Li Wantong failed to poison him, but was injured, and the past few days have tortured him to the point that life is worse than death. In his heart, he hated Xiao Ding who shot him with crossbow arrows, and secretly made up his mind that when he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely take this kid's life.

After Li Daocheng heard Li Wantong tell about the poisoning, his face was also full of regret. It was only a little bit before the ploy worked. If it succeeds, won't this border city be at your fingertips? Now there is no need to worry.

Now, although Li Wantong has brought another 30,000 troops, there is no food in the army, which is too fatal! Now that the siege cannot be attacked, and the plan has been shattered, the army cannot be withdrawn like this, right? The old man Xingshi came in a crowd, and he didn't even touch Yongzhou City, but he lost his troops and lost his generals, so he went back like this, how faceless it was!

Now the food in the army is being saved, and even Li Daocheng is drinking porridge with him. Such an army, even if it fights, has no combat effectiveness!

Li Daocheng is worried here, and Dingbian City is also uncomfortable. Xingshi mobilized the crowd for two or three days, and finally let the old way of poisoning run away, and several leaders were panicked.

Now the well in the back kitchen of the barracks is no longer in use. They did not dare to continue digging wells in the vicinity, for fear that the groundwater in the vicinity would be connected.

Several soldiers who were poisoned by the old poison powder eventually bled to death, and the army was helpless against this poison.

Now that the Hu people have 30,000 more troops, Fei Wen is even more afraid to send troops.

Several leaders and some low-ranking officers gathered in the county government meeting hall, still discussing how to deal with the Hu people.

"Doesn't the infantry of my Great Song Kingdom have a way to deal with the Hu cavalry?" Xiao Ding asked.

"Yes, the forbidden army of my Great Song Kingdom has a special sword team, which is an infantry team specially used to deal with cavalry." Huang Wenlong said.

"Knives?" Xiao Ding had only heard of the Mo knife used by infantry against cavalry in the Tang Dynasty in Chinese history, but he had never heard of a sword.

"Yes, it is a long-handled knife, with blades on both sides, wide and narrow at the bottom, and a wooden pole with an iron hammer at the end. Because the knife shaft is like a ship, it is called a knife. Huang Wenlong explained.

"Then why don't our van army be equipped with swords?" Xiao Ding asked strangely.

"Because the knife needs high-quality stainless steel and iron, the manufacturing process is extremely cumbersome, only the imperial court's arsenal knows its manufacturing method, and there are enough good steel resources to make the knife, and our local army's arsenal is unable to manufacture the knife." Huang Wenlong explained.

When Xiao Ding heard this, he thought it was true. He remembered again that the iron spear he had received in the Yongzhou Armory before he set off had been smashed and bent by Bala Tianyi's mace, how could a better weapon be forged with such a weapon manufacturing process?

"I do know of a method of smelting long knives that can be used to restrain cavalry." Xiao Ding remembered the Mo knife making process he had seen on the Internet before crossing over.

The Mo knife is a kind of Tang knife, and the sabers equipped by the Tang Dynasty army generally include four types: one is called the Yi knife, the second is the Yan knife, the third is the horizontal knife, and the fourth is the Mo knife.

The ceremonial knife is usually held by the honor guard of the Tang Dynasty Guards, decorated with gold and silver, and the handle is equipped with a ring in the shape of a dragon and phoenix, which is closer to the "ring head knife" of the Han Dynasty;

The knife is short and wide, similar to a dagger, and is lighter and more flexible, making it easier to fight in close quarters. When the horizontal knife or the strange knife in the soldier's hand is inconvenient to use because it is close to the body, the barrier knife becomes the dominant weapon in close quarters;

The horizontal knife is a long knife, no decoration, it is a combat knife worn by ordinary soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, the blade is straight and narrow, it is not acute, it has both "the wind of the king of the sword, and the overlord of the sword"; Later generations of Japanese swords were deeply influenced by Tang horizontal swords.

The Mo knife was a long knife held by the infantry of the Tang Dynasty, which was specially used to deal with cavalry. It is developed from the Western Han Dynasty horse sword, extremely sharp, the slashing effect is excellent, on the battlefield can the cavalry and the horse split in half, cutting the horse's legs is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

What Xiao Ding planned to recommend to Huang Wenlong was this fourth type of Mo knife. He had seen the forging method of the Mo knife on the Internet before, but he didn't know if the blacksmith of this era could make the Mo knife.

"Hey, Tian Dutong, you still know how to forge weapons?" Huang Wenlong looked at Xiao Ding in surprise.

"I've only seen it in an old book before." Xiao Ding said nonsense seriously.

"Then you might as well write out the method and let the Arsenal build it." Huang Wenlong said.

"Well, I'll write it down later." Xiao Ding nodded in response, "In addition, I have asked the Arsenal to create some new crossbow arrows in Xinquan City, presumably Lord Huang should have heard of it, right?" ”

"Yes, I heard it's very powerful?" Huang Wenlong said.

"Yes, this new type of crossbow arrow also has a miraculous effect against cavalry from a distance, Lord Huang might as well order the military workshop to build more to equip our army's archers." Xiao Ding said.

"Yes, yes. I wonder if you brought the blueprint for the crossbow arrow? Huang Wenlong asked.

"The blueprint of the crossbow arrow is now in the arsenal workshop in Xinquan County, you can send someone over to pick it up. Note that this drawing must not be taken by the Hu people. Xiao Ding reminded.

"Of course, I'll keep it a secret." Huang Wenlong responded.

"At present, we are now waiting for Hu Ren to lose his combat effectiveness after running out of food, and during this time, we can build more Mo knives and new crossbow arrows to equip our troops."

At this time, Yang County's order, who had been listening quietly on the sidelines, suddenly spoke: "It should be possible to build, but my Dingbian County is only a small county town, and the iron ore resources in the city are limited, so I'm afraid it's not enough to build these two weapons in batches." ”

"When I was in Xinquan County, Kou County Ling was also worried about this. Later, we used the weapons we had seized from the Hu people, melted them, and then created new crossbow arrows. Xiao Ding smiled and said.

"Yes, this is a good idea, we have also seized a lot of weapons from the Hu people, and we can also melt them to make Mo knives and new crossbow arrows!" Huang Wenlong also laughed happily.

Dingbian City and Hu Daying, both sides are not ready to go to war for the time being, but they are discussing how to deal with each other.

"Strategist, do you have a plan to siege the city?" In the big tent of the Hu people's Chinese army, Li Daocheng asked Mao Yanshun.

Mao Yanshun shook his head helplessly and said: "Our army is good at flat ground combat, if you want to annihilate all the Xiang army, you have to find a way to lure them out of the city." If we fight a siege war, I don't think our army will be able to capture this small county town for a while. ”

"So how do you lure the enemy out of the city? Li Daocheng frowned and asked.

"Specifically, I still have to think about it, and ask the eldest prince to give me some time." Mao Yanshun said in embarrassment.

"Oh, it's not a hurry now, anyway, even if there is a plan, it will need to wait until our military rations are delivered." Li Daocheng nodded and said.

For a moment, the big tent was quiet again. The military advisor Mao Yanshun has no strategy, not to mention the following generals.

In the past few days, they have drunk porridge and drunk these generals listlessly, let alone going to the battlefield, now they are letting them ride horses, they may not have the strength to ride them.

National teacher Li Wantong was resting on a stretcher on the side of the big tent at the moment, and the two ends of the stretcher were set up on two benches.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Wantong suddenly opened his mouth: "I came up with a good idea." ”