Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 35
Su Shuang and Su Shuang were very moved by Liu He's suggestion, but they did not agree immediately. Liu He was just a small county magistrate now. Only Liu Yu nodded, and this matter was possible.

Liu He was not in a hurry, he just wanted to give them an idea first, so that they could prepare early. Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping had no records after funding Liu Bei, and their whereabouts were unknown. He just wanted them to have a chance to continue to perform.

After seeing off the two merchants, Zhang Fei immediately locked the horses in the back garden, built a stable with wooden piles around them, started to assemble the harness, and made weapons after the iron was delivered.

Liu He called Zhang Fei and several blacksmiths to discuss the weapons of the cavalry. Since they were elite cavalry, they had to make changes to the weapons first.

At this time, the main weapon of the cavalry was still the spear. Liu He planned to transform it into the Mo Dao used in the Tang Dynasty. The Mo Dao itself was also an evolution of the chopping/saber sword in the Han Dynasty, but the Mo Dao Liu He wanted was a double-edged thick-ridged sword. , more than ten feet long, and extremely powerful.

Mo Dao was the nemesis of cavalry troops in the Tang Dynasty. Its slashing and armor-breaking effect is excellent, and it can be used both on foot and on horseback. With the blessing of this magical weapon, the infantry of the Tang Dynasty defeated the Eastern and Western Turks and won the kingdom of all nations. .

In addition, the weapons worn by the cavalry were also changed from swords to knives, which were also horizontal knives from the Tang Dynasty. Changed to a long handle that can be used with both hands, making it a long straight knife with a narrow blade and thick ridge that can be used with both hands. The basic shape is a bit like a Japanese sword, and it can also be used on foot and on horseback.

Zhang Fei's Yanyun Cavalry will not only select elites, Liu He also intends to use them as a team to test new weapons. Although Youzhou is poor, it is convenient to buy war horses. An iron cavalry like the Mongolian army can sweep the world.

The war horses of the Han Dynasty were not equipped with horseshoes and stirrups, and the saddles were also very simple, just wrapped in a layer of felt cloth and leather on the wooden frame, which was not as effective as the saddle bridge and stirrups in the mature age.

There are also continuous crossbows, javelins, catapults, etc., but these have not yet been developed. Liu He is only a small county magistrate and may be transferred at any time.

There is no fixed site, and resources and funds are insufficient, and it is only made as a wedding dress for others.

He exchanged three acres of land for the blacksmith shop next door. Among the people Zhang Fei recruited were blacksmiths, and he selected a few apprentices from the refugees, and a simple arsenal was completed.

Two days later, the iron arrived and began to build weapons. The eight-point steel spear designed by Liu He for Zhang Fei was actually a horse lance. Be different.

After chariots withdrew from the stage of history, cavalry played an increasingly important role on the battlefield. The main weapons of cavalry were bows and spears, and horse lances were heavy refined products of heavy cavalry spears.

The 槊 originated in the Han Dynasty, and rose in the cavalry-based war dynasty. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Hu people entered the Central Plains, the cavalry became the decisive force in the struggle for world hegemony.

Ma Chan was produced to adapt to the increasingly powerful heavy cavalry and armored war horses since the end of the Han Dynasty. Ma Chan's half-meter-long blade and excellent armor-piercing ability have become the mainstream weapons of generals. It is Ma Leng who wrote the poems.

Top-grade horse lances are often made of Zhe wood, and the other materials used are also very expensive, and it takes as long as three years to make.

Liu He first built a pure steel weapon for Zhang Fei, and the rest of the soldiers still mainly used Mo Dao. As for Ma Qian, it was better to wait until the situation stabilized, first to make material reserves, and then slowly develop and assemble.

Regardless of the debates in later generations, it is now Liu He who designs weapons for Guan Zhang. Of course, the Qinglong Sword and Zhangba Snake Spear are standard, otherwise the image of these two people will be greatly reduced when they go to the battlefield in the future.

Zhang Ba Snake Spear made Zhang Fei look forward to it, but Qinglong Yanyue Dao made Liu He feel difficult. Guan Yu left without saying goodbye. The next hundred catties of iron are spared.

One day, he was making weapons at the blacksmith's shop, when suddenly an officer came in a hurry, saying that Zou Jing had returned to Zhuo County, and asked Liu He to meet him at the government office immediately.

Liu He was puzzled, the Yellow Turban Army besieged Jicheng, Lu Xiong led his troops to rescue them and has not returned yet, Zou Jing is not guarding Guangyang County, what is he doing in Zhuo County?
He hurried to the government office, but saw many soldiers coming from the gate and the courtyard, all of them were sluggish, they were sitting or lying down, their armors were torn, and there were even many wounded soldiers.

Liu He's heart sank, and he walked quickly into the hall, and saw Zou Jing's beard and hair were disheveled, and his face was very ugly. Liu Fang, who was beside him, frowned and looked nervous.

"What happened?" Liu He asked as soon as he entered the door: "Could it be Jicheng..."

"Jicheng...was broken by the bandit army," Zou Jing raised his head and looked at Liu He with a bitter smile, "I was going to lead troops out of the city and join Captain Lu to kill the bandit army, but unexpectedly the bandits had an internal response in the city. Just out of town…”

Liu He paused at his feet and sighed: "So, the people in the city may have suffered."

"It's not just the common people," Zou Jing shook his head in pain, "Both Governor Guo and Governor Liu were killed by the Yellow Turban bandits, and Captain Lu...was also besieged and died by the bandits."

"What? Captain Lu is dead too?"

Liu He was shocked. He didn't expect that Lu Xiong would die so soon. In the Three Kingdoms, he only knew that Lu Zhi's son was Lu Yu. He didn't know how his two sons died. Could it be because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Youzhou?
Zou Jing nodded silently, and then said: "Your Majesty has issued an order to send troops to suppress the riots in various places. He worshiped Lu Shangshu as the general of Beizhong Lang, and led the fifth correctional officer of the Northern Army to Hebei. He told me...how can I have the face to meet him?"

Liu He persuaded: "It's not the fault of Captain Lu's death for the country. Mr. Lu will never blame you. Right now we still have to try to put down the rebellion."

Zou Jing glanced at Liu He and said with a wry smile: "Thieves have risen in various counties in Guangyang County and have gathered as many as [-] people. Zhuo County's reinforcements have been destroyed. We are lucky to be able to hold Zhuo County now."

Liu Heyan said: "Although there are many thieves, they are all mobs. They have neither generals to command nor food to support them. They just rob prefectures and counties to make a living. As long as they are not given opportunities in the city, it is actually not difficult to put down the rebellion."

Zou Jing frowned and said, "Zhuo County can't protect itself now, does it still have the power to put down the rebellion?"

Liu Fang said aside: "In the past month, Captain Liu appeased the refugees and recruited soldiers and horses. There are already five thousand new recruits. If they are trained, they can become bandits."

Zou Jing was startled and looked at Liu He in surprise: "Are those barracks by Zhuoshui outside the city used to house refugees?"

"Exactly!" Liu He nodded and said, "There have also been yellow scarf rebellions in Zhuo County in the past few days. Fortunately, the suppression was timely, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Zou Jing was silent again. Some time ago, Liu Qi sent someone to tell Liu He that he wanted to distribute some farming tools, but he didn't take it seriously.

Liu He actually did something real. Could it be that he and Liu Qi had guessed wrong before?

(End of this chapter)