Cao Chong looked at Guo Xiao's expression, and knew that he had not completed the task he had arranged, and his face was a little difficult to look at.
Guo Xiao glanced at Cao Chong's ugly face slightly, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Cao Chong.
"Not to mention the armor and weapons of other ordinary soldiers, how much has I completed with the five hundred heavy armor and one thousand sets of good horse armor of the Xuantie Cavalry Hearing Cao Chong's words, Guo Xiao had to raise his head.
"Qi Qi Prince, the armor of ordinary soldiers is less than thirty percent complete, and the Xuantie cavalry heavy armor and horse armor specially proposed by the prince are nearly half completed."
Cao Chong didn't plan to let Guo Xiao go.
Heavy cavalry is Cao Chong's secret weapon, and it can play a decisive role at certain critical moments.
Besides, if there is such a group of heavy cavalry to support himself when he enters Liangzhou, then whether it is those people sent by the imperial court, even if it is a local family in Liangzhou, or a Qiang person, they have to weigh it when they want to do it to themselves.
If Cao Chong was desperate, these five hundred heavy cavalry could destroy any family.
This is also the reason why Cao Chong showed such a look after hearing that Guo Xiao's task could not be completed.
The heavy cavalry was too important to Cao Chong.
"Nearly half of Benhou doesn't need a vague number, you give me an exact number." call Guo Xiao took a deep breath, raised his head and said to Cao Chong: "Qiyu Junhou, the Xuantie heavy armor has completed three hundred pairs, but the horse's armor has only completed two hundred pairs. ” The Xuantie heavy armor barely managed to complete the general task, but for the good horse armor, it was not even one-third of what Cao Chong expected.
This bit of armor, how to equip Cao Chong with a heavy cavalry of 500 people Not to mention that Cao Chong's original target was more than five hundred heavy cavalry.
Is five hundred heavy cavalry too much?
In this class, as a cavalry, the number cannot be said to be large, but it is not a small number.
According to Cao Chong's expectations, he originally wanted at least 3,000 heavy armored cavalry.
But now it seems that it may take several years to form these three thousand heavy armored cavalry.
Because it has been three months since the preparation, and the third brother month has not been long and continuous, but only these things have come out, I have to say that I don't know how long it will take for them to drum up three thousand Xuantie heavy armor and six thousand iron cavalry armor.
Maybe it won't be possible for a few years.
Speaking of which, the military industry is still too weak in this era, and in later generations, factories, and assembly lines, these armors will soon be completed.
Cao Chong also had a rough understanding of some of the methods of making armor in this era, which was very simple and troublesome.
It is forging iron, casting Each step takes at least a day for the craftsman to wait for the iron to cool.
Moreover, the armor of the Xuantie heavy cavalry was designed by Cao Chong, and it was forged according to later generations.
There are not only outer armor, but also inner armor, neck armor, wrist armor, and even face armor This set of armor, in which there are more than a dozen parts, is not difficult, and it is also the reason why Cao Chong summoned a large number of craftsmen and was unable to complete the task.
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the history of refining armor in ancient China.
Iron armor appeared in China around the time of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Armor is also known as armor.
Release the name and release the soldiers: "Armor, still armor."
Armor, strong words, or armor. “ Iron armor of various generations is often made according to the material and body, and there are many shapes.
The Han Dynasty called the iron armor the Xuanjia, to distinguish it from the gold armor and the bronze armor.
The fish scale armor of the tomb of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Shenshan in the Western Han Dynasty.
It weighs about 16 pieces of 5 kilograms and is decorated with a total of 2,859 pieces of iron armor.
According to the determination, at that time, the iron armor sheet was forged from a block of iron into a nail piece, and then annealed and decarbonized, which had toughness.
The wearer's torso and crumbs to the elbow are surrounded by iron armor, and the bell is shaped like a half-sleeved short coat.
During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the two Xian Cheese Lines were called Jieguang Armor.
The shape of the Liangdang armor and the shape of the Liangdang in the costume are similar to Li's name, and it consists of a cuirass and a back armor.
The Mingguang armor has large mirror-like metal rounds on the chest and back.
The armor of the Tang Dynasty was varied, and according to the records of the Tang Dynasty, there were thirteen kinds: Mingguang armor, scale armor, mountain armor, black hammer armor, white cloth armor, soap silk armor, cloth back armor, infantry armor, leather armor, wooden armor, lock armor, and horse armor, which were mainly used by infantry cavalry.
After the Song Dynasty, although firearms appeared, armor was still an important protective equipment.
In the Song Dynasty, there were several kinds of mirror armor, such as steel chain armor, black lacquer near the water mountain spring armor, Mingguang fine mesh armor, Mingju armor, and step person armor.
Saw Song Dynasty history records that the total weight of a set of mirror armor in the Song Dynasty is 45 to 50 catties, and the nail leaves have 25 pieces of flying, and the manufacturing time is 120 working days, and the cost is three and a half times.
The Ming Dynasty focused on reducing the amount of mirror armor, and each payment was reduced to 40 catties to 25 catties, mostly iron valve mail and chain mail.
The armor equipped in the early Qing Dynasty inherited the craft tradition of the Ming Dynasty.
It has also absorbed the advantages of the armor-making technology of various ethnic groups, and the ironclad protection ability and external decoration have improved.
Therefore, the rich museum preserves the imperial armor of Gaozong Hongli of the Qing Dynasty, which is composed of bronze helmets and guards.
It is composed of eight parts: armor guards, battle robes, chest guards, bronze mirrors, battle skirts, and combat boots.
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The armor is lined with steel sheets, and the Mingha piece, Oh Frontier, and the robe are densely decorated with bronze stars, and the armor of ordinary samurai is made into a robe type with shoulders and horseshoe sleeves.
The outside of the robe is embroidered and densely embellished with steel stars.
In other words, the armor that Cao Chong wants to refine now is still used in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the entire history of iron armor development.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would have to span a thousand years of history, with the armor after a thousand years, if it weren't for Cao Chong, it is estimated that people in this era would not have thought of it.
Unexpected things are naturally difficult to do.
In Luoyang, Cao Chong summoned five hundred craftsmen, and they were collected with a lot of money in the world.
Cao Chong understands the difficulties of these craftsmen and Guo Xiao, but understanding is one thing, and this matter must be done well.
I have considered them, who will be considerate of myself Five hundred heavy armor and one thousand iron cavalry armor must be delivered within half a month.
This is a hard indicator The reason why it is said to be half a month is because Cao Chong will delay some time on the way there.
Walking alone is naturally fast, but walking with an army is definitely not fast.
Thirty or forty miles a day is the limit.
There is still some time to go to Liangzhou, but there is not much time for them.
Cao Chong pondered for a long time, and Guo Xiao was even more panicked.
After a long time, Cao Chong began to speak again.
"Let's not talk about this matter for now, I'll talk to you two tonight."
Hearing Cao Chong's words, Guo Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Cao Chong with relief, and said, "No" Putting aside the matter of Xuantie riding heavy armor for now, but there were still other things to solve, Cao Chong looked around at the strategist who had been summoned by him.
These people can be summoned by Cao Chong, naturally because they are outstanding, or they are the core of Cao Chong's group, or Cao Chong is reused.
Although Cao Chong had already decided on a candidate for this trip to Liangzhou, Cao Chong still said to the advisors in the audience: "This trip to Liangzhou, do you have anyone who wants to go with me."
As soon as the words came out, they suddenly stirred up a thousand waves: