Chapter 14 Five Characteristics of the Black Armor Army

At the entrance of Tiance Village, a team of heavily-armored cavalrymen wearing black armor were neatly lined up. Each cavalryman was covered in thick black armor, which shone coldly, revealing only a pair of cold eyes. They held sharp lances in their hands, and quivers were hung between their saddles, giving off a murderous look.

This is the armored cavalry under Li Shimin that dominated the late Sui Dynasty – the Tang Dynasty Black Armor Army!

Three thousand defeat one hundred thousand, capture two kings in one battle!

Even though there are only twenty people, Li Qian is confident that he can lead this black armor army to defeat thousands of Yellow Turbans!
Seeing Li Qian coming out of the village, twenty black armor soldiers dismounted, knelt on one knee, and said with full energy: “Greetings, lord!”

“Get up.”

Li Qian was quite excited as he finally had a powerful personal guard.

This is his own special type of soldier, and also one of the strongest types of soldiers in China.

The characteristics of Emperor Taizong of Tang’s “Black Armor Army” can also be effective.

“All of you take off your armor.”

“Here.”

The twenty Black Armored Soldiers received the order and were finally able to take off their heavy iron armor.

Heavy cavalry did not need to wear armor all the time, as heavy armor would consume the physical strength of the cavalry and the horses. Usually, the equipment of heavy cavalry was placed on the carriage, and they would only put on armor and launch an attack when fighting.

If necessary for combat, heavy cavalry can even be transformed into light cavalry or infantry.

Li Qian placed twenty Black Armored Soldiers near his residence to protect his safety.

If any player teams up to assassinate Li Qian, the Black Armor Army can capture them immediately.

Every member of the Black Armor Army has at least the strength of a centurion.

Each type of soldier has a soldier type panel. Li Qian clicked on the Black Armor Army’s soldier type panel.

[Arms]: Black Armor Army

[Level]: Level 10
【Quantity】: 20
[Attack Power]: 50 (Full Armor)
[Defense]: 50 (full armor)
[Speed]: 40 (Charge)
[Features]: Destroy the front, shock, black armor, capture the king, destroy the country

【Comprehensive Combat Strength】: 100
【Salary】: 10 silver/month

Li Qian was so surprised that he couldn’t close his mouth.

The Black Armor Army actually has five types of military characteristics!
Destroying the Front: When launching a charge, attack power +20, speed +10, and the morale of the enemy formation hit by the charge will quickly collapse.

Deterrence: When the Black Armor Army defeats an enemy phalanx, the morale of other enemy phalanxes around it drops significantly.

Black Armor: Greatly reduces the damage from various weapons.

Capture the King: When the Black Armor Army surrounds an enemy general, the larger the number of Black Armor Army soldiers, the stronger the military suppression on the enemy general.

Annihilate a country: The more troops the enemy has, the higher the morale of the Black Armor Army will be, up to a maximum of 100 morale, breaking through the upper limit of 150.

The characteristics of each type of soldier are too strong.

You should know that the Yellow Turban soldiers have only one type of military characteristic, “Taiping Dao” – when led by a Yellow Turban general, attack +1, speed +1, and morale maintenance +20%.

And there are five in the Black Armor Army!
Therefore, the overall combat power rating of the Xuanjia Army is 100!

The overall combat power of the militia is 5, and the overall combat power of the Yellow Turban soldiers is 7. In comparison, the Black Armor Army is far ahead.

Moreover, a 20-fold difference in combat power does not mean that 20 militiamen are equivalent to a Black Armor Army.

It is not difficult to see which is stronger between the 100,000 local militiamen and the 5,000 black-armored soldiers.

The tactical usefulness of the Black Armor Army is unmatched by any other military branch.

“This Black Armor Army has to spend 200 taels of silver every month, not including the feed consumed by the war horses. It turns out that raising heavy cavalry is a waste of money.” Li Qian thought of a famous question from a certain netizen – “In ancient times, after I took the imperial examination, it was discovered that I privately raised 50 heavy cavalry. Would I be disqualified as a Jinshi?”

How illogical is this? 50 heavy cavalry, it would be hard to support even 50 heavy cavalry!
If you have 500 heavy cavalry, you will be a powerful general who can stand on your own.

With 5000 heavy cavalry, it is enough to establish a separatist regime!
With 50000 heavy cavalry, you should sit on the throne of the emperor.

Li Qian was just marveling at the strength of the Xuanjia Army when Fu Rong, who was recuperating in Tiance Village, came to visit him.

After a few days of rest, although Fu Rong’s injuries have not yet fully healed, they have improved by about 70%.

“Thank you for saving me and providing me with a place to recuperate. I will never forget your kindness and I will definitely find a chance to repay you. But I still have a mission to accomplish, which is to transport grain to Wancheng. Now that my injuries are almost healed, I can set off, so I came to say goodbye to you.”

Fu Zhun is indeed a man of character and a man of his word.

Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, asked him to escort food and fodder, and he agreed. Even if he only had a few soldiers left, he would still accomplish his mission.

Li Qian sighed secretly.

For a trustworthy man like Fu Zhun, forcing him to stay would only make him resentful, so it would be better to let him go: “I have the ambition to pacify the Yellow Turbans and appease the people, but unfortunately I lack manpower. I wonder if you are willing to come back and lend a hand after you transport the food and grass to Wancheng?”

Seeing that Fu Rong was about to leave, Li Qian decided to try to recruit Fu Rong even though the time was not yet ripe.

After all, he had saved Fu Rong’s life, and with the blessing of Emperor Taizong of Tang’s divine attribute “Lord of Heaven’s Mandate”, he had some chance.

Fu Zhu said in a clear voice: “After the grain is transported, if you have any instructions, I will be willing to serve you!”

No way!
Fu Rong was really willing to take up an official position after completing the task assigned by the Governor of Jingzhou!

Could it be that saving the Han army led by Fu Rong is a prerequisite for recruiting Fu Rong?
Finally, I can recruit a local general.

“Do you want me to send a troop escort?”

Since Fu Rong agreed to come back to serve, Li Qian could let him go at any time and even send troops to escort him.

Fu Zhu shook his head: “This is my own business. My benefactor also needs troops, so I won’t bother you.”

“Ok.”

Li Qian was worried that Fu Rong would encounter a large group of Yellow Turban Army again on the way, but he really couldn’t spare too many troops, so he had to let Fu Rong take more than a hundred Han troops and four hundred local militiamen on the road.

Li Qian personally sent her to the village entrance.

Fu Zhun clasped his fists and said, “Please stay, benefactor. I will send you here.”

“Be careful along the way…”

“Ding, all Chinese players, please note that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to break out. World tension is +100%. The Yellow Turban Rebellion event is about to begin, and the ‘Yellow Turban Rebellion’ series of achievements will be unlocked soon.”

“Ding, all Chinese players, please note that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to break out. World tension is +100%. The Yellow Turban Rebellion event is about to begin, and the ‘Yellow Turban Rebellion’ series of achievements will be unlocked soon.”

……

The system prompt echoed five times, and all the Chinese players, including Li Qian, felt their scalps tingling.

As the first month of the game came to an end, players were basically familiar with the situation in Global Warring States, and most villages were upgraded to medium-sized villages or even large villages. The Yellow Turban Rebellion officially broke out in February!
Unlike the previous scattered soldiers, the Yellow Turban Army is about to start attacking cities and strongholds!

The Yellow Turban Army is about to sweep across all provinces and counties, and some important cities will be the first to bear the brunt.

Nanyang County was one of the most active counties and kingdoms of the Yellow Turban Army. Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang County, was the primary target of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.

Li Qian smiled bitterly and said to Fu Zhun, “I’m afraid you and your soldiers can’t leave.”

(End of this chapter)