Tang Jian continued: "A long time ago, the weapons of heavy infantry were not spears and knives, but heavy war hammers, but that was a long time ago, the killing radius of the war hammer was too small, only suitable for close combat, so many years have passed, the heavy infantry has continued to progress and mature, spears and knives can give full play to the combat effectiveness of heavy infantry, of course, I am talking about heavy infantry against other arms, but if both sides are heavy infantry, or war hammer is more effective, a hammer down, even if you can't kill you, you have to shock out of internal injuries." ”

Yuan Fang was puzzled and asked, "Why isn't the heavy infantry equipped with war hammers?" ”

Tang Jian explained: "This is related to the fact that there is less and less iron ore produced in various countries, Doctor Yuan, you also know that now that there is a shortage of steel, it is already very good for an empire to make 30,000 sets of heavy armor, where to get so much steel to make a war hammer?" Besides, being able to play with a war hammer can also form combat effectiveness, and the requirements for soldiers are also very harsh, I don't know about other countries, anyway, our Eastern Saint Empire and the surrounding countries have not been equipped with heavy infantry with war hammers for many years. ”

Yuan Fang retorted: "No, even if the war hammer requires a lot of steel and the requirements for soldiers are very high, but for an empire, it is not difficult to get thousands of people, right?" ”

Tang Jian shrugged: "Isn't it difficult, but what can a team of 1,800 people do?" The current establishment is based on the corps as a unit, a corps is at least five or six thousand people, the full number is about 10,000, a thousand people against several times the enemy that is sent to death, besides, although the war hammer has a certain lethality against heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, but not every blow can make a contribution to kill the enemy, some have strong endurance, a few hammers can not die, and also, the war hammer does not have much effect on other arms, not as practical as spears and knives. ”

The more Yuan Fang listened, the more confused he became, and when Tang Jian finished speaking, he hurriedly asked, "What kind of war hammer are you talking about?" Not a mace? ”

Tang Jian was stunned: "Mace? What is it? The warhammer I'm talking about is just that big an ordinary hammer. Tang Jian gestured as he spoke.

Yuan Fang understood that the war hammer that Tang Jian said was actually a cylinder, probably thick as a fist, and that thing was indeed not light, and ordinary people could barely make a few strokes, but it would be difficult to be handy.

Yuan Fang said depressedly: "Why don't you use a mace, that thing is much lighter." ”

Tang Jian scratched his head: "I've never heard of a mace, but if it's too light, it's not lethal." ”

Yuan Fang shook his head and said: "It's not what you think, the mace is a cone, although the weight is slightly lighter, it is only relative, and its benefit is armor piercing." As he spoke, Yuan Fangbi drew a bullet-shaped hammer pattern on the ground: "Just use that pointed tip to force the wheel over, even if the thick plate armor can't carry it, if it hits the head, I promise to kill one with a hammer." ”

Tang Jian blinked his eyes, scratched his head and said, "This thing looks very good, but I don't know if the effect is as good as you say." ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "This is easy to do, let's try it when we have time." ”

Yuqing looked at the mace drawn by Yuan Fang in a daze, during this time it was heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, none of them were easy to mess with, forcing herself to fight guerrilla warfare, although Yuqing didn't say anything, but she was also holding back the fire, but she was helpless, the restraint of the troops was too powerful, they couldn't cause effective killing, but now it's different, if the mace that Yuan Fang said is really that good, Yuqing wants to try, if possible, she hopes that her own guards can also be equipped with such weapons, In that case, if you encounter these iron guys again, you won't be so passive and helpless.

Yuqingzhi will have such thoughts, firstly, she is unwilling, and secondly, she can see clearly that the mace drawn by Yuan Fang is much smaller than the heavy war hammer, and the weight will be much lighter, in this way, even female soldiers can be completely controlled, so Yuqing will have such an idea.

At this moment, the soldiers of a trebuchet not far away cheered, and then Xia Yi ran to report: "Brother-in-law, that Gao Shun was hit by a trebuchet just now, you see, he hasn't gotten up yet, he probably hung up." ”

Looking in the direction pointed by Xia Yi, sure enough, the Tianxing River, which was already chaotic, was even more chaotic, and the location where Gao Shun was before became the new center of chaos, at this time, there were a few soldiers fishing for something in the river, and what made Yuan Fang even more happy was that Gao Shun's handsome flag was gone.

Finally, the soldiers in the river set up a person, that person was Gao Shun, although Yuan Fang was still not a short distance from the place of the incident, but Yuan Fang could see clearly, yes, that person was Gao Shun, because his armor was too special and eye-catching, and he could see it clearly from afar.

In this regard, Yuan Fang snorted, that kind of armor is majestic and beautiful enough, but what is the use of that? On the battlefield, it is a live target, a life-seeking ghost, and the other party can find and lock on to the target from afar, Yuan Fang is very clear, no army almost has one or more special squads, and their task is to attack and kill the opponent's generals in battle, so the military uniform designed by Yuan Fang before, there is no obvious difference between generals and soldiers, just to avoid such a thing.

Gao Shun was not dead, but he seemed to be injured and could no longer stand on his own, and several guards dragged him to the beachhead, and then, more guards blocked his view. After a while, a soaking wet soldier came over under the leadership of Ye Qingru with a wet rag, and when he saw Yuan Fang and Tang Jian, he saluted and presented the loot he had just fished out of the water.

This is a military flag, to be exact, Gao Shun's handsome flag, the flagpole is broken, the flag is intact, Yuan Fang doesn't feel anything, it's just a military flag, but Tang Jian and Yuqing are overjoyed when they see this military flag, because they both know very well what it means to lose the military flag.

Tang Jian didn't say a word, and immediately ordered his personal guards to change the flagpole again, and then ran to a place where the other party's recalcitrant soldiers could see it to show off, and also shamelessly issued instructions to throw it according to the other party's flag.

Regardless of whether Tang Jian was shameless or not, the effect was quite good anyway, the enemy soldiers who were still resisting just now were stunned when they saw their own military flag appear in front of them, and after seeing the flag clearly, they all stood on the spot, that is, they were so stunned, and many heavy infantry were put down.

The broken heavy infantry had long known that they had been abandoned, that their fate was sealed, that they were not soldiers to send them to death, and that no one wanted to die.