Speaking of cavalry, the mobility and flexibility of the cavalry were of course the Mongol rangers, that is, archers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Large-scale archery is undoubtedly a nightmare for the military level of this era, even against the war cavalry of the Great Liao, it can also have a certain advantage.

However, although the archers are good, they are not suitable for the Hades camp.

First of all, the archers emphasized a fast fight and simple obedience, which was something that the Hades camp could not achieve.

Because of the lack of horses in the Great Song Dynasty, a warrior could not carry two or three horses like the Mongols, and they would change when they were tired, and because the heavy plate armor of the Yama camp further increased the load of the horses.

Secondly, the Hades battalion was issued with steel crossbows, which were not suitable for cavalry combat.

Because a crossbow cannot be wound at any time like a bow, and it can be fired at any time. The crossbow is indeed much less labor-saving than the bow, and the accuracy also has an advantage, but the changing arrows and winding of the crossbow are still a major defect that restricts it, and it cannot form combat effectiveness on horseback.

Otherwise, you use a crossbow to shoot one shot, and the second shot has not yet been loaded, and the people with bows have already shot several arrows in a row, so what kind of bow is it called?

Therefore, when the Hades battalion was transformed into cavalry, Tang Yi didn't want to go in the direction of the rangers, but just reorganized with the help of existing equipment, and it was enough to deal with the vast majority of the current wars with due combat effectiveness.

The current Hades camp has done just that. It is no exaggeration to say that if there is a battle with the Great Liao, these five thousand iron cavalry will not be weaker than Yelu Hongji's leather army.

However, not taking the ranger route does not mean that Tang Yi does not have something ahead of his head.

There was a class of troops, and he wanted to get it before he had a war horse,

Now that you have horses, you don't have to say anything.

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As the rumbling sound got closer and closer, Yang Huaiyu seemed to remember something, and said to Tang Yi: "It's just so that you are here, help us come up with a name!" ”

"Name? What's the name? ”

"The new class of the Black Cavalry Battalion, it is obviously inappropriate to say that it is a heavy cavalry, and it has to be worthy of this new army with an imposing name, right?"

Tang Yi was stunned, he didn't think about it, he opened his mouth and said:

"Iron, float, slaughter!"

"Iron Float!?"

The camp generals on the stage were all stunned, "Futu" is the meaning of the pagoda in Sanskrit, and "Tiefutu" is the meaning of the iron tower.

It's really apt......

Just thinking about it, the five hundred black riders finally revealed their true faces.

In a corner of the school field, suddenly, a black-armored war horse came out.

The size and size of this group of cavalry were obviously a section taller than the ordinary cavalry in the field, and even the horses that sat down were half a head taller than the Hequ horses, and they were obviously much more handsome. Even the men and horses are wearing pitch-black armor, which is really a black steel pagoda.

And the reason why it is significantly taller than other cavalry is that these five hundred horses are not Hequ horses at all, but the "Ili horses" that Tang Yi spent a lot of money to get back from Hei Khan after opening up the Western Regions access.

The Ili horse, which is the West Pole horse with the same name as the Dawan horse in the Han and Tang dynasties, is stronger and taller than the Hequ horse, and its endurance and speed are not comparable to the Hequ horse.

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When the five hundred black giant beasts ran over the school performance, all the camp generals on the school performance stage also stood up unconsciously.

This was the last joint training after the establishment of the Black Cavalry Battalion, and they also wanted to see what kind of color this "iron pimple" Tang Dalang had come up with on a whim. However, I didn't expect it...... It's so fake......

Even if I had seen the drill of the Black Cavalry Battalion before, even if I had imagined what it was like to run over the battlefield with this black iron floating massacre, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, no one would have dared to believe that this thing was so fierce!!

The thousands of cavalry in the field, seeing this black current rushing forward, let alone facing the battle, couldn't even raise the mind of shaking head-on, and they all beat their horses to avoid it.

There were two lone riders who didn't have time to dodge, collided with the big iron bump, and suddenly fell out directly without suspense. If it weren't for the sharp eyes of everyone pulling people out, they would have to step on the meat sauce immediately.

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This is really "Iron Floating Massacre"! It's like the town pagoda crossing the battlefield, nothing can stop it, and no sword can break through the pagoda's defenses.

What Yang Huaiyu said just now is right, saying that this is a heavy cavalry is a bit of a heavy cavalry. Because in front of this big guy, he can only be regarded as grandchildren.

The heavy cavalry described in the Great Song Dynasty's "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is also equipped with heavy armor, but it is scale armor. In order to reduce the weight, the iron scales of the "horse skirt" were replaced with some skin scales.

And these five hundred black riders ......

The knight was equipped with heavy plate armor that was thicker and tighter than the soldiers of the Hades battalion, except for the steel scale armor of the horse skirt, the body and head of the horse were also plate armor. This is a moving iron horse, which is invulnerable to swords and spears, and difficult to wield!

"Steel, iron, torrent, flow!" Tang Yi looked at the black armor heavy rider in the field, and these four big words popped out of his mind unconsciously.

This is the steel torrent of the Song Dynasty, the ancient tank!

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"I'll be a good girl!!" Xiucai looked stupid on stage. "How can this be cured?"

Yang Huaiyu's eyes were also shining, "Divine Soldier!" Divine soldiers too! ”

And Cao Lao Er was also so excited, "I'm just a day, why didn't you let me take this camp in the first place?" ”

He didn't want to think about it, now that he had been promoted to commander, how could he lead this battalion?

grabbed Tang Yi's arm, "Isn't it a brother!?" ”

"There's something to say, there's a fart!"

"Replace all of my cars with this kind of heavy riding!"

"Yes, yes! Xiucai reacted immediately, and changed our Yama King Camp into Iron Floating Slaughter! ”

"Fuck off!" Tang Yi almost kicked him.

Still all replaced? These five hundred rides alone are enough for Tang Yi's flesh.

Pointing to the black rider in the field, "Do you know how much that steel armor costs?" ”

Xiucai shook his head.

"Seven hundred!!" When Tang Yi said this number, his eyelids jumped.

"To achieve this defensive effect, ordinary manganese steel has to be three times thicker than it is now, that is, three times heavier. Therefore, the manganese-chromium alloy steel with the most complex process is used, and it is the cost of exchanging a pound of silver for a pound of iron as soon as it comes out! ”

"Moreover, the stamping technology used to make ordinary plate armor cannot handle this kind of steel, so it can only be made by hand. The whole set is down, but this armor will cost 700 times! ”

"And the whole army?"

Cao Jue accosted: "Hehe, don't you have much money?" Isn't there only three or four million in the whole army? ”

Tang Yi rolled his eyes, co-authoring is not spending your money. He pointed to the war horse sitting in the black cavalry camp again, "Do you know what kind of horse it is?" ”

"Ilima!" Cao Lao Er pretended to be stupid. "We get it."

"Do you know what an Ili horse is?"

"I don't know."

"It's what the predecessors called the West Pole Horse, that is, the sweat and blood BMW! Eight hundred pieces a horse. ”

"These 500 horses alone have smashed 400,000 yuan, and you still want to equip 5,000?"

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