Chapter 707 The Eight Maces of the Qin Family
Cunzhong just came home from school in Chongxian Hall, today is a ten-day break, a rare rest time. When he got home and put down his schoolbag, he rolled up his sleeves and began to repair the hooves of his horse.
This is a tall Dawan horse, with the noble lineage of **** horses, from the Kangju country in the Western Regions. This horse is blood red all over, tall and mighty, it runs like flying, has unparalleled explosive power, and after every run, the sweat behind it is blood red.
Nong Cunzhong likes this horse very much and regards it as a treasure. This is a reward he got from his adoptive father Wei Guogong with his excellent academic performance.
The **** horse stood there docilely. Ren Cunzhong skillfully lifted one of its hooves and took out his treasured set of horseshoe repair equipment.
These equipment are very exquisite, made of iron, shiny and neatly packaged in a yellow leather. Not only Nong Cunzhong regards such a bag as a treasure, but the other righteous brothers also have one.
Cultivating filial piety and preserving righteousness, as well as Luo Tong Pei Xingjian, they all have a set.
Each of them has their own horse. The horses that Qin Lang gave them are all good horses from BMW. There is only one requirement. BMW gave them to them, requiring them to take care of these horses, feed, drink and wash them daily, and even change the horseshoes. .
Changing the horseshoe is a technical job.
However, Cunzhong has already practiced well now. He first pulled out the nails on the worn out horseshoe, then pried off the shoe, and then began to repair the horseshoe.
At this time, we need to use all kinds of frying tools, first trimming, then trimming, then second trimming, then second trimming, and then change to finer tools, carefully trim and fry again, and finally take out The file smoothes the hoof both inside and out.
Finally, fix the new horseshoe with iron nails, and polish it again. Finally, open a can of horseshoe oil, and use a bristle brush dipped in oil to brush the horseshoe all over again.
It takes two quarters of an hour to repair a horseshoe.
The smell in the horse's hoof was extremely strong, but Cunzhong enjoyed the process very much. His BMW stood there very docilely. Although there were mosquito bites, it was only a muscle shaking, and the kicking of the hoof did not affect the owner.
On the other hand, Pei Xingjian came back early and didn't need to change the horseshoe for his beloved horse today, so he quickly washed his beloved horse, trimmed its mane, **** its tail, and washed its hair. Packed up the tools, poured horse feed into the love manger, added a handful of black beans to it by the way, and cracked two more eggs into it.
Clapping his hands, Pei Xingjian walked to the corridor and sat leaning on the fence, with clove sugar in his mouth, while reading the news in "Chang'an Weekly" with great interest.
Nong Cunzhong is still concentrating on repairing the hooves of his beloved horse, while his own horse is already full of forage, squinting its eyes and sleeping leisurely.
Cunxiao and Cunyi are polishing their maces.
Qin Lang not only gave each adopted son a horse, but also gave them a set of equipment, a horse, a barrier knife, a bow and a bow, and a blunt weapon for close combat.
Qin Lang chose maces for them.
This has now become the iconic equipment of the Qin family. Qin Qiong has a pair of gold maces with square tiles. Qin Lang also made a mace for himself. It was designed by himself and made by a famous teacher.
It is said to be a mace, but in fact it is more like a whip. After all, a whip and a mace are similar. If there is a rib, it is called a mace, and without a rib, it is called a whip. Because maces have edges, they have blunt blades, which are generally thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom. Generally speaking, although maces are sharp, thorns are rarely used, but points are used.
Qin Qiong's mace is a four-edged mace, which is a gilt-copper mace. It has four edges, and each face is concave, so it forms a convex edge on the tile surface. This kind of mace is very ingenious and not so fancy. , the four sides of the tile surface make it protrude, and it has a strong lethality against enemies with thick armor defenses.
The mace designed by Qin Lang himself is a six-edged mace, with a camel bone as the handle, a golden melon head, a king character dragon swallow mouth, and a six-edged and six-faced mace body. It is not a simple tile surface, but a pagoda-shaped one. The tile surface not only has six protruding edges, but also has joints, six prongs and six joints, and each joint has six protruding corners.
These are also a pair of two-handed maces, heavier than Qin Qiong's, with an extremely ferocious surface, and far more murderous than Qin Qiong's traditional slender pair of square-edged tile-faced gold maces.
On the pair of maces, there are also four characters engraved, the staff of judgment.
Most people would not be comfortable with Qin Lang's Judgment Staff, after all, it is too heavy.
He also designed maces for each of the adoptive sons, and they chose by themselves.
Daye son Li Cunxiao chose a pair of maces. This mace is neither copper nor iron, but is carved out of iron wood. It is not easy to deform and crack and is durable. There are five to six iron beads in each row, one at the top and one at the end. The iron beads are triangular, like wolf teeth, with sharp edges, so they are called wolf tooth maces.
This mace is not heavy, it will kill you if you hit it, and you will be injured if it hits the face. For Cunxiao, who is still young at this time, it is relatively easy to use, and its power is not diminished.
Cunyi picked a mace to hit the whip. The shape of this mace is even rarer. The exterior of this mace is also a mace carved from hard iron wood, but the body of the mace is hollow, and there is a jagged whip hidden inside. When the whip is in the sheath, the whip is also a mace, and it also has a strong lethality.
The sawtooth of the sawtooth whip is sharp, it can be pulled, stabbed or sawed, and it is very lethal. If the enemy accidentally grabs the whip, it will be a dead end.
The whip in the mace is made of wooden sheath, so although the mace is thick, it is actually much lighter in weight, which is suitable for young Cunyi to use.
Nong Cunzhong used an octagonal purple gold mace, which is a copper mace with eight ribs, while Pei Xingjian chose a pagoda mace, and Qin Lang even gave it the popular title of Kanglong Youhui.
This mace is also four-sided and four-edged, but it is not a tile surface, but shaped like a pagoda.
Luo Tong also got a pair of three-edged maces designed by Qin Lang. These maces are as slender as a sword, but they are sharp. The design of the blood groove is even more ferocious.
Cunxiao and Cunyi's maces are made of wood and iron, and they regularly oil and polish the maces to make them shiny.
Pei Xingjian put down the newspaper, looked up at the sky, well, the weather is fine today, it's still early.
"I said, it's better for you to use copper or iron maces. No matter how hard a wooden mace is, it will still be wood. Are you not afraid that this mace will be interrupted in battle?"
Cunxiao kept on hand, "Hmph, the pole of the horse is also made of wood, and so are the spears and spears."
Cunyi also said, "As for your hollow tower mace, you still have regrets. I think you will regret it when you go to the battlefield. If you want to use copper maces, why don't you use solid ones? Make them so thick, To scare people?"
"What do you know? Although my Kanglong mace is hollow, its body is not thin. What's more, there are copper beads in my mace. When it is swung, it can be more fierce. It is much stronger than your wooden mace."
"Don't brag, let's fight him for 300 rounds!" Cunxiao shouted very rudely.
Pei Xingjian shook the newspaper in his hand, "I don't want to fight with you, my Kanglong mace has just been maintained, if I really want to fight, it should be interesting to fight on the battlefield, have you read the newspaper, the court is going to fight again!"
He told them the clues of the war that he had just read in the newspaper. The newspaper did not explicitly say that there was going to be a war, but he could deduce from all the signs that the Western Regions were very unstable now.
The Siyehu Khan of the Western Regions, Ashina Lilian, wiped out the two Khans of the Western Regions who were canonized by the imperial court, the Western Turkic Mohedu Khan and the Tie Leqibi Gelen Khan, and began to threaten Gaochang, Yiwu, The countries of Yanqi, Qiuci, and Shule wanted to force Yugushe and others to submit, and they also threatened to war against Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan in Mobei.
This Siyehu Khan is a bit arrogant now, smug, and overblown.
He wanted to be the Great Khan of the entire eastern and western grasslands, and he didn't even take Datang seriously.
It was also under such circumstances that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent Shi Li Daozong, the governor of Lanzhou, to accept and resettle the 6,000 tents of Qibige Lengyu, who were defeated in the war and fled eastward to attach to the Tang Dynasty.
Then they sent envoys to the Western Regions to confer the title of Ashina Nishi, who had sworn brothers with the emperor. This is the most powerful general under Siyehu Khan. After Tongyehu was killed, many tribes wanted to embrace him. He was made a Khan, but Nishi persuaded everyone to support Si Yehu.
Now Datang directly entrusts the territory of the original Mohedu Khan to Niyu, and canonize him as Khan. At the same time, Tong'er, Nishi's younger brother, was canonized as the Little Khan, and Shibi's son, Tuli's younger brother, Yugushe, who had already belonged to the Tang Dynasty, was also canonized as the Little Khan.
Datang let Tongru set up nomads in the west south of the Tianshan Mountains, Yugu set up the nomads in the east south of the Tianshan Mountains, and let Niyu command the Wunu Shibi tribe under the former Moheduo in the north west of the Tianshan Mountains.
At the same time, Xue Yantuo, under the pretext of revenge for the Tie Leqibi tribe, has transferred troops from Mobei to the west and assembled in the Jinshan area.
"Look at this news, it seems simple and casual, but it reveals a lot of key information. The Xuanfu Envoy of Xikaidao and Chen Guogong Hou Junji arrived at the Putao City, Shanshan Dudu's Governor's Mansion to Xuanfu the Tuyuhun Tribes!"
"Look at this article again. Siyehu Khan killed the hero Yili Khan, claiming that he secretly colluded with Xue Yantuo's barbarian, killed him and exterminated his family. He wanted to kill Nishi, and Nishi was in a panic. Flee, flee to Yanqi..."
Pei Xingjian pinched his chin, looking like a dog-headed military adviser, "The war in the Western Regions is about to break out!"
"My Tang Dynasty is going to hunt Si Yehu in the Western Regions. No wonder Wei Gong has been busy in the political affairs hall all day recently. He is probably planning this battle. It's a pity that we are still too young, otherwise we would have to ride on horseback and earn money. The founding prince is back."
Qin Cunxiao put away his mace, "Do you think Grandpa will lead the army again if there is a real war?"
"If Grandpa goes to battle again to take command, I must go with the army." Cunyi said.
Pei Xingjian shook his head, "Usually I ask you to read more military books, but you refuse to listen. You didn't hear what I just said. Chen Guogong and Hou Junji have already arrived in Shanshan. Where is Shanshan City? It's only eight hundred miles south of Yanqi. Isn’t it obvious that Lu Ke crossed the desert and reached Yanqi?”
"This time Hou Junji must be in command, and then Xue Yantuo Yinan Khan, Shanggu County King Yugushe, Dulu Khan Nishi, and the joint attack with Ershe, Gaochang, Tuyuhun, etc.!" Pei Xingjian patted the newspaper, full of excitement. Regretfully sighed. "How can Si Yehu use our Wei Gong to go out, isn't that a butcher's knife for killing chickens?"
Nong Cunzhong listened, picked up the knife and cut the horse's hoof again. Since Wei Gong will not be in command, they naturally have no chance to follow him, so let's continue to repair his horse's hoof.
(end of this chapter)