge Qiao Guanfeng.

Zhuge Qiao was taken aback when he heard that, he had already told Guan Feng thousands of times before that he must not let the prince see her whereabouts, unexpectedly she would take the initiative to provoke the prince again.Zhuge Qiao could only lament in his heart, he was really unkind to others.

Then, Zhuge Qiao told Liu Chan that Guan Feng cried to death when he found her that day in order not to be driven back to Jiangling City.In a moment of desperation, he had no choice but to let her stay in the army.In the end, Zhuge Qiao was obviously afraid that Liu Chan would blame him, and said that all three of Suo's wives knew about it.

Liu Chan nodded, if Guan Feng stayed in the army, where else could he go, of course it would be Bao Sanniang and the others.Liu Chan sighed, this Zhuge Qiao's heart is really too soft, he really needs grace, not law.

However, in fact, this matter is not a big deal, and he said: "Go and tell Guan Xiaomei that she will not cause so many troubles for me in the barracks in the future. Also, when Bao Sanniang and the others go out, you must You can't let Guan Xiaomei go with you, otherwise I will really punish you."

When Zhuge Qiao heard it, he dared to take it as a joke, so he quickly agreed.

Only then did Liu Chan sit in his handsome position, and then he picked up a pen to write something very rarely, but it was completed after a few strokes.

Zhuge Qiao couldn't help feeling a little strange, the prince had always left these paperwork matters to himself, why did he do it himself today, could it be that he was angry with himself because of Miss Guan's affairs?
Zhuge Qiao stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what are you going to write, just let me do it."

Liu Chan just handed what he had written to Zhuge Qiao, and said, "It's just a small matter, how about my writing?"

Zhuge Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that the son was not angry with him just now.He immediately took it, opened it, and there was only one sentence written on the paper: Tell Lu Jian boy, at noon after four days, do you dare to fight for life and death in front of our barracks?
Only then did Zhuge Qiao understand that what Liu Chan had written was a letter of war.The content inside is not at all like the previous battle tables. At the beginning, I have to make a big statement. My side is following the destiny, and I am ordered to kill thieves. It seems a bit hypocritical to fight decisively in such and such a place.

Zhuge Qiao laughed and said, "Your Majesty wrote it so concisely."

A smug look appeared on Liu Chan's face, and he said with a smile, "So, then you can send someone to send the battle list to Lu Jian."

Zhuge Qiao nodded, folded the paper and put it in an envelope, and immediately walked out of the camp, calling a scout and asking him to send the battle list to Lu Jian.

After Zhuge Qiao turned around and entered the camp, Liu Chan said: "Aqiao, you should immediately organize your manpower and build some large shields quickly, otherwise I am afraid that we will suffer in front of his cavalry in the battle with Lu Jian's army in two days' time."

Zhuge Qiao asked, "How big and how many sides does the prince want to build?"

Liu Chan thought for a while, usually in the battle formation, since the right wing is the strongest, there should be no need to use shields, so they can only be assigned to the left wing and the central formation.Moreover, in the face of the impact of the enemy's powerful cavalry, the shield should not be too small. A single-man shield like that is obviously useless.

Therefore, Liu Chan said: "At least four hundred large shields with a width of eight feet and a height of eight feet must be built within two days."

Zhuge Qiao was surprised when he heard that, he had never heard of such a large shield being used by soldiers, and it actually required four hundred shields!Then, if it is unfolded, it must be more than [-] feet away. Where can he find so many shield-making materials.

Zhuge Qiao said with some embarrassment: "My lord, our army currently uses small shields, most of which are made of rattan. It will be very difficult to make such a large shield."

Liu Chan shook his head and said, "What I want is not a rattan token, but a wooden shield."

Zhuge Qiao asked strangely: "Wooden shield?" He was actually thinking in his heart, according to what the prince said, maybe it is similar to making a door panel?

But Liu Chan said very firmly: "It's a wooden shield, which can block the cavalry's wooden shield!"

Zhuge Qiao secretly sighed, he was really not familiar with this aspect.He could only spread his hands and said, "My son, I'm afraid I have to ask Mr. Ma Liang about this matter. He has been in charge of military affairs for a long time, so he should understand the operation of it."

Liu Chan nodded, and ordered a guard to hurry up and inform Mr. Ma Liang to come to see him.

After Ma Liang came, he asked Liu Chan, and said with a smile, "Don't be anxious, my son. It's not difficult to say. The shields we use now are made of various materials, not all of them are made of rattan, as Bosong said. .Its materials include wood, bamboo, leather and even iron products.”

Liu Chan was overjoyed to hear that, back then he advised Zhang Fei to make a wooden shield!It turns out we already have that stuff by now.He said excitedly, "I just want a shield made of wood."

However, Ma Liang said with a look of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This wooden shield is made with great care in order to be strong and durable. It takes many steps to finish the final pattern and paint it to prevent moisture. Within four days It can’t be done. What’s more, the raft is only used for fighting between soldiers, and it’s really not sure if it’s used to stop cavalry.”

Liu Chan didn't expect that Ma Liang would say that, and the excitement just now cooled down.He thought for a while and said, "The reason why the wooden shield can't resist the cavalry is because it's too thin to resist the cavalry's charge, isn't it?"

Ma Liang nodded and said: "This is one of the reasons. Furthermore, you let the soldiers hold the shields to meet the enemy's cavalry. Before the enemy came close, the soldiers were already intimidated by the enemy's momentum, and they must immediately throw down their shields and flee. gone."

Liu Chan thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case. It was absolutely unimaginable for ordinary people to imagine the earthquake and mountain shaking of thousands of cavalry charging together. The momentum was even more terrifying than the flood breach of the Yangtze River.The military discipline of the army in his hands is already very good, but it must not have reached the level where it can use the infantry phalanx to meet the enemy's cavalry!
But Liu Chan really doesn't want to give up, not to mention that he is not the kind of person who can give up lightly. He is persistent, and he must do what he wants to do; being mellow and never dead-headed has always been his second advantage.

Therefore, Liu Chan said: "Then don't make it as exquisite as a wooden shield. We can let craftsmen process the log into square wooden strips, and then make it into a raft, and then cover it with a layer of cooked cowhide. This should Wouldn't it be much simpler?"

Ma Liang pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered, isn't this similar to the simple wooden shield used to attack Fuyun's bandit village back then?
However, Ma Liang didn't know if this would be effective, but he, a subject, should find a way to satisfy the wish of the prince.He had no choice but to say: "Well, I'll order someone to make one first, and then we'll test it to see how it works, and then decide whether we should make more?"

Liu Chan felt that Ma Liang's idea was right. The performance of weapons should always be tested before deciding whether to put them into production, so he immediately agreed.

Early the next morning, Ma Liang came to tell Liu Chan that the craftsmen had already made three "wooden shields".Liu Chan was overjoyed, and immediately took a group of white-eared guards, including Guan Xing and the cavalry to join the army, and Gai Meng was dragged away by him.The crowd marched to the military parade where the field hospital hibernates, and the place where weapons are made is just south of here.

When the craftsman moved out the so-called "wooden shield", it really looked like a door panel as Zhuge Qiao had imagined, and it was probably just a matter of painting the door wall.However, this "wooden shield" is not square, but long hexagonal.

Of course, Liu Chan didn't have such high aesthetic requirements, so he immediately ordered someone to erect the "wooden shield", and then ordered a white-eared guard to launch a high-speed impact on it.

I saw the white-eared guard wearing white armor, which looked dazzling in the sun.Then, he raised the spear in his hand, and began to accelerate slowly from a hundred meters away. The sound of the horse's hooves became more and more rapid, and finally reached 20 meters in front of the wooden shield. The speed of the horse had reached its extreme.

Then, a loud bang was heard, and the wooden shield was knocked flying.When it hit the ground, the cowhide was torn, and the wooden strip behind it was actually broken!

It seems that the wooden strips and cowhide are still too thin.

Therefore, Liu Chan decided to use double-layer cowhide and double-layer wooden strips, and asked the craftsman to nail the remaining two wooden shields together, and then covered them with two layers of cowhide.After another sprint test by the white-eared guards, the wooden shield was picked up again, but apart from a deep dent on the wooden shield, it withstood this time.

Liu Chan was very happy immediately, it seems that this "wooden shield" is still useful!
However, Gai Meng, a cavalry soldier who joined the army, was very experienced in combat. He immediately pointed out a fatal shortcoming of this wooden shield: double-layer wooden strips and double-layer cowhide, it is too heavy, and no one can use it!
Liu Chan was dumbfounded, staring at the wooden shield lying on the ground in the distance.

(End of this chapter)