In the morning, many soldiers in the small school yard of the Dongfang of the Xiyang Wangfu were practicing arrows. As soldiers of the Xiyang Wanggu, the scenes they need to deal with on weekdays are different from those of ordinary troops, so they have higher requirements for their personal skills.

When traveling with the King of Xiyang, the guards can wear armor and hold crossbows without any taboos. While taking on the work of ceremonial guards, they also have to undertake the protection work. They must ensure the safety of the King of Xiyang when the assassin is assassinated or there is a sudden incident.

First of all, the personal fighting ability must be good, because the Xiyang King usually has mostly activity locations in towns, and the large group of people cannot be used, so the guard soldiers must be able to effectively block the assault of the desperate people, whether they fight with bare hands or with armed forces.

Secondly, when in the wild, if there are desperado attacks, they will generally use ambushing. Bows and arrows are indispensable among the main weapons, so the guards' shooting skills must also follow, and at least they can suppress the opponent when shooting at the same time.

This is an unexpected event that may be encountered on weekdays, but Xiyang King Yuwen Wen often leads troops to fight. As a guard, he naturally has to follow the battlefield, so the soldiers must also be skilled in riding and be able to follow Xiyang King to rush forward.

These days, the coach is very common for himself to charge, but the risks are also very high. If you are not careful, you will fall into the chaos. Therefore, the entourage's combat power must be strong and you must have the courage to follow the coach to fight to the death. The royal guards are very likely to use their own lives to cover the King of Xiyang to break through.

Based on these three aspects of needs, the training intensity of the Wangfu Guards is very high. The intensity of training physical fitness, strength, fighting, riding and shooting, and one day off for three days is the same as that of the Hulin Army, and of course the food and treatment is the same.

The royal guards were organized by the court, so military pay and food were allocated accordingly. However, the imperial court allocated materials according to the usual rules. The extra logistics burden caused by such high-intensity training was the Xiyang Prince's Mansion itself, but Yuwen Wen could afford it.

For him, since he spent money to support five thousand soldiers, it doesn’t matter if he added some money to support one thousand soldiers. It’s just to sell more fake and shoddy gold jewelry and strange stones.

On the side of the schoolyard, Yuwen Wen was watching the soldiers change their armor. This was the trial version of the new "Xiyang Armor" launched by the Military Arts Supervision. Zhang Ding, the Sima of the Prince's Mansion, complained.

"The king, Huangzhou is located in Jiangbei. It is cold in winter and hot in summer, especially in summer, and sweats when wearing military uniforms, and sweats when wet the military uniforms. Not to mention wearing hoods and armor."

"There is nothing to do if you are hot. There are wandering arrows everywhere on the battlefield. It's great to die if you get shot. I'm afraid that the wound will be ulcerated after being shot. It will last ten days before you die. If you want to die, you still have to be cool. Everyone has to think it through."

Speaking of this, Yuwen Wen was a little surprised: "Didn't the previous Xiyang armor be mainly ring lock armor? It should be breathable, so why do you still feel hot?"

Zhang Ding smiled bitterly: "In the midsummer, I feel hot even when I am bare-barred. Even if the ring lock armor is breathable, it will be hot for an hour under the sun, not to mention that in order to prevent the armor from grinding, I have to wear military uniforms inside."

Yuwen spread his hands: "Shannan is just the ghost weather, what can you do? I haven't survived it for so many years? I sweat a lot, so I can only drink more water."

The weather in the Yangtze River Basin is stuffy in summer. When fighting under the sun, soldiers covered in sweat are in great pain. If it rains, the sun will be gone, but the bowstrings are no longer strong. They are wet everywhere and there is no need to fight. They can only wait for mold in the tent.

Yuwen Wen has been in Huangzhou for nearly seven years and has become accustomed to the climate here. However, it is really hard to march and fight in hot weather, so now I have a lot of money to find ways to improve it.

When marching and fighting, it is not possible to have no armor, but wearing heavy armor to fight is easy to get heatstroke. What he wants to improve is armor. The new style of armor should be taken into account while taking into account the protective power.

As an "abnormal human", Yu Wenwen has an impression of many classic armor styles. The armor is plate armor to the extreme. In history, plate armor has full body armor, half body armor, breast armor, etc., but no matter which one, with the current ability of Huangzhou Military Arts Supervision, it is impossible to make it in large quantities.

Although there is a hydraulic forging hammer, the production process of large-area iron plates is not yet mature. This is because the smelting technology has dragged the back. It is not that it cannot be made, but that it cannot be made at a cheap price: the scrap rate is too high.

To improve the armor rate of the army, we must consider many factors, and the price is the most important. Therefore, Yuwen Wen settled down and looked second. The so-called "Xiyang Armor" style is still mainly based on armor and ring lock armor (mail) as the supplement.

In fact, it can be understood as a soldier who pierces a ring-lock armor inside and wears a piece of armor (crotch armor) outside.

After more than a year of trial, some problems have emerged. This combination of armor can easily cause "over-protection" and cause waste of materials. Therefore, Yuwen Wen had to consider launching a new "Xiyang Armor", but he was a little confused at the beginning:

Is it a redesign to the old model?

Yang Ji's suggestion was to redesign. Yuwen Wen felt relieved when he saw that he was so active and asked Yang Ji to draw a diagram first. After the picture was released, he felt something was wrong:

The eight-petaled bright iron helmet has a small flag on it. The soldiers wear short double-breasted armor with legless skirts. The officer usually wears long double-breasted armor with legless skirts and wears a pair of iron armor. The arm hands connects the iron sheets with belts and rivets, which can protect the entire arm from the shoulder to the back of the hand.

Yuwen Wen felt that he looked familiar no matter how he looked. Later, he probably figured out what the army wearing this armor looked like, and then suddenly realized: Isn’t this the Ming army’s outfit?

In the bloody setting sun, in Huangzhou Prefecture, Huguang General Yuwen Wen, who was defending the city by the city, and Deputy General Yang Ji, fought with the Qing soldiers who broke the city with heavy casualties, and finally fought hard and died for his country.

OK, this kind of scene cannot be born, and the armor of "Da Mingfeng" is actually nothing, but what about the lightning rod on the helmet? Will you be struck by lightning during a field battle on thunderstorms?

Yang Ji's design was pretty good, which made Yuwen Wen's heart-wrenching, but he considered the actual situation and made modifications to this Ming army armor style.

First, the style of the trouser (helmet) remains unchanged, but it is still a common style in this era. The eight-petaled Ming iron helmet with a small flag on the top is free of discussion. Yuwen Wen didn't want a lightning rod on his soldier's head.

Secondly, the Ming army armor was sleeveless, and the Xiyang armor should be equipped with "short-sleeved" and the ring lock armor style, just like the T-shirts of later generations, and the opening method must also be changed.

The Ming army armor is actually an upgraded version of the crotch armor today, and it is also very convenient to put on and take off, but the "Full-open-paired" is a bit shocking in this era, and if it is Full-open-paired, it will lead to flaws in the defense of the front chest.

So the double-opening of the cover armor was changed to a side-opening. You ask me where to open it? Nonsense, of course it is the right-opening. Isn't this a matter of course?

The armor is changed to a side-opening, and the front chest is a complete piece. Then the armor leaves are woven with wire on the iron chain cloth to form a square hard armor, with the front chest and back. It is a mixture of mail and armor to strengthen the defense against bows and arrows and spears.

The soldiers and grassroots generals all have long armor, that is, the hem of the armor is long to the knees, which is a leg skirt that provides protection for the thighs; each person has a pair of arms and hands. If you feel that the arms and hands are heavy, it means that you are not exercising enough.

Now the soldiers of the royal guards tried on this new armor, and Zhang Ding also wore a piece of clothing to try to pull the bow and shoot arrows. Although he felt that his arms were somewhat limited, the arrow's accuracy was still good.

"How do you feel?" asked Yuwen Wen, who was watching from the side.

"King, the arm of the right arm... for the archer, a long battle will be a burden." Zhang Ding said the truth, "It is necessary to know that there is no light burden on a hundred steps. You must pull the strings with your right hand. It is always better to lose one point of burden."

"That's how..." Yuwen Wen touched his beard, "It seems that if the archer wants to wear this armor, there is no need for an arm hand on his right arm?"

"King, the archer is above the battle formation. Unless he is a left-handed, he will definitely shoot arrows on his side and be an enemy on the left side, so the chance of injury on the right hand will be smaller. The lower official believes that if the archer wears armor, he can cancel the right arm hand."

Seeing that several soldiers were thinking the same, Yuwen Wen nodded: "Sima Zhang is good at shooting, why would you give some more suggestions?"

"You must think about it carefully, but you can't think of it in a hurry."

"It's okay, think about it carefully. Since it's a try-on, it's about seeing what everyone's opinions are. If there are any questions, you can change it!"
Chapter completed!