Have you ever seen 20,000 soldiers wearing Zhuge Tongsleeved Armor join forces?

The poor Jin army soldiers saw this today.

That's right, the 20,000 Han soldiers who took the initiative to go out to the camp to fight were all wearing paper armor made of Zhuge's sleeve armor. Moreover, many elite soldiers also wore leather armor made of rhino leather under the paper armor, forming a double protection for their bodies.

The reason why the Han army soldiers were able to fully equipped with paper armor was not only to thank the Han army craftsmen and the people of Wei County for their hard work, but also to thank the Han army soldiers for their hard work, helping to soak paper, turn it, compact it and eat it hard. Each person has at least six packs of instant noodles every day, and eat enough instant noodles cartons in a living quantity, which provides enough raw materials for the production of paper armor.

We also have to thank the people of Nanzhong, former Wei army prisoners of war, Central Plains, and Eastern Wu military and civilian officials for their joint efforts. If they hadn't helped eat a large amount of instant noodles, if they hadn't bought a large amount of instant noodles and were forced to leave the cartons in Nanzhong, the Han army soldiers themselves might not have been able to eat so many cartons and produce so many paper armors with defense that are comparable to Zhuge's sleeve armor.

It is very sad. Because I have never met the Han army, I don’t know that the bloated armor that all the Han army soldiers wore was even the paper armor that was legendary. I hope that the old man and Hu Lie and other senior officials of the Jin army were extremely happy that the Han army used eggs to hit the stones. Even when the military power gap was more than three times, they dared to take the initiative to go out to the camp and die.

Then, when Du Xin, who was barely qualified, ran to Uncle Wang and reported with a pale face that these bloated armors were the legendary paper armor. The horse whip in Uncle Wang's hand hit the ground, and then Uncle Wang screamed like a pig, "What? This is the paper armor?"

"Report to the old governor, this is paper armor. The knife cannot be cut, the spear cannot be stabbed, and the crossbow has almost no effect." Du Xin replied with a pale face: "The general will never admit his mistake. Last time, the general followed Qian Dashen Nanzheng and suffered a great loss in front of such paper armor."

Unbelievably, he looked at the Han army team in paper armor, and Sima Wang's face began to turn pale, and then he quickly asked: "Didn't you say that there are only four or five thousand sets of paper armor in the thief army? Why did so many appear today? Even the most ordinary thief soldiers can wear a set of paper armor for each of them?"

"Mr. I don't know either." Du Xin said in a trembling voice: "If the generals had known that the thief army had so many paper armors now, they would definitely advise the old governor, you must not come here."

After looking at the Han army, which was slightly bloated, Sima Wang forced himself to calm down and said after a moment of calculation: "Don't panic, the cost of armor is high. Even our Jin court would not be able to equip so many sleeve armors, let alone the Southern Central thieves. Maybe the thieves army used a large amount of fake armor to make up for the numbers to scare and intimidate us, so we don't need to worry too much."

At this time, the Han army teams lined up with conical formations to move south had already arrived about half a mile in front of the Jin army's formation. As the marching drums stopped beating, the Han army immediately stopped moving forward. Then, as the flag waved, the Han soldiers in the back row also pushed out eight strange vehicles. The body of the car was moving slowly and it was quite heavy. Each car was placed with a golden cylinder. The end of the column was forward, aiming at the central position of the Jin army, which was densely packed with soldiers, and at the same time, many strange objects were brought out to the back of the car.

"What is that?" Sima Wang asked Du Xin quickly.

"Report to the old governor, I don't know." Du Xin shook his head and said truthfully: "I never saw such a thing when I fought against the thief army last time."

Sima Wang no longer asked more, but ordered the soldiers to firmly stand up and wait patiently for the next move of the Han army. Fortunately, the Han army did not let the curious Sima Wang and the Jin army soldiers wait for how long. Soon they put the torches one by one to the rear of the eight strange cars, as if something had been lit.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Needless to say, soon, eight strange vehicles made earth-shaking loud noises one after another, and at the same time, the tops of the cylinders on the six strange vehicles also spewed out flames one after another. Then, before Sima Wang and the generals of the Jin army could see clearly what was going on, the Jin soldiers lined up in large formations were already lying down in a row. Many soldiers had no time to scream, and they had fallen on their backs for no reason, and blood was spewed out of their mouths.

Not only that, Sima Wang also clearly saw that at the forefront of the Jin army's position, a Jin army soldier holding a strong long shield suddenly broke the long shield in his hand. The man even flew backward as if he was hit by an invisible heavy punch, and fell seven or eight steps away. Sima Wang also opened his eyes into a copper bell shape and blurted out: "What happened?!"

We continue to thank the Sima family and the Dajin court. Although Yunnan produces copper, due to the production technology and output of this era, the cost of bronze cannons cast by the Han army is still very high. Thanks to the liberalization of trade by the Dajin court, a large amount of commodity materials and bronze Wuzhu coins flow into Nanzhong through trade channels. Zhang Zhi and the Han army have the funds and confidence to cast bronze cannons. At the same time, most of the cast iron cannon shells bombarded by the Han army's bronze cannons actually came from pig iron obtained through trade.

Back to the topic, seeing the bronze cannon appear on the battlefield thousands of years ahead of schedule, even Sima Wang, who had seen countless storms and waves, was so shocked and surprised, of course, let alone ordinary Jin army generals and soldiers. Seeing cast iron shells shuttled and hit a companion, knocking down a companion, and hitting a comrade in his mouth and spitting blood, broken muscles and fractured bones. The Jin army was naturally in a big uproar, and morale fell sharply.

The Han army was completely opposite. Seeing the mysterious weapon claimed by the senior management of the Han army, which had been claimed by the Han army, exerting such great power, the Han army soldiers were of course cheering. The Han army gunners trained by Zhang Zhi personally remained silent, but quickly used a wooden stick with a wrapped cloth dipped in clear water to extinguish the remaining fire in the cannon barrel, then reloaded gunpowder and shells, and installed leads made of nitrogen silk. After igniting, they fired again and continued to bombard the front of the Jin army's positions with dense crowds.

The Han army was in front of the formation, and screams and screams came one after another on the Jin army positions lined up in dense formations. Cast iron shells rushed straight into the Jin army crowd, jumping to the ground, smashing and knocking down a Jin army soldier, injured when touched, and killed when hit. The Jin army soldiers were frightened and the soldiers fled out of the queue because of excessive fear.

Seeing that the situation was not good, I wonder how powerful the Han army's primitive bronze cannons were, and whether it was possible to completely defeat his army. Sima Wang gritted his teeth and could only let his personal soldiers raise their flags and order the right-wing Jin cavalry to attack the Han army's artillery positions and stop the Han army from firing.

After Hu Yuan led the Jin cavalry to dispatch, he had just confirmed the direction of the Jin cavalry's attack. The Han army immediately took corresponding actions. While the flag was waving, the Han army soldiers in the second row immediately rushed out with more than fifty pine cannons and urgently arranged to aim the muzzle at the Jin cavalry that was charging. Du Xin looked at the Jin army flag formation and quickly said to Sima Wang: "Old Governor, it's that kind of strange wood! The kind of strange wood that can be placed in many of us in a blink of an eye!"

It was too late to remind the crowd of the Jin cavalry, and the Han army had already rushed into the range of the Han army's pine cannons. The Han army soldiers quickly ignited the fire, then carried only the expensive gunpowder, threw down the bronze cannons and the remaining shells and retreated quickly. More than fifty pine cannons exploded one after another, blasting sharp hard rocks and pig iron scraps at the Jin cavalry at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

There was no doubt that people were tilted down the horse, and the Jin army was frightened and injured, and the people stood up. Many Jin army cavalry with a slightly inferior cavalry fell off the horse and became the souls of the subsequent companions' horses. The crowd of Jin cavalry was suddenly in chaos. The war horses neighed and collided with each other countless times, and the charge momentum was immediately offset by most of them. At the same time, the Han army crossbowmen also shot arrows one after another, shooting feather arrows like storms towards the Jin army cavalry that were in chaos in an instant.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

We must praise the courage of the famous Jin army general Hu Yuan. Even though the numerous Jin army cavalry had become a mess, Hu Yuan still gritted his teeth and rushed to the inclined surface of the Han army's position with the remaining cavalry, trying to use the cavalry's charge advantage to kill the front team of the defeated Han army.

Due to the terrain in the south, this was the first time that the Jin army's cavalry had fought with the Han army's infantry on a large scale. However, it was a pity that even though the original Bumu stirrup had begun to equip the Jin army's cavalry, allowing the Jin army's cavalry to free up their hands to fight and their combat effectiveness had been qualitatively improved, after the Jin army's cavalry actually hit the Han army's position, it was still like a copper wall covered with sharp thorns. Not only did it fail to break through the iron wall, but it was stabbed all over the body.

While the people were shouting and horses were neighing, although the spears stabbed by the Jin cavalry and stabbed the Han soldiers, they also stabbed the bodies of the Han soldiers. However, unless they stabbed the forearm or face without armor protection, they all felt layers of tough resistance, resulting in the stabbing force being offset layer by layer, and they could not penetrate the Han soldiers' paper armor at all. However, the spears that the Han soldiers in the front team struggled to barrel back could easily penetrate the leather armor and even iron armor worn by the Jin cavalry, causing serious damage and even fatal injuries to the Jin cavalry behind the armor.

This is of course related to the weapons of the Han army. The soldiers of the Han army who can appear at the cone tips of the Han army's cone formation are of great responsibility to break the formation. Of course, they are all equipped with advanced technologically advanced steel-filled weapons. The weapons' armor-breaking ability is far greater than the steel-filled weapons in the Jin army uniform.

This is also related to physical fitness. At least one can of lunch meat and six packs of instant noodles every day, plus fermented black beans and candy cola to replenish calories. After more than a year of nourishing and strict training, the physiques of the Han army soldiers had long been transformed. Especially the elite soldiers of the Han army, none of them had thick waists and round waists and muscles. Their explosive power was comparable to that of nomadic cavalry mainly eating meat. With the blessing of physical strength and explosive power, the Han army's steel-filled weapons naturally doubled their power.

Many Jin army cavalry screamed and were pierced by the Han army's spear, and then took off their horses. Although some Han army soldiers were killed and injured during this period, the number was obviously less than that of the Jin army. When the impact inertia of the Jin army's cavalry was gradually offset and they were forced to stop and kill with the Han army on the spot, the Jin army cavalry was at an absolute disadvantage. The well-equipped Han army's elite front team stabbed the knights and chopped the horse's legs, killing a Jin army cavalry to the point of being overturned, and the corpse was crossed on the spot. Even Hu Yuan was killed and injured by the Han army infantry in the melee.

No cavalry would be foolish enough to slam the horses and kill the enemy's infantry. Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Yuan could only lead the Jin cavalry to pass by the Han army formation and move towards the left wing position of his army in order to reorganize the team and charge back. However, what Hu Yuan and Sima Wang in the rear did not expect was that the Jin cavalry had just left the contact with the Han army's front team, and the Han army's front team had just reorganized the slightly messy formation. The advancing drums were sounded again inside the Han army's cone formation. The 20,000 Han troops immediately strode south and directly rushed to the front of the Jin army's position.

"Zhang Zhi, you're so arrogant!"

Sima Wang waved his whip so much that he didn't think much about it, and immediately shouted: "Put your position firmly, prepare your crossbow, give the thieves some color!"

The queues that were bombarded by the Han army's artillery were quickly reorganized and dense formations were resolutely rearranged. The experienced Jin army soldiers held their bows and crossbows tightly, patiently waiting for the Han army to enter the range. Then, as the flags were waving, the denser crossbow feather arrows also shot towards the Han army soldiers who were also moving forward in dense formations.

It's still a pity that the effect is minimal. The Han army soldiers just generally tried to keep their heads down as much as possible to avoid being shot by bows and arrows without armor protection, and letting feather arrows shoot on their bodies one after another without dodging. The paper armor, which has passed many practical tests, has once again exerted its defense that actually exceeded iron armor, allowing the feather arrows to fall when they touched the armor. Only a few could be embedded in the armor. The number of feather arrows that were lucky enough to shoot the limbs of the Han army soldiers was even rarer.

"Iron armor! All the thieves were wearing iron armor!"

"My God! So many iron armors came from the thief army? All the thief soldiers were wearing iron armor. How could they fight this battle?"

The screams sounded again in the Jin army formation, and countless Jin army soldiers also broke their heads and couldn't believe that they could meet so many enemies wearing strong iron armor at one time, and they couldn't imagine how to fight this battle after they all rushed into the army formation.

"Don't panic, don't scream! Keep shooting arrows! Keep shooting arrows! Quick!"

The grassroots generals in the Jin army also yelled among the soldiers, urging the Jin army soldiers to shoot arrows one after another to stop the enemy. Unfortunately, no matter how desperate the Jin army soldiers shot arrows, the impact on the Han army's army was so weak that it was almost unnecessary to consider. The huge cone formation of the Han army was still continuing to move forward, and the soldiers of the Han army, who were already filled with arrows, were also continuing to move forward like a personal hedgehog.

This is related to the fact that the equipment of the Han army has been further improved. All the elite soldiers of the Han army who served as the tip of the cone were wearing a layer of leather armor under the paper armor. Therefore, even when they reached a close distance, the powerful crossbow and feather arrows of the Jin army had shot through the Han army's paper armor, but they could still be unable to penetrate the leather armor under the paper armor.

As for the physical strength problem of wearing double-layer armor, let alone the weight of paper armor is much lighter than iron armor. Even if it adds a burden to the elite Han army, a problem that cannot be solved by one can of lunch meat can be solved by two cans. Zhang Zhi sold different varieties of high-end wood to the system girl, and a ton of which can be bought at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands or millions. However, the cheaper lunch meat sold to Zhang Zhi is only more than ten yuan. When necessary, the Han army soldiers can eat two cans of lunch meat every day, and even use lunch meat as rice. Zhang Zhi can afford it.

Amid the fearful eyes of the Jin army soldiers, the Han army front team, which had been covered with feather arrows, finally hit the front of the Jin army's position unstoppable. An almost one-sided massacre also appeared on the battlefield in the southern suburbs of Wei County.

"Kill! Kill! Kill—!"

He roared himself with a nearly desperate roar. The Jin army soldiers who relied on rice and pasta to fill their hunger for two meals a day and used their strength to thrust the fried steel spear into the chest of the Han army soldiers. However, even though these Jin army soldiers had already used all their strength, their spears still could not penetrate the paper armor on the Han army soldiers. The weapons were blocked by the Han army's double armor, and it was almost impossible for them to hurt the Han army soldiers.

Without shouting, the Han army soldiers just immediately returned the color and stabbed the enemy's body with a steel-filled spear. Then, with the blessing of at least six packs of instant noodles and a can of lunch meat a day, and with the help of candies, cola and fermented black beans and other junk foods with ridiculous calorie, the Han army's steel-filled spears can generally easily penetrate the leather armor and bodies of Jin soldiers. Many spears also came out directly, making a Jin soldiers die incredibly screaming...

"Soldiers of the thief, how can you have such a lot of strength?"

In the Jin army, those who can eat meat every day, at least those with a lower level of 100 or above. Those who can be equipped with iron sleeve armor must be at least at the level of tooth generals. The 20,000 Han soldiers who participated in the battle this time all met this standard. So to put it more exaggeratedly, this time the Jin army encountered 20,000 tooth generals collectively, bullying and abused them, Xiaoqiuba, who ate braised vegetables every day.

It was indeed bullying and abuse. Amid the huge noise, the Han army's cone formation was like a huge sharp triangle, constantly advancing into the central position of the Jin army, and constantly tearing open the gaps in the Jin army's position. Although the advancement was not fast, every step was solid and powerful. Every step forward made the Jin army soldiers who dared to stop them pay the price of blood and life.

Seeing this scene, Wang Wang was of course completely panicked and had to raise a banner, ordering the Jin army on both sides to tie the cone formation of the Han army, trying to break the Han army's wings around Wei to rescue Zhao. Hu Yuan also quickly led the Jin cavalry to detour to the Han army's formation, attacking the back of the Han army's positions, and using the actual advantage of military strength to form a four-sided surround against the Han army.

It was still useless. Even though the combat effectiveness was slightly inferior to the front team of the Han army led by Wu Ma and Huo Biao, the Han army soldiers led by Cuan Gu and Yang Ji still protected the two wings of the Han army very easily and effectively with the blessing of high-calorie junk food. After the insufficient number of Jin cavalry encountered Zhao Quan's Han army's rear team, they were once again dragged into the war of attrition by the Han army, and had to take the initiative to break out of contact, reorganize the team and repeatedly attack, and bit the bullet and consume the cavalry and the infantry of the Han army.

It’s not that the soldiers of the Jin army do not work hard or fight hard, but mainly because of the physical strength of the soldiers. The equipment is too different from that of the Han army. Even though the soldiers in the north are generally stronger than those of the soldiers in the south, due to insufficient calorie intake, the tall Jin army soldiers turned into thin bean sprouts in front of the soldiers of the Han army. They can’t fight with their arms, physical strength, and explosive power. How can they fight with such cold weapons?

At this time, cold sweat had naturally covered Sima Wang's forehead. I knew that the situation was not good, Sima Wang could only order the 10,000 rear troops who defended the supplies and vehicles, so that they could immediately retreat to the west with military supplies and food. At the same time, they ordered the rear troops of the central army to move forward desperately, trying to use the advantage of military strength to completely destroy the Han army. Unfortunately, no matter how the soldiers of the Jin army plucked up their courage, they could not stop the Han army's step by step, let alone killing the Han army, the number of casualties of the Jin army has always been in a rapid increase.

That's not all. The Han army's bullying tricks were not finished. When they saw that the distance from Sima Wang's flag was not far from Sima Wang's flag, Wu Ma, who was leading the front of the Han army, just gave a casual command. His personal soldiers immediately stepped forward and threw twenty or thirty primitive grenades into the dense crowds of the Jin army. Amid the continuous explosions, the Jin soldiers who were injured in their eyes were in chaos. The Han army soldiers took the opportunity to strode forward and directly rushed towards Sima Wang's flag.

"Old Ma lost his hooves. I didn't expect that the thief army was so well equipped and had such strong combat power."

He sighed helplessly, and Sima Wang had to order: "Let Tian Zhangduanhou be cut off, Hu Yuan led the cavalry to restrain him, and retreat to the future."

A miracle happened. With the huge gap in force of more than three times, more than 70,000 Jin troops participated in the battle were beaten by 20,000 Han troops and were forced to flee, and retreated to the future in a mess. Fortunately, Sima Wang's retreat order was issued in time and the arrangements were very appropriate. Tian Zhang, who was famous for fighting tough battles, led the army behind the palace, and Hu Yuan led the Jin cavalry to cruise and restrain the enemy on the periphery, which gave the Jin army a chance to retreat in an orderly manner.

The Jin army's troops were still far above the Han army, and the Jin cavalry was cruising on the periphery, and they could take advantage of the chaos to rush into their own flag formation at any time. Zhang Zhi did not dare to rashly issue a general attack charge order. Fortunately, Zhang Zhi never wanted to kill all the enemies through a battle, but just led the Han army to continue to move forward in an orderly manner, intending to give priority to eating the Jin army's rear team and then plan for the next action.

During this period, Zhang Zhi issued two more orders, one was to ask the Han cavalry general Zhang Fa to lead the cavalry south to reinforce and help him deal with the Jin cavalry cruising on the periphery; the second was to ask Huo Yi and Yan Yu to lead the rear army to escort military supplies and temporarily give up bronze artillery to participate in the pursuit. The important task of staying in Wei County was handed over by Zhang Zhi to the warehouse of the Han army veteran Zhu Xiang-wei County, which was already full of various junk food left by Zhang Zhi.
Chapter completed!