In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 223 The Meng Army Can Only Kneel When Meeting Me, Zhao Yurui
At this time, Cao Youwen was only 19 years old, about the same age as Zhao Yurui. Unexpectedly, the emperor specially summoned him. Cao Youwen was very excited, and secretly vowed to be filial to His Majesty the Emperor.

A group of people went straight to the crafting bureau's trial field. A lot of things had been arranged on the scene, and there were a lot of craftsmen's bureau officials.

These officials used to be serious court officials, but after Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, the officials of the Craftsmanship Bureau were basically promoted by craftsmen, because now all craftsmen are officials.

This is called using professional people to manage professional affairs.

Priority is given to choosing artisans with high literacy and skills. Under this promotion mechanism, many artisans have also begun to learn literacy, or let their children be literate and read, hoping to become officials in the future.

Seeing the emperor coming, everyone rushed forward one after another, wanting to see the emperor.

Unexpectedly, the emperor waved his hand: "No courtesy, no gossip, let's start directly."

Many craftsmen and officials came from Jeju Island, and they also knew the character of the emperor.

Liu Fu, the official of the Bureau of Craftsmanship, didn't say much, and waved immediately.

Li Pingbao also waved at the same time, and several sergeants came up.

There is a dummy in front, Liu Fu said, the infantry armor on the dummy is newly built, it weighs forty catties (two catties more than the 38 catties proposed by Meng Gong), the head and shoulders are thickened, and it is pressed The emperor requested that a mask be made.

Zhao Yurui had read Meng Gong's letter. When Song Jun and Meng Jun shot at each other, the face was the first vital point. If they were shot, they would die. Even if they didn't die on the spot, it would be very dangerous afterwards.

So he thought of the western iron mask covering the whole face.

He asked the Artisan Bureau to add infantry mask pieces.

Meng Gong proposed to increase it to 38 catties at the time, but now Zhao Yurui changed it to [-] catties, and these two catties were added to the face.

When Liu Fu introduced them, there was a large row of tables in front of Zhao Yurui, on which were placed various kinds of armor.

Niu Bao was the first to hand over a helmet and face shield.

Zhao Yurui picked up the helmet. It was very heavy, probably weighing five or six catties.

He felt heavy and groggy after putting it on his head.

During the Battle of Huluhe, some helmets of the Song Army were also shot through, but the injuries were basically not serious. Generally, the side of the body would be slid and bounced away. The main part above the eyebrows is easy to be shot in, so the bevel and thickness were added. In this way, the arrow is easy to slide away when it hits an oblique angle.

And the bevel is just used to buckle the face shield.

The visor only exposes two eyes, so it is not necessary to wear it in normal times, but it is buckled on the helmet in wartime, and only two eyes are exposed.

Of course, the Mongolian army's archery skills are relatively good. It would be really bad luck if they were shot in the eye again, and there was nothing they could do. Anyway, Zhao Yurui thought of all the ways to protect them for the Song army.

The face shield weighs more than two catties. It is thick on the front and thin on the sides. It is cast all over the body. It may slide away when it hits the side, but it depends on luck when it hits the front.

Liu Fudao, the Craftsman Bureau has already tried shooting. If it is a heavy arrow plus a eight-dou bow, if it is shot in the front within fifty steps, it will still pass through.

But the mask cannot be made heavier, and the wearer can't stand it anymore, because the head and face are too heavy.

"Looking at the Huluhe battle, the Mongolian army didn't all use eight-double bows, nor did they all use heavy arrows. At that time, there were [-] corpses--" Li Pingbao reported to the emperor with statistics.

There were 23 corpses from the Mongolian army, and the rest were all Khitans. There were 46 people who used heavy arrows. There are many Mongolian soldiers, and there are also Khitans.

In addition, seven-dou bows accounted for 18%, eight-dou bows accounted for [-]%, bows of one stone or more, [-] people.

Just as Li Pingbao was speaking.

Collapse, the front sergeant shot an arrow.

The first arrow shot flat, hitting the face on the front of the helmet.

The target shook for a while, and the arrow pierced into the iron armor.

After a while, someone brought the iron armor in front of Emperor Zhao Yurui.

The sergeant continued to shoot, sometimes throwing, sometimes changing bows.

Zhao Yurui took a look, and they used a eight-double bow, a heavy arrow, and shot flat at fifty paces, and the tip of the arrow penetrated about two centimeters.

The visor was cracked and basically had to be recast.

Zhao Yurui buckled the broken visor onto the helmet.

"Be careful, Your Majesty." Surprised all around, because the arrow was still on it.

Zhao Yurui waved her hand to signal everyone not to panic.

Because the visor is not close to the face.

So if it is shot near the nose, it may not hurt the skin.

Zhao Yurui put the visor on, the arrow tip did not hit the flesh, but it was very close.

But considering that this is the eight-dou bow, and it is fifty paces, if it is a bow of more than one stone, perhaps the distance is close, and it will definitely penetrate into the flesh and blood of a person.

He took off the mask, thinking that it was a bit tasteless, it would be unsafe not to wear it, and wearing it might not be useful, but at least it could make the soldiers feel more at ease, and it would certainly be possible to reduce casualties.

Riding bows are not as good as step bows. If the Mongolian army keeps output at the longest distance, the iron shield can still save their lives.

"If the Mongolian army dare not get close to shoot, it will still be effective." Zhao Yurui said.

Li Pingbao also said after hearing the words: "Returning to Your Majesty, not all the Mongolian army used heavy arrows. If it weren't for heavy arrows, the defense would still be fine."

Zhao Yurui nodded and stood up: "Look at the Mongolian army's equipment."

On the left side is the Mongolian army's equipment, all picked up by Meng Ying and the others after the war, and then compared and sorted out, basically representing the full set of Mongolian army's current equipment.

According to history: "Each person carries a small tent, a leather bag for milk, a pot, and all luggage. When using soldiers, they bring some livestock with them to provide food for them."

"When he dispatches troops, the leader rides a horse, and there are five or six horses, or three or four horses, which are always in preparation. If there is no one, one or two horses are needed."

Usually, the Mongolian army's expedition can reach three or four horses for one person, instead of one person and two riders, and quite a lot of horses are used.

This time they chased Gao Zhiyao with one person and two riders. If it was an expedition of thousands of miles, at least three or four horses per person, and as many as five or six horses.

Zhao Yurui looked over and saw that there was a Mongolian army tent on the ground. According to Meng Gong’s letter, this is the standard equipment of the Mongolian army. Everyone has it. The tent is relatively small. It can be rolled up and hung on the back of a horse. Sleeping bags are about the same.

If it is the Han army, there will be larger tents. Most of the Mongolian army and Khitan and other horsemen have one tent for each person.

There are also small Mongolian milk pots on the ground, which are used to cook rice and milk. They are made of copper, iron, and porcelain.

After looking at the Mongolian army's equipment, Zhao Yurui knew that a small Mongolian cavalry soldier had to carry so many things on his body, no wonder his combat effectiveness was good, and it was no wonder that each person needed three or four horses.

Their armors mainly include willow-leaf armor, ring armor, chain mail armor, and tie armor.

The chain mail was learned from the Western Expeditions and European countries, the Zhajia was taken from the Jin and Song Dynasties, and the willow-leaf armor was used by themselves.

Judging from the Huluhe battle, the basic armor has not yet formed a uniform system, and there are all kinds of armor, most of which should be their own trophies.

They mainly use sheep's horn bows, and a few people use hard bows. The former are basically seven-strength and eight-strength, while the latter can reach more than one stone.

Many people carry sounding arrows, even pickaxes, camel bone arrows, and needle arrows, which are thought to be dry when carved on wood, and feathers when they are dropped.

Zhao Yurui found out that the Mongolian army carried a lot of arrows, and they didn't know why they used them.

There are various other weapons. The common ones are ring knives, which are like round moon scimitars, which are sharp when they stop lightly.

There are long and short spears, and the blade is like a chisel, so it is not slippery when attached to objects, and can be worn with heavy bonds.

Seeing their long and short guns, and thinking of Meng Gong's letter, Zhao Yurui's eyes lit up, they can learn from it.

The long and short spears of the Mongolian army, like javelins, can be used for throwing and throwing. When in close combat, they can be thrown directly and can penetrate armor.

"This javelin—"

Li Pingbao opened his mouth and wanted to say that it was a long or short spear, but he still didn't say it. His Majesty said that a javelin is just a javelin. From now on, it will be called a javelin on Da Song's side.

"We can learn to build it for the archers with the god arm, and the spearmen in the front row. You can carry two spears with you. It should be easier to use than a short knife."

The arm of the divine arm archer is strong, which is just right for throwing a javelin.

Each person carries five or six rods with him, and the Mongolian army can throw them before they charge into battle.

It takes about ten seconds for you to shoot a bow, but it doesn't take long to throw five or six javelins.

"Your Majesty is wise, let the archer with the divine arm learn how to throw." Li Pingbao quickly flattered him.

"It's not difficult, just practice." Zhao Yurui picked up a long spear, leaned back slightly, and then took two steps to run up, twisted, swung his hips and bent over, and raised his arms.

Whoosh, after the spear flew out for about 40 steps, it pounced and stuck to the ground.

"Okay." There was applause from all around, and many people were quite surprised.

The emperor looked thin, and he didn't expect to be able to throw it so far.

Zhao and Rui felt complacent, thinking that Lao Tzu is still a little level.

Then he saw the Mongolian shield.

The shields of the Mongolian army are also of various kinds. There are defensive plates, leather woven strips, or willow, [-] inches wide, and half as long as the width.

There is a group card, which is specially used by the forward arm to shoot when dismounted, and it is specially used to destroy the enemy.

There is an iron group card, which is used to replace Douli, whichever is convenient for entering the battle.

There is a kidnapper card, which is a tool for siege and avoiding guns.

The first type is a small round shield made of leather, which can defend against arrows at a long distance, but is easy to be shot through at close range.

The group card is relatively small and can be tied to the arm, which is specially used to prevent arrows.

When charging, the Mongolian army will raise the regimental card on the arm to protect the head, which also has a certain effect.

Every time Zhao and Rui saw the same thing, Li Pingbao explained to him next to him. In fact, Meng Gong had mentioned all these in the letter, but Zhao and Rui still listened with interest.

The more he looked at it, the more he admired the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army has diversified equipment, many of which were thought up by the Mongolian army. In short, they are all for improving combat effectiveness. The Mongolian army at its peak is indeed fierce, but when you meet me, Zhao Yu Rui can only kneel down.

And the only one who can study the Mongolian army in this way is Zhao Yurui.

At this time, Li Pingbao picked up the Mongolian Guduo and other melee weapons and handed them to Zhao Yurui.

The Mongolian army has Guduo and armor-piercing axes in close combat. They are all hand-thrown weapons, plus long and short spears. When the two armies meet, they will find opportunities to throw them over.

Many of them also carried a lasso, which was basically found from the Mongols. The Khitans seemed to have forgotten it and didn't use it much.

Zhao and Rui also saw a small number of flags. The Mongolian army carried the flags on their backs were middle-ranking officers, and they could usually be used as instructions on the battlefield.

They are usually rolled up, and when they encounter fierce battles and cannot open the situation, they will unroll. Usually unrolling means that they must attack by force, at any cost.

"Each chieftain has a flag on his head, only one side. The next person is not allowed to set it up, and it is always rolled up on the Changyan. Whenever there is a supervisory battle, it will be rolled up as soon as it is comfortable."

Zhao Yurui had seen the full set of Mongolian army's equipment, and they knew it well. The Mongolian army's equipment was numerous and miscellaneous, some of which were more practical, while others were mediocre.

"We can learn long and short spears and short axes, and use javelins and short knives instead." Zhao Yurui said at this time: "In the future, whenever we fight with Jinmeng, we must collect their equipment after the battle. If it is useful, we can learn it. Control barbarians."

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Pingbao and others hurriedly took another shot.

"Your Majesty, look at their heavy arrows." Liu Fu waited for the emperor to finish speaking, and handed the heavy arrows of the Mongolian army.

(End of this chapter)