"The Western Xia people have used this tactic of wearing heavy armor, which is called Iron Kite, but the armor of this Iron Buddha is stronger and heavier than Iron Kite!"
Lu Zhishen looked at the armor and said, thinking that he had seen the Xixia Iron Kites when he was in the Western Army. These heavy armored cavalry caused the Western Army a lot of hardships, and ordinary bows and crossbows could not hurt them at all. Qinbei Pavilion
"Can ordinary soldiers really stand wearing this kind of armor?"
Sun An weighed the weight of the armor. It would have no effect if he wore such heavy armor, but ordinary soldiers did not have his strength.
Hua Rong opened his bow and shot an arrow on the armor. The arrow missed and only left a scratch.
"Generally, hard bows cannot penetrate. If you want to effectively kill the enemy, you need at least a crossbow. Even armor-piercing arrows may not be able to penetrate."
Hua Rong shook his head and said, the defensive power of this heavy armor is already comparable to a shield.
Du Bo swung the eight-foot-long snake spear in his hand and pierced the armor, but he still couldn't break through the defense and could only shake his head.
"What the master said is true. The armor of this Iron Buddha is very similar to that of the Iron Kites, but it is better than the Iron Kites. Only a few of the Jurchens can wear such heavy armor in battle."
Xu Guanzhong looked at Lu Zhishen and smiled.
"Is it true that a girl is born? Is there a mature woman that is true?"
Ruan Xiaowu asked curiously.
"Yes, Jurchens are divided into raw Jurchens and mature Jurchens."
Xu Guanzhong nodded.
"The earliest people living in Liaodong were Sushen, Yilou, Wuji and other ethnic groups. Later, Yelu Abaoji destroyed the Bohai Kingdom and called Heishui Mohe the Jurchens."
"The Jurchens at that time were real barbarians. They wore animal skins and carried wooden sticks. They couldn't even build a decent house. Most of them just lived in caves or shacks."
"Yelü Abaoji moved some Jurchens southward and registered them in the Liao Dynasty, and they were called Mature Jurchens; those who stayed in their hometowns but were not registered in the Liao Dynasty were called Sheng Jurchens."
Xu Guanzhong first introduced the situation of the Jurchens.
"Wanyan Aguda, who raised the army to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and established the Jin Kingdom, was the one who gave birth to Jurchen, but in fact, the reason why he raised the army this time was because of the Jurchen and the mature Nvzhen who had been conspiring for a long time."
Xu Guanzhong spoke again.
"Wanyan Aguda said to the outside world that he was humiliated by the Lord of Liao at the fish banquet, so he rose up to resist. But the Jurchens are originally a subordinate tribe of the Khitan people. What does the verbal humiliation at the banquet mean?"
"The real problem is the Khitan people's oppression of the Jurchens. Every year the Khitan people ask for a large amount of horses, northern pearls, raw gold, ginseng, mink skins, deer antlers, pine nuts and young girls from the Jurchens. In recent years, they even pay a large amount of sea tribute. Dongqing.”
"The Blackwater Land where Shengnuzhen lives has a harsh environment, and the annual output is limited. The Khitan people are demanding too much, and Shengnuzhen's various ministries have long been unable to bear it."
"And the mature women are even more unbearable. The Khitans directly treat them as slaves and let them do all the hard work. The Khitans are only responsible for enjoying themselves."
Xu Guanzhong looked at Sun Lei and said.
"It turns out that this is the case. I asked Wanyan Agu how he could defeat the Liao Kingdom so quickly by defeating a small tribe. It turns out that he had planned it for a long time. This can be regarded as the remnant of several generations of hard work."
Sun Lei nodded and said, the rise of a nation cannot happen in a day or two.
"Although the Jurchens have just established their country, their strength cannot be underestimated. Liao, Xixia, and Song Dynasty are probably no match for them. Brother, please look at this armor. It is the result of multiple technologies."
"Part of this iron smelting technology comes from the Central Plains, but it is not exactly the same. There is also iron smelting technology from the West. I have asked about it. The Liao people introduced the iron smelting technology from the Western Regions through the grasslands. However, the Liao people think that blacksmithing is not a good job. Being dirty and tired is not what a noble should do, so he handed everything over to Miu Nu Zhen, which made Miu Nu Zhen's iron smelting technology advance rapidly and created this kind of armor worn by iron pagodas."
"This kind of armor is heavy and cannot be worn by ordinary people, but giving birth to a girl is an exception. They live in the white mountains and black waters all year round, and their physical fitness is far superior to ordinary people. Wearing this kind of armor is simply more powerful than a tiger. There are also Liaodong war horses, which are different from the Mongolian horses. , the delicateness of horses from the Western Regions, and the large size of Liaodong horses, strong endurance and adaptability, and they are not affected by the armor and stomach. When the two are superimposed, they become the iron pagoda that sweeps across the Khitan people."
Xu Guanzhong pointed to the armor and said, Iron Buddha Tu came into being by various chances and coincidences, which is a great threat.
"I heard that Xixia Iron Kites were also learned from the Western Regions. They like heavy armored cavalry very much there!"
Sun An said, Xixia borders the Uighurs in the Western Regions, and I heard that they like to wear armor all over their bodies, and even their horses wear armor.
"It's really possible!"
Sun Lei nodded and said, the West at this time should be in the period of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Crusaders should be marching eastward. People there really like the legion attack method, and heavy armored cavalry is the best choice. There is no way that Westerners at this time can't Will use my brain.
"It seems that the Jurchens are really difficult to deal with."
Li Zhu frowned and said, the Jurchens now have both combat effectiveness and elite equipment, which is really difficult to deal with when combined.
"Fortunately, my brother is far-sighted. We have sharp weapons like artillery in Liangshan. We can break mountains and rocks with just a snap of our fingers. Even this armor can't stop us."
Xu Guanzhong saw the heavy expressions on everyone's faces and said good news. Artillery was designed to defeat this kind of heavily armored cavalry. No matter how thick the armor was, it couldn't bear it with one shot.
"Unfortunately, the artillery is too heavy and not very convenient to use."
Sun Lei shook his head. Today's artillery is far from being able to control the battlefield, especially when dealing with flexible cavalry. If the Jurchens can have heavy cavalry, they must also have light cavalry to cover them.
"According to the observed intelligence, the Jurchens dispatched a thousand iron pagodas and three thousand kidnapping horses this time, and the rest are servants!"
"Brother, the Jurchens will attack Liaoyang City in two days. If brother is interested, you can go to the mountains near Liaoyang to have a look."
Xu Guanzhong said.
"Can I see it?"
Sun Lei was very interested. The Jurchens could sweep through the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Song Dynasty in just ten years. He was very curious about the Jurchens' combat power.
"There is a high mountain in Liaoyang City that overlooks the battlefield. The mountain is close to the Liao River and can be evacuated at any time."
Xu Guanzhong nodded and said that he had already surveyed the terrain and originally planned to go and see it himself. Now that Sun Lei was interested, he naturally invited Sun Lei to go.
"Okay, let's go see it together then!"
Sun Lei nodded.
"What's going on over there in the Liao Kingdom?"
Sun Lei looked at Xu Guanzhong and asked.
"Since Xiao Hanjianu and Zhang Lin were defeated by the Jurchens, the Liao Kingdom has not responded. All its troops and horses are on the Zhongjing Road, and it seems that they are preparing to abandon the Tokyo Road."
Xu Guanzhong said.
"So tolerant? Will the entire Liaodong Plain give up?"
Sun Lei frowned and asked, Liaodong is a fertile land, and among the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom, it also stabilizes the Shangjing Road and the Xijing Road. If you give up on the Liao Kingdom, it will not only hurt your vitality, but also lose your face.
"Brother, since the Jurchens started their army, the Liao Kingdom has been defeated one after another, with heavy casualties. Seeing that the Khitan people are so careless, the other dependent tribes are also alienated. Now the troops that the Liao Kingdom can mobilize are very limited."
Xu Guanzhong explained that the Liao army was not all Khitan. In case of war, foreign ethnic groups in the country would be recruited as servants. In the past, no one could compete with the Khitan, but now the Jurchens have stood up and beat the Khitan to the point where they are running away. At this time, other ethnic groups will not be able to compete with the Khitan. I will never listen to the Khitans again.
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