The Central Plains civilization has a long history, from the long Xia Shang, to the Zhou Dynasty, and finally to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was incorporated into the Qin, after the establishment of a unified feudal dynasty, countless emperors, officials, and historical changes, the final formation of the system, that is the perfect system, his heritage and foundation, not a nomadic people to imitate, can imitate the success.

Throughout history, foreign invasions and occupations have been relatively short-lived, precisely because of this lack of stability.

The regime of the Northern Song Dynasty was more developed than that of the Liao State, not in terms of combat effectiveness, but in terms of governance ability and control, as long as there was no problem in the country and completely lost the ability to control the entire political arena, otherwise, a government decree could be quickly transmitted to all aspects through the channel of the government decree.

In the court, the plan for the first war against the Liao State, after Han Qi's support, has changed, and some powerful factions who were still hesitant have also supported it, and after they have supported it, perhaps the overall strength only occupies less than one-third of the entire high-level court, but with the support of Han Qi and Jia Chaochang, it has already tilted Renzong.

This is not elsewhere, this is the sixteen states of Yanyun, this is the dream demon of every generation of emperors, and it is also the dream of all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, to be able to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun during their tenure, this is a huge temptation for an emperor, this is enough to pay tribute in the Taimiao Temple, even if it is a little bit, it represents a breakthrough.

The court meeting on the day was not finalized, but there was such an intention, but Renzong asked step by step, mainly to ask some generals with troops, especially those who were secretly dressed by Jia Chaochang before.

can be selected by Jia Chaochang, the first batch of troops to change clothes, this is carefully selected by Jia Chaochang, because this is a ruined ship, and it is also related to the fate of the future, except for a small part, it is Jia Chaochang's henchmen, or the kind of henchmen who can fight, and the rest are basically outstanding talents.

Even in the temporary commander, he did not choose his henchmen, but chose Di Qing, an outstanding genius.

Di Qing's name, of course Renzong has heard it, many military leaders, including Di Qing, were recruited to the palace to ask, with Han Qi and Jia Chaochang laying the foundation, plus these military leaders, in the end, it gave Renzong great confidence, and finally, under the coordination of Renzong, with the joint efforts of Jia Chaochang and Han Qi, this terrible plan was determined.

The government of the Northern Song Dynasty is very terrifying, and it is even more so on the side of the unified measures from top to bottom, even such a big thing as changing the law can be established in a short period of time, from top to bottom, let alone a huge battle plan.

This plan was originally carried out by the Privy Council, and for the sake of secrecy, it was involved as little as possible, and now, after it is fully rolled out, it has set off a huge trend in considerable fields.

The recognition of the longbow from top to bottom, so that the longbow has become the biggest topic, the longbow not only has a very small investment, but also can improve the combat effectiveness on a large scale, why not replace it, but this time the replaced step armor has no whereabouts.

In the entire high-level, there has been a unified opinion, in a month or two, it is almost inevitable to attack the Liao State, so it is not appropriate to sell these equipment to the Liao State, although the Liao State was taken away by Yuan Hao and destroyed seventy or eighty thousand armor because of a large loss of combat effectiveness, the gap of these is very large, and it can be sold for 100,000 in the past, and it can be sold at a high price.

is about to start a war with the Liao State, but to arm the Liao State for money, what is this. Han Qi and Jia Chaochang both know that this step man armor, in front of the newly redressed equipment of the forbidden army, is not to say that it is paper paste, but it is also very different, but in the eyes of other courtiers, this is the enemy, after all, the step person armor is better than the non-armor, and the protection ability does not know how much it has improved.

Just like after the popularization of firearms in later generations, why no one wears steel armor anymore, because on the battlefield, these armors do not have much effect, but because they are too heavy and affect flexibility, it is better not to wear them.

After the end of the era of queuing to shoot, on the battlefield, instead of wearing some bulletproof vests, it is better to build some personal bunkers, and replace armor with more flexible tactics to make it more difficult for bullets to hit, and everyone understands that it is easier to charge against bullets.

There are too many troops to change at one time, and the price of the main weapon longbow is very low, only less than 200 yuan, even if it is the entire forbidden army, 500,000 reloads, plus a certain number of arrows, it is only 250,000, which is not a large number at all for the huge forbidden army.

However, in addition to the longbow, a series of other outfits have also been carried out, for example, in the forbidden army with the longbow as the main body, an army is divided into 5 battalions, and there must be at least 3 longbow battalions, which almost occupy more than 6% of the forbidden army, and the remaining two battalions are more important.

One is the traditional infantry battalion, and the other is the elite cavalry battalion, which is the basic configuration, the longbow needs to be covered, there are not enough defensive troops, and the longbow is not able to play at all.

Different from the traditional arrangement, whether it is an infantry battalion or a cavalry battalion, their main purpose is not to kill and defend at the same time, their purpose is to become a barrier for the longbowmen, to open up the attack distance for the longbow and buy time.

Heavy cavalry and heavy armor have their own emphasis, generally based on heavy armor, when encountering light cavalry or heavy cavalry charging formation, heavy cavalry will be used, and some pursuit tasks, will also use heavy cavalry.

The entire protective force has been condensed into 2 battalions, and the equipment of these two battalions is very harsh, maybe before, the infantry armor of the Northern Song Dynasty can also be used, but after seeing the new weapons provided by the Ding Navy, can it still be used.

After the Dingjun gradually monopolized the steel of the Privy Council, especially after the establishment of the steel mill in Dingjun, a large number of steels were mass-produced, especially high-hardness, special formula steel, because of the scientific large-scale production of steel-making furnaces, their cost is not too high, but ordinary iron is about 50% more expensive, and even the forged finished product is not expensive.

From bronze to iron, the jump is very obvious, but from iron to steel, that's another level, some of the unique materials added, and lightweight weapons, not only outstanding performance, but also a lot lighter.

The hollow process is adopted, and the all-steel spear not only has outstanding performance, but also has very strong hardness and penetration, and in terms of weight, it is also at least half the weight of the original spear.

This point, not only in the weapon, but also in the armor, it turns out that a 28 kg to 44 kg of foot armor, under the premise of two or three times the protection capacity, but the weight is only no more than 15 kg, as for the horse armor, it is even more so.

Even the horse armor of the heavy cavalry, because the protective area is large enough, the weight is very amazing, and it cannot reach the strength of ordinary armor at all, at most, it can block stray arrows.

However, the horse armor made by the Dinghai Navy has been reduced by about 40%, and the protective power is doubled.

After all, under the premise of lighter weight, with greater protection capabilities, for infantry, for cavalry are a huge improvement, in addition to their protection ability, is the ability to endurance, this point, for the current new forbidden army, is more important, as the existence of the battlefield, if the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry are more elite and can support for a longer time, the longer the longbow can be output.

These new types of equipment can only be produced by Ding Haijun, and perhaps skilled craftsmen can also make good steel, but this is unattainable, before, the price of a pound of good steel can even exceed twenty times, thirty times, or even fifty times that of ordinary iron.

Even if the Navy reduces the income of these equipment, these armor is obviously much stronger than the previous equipment, and the price is not expensive, as far as the step armor is concerned, the price is about half of the previous step armor, about 5 runs, and the vest is slightly more expensive, about 7 runs.

Such two pieces of core equipment are much cheaper than the previous Buren armor, but forty percent of an army needs to be replaced, plus the price is reduced, it is about two percent, but in the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, if all of them are replaced, this money is really not easy to bear.

Even before, Jia Chaochang used all the channels, and even cheated some of the funds from Ye Qingchen's hands, all of which were invested in the modification of 30 armies, and the total number was only 75,000 people.

Now, with a wide range of outfits, under the power of the entire court, the main arms of the Liao State in the future have of course been fully redressed, and the rest are only based on longbow redressing, at most only some main troops.

Even so, the entire process of changing clothes still cost nearly 2 million yuan, the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty has been greatly alleviated, and in the new year, the funds have also come out, which is more generous than at the end of the year, but the transfer of 2 million yuan at once still makes Ye Qingchen a little painful.

Later, Zhao Xin learned the news of the large-scale costume change, and after thinking about it for a while, he knew the reason, except for the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, there was nothing else.

Large-scale costume change to increase the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, this is what Zhao Xin is happy to see, he never thought about using the method of war to win the rights of the Northern Song Dynasty, really the Northern Song Dynasty is unwilling to give in, there are too many ways to achieve, and even said, in the whole century, how much land, as long as the Northern Song Dynasty does not close the country, does not hinder his immigration, and let the Northern Song Dynasty exist.

At the current rate of progress, the emergence of thermal weapons may not be successful in a year or two, and this refers specifically to infantry weapons, artillery and other weapons, which are not a problem at all.

Even if the steel and other steel are not very up to standard, copper alone can be used to make copper cannons, but it costs a little more, not to mention the foundation of the steel owned by the navy.

When you don't take into account the problems of mobility and weight, the material that is almost a big deal, it is a big deal to increase the thickness of the barrel and reduce the service life, you can increase the power to a considerable extent, as long as you invest enough time, you can make it.

The real difficulty is infantry weapons, in the face of limited weight and strength, to make a weapon with enough power, and to make enough good bullets, this base content is not low, even if there is a card system, it is not possible to achieve it in a short time.

But 10 years and 20 years, it's not impossible, when mature thermal weapons appear, any cold weapon is a joke.

The entire forbidden army will change its costume in stages, and if you simply change the costume of 6 long bows, you will replace it with almost 3 percent of the step armor, plus other adjustments, it will be about 4 percent, that is, about 200,000 sets.

These step armor are huge in number, and if they want to deal with it, only the Ding Navy can handle it, and Zhao Xin will not accept it at the price of scrap iron, although it is said that with the strength of the Ding Navy and Zhao Xin's identity, there is no problem with taking it down at the price of scrap iron.

Zhao Xin still thinks that these things have some effect, although the Buren Armor is not as good as the new products of the Dinghai Navy, the protection is not enough, and it is too heavy, but it is just suitable for trading.

However, with the technical level of the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to the Ding Navy, the others are the peak, this step armor, and the peak of cold forging and armor technology, is very valuable for trading, maybe it is impossible to trade with Liao, the world is so big, not to mention the countries in the distance, just say that the Liao State is close at hand, as well as Southeast Asia and Central Asian countries, all have huge transaction value.

Made of high-grade steel, it is a little painful, and it will not be easy to deal with in the future, but this one is the most suitable now, neither high nor low.

With a set of 5 guan price, 200,000 sets of Bu Ren armor, of course, there are miscellaneous other things, and finally this transaction, the total amount is as high as more than 1.6 million guan, which makes the Privy Council and Ye Qingchen very happy, originally, for changing clothes and preparing for the Liao war, it will probably cost between 2 million and 3 million guan, and now, half of the money is solved with a change of clothes, and Zhao Xin also promised that he will not sell to Liao, what a good thing.

The happiest is actually Ye Qingchen, in Ye Qingchen's eyes, Zhao Xin is really wealthy, it seems that from the beginning of knowing Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin has the strength to turn stones into gold, and money never seems to be in Zhao Xin's eyes, perhaps, if you have the opportunity, go to Zhao Xin to learn from it.