Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 568 Eighth Regiment

Ding Laosan held a horse spear, stood about a hundred steps away from the enemy's bonfire, and shouted: "Come on! Grandpa Ding Laosan is here!"

Ok?
The singing and dancing enemies turned their heads one after another, and in the next second, they all dropped the wine and meat in their hands, picked up the weapons not far away, and screamed at Ding Laosan to kill him.

Ding Laosan threw the horse in his hand, turned around and ran away.

Why throw a horse?Ma lance is very expensive to make, okay?Nonsense, Ma Chan is so heavy that he can't run at all with it on.

Datang is the most powerful country in the world at this time, with excellent equipment and rich materials. Compared with these foreign countries in the Western Regions, the advantage lies in this equipment, such as fish scale armor.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was not a crime to hide swords and swords, because the Tang Dynasty was martial arts, and no one had swords or the like, and practiced martial arts.

However, hiding armor has always been a big taboo.Since the Han Dynasty, Zhou Yafu, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, was accused of hiding [-] sets of armor. He was feared by the emperor, sentenced to prison, and died of a five-day hunger strike.

Can five hundred suits of armor rebel?Of course not, not enough.Zhou Yafu's reputation at the time was already the number one general in the country. He collected armor as a funeral object. He fought all his life. When he left, he had to lead troops to fight in the underworld like the first emperor.

But no, this is taboo.

Because the sword is a sharp weapon, the blade will curl or break if it is slashed too many times, so if the enemy is wearing fish scale armor, or leather armor or paper armor when supplies are scarce, it can effectively defend against the slash of the sword, even if it is a sharp blade. , fish scale armor can block, leather armor and paper armor can turn serious injuries into small wounds and abrasions.

The greater function of the armor is to block the arrows. Datang's well-defended fish scale armor, except for the front door, the arrows basically slipped off, leaving no scratches.For example, Xiao Gui, the flag bearer of the Eighth Regiment, wore this set.The enemy attacked the city and shot arrows from the bottom up. When the arrows came, their strength was already approaching, and their power was greatly reduced. Even if they encountered armor, they were useless.

Unlucky people, such as Liu Zongqi, were shot sideways under the armpit. He was not full armor like Xiao Gui, but a set of armor consisting of two pieces, front and back, and two shoulders. There was a gap in the middle. Coincidentally, he was shot through the gap.

Facing well-equipped enemies covered in armor, at this time, heavy blunt weapons such as mountain axes, pumpkin hammers, cudgels, whips, maces, claws, and kidnapper meteors are more effective in damage. They are all internal injuries and can be directly Make the opponent lose combat power.

You have a bloody knife wound on your body, as long as you don't hurt your muscles and bones, then you won't delay the battle, but what about your broken ribs?Even coughing hurts my heart, let alone fighting again.

At this time, in the Battle of Beacon Fort, why can more than 200 people from the Tang Dynasty come forward to the foreign races in the Western Regions?It is because of this equipment.The enemies are all wearing fox fur and animal skin robes, without the tough armor of the Tang Dynasty. Facing the strong bows and crossbows of the Tang Dynasty, and sharper arrows, basically those who hit them will be injured and have no defense.

If not, 200 people would definitely not be able to defend for 20 days.

At this time, Ding Laosan was able to run back to the city, thanks to his armor, otherwise he would have been shot down.

"Hurry up, third child, hurry up..." the people on the top of the city shouted.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the city wall, they were approaching the range of the bow and crossbow, and the enemy became cautious in their pursuit.

However, Ding Laosan stumbled and fell down.

The pursuers also stopped one after another, and the leader bent his bow and set up an arrow, aiming at Ding Laosan, intending to shoot and kill him, so that there would be no need to get close to cause casualties.

Whoosh!A sharp crossbow bolt on the top of the city precisely pierced the archer's throat.All the pursuers took a step back in fright.

"Okay! Go down alone, go down alone and pull the third child up."

The corner of Zhang Xiaojing's mouth curled up, he easily withdrew the hard crossbow, turned his head to Xiao Gui who was beside him and said, "Am I okay?"

Xiao Gui nodded: "In Anxi, he is considered a first-class expert. But, he is only a little bit worse than me."

Zhang Xiaojing smiled, "I'm not afraid of being worse than you, anyway, in this life, we can't be enemies."

After finishing speaking, he got up and drew out the horizontal knife at his waist, and shouted: "Prepare the enemy to attack the city, and chop them all down on this beacon tower!"

At the dawn of the next day when the fighting continued, another layer of enemy corpses and countless arrows were laid under the city.On the top of the wall, Captain Su stuck a few more arrows into his head.

It was dawn, but it was cloudy again, and it started to rain.Everyone held up their shields to shelter from the rain in their respective positions in a depressed mood.

The gang leader Zhang Silang rummaged through the bag, but couldn't pour out any residue.

He turned to Wen Wuji and asked, "Team Wen, why haven't they fought yet? What are they waiting for?"

Wen Wuji didn't answer, Zhang Xiaojing who was next to him was about to get up, "I'm going to hunt a wolf, and let Lao Wen roast the wolf meat for us."

Wen Wuji stretched out his hand to hold him down, "Let us eat all the single ones, and there are only a hundred or so wolves left nearby, why don't you give them a snack?"

The crowd laughed.

The flag bearer Xiao Gui was at the highest point, reaching out to catch some rainwater and pouring it into his mouth.

Ding Laosan's will was getting worse and worse, and he muttered: "The Eighth Regiment, Anxi Tiejun, is here, starved to death alive. Too useless, too useless..."

After a while, I couldn't bear it anymore, Ding Laosan shouted: "Whoever wants to live, come with me!"

There really were two people holding their shields and walking towards Ding Laosan.

Zhang Xiaojing asked, "What are you doing, third child?"

"go home!"

"Eighth Regiment, Nine Deaths Without Regrets!" Zhang Xiaojing sternly said.

Ding Laosan lost his shield to keep out the rain, walked over to Zhang Xiaojing, stared at Zhang Xiaojing, and said, "If I am starved to death, every time my mother eats, she will think of me!"

The weak Liu Zongqi said: "My home is in Kucha Town, it only takes one day's journey."

Looking at Ding Laosan, Zhang Xiaojing asked coldly, "Are you going to be a deserter from Datang?"

Ding Laosan lowered his head and said weakly: "The captain died in the line of duty, and the reinforcements haven't arrived yet. I have done my duty."

Immediately, he saluted Wen Wuji, "Please disarm and return to the fields!"

Wen Wuji remained motionless, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes, he didn't know whether he acquiesced or didn't agree.

Zhang Xiaojing grabbed Ding Laosan and said, "You are disgracing the Eighth Regiment!"

"I save face for you!" Ding Laosan roared.

Liu Zongqi next to him cried and said, "I miss my grandparents, and I want to go home too!"

"Nan Nuzi, a Hu man, volunteers to join the army and defend the Tang Dynasty. He would rather die in battle than starve to death." Another voice sounded.

Ding Laosan got up and walked to Nan Nuzi: "I will take you away."

Zhang Xiaojing got up angrily: "The eighth regiment, nine deaths without regret! No retreat! Today, I will kill whoever leaves!"

Everyone got up one after another, and a dispute was about to break out.

At this time, on the wall behind Colonel Su, a man in a fur robe of a barbarian climbed up, interrupting the atmosphere of the confrontation, and everyone turned their heads to look.It was Chen Xingfan. Chen Xingfan who ran to report the letter for help came back with food.

Everyone was overjoyed, and soon started cooking in the dilapidated city gate building, "Nannuzi, hurry up..."

"Taiyuan Prefecture's famous food, dry fried millet, which is specially used to treat overeating and full stomach..." After the food was fried, Nan Nuzi smiled and distributed the food one by one.

"Chen Xingfan, it's been more than ten days, and I thought you were in the desert, and you were eaten by an eagle." Someone patted Chen Xingfan on the shoulder and said.

Chen Xingfan joked: "I'm dead, who will hold a banquet for you? The reinforcements will be here soon!"

"Chen Xingfan, Chen Xingfan, follow me to the Beacon Tower." Wen Wuji shouted.

The two of them held their shields all the way to the beacon tower, Wen Wuji asked in a deep voice, "Where did you get the military rations?"

"Given it to the Fortress of Kucha!" Chen Xingfan said with a smile, "Let me tell you, the military members of the Fortress of Kucha who reclaimed the military fields are really enthusiastic. If they don't see me alone, they can't take it. I wish I could move the entire granary here, hahahaha..."

Wen Wuji didn't smile, he stared at Chen Xingfan and asked, "Since the reinforcements are behind, why didn't someone send you back?"

(End of this chapter)