Tian Kai bowed down and said: "Don't misunderstand, the general is harmless, Brother Wen can testify!" At the beginning, the three of us were all generals of General Gongsun, but Shan Jing and Yan Gang were born in a Jizhou family, and the general had vigorously exterminated the family in Jizhou, so he formed an indissoluble enmity with the two, which is really none of my business! ”

Ma Chao believed most of the words in his heart, judging from what happened just now, the two of them don't seem to be acting, Tian Kai and Kong Rong, as princes, will not be stupid to such an extent. He nodded at the moment and asked, "As a prince, you can't even restrain your subordinates, and you are surrounded by people, how can this be explained?" ”

Tian Kai said: "Although the general can rest assured, it is only the private soldiers of the two who are attacking the inner mansion at this time, just resist for a while, and when the team under the command of this general is killed, all problems will be solved!" After that, he turned around and instructed the soldiers in the palace: "Wait as soon as possible to organize the soldiers in the palace to beat gongs and drums, shout loudly, and when the generals stationed in the city hear that something is happening in the palace, they will lead the troops to rescue!" ”

"No!"

Ma Chao fixed his eyes and saw that more than 100 personal soldiers led by Dian Wei and Chen Zhi into the city were in one place with Tian Kai's men and horses in Fuzhong, and they were fighting with the private soldiers who rushed in, and the screams were endless. I didn't want to sit and wait for death at the moment, so I killed it with my sword, and with a wave of my sword, I killed five or six people in a blink of an eye. When I looked at it, I saw that the outside of the house had been surrounded by the private regiment of the two, and there were two or three thousand people.

Shan Jing's face was hideous, and he shouted: "Let go of the arrows, as long as you force them out of the Assassin's Mansion, it will be easy to capture!" As he spoke, hundreds of archers bent their bows and arrows, and the feathered arrows were wrapped in sackcloth that had been infested with fire oil, and the rockets rained down on the Thorn Mansion, which soon caused a great fire and a wave of heat.

Everyone had no choice but to break through to the door, and Tian Kai and Kong Rong also followed. At the critical moment, the pro-soldiers under Dian Wei also began to exert their might. These pro-soldiers are all the elite of the elite, and the armor and weapons are all of the best quality, and even ordinary generals can't compare to them. And they are all people who can lift 500 catties and can open four stone bows, and in the past three years, Dian Wei has personally taught them martial arts, all of them have extraordinary skills.

Nearly 200 people formed a formation, with Dian Wei opening the way in front, and after Chen Zhi was broken, he surrounded Ma Chao, Kong Rong and others in the middle, and rushed out of the Assassin's Mansion without much effort.

Shan Jing and Yan Gang had already prepared, and as soon as they saw Ma Chao appear, they immediately ordered the arrows to be released, and hundreds of archers replaced ordinary feather arrows and started a new round of volleys, and the arrows rained down, rushing towards more than 200 people.

Everyone hurriedly waved the swords in their hands to split the arrows, first of all, Tian Kai's personal soldiers on the periphery fell to the ground one after another, but Ma Chao's personal soldiers had few casualties. The reason is that the equipment of these pro-soldiers is so strong that it is no different from the special forces of later generations. This is also one of the reasons why Ma Chao dared to boldly enter the city, these hundred personal soldiers were trained by Ma Chao and Dian Wei, which were enough to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

The inner soft power aside, the equipment alone can intimidate a group of people, first of all, the outermost layer is the cowhide fish scales, the front and rear heart goggles are complete, the weight is full of thirty catties, and there is no fear of ordinary swords and slashes. There is also an anti-arrow vest in the fish scale kai, which is very different from the anti-arrow vest used in the original conquest of the Southern Xiongnu rebels, and it was just an iron piece with holes inlaid on the cowhide, which was just a rough product. The current anti-arrow vest definitely has cross-era significance, belonging to the steel mesh vest, and the principle of the stab-proof vest in later generations, which is made of steel wire, which is not only soft and lightweight, but also greatly improved the protection ability. Of course, due to the limitations of materials and technology, it is not as invulnerable as the stab-proof vests of later generations.

Extremely long, this steel mesh vest hangs from the shoulders to the knees, much like a jumpsuit, and can withstand most injuries. Arrows fired by an ordinary bow and arrow can't even penetrate this steel mesh suit.

These two things alone gave the enemy a headache, but Ma Chao's preparation did not stop there, he himself, including these personal soldiers and Dian Wei and other generals, also wore a set of silk underwear. Although it is only a thin layer, it is very useful. As a person who travels through, Ma Chao naturally has to study various sharp weapons in the cold weapon era in history, and this silk underwear is a defensive weapon of Genghis Khan's Mongolian army.

It stands to reason that what can a thin silk underwear do? You can shoot through it with an arrow, but it's very different when you wear it on your body. First of all, it can play a great cushioning role, such as being shot by a feather arrow, the underwear will not be shot through, but will be carried into the flesh by the arrow, in addition to reducing the damage received, it can also avoid the secondary damage when pulling out the feather arrow. You must know that the arrows of feather arrows are all barbed, which is easy to pierce into, and when they are pulled out, they are often open and painful.

This kind of silk underwear can greatly reduce the pain and injury during treatment, and more importantly, these underwear are sewn from the best silk and then repeatedly soaked in palm oil and resin, which is not only extremely tough, but also impermeable to wind and water, which can effectively isolate the toxins that may be carried on the arrow.

In the generation of cold weapons, many armies are quenched poison on weapons, as long as they can cause damage to the other party, even if they do not die on the spot, they will die of severe poison in the future, such as the famous Guan Yu scraping bones to heal wounds, and Zhang He, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang and many other generals died after being hit by arrows, in addition to tetanus, the reason is that the arrows are poisonous.

The cost of this underwear is not high, and silk is also a common thing in the Han Dynasty, so the main force under Ma Chao has basically been popularized. A small piece of underwear can greatly reduce the mortality rate of soldiers after injury, and the benefits are self-evident. After all, it is not easy to train a good soldier or general, and it is really insignificant to have to pay a large pension and invest in a cheap underwear when you die.

In addition to the armor, Ma Chao also put a lot of effort into the helmet, and he redesigned the iron helmet. The new helmet not only protects the neck, but also has a "vacuum" design inside, which is overheaded by a belt, just like the helmets of later generations. In addition to its strength, it is not afraid of blunt force hits, because it has a good cushion and ability, even if it is hit by a stone on the top of the head during the siege, it will not faint and fall off the ladder and die, which the previous helmet did not have this function.

At the beginning, Ma Chao wanted to design the helmet like a motorcycle helmet in the future, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that it would affect his hearing and vision, so in order to protect his important face, he added an iron mask in front of him, and at the same time raised the back of his head. In normal times, you can turn the hideous mask on the top of your head with just one flip, and when you turn it down during battle, you will become an iron-headed man, only two eyes are exposed, and there are several small holes on both sides of the ears in order not to affect your hearing.

The cost of this helmet is not high, but the process is more complicated, after two years of development, the current front-line troops are equipped. Senior generals also have special treatment, such as trying to make the mask as similar to their own face, as for the ordinary soldiers, they are all grinning and hideous, which is terrifying! (To be continued.) )