Ten days later, the blacksmith battalion.

Liu Yu looked relaxed, bare-chested, through the long wooden handle, holding a large crucible more than a foot square, on one side of the blast furnace, Feng Qian and Maoqiu, were pulling the bellows vigorously, and the fire in the furnace had begun to turn blue, in a large pot added above, the iron juice had begun to boil, and the hot air rose upward, and everyone within three feet of the blast furnace was roasted as if they were washed.

With a "plop" sound, the last wisp of fire in the hearth also changed from crimson to cyan, and the hairball's face changed, and he said loudly: "Get out of the pot!" ”

Liu Yu's eyes were quick, and as soon as the long handle turned, the crucible suddenly stretched into the iron pot, turned over and scooped, and a pot full of steel juice had already entered his crucible.

And on the open space outside, more than a dozen sand turning boxes have already been lined up, the hole that specializes in the steel juice is up, and the other places are tightly seamless, Liu Yu walked like flying, holding this big crucible steel juice, only a moment rushed out of the blacksmith shop, no steel juice was splashed, in the exclamation of the surrounding people, the steel juice of this big crucible was poured into the dozen sand turning boxes one after another. It wasn't until the hole began to overflow that he stopped to pour a box, and in just a few minutes, a large pot of steel juice filled these sand boxes.

The craftsmen at the side of the boxes cheered, dressed in water-soaked leather jackets, and took the boxes aside, shaking them repeatedly so that the steel pairs filled the holes sufficiently. Liu Yu put down the work in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face, his eyes fell on some of the sand turning boxes that were being opened on the side, and he breathed a long sigh of relief: "This is really fast, just this stove can pour out fifty boxes a day." One box can make twenty pieces of armor, and even if you return to the furnace to refine five pieces, there are as many as fifteen pieces. In other words, with this stove alone, you can make seven or eight hundred pieces a day. ”

Kong Jing smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's faster than we expected, now two hundred furnaces are running at the same time, and about 150,000 pieces can be made in a day, which is enough for three hundred pairs of iron armor." At this rate, it can equip 10,000 people in a month. ”

Liu Yu nodded: "It seems that there is no problem with the matter of making armor, but it is impossible for the soldiers to wear only iron armor and have no weapons in their hands, is there any good way for Brother Kong to build this weapon?" ”

Kong Jing hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "I said last time that it is impossible to equip a large number of steels, even if it is a tiger army, it is mainly based on long lances, and what we want to build is only the head of the lance." ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "Just the wooden pole and the lance head, such a walking lance, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take advantage of the strong enemy, the horse lance I told you two days ago, do you think there is a way to get it?" ”

Kong Jing sighed: "I've been thinking about this problem for the past two days, the production of horse lance is very troublesome, and the materials are not impossible to get, but the kind of constant oil immersion, then drying, oil immersion, and then drying, repeatedly tossing for several years, similar to that kind of Nanban rattan armor, it is too labor-intensive and time-consuming to make." ”

"Now we have received the task of completing the equipment of 10,000 elite soldiers within three months, and at least 5,000 people of the Tiger Army. So the time is still very tight, and there is no time to make that kind of horse lance. ”

Liu Yu still didn't give up, and said: "Then if the lance is made of steel, will it be better?" ”

Kong Jing said with a smile: "Even the lance is made of steel, so all the iron ore I have here is probably not enough for the weapons of three thousand people." Brother Liu, you still have to consider a cost problem, we already have a lot of iron ore here, but it is not so extravagant that even the lance is made of steel. ”

Speaking of this, Kong Jing hooked the corners of his mouth: "Actually, the Qin army can't all be cavalry, their cavalry is also a minority, you don't need to build equipment according to the method of dealing with cavalry, think about how to deal with the opponent's large number of infantry, is the king." ”

Liu Yu sighed: "If you deal with the infantry, it will be easy to do." But the Qin army is overwhelming, if we stand in formation with them, slowly rotate regularly, I am afraid that we will not be able to attack and defend quickly, these days I have been thinking, if we don't use a lance, is there any way to quickly break through the enemy's infantry defense? ”

Kong Jing's face changed: "You mean to say, spread out the formation and attack quickly?" ”

Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, the strength of our army is far inferior to the enemy's army, if it is a tiger force as the vanguard, but thousands of people, it depends on these thousands of people to rampage in hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, it is impossible to rely on the usual formation, husband battle, courage also, the reason why the Qin army is fierce is not how much better the equipment is than others, but their will to fight is far stronger than the armies of other countries!" That kind of aggressive play that is not afraid of death can directly make the enemy angry. ”

Kong Jing said with a smile: "That's right, the Qin State is a light soldier who doesn't even wear armor, but he is holding a sharp blade and is invincible on the battlefield." Do you want the Tiger Force to be like this? ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "I'm still just a small soldier who has committed a crime and is atoning for my sins, how can I talk about formulating the tactics of the army, but I think that as the general of this army, we should give full play to the characteristics of our Wu people's brisk and fierce fighting, heavy armor is just a cover tool for us to approach the enemy army and defend against arrows and guns, but in the real battle, the infantry on both sides are holding each other, I hope to use the fastest speed to break the enemy!" ”

Kong Jing nodded: "If it's a quick assault, the best way is a knife." Although it is said that assassination on the battlefield is more efficient than slashing, but it is a battle against the array, if the formation is scattered, one-on-one face-to-face combat, the long weapon can not be used, and the four or five feet long broadsword is the best. ”

When he said this, he smiled: "Just like your thick-backed mountain knife, it is the most competent guy, the length is moderate, and it is heavy enough, and it should be the most suitable for light soldiers." ”

Speaking of this, Kong Jing suddenly frowned slightly: "However, even this knife of yours is not suitable for the Tiger Army." ”

Liu Yu's face changed: "Why is it not suitable?" ”

Kong Jing sighed: "Because your knife is too hard and sharp." ”

Liu Yu was surprised: "Shouldn't the treasure knife be hard and sharp? ”

Kong Jing shook his head: "The enemy army is also armored, not chopping melons and vegetables, on the battlefield, no matter how hard the knife is, after cutting ten or eight people, it will also be open and dull." This is one of them. Second, your knife is too hard, and when you cut someone, it will also shock you, and if you kill more than 30 people, it will probably break. Not to mention that when swords and soldiers intersect on the battlefield, they often have to be separated from the enemy's weapons, so they are more likely to break. So if the spearhead is blunt, it can be replaced, but how can this whole knife be replaced? ”

Speaking of this, Kong Jing's eyes flashed coldly: "Only a knife with a sharp edge and a flexible back, which can remove the strength of this slashing is the knife that is really needed." Liu Yu, I can't help it, maybe you can ask the fat man again, what are the good tricks. ”