Heavy Armor at Lulong: The Late Tang Dynasty’s Frontier Soldiers

Hebei is dotted with regional warlords, their elite troops arrogant and entrenched in tangled alliances. Li Keyong of Hedong commands a Shatuo cavalry that watches like a tiger waiting to pounce. Huang Chao’s uprising spreads across Guandong, Chang’an falls, and warfare rages within and without. No matter how skilled you are with bow and horse, or how unmatched your courage, you can hardly avoid being caught in the fighting or escaping the bloodshed. Yet a flying arrow can pierce the clouds and punch through heavy armor; one lone hero can hold a camp and cow the unruly. Iron hooves thunder through the night, a cold spear stands tall, facing off against Hedong’s elite troops