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At the end of February of the fourth year of Qianfu, the ice on the Liao Sea had melted, everything recovered, and the air was filled with a hint of spring.

Megan and Julie did not wear iron armor and leather armor, but wore a set of gorgeous and flamboyant full-body plate armor, and two sets of silver-white armor were beautifully shaped, with rounded, close-fitting and graceful lines.

Each of them rode a corn-colored horse.

Above their heads, the red battle flag of the Zhenguo Army and the flag of Li Jing's guards with winged wolves fluttered high. Next to the two female generals, a group of soldiers surrounded them like green leaves with red flowers, and they were full of calmness on the beautiful faces of the two.

The armor and weapons clanged as the team ran.

Coco Li is also wearing a new set of armor, but unlike the close-fitting and rounded shapes worn by the two cool beauties Megan and Julie, Coco Li's set is simple, angular, and full of functionality, which looks more atmospheric and athletic. This angular design not only makes the whole armor more heroic, but also has a large number of angular designs, which can change the trajectory of arrows, avoid direct impact, and even deflect the strength of melee combat. The core technical concept is like the equipment of a tank, which can greatly increase the defensive performance without increasing the thickness of the armor.

The dazzling new full-body armor worn by Julie, Megan, and Li Jing is the latest achievement of the Ordnance Division, and Li Jing's new name is the Sirius Style and the Vermilion Bird Style. Originally, Li Jing wanted to name the angular full-body plate armor Qinglong style. As a result, I thought that it was a bit taboo to carry the dragon character. I also thought about taking the White Tiger style as well. But the tiger character is also very offensive in Datang. In the end, I had to change to the wolf style.

The Sirius style and the Suzaku style are actually Li Jing's improvements based on the two most famous full-body armors in Europe in later generations, which are equivalent to Gothic plate armor and Milanese plate armor.

As early as the time of the Northern and Southern Sui Dynasty, the Mingguang armor that was massively equipped at that time was also a kind of plate armor, but this armor was not a full-body armor. And just two large pieces of armor on the chest and back, although this armor has a good defensive effect, but wearing this armor, almost all the weight of the armor is borne by the shoulders. Wearing armor for a long time, the soldiers carried a great load.

This is also the reason why Mingguang armor was gradually abandoned after it arrived in the Tang Dynasty, and most of today's Tang army is equipped with armor. Zha armor is made up of countless small parts of the price, whether it is a mountain armor or a fish scale armor or a rope armor, the willow leaf armor is the same, this kind of armor has two large pieces draped on the shoulders before and after, compared to the Mingguang armor simply by the belt to hang on the shoulders is much better. But such armor is troublesome to make, and it is not lightweight.

The Zhenguo army was equipped with a large number of iron armor and leather armor, and the defense of the soldiers was up, but it was more difficult to march. Especially for the soldiers. Now fighting in Liaodong, the mountainous terrain is for the Zhenguo army equipped with a large number of armor. The burden is huge. At the same time, the Goguryeo, Khitan, and Bohai people were heavily equipped with bows and arrows, and the armor defense was still not ideal.

As early as two years ago, Li Jing began to ask the craftsmen of the Ordnance Department to study the issue of armor improvement, and even proposed a plan to make half-length armor and human body armor.

However, there are many problems that need to be solved in order to create a full-body armor that increases defense performance but does not increase in weight.

Fortunately, Li Jing is a traverser, and some problems may never be solved in this era, but for Li Jing, he has already known the right direction, and he just needs to work hard to solve other small problems in this direction. For more than two years, the Armor Bureau of the Ordnance Department has been solving three problems, one is the improvement of the strength of the material, the second is the strengthening of manufacturing technology, and the third is the improvement of the structure and shape of the armor.

After several years of development, Dengzhou Iron and Steel Bureau has established a smelting blast furnace with better performance, using coal to refine coke and steel, and greatly improving the quality of steel. At the same time, the research of hydraulic forging hammer is becoming more and more mature, and a 100,000-pound hydraulic forging hammer has been established in Dengzhou. Using various hydraulic forging hammers, the newly smelted steel can be forged and directly formed.

The advent of the hydraulic forging hammer allowed the Zhenguo army to begin to have the ability to forge large arc-shaped metals, laying the foundation for building full-body armor. In particular, the improvement of coke blast furnace smelting technology has made it possible to use cast iron.

Now that the Zhenguo army has entered the land of Liaodong, it faces Goguryeo, Khitan, and Bohai, all of which are extremely strong cavalry and archery armies. Faced with the threat of a strong bow, Li Jing had to accelerate the development of full-body armor.

On the battlefield of cold weapons, the whole body armor is of great significance.

And on the other hand, the scale of the Zhenguo Army is now expanding, but the equipment of armor is also a great burden. The Zhenguo Army now has more than 20 troops, plus the township army in reserve, as many as 200,000 people. However, only about 20% of the soldiers in the regular army were equipped with iron armor, and most of the rest were equipped with leather armor.

It is difficult to make armor, even if Li Jing expands the scale of the workshop and implements assembly operations, it has been difficult to increase the output significantly. The larger the army and the more it is in demand, the greater the pressure on armor making. What Li Jing wants to do now is to take another path to produce better steel, and then directly forge plate armor, and then assemble it, saving a lot of manpower by using hydraulic forging hammers and blast furnaces.

The three sets of armor of Li Jing, Megan and Julie belong to the test products, and the total cost of the three sets of armor is as high as 10,000 yuan, and it took more than two years to create. Even if it is made on a large scale in the future, it may cost at least hundreds of dollars per set. However, such armor can only be the armor of officers, and the armor of ordinary soldiers and ordinary officers cannot be so gorgeous and perfect.

Large quantities will only be easier, and Li Jing's plan is to build simpler plate armor equipment soldiers on a large scale.

However, the easier it is, the more difficult it is to produce. The Ordnance Division reports that small-scale production of this luxury type of plate armor can begin in half a year, and then the slightly simplified advanced type can be produced in a year. But it is more difficult to get the more simplified intermediate and regular versions, and it will take at least two years before mass production.

on this. Li Jing gave a heavy reward to the Armor Bureau. And then there will be a big reward. There is no other good way to get them to improve faster.

New armor has to wait, but war can't wait.

At the end of February, as soon as the ice in the Liaohai Sea melted, Li Jing had immediately gathered his army to launch a spring offensive on the outskirts of the first line of Niangniangshan City, and at the same time sent troops to harass the first line of the Liaohe River. However, Li Jing's real target is not Niangniang Mountain City, this is just a ploy to attack the west.

The real action was very secretive, Li Jing personally led the troops, and summoned the ninth lady Meghan and the tenth lady Juli, who had just been included in the Qi State Mansion at the beginning of the month. Golden State Stone Pillar Port. The navy knew that the three compartments of the navy led by Pei You, the envoy of soldiers and horses, were already waiting on the beach.

Li Jing was greeted by the sailors and boarded the high deck of the Sky Wolf, looking down at the soldiers and horses on the dock. The Sky Wolf was Pei You's flag when he was the commander of the Combined Fleet in Duli Town, and it was a super battleship comparable to a five-tooth building ship, but with an iron deck on the side of the ship, and with three hundred paddlers and seven masts. This super battleship, which can carry the entire 5,000 guards at one time, is Li Jing's ship and the flag of the entire fleet. When Li Jing is not in use, he has been moored in the port for maintenance, and this time Li Jing went to sea in person. Pei Youcai brought the ship over.

In addition to the flagship of the Sirius, there were also a total of ten Wuyalou ships accompanying him this time. and 30 fighting ships, as well as 50 sea falcons, 60 ships, 80 boats, 100 yachts, and more than 300 logistics supply ships such as grain ships, firewood ships, and water boats.

Since Li Jing cleaned up Da Xie Qi and Deng, Lai, and Qingshui Divisions, and completely conquered Duli Town, integrating the sailors of Qingnipu and Shirenzhu Port, Li Jing has already become the largest water force in the entire Tang Dynasty, and even in the entire northern countries. Although Li Jing once reduced the size of the navy, the navy still maintained a large number of warships. On the water, whether it is Silla, Bohai or Dongying, no one is Li Jing's opponent.

The fleets of the Arabs and Eastern Romans, on the other hand, in the Mediterranean, would not have traveled far to reach the South Sea.

Up to now, the entire northern Liaohai Sea is the territory of the Zhenguo Army and the Navy, and no one dares to provoke it. It was precisely because of such a powerful naval army that Li Jing dared to enter Liaodong from Dengzhou, and took Pingzhou in Youzhou strongly, and divided his soldiers and horses into three parts along the Bohai Sea.

The sea is dominant, this taste is cool. Everyone is fighting for the land route and guarding the Walled Pass, but having a strong navy can give Li Jing an absolute upper hand in the current battle.

The defense of Liaodong is actually the defense system left by the Goguryeo people.

This system is still prevented from the western Liaoning corridor leading directly to the hinterland of eastern Liaoning. Therefore, there is the east bank of the Liao River, from Buyeo to Anshi, the Great Wall of Goguryeo. In addition, there is the defense of the Liaodong Peninsula The Tang army crossed the sea from Dengzhou into Liao, so there are many mountain cities such as Beisha City in Daheishan Mountain and Jian'an, Niangniang Mountain City, and Phoenix Mountain City at the southern end of Liaoning. There was nothing wrong with the Goguryeo people's defense system, they had a population of 700,000 households, an army of more than 300,000, and even the whole army could be used as soldiers when it was critical.

The key point is that the Liao River blocked the exit of the Liaoxi Corridor, which could prevent the Central Plains army from coming by land. Although the sea can also come, but the sea has always been only a surprise soldier, after all, the sea comes, the follow-up supply is difficult, as long as the city of Beisha and other cities, even if the Central Plains army lands, it can only be blocked between the mountains and the sea, and cannot enter the hinterland.

However, the Zhenguo Army is not the same as the Sui and Tang Dynasty armies that conquered Liao, and now the Zhenguo Army has most of the Liaodong Peninsula as a base. The powerful navy of the Zhenguo Army also had to start from Dengzhou Port, but could directly start from Duli Town, Qingnipu, Shirenzhu Port and other places in southern Liaoning, which meant that the Tang Army's naval army had a wider range of attacks.

Presumably, in the eyes of the Goguryeo and Bohai people, the naval army of the Zhenguo Army can only send and transport small troops to carry out some small attacks on the transportation lines along the coast of the Bohai people. Li Jing smiled and thought to himself, this time, I have to let them know that the navy of the Zhenguo Army has the power to change the entire battle situation. They have been paralyzed by last winter's skirmish, and with the three-month-long ice truce, their vigilance is now even lower.

Megan wore the gorgeous Suzaku armor, pressed the sword in one hand and held the helmet in the other, and stepped onto the deck with a clang.

"Report to the commander, the army has all boarded the ship!"

Li Jing turned her head and looked at Megan carefully, this silver full-body armor was worn on her body, which was indeed beautiful and perfect. For this strong golden female beauty who has to be in the upper position on the night of the cave room, Li Jing strongly asked to continue to stay in the army after marriage, Li Jing was not embarrassed, and even admired it a little.

He cleared his throat. "Clear orders, Deputy Commander Huang?"

"Yes, Sir. We drove along the coast, keeping a distance from the land, never entering the land view until we reached the mouth of the Yalu River. ”

"There is a big city at the mouth of the Yalu River, what if they find out in advance?"

"If the other party finds out, immediately intercept and kill their messengers, send another person to surround Daxing City, and the rest of the ships continue to advance!"

Li Jing nodded, Daxingcheng is not the first goal of this trip, if it is not discovered, it is naturally the best, in case it is discovered, then divide the troops to set up a siege outside the city, and prevent them from reporting and leaving the city. Others continued to follow the plan! (To be continued......)