Nowadays, the heaviest heavy armored cavalry is not steel armor, but a lengthened steel spear weighing 18 catties (almost equal to about 27 catties now), the steel spear is about one and a half zhang long, the tip of the spear is half a zhang, and it has a double blade, slightly arc-shaped, similar to the Zhangba snake spear.

In addition to the steel spear, the knight was also equipped with a horizontal sword, and a small round shield hung from his left arm, which was to block heavy weapons and protect his head.

The weapons are made quickly, the only thing is that the armor is really not fast, but fortunately, there are enough people, and the craftsmen guide the women to assist, and the progress has also been accelerated a lot.

Due to the large use of steel, steel alloy also makes two kinds of materials with good performance, aluminum steel alloy corrosion resistance, light weight, armor, ships are the best material, high manganese steel has high hardness, good toughness, Liaoxi new war knives are all made of high manganese steel, more sharp and tough than the previously carefully forged horizontal knives.

The same steel crossbow made of high manganese steel can be made immediately without the need for dry wood, the string of the crossbow is tanned with animal skin and cotton linen, and the steel crossbow has a keyboard with a combination of pulleys, so that one person can easily wind it.

The steel crossbow is made in accordance with the eight-bull crossbow, but because of the use of steel, the strength of the shot is greater, but it is more convenient than the eight-bull crossbow, only one person needs to hold the trigger, one person hands the arrow, one person winds, and three people can cooperate to operate.

The arrow is made of aluminum inverted mold, which is easy to make, and the biggest advantage is that after the long arrow made of aluminum is shot, it is not afraid of being used by the enemy, because aluminum is soft, and it is not as good as bronze as a weapon, and it has basically been deformed after hitting the target.

The most mined iron ore in Qian'an Iron Mine is iron ore, and other aluminum, fierce, tin, gold, and silver are all available, which provides a lot of convenience for forging.

More than 200,000 people in western Liaoning were busy for more than three months, exhausting all the stocks they had in the past year or so to make 300,000 weapons, 50,000 armor, 5,000 steel crossbows, 30,000 crossbow arrows, and 800,000 ordinary arrows.

There are so many ordinary arrows, which is also because of the Khitan, almost everyone of the Turks can do it, and in the case of the government's money to buy, everyone helps and plays a huge role.

Later, there were not enough materials, so the recruited migrant workers were put back to prepare for the autumn harvest, which is approaching, that is to say, the war is also approaching, although the armor of Liaoxi is insufficient, but the weapons are enough, and 100,000 horizontal knives in Chang'an are also supported, which makes Li Jing breathe a sigh of relief.

The entire Tang Dynasty is not only busy preparing in Liaoxi, but the same is true in other places, but the steam engine is not used, and the efficiency is not so high, but the manpower is more sufficient, and the sources of materials are more.

After half a year of preparation, the military rations have been escorted to the border gates in various places, and the soldiers have also secretly arrived in various places, and now in addition to the towns and guards in various places, there are only 200,000 troops near Chang'an, ready to support all places at any time.

And the military generals of the DPRK and China also went to various places to guard the border passes, and the only ones left in the DPRK were Li Jing, Li Jing, and the two commanders, and the others were Chai Shao and other clans or veterans.

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Just when the Tang Dynasty was busy with the autumn harvest, great changes had taken place in the Western Regions, and Zhaowu Jiu formed a coalition of 50,000 troops, divided 20,000 troops into a chariot division, and Qiuzi confronted, and another 30,000 people attacked Su Dingfang.

Although it is said that Datang has strengthened the prevention of disasters in various places, in order to focus on the Western Regions, it did not expect that there would be so many enemies.

Fortunately, Su Dingfang has always been cautious, discovered the enemy in advance, and after a hard battle, left more than 600 corpses, leaving more than 2,000 exhausted people to break through.

Immediately afterwards, Gaochang sent 20,000 troops to attack Yanqi, and the king of Yanqi was shocked by the dragon cavalry, and summoned 6,000 soldiers across the country to defend it, and at the same time sent a message to Chi Baolin, the captain of the Tang Guard, for help.

Su Dingfang fled to the country of Xigere, which originally had more than 2,000 people, which was controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and Cheng Chuliang was stationed here with 500 soldiers, plus the original more than 200 guards, the young and strong merchants of the Tang Dynasty were able to form a thousand-person guard.

Although Xijile is not big, it is at least defended by the city, and Su Dingfang plans to use the city defense to wait for support.

At the same time, Su Dingfang not only sent an urgent report to Cheng Chuliang, but also sent a message to another occupied place to rob the country.

The robbery is a smaller country, with a population of more than 1,000 and more than 100 soldiers, and the so-called city is just a soil city, which is used as a backup location, which is why Su Dingfang did not retreat to rob the country.

On September 25, the fifth day of Gaochang's attack on Yanqi, Wei Chi Baolin led 3,000 elite soldiers, 2,000 cavalry composed of family generals and young men of the merchant group to attack Gaochang's camp at night.

In a battle, 8,000 Gaochang were destroyed, 3,000 were captured, and the younger brother of Ko Wentai, Ko Wenyong, was killed in battle, relieved the siege of Qicheng, and at the same time got the news that Su Dingfang was besieged in Xijile, and hurriedly summoned the young and strong of the Tang Dynasty in the caravans in various cities, and the warriors of Yingzang, plus Yanqi to support 3,000 people, a total of 10,000 people went to support in the starry night.

The nine surnames of Zhaowu are now headed by Kang Guo, plus An Guo, Cao Guo to the Che Shi, Qiuzi, Shi Guo with the weak Mi, He, Shi, Mu, Bi, and the five surnames surround Xijile.

Although the city of Xijile is not large, it has been built for more than two years in the process of brightening, and it has been very strong.

Although there is no stone to build the city in the Western Regions, it is different with the technology of the Tang Dynasty, and on the outside of the original earthen wall, a large layer of masonry mixed with cement is used, which is not only smooth, but also firm.

It is precisely because of this that the Five-Nation Alliance Army was helpless, so Su Dingfang and Cheng Chuliang held on for five days with more than 3,000 people, and finally promised a heavy reward, and coerced everyone in the city to help transport supplies and rescue the wounded.

"General Su! There are no more arrows! Taking advantage of the rare rest time, Cheng Chumo, whose armor was full of dark red dried blood, tiredly walked to Su Dingfang's side with a knife and said.

"How many more brothers are there who can fight?" Su Dingfang also looked tired, leaned against the city wall, and asked with a frown.

"There are still 1,000 intact and 500 lightly wounded, but now there are no arrows, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold out for two days, and there is still a lot of food." Cheng Chuliang replied softly.

"Distribute some grain to the people of the city, collect all the oil and wine that can be burned, and if necessary, a certain family will come and burn all the jade." Su Dingfang's eyes froze, and he said with a cut of iron.

"Little brother, let's do it!" Cheng Chuliang nodded vigorously and said.

"Second Brother Cheng!" Su Dingfang stopped Cheng Chuliang, who turned around to leave.

"Brother Su, what's the matter?" Cheng Chuliang asked suspiciously.

"If the city is broken, you have to find a way to break out." Su Dingfang walked over and pulled Cheng Chuliang's shoulder, stared at his face and said seriously.

(End of chapter)