Chapter One Thousand and Twenty-Nine

"You know, Master Gao. Most of our army is infantry, and in fact, the most powerful in the Tang Dynasty is also infantry, although there are also a considerable number of cavalry. But in terms of cavalry alone, except for the black wounded iron cavalry, few cavalry can be compared with the big iron cavalry. ”

Wang Chongcheng said. He had thought about this plan for a long time, but if he wanted to really launch it, he still needed Gao Xianzhi's consent.

"That's true, the Anxi Protector Army is already the elite of the several major protectors of the Tang Dynasty. But in the face of the big cannibals, it doesn't have much advantage. If it weren't for the city of Talas, we wouldn't have been able to hold out in the wilderness for so long, fighting against the great cannibals. ”

Gao Xianzhi said in a deep voice.

Whether it is the Great Cannibals, the Western Turks, or the Us-Tibetans, they are all a people on horseback, which is incomparable to the Tang Dynasty as an agricultural nation. This is already public opinion, and there is no need to deny it.

"In the fight against foreigners, we actually rely more on infantry, cavalry, and ballista troops, which is different from the Great Food and the Western Turks. The two sides have different combat methods, and it is not easy to make direct comparisons. It's just that in the plains and wilderness, the cavalry still has an absolute advantage. ”

Gao Xianzhi said.

Wang Chong nodded, and Gao Xianzhi's last sentence revealed the true situation of everyone. The wilderness terrain of Talas is definitely the most unfavorable terrain for the Tang Dynasty, which is dominated by infantry. Here, the mobility of the cavalry far exceeds that of the infantry, and the endless flat terrain can also allow the cavalry to better form and charge to the extreme at the same time.

If it weren't for Wang Chong's two steel defense lines outside Talas City, and the fact that he carried a large number of lethal Datang crossbows to deter, it would be difficult for the Datang infantry alone to resist the onslaught of so many elite food cavalry.

"This is also what I have always wanted to change, if the situation is really as the Khorasan people offered, 400,000 elite soldiers and horses, the three major food governors, will be a challenge we have never faced. Moreover, Abmuth/Lin have been fighting us for so long and have gained experience, and it may be difficult for the two steel lines to stop them for too long. ”

Wang Chong said.

He would never underestimate any opponent, let alone the most outstanding top generals of the Great Food Empire, such as Abmus/Lim. Even Daqin Ruozan in the southwest can think of using ropes, elephants and the like to deal with the wall of steel, not to mention the stronger Dashi that can be used to deploy more resources.

"If that's the case, we'll have to retreat to Talas......"

Gao Xianzhi said, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

"But if we retreat back into the city, we will completely lose the initiative and completely fall into the rhythm of the opponent. What's more, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, this is the first large-scale conflict between Da Shi and Da Tang, we don't know about Da Shi, and Da Shi also doesn't know about Da Tang. As long as we withdraw into the city, it will be tantamount to showing the enemy weakness, and with the ambition of eating the empire, the future war will inevitably be endless. ”

Wang Chong said the omitted second half for Gao Xianzhi.

This battle is not only a battle for power, but also a battle for momentum, which is why Wang Chong must insist on building two steel defense lines outside the city to keep the enemy from the outside and not from the inside. At the same time, it is also the reason why Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi defeated the Great Cannibal, but did not retreat from Talas!

“...... Not only that, if the Great Food learns the lesson of the last time, it will not fight against Talas. In less than three months, when we run out of food and grass, we will definitely be defeated!"

There was silence in the study, Gao Xianzhi frowned, silent, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Abmuth/Lin are a formidable man, but they are by no means short of strategy, and the first time he thought he could take it down, but he didn't make an inch for two months. Come again this time, if Datang wants to rely on the city of Talas, I'm afraid it won't be so simple. What's even more dangerous is that once the two steel defense lines are lost, Uszang, the Western Turks, and the Great Cannibals gather together and gather seven imperial general-level powerhouses, and the three empires are likely to choose to attack and use the general-level strength to crush the Tang Dynasty.

"What do you want to do?"

After a moment, Gao Xianzhi broke the silence and said directly.

Wang Chong smiled indifferently, knowing that Gao Xianzhi had already figured it out:

"I want to form a new class, Modao Samurai!"

"Modao Samurai?"

Gao Xianzhi raised his head and looked at Wang Chong behind the table, with a look of doubt in his eyes. Gao Xianzhi was well-informed and familiar with military books, but he had never heard of this kind of phalanx.

"What does this mean, have you even changed your weapons?"

Gao Xianzhi keenly extracted the word "Mo Dao" from Wang Chong's sentence. Datang has all kinds of knives, but I have never heard of the word Modao.

"Hehe, I know that I can't hide it from adults. ”

Wang Chong smiled slightly, and he was not ready to sell Guanzi:

"Someone, bring something in!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

A voice sounded from outside, and in Gao Xianzhi's curious gaze, a soldier of the Guardian Army of the Western Capital, resisting a brocade box seven or eight feet long, held his head high, and strode in from the outside.

"Glaive?"

Gao Xianzhi turned his head to look at Wang Chong on the side, and couldn't hide his surprise.

The shape of Datang's weapons, the sword is three feet, a few are four feet, and the knife is slightly longer, but there is not much difference. There are very few long knives that can reach four feet, and the only thing Gao Xianzhi knows about that long is a Green Dragon Glaive Knife. It is rumored that more than 500 years ago, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the long-haired Guan surnamed Wusheng recognized by Middle Earth used the Qinglong Yanyue Knife.

However, this kind of weapon is only suitable for technical attacks, and the level of the imperial general itself is a heads-up between top powerhouses, and it can also be classified into the scope of technical attacks, so it is natural to use this weapon. But for ordinary soldiers, it is extremely inconvenient to use this weapon on a large scale.

"Of course not!"

Wang Chong chuckled and shook his head in Gao Xianzhi's stunned expression, then stood up from behind the table and walked in front of the warrior of the Western Protectorate:

"Adults will know it by looking at it. ”

As he spoke, he motioned to the warrior. Bang, the brocade box opened, and a seven- or eight-foot weapon with a shape completely different from any weapon in this world lay quietly at the bottom of the box, appearing in this world for the first time. Seeing the weapon at the bottom of the box, even Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but shrink his pupils, revealing a look of amazement.

The weapons in the box, the blade is straight, the blade is extremely sharp, and the design of both the blade and the back of the knife is extremely smooth, extremely easy to chop, and at a glance you know that it is the kind of weapon with extremely powerful lethality. And the surface of the weapon is as smooth as a mirror, and the shape is incomparably gorgeous, like a giant shark in the sea, although it is ferocious, but the appearance is extremely elegant.

This is no longer just a weapon, but a work of art of the most exquisite, and even the cruelty of killing has risen to the realm of art.

Even Gao Xianzhi had to admit that Wang Chong had indeed reached a breathtaking point in terms of weapon casting!

Looking at the world, not only Datang, but also all the countries of the entire continent, no one can compare with Wang Chong.

However, the glint of amazement in Gao Xianzhi's eyes only lasted for a moment, and it quickly dimmed.

"Knives are indeed good knives! However, I am afraid they are not suitable for the battlefield. ”

Gao Xianzhi quickly withdrew his gaze from the "Mo Dao" and said with some regret.

"Oh?"

Wang Chong smiled slightly, took the fragrant tea from the table and took a sip gently, and then looked at Gao Xianzhi opposite, as if he had already expected his reaction:

"Do you think that the blade, blade, and back of this knife are too long, and although it is easy to exert force, it is easy to break?"

"Not bad!"

Gao Xianzhi did not deny it, and said with half regret:

"We've thought about this kind of sword before, and even a little further back, there are not many people who want to forge such a large sword. But it basically failed. The so-called rigid and easy to break, the sword was designed to be three or four feet long, originally to avoid breaking. This knife is close to eight feet, and I am afraid that in actual combat, if it does not last for ten chops, it will immediately break in half. And in the heat of battle, if the sword suddenly breaks what it means, I don't think I need to say, you should understand it. ”

Speaking of later, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but sigh deeply. Wang Chong's idea is very good, but it is not realistic at all. Ideals and reality are completely different. This knife ...... It can only stay in the ideal!

"Hahaha, my lord, since I designed this kind of Mo knife, I naturally took this into account. Since Togo-sama thinks it's going to break, why don't you try it and snap it in two?"

Wang Chong smiled and said, his expression was extremely confident.

"Oh?"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned, and his eyes were uncertain. But soon, he came to his senses. The long knife is easy to break, but it is a difficult problem to break for thousands of years, how can it be so easy to solve? However, Gao Xianzhi did not say much, facts are better than eloquence, Wang Chong's knife is really not practical, you can know it at a glance.

"Ding!"

Gao Xianzhi didn't look back, stretched out a finger, and suddenly flicked it towards the four feet of the Mo knife blade, and in an instant, a thunderous metal roar suddenly came out of the knife body, echoing throughout the study.

The next moment, Gao Xianzhi, who was originally careless, suddenly changed his face, although he just flicked his fingers at random, but with the strength of Gao Xianzhi's top imperial general-level strength, this finger was also worth thousands of catties, and this kind of power was already equivalent to a fierce blow from a Xuanwu Realm powerhouse. Gao Xianzhi originally thought that with the length of this knife, coupled with the fact that the place where the finger flicked was the most fragile and easy to break on the knife body, this Mo knife should be easily broken by the finger, but the final result was completely unexpected.

"Bang!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Gao Xianzhi's heart moved, and another finger popped out, but this time, Gao Xianzhi's expression was much more serious, and the power on his fingers was many times stronger than before, such a power was enough to break many swords and swords, not to mention this Mo knife.

However, the next moment, only a metallic roar was heard, and the pile of paper and teacups that Wang Chong had placed on the table trembled, and even the tea in the cups splashed several feet high and fell to the ceiling of the study. However, when the roar of that metal weakened, inside the brocade box, the eight-foot-long Mo knife was still lying there quietly intact, and the gorgeous knife body was light and discerning, leaving no traces.