Army Reforms

After the frankly embarrassing outcome of the war with Askegri many in Kisuran would petition their Malik to turn the army into a force that would not only be able to match the southern Kingdom but surpass them on a 1v1 basis. The first step would be to replace any remaining bronze weapons with iron ones, invited metal workers from all over the Malikate to help design new short swords and spear heads. This first stage would take time to implement as the eastern mines where still recovering from the recent attacks but over the course of the next 2 years the nearly 30,000 strong army would be given a state issues short iron sword, being the pinnacle of weapon design in the Erigiresh at the time. Spears would be replaces much quicker due to the comparatively smaller amount of iron needed for the smaller heads as well as the old designs being easily adapted to the new material. 
The next equipment to be modernised was the men’s armour, with the limited armour being fielded being made from bronze and many not having such protection in an attempt to keep the army light on their feet. A new set of tunics would be ordered made of small tablets of bronze stitched together with a copper wire, giving a good mixture of moveability and protection whilst still being light and cheap to make compared to the more personalised armour that had been present. The design would be tested before a large order was made to forgeries across the country and the replacement began.
Larger and heavier shields would also see limited implementation into the army with heavy infantry, being made from heavy woods and kept in place with bronze hoops. The men given these shields would also be trained to perform an imitation of an Askegri shield wall in a hope to replicate the seeming impenetrableness of the formation. They would be given both the new sword as well as an array of heavy axes to help hack their way through enemy lines.
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