Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 699 Take My Horse!
Since Zhao Huan dared to let Yue Fei lead his troops to Hetao, and since he dared to show off in Shenzhou, he naturally had something to rely on!

The armor he asked Zhao Ying to fetch was the latest water-forged plate armor made by Song Guangbei Siege Zuo.

Compared with the chain armor made of a large number of small metal rings and the scale armor and zip armor made of small metal pieces, the defensive power of the plate armor is naturally a higher level!
The plate armor accessories that Zhao Huan handed to Yue Fei before were made of hand cages, knee pads, leg guards and a large heart shield. good name.

And the set of plate armor in Zhao Huan's hand is naturally a new type of armor made by Guangbei Military Weapons Supervisor.

Under the same weight, the protective power of plate armor is far superior to that of other armors, and its flexibility is unmatched by other armors.

The stepper armor of the Song Dynasty is composed of 1825 armor leaves, and weighs as much as 58 Song Jin, which is roughly equivalent to the current weight of 70 Jin.

Even crossbowmen, which are relatively light, are as high as 66 jin, while gunners and cavalry are both 70 jin.

Such weight not only guarantees the safety of soldiers, but also puts huge pressure on mobility and logistics.

The gap in strategic passivity and mobility caused by the lack of iron and horses in the Song Dynasty will no longer be a worry in this regard after the invention of plate armor.

In the 11th year of the Zhegao Battle in Shaoxing, the Song Army with infantry as the main force, Yue Fei had been transferred to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, away from the Yue Family Army, but in the Zhegao Battle, Song Dynasty won a complete victory.

However, because the Song army was wearing heavy armor and overly long and large weapons, the load was too heavy, resulting in huge physical exertion. Therefore, even if the Zhegao battle was victorious, they could not completely wipe out the defeated Jin soldiers.

Zhao Gou chose to negotiate peace with the Jin people just under the circumstances of the great victory in the Battle of Zhegao and the victory of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Huan really didn't understand this operation.

Similarly, the current Song Dynasty is also facing such a dilemma. Zhao Huan fought a battle of annihilation in Liaoyang, intending to wipe out the Liaoyang Jin Army.

But after the golden man crossed the river, he got on his horse and drove away. Yue Fei could only look at the smoke and dust from the golden man's cavalry, helpless.

The lack of horses and iron in the Song Dynasty led to a comprehensive strategic passivity. Zhao Huan continued to improve these two dilemmas in the Song Dynasty. Align these two short boards.

The emergence of plate armor is just a patch to make up for these two dilemmas.

The lack of armor in the Great Song Dynasty, and the dilemma of five battalions and a hundred mates with full armor, was caused by Zhao Ji's 26th year of ascending the throne, and the lack of military equipment. The armor-wearing rate of the previous Great Song Dynasty was still extremely good.

There was a money shortage in the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji felt that it was a waste to store armor, and a lot of armor was melted into money.

This is Zhao Ji's wrong country.

There is another extremely important reason for the lack of armor in the Song Dynasty. Whether it is chain mail, scale armor, or tie armor, the iron parts such as small iron rings and armor pieces are too small, and the processing is extremely cumbersome, which not only consumes manpower, but also It is also difficult to process and strengthen.

The forging of small iron pieces has extremely high requirements on iron materials, and the iron materials in the Song Dynasty cannot meet the production of plate armor at all.

The breakthrough in the technology of casting large-scale arc-shaped metal materials has led to the production period of the integrated plate armor, which is also much shorter than that of the Zhajia.

And the power of the plate armor has also been proven in the normal historical line.

From 1337 to the end of 1453, Britain and France waged a 100-year war in Europa. In the first few stages of the Anglo-French Hundred Years War, English longbowmen beat European heavy cavalry.

In the Battle of Agincourt, England had only 900 people, while France had more than [-] people, including [-] heavy cavalry.

With such a disparity in power, England annihilated about 250 people in France with 5000 casualties, including about [-] nobles.

In the Battle of Agincourt, known as the end of the knight nobles, the power of the longbowmen can be seen.

However, the result of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France ended with France's final victory.

The reversal of the war situation is inseparable from the emergence and popularity of plate armor. The tactics developed around the plate armor as the core defeated the English longbowmen, and France drove England back to the English peninsula. From then on, England could no longer enter the army. Opportunities in Europa.

Of course, France's final victory was led by a woman, and that was Joan of Arc.

France, which could only win in the hands of foreigners and women, finally recovered Paris in 1437 and finally drove the English to the sea.

Zhao Huan squinted and watched Zhao Ying bring in the plate armor, and Han Shizhong's eyes were full of greed.

This is a trial-produced plate armor, and four sets were produced in total.

In addition to the set used in the Guangbei siege experiment, the Emperor Song had a set, Yue Fei had a set, and Wang Ting had a set.

Two thousand steps away, he was shot by the bed crossbow, unable to break through the defense of this set of plate armor.

Under the strategy of Jin Guo learning from Song's long skills to control Song, Jin Guo also had several imitation bed crossbow chariots.

"Don't worry, don't worry, this armor test is finished, and each of our soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty will be equipped with a set! Haha!" Zhao Huan smiled vigorously enough, and the greed in Han Shizhong's eyes was that of a general's attitude towards peerless armor. The greed of god soldiers.

And this kind of greed is also a recognition of the plate armor.

Excellent performance, enough eye-catching polished surface, enough accessories and textures, the curved breastplate reflects the sun, making people dazzled.

After Zhao Huan tied the leggings and put on the lining, he put the plate armor on his body. With Zhao Ying's assistance, he put on various plate armor accessories.

Armed to the teeth, take to the battlefield yourself.

Zhao Huanzhi turned around proudly. This plate armor was absolutely invincible before the appearance of the matchlock gun!
Zhao Huan was confident enough, so he put on his pocket and buttoned his face mask, Zhao Huan even his eyes were hidden in the huge mask.

Zhao Huan took two steps. This set of plate armor only weighed 23 kilograms, but its protective power was already close to the strength of double-layer cold-forged armor, and it was even more heavily guarded.

"Lead my horse! Today I will capture Yan Zonghan alive in front of the battle!" Zhao Huanzhi laughed triumphantly. With this sharp weapon, is he still afraid that he will finish Yan Zonghan?

Zhao Huan stepped on the stirrup hard to get on the horse, and stepped on it twice.

Did not go up.

"Then what, Zhao Ying, come here and help..." Zhao Huan realized that although the plate armor was half as light, Zhao Huan still couldn't bear the load.

The heavy cavalry of the Song Dynasty also needed auxiliary soldiers to help lift their legs when they got on the horse, as well as auxiliary tools such as a stool for getting on the horse.

Only the strongest of the strong troops carefully selected by Yue Fei's Beiwei army, those who are the best of the best, can step on the stirrups and mount the horse by themselves.

It's not shameful for Zhao Huan not to go up.

He is not the main force of the back Wei army, and it is normal if he cannot go up.

Zhao Huan always felt that something was wrong with his logic, but he didn't know what went wrong.

Zhao Ying didn't respond, but pulled the big driver over, and said with a smile on his face, "Let's sit here as an official."

Zhao Huan looked at his black-and-white horse, then at his chariot, finally shook his head with a sigh, took off all the plate armor and leggings, and put on ordinary clothes.

The big driving jade wheel has been improved, it is all iron in wood, wood in iron.If it weren't for the fact that the horses were too heavy to pull, Li Gang could even make the big jade wheel into an all-iron chariot. Zhao Huan sat in the big jade wheel, just like sitting in a tank, and wore a leather plate armor.

Better to give it to those in need.

　Thanks to "another novice" for the reward, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)