PFC Chapter 7283 The Characteristics of the Military Sage
Chapter 7283 The Characteristics of the Military Sage
Chapter 7283 The Characteristics of the Military Sage
Before Guan Yu gave the order to set off, Gross and others from Rome were exchanging their feelings. They had worn heavy armor of this caliber before, but for some reason, the armor of the Han Dynasty did not seem as heavy as that of the Romans.
“It’s really unbelievable. I just tested it with my strength, and this thing has about the same defensive power as the full suit of heavy armor I wore in Rome, but it doesn’t feel that heavy when I wear it. It’s really unbelievable.” Danek said with a strange expression. “My strength is very stable. I can guarantee that the actual weight of this thing is almost the same as the one I wore in Rome.”
"Ah, is that how you feel too?" Hernan, who was riding his horse and testing it out nearby, heard this and replied, and then a group of Romans started talking all at once.
After all, they are all top-tier elites, and they have their own understanding of weapons and equipment, especially this kind of heavy armor. Ordinary soldiers have no use for it, but for them, it is standard equipment. Therefore, they are very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of equipment.
As a result, after the Han dynasty put on this set of armor, not to mention the dense silk lining, which was a treasure of the Romans, it could also protect against some piercing arrows, avoiding contamination and secondary injuries. So now that the Han dynasty is wealthy, all armor has this lining. Some are directly provided with the armor, while others are custom-made. In any case, they all have it.
However, after removing the silk, the actual weight of the armor is completely different from the weight when worn. The latter is significantly lighter, which is somewhat unusual. Moreover, Han Dynasty armor is more flexible to wear than Roman armor, with better protection at the joints and less restriction.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Suolei, a Han Dynasty centurion standing next to this group, looked at the chattering Roman man beside him and asked with some curiosity. After all, the other party was speaking Latin, and even though Zhang Suolei had been hanging out with this group for so long, he could only catch the sounds and couldn't spell them out.
“We’re analyzing why this armor, which should be rated at 300, feels like it only weighs less than 200 when worn. That’s very strange.” Kolovia and Zhang Suolei were somewhat familiar with each other, so she gave a brief answer to Zhang Suolei’s question.
"I think this is called ergonomics technology, but I'm not really sure. Old Song used to be a gatekeeper at the smelting bureau in Chang'an, and he heard the Zhang family of Nanyang doing this research all the time." Upon hearing this, Zhang Suolei told Kolovia what he knew about it.
To be honest, Zhang Suolei himself didn't understand this thing either. Well, Song Yuan, who had been the gatekeeper of the Smelting Bureau in Chang'an for so many years, didn't understand it either. But even though Song Yuan didn't understand the principle, he at least knew what those old fogies from the Zhang family in Nanyang were talking about. He could be a parrot. So when some of the older soldiers had doubts, Song Yuan, one of the very few veterans who knew this term, would bring it up and show it off.
"Ergonomic technology?" Corlovia and the Romans around her were completely bewildered, having no idea what those four words meant.
"Don't look at me, I don't know either. When Lao Song explained it to me, he said that carrying a 100-pound woman doesn't feel like much weight, and I can carry two at the same time, but two 100-pound bags of rice are quite heavy. They feel really heavy to carry." Zhang Suolei stroked his prickly beard and explained.
To be fair, this was an explanation given to Song Yuan by a technician from the Zhang family of Nanyang when he asked Song Yuan about it. Song Yuan then relayed it to Zhang Suolei, who in turn relayed it to the group of Romans.
In reality, the two people relaying the information didn't understand anything; their minds were basically blank.
As for those who heard it, everyone was amazed. After all, it was their first time encountering something like this, so it was impossible not to admire it.
"As for the principle behind it, I don't know. That's what it was said at the time. It's roughly about transferring the feeling of how light a person is when you're carrying them to the armor. That's probably what's called ergonomics," Zhang Suolei explained. A group of Romans exclaimed in admiration, saying that the Han Dynasty was really awesome. They wondered why their Roman technicians hadn't thought of this research direction.
Although I couldn't understand it, I understood it to some extent after listening. After understanding it, and feeling the armor on my body, I felt that although the explanation was outrageous, it made a lot of sense.
"Alright, stop talking. We're getting ready to go. Be careful, everyone. This time we're not fighting against scattered demon gods, but against a large-scale main force of demon gods." Fang He, standing slightly in the front row, called out to the veteran behind him.
"Don't worry, we won't hold you back," the Roman guy said confidently. They'd already accepted the payment, so they were still quite ethical.
Guan Yu assigned tasks to each of the five hundred leaders according to the scale of five hundred men per song. After all, unlike the previous battles with a scale of hundreds of thousands, this war was not large in scale, but every participant was an elite. A scale of several hundred men was already able to perform tasks that previously required thousands of men.
Therefore, Guan Yu made detailed arrangements to ensure that they could support each other and retreat with less loss when the battle turned unfavorable.
As Guan Yu finished organizing his men and set off from the military camp, the overall cloud formations in the Jingxiang and Jiangling regions changed. They quickly transformed from a relatively thin and scattered state into a thick and orderly one, and the suppressive power and range of the cloud formations began to increase significantly.
"Have the regular soldiers transferred from Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, as well as the regular soldiers from Jingxiang, begin to organize their troops and fully activate their cloud energy to connect with the main force's cloud energy." After seeing the thick and orderly cloud energy rising, Zhou Yu quickly took over the command of the reserve young men and ordered all units to mobilize. Soon, more cloud energy poured into Jiangling City, spreading outwards from the city center.
"Zijia, begin releasing the reserve cloud energy. Use your spirit to unify it and connect with General Guan's cloud energy." Liao Li watched as the cloud energy grew thicker and heavier, its scale already exceeding the suppressive power of a regular army of 500,000. He ordered Lu Yu to continue increasing the intensity.
As I said before, the one who most wants to kill the Demon God right now is definitely Liao Li.
"Yes, Governor." Lu Yu bowed respectfully to Liao Li. The more he learned about Liao Li, the more respectful Lu Yu became. Liao Li was a moral, principled, and capable official who deserved his respect.
Under Lu Yu's control, the cloud energy stored in Jiangling City was quickly connected, and Chen Xi, who was in Jiangling City, also raised the imperial will to unify the overall cloud energy at the will level, so that the cloud energy from different regions could be completely integrated together.
In an instant, the cloud suppression effect in the Jiangling area increased significantly, and the supernatural power in the entire area was basically completely suppressed. Moreover, the radiation range was so large that even Qingni Pass, thousands of miles away, felt a slight sense of constraint. This was the effect of the supermodel cloud fully unfolding.
only……
"What exactly is wrong? Why do I have this vague sense of unease?" Chen Xi looked at the demon god's cloud aura, which was almost completely crushed by the Han dynasty's cloud aura, with a puzzled expression. In terms of the difference in cloud aura, the Han dynasty already had a clear advantage. The proportion of power that could be exerted under the cloud aura was much higher than that of the demon god. If the cloud aura could continue to improve and become so strong that it could completely crush the demon god's cloud aura, then the Han dynasty's Breaking Boundary and Inner Qi Leaving the Body would be able to exert almost its full combat power and crush the demon god that was suppressed by the cloud aura.
Despite such a significant advantage, Chen Xi couldn't hide his worry. The inexplicable shadow that appeared in his heart made him feel somewhat heavy-hearted.
"No matter how outrageous the demon god is, he can't turn the tide in this situation, right?" Chen Xi muttered for a moment, then his expression became even more grim. "It can't be that something happened on the Ganges side, right? Even if Wen Ze is incompetent, as long as he holds the line, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"
Chen Xi muttered to himself for a moment, then suppressed all his extraneous thoughts. Now was not the time to consider these things. He should first observe the performance of the Cloud Dream Demon God in a large-scale war before considering anything else. As for other matters, they were not things Chen Xi should be concerned with at this moment.
On the east side of Yunmeng, standing on the road that Sun Qian had urgently repaired, Guan Yu felt much more at ease. The sparse, still unconverged, demonic clouds ahead further eased the shadows in Guan Yu's heart. Guan Yu had many worries about this battle, but now, he felt there was no need to worry.
"Archery legions, form ranks! God-Slaying Spears, prepare! Ten consecutive shots, overwhelming force! Heavy cavalry, prepare! Cloud-based road-solidification, prepare heavy infantry breakthrough legions!" Guan Yu swiftly gave orders to each of the five-hundred commanders. Banners were raised one by one. The next step was to charge in through this pre-selected opening, ruthlessly break through the demon god's battle line, and rout and scatter the enemy!
"Three, two..." Because the demon god had no self-awareness, Guan Yu stayed a kilometer away, and those things were only moving in the distance. After all, they had not yet entered the attack range of those things, so the veterans of the Han Dynasty and Rome had various means of charging up and preparing.
The God-Slaying Spear rested on the Great Yellow Bow, and the archer's various charging talents further enhanced the God-Slaying Spear. Only a top-tier veteran archer like this could provide a certain percentage of enhancement to something like the God-Slaying Spear. If it were a mediocre archer, he'd be lucky to even add a precision enhancement to the God-Slaying Spear.
"Release the arrows!" Guan Yu shouted, and two thousand God-Slaying Spears were thrown directly at the Demon God's battle line. Along with this shout, the heavy infantrymen who were crouching in front roared and charged forward with the momentum of elite warriors. What was even more terrifying was that, despite their rapid speed, these heavy infantrymen still managed to maintain their straight battle line.
What defines an elite force that has survived a hundred battles? This is the elite force that has survived a hundred battles!
At the same time, various lights appeared on the heavy cavalrymen riding European cold-blooded horses beside them. All sorts of absurd talents such as speed, lightning speed, and even charging defense flashed on the heavy cavalrymen. Then, with a fearless attitude, they roared and charged towards the demon god in front.
A kilometer was covered in the blink of an eye. For these elite soldiers, a distance that would take ordinary veterans a minute or two to cover under the clouds was covered in just a few breaths. The front-line heavy infantry, clad in heavy armor, naturally lowered their center of gravity the moment they approached the demon god, and then slammed into the demon god's body with their shoulders as the core. In that instant, the various innate structures unique to the heavy infantry legion, combined with the special charging techniques they had mastered in front-line combat for more than ten years, knocked the demon god directly to the ground!
Then more God-Slaying Spears rained down like rain, and terrifying explosions appeared in front of the heavy infantry, stretching forward!
"Brothers, charge!" Fang He took the lead, swinging his spear to smash the tentacles blocking his way. Then he spurred his horse forward, his bowl-sized hooves carrying immense power as he stomped hard on the twisting and recovering flesh of the demon god, crushing it into a bloody pulp. Even so, the demon god was still not dead, and was even desperately trying to recover.
However, after Fang He rushed over, the swordsman who was slightly behind coldly swung his broadsword, slaying the essence of heaven and earth while also trying his best to cut off the vitality of the demon god.
Such methods are insufficient to kill a demon god with the strength of an ordinary swordsman. However, severing the vitality of a demon god's remnant is still achievable for these swordsmen who have undergone three or four levels of forging. As for severing the vitality of a seven-level demon god with a single strike, only Guan Yu among those present would be capable of that. The problem is that with the life force stored up by a seven-level demon god, even if its life is severed, it will most likely be transformed into two mutated demon god species at the point of separation.
In short, this thing is very troublesome, but the Han Dynasty is very well prepared. The large-scale Xuanxiang array built by Zhou Yu is now desperately absorbing the life force of the demon god. As for whether the Xuanxiang array base will explode, to be honest, it doesn't matter. As long as we win, this loss is nothing!
"Die!" Guan Yu sliced the demon god in two with a single stroke. Unlike others who could still sprout flesh from the broken parts of their demon gods after severing them, Guan Yu's stroke left a smooth, flat surface. That piece of the demon god could no longer regenerate or recover, and even if they were put back together, they could never become a whole.
Even so, the demon god was not dead. In fact, because it was completely cut in two, the two pieces of its body began to regenerate into twisted shapes from the parts that could regenerate.
Guan Yu's eyes were quite cold at this moment. The life characteristics of the demon god made Guan Yu feel helpless. He used the power of Divine Break to kill the demon god. The demon god's will was destroyed, but its body did not die. Using the power of Divine Break as an enhancement, he cut the demon god in half. The demon god was like an earthworm, directly turning into two. This kind of thing that seemed to have no weaknesses was something Guan Yu had never seen before.
"Charge! Charge! I feel that guy is the commander of the demon god! Kill him, and the Romans will reward us with a thousand chests of silk, and the Han Dynasty with a thousand pieces of gold!" Guan Yu's second-in-command, Wang Fu, led a team of five hundred men to the forefront. He quickly spotted a demon god who was different from others on the battle line. It was probably the position of his eyes, which revealed different colors—this was wisdom! He immediately promised the reward that Guan Yu had mentioned, and the Roman veterans, upon hearing this, roared and charged forward!
A thousand chests of top-quality silk—what more can I say? Just go for it!
"Die!" Slavnis's sword was wreathed in the glow of sacrifice and incineration. This was one of the very few things that could truly kill a demon god. Again, the talent that the Parthian Empire used as the core of its nation was still incredibly powerful in terms of its characteristics. Even the Corpse Offering would still be restrained by this thing. However, the foundation brought by the Corpse Offering was too terrifying, and Incineration could not suppress this power.
However, that was in the hands of ordinary veterans. In the hands of Slavnis, it was the power to slay demon gods. After all, he had the foundation to suppress demon gods and the talent structure to absorb and refine them. So when he led the charge, he was the first to charge and had a heroic spirit.
However, after killing several demon gods, Slavnis sensed something was wrong.
"Go and inform General Guan immediately!" Slavnis, seeing that his sword strike had failed to cleave the demon god, immediately realized what had happened and abruptly turned to the old soldier beside him, calling out.
At the same time, Wei Jun's expression also turned somewhat ugly. His vacuum gun hit the demon god, but based on his previous experience in killing demon gods, he was unable to tear off a large chunk of flesh from the demon god's body.
"Notify General Guan that the Demon God has changed." Wei Jun swung his spear, unleashing a powerful vacuum shot that tore a large chunk of flesh from the Demon God's shoulder. He then swung his spear again, delivering a powerful shockwave that felt like an iron rod striking a beef ball. Sauce burst from the Demon God's entire body, splattering in all directions.
The five hundred men supporting from the west side, led by Bao Chu, looked grim as he held his high-frequency vibration sword. The demon god's defense was increasing, and its defensive methods would spontaneously change depending on the opponent's attacks. Just now, his normal 40 Hz vibration sword was blocked by the demon god using a special defensive method. This change was not good.
"General Guan, retreat." Soon, all sorts of messages gathered at Guan Yu's place, and Guan Yu dealt with them quickly. However, at this moment, Chen Xi's projection appeared in front of Guan Yu, and he solemnly gave Guan Yu the order.
"Zichuan, what happened?" Upon hearing this, Guan Yu immediately ordered the gong to be sounded, then sent the prepared support troops to the front, leading the other teams to retreat. Only after the retreat did he ask Chen Xi what had happened.
“I just discovered something is wrong. I used cloud energy to break through the Demon God’s cloud energy architecture. The scale of the opponent’s cloud energy is roughly equivalent to that of 50 regular troops. Only this much is manifested in front of us, and the rest of the cloud energy has been transformed into special targeted defenses. I estimate that it will be transformed into targeted attacks later.” Chen Xi said to Guan Yu with a heavy expression.
Upon hearing this, Guan Yu's expression darkened. He instantly recalled the report Wei Jun and the others had given him. What was this? Sun Tzu's Four Sages trait?
They ran away, but didn't recover.