Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"New equipment?"

As soon as Mr. Mo said this, the rest of the people in the tent looked at him with a bit of curiosity in their eyes.

"A kind of equipment made of new materials. Because the forging technology is not mature enough, it is still in the testing stage. If you generals are interested, why not go and take a look?"

Mo Jun opened his mouth to invite.

Many generals in the camp looked at each other after hearing Lord Mo's words, and saw a look of interest in each other's eyes.

"Since Mr. Shengping invites you, we would be disrespectful to refuse."

If Mr. Mo takes action, it must be a high-quality product.

This has almost become a consensus among the Qin State today.

So when Mr. Mo said 'new equipment', even Wang Jian and Meng Ao couldn't help but feel curious.

Everyone followed Mr. Mo to the ordnance camp.

Finally, in a corner of the ordnance camp, everyone saw what Mr. Mo called 'new equipment'.

Those were five thousand sets of weapons and armor. The overall shape of the armor was not much different from that of Qin's black armor. The only difference was that these five thousand sets of armor were silver-black, with a cold reflection exuding from their entire bodies.

"This... is the 'new equipment' that Lord Shengping mentioned?"

Someone couldn't help but speak.

Although these five thousand sets of weapons and armor do look very powerful, they don't seem to have much special features compared with the armor currently owned by the Qin State.

"good."

As if he didn't see the 'doubt' in the man's eyes, Mr. Mo walked straight to the five thousand sets of 'new equipment', casually took out a sheathed long sword from it and threw it to Meng Tian, ​​saying.

"General Meng, why not give it a try and see if the equipment works well?"

"Yes, I will obey the order."

Although Meng Tian also didn't see anything special about these five thousand sets of 'new equipment', out of his bounden duty as a soldier, he still took the sword thrown by Lord Mo and responded with a serious expression.

Zheng!

Meng Tian pulled out his long sword, and a crisp sword cry sounded instantly.

Hearing the sound of swords, many generals who had not paid much attention just now changed their expressions. The next second, they saw Meng Ao pull out a bronze sword from the waist of the guard beside him and said to Meng Tian. .

"Touch it."

Meng Ao's words were concise and concise, but as Meng Ao's grandson, Meng Tian understood the meaning of Meng Ao's words instantly. Without any hesitation, he came directly to Meng Ao with his sword.

When the other generals present saw this, they all moved away from the middle position, staring at the grandfather and grandson in the center of the field from a distance of seven or eight feet.

clang!

next moment.

Meng Ao and Meng Tian were seen wielding their long swords at the same time. Neither of them used much force. However, when the fire light splashed, everyone around them could still clearly see a fragment of the sword blade about the size of a fingernail, which flew into the air. among.

"Which sword is this?"

Seeing this fragment, this question came to everyone's mind almost immediately.

soon.

Everyone got the answer.

When Meng Ao and Meng Tian retracted their swords at the same time, the surrounding generals followed the swords in their hands and saw a huge gap visible to the naked eye on the edge of the bronze sword in Meng Ao's hand.

On the other hand, the silver-black sword in Meng Tian's hand, although there were defects on the blade, was only the size of a grain of rice.

Which one is strong and which one is weak.

You can tell the difference at a glance.

Seeing this result, Wang Jian, who was watching the battle, narrowed his eyes and said to Meng Tian: "Let me take a look at the sword."

As soon as the commander Wang Jian opened his mouth, the generals who were originally curious about the sword in Meng Tian's hand suddenly stopped and retracted the idea of ​​letting him see it first.

Meng Tian held the sword in both hands and handed it to Wang Jian.

The moment Wang Jian reached out and picked up the sword, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Then with a flick of his finger, everyone heard a 'ding' sound, and a layer of sword waves that looked like water waves immediately appeared on the entire length of the long sword.

Saw this scene.

Wang Jian, who had managed to remain calm before, suddenly his eyes brightened up and he said loudly: "Cai! It is really a good weapon. Although in terms of sharpness and hardness, it is only slightly stronger than bronze weapons."

"However, bronze is too strong and easy to break, but this sword has toughness that bronze does not have. Using such a material, it may only take half the weight of bronze to forge a weapon of the same length... "

Bronze is extremely hard and brittle, so weapons made of bronze are generally not too long. For swords of the same length, the width and thickness of a bronze sword can often be more than twice that of an iron sword.

When they heard the first half of Wang Jian's words, the generals didn't have much reaction.

But when they heard the second half, everyone's expressions changed instantly. If the sword that Lord Mo took out was just superior in performance, then everyone might be surprised, but they wouldn't make such a fuss.

But when they heard that Meng Tian's sword was only half the weight of a bronze sword, the situation instantly changed.

Because the forged sword weighs only half, does that mean that the armor of the same level also weighs only half?

This is the thought.

Many generals immediately turned to look at Lord Mo... To be precise, they were looking at the five thousand suits of armor in front of him. At this moment, Lord Mo actually had the illusion that he was being targeted by a pack of hungry wolves.

On the battlefield.

For weapons of the same quality, lighter is not always better, because in many cases weight is also a factor in attack power.

But for armor with the same defensive power, the lighter the better.

A sharp but sharp weapon is important, but in the era of cold weapons, the real core equipment is always armor. This is why only armor has been banned in all dynasties, but not swords.

"Lord Shengping, can you let me take a look at these armors?" Someone said with excited eyes and clasped his fists in salute.

"Generals, please excuse me."

Mo Jun stretched out his hand, indicating that everyone could move as they pleased.

After receiving Lord Mo's permission, a group of generals could no longer hold back and excitedly got into the pile of weapons. Some picked up a set of armor and weighed it, while others stretched out their hands to test the quality of these armors like they were knocking watermelons. What's more, some He directly put a set of armor on himself, and at the same time handed the bronze sword on his waist to the person next to him, asking him to draw the sword and strike at himself.

The general who received the bronze sword simply pulled out the bronze sword and struck the opponent with one strike.

A clang.

The bronze sword was directly shattered by the armor, causing a shower of sparks.

Looking back afterwards, I saw that there was only a white mark and tiny dents on the armor. Although the armor pieces on it were deformed, they did not fall apart like the previous bronze armor.

"Hahaha, good armor, good armor."

Seeing this result, the armor-testing general, who had been a little worried before, suddenly burst into laughter.

"The weight of the new armor is only half of the previous one, but its defensive power is not inferior to the previous armor. I have heard for a long time that Lord Shengping is a genius, and he is an immortal. In the past, I, Old Yang, only regarded this as a boast, but today The first time I saw him, it turned out that I was too ignorant."

"If it weren't for the immortals to come to the world, how could ordinary people create such divine armor? If our Qin soldiers all wear this armor in battle in the future, the Qin army's combat effectiveness will be increased by at least 50%."

This armor-testing general is named ‘Yang Duanhe’, and he is also one of Qin’s famous generals.

He seemed particularly excited at this time. It's no wonder that in this day and age, a good pair of armor is almost more eye-catching to a general like him than a naked beauty.

After all, if you lose a beauty, you will suffer a bit at most, but if you lose armor on the battlefield, someone will die.

Just when everyone was delighted and excited about the quality of these ‘new equipment’.

suddenly.

A voice sounded, instantly silencing everyone.

"The quality of this armor is indeed amazing, but I dare to ask Lord Shengping, what is the output of these new equipment?"

As soon as these words came out, many generals who were originally excited in the camp suddenly became quiet.

yes!

No matter how good the quality of the armor is, it won't be of much use if the quantity is too small.

And looking at the number of armors currently in the camp, it seems that this kind of armor is not particularly easy to produce. Otherwise, with Qin's current productivity, how could it only produce a mere five thousand sets of armor.

Facing everyone's gaze, Mo Jun was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "The current output of this armor is indeed not high, but..."

After hearing the first half of Mo Jun's words, everyone felt a little disappointed, but they never expected that Mo Jun suddenly gasped again, and then grinned at everyone.

"But if all goes well with the subsequent research, the production of this kind of armor in the future will even be greater than the current production of bronze armor in our Da Qin."

"After all, this kind of armor is forged from 'iron'. The amount of iron ore discovered in the Qin State is no less than that of copper ore."

Lord Mo's words made the generals both surprised and a little surprised.

iron?

Armor of this quality is actually made of 'iron stone' which is more fragile than bronze?

Da Qin's iron smelting technology is not superb. At present, Qin's bronze craftsmanship has reached a peak, but its iron smelting technology has only just begun.

In the understanding of most old Qin people, iron is an extremely fragile gold weapon.

Some people with vision have seen some relatively hard iron in other countries, but generally speaking, the iron smelting technology in the Central Plains is only as high as the quality of the bronzes cast by the Qin State.

One can imagine.

Mo Jun suddenly used the material "iron" to create a weapon and equipment that far surpassed bronze. It was such a surprise to these Qin generals.

However, they were surprised, and soon many generals no longer cared about this matter.

After all, these people are the bosses in the military camp. They are good at marching and fighting, but if they really want to study iron smelting, forging and other crafts in detail, it is not much different from playing the piano to an ox.

Compared to the forging process of this material.

What they are more concerned about now is what to do with these weapons and equipment.

As the saying goes, ‘a good horse deserves a good saddle’.

This group of people were all generals who had spent half their lives working together in military camps and battlefields. Now that they suddenly saw a batch of such good weapons and equipment, it was impossible to say that they were not greedy at all.

Unfortunately, these weapons and equipment had just been allocated to Meng Tian by Lord Mo.

"Okay, don't embarrass yourself here. It's just five thousand sets of armor. Now the number of soldiers invested by Qin, Zhao, and Wei on the front battlefield is close to one million. Great Qin has already invested just the vanguard armor. A hundred thousand."

"There are now only five thousand sets of new equipment. Even if you get it, it will not make any splash on today's battlefield. Rather than exposing these 'new equipment' now, it is better to use them as a trump card and not expose them for the time being. In the sight of other countries.”

"As Lord Shengping said, these five thousand sets of new equipment will be temporarily handed over to Meng Tian to take to Northern Xinjiang. The wolves will first test the performance and quality of these new equipment."

Seeing a group of generals in the camp staring eagerly at the five thousand sets of armor in the corner, Meng Ao couldn't figure out the inner thoughts of these guys.

But since Mr. Mo has just spoken to allocate these equipment to Meng Tian, ​​as Meng Tian's grandfather, Meng Ao naturally has to say a few words for Meng Tian at this time.

Otherwise, now that Meng Tian is talking softly, if he is accidentally dragged into the trap by these old people, then his Meng family will suffer a big loss.

In a place like the battlefield, you have to eat everything, but you can't suffer a loss.

See Meng Ao and speak.

A group of generals around them were slapping each other, but they also retracted their thoughts with regrets on their faces.

In fact, what Meng Ao said just now was not wrong. Although this new type of equipment is very good, it is indeed difficult for a mere 5,000 sets to play a decisive role in today's Three Kingdoms battlefield.

The main reason is that the three countries have invested too many troops on the frontal battlefield.

Under normal circumstances.

The military strength ratio of various countries is generally one-tenth of the vanguard elite, about two-tenths to four-tenths of the backbone force, and the remaining strength is logistics.

This is the normal ratio of an army.

However, on today's battlefield, although Qin only invested 400,000 troops, because Qin's national power has continued to grow in recent years, the quality of its army has naturally improved rapidly.

Among the 400,000 troops invested by the Qin State this time, the number of elite vanguard soldiers alone accounted for almost 100,000.

The remaining 300,000, 100,000 are the backbone army, and the last 200,000 are logistics support.

Although the 'new armor' forged from steel is powerful, compared to today's Qin soldiers, it actually does not achieve that kind of transcendent crushing.

Just a simple comparison.

If two armies with soldiers of similar quality are now allowed to wear Qin's armor and new armor, Mo Jun's new armor can at best be one against two.

That is to say.

Five thousand sets of armor are on the battlefield, capable of destroying up to 10,000 enemy elites.

This will not be of much use on the frontline battlefield.

And this was when the two sides were fighting head-on. In fact, given the current disadvantage of the Zhao and Wei coalition forces, the Qin army fought siege battles most of the time.

In this case, the advantages that new equipment can exert are even lower.

It was precisely because he realized that he had misjudged the situation on the frontline battlefield that Lord Mo let Meng Tian take away these five thousand sets of armor.

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