Chapter 16 The Power of the Mo Knife
“How to use Modao correctly?”
This issue was discussed with the generals of the Modao team, Yanduo from Xueyantuo's army before Sun Xiurong decided to use Modao before his troops also made use of Modao.
Yan Duo said this at that time, "Grandmaster, the Xueyantuo people were famous for their infantry battles at that time. It was built on the situation where all the tribes in the north of Mobei were lacking armor. At that time, if they were caught and fought on the war, if one side had not been in chaos due to special reasons, both the winning side and the defeated side would have suffered heavy casualties."
"Not only that, it will take a long time to win the war, but the Xueyantuo people are different. Their spears and stair bows completely suppress the enemy's light cavalry, and standing in place is much more calm than riding on horses, because horses will be tired after all."
"The archery bow suppressed the enemy cavalry in the distance, and the spear formation prevented the enemy from approaching, so the enemy could only dismount and fight in the field, and Xueyantuo people were invincible in the world"
"If the enemy retreats, there are also people in the Xueyantuo tribe who are good at cavalry warfare. It is always easier to pursue the defeated losers than to fight face to face, so..."
"Then why did Xue Yantuo fail in the end?"
"The internal regulations of the Xueyantuo people were extremely rough, and even the Uighurs were not as good as those of them. In addition, the civil strife was endless, so..."
"Then do you think you should use Modao effectively?"
"Grandmaster, as you said, the Tang army used the Modao mainly to deal with the light cavalry of the tribe without armor and infantry without armor, but if they encounter heavy infantry with heavy armor, they will naturally have the power to fight."
"oh?"
"Grandmaster, the Xueyantuo people were able to defeat most cavalry in infantry battles in the past. In addition to being proficient in infantry battles, there are two other benefits that ordinary people don't know. One is that the spear is extremely long and can suppress any weapon. The other is that the tribes in the north of Mobei generally do not have armor, so they cannot be bullied to fight in close combat, and they can only be beaten passively."
"The difference between the Modao soldiers is as if the Xueyantuo people were in the Dahu area. When they were in the Dahu area, they were generally taller than the surrounding tribes, and naturally had greater strength, so they could wield long and heavy spears. At present, the Modao was extremely heavy, nearly twenty kilograms, and they were all taller in the army, and the one with the most strength was responsible."
"The sword is about one meter long, which is naturally inferior to the spear. However, it is a three-point and two-edged system. The whole body is made of fine iron and is not easy to break. In addition, the Grand Commander spares no effort to make it with good iron materials, and the blade is not easy to be damaged in a short period of time."
"If you add all the armor, you can rush straight to the enemy's formation. When you encounter a spear, the spear will be broken into two pieces with one knife. When you encounter a tight armor of the enemy, in addition to slashing, you can also slash with sharp pricks on the blade, which will be unfavorable."
After summer, the temperature in the river area is no less than that in the Central Plains. If you still wear cotton armor for winter, you will definitely not be able to bear it. However, he was unwilling to use the scale armor used by the Tang army. In the end, he finally formed the armor style in front of you with thick burlap as the surface, built-in iron sheets, and then fixed with copper nails.
This configuration is also for the convenience of wearing. If leather armor, scale armor, chain armor, mountain text armor, etc. are extremely troublesome to wear and can only be worn in the war, which would be too dangerous.
This is only for ordinary military branches. For the heavy army, the Thunder Ye Army did not wrap two layers of armor like the Tang army and the Dashi Army. Instead, they continued to wear cotton armor, and were repeatedly poured through and dried. The cotton pad lining formed after being beaten was also a layer of armor to some extent.
Seeing the sun gradually rising, if the battle is not over until noon, Mo Daobing will completely lose its effect due to the high temperature!
At this time, you must spread Mo Daoping while the morning is still cooler!
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Ziad was also a little frightened when he rushed to the camp with heavy infantry.
"The casualties of Damascus spear soldiers and Aleppo sword and shield soldiers are probably quite serious. As for the cavalry, they should slowly gather together. This battle was originally planned seamlessly, but I didn't expect that the enemy's thunder and fire were finally caught! It's hateful, hateful!"
There was more than these that made him hateful. At a distance of five hundred meters, when the cavalry of the Sacred Ye Army rushed up, a few breaths came.
Sun Xiaoke quickly crossed the chaotic spearmen and swords and shields, and walked around behind the Ziyad heavy infantry with a thousand cavalry!
Regarding these heavy infantry with javelins, daggers, shields, and two layers of armor, Sun Xiaoke knew that he could not use cavalry to enter recklessly. He needed to wait until Yan Duo's killing, but Ziad obviously would not let him block the road like this. In front of his heavy infantry, there were hundreds of extremely long spears and a tall shield, just to meet the strongest heavy infantry in the case of a cavalry that he had no choice!
The situation was critical, and Ziad could not waste his time at this time, so the hundreds of infantry soldiers took the initiative to lean on!
Sun Xiaoke was unmoved.
In fact, according to the usual practice of cavalry against infantry at this time, some cavalry were killed and injured. As long as the infantry formation was disrupted and they could not form a group, the cavalry would not be far from victory. However, Sun Xiurong's idea of building the army was obviously not like this, and he would not do this under the circumstances of last resort.
He also has a killer weapon.
Still a thunderclap.
A kind of thunder that is much smaller than the thunder that is in the heavy barracks, and the wooden handle is thrown with the thunder that is thrown!
When a piece of wine-like bottles flew towards Ziard's heavy infantry, even the stupidest ones knew what they would face next.
"Hellfire!"
There is no way. Even though they know that they are not very lethal, their fear of the unknown still occupies their brains, and some people even shouted out in horror!
So, they dared not rush forward. Since they were Ziad's most trustworthy troops, they naturally had a certain wealth, and were not comparable to those who later generations who hoped to ascend to heaven and enjoy happiness through "holy war".
Just talking about the army and not being afraid of death, they were not as good as the Tubo people who believed in Bon religion at that time!
At this moment, Yan Duo was killed!
At present, in order to completely protect Mo Daoping, on the basis of the previous wide-eave iron helmet, a guard face made of chain mail was installed. The neck of the neck was like Ziard's heavy infantry, Mo Daoping's face only showed his eyes!
As mentioned earlier, the heavy barracks at each camp of the Sailye Army are also grenadier camps. Each camp of the heavy barracks carries a certain number of thunderstorms. Yan Duo did not kill the general without asking, but first threw a thunderstorm from the Mo Dao in front of him!
"Roar!Roar!Roar!"
The moment he threw out the sky-shaking thunder, Mo Daobing quickly turned back - although the sky-shaking thunder was limited, Mo Daobing could not throw it too far, and the scattered fragments might fly back!
But then they all turned around and, under Yan Duo's leadership, they held up the shiny Mo Dao and leaned forward. While walking, they made neat roars. When the enemy was shocked by the sky thunder, they began to kill in a moment of scattering!
"rise!!!"
Yan Duo was at the forefront. He had long abandoned his two iron halberds and used a twenty-pound kilogram-weighted Mo sword. With his shout, a large number of dazzling sword lights ran towards the enemy suddenly!
"kill!!!"
As his voice ended, Yan Duo's own sword first cut off the javelin in the hand of a panicked Dashi Heavy Infantryman on the opposite side, and then cut off the shield in his other hand, and finally hit his right shoulder!
As mentioned earlier, the Modao used by the Tang Dynasty's own Modao warriors were carefully made of the best iron material. With a whirl of twenty kilograms, they would cut them off when they touched ordinary armor. The iron material of the Shatter Ye Jun was made of iron material produced by the steel-spraying method. The steel-spraying method was the highest stage of steel making in the ancient method of steel filling method. It was created in the Suzhou area of the Ming Dynasty in the later Ming Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was still in the intermediate stage of this method - the steel-clipping method, which was naturally different.
In addition, Sun Xiurong used the technology of the Daxia Kingdom to use a small amount of manganese to smelter steel, which resulted in the steel used by the Shasha Junmo Knife, which was more tough and sharp than that of the Datang. It looked almost the same on the surface, but it was very different in the middle.
At this time, in the Dashi Country, there were naturally high-quality steel knives, which were obtained with iron ore that was extremely suitable for steelmaking and the use of crucibles. It was impossible to produce in large quantities. Sabres as large-scale equipment were also impossible to appear in the Black-clothed Dashi Army at this time. The weapons they used were far inferior to those of the Dashi Tang Dynasty in terms of output and quality.
Therefore, the quality of the chain mail made of thin iron wire that can be equipped in large quantities is naturally not much better. When Yan Duo slashed the man with one sword, Mo Dao's sharp blade immediately cut off a layer of scales outside, but it still stopped after encountering the chain mail inside. However, after being hit by Mo Dao's powerful force, the chain mail was in a state that could be broken at any time. What's more important is that after the knife was taken down, the man's shoulder blade was immediately broken!
As soon as the shoulder blade was broken, the man naturally couldn't hold the weapon anymore. He had also pulled back Mo Dao and stabbed him at the throat that he was covered with a chain mail.
It was this moment that shattered the Adam's apple, and the severe pain made him lose consciousness in an instant!
"kill!"
Yan Duo ignored the soldier who had fallen down with a soft trampling, but shouted and continued to move forward. There were hundreds of people in the same situation as him, and some were slightly behind, but naturally another officer led it.
"rise!"
"prick!"
The shouts of killing came one after another, and the tall body of the Shattered Ye Army's Mo Dao Army, the terrifying power and uniform actions brought by the Mo Dao, which had been ruled by the cannibals for almost half a century, was completely shocked by the heavy infantry, whose skills were already somewhat unfamiliar with the skills of the Damascus, Aleppo, and Persians.
But this army is Ziad's secret force and the most pious force. After encountering setbacks at the beginning, they gradually organized a counterattack. However, the javelins, daggers, and shields in their hands are not enough to see enough. It would be okay if they were a copper or iron shield, but the Dashi Army is not equipped with all metal shields, and most of them are shields made of hardwood.
Therefore, despite occasional setbacks, Mo Daoping still steadily moved forward with a louder and more louder voice, and amid the desperate shouts of killing.
Even so, in the end, Sun Xiaogong's cavalry saw that the enemy's heavy infantry had already shown chaos and quickly made a decision to rush in to speed up their collapse. Otherwise, when the weather became hotter, Mo Daobing would fight with the heavy infantry one-on-one. Although he could still win in the end, Mo Daobing would probably have to take a few days off after the fight.
Chapter completed!