Pirate Song

Gao Huaiyuan once again looked at the majestic armor in front of him. This armor was a new style of armor that he drew with his own hands and was specially crafted by Zhou Botong and other skilled craftsmen.

Based on his combat experience when he served in the army in the past two years, Gao Huaiyuan discovered that there are many problems with the various armors used by the Song Army. The leather armor has too weak defensive capabilities and can only defend against stray arrows fired from a distance. For weapons such as swords and guns,

The attack and defense are very low, and even his leather armor is not very effective.

The iron armor used by the Song army was very cumbersome and cumbersome to wear. Although the armor worn by military commanders had a large protective area, it was also heavy. The armor he wore when he was in front of the army was not as good as the infantrymen of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The weight of armor, but it also weighs nearly 60 kilograms. Generally, infantrymen move very slowly after wearing it.

It has little maneuverability, and although this kind of armor made of iron sheets has strong defense against swords and cuts, its defense against arrows and spears is somewhat low. In the cold weapon period, the armor's

Quality plays a vital role in morale and combat effectiveness. It can even be said that the source of morale comes from armor.

Gao Huaiyuan experienced several bloody battles in front of the battle. It can be said that he was not spared any injuries each time. Most of them were caused by arrow wounds. Many of the soldiers who died around him were also given away because of the defensive capabilities of their armor.

He sighed when he thought about it. If the quality of the armor worn by these people could be better, many unnecessary casualties could be reduced. So he had long thought about improving the armor currently used.

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So after he returned to Daye County, he began to gradually outline the style of the new armor in his mind, and a year ago, he initially drew the style of this armor, and continued to modify and improve it before finally handing it over to

Zhou Botong and his gang tried to make new armors.

The set of armor in front of them is the finished product they trial-produced. The important reason why this set of armor looks very different from the armors in the world today is that Gao Huaiyuan borrowed many elements from European knight armors.

large-area nails

, replacing small armor pieces, which greatly enhances the defense ability of important parts and also reduces the weight of the armor. However, it does not completely copy the style of European armor. After all, the protective area of ​​European armor is

and protection

Although it is strong, it is more bulky, so he retains the advantages of the armor in some parts that need movement, such as the ribs and lower abdomen, which are not easily injured, and still retains the style of the armor, so this set of armor looks like

More like a combination of Chinese and Western

The combined armor looks more powerful, a bit like the riot suits worn by later generations of special police, and its defense capabilities against arrows and spears are greatly enhanced, without affecting the activities of the limbs and waist and abdomen.

It is also much more convenient to get up.

In addition, although this set of armor is composed of a large area of ​​armor, in order to reduce weight, Gao Huaiyuan has chosen to appropriately reduce the defensive area. In addition to greatly enhancing the defense of key parts, it also ensures

The protective force on the wearer's front reduces the armor area on the back, making the wearer's activities more convenient. At the same time, it also reduces physical exertion during exercise, making the wearer appear more capable.

The mobility and defense of the army are of great benefit.

The reason for this is that Gao Huaiyuan's understanding of war is very different from that of contemporary people. Gao Huaiyuan experienced from the battles in front of the battle line that in order to have an invincible army, the first thing to ensure is the offensive nature of the army.

Only an army that marches forward bravely and never retreats can be called an iron army, and any retreat with its back to the enemy is a shameful rout. If all the people in the army are

When you hand your back to the enemy, no matter how good the armor is and no matter how large the protective area is, you can't escape the fate of final defeat. In the end, when the enemy is covering up the enemy, you can't escape the word death! For such behavior,

Instead of wasting resources to protect their backs, it would be better to simply save these resources and leave them to those who can fight. This was already tested by the war when the Northern Song Dynasty collapsed.

Although the main army of the Northern Song Dynasty lacked horses at that time, other than this, the equipment was not bad. It can even be said that at the beginning of the war, the army's equipment was far superior to that of their opponent, the Jin Kingdom. Basically, it can be said that

They are all heavy infantry. Many of the elite infantry units in the main force of the Song Army are equipped with the most powerful infantry armor in Chinese history. Each set

The protective area of ​​the armor is extremely large. It can be said that the entire person is wrapped in the armor. It is made of more than 1,800 pieces of iron armor and weighs more than 30 kilograms. Some armors even reach seven

Eighty kilograms of weight, what is the result? However, under the command of those incompetent generals, the Song army collapsed thousands of miles and lost half of the entire Song Dynasty to the Jin Kingdom.

Only the famous generals of the early Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, could really maximize the combat effectiveness of the heavy infantry. Unfortunately, Zhao Gou eventually destroyed his country, leaving these famous generals unable to recover from the north.

That's why when Gao Huaiyuan designed this new type of armor, he simply reduced the defensive capabilities of the back in a large area. His philosophy was that soldiers should face the enemy head-on at all times, and even when retreating, they should maintain

In a state of tenacious defense, such soldiers are worthy of spending military resources to protect them, and those guys who leave their backs to the enemy, I'm sorry, you are useless anyway, just ask for your blessings!

It is precisely because of the introduction of this concept that the weight of this new type of armor has been reduced to more than 30 kilograms, which can reduce a lot of unnecessary physical exertion for infantry on the battlefield, while maintaining frontal defense capabilities.

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After Gao Huaiyuan finished looking at the suit of armor on the shelf, he waved his hand and said, "Take it off and put it on for me. I want to try it on myself!"

Everyone immediately stepped forward and put this set of armor on Gao Huaiyuan's body. As expected, this kind of armor was much easier to wear. There were only a few buckles on the whole body. Once they were tightened and buckled, they were firmly fixed on Gao Huaiyuan's body.

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Gao Huaiyuan hit his chest a few times with his fist, making a dull sound. Then he raised his arms and legs and moved around in the work shed for a while to experience the feeling of wearing this armor.

"Zhou Hao! Take your knife, let's go outside and take a few moves to see!" Gao Huaiyuan suddenly greeted Zhou Hao.

"Okay!" Zhou Hao responded immediately, then reached out and pulled out the waist knife from his ribs.

The crowd gathered around Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao and walked to an open space outside the work shed. Gao Huaiyuan also reached out and took a waist knife, shook it and said with a smile: "Be careful!"

Everyone's eyes widened immediately. For such a long time, everyone knew that Gao Huaiyuan was outstanding in martial arts and was known as the enemy of ten thousand people, but they rarely saw Gao Huaiyuan doing anything with others. Everyone felt a little curious and wanted to

Let’s see what Gao Huaiyuan’s real kung fu is like.

I saw that Gao Huaiyuan did not take the initiative to attack, but stood firmly with his legs, giving people a feeling of being as stable as Mount Tai, and immediately exuded a kind of power that made people breathless.

"Young master's kung fu has improved again!" Xue Yan whispered to Zhou Botong beside him.

"Yeah! I feel it. As soon as the young master stopped here, I felt a little confused. It is indeed the style of a master!" Zhou Botong also knows kung fu. If a craftsman like him wants to make a good weapon, he doesn't know how to do it.

No, he must be able to accurately grasp the center of gravity and force method of making weapons. Only in this way can he create better weapons, so he can be considered an expert.

Zhou Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, held the knife in his hand across his chest, and started walking around Gao Huaiyuan with his feet staggered. He was experienced in dealing with Gao Huaiyuan and knew that he must not let Gao Huaiyuan take the lead.

Otherwise, there would be no room for him to play.

After walking around for a while, Zhou Hao still couldn't find any flaw in Gao Huaiyuan, so he couldn't wait any longer and rushed towards Gao Huaiyuan with a sword. The scimitar in his hand flashed with cold light and struck Gao Huaiyuan's neck.

, the attack was extremely ruthless, as if Gao Huaiyuan was his enemy, and he took Gao Huaiyuan's head with a knife.

The onlookers couldn't help but take a breath, because Zhou Hao's attack was too fast and too cruel to accept. It felt like the two were not competing in martial arts, but in a life-and-death fight.

While everyone was worried about Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Huaiyuan also started to move. He raised the scimitar in his hand slightly and caught Zhou Hao's blade with one blow. Then he moved forward, and Zhou Hao's body was immediately brought towards him.

Falling to the side, the two of them moved very quickly, and it was past when they met each other. Zhou Hao was defused by Gao Huaiyuan with a sharp knife, and his left rib was exposed.

As soon as Gao Huaiyuan succeeded, he immediately sheathed his sword and struck at Zhou Hao's weak side. Zhou Hao didn't give in, twisting his waist suddenly, he dodged Gao Huaiyuan's blade, turned around and struck at Gao Huaiyuan's shoulder.

Gao Huaiyuan raised his hand to block it, and the two immediately fought in the yard.

Everyone immediately cheered in unison. They all had learned some kung fu to some extent, and among them were many young men trained by Wohu Village. When they saw the sword skills of Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao, they were immediately attracted by it.

He was amazed and cheered loudly.

Zhou Hao knew that his strength was no match for Gao Huaiyuan, so he adopted guerrilla tactics, surrounding Gao Huaiyuan and refusing to fight him head-on. He constantly attacked Gao Huaiyuan's weaknesses from tricky angles, while Gao Huaiyuan attacked steadily and defeated Gao Huaiyuan.

Zhou Hao's attacks were neutralized one by one, and the two men immediately became inseparable from each other. The wind of the sword caused a chill to the onlookers a few steps away.

The two of them fought faster and faster, dancing their swords like two balls of light. From time to time, there were several golden sounds of the blades colliding. Everyone was dazzled. They even forgot to cheer for a while, their eyes widened.

But he couldn't clearly see the sword moves of the two men.

After a crisp clang sound, everyone saw Zhou Hao immediately take a few steps back and jump out of the circle. The waist knife in his hand was knocked out. He shook his wrist and shouted: "No fight! No fight! I am not you.

My opponent, now that Huang Yan is not here, I can't deal with you, a barbarian! You are too strong, it's not fair!" He raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

After Gao Huaiyuan put away the knife, he raised his hand and threw it to Li Ruohu who was following him, and said with a smile: "Zhou Hao, your sword skills have also improved a lot. It took ten swords to get rid of it. It seems that I have improved during this time."

Not big! Haha! This armor is good

, basically does not affect the movement, but the waist needs to be slightly modified, which still affects the movement of the waist. In addition, the buckle here on the shoulder is a bit uncomfortable and affects the lifting of the arm. Everything else is good! I am very happy.

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Several people came forward to help Gao Huaiyuan take off the armor and hang it on the shelf again. Zhou Botong and others gathered around and began to examine the problems pointed out by Gao Huaiyuan and discussed solutions.

"Don't worry, young master, this modification is not too troublesome. It will be done soon. The young master will come back and try it again in a few days! I guarantee that the young master will be satisfied!" Zhou Botong immediately patted his chest and assured Gao Huaiyuan.

"It's not a rush. Let's see if there are any other areas that need improvement. Be sure to make the frontal defense stronger, maintain the center of gravity, and try to make the wearer more comfortable and labor-saving. These are the basic principles. Grasp these few points.

Just click, it’s unrealistic to come up with something good in a short while, don’t be too anxious about this!

Also, once the shape is finalized, I will give you an idea that can greatly reduce your workload. You can mold a large area of ​​​​nail plates. As long as the steel plates are made, they are hammered on the mold. Generally,

Even novices can do it, which can save a lot of manpower!

As for the materials, don't be stingy, be sure to use fine iron that has been forged repeatedly with a pestle and hammer. This is a matter of life and death, so don't be careless!" After Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao had a contest, they were still not out of breath and said to Zhou Botong and others.

The person explained it.

"The little old man will obey the young master's instructions and will not be careless! As for making molds, it is a good idea. I will arrange for someone to do it later!" Zhou Botong nodded repeatedly and wrote down Gao Huaiyuan's words. Regarding mold making to create armor plates, Zhou Botong nodded repeatedly and wrote down Gao Huaiyuan's words.

He is very interested in the method, otherwise, how to create this kind of curves everywhere

Armor pieces can really only be done by masters with very good skills. Making a pair of such armor takes a lot of work and affects the output. With the mold, this matter seems to be solved easily. He really doesn't know

Gao Huaiyuan could actually come up with such a clever trick and solved many problems at once.

"Master, this kind of armor is obviously different from the previous armor. Do you also want to give this new armor a name?" Xue Yan stood aside and suddenly asked Gao Huaiyuan.

After hearing this, everyone nodded, feeling that Xue Yan's question was well raised. This style of armor is indeed too trendy, so how to call it is really a problem.

Gao Huaiyuan lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that it was the same. We can't always call this kind of armor a new type of armor! After all, all the new things from his hands have names, and this new type of armor is no exception, so he took another look.

After getting this new armor, he said to everyone: "The wearer of this armor can only move forward without any reason to look back, so I think I will call it the trapped armor! What do you think?"

It was quite appropriate to charge into battle and move forward without hesitation, so everyone nodded in agreement, and a brand new type of armor was born in the world at this time, which was the famous battle armor in later generations.

After Gao Huaiyuan tried this kind of trap armor, he followed everyone to the back to take a look at the two newly built pestle hammers. After using it for such a long time, everyone now loves this hydraulic machine very much.

The never-ending pestle hammer continuously reciprocates, striking various iron materials on the anvil. After repeated forging, they saved a lot of time and manpower, and also improved their work efficiency.

A lot, including labor costs, have also been greatly reduced, so although the iron works were relocated this time, they did not forget to choose a place near the water to build a new iron work, and based on the previous hammer, they built a dam again, and built

Several brand-new pestles were used to provide power for their iron work, and they even built a hydraulic blower to heat their furnace, so that the furnace temperature could be increased and the iron could be smelted faster.

After such an expansion, the iron factory has basically achieved semi-mechanized production. The quality of various iron products produced has been greatly improved due to the improvement in the quality of iron materials. In order to maintain the operation of the iron factory, the main work here is

The products are not focused on the production of weapons and armor, but mainly on the production of various agricultural tools. The agricultural tools produced here are of high quality and cost.

It is much cheaper than ordinary handicraft workshops, and is very popular among farmers in Daye County and surrounding areas. Tiezuo has now been transformed from a fully invested industry into an industry that is starting to make profits, and no longer needs Gao Huaiyuan's continuous injection.

The funds can at least initially maintain their production operations, which also reduces Gao Huaiyuan's consumption and leaves a large sum of money for Gao Huaiyuan.

After Gao Huaiyuan finished looking at the dam, pestle hammers and other machinery, he passed a stone bridge and entered a large courtyard at the end of the iron work. There was a sentry in front of the door, and a dedicated person was responsible for guarding it. The four corners of the courtyard even

There is also a camouflaged archery tower, in which full-time guards with bows and crossbows are placed to guard, preventing outsiders from entering the courtyard. It can be seen that this is the core of Gao Huaiyuan's iron work.

"Master, this is where our warehouse is. There is a natural cave in the back that has been converted into our copper and iron storage warehouse, and this is also our copper work. If you want the things we make, you can cast them here. Master, please

Come in!" Xue Yan stood at one end of the stone bridge and introduced to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan looked around at the situation here and nodded with satisfaction. It was backed by mountains and faced by water. There was only one stone bridge passing through. The rest of the place was surrounded. Basically no one could cross the river and enter the courtyard.

, and what is being done inside is what he is really looking forward to seeing the most, but he doesn’t know if it has reached a practical level now, so he took a deep breath and walked towards the courtyard.dd