Chapter 18
Huo Gang had a decision in his mind, and happened to see Gongsun Lin in the distance having already made arrangements. Huo Gang thought about it and spoke loudly, "Gongsun Lin."
Hearing Huo Gang's voice, Gongsun Lin immediately ran over in this direction quickly and ran to Huo Gang. Gongsun Lin bent down and bowed: "General."
"It's okay, stand and don't move. I want to study the armor on you." Huo Gang nodded.
"Yes!" Gongsun Lin said, and then stood up straight.
Huo Gang walked over and reached out to touch the iron pieces of the armor on Gongsun Lin's body. In addition to the heart protection mirror on his chest, the skirt armor on his abdomen and thighs were all made of fish scale armor and long armor. According to later information, the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty consisted of 1,590 fish scale armor and 644 long armor.
It takes about 190-260 days to make a pair of Mingguang armor in this era, and repairing a pair of armor requires more than 40 workers, so most of the Mingguang armor during this era are qualified to wear only officers.
However, when Huo Gang touched the armor pieces on Gongsun Lin's body with his hand, he was stunned for a moment. Then Huo Gang subconsciously used force on his hand, but the armor pieces he was holding were almost motionless.
I'll go, alloy steel?! Huo Gang subconsciously thought came out of his head.
Although the Mingguang Armor of this era uses so-called 100-fen steel according to records, it is actually good that most Mingguang Armor can be used with slightly forged iron sheets. Even so, its cost and process are extremely terrifying.
The so-called 60% armor-bearing rate in the middle and late Tang Dynasty was absolutely impossible to be the Mingguang Armor. Only a few elite troops and generals could wear the Mingguang Armor.
And now, what Gongsun Lin is wearing...is this armor made of alloy steel?
As a modern person, Huo Gang can still tell the difference between steel and iron. This armor piece is only about 2 mm thick, but it is extremely hard and the hands cannot be bent at all. If it is iron, it will be relatively soft and the hands can definitely be bent.
If so...this protection ability...the arrows of this era are powerless to do anything to it, except for some large crossbow arrows or siege crossbows.
"Come here." Huo Gang directly greeted another ordinary white horse Yicong soldier not far away. After he came over, Huo Gang confirmed again that the armor on their bodies was exactly the same, without any difference.
This... Huo Gang's mouth twitched a little. Is this the legendary elite cavalry? I go, this is simply cheating. In this era, such armor can't be made at all. Is it okay to be able to make no amount of money?
If this is an enemy soldier, Huo Gang is going to report it, but it is just his own soldier... Then there will be no problem.
"I'll take a look at your bow and weapons." Huo Gang asked their bows again. Huo Gang didn't have many bows and arrows, but after taking these bows into his hand, he knew that these bows and armor were the same, and they were definitely the best among the finest, which could be seen from these woods alone.
The longbow they used was a typical Turkic bow style, but after more careful optimization, and Huo Gang tried it and found that the strength of the entire bow was not too high, but it was not low.
The harder the bows and arrows, the better, because cavalry will inevitably affect the accuracy, so what archers require is that they can draw more bows while ensuring the range of the bow and arrow, so that more arrows can be shot.
In addition, the archery methods used by Gongsun Lin and others were also called Mongolian archery methods, with higher accuracy because Huo Gang had seen the ring made of animal horns worn on their thumbs.
"How many times can you draw a bow?" Huo Gang couldn't help but ask when he looked at the soldier.
"Reserve melee ability and can draw 20 consecutive times." The soldier spoke without any fluctuation.
Huo Gang took a deep breath. Ancient bows are different from modern bows. Due to material problems, bows in this era are very hard to maintain lethality and range. According to the memory of his ancestors, a soldier can draw 10 times in a row. Even a qualified soldier, who can draw more than 10 times in a row, is an excellent soldier.
20 times, I'm afraid only some generals can do it, because these generals have better nutrition to exercise their bodies.
If these soldiers can shoot 20 consecutive times and maintain melee ability, this is really worthy of the introduction given to them by the Spirit of the Yumen, the elite archers of the great man! This is really the elite among the elite!
In history, it is unknown whether Gongsun Zan's white horse Yicheng was so powerful. But now, when these soldiers are put into this era, they can be said to be invincible!
To put it this way, the weapons and equipment on the cavalry led by Huo Zheng should be the same.
With this thousand white horses, Huo Gang dared to face ten thousand Turkic cavalry!
Then, the strength and weapons and equipment of those Huo Qubing's personal guards are definitely better than these archers, at least they are the same.
Gongsun Lin didn't even take an hour to clean the entire battlefield.
"Report to General, the battlefield has been cleaned, all the bodies have been buried, the supplies in their tents have been counted, and the food can last for about a month. There are also more than 5,000 sheep, more than 200 cattle, and four hundred horses."
"In addition, we found some goods from the Tang Dynasty in these Turkic tents, and some things that seemed to be specially used to entertain the people of the Tang Dynasty. There should be caravans who often pass by here to the Western Regions for trade and rest here."
Huo Gang nodded. This is not surprising. Don’t forget that not far from here is the ruins of Yangguan in the Han Dynasty, which was abandoned. Yangguan is one of the must-pass places on the Silk Road. Although Yangguan is abandoned, the caravan cannot go from other places.
The numbers like the flock made Huo Gang breathe a little relieved. At least this food was already available.
The sheep seem to be a large number, but in fact, this tribe is not small at all. The tribe of more than 400 people is already a medium-sized tribe on the grassland, let alone in the Western Regions.
The Turkic people's food was mainly meat. If they wanted to feed more than 400 people, the number of more than 5,000 sheep was not big, because you could not kill all the sheep. In that case, what would you eat in the future?
They will choose some fat sheep to kill, while ewes, lambs and the like cannot be moved. In fact, for the entire tribe, ordinary herders cannot eat meat every day. People in later generations often think that there are so many cattle and sheep in nomadic peoples and eating meat every day, which is misled by TV series.
In fact, the ordinary herdsmen of these nomads live very poorly. If they live so well and have meat to eat every day, will they go crazy and rob?
Chapter completed!