Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 761 Who Designed This Donkey's Plate Armor
Outside Sizhou City, Liu Renzhan stood on a large flat-bottomed boat.

This is a kind of inland river boat with a flat hull, a square head and a flat bottom. In the Tang Dynasty, the shapes of ships varied from place to place. situation.

The advantage of this kind of flat-bottomed boat is that even if the boat is small, it can also have a strong load-carrying capacity and run smoothly.

The disadvantage is that the driving resistance is large, the handling is not sensitive, and it is especially difficult to turn around.

Therefore, it is only suitable for some rivers with calm water surface. If you go to the Yangtze River with relatively rough water, something will definitely happen.

The section of the river where Liu Renzhan's boat is now traveling is the gentle Sizhou moat.

This place is not far from the city wall of Sizhou, so arrows are constantly being shot at Liu Renzhan's ship, and Liu Renzhan is also surrounded by elite Jianghuai crossbowmen who continue to fight back.

Arrows rained down on the hull of the ship. People kept screaming and being hit by arrows, and then they were dragged to the cabin for treatment. Several arrows hit Liu Renzhan, but he remained motionless.

The second son, Liu Chongliang, and the third son, Liu Chongjian, guarded Liu Renzhan with a large shield. Seeing that the arrows were getting denser, Liu Chongjian wanted to pull Liu Renzhan back, but Liu Renzhan pushed him to the ground.

There were bursts of exclamations, and Liu Renzhan looked towards the west of the city, and it was the Southern Tang army in black who retreated hastily.

Yao Feng, who was in charge of attacking soldiers and horses, even lost his flag. Thousands of people ran wild, only hating their parents for losing two legs.

And chasing them behind was Zhou Jun, who was lined with white robes and white clothes inside and outside the armor.

Two days ago, Liu Renzhan first smashed it with a catapult, and then rammed it with a crash car, knocking out a huge gap in the city wall at [-] steps from the west gate of Sizhou. scramble.

However, every time the Southern Tang army was driven out, this time, Liu Renzhan ordered Yao Feng to personally attack with his armor, and they all entered, but they were still driven out, and they were still in such a mess.

"Beat the drum. Prepare the crossbowmen!" Liu Renzhan ordered loudly with a livid face.
Immediately, the battle drums on Liu Renzhan's boat and several large ships behind him rang loudly.

This Southern Tang was the only one left, perhaps it should be called the only one, and Chai Kehong and others could not compare with him. He was the only famous general in the Southern Tang before Lin Renzhao appeared, and his army was very strict.

Therefore, the defeated Southern Tang army heard the war drums and saw Liu Renzhan's acknowledgment of the flag. They didn't run away in all directions, but slowly began to form formations.

Zhou Jun, who was chasing after him, also stopped wisely when he saw the crossbowmen lined up on the boat.

But they did not retreat into the city, but retreated out of the range of the crossbow arrows, roaring and demonstrating to Liu Renzhan.

The Southern Tang army that had just assembled in the distance still had two to three thousand people. Seeing the more than two hundred soldiers of the Zhou army showing off their power three hundred steps away, no one dared to go forward.

Er'er let out a roar, and a member of the Zhou army, wearing silver-white padded armor, suddenly ran to a place only a hundred steps away from Liu Renzhan.

He swiftly raised Zhou Guo's unique divine arm bow in his hand, and with a 'bang', he shot an arrow at Liu Renzhan on the boat.

Liu Renzhan's third son, Liu Chongjian, let out a yell, and immediately threw Liu Renzhan to the ground. He already recognized that the man opposite him was not holding a walking bow, but a divine arm bow.

At more than a hundred steps, this thing is comparable to the lethality of a crossbow.

Sure enough, this crossbow arrow came very quickly, and the arrowhead was still made of fine steel, which was extremely sharp.

With a bang, the crossbow arrow pierced through the rattan tablet that Liu Chongliang was holding, and then shot at the shoulder of Liu Chongjian who threw Liu Renzhan down. Liu Chongjian screamed in pain.

Liu Renzhan hurriedly checked to see if his son was injured, while Liu Chongjian grinned and shook his head.

This crossbow shot here is already at the end of its strength, the arrow did not penetrate his armor, but the huge impact might have hit his shoulder blue.

At the same time, Liu Renzhan's more than ten crossbowmen on the bow immediately shot at General Zhou, but General Zhou did not dodge and laughed loudly.

Liu Renzhan was about to think that this person was more or less dangerous, but he didn't expect that after more than 100 steps, the arrows shot by two stone crossbow arrows did not hurt this person at all. He tore off the crossbow shaft hanging on his body, Laugh louder.

Liu Chongjian, the third son of Liu Renzhan, was stunned, "What kind of armor is Zhou thief wearing, it can defend against crossbow arrows!"

"Liu Renzhan, the commander of the inner chambers of the holy week asked a certain family to tell you that if you beg for surrender earlier, you may save your family's life. If it is later, when the army of saints arrives, everyone in Shouzhou will be ashamed."

Everyone on the boat exclaimed, there is no way, the four bears and tigers under Zhang Shengren's command are too famous.

Even in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was like thunder, and the world regarded them as unparalleled warriors like Yuchi Jingde.

"This is Zhou's bandit defrauding you. That Zhang Zhao wants to protect Da Nei, how could he come here?"

Liu Renzhan refuted loudly, but as soon as the words came out, he was startled.

Even in his own subconscious mind, Zhang Zhaojiu (Dunzhu) is considered as a fierce general, as if he is invincible.

And since Zhang Zhao didn't come, the only one in the city who played the flag of the commander in chief of Fuzi was Fu Zhaoxu, the military supervisor of Xuchang Mansion declared by Zhou Jun to the outside world.

He, Liu Renzhan, has [-] elites and [-] to [-] civilians. He claims to have an army of [-], but he can't even break Sizhou City, which is guarded by a little-known Zhou general. What else can we fight in this battle?

. . . .

Zhang Deqing scrambled and ran back to the city wall of Sizhou. This seventh general, Yuhou, was from the royal family of Zhang Zhou.

Because the seniority of Long Tong Zhang's family is arranged according to Yi Huai Cheng Zhao Lie and De Ze Cun Zhong Yi.

This is not only the royal family, but also a close branch. He is Zhang Ting's third uncle and the fifth grandson of Zhang Huaizhen, Zhang Yichao's nephew.

He is the nephew and grandson of Zhang Ting, and he is the most brave third generation in the Zhang Zhou royal family, not one of them.

After being hit by seven or eight crossbow arrows, he ran back to the city wall of Sizhou in a short time, and immediately untied the cotton armor on his body, exposing a large steel plate on his chest.

This thing shines with a unique dark silver light, which is not ordinary at first glance.

Zhang Deqing was panting heavily. He was exhausted after running for a while now. If his panting became weaker, he had no doubt that he would pass out.

While Zhang Deqing was gasping for breath, four Dr. Lao Shizi from Tiangong Institute were surrounding him, their eyes sparkling with curiosity.

After being able to catch her breath a little, Zhang Deqing waved her hand unconsciously, and said intermittently: "Tell Fourteenth Cousin, when he returns to Shendu, he won't pay the five hundred guan decoction fee, so don't look for a certain family in the future.

What the hell is this plate armor called?I don't think it's a plate armor, it's a fucking tortoise shell, hard enough!It's okay to get crossbow arrows.

But can you not only consider the protective power, but also consider that the soldiers who wear it are all flesh, not iron.

Ok?
This ghost thing only has such a large iron plate on the chest, and there is no support behind it. When the Southern Tang soldier smashed it with a black hammer, Lao Tzu's eyes went dark at that time, and he almost passed out from the pain. "

Zhang Deqing made a point of complaining, this thing is not a plate armor, it is just a big iron plate tied to the chest, it does not meet the characteristics of the plate armor that forms a barrel or box defense on the torso.

This thing seems to have strong defensive power, but it can't unload at all. If the enemy hits with a heavy hammer or a big axe, it can still hit the armorer, and the internal organs of the hammer will be shattered to death.
Adding this piece of iron plate only weighs thirty to forty catties, it can't compare with the whole body's cloth-covered iron armor, which only weighs thirty catties, and it has shortcomings everywhere.

"This is a donkey's design, and it's a fool who wears it on the battlefield."

Remembering that I believed the fools of the four fools in front of me, thinking that I could really defend against heavy weapons, but in the end I was almost killed by a hammer, Zhang Deqing couldn't help but get angry.

He learned Zhang Ting's mantra and made the final conclusion.

A doctor of the Armor Department of Tiangong Institute stopped recording and looked at Zhang Deqing, with a sinister smile flashing across his face.

"So that Marquis Yu knows that the design idea of ​​this plate armor was designed by a sage, and he even drew a sketch himself."

"Ah!" Zhang Deqing was dumbfounded immediately, and quickly grabbed Dr. Jiajia's hands, "Dr. Du, the certain family didn't say anything just now, right?"

Dr. Du held Zhang Deqing's hand instead, and said sincerely: "After a certain family is going to go back, they will make some changes according to the information fed back by Yuhou, but I don't know who can help us try again in a hurry?"

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Deqing took his hand back with a bitter face, and said insincerely: "Dr. Du, don't worry, the certain family is the one who is anxious for justice! Next time you will come to me."

Dr. Du nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to ask Zhang Deqing about his experience of wearing armor this time, and recorded half a book, and then the four of them discussed in whispers for a long time, and reached a consensus.

First, it must be made into a barrel-shaped one-piece armor, so that it can fully buffer the impact of heavy weapons such as axes, hammers, and maces on the armor.

Second, the current smelting technology still needs to be improved, otherwise it would cost over a hundred catties to make, and the cost would be too expensive, let alone worn by anyone.

Fu Zhaoxu waited for the four idiots to walk away before leaning against Zhang Deqing.

For some reason, Fu Zhaoxu felt that there was not a single normal person in the Tiangong Academy, from Ziting County Lord Cao Yanming to the servants who cleaned up.

Seeing Fu Zhaoxu approaching, Zhang Deqing regained his spirits, "Supervisor, Liu Renzhan is definitely going to retreat now. We don't block the gap and let him fight, but he fought seven rounds with 2 people and was defeated in the end." He fought seven battles, lost four or five hundred soldiers, and injured thousands, so he couldn't fight anymore."

Fu Zhaoxu's head was still bleeding with a white bandage, his left hand was drooping unnaturally, but his face suddenly brightened.

Originally, the order he received was to lead the [-] elite troops from Zhongwuzhen and Xuchang Left Guards of the Forbidden Army, plus [-] elite cavalry from Mount Regret, to Huai'an Mansion (Chuzhou), at least to keep Huai'an Mansion.

But Fu Zhaoxu knew the actual situation in Huainan far better than Guo Tiance, the privy envoy of Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and the queen in the deep palace.

Zhang Yanqing, governor of Huaiyin Prefecture and military supervisor of the government, and Zhang Xiong, chief soldier of Baisheng Town of the Forbidden Army, are far stronger than Guo Tiance and others thought.

Moreover, when the sage sent Li Gu, the Deputy Privy Envoy, to preside over Juntian in Huainan, the sage himself even ordered that most of the 30 mu of farmland in Huai'an Mansion, which had been occupied by senior officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the past, be returned to the people of Huai'an.

Such a great favor made Huai'an Mansion the most stable fortress in the Huainan area in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, much more reliable than Xuzhou Mansion.

The people here deeply hated the oppression of the Southern Tang court, and the vested interests of the upper class were almost completely eradicated by Li Gu. They all recited the kindness of the Great Zhou and the saints, like an iron bucket, it was not something Liu Renzhan could beat down. .

So Fu Zhaoxu proposed to go directly to Sizhou, because in his opinion, Huai'an Mansion did not need to be guarded, and Haozhou was too close to Shouzhou, so it was too late, only to go to Sizhou.

Of course, the more important thing is, how can he show Fu Zhaoxu's ability if he only goes to Huai'an mansion and then defends it.

The current result is just as Fu Zhaoxu expected. He first dispatched eight hundred miles to inform Zhang Yanqing and Zhang Xiong to dispatch [-] elite soldiers from Huai'an Prefecture, and then he directly led [-] elite soldiers into Sizhou and took over the command from Gao Yunquan. .

By the time Liu Renzhan sent Huangfuhui to arrive with five thousand vanguards, he had basically completed the defense.

Huangfu Hui surrounded and fought for a whole day without any progress, but Fu Zhaoxu seized the opportunity and rushed out with his iron cavalry. Unable to stand still, he had to retreat and wait for the army to arrive.

But when he retreated, the [-] elite soldiers of Huai'an Mansion, commanded by Zhang Xiong himself, immediately entered Sizhou City.

Then no matter how Liu Renzhan fights, they have 500 people plus 500 people from the Sizhou Guard, making a total of [-] elites and [-] or [-] civilians.

Although the Qinghuai army took advantage of the water army to control the moat, they could no longer advance at all. They stormed for 20 days and gained nothing except heavy losses.

. . . .

In the camp of the Qinghuai army, Liu Renzhan rode his horse to the hillside in the dark night and looked towards the southeast. The southeast was pitch black, but there was still no movement.

Before raising troops, he wrote to the imperial court several times, asking the Jiangning imperial court to send the newly-built Longwu Army to Shouzhou to command him.

In this way, he has [-] elites in his hands, and he will definitely be able to restore Huainan.

At that time, if it doesn't work, Liu Renzhan acted on his own initiative, just push him out and behead him, and if he succeeds, he can be used as a shield to deal with Zhou Guo.

But unexpectedly, the king was so afraid of the state of Zhou, not only did no Longwu army come, he didn't even send an angel to reply, as if he hadn't received his report.

"Ah! The destiny is not in the south! The foundation created by Emperor Lie Zugao will belong to Zhou people." Liu Renzhan looked up at the sky and sighed, feeling heartbroken.

"Here's an order to pull out the camp at three o'clock tomorrow, throw away all the luggage, the army will retreat in order, and the iron cavalry will be in the rear to prevent the Zhou people's iron cavalry from chasing them."

(End of this chapter)