Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

With the order of the centurion, hundreds of cavalry behind him began to line up, forming a neat charge formation.

After the formation was completed, the hundred-man general shouted again: "The whole army has it, charge!"

A hundred generals gave this order, and a hundred heavy armored cavalry immediately took action.

The horses under their crotches ran slowly for a few steps at first, and then gradually picked up the speed.

Almost within a short period of time, all the war horses stepped forward and galloped at high speed.

The ground was trembling non-stop. A hundred heavy armored cavalry were like a cloud, or a black torrent rushing past the high platform, and then plunged heavily into the other side of the high platform. Among the grass people.

The next moment, countless grass clippings were flying in the air.

When the heavy armored cavalry came to a complete stop, several ministers of Zhao State on the high platform couldn't help but widen their eyes.

The thousands of straw men who were originally used as enemies were completely destroyed in this charge.

Lian Po narrowed his eyes subconsciously, and a scene suddenly appeared in his mind:

On the battlefield, many soldiers of the Qin Army were waiting in formation, and the formation seemed indestructible.

But at this moment, a torrent of steel formed by this kind of heavy armored cavalry swarmed in. Countless spears pierced heavily among the soldiers of the Qin army, causing countless howls of ghosts and wolves, piercing through the entire area in an instant like a shattered corpse. A queue of Qin infantry.

Blood and broken limbs flew wantonly in the air, and all the soldiers of the Qin Army fled around like frightened sheep.

Thinking of this, Lian Po couldn't help but subconsciously licked his lips, suddenly feeling dry mouth.

I have to say that such a scene is really exciting.

Lian Po took a deep breath, walked down the high platform quickly, and walked towards the cavalry.

Zhao Dan glanced at Lian Po, smiled on his face, turned his head to Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin who were beside him and said with a smile: "I don't know what the Qing family thinks, what about this heavy cavalry of the widow?"

Zhao Sheng opened his mouth wide, the expression on his face was extremely shocking, and he sighed after a long while: "If there are ten thousand cavalrymen, Zhao Guo will be invincible in the world!"

Yu Xin on the side also nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Dan laughed and said nothing.

As early as the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, people in China had already begun to know how to cast iron.

However, because the iron ore found in the land of China is all lean iron ore with a lot of impurities, this led to high requirements for casting, which could not be completed with the rough technology at that time.

It wasn't until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the discovery of more iron ore, the urgent demand for weapon innovation in war, and the scarcity of copper itself, that iron weapons began to gradually become popular.

Among the countries in the Central Plains today, when it comes to iron casting, Wei is undoubtedly the most respected, followed by Han, Chu, and Zhao.

But after Zhao Dan visited the iron workshop in Handan City of Zhao State, he discovered a problem.

That is, the craftsmen of this era are ignorant of the well-known "steel frying method" and "steel making" that are widely known in later generations.

These two methods, in fact, as long as you have watched some TV dramas in later generations, you can understand what is going on.

The steel frying method is named for the continuous stirring of molten iron during the smelting process, just like cooking.

The raw material for frying steel is pig iron. The main point of operation is to heat the pig iron to a liquid or semi-liquid state, and use methods such as blasting or sprinkling concentrate powder to oxidize silicon, manganese, and carbon, and reduce the carbon content to that of steel and wrought iron. Ingredient range.

The products of fried steel are mostly low-carbon steel and wrought iron, which need to be continuously forged to become steel.

Hundreds of steelmaking is to use hammers to continuously forge the low-carbon steel and wrought iron fried by the steel frying method to discharge impurities. During this period, these steel embryos are instantly soaked in cold water. , has been forged until the weight of the refined iron does not change, and the steel is fully formed.

It is precisely because of this, so the hundred steelmaking is also known as "thousands of tempering".

Blast furnace ironmaking, steel frying method and hundred steelmaking and forging techniques have been carried out vigorously under the leadership of Miao Xian in the past few months. The first batch of blast furnaces and factories have been quietly built in the northern mountainous area of ​​Zhao State, and the hundred The armored weapons on the heavy armored cavalry and horses are the first batch of finished products of the blast furnace factory.

While speaking, Lian Po had already taken a spear from a heavy armored cavalryman, and made several movements while holding it in his hand.

"Drink!" Lian Po yelled, and suddenly he stabbed a scarecrow in front of him with a spear. The tip of the spear was swimming in the air like a poisonous snake, and then it sank into the scarecrow's chest without any mistakes. The straw men exploded in all directions, and the momentum was truly astonishing.

Lian Po was delighted to see this, and smiled at Zhao Dan with the long spear, "Your Majesty, I love this spear very much, so please reward me."

Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, you must know that this kind of long spear is specially designed for cavalry, if it is used as an infantry, it is actually too long.

But Zhao Dan didn't pay any attention to these, but asked Lian Po: "Wu Xinjun, in your opinion, if this heavy armored cavalry is used in actual combat, how powerful is it?"

Lian Po thought for a while, and gave an answer with certainty: "In my opinion, if the number of these heavy cavalry exceeds a thousand, even if the enemy has thousands of troops, they will be worthless!"

Zhao Dan laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said to Lian Po: "Don't worry, Wu Xinjun, within two years, I will hand over three thousand heavy cavalry to your hands!"

Lian Po was overjoyed when he heard the words, bowed to Zhao Dan, and said solemnly: "If there are three thousand heavy cavalry, I will be able to clear the Liuhe for the king and calm the world!"

Chapter 354 The Empress Swallow Arrives (Second Update)

After watching this heavy armored cavalry, the three Zhao Guozhong ministers were quite excited.

In this day and age, anyone who wants to stand out must know something about the military.

So not to mention Lian Po, even people like Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin who have been doing their jobs all the time are not the kind of military blind who know nothing about history.

It was because there was something in their minds that the three Zhao Guozhong ministers were very excited.

If this kind of heavy cavalry can be fully popularized, then the cavalry will rise completely, from the current auxiliary role to become the decisive arm on the future battlefield!

The State of Zhao has a tradition of attaching importance to cavalry, and the cavalry of the State of Zhao is also the strongest among all the countries. Therefore, the rise of the cavalry is definitely a great news for the State of Zhao!

Just when the three important ministers of Zhao State were excited to discuss this issue with Zhao Dan, a palace guard suddenly appeared and reported to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, Queen Yan and Lord Chang have arrived in Handan and have just entered the palace. !"

"Oh?" Zhao Dan raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and said to the three excited Zhao Guozhong ministers in front of him: "My dear family, let's talk about the matter of the heavy cavalry at another time."

In any case, this Empress Yan is also the sister of Zhao Dan's mother and compatriots, and she is also a key figure in Zhao Dan's plan for the Yan Kingdom in the future.

A moment later, Zhao Dan and the queen Han Wan who had arrived saw this sister whom she had not seen for several years in the main hall of the Dragon Terrace.

Compared with the Queen Yan in Zhao Dan's memory, the Queen Yan who reappeared in front of Zhao Dan looked more beautiful and mature. She had changed from the big girl when she got married back then to a dignified king back.

I have to say that such a change not only made Zhao Dan feel a little relieved, but also made Zhao Dan feel a little strange.

Seeing that Queen Yan was about to salute, Zhao Dan hurriedly stepped forward two steps to stop Queen Yan from making this move.

"Your younger brother, you don't need to be too polite. Come, let me show you my little nephew, the future King Yan."

What Zhao Dan was talking about was, of course, the son Ke who had just been adopted by King Yan not long ago.

This son Ke is still a young child, being held in the arms of Queen Yan.

Zhao Dan took the little boy from Queen Yan's arms and looked at him carefully.

It seems that because of the exhaustion of the journey, even at this moment, the little boy is still sleeping with his eyes closed, but even in his sleep, his hands are tightly grasping the skirt of Queen Yan and he refuses to let go. How dependent the heart is.