Da Wei Chun

Chapter 18
After leaving the front yard, Li Chengzhi saw a group of old soldiers teaching newcomers to wear armor.

The Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the government military system. Every year, each household had to send a strong man to serve in the military for three months to six months. Therefore, every household was equipped with weapons and armor.

However, Jingzhou has been stable for more than ten years, and there have been basically no major wars. Civilian households do military service. At most, when Mao soldiers guard the beacon tower, or follow to catch thieves, it is quite safe most of the time.

So there are all kinds of armor: leather, bamboo... Li Chengzhi also saw a few pieces made of wooden boards, obviously they were just put together...

But when it was replaced by the old pawn, it was suddenly different: everyone wore zhajia, all wore iron helmets, and each had a long spear of more than three meters, and many of them had waist knives attached to their waists.

There are not many people, only about a hundred people, all of them look relaxed.

These hundred old soldiers are the retainers of the Li family that Li Song said.

Half of them are the servants of the house, that is, the bastards that Li Song will not hesitate to rush over as long as he shouts "Come on, tie Langjun to me".

The remaining half are the more than 50 hidden households of the Li family.

But no matter which half it is, they all fought with Li Shixian in the early years and experienced life and death.

These 100 people do not need to pay taxes or pay corvee, and they are all borne by the Li family.

And it rotates once a year: half of the land is planted in my own home, and how much I harvest is my own.Half of them work as messengers in the government, and Lumi is not low.

In addition, Li Shixian will give countless wine, meat and rice grains when the New Year comes, and these people will pull the whole car to the house...

As for other clans in Jingzhou, although they also kept similar retainers and strong servants, such as Hu Baozong's Hu family, at most they were exempted from taxation, grain and corvée, and stipends and rewards were not to be considered.

The only difference is that the Li family's group are all veterans of a hundred battles...

This is the confidence of Li Song's actions when he disagrees.

They have fought hard against the Rouran iron cavalry, who is full of horses and horses.

"Don't panic, follow me, shoot when I say, rush when I say, kill when I say, stop when I say stop..."

"It's just a group of chaotic people, what kind of world have you seen? It is estimated that you will collapse in one encounter..."

"The boss said it. Lang Jun promised that he would be rewarded with a piece of silk, which is more than what grandfather and I gave to the squirming people (Rouran people) back then..."

When did I say yes?

Li Chengzhi had a question mark in his head.

Seeing Li Chengzhi, a black and strong man roared: "Silence!"

This is Li Song's younger brother, Li Bo. He was the leader of Li Song's scout team when he was young. After disarming and returning to the field, Li Shixian asked him to help Li Song and take charge of the Li family's Xizhuang.

Knowing that the monks of Zhaoxuan Temple had also rebelled, Li Song asked him to bring all the tenants and move them to the fort...

Hearing Li Bo yelling, the courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Leaning slightly, I heard a roar that was astonishing: "Lang Jun!"

Li Chengzhi was taken aback and thought to himself how these bastards suddenly respected him so much today.

It is estimated that Li Song said something to boost morale, such as Lang Jun will also fight the enemy with me and so on...

Looking at the three hundred pairs of excited and excited eyes in front of him, Li Chengzhi suddenly trembled, and a tingling sensation spread throughout his body.

The blood on his body seemed to be ignited, his heartbeat was pounding, his eyes were a little hot, as if he was about to burst into tears, he wanted to roar, but there seemed to be a blockage in his throat, and even his breath seemed to come out. not coming……

Li Chengzhi has never been a soldier, but at least he has participated in military training, and he knows that he is infected by this chilling and bloody atmosphere...

He took a few breaths and tried his best to keep his body from trembling and his voice not trembling, so he calmly said, "Who is heading for the battle..."

If they are going to fight, someone must rush into the formation. If it is cavalry, it will be the one in the conical formation as the arrowhead. If it is infantry, it will be the front row in the array...

In terms of danger, no one can ever risk them again...

It may have been warned by Li Song. Today's Li Xian is obviously a lot more obedient. He took a step forward honestly and banged the armor on his chest: "Bing Langjun, my father ordered me to lead twenty cavalry, Take the lead..."

Li Chengzhi sighed: Sure enough.

Li Zhang and Li Xian's physiques were born to be charge generals, and if they stepped forward, their sturdy aura alone would make the enemy timid by three points.

Moreover, the two were sent by Li Song to serve as Mao's soldiers for a year. They had killed people and seen blood. They were not new recruits. Li Song would definitely use them in such a big war.

Li Chengzhi nodded and handed the full armor forward: "Put this on, it's a little small, but it will be able to wear..."

Li Xian's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is... Hu Xiaowei's fish scale armor... It even has horse armor?"

He is now wearing a pair of zha armor, at most to protect the upper body, not even greaves and armor skirts, only two layers of leather armor to cope with.

But the fish scale armor is different. In addition to covering the whole body, the leather ropes connecting the armor pieces are all pressed under the armor pieces, not exposed to the outside like the zhajia. The more knives are exposed, the armor may be scattered.

The life-saving factor between the two is not at the same level at all...

Although Li Song is usually scolded as an idiot, his reaction is only a little slower, and Li Xian is not really stupid.

He swallowed hard, suppressed the gratitude in his heart, and shook his head flatly: "Father said, Lang Jun also wants to go to the wall and join me to defend against the enemy, how can we defend ourselves without armor?"

Li Chengzhi pouted secretly.

These words are obviously used by your father to confuse newcomers and stunned young people like you in order to boost morale.

With your father here, do you still need me to defend against the enemy?
Unless your dad dies...

If you stand on the wall by yourself, you don't need to take on the enemy. There must be a shield around you, and you don't need to wear armor. Why waste such a good thing?

If you really want to get to the point where you can't keep it, what difference does it make if you don't wear this armor?
"With your father here, I still wear armor?"

Li Chengzhi talked nonsense with him lazily, and threw the armor at Li Xian's feet, making a loud "dong" sound.

Then he turned around again and looked at Li Zhang: "How about you?"

Li Zhang was much more submissive, and replied respectfully: "My sixth uncle and I lead the infantry, and are responsible for outflanking..."

The sixth uncle is Li Bo...

Li Chengzhi felt a little emotional.

Li Song was unfaithful to the Li family, and he knew it right now.

It was either his son or his own younger brother who was leading the charge...

And they were originally six brothers, but now only the fourth Li Song and the sixth Li Bai are left, and the rest are all killed by Li Qi and Li Shixian...

So even if Li Song told him to catch him, he would be caught, but Li Chengzhi had never complained, and he had never lost a trace of the respect he deserved...

Because he knew that Li Song was so strict because of his devotion to his duties. If he changed his mind, he didn't say anything, just opened his eyes and closed his eyes and let him go. In this icy weather, don't say escape Can't live a night or two...

He sighed and pointed to the pair of fish scale armor held by the old soldier next to him: "There is only one pair of full armor, which one of you wears?"

Li Zhang was taken aback: "This is Erlang's armor..."

"You coward, what happened to my father's A? Why don't you think about it when your brothers bully me? I'm still the son of your Erlang?"

Li Chengzhi cursed and pointed at Li Bo again: "They have never listened to me very much, you tell them!"

After speaking, he turned around, and took the old soldier who was holding Zhajia, and went back to wear armor...

(End of this chapter)