At about three o''clock in the afternoon, Murphy settled the troops sent by the human city states.
From tomorrow, they will be trained by the priests of the temple of war. Six teams of 480 Greek heavy infantry will cooperate with the priests of the temple of war to urge them to train. The Gunners sent by the human city states are of average combat effectiveness. If they want to be useful, they have to be trained to be familiar with the fighting methods of the Greek spear square array. As for the 2000 archers, they were taught and trained by Crete longbowmen.
As soon as he returned to the territory, Murphy saw general Marcus Kane coming excitedly.
The expression on his face had irresistible excitement, which should not appear in the face of a resolute and steady general.
"Your Excellency! Your excellency! Look at this General Marcus Kane excitedly handed Murphy a long sword that had just been quenched and forged without pressing its handle.
Dang!
Murphy looked at the sword that had just been forged in front of him, raised his hand, bent his finger and played on it!
With a crisp sound, the sword quivered slightly.
The sound
Murphy''s face was slightly surprised.
He pulled out the long sword at his waist, waved the newly forged sword and cut it on his Sabre!
to be sonorous!
There was a gap in Murphy''s original sword, but the sword just forged was not damaged at all!
Murphy speechless for a long time, and finally murmured out a word.
——"Steel!"
It''s steel!
Has a blacksmith understood how to forge steel in the territory?
Murphy is a history lover and a cold weapon dabbler. He knows a little about the difference between steel and iron. The key difference between the two is the amount of carbon content. The ferroalloy with carbon content between 0.02% and 2.04% is steel. The forging process of steel is relatively complex, which was popularized at the end of the iron age, but the earliest steel appeared at the end of the bronze age.
Looking at the steel sword in his hand, which was obviously of the original craftsmanship level, Murphy could not help remembering some fragments of a long time ago.
In college, Murphy reported liberal arts.
At that time, it was quite boring to go to college, either playing games or picking up girls. Murphy''s hobby is a little special. He likes to walk around and dabble in miscellaneous things. Occasionally I read some historical materials.
It was only after entering the university that he finally understood the dynasties in Chinese history.
During his spare time in college, Murphy had an unfriendly discussion with others in a post bar about the degree of civilization before B.C. and the forging technology of weapons. Murphy looked up a lot of information at that time in order to overcome the young people''s anger.
Although these things are gradually forgotten after coming out to work, at this moment, some fragments of knowledge reappear in Murphy''s mind.
B.C., the end of the bronze age.
There are many reasons for the overall lead of Western ironware over China, such as the high quality and affluence of Western iron ores and the high sulfur content of China''s iron ores. In addition, the bronze forging process in the peak period of China was much stronger than that of the original iron sword, so the promotion of iron ware in China was far less rapid than that in the West. It was also because of the poor quality of iron ore that the forging technology of China and Turkey completely surpassed that of the West in the middle of Han Dynasty! That is to say, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "salt and iron official camp" began to appear, and with the emergence of more excellent forging technology, iron began to spread slowly.
However, it was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty that bronzes were completely eliminated.
Hundreds of years slower than the West!
One of the reasons for the slow popularization of iron ware is that the development of bronze ware to the peak level delayed the promotion of iron ware!
As we all know, bronze is wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant, but the quality of the original level of iron is not to mention at all.
On the one hand, it is the bronze ware that has reached the peak level; on the other hand, it is the iron ware that has just begun to develop at a very low level. You know exactly which side ordinary people will choose.
Although it was the end of the bronze age, the popularity of the times and the peak forging technology at that time were not the same.
At the end of the bronze age, a large number of iron ware began to appear, but it was a long time for the bronze ware to be completely popularized and eliminated. It''s not that bronzes are necessarily worse than iron. In fact, bronzes that have reached the peak in the East and the West are far better than iron at the beginning.
Popularization and emergence are totally different things.
At that time, in order to refute each other, Murphy found an old forging method.
That is the forging process of cast iron carburizing steel.
Murphy didn''t remember what the specific process requirements were. He didn''t go to see them at that time. After all, he was not a blacksmith. At that time, he mainly focused on one point, that is, cast iron carburizing appeared in the spring and autumn and Warring States period, which was the highest level of iron forging technology at that time. At that time, whether in China or in the west, all the iron weapons that could reach the standard of molten steel were forged in this ancient way.
After the middle of the Han Dynasty, the more famous "Baigang" was the achievement that cast iron carburizing steel developed to a higher level.
In ancient times, the craft was passed on from father to son, so its development was very slow and even lost.
Therefore, it will take quite a long time for a breakthrough forging process innovation to be popularized.
Civilization entered the era of steel, strictly speaking, it is close to the end of the middle ages, that is, the era of imperial firearms. But when civilization entered the age of steel, there was no conflict with the time when steel appeared. In the middle of the Han Dynasty, that is, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some elite troops had been equipped with weapons made of steel and forging technology.
Baigang started in the Han Dynasty, its heyday was in the Jin Dynasty, and it was gradually replaced by new technology in the Tang Dynasty.
For these ancient forging techniques, Murphy only knows one theory. If he really wants to study how to forge Baigang, he probably only knows that it is repeated beating many times. In the back, he really didn''t know anything about it.
Saying and doing are totally different things. In the era of information explosion, many of the otaku have never even turned a hammer, let alone struck iron.
Everyone has heard of Baotou Steel pinch quenching, but I''m afraid few people really know how to do it and what to do at what temperature.
Murphy carefully looked at the sword that had just been cast. Although he didn''t know whether it was forged by cast iron carburizing steel, Murphy was absolutely sure that it was steel!
Steel is enough for him!
"Bring the blacksmith to me, now, now, now!" Murphy, holding the steel sword of the original craft level, was slightly excited at the bottom of his heart.
But I don''t know how long it will take to forge this kind of steel weapon. However, even if it can not be popularized to all the armed forces, as long as it can arm a small number of elite first, it will be a great help! At the end of the bronze age, if we could have a small-scale steel army, the advantage would be very obvious.
Governor''s house.
Murphy opened the auxiliary system of total war. On the blacksmith page of the system, I don''t know when the R & D Progress of ironware technology in the system has reached nearly 80%. That is to say, as long as it is increased by 20%, the forging technology of the territory can be recognized by the auxiliary system of total war as banning bronzes from entering the iron age.
"Your Excellency, I''ve been brought." General Marcus Kane walked into the governor''s house with a tall, strong, dark, middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man has a black upper body. His muscles are like steel. He has a scar on his abdomen.
"Your Excellency." The middle-aged man knelt down slowly towards Murphy and said in a deep voice.
When Lingmin formally met Murphy, most of them knelt on one knee, but not many of them knelt on both legs like him. Murphy looked carefully, but found that the middle-aged blacksmith''s left leg seemed to be inconvenient.
"You used to be a soldier?" Murphy asked, looking at the middle-aged blacksmith in front of him.
This man has a military air, very strong.
"Yes. Your excellency. " The middle-aged blacksmith stood up slowly and said in a deep voice: "in the first battle of the old town, my left leg was injured. The priests said it was too serious, and holy water could not be cured thoroughly. My father was a good blacksmith, so after the battle, I went to work in the blacksmith shop
In ancient times, blacksmith was definitely a high paid profession.
It''s just like the white-collar class now, but it''s tired.
In the first World War of the old town, because of the number of jackals who were several times their own size, and the extremely tall and elite jackals, even the Spartan heavy infantry lost most of their lives, so did the other soldiers. It was a fierce war. Many of the wounded soldiers were disabled. They were assigned to other posts in the town, just like the blacksmith in front of them.
Murphy stood up, walked up to the middle-aged blacksmith, raised his hand, and said in a deep voice, "you are a warrior!"
"I''m from Sparta." The middle-aged blacksmith bowed slightly and said every word.
Murphy picked up the newly forged sword and asked, "how many weapons can you forge every day?"
"If we have enough people, we can make 15 in a week." The middle-aged blacksmith replied.
Only 15?
Or is the forging process not up to standard?
Murphy Wen Yan slightly frowned, the output was so low. It seems that we have to find a way to arm the Spartan conquerors first.