The greatest enemy of the Great Qin Empire was the northern nomads, and the nomads' greatest weapon was the cavalry.
In order to deal with the cavalry of the northern nomads, the Qin Empire not only vigorously developed its own cavalry, but also developed some methods to deal with the cavalry.
For example, heavy infantry is a special unit that is upgraded from ordinary infantry and is designed to deal with cavalry.
Heavy infantry has extremely strict requirements on the quality of soldiers. In the Qin Empire, where the average height is less than 1.7 meters, every soldier who wants to enter the heavy infantry battalion must be over 1.73 meters tall and weigh no less than 140 kilograms.
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If not, they wouldn't be able to wear the full-coverage metal armor weighing sixty kilograms and the dark iron shield weighing eighty kilograms.
Coupled with weapons such as swords and other equipment, the weight of a soldier's armed movement is at least 160 kilograms.
Such a unit was naturally a gold-swallowing beast. On average, the court spent thirty taels of silver on each heavy infantryman a year, and this money was enough to support ten times the number of ordinary infantrymen.
However, corresponding to the high requirements and high price, is its power.
Its bulkiness determines that it has almost no maneuverability, but in defensive counterattacks and inland city street battles, it is even stronger than the most valuable heavy cavalry.
In the streets, the heavy infantry were covered in armor, making them almost invulnerable except for their exposed eyes. Their heavy bodies meant that they could crush the enemy to pieces as long as they moved, without even using weapons.
As the most important military force that defends the capital, the Habayashi Guards' heavy infantry battalions are unparalleled in the world in terms of configuration and warrior quality.
At this time, a charge was launched on the street, and the rebels were dispersed almost as soon as they met.
The heavy infantry's attack method is also simple and crude. Relying on their invulnerability covered in armor, they directly help to rush forward with the enemy's attack, get close and knock over the enemy, and then kill the enemy with a single blow.
Simple, but effective.
Moreover, this kind of brutal attack that can defeat ten enemies with one force will put huge mental pressure on the enemy.
Lu Fuchen's eyes were red, and his face was covered with blood, some of which were his own, but most of which were those of his subordinates.
He raised his sword with all his strength and struck the head of a heavy infantryman in front of him, but the other party did not dodge and allowed the sword to strike.
"Qiang!"
Sparks flew everywhere, and a section of the broken knife soared into the sky and flew far away.
Lu Fuchen stared blankly at the broken knife in his hand, and then looked at the other man's helmet with only a slight slash left, his eyes filled with despair.
And similar situations are happening everywhere.
Lu Fuchen knew that he could not continue like this, but before he could shout to retreat, three heavy infantrymen surrounded him, crashing into Lu Fuchen like three mecha warriors and steel bulls that should not exist in this era.
The weight of the soldiers plus the weight of the equipment meant that the overall weight of each heavy infantryman was more than three hundred kilograms. The three soldiers collided with each other from three different angles, almost eliminating the possibility of Lu Fuchen's dodge.
He felt as if he had been hit by a big mountain, and his body flew backwards uncontrollably. His internal organs felt as if they had been crushed. He was still flying in the air, and a stream of blood mixed with blood clots had already spurted out from his mouth.
Chapter completed!