total war rise of empire

Chapter 133 Offense and Defense

The development of bows and crossbows mainly has two stages. At first, Qin and Han crossbows dominated the world. As the protective effect of iron armor became better and better, this kind of crossbows gradually changed from the protagonist of the battlefield to an auxiliary, and the results of battles were getting better and better. At least, it often appears in later generations of film and television dramas that a military general is still fighting and fighting with his body full of arrows, which is actually in line with historical reality!
The development of armor has made the killing of bows and crossbows more and more deceitful, so that there are many scenes of elites wearing heavy armor, who have been hit by dozens of arrows, and can kill people with powerful swords and spears...

When the timeline came to the Tang Dynasty, the restraint of armor on bows and crossbows reached its peak!

The wealthy Datang Empire installed Mingguang Armor on a large scale, which cost a lot of resources. This kind of armor can't even penetrate the armor-piercing arrows of nomads. The nomadic army, which is far more than our own, has been defeated again and again, and has created a huge empire!

Later, with the decline of the Tang Dynasty and financial overdraft, the Mingguang armor became the armor of a few generals, unable to spread it to soldiers in large numbers, which made the nomads successfully counterattack!

To put it bluntly, it is still a matter of money...

However, the power of bows and crossbows has a second spring in the Mongolian people, thanks to the popularity of recurve compound bows!
The Mongolian bow is actually very different from the previous riding bow. It has stronger tension and greater pulling force, and can be matched with heavier and powerful armor-piercing arrows!
The special armor-piercing arrows shot by the Mongolian bow can penetrate even the best full-body plate armor in the Middle Ages in Europe!

It can be said that the armor-piercing ability of the English longbow is comparable to that of the English longbow, and the composite bow requires less arm strength for the archer!

The more advanced Mongolian composite bow made the power of riding and shooting break through the protective power of the armor once again. Since then, the nomads have successfully overtaken the farming peoples, and the Mongols also built an empire that shocked the world with the Mongolian bow!

The full-body plate armor that Europe was proud of in the Middle Ages became a big joke in front of the Mongolian bow!

It can be said that in this period, there is no absolute difference between armor and crossbows. Although the Mongolian bow can break through defenses, it needs to be close to the face. The high price of better armor cannot offset the low price. The advantages brought by the Mongolian bow, naturally no one will install it in large numbers!

After the Mongol Empire, the technology tree that unilaterally pursued the protection of armor began to deflect. Eastern rulers discovered that the money used to make thicker and better armor could raise most soldiers with higher cost performance. Naturally, cheap soldiers replaced In the era of the Ming army, the armor became a symbol of the general's status. The soldiers below generally only wore ordinary leather armor and battle jackets. Only a few elites were qualified to wear iron armor!

The reason why Manchu iron cavalry is equipped with heavy armor is only because of their small number...

During the European Renaissance, the development of plate armor was also due to the fact that there were many countries in Europe and the number of troops was scarce, so armor could be equipped. It was not until the rise of firearms that this rule was broken!

In Lei Zihao's world, bows and crossbows have already been developed to the extreme. Composite bows are not used much in the main world of humans. They are basically liked by nomads, because the main world of humans has crossbows that are easier to train!

However, due to the existence of a large number of knights with superb personal force, the role of the crossbow array is far inferior to that of the earth's cold weapon history, so there are not too many crossbows installed, and the penetration rate of armor is naturally loose. opened!
In any case, killing an enemy wearing iron armor and killing a leather armor enemy in melee combat consumes completely unequal stamina!
Therefore, even if the armor can no longer perfectly prevent the penetration of arrows, it will last for a long time. Until the popularity of muskets, an ordinary farmer can kill a warrior wearing expensive iron armor with a single shot. Only then did the full cancellation begin!

However, in this world, I don't know if it is because of the existence of the knight class with superb personal force. The technology of cold weapons has already reached the top, but the development of firearms is almost equal to zero...

This has always puzzled Lei Zihao, but it also made him feel a little lucky. The total war system has always been a development trend of cold weapons. If the natives of this world come to a group of troops equipped with firearms, Lei Zihao will probably be hanged. ...

Lei Zihao recruited 6000 regular troops and ten ballistas. Naturally, it was not because he was idle and wanted to play some kind of military parade, but because of the threat from the Roman peninsula, a few of the Golden Dragon Kingdom were doing business with human nobles. The merchants spread to the Golden Dragon Peninsula!

In March of the 502th year of the Dark Calendar, Lei Zihao won the second crusade against the Sirisians organized by the church, including the Judgment Army!

This time the scale is larger, the number of people is larger, and the church has shown its real strength!

Rumor has it that even the Holy Knights are involved!
The Church of the Lord of Glory is not the kind of brain-dead villain who uses fueling tactics to accompany the protagonist to upgrade little by little. After realizing that Lei Zihao's power should not be underestimated, the Church would rather spend more time, entangle more troops, and gather the largest number of troops. Power, thunderous sanctions against Lei Zihao's Golden Dragon Kingdom!

The church that failed once must use the strongest force to crush the Golden Dragon Kingdom to death. This time, the church will be more fully prepared!

Obviously, the church does not intend to carry out a third or even fourth conquest on the small Golden Dragon Peninsula. This time, if you win, you will lose!

During the long period of preparation for the army, Lei Zihao received the irrigated farmland (farmland level 4 technology) rewarded by the main task: urban agricultural production +80%.

And received the next long-span main task: raise the level of the main city to level 5!
Task reward: After upgrading to level 5, the population of Golden Dragon's main city will gradually be filled to 10 through refugees!
Currently, Golden Dragon City only has a population of over [-], which means that this mission will provide Lei Zihao with a system population of nearly [-]!
According to the development law of the system, the population of 10 in the main city can provide at least [-] gold coins in taxes every year!

In other words, as long as Lei Zihao upgrades to a level 5 main city, he basically doesn't need to rely on robbery to make up for financial expenses!
It's a pity that the conditions for upgrading to a fifth-level main city are very harsh, and Lei Zihao is actually required to conquer a territory with a population of one million...

随着4级商业街、4级都市码头、4级大熔炉、4级大学、4级高架饮水渠、4级公园建成，雷子皓的耐心终于消耗到了尽头，从得到教会消息开始，已经过去了整整三个月！

It is already June of 502 in the Dark Calendar, and the army of the Church has not even moved yet!
How many soldiers does the Pope plan to use to flatten him?
Lei Zihao finally couldn't sit still!
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