Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 214 Harness from Vienna
After getting the gun, while this Mr. Adam was helping with the registration procedures, Liang En carefully looked at other things in the RV. Soon, he was attracted by one thing in the RV.

"Is this thing for sale?" Liang En asked, pointing to a wooden box on the shelf, and inside the wooden box was a very beautiful looking knight sword.

This is a currently produced knight sword, and the overall decoration is a bit plain and unpretentious.But after careful observation, Liang En found that the scabbard and hilt were covered with genuine leather, and after pulling out the sword, he found that the sword felt very good.

Obviously, this sword is not just a fake, but a knight sword that can be used in actual combat.Considering his status as a historical entourage, it is always a good thing to prepare some things in advance.

Although Liang En didn't know when his historical entourage, Joan of Arc, would appear by his side for the time being, it was obviously better to prepare in advance than to hold on to the buddha's feet temporarily.

"You really know the goods." After seeing Liang En choose the sword, Mr. Adam came over with a cane after registering the things in his hand, and said.

"This is an Anglo-French Hundred Years War-style knight sword made by an American knife master. Although new materials are used for actual combat effects, the style is completely made according to the knight sword of that era—"

After getting permission, Liang En went out with the sword and swung it to confirm the feel, only to find that the sword was a little short for him who was 1.8 meters tall.

However, considering that Liang En planned to use this sword, the target's height was even less than 1m6, so a knight sword of this length is very suitable.

"I feel like this sword is a bit short." After putting the sword in his hand back into the scabbard, Liang En said to Mr. Adam who was standing at the door and looking at him. "It doesn't seem to suit me very well."

"You feel right, because this sword is completely modeled after the knight's sword from the Hundred Years' War." Adam nodded and said. "Compared to the height of modern people, the average height of people in that era was even less than 1.7 meters."

After a few more brief chats, Liang En bought the knight sword with money.Unexpectedly, the price of this sword is higher than that of two pistols, and he spent 2100 euros to get this sword.

The reason for this situation is also very simple. On the one hand, it is a handcrafted craft, not a mass-produced industrial product, so it is naturally sold at the price of a work of art.

On the other hand, the person who made this sword is a master certified by the American Swordsmiths Association, so the addition of well-known craftsmen has added a lot of value to this sword.

According to Mr. Adam, in addition to its practicality, this sword also has a high collection value. After you take it home, you can keep this thing well and hide it for appreciation.

Since it was necessary to apply one day in advance to carry a firearm before boarding a plane, Liang En simply borrowed the equipment from this Mr. Adam and prepared to clean up the copper-plated silver box that he had obtained before.

After sitting in front of the table and cleaning the rust at the joint between the box lid and the box body, Liang En pried open the box with a small piece of bamboo, revealing a pile of carbonized and blackened contents inside.

He carefully picked out one of the contents with tweezers and placed it under a magnifying glass. He found that these organic matter were basically rotten and blackened hay and rye.

And from the pile of cushioning things, Liang En took out a horse bit and four horseshoes, which were exactly the same as the previous X-ray results.

After a brief inspection, Liang En found that these things covered with a thin layer of rust were really just ordinary harnesses, and even from the traces of wear and tear on them, it could be seen that this was a set of practical products.

Although these things looked inconspicuous, Liang En did not dare to underestimate them.Because such monuments are often just ordinary things in themselves, but in fact they often have important historical value.

Because after searching repeatedly, he still couldn't find any written records on these things, so he had no choice but to use another [Appraisal (N)], and the content of this appraisal surprised him. eyebrows.

【这一套马具金属部分来自于一位勇敢的翼骑兵中队长，这位中队长曾经1683年9月12日下午4点和另外的126位同伴作为第一批攻击部队冲向了土尔肯桑茨南方的奥斯曼帝国大营，并壮烈的牺牲在了那里。】

[After the war, this hussars squadron was rebuilt. Although the body of the sacrificed squadron leader was not found in the chaos, people found his horse and took off part of the harness as the mascot of the new squadron. today. 】

"It turns out that this is a relic of a sacrificed warrior, but this date—" Looking at the date, Liang En suddenly trembled, then took out his phone and quickly searched based on this date as a keyword.

Only half an hour later, Liang En found the story behind this item. It turned out that the battle that this hussar participated in was the legendary Battle of Vienna that successfully interrupted the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.

On July 1683, 7, an Ottoman Turkish army of 14+ surrounded Vienna. During the battle, the Ottoman army launched rounds of attacks as soon as they were ready.

Although the movement of the heavy artillery units that the Ottoman Empire was proud of was affected by the surrounding rugged mountain roads, with the help of the Serbian engineering troops, the Turks used tunnel blasting to attack the city walls of Vienna many times.

In the process, a baker who stayed in the city discovered an Ottoman tunnel through the vibration of his oven while baking bread and helped the defenders destroy it.

So to commemorate his exploits after the victory in the war, a bread in the shape of a Turkish crescent was baked in large quantities.This is the origin of the croissant as it is known today.

Even with the tenacity of the defenders, more than a month after the siege began, the Ottomans still opened a huge gap in the city wall of Vienna that a total of 50 men could pass abreast.

As the passage was opened, a large number of cannon fodder from the extremely poor began to charge desperately.The Crescent Banner was once planted on the walls of Vienna.

But the defenders immediately launched a counterattack. The musketeers inserted bayonets into the muzzles of their guns and blocked the gap with the pikemen shoulder to shoulder.The overwhelming Ottoman army was stabbed out abruptly.

Then, the engineers in the city built a wall behind the gap with wicker baskets and sandbags to temporarily block the gap, and mounted field artillery on it to bombard it.

This repeated tug-of-war continued until September 9th. The Vienna defenders were exhausted due to casualties, food shortages, and epidemic outbreaks, and drinking water in the city began to experience difficulties.

To make matters worse, the Ottoman sappers once again used explosives to blow up a gap in another part of the city wall.Although the defenders tried their best to drive the opponent out, everyone knew that if the reinforcements were not available, the fall of the city would be inevitable.

But on this day, 47000 German troops from Lorraine, Franconia, Bavaria and Saxony were called up and rushed to the city of Vienna, and successfully joined forces with the Polish king who led 27000 Polish troops, preparing to take Vienna from rescued from the hands of the Ottoman army.

(End of this chapter)