Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 961 Untitled
With the arrival of a large number of Seljuk troops, Lu Qi's sentry cavalry had no room to move.

If so, the observation of the enemy can only rely more on human eyes.

Tang Decai leaned against a place sheltered from the wind at the corner of the No. [-] stone castle wall, took out a pipe from his pocket, and carefully took out a pinch of shredded tobacco from his pocket, stuffed and compacted it in the pipe, and ignited it on the brazier next to him. After taking a deep breath, a contented expression appeared on his bronzed face.

On his left is the old man Du Zhong, who can be called Du Er.The name Eucommia was given by the teachings in the army.This Qilu big man still had an expression of bitterness and hatred on his face. He leaned on his longbow and fiddled with a light arrow in one hand intentionally or unintentionally.Looking at the pipe in Tang Decai's hands with fiery eyes, he looked as if he wished to poke countless holes in Tang Decai with an arrow.

Tang Decai still walked quietly and smoked his pipe, turning a blind eye to the 'threat' around him.

Admit the bet and admit defeat, especially for men in the army.

If he lost all the tobacco in his hand, it was Du Er's bad luck. "You, just wait for me to die. If I die, all the tobacco in this pocket will be yours."

Tobacco leaves have not taken root in the Central Plains for a few years. In these years, ships traveling between the Central Plains and the Americas have brought back cocoa powder and shredded tobacco in addition to gold and silver.

Cocoa powder is of course used to make chocolate.It's just that Lu Qian's only knowledge of chocolate in his previous life was eating it. As for how to make it, he didn't understand at all.All I know is that I need to add milk/cream and let the chef figure it out.Before the advent of chocolate, hot cocoa drinks were also very good, and women liked them.Tobacco leaves are exclusively supplied to men.

Starting from Jinling, the names of pipes and cigarettes spread all over the country at a very fast pace.

After the first two years of inspection, the planting area of ​​tobacco leaves is also increasing. Although the prices of shredded tobacco and cigarettes continue to drop, this cannot stop the people from planting tobacco leaves.

Although the fertility of the tobacco leaf is more than that of sugarcane, the nutrients needed per mu are far from what ordinary farmyard manure can supply. If you don’t want the fertility of the land to fade, you can only add bean cakes and bird droppings. The cost of planting is quite high. .And once encountering disasters and pests, it is not uncommon to accompany a big hair.

But people's enthusiasm for it has always remained high.Obviously, it was stimulated by the high price of tobacco leaves caused by the shortage of supply in the market in recent years.

But soldiers are given preferential treatment. There is an option for tobacco leaves in the military supplies, and you can even buy them with money, but there is a limit on the quantity, and they are strictly resold.

Tang Decai and Du Er are both heavy smokers.

While speaking, Su Wei, the captain of the Shibao garrison, came up from below wrapped in a military coat.Du Er immediately changed his target, and complained to him: "Su Tou, the supply ship will arrive soon, and the brothers are out of cigarettes, only Tang Decai still has the pickled stuff. He is an iron rooster, and he doesn't pull out any hair. .”

"Du Er. Is it bad for you to say that? I lent you 20 yuan before coming to Tianfang. I should tell you to gouge out your mouth and tongue!"

Su Wei didn't say a word. To this kind of veteran in the army, is there any use in explaining that the court's transportation is difficult?Stepping forward, he kicked Tang Decai's ass hard, then snatched the pipe from his mouth, took two puffs, and said, "Stand guard!"

Tang Decai didn't say any nonsense, grabbed the pipe from Su Wei, turned his head and looked out through the observation hole on the side, and then shouted excitedly as if he had discovered a new world: "Hey, look, their people are here. It looks like a lot, at least two...well, 300 people."

"No, at least 500 people." Su Wei, who stretched his head and looked out, immediately corrected, "500 people are still tribal light cavalry, and they are all good at riding horses." As soon as he finished speaking, Du Er had already suddenly Alarm bells are ringing.

Five hundred tribal light cavalry, wearing thin leather armor at most, and many without armor, rushed from the Seljuk barracks to the port of Homos, and were naturally divided into seven or eight small cavalry teams. Holding up bows and arrows, they shot towards the corresponding stone fort in disorder.

The task is very simple and straightforward, is that harassment?

The bows and arrows of the Seljuks are different from the European bows and arrows. Compared with the European bows and arrows at this time, they can only rely on the weight of the arrows to penetrate armor and kill the enemy at close range. The Turkic compound bows in the hands of the Seljuks are in the same line as the Qidan and Dangxiang riding bow , In the middle distance, with the special armor-piercing arrows, etc., it can still pose a threat to the armored cavalry.

As an elite unit of the Seljuks, it is said that a good player in the Gulam cavalry can shoot five arrows in a row between drawing a knife and drawing a sword.Of course, it is impossible to pay attention to accuracy.

These tribal cavalry of Seljuk are the pure nomadic cavalry on the Persian plateau, and they are really no different from those nomadic cavalry on the Saibei grassland under the color of Turkic.

"This is really bad." Tang Decai laughed, and watched with gusto as the sharp arrows flying from the shooting hole of the stone treasure below shot down a Seljuk cavalryman. Those people really deserved to be 'comrades in arms' , Immediately, two people brought back their horses to rescue them.As a result, the meat bun beat the dog - gone forever.

There are arrows and crossbows waiting for it.

Just when he was laughing, a sharp arrow of "嗖——" shot straight at Tang Decai's front.Tang Decai was caught off guard, because he never expected that among those nonsense archers, there would be masters.

The arrows were like shooting stars, heading straight for the door.This is obviously a master eyeing him!
Tang Decai came to his senses, but he couldn't keep up with his actions. At this juncture, a blink of an eye could kill his life.

At this moment, Du Er punched him on the head, Tang Decai shrank down, and the arrow was inserted straight into the forearm of the arm that replaced Tang Decai's head.

Tang Decai, Du Er, and Su Wei were all stuck to the inner wall, and their beating drum-like heartbeat seemed to have just recovered. It was too dangerous just now.

"Old Tang, I saved your life, is it worth a bag of cigarettes?"

"Fart. Bloodshot and invisible, do you still want to smoke?"

Su Wei grabbed the arrow on Du Er's forearm and pulled it out, but it was nailed to the iron plate without breaking the leather underneath.

Yang Yao on the top of the castle naturally didn't know what happened on the top of the No. [-] stone castle at this time.He was laughing as he watched the horse team shouting loudly outside the city.

Are the Seljuks playing tricks?

That idea is really special enough.

The Seljuks, who have not experienced the blows of shotguns and thunderstorms, have no idea how much firearms can increase defense.

"Let's go, I'll go down and rest." Seljuks can play freely if they want to play, Yang Yao will not accompany him.It is enough to keep Pei Yun at the head of the city.

Such a scene was repeatedly staged in Humos Port, until half a month later, Gelshap received a report from his subordinates that all the equipment he needed had been completely built.The Seljuk war has passed the first stage and entered the second stage!

(End of this chapter)