Gao Huaiyuan once again looked at the majestic armor in front of him, this armor was a new style of armor specially made by Zhou Botong and other skilled craftsmen after he drew the drawings himself.

Gao Huaiyuan, based on the experience of the previous two years when he served in the army, found that there were many problems with the various armors used by the Song army, the leather armor defense ability was too weak, and it could only defend against stray arrows shot from a distance.

And the iron armor used in the Song army, wearing is very cumbersome and cumbersome, although the iron armor worn by the military general has a large protective area, but the weight is very large, he wore an iron armor in front of the army, although it is not as heavy as the foot armor of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it also weighs nearly sixty catties, the general infantry is very slow to move after wearing, there is no mobility at all, and this kind of armor made of iron sheets, although the defense against the sword is stronger, but the defense ability of the arrow and the spear is lower, In the period of cold weapons, the quality of armor played a crucial role in morale and combat effectiveness, and it can even be said that the source of morale came from armor.

Gao Huaiyuan experienced several bloody battles before the battle, each time it can be said that he was not spared from injury, mostly because of arrow wounds, and many of the soldiers around him who died were also killed because of the defensive ability of the armor, and he sighed when he thought about it, if the quality of the armor worn by these people could be better, then it could reduce many unnecessary casualties, so he had long started the idea of improving the armor he was currently using.

So after he returned to Daye County, he began to gradually outline the style of the new armor in his heart, and a year ago, he initially drew the style of this armor, and constantly modified and improved, and finally handed it over to Zhou Botong and his gang to try to produce the new armor.

The reason why this set of armor looks very different from the armor in the world today is that Gao Huaiyuan borrowed a lot of elements from European knight armor, replacing small armor with a large area of armor, which greatly enhanced the defense ability of important parts, and also reduced the weight of the armor, but he did not completely copy the style of European-style armor, after all, although the protective area and protection of European-style armor are strong, but they are more bulky. Therefore, he retained the points of the armor in some parts that need to be moved, such as the ribs and the lower abdomen, which are not easy to be injured, and still retains the armor style, so this set of armor looks more like a combination of Chinese and Western armor, which looks more powerful, and a bit like the kind of riot clothing worn by the special police in later generations, and the defense ability of arrows and spears has been greatly strengthened, and it does not affect the activities of the limbs and waist and abdomen, and it is much easier to wear.

In addition, although this set of armor is composed of a large area of armor, but in order to reduce the weight, in the defense area, Gao Huaiyuan has selectively reduced appropriately, in addition to greatly enhancing the defense of the vital parts, to ensure the protection of the wearer's front, but to reduce the armor area of the back part, so that the wearer's activities are more convenient, and at the same time, the physical consumption is also reduced during the exercise, making the wearer appear more capable, which is of great benefit to improving the mobility and defense of the infantry army.

The reason for doing this is because Gao Huaiyuan's understanding of war is very different from that of his contemporaries, Gao Huaiyuan has experienced from the battle in front of the battle, if you want to have an invincible army, the first thing to ensure is the aggressiveness of the army, only the army that moves forward bravely and never gives up on the battlefield can be called an iron army, and any retreat with your back to the enemy is a shameful rout. can't escape the fate of the final rout, and in the end, in the case of the enemy's cover-up, he can't escape a dead word! For such behavior, instead of wasting resources to protect their backs, it is better to simply save these resources and leave them for those who can fight, which has been tested by war when the Northern Song Dynasty fell.

At that time, although the main force of the Northern Song Dynasty lacked horses, but in addition to this, the equipment was not bad, and it can even be said that at the beginning of the war, the army's equipment far exceeded their opponent Jin Guo's army a lot, basically it can be said that they are all hoplites, and many elite infantry units in the main force of the Song army are equipped with the most powerful infantry armor in Chinese history, and the protective area of each set of infantry armor is extremely large, and it can be said that the whole person is wrapped in armor, which is made of more than 1,800 pieces of iron armor, and the weight is as high as more than 30 kilograms, and even some people have reached a weight of seventy or eighty pounds, what is the result? However, under the command of those incompetent generals, the Song army collapsed and lost half of the entire Great Song Dynasty to the Jin State.

Only Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, famous generals in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, really brought the combat effectiveness of the hoplites to the limit, but unfortunately Zhao Gou Lao'er finally destroyed the country, making them unable to recover the country in the north.

Therefore, when Gao Huaiyuan designed this new type of armor, he would simply reduce the defensive capability behind it in a large area, his concept is that the warrior should face the enemy head-on at any time, even when retreating, he must maintain a tenacious defensive state, such a soldier is worth spending military funds to protect them, and those guys who give their backs to the enemy, I'm sorry, you're useless anyway, just ask for more blessings!

It is precisely because of the introduction of this concept that the weight of this new type of armor will be compressed to the extent of more than 30 catties, which can reduce the infantry's unnecessary physical exertion on the battlefield, but maintain the ability to defend against the front.

After Gao Huaiyuan looked at this set of armor on the shelf, he waved his hand and said, "Take it off and put it on for me, I want to try it on myself!" ”

Everyone immediately stepped forward and put this set of armor on Gao Huaiyuan's body, and it was really much easier to wear this kind of armor, and there were only a few buckles on the whole body, as long as they were tightly tightened, they were firmly fixed on Gao Huaiyuan's body.

Gao Huaiyuan smacked his fist on his chest a few times, making a dull sound, and then he moved around the shed with his arms and legs raised for a while, experiencing what it was like to wear this set of armor.

"Zhou Hao! Grab your knife and let's go outside and have a few tricks! Gao Huaiyuan suddenly greeted Zhou Haodao.

"Good!" Zhou Hao immediately replied, and then reached out and pulled out the waist knife under his ribs.

Everyone hugged Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao and walked to a vacant lot outside the shed, Gao Huaiyuan also reached out and took a waist knife, shook it and smiled: "Be careful!" ”

Everyone immediately widened their eyes, for such a long time, everyone knew that Gao Huaiyuan's martial arts were outstanding, and he was known as the enemy of ten thousand people, but they rarely saw Gao Huaiyuan and people do it, and they all felt a little curious, wanting to see how Gao Huaiyuan's real kung fu was.

I saw that Gao Huaiyuan did not use the active attack, but stood firmly on his legs, giving people a feeling of being as steady as Mount Tai, and immediately exuded a kind of majesty, which made people breathe.

"The young master's kung fu is good again!" Xue Yan whispered to Zhou Botong beside him.

"Hmmm! I felt it, as soon as the young master stopped here, the old man felt a little at a loss, it was indeed a master's demeanor! "Zhou Botong can also do kung fu, a craftsman like him, if he wants to create a good weapon, he can't do a little effort, he must be able to accurately grasp the center of gravity and the way of force to make weapons, only in this way can he create better weapons, so he is also an insider.

Zhou Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, crossed the knife in his hand to his chest, and walked around Gao Huaiyuan with his feet staggered, he was also experienced in dealing with Gao Huaiyuan, and he knew that Gao Huaiyuan must not be allowed to seize the opportunity, otherwise, there would be no room for him to play at all.

After seeing that after walking around, Zhou Hao still couldn't find the slightest flaw in Gao Huaiyuan, so he couldn't wait any longer, and threw himself at Gao Huaiyuan with a knife, and the scimitar in his hand flashed straight to Gao Huaiyuan's neck, and the shot was extremely ruthless, as if Gao Huaiyuan was his enemy, and he wanted to take Gao Huaiyuan's head with a knife.

The onlookers couldn't help but gasp, because Zhou Hao's shot was too fast, and it was so ruthless that people couldn't accept it, feeling that the two were not fighting martial arts, but sacrificing their lives to fight each other.

And when everyone was worried about Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Huaiyuan also moved, the scimitar in his hand was slightly raised, and a knife took Zhou Hao's blade, and then took a belt, Zhou Hao's body was immediately taken to the side by him, the two of them moved very quickly, and a face was considered to be the past, Zhou Hao's cold knife was resolved by Gao Huaiyuan, and the left rib also exposed the empty door.

As soon as Gao Huaiyuan made a move, he immediately put away his knife and went straight to Zhou Hao's weakness, and Zhou Hao did not give it in vain, his waist suddenly twisted, and he dodged Gao Huaiyuan's blade, turned around and took Gao Huaiyuan's shoulder, and was blocked by Gao Huaiyuan's raised hand, and the two immediately fought in the courtyard.

The big guys immediately cheered in unison, they all learned some kung fu more or less, and there were many teenagers trained by Crouching Tiger Village, when they saw Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao's knife skills, they were immediately impressed and cheered loudly.

Zhou Hao knew that his strength was not Gao Huaiyuan's opponent, so he adopted guerrilla tactics, surrounded Gao Huaiyuan and did not fight hard with him, and constantly attacked Gao Huaiyuan's weak points from a tricky angle, while Gao Huaiyuan fought steadily and steadily, dissolving Zhou Hao's attacks one by one, and the two of them were suddenly inseparable, and the knife wind brought up made the onlookers a few steps away felt a chill.

The two of them fought faster and faster, dancing the knife into two balls of light, and from time to time there were a few golden sounds of the knife body colliding, and everyone who saw it was dazzled, and even forgot the cheers for a while, and their eyes were staring at the boss, but they couldn't see the knife moves of the two clearly.

With a crisp sound, everyone saw that Zhou Hao immediately took a few steps back and jumped out of the circle, the waist knife in his hand was knocked out, and he shook his wrist and shouted: "Don't fight!" Don't fight! I'm not your opponent, and now that Huang Yan is here, I can't deal with you at all! Your strength is too great, it's not fair! As he spoke, he raised his hand and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

After Gao Huaiyuan put away the knife, he raised his hand and threw it to Li Ruohu, who was following him, and said with a smile: "Zhou Hao, your knife skills have also improved a lot, and you actually connected ten knives before you got out, it seems that I have not made much progress during this time!" Hehe! This armor is good, basically it doesn't affect the movement, but the waist has to be changed slightly, or it affects the movement of the waist a little, and the buckle here on the shoulder is a little uncomfortable, which has an impact on the arm lift, and the rest is also good! I love it! ”

Several people stepped forward to help Gao Huaiyuan take off this armor and hang it on the shelf again, Zhou Botong and others surrounded him, began to check the problems pointed out by Gao Huaiyuan, and discussed solutions.

"Young master, don't worry, this modification is not troublesome, it can be done soon, and the young master will try it again in a few days!" Guaranteed to satisfy the young master! Zhou Botong immediately patted his chest and assured Gao Huaiyuan.

"It's not in a hurry, you can see if there are other places that need to be improved, be sure to make the frontal defense stronger, but also maintain the center of gravity, try to make the wearer more comfortable and labor-saving, this is the basic principle, just grasp these points, it's not realistic to want to come up with good things for a while, this matter can't be too anxious!

There is also once finalized, I will give you an idea, can greatly reduce your workload, you can open a large area of the armor mold, as long as the steel sheet is built, put on the mold to beat, the general novice can also do, which can save a lot of manpower!

As for the materials, don't be stingy, be sure to use fine iron that has been repeatedly forged with a pestle hammer, which is a matter of life, not sloppy! After Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao competed, they were still breathless, and explained to Zhou Botong and others.

"Little old man must follow the young master's orders, he will not be sloppy! As for opening the mold, it's a good way, and I'll arrange someone to do it later! Zhou Botong nodded again and again to write down Gao Huaiyuan's words, he was very interested in the method of opening the mold to create a nail piece, otherwise, to create this kind of armor full of curves, it is really only a master with quite good skills can do it, to create a pair of such armor, it takes a lot of man-hours, and it affects the output very much, after having the mold, this matter seems to be solved, he really doesn't know that Gao Huaiyuan can still come up with such a clever trick, and a lot of problems will be solved at once.

"Young master, this kind of armor is obviously different from the previous armor, do you also want to give this new armor a name?" Xue Yan stood aside and suddenly asked Gao Huaiyuan.

After everyone heard this, they all nodded one after another, thinking that Xue Yan's question was a good question, this kind of armor style is indeed too trendy, how to call it is really a problem.

Gao Huaiyuan lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and felt that it was also, he couldn't always call this kind of armor a new type of armor! Anyway, all kinds of new things from his hands have a name, and this new armor is no exception, so after looking at this new armor again, he opened his mouth and said to everyone: "The wearer of this armor can only move forward, and there is no reason to turn back, so I want to call it the trap armor!" I wonder what everyone thinks? ”

Charging into battle, indomitable, this is really more appropriate, so everyone nodded in agreement, so a new kind of armor was born in this world at this time, that is, the famous trap armor in later generations.

After Gao Huaiyuan tried this trap armor, he followed everyone to the back to watch the two newly-made pestle hammers here, after such a long time of use, everyone now likes this kind of hydraulic machinery to death, the never-ending pestle hammer continues to reciprocate, knocking on all kinds of iron on the anvil, and repeatedly forging, so that they save a lot of time and manpower, and their work efficiency has been improved a lot, including labor costs have also been greatly reduced, so this time although the iron is relocated, They also did not forget to choose a place near the water to build a new iron work, and based on the previous pestle hammer, they built a dam again, and built several new pestle hammers to power their iron work, and even built a hydraulic blower to heat their furnace, so that the furnace temperature could be increased so that the iron could be smelted faster.

In order to maintain the operation of ironwork, the main products here are not placed in the production of weapons and armor, but mainly to produce various agricultural tools, and the agricultural tools produced here are of high quality, and the cost is much lower than that of general handicraft workshops, which are quite popular with farmers in Daye County and the surrounding areas, so that iron is now a fully invested industry. It has been transformed into an industry that has begun to make profits, and it no longer needs Gao Huaiyuan's continuous injection of funds, at least it can initially maintain their production operations, which also reduces Gao Huaiyuan's consumption a lot and leaves Gao Huaiyuan with a lot of money.

When Gao Huaiyuan looked at the dam and the pestle hammer and other machinery, passed a stone bridge, and entered a courtyard at the back of the iron, where there is a sentry in front of the door, and a special person is responsible for guarding here, and there are even camouflaged arrow towers at the four corners of the courtyard, which are guarded by full-time guards with bows and crossbows to prevent outsiders from entering the courtyard, which can be seen that this is also the core of Gao Huaiyuan's iron work.

"Young master, this is where our treasury is located, there is a natural cave behind it that has been converted into our copper and iron reserve, and this is still our copper work, what you want us to create, it will be cast here, young master, please come in!" Xue Yan stood at one end of the stone bridge and introduced to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan looked around at the situation here, nodded with satisfaction, here is the back of the mountains and water, only a stone bridge passes, and the rest of the places are fenced, basically no one can cross the river into this courtyard, and what is being done inside is what he is really looking forward to seeing the most, but he doesn't know if it has reached the practical level now, so he took a deep breath and walked towards the courtyard.