Chapter 77: Pondering Pradmin's Opportunity to Fight the Bow and Crossbow Outside the City (Part I)
In life, there are some things that cannot be escaped, such as fate; Some can't be changed, such as romance; Some are indelible, like memories; Some are hard to put aside, such as love!
Although there is a lot of helplessness in life, it is better to face it bravely than to bear it passively; Instead of birds sleeping under the eaves, it is better to beat the wings of the wind and rain; The more difficult the road, the greater the obstacle; The more risks, the stronger the faith; As long as you have passed, please don't regret it, no matter what the result is......
At this time, Prad, with Sawart's order, personally arranged the defense of the city by his headquarters of the vine armor soldiers. At the critical juncture before the big battle, he was also conscientious, without the slightest sloppiness, and arranged what he could in an orderly manner.
When all this was arranged, he did not stop thinking about the words of Sawat. Indeed, this incomprehensible inaction of the Tang Coalition Army is indeed quite abnormal, what is this for?
Suddenly, but seeing a flash of inspiration in his mind, he seemed to realize something; So he hurriedly turned on his horse, went out of the camp, and ran towards the storehouse, ready to look for this thing, which had caused him to suffer a great loss.
At this time, after some thinking in the palace, Sawar also walked to his own horse army camp. Looking at the fat and strong horses, and then looking at the energetic soldiers, I was also full of joy. Whenever he is in such a scene, he can always stimulate the infinite fighting spirit in his heart, and he is destined to take the horse as his companion and rely on the horse in his life!
Appreciate everything in the camp, greet familiar or unfamiliar soldiers from time to time, feel this rare quiet, and experience your own time.
At this moment, I saw a maroon war horse, ignoring the military order that horses should not be ridden in the camp, hurriedly crossed the gate of the wall, and rushed straight over, and the person on this war horse was Prader.
Ignoring the dust and sweat all over his body, he struck his horse straight in front of the Sawart, and flew off his horse; Picking up something tied here on horseback, he said to him breathlessly, "General, the little nephew has found something." ”
What did he find? took a closer look, but saw that the thing he was holding in his hand was the crossbow used by the envoys of the Tang Dynasty captured in the encirclement and suppression of this Buddhist temple!
Since that time after the seizure of these divine weapons of Wang Xuance and others; At first, he felt a little curious, but when he studied it again and found that it was nothing, he threw it in the treasury.
It was thought that when Queen Raja Sri conquered the city of the king of Virajana, it had been lost. Unexpectedly, with a nervous mood, I came to this mansion to see that it was still lying quietly in the corner, but it was already full of dust. So, he took a crossbow and hurried to find Sawar on a fast horse!
"What is this? Where did you get it?" asked Sawart as he pondered this thing, and was very curious!
"The Tang Dynasty people call this thing a crossbow. General don't blame, these crossbow machines were captured last time by arresting Wang Xuance and others! The range of this crossbow is much greater than the bow and arrow we use now, and I still remember that in the last encirclement and suppression, they relied on the dilapidated Buddhist temple, so that my thousand vine armored cavalry was stunned and could not get close, and used the arrow cluster to keep it out of 200 paces, and finally the arrow cluster was exhausted, and it was captured by us and others" Prad explained the power and origin of this object to Savat in a meticulous and meticulous manner.
When the shrewd Sawat heard this, he already knew what Prad meant. Since this crossbow can make this rattan armored cavalry unable to get close, it will definitely block it, and his well-trained horse army: "What does the king mean is that Wang Xuance, the Tang Dynasty coalition army, should be equipped with this thing to resist the impact of our horse army?" ”
This is exactly what the little nephew meant, so he brought this thing and came to discuss countermeasures with the general. However, according to the stragglers who came back from the rout, some time ago, the battle has not seen this Tang coalition army equipped with this thing, since Wang Xuance already knows the strength of our horse army, and these days have not been able to come out, will he be forging this sharp weapon to restrain the cavalry" Prade is reasonable, according to his own inference to analyze this ......
"If this is the case, this is a thorny problem, and the advantage of our horse army is the speed of its impact; If there is a distance of 200 paces, it is three times the range of the bow and arrow. In this way, if we rush hard, our horse army will definitely suffer a lot of casualties! Savat pondered this, a problem that seemed intractable at the moment......
But history is like that sometimes, even if you know it, it still doesn't give you much time to think, prepare, and react. Especially in terms of the equipment of this weapon, not only can it not be achieved overnight, but it will not be dissolved overnight.
At this time, I saw a small colonel wearing rattan armor, rushing over. When he arrived in front of Savat and Prader, he didn't care about making a big salute, so he panted and said: "General Qiyu, King Qiyu, the Tang Dynasty coalition army has set up camp twenty miles outside the city, and the troops will reach our royal city!" ”
"Tell the order to go down, prepare for battle, and dig deeper," Sawart said solemnly to the little colonel
After "obeying" his order, he hurried out and carried out it step by step!
"General, this Wang Xuance's Tang Alliance Army came so quickly, how can this be good?" With a hint of concern, Prad continued to ask Sawat!
"The march is set up with the heart, the brain is emphasized, the courage of the soldiers is emphasized, and the fierceness of the soldiers is emphasized; It's not a magic weapon that can decide the outcome of a war, even if he has such equipment, let our soldiers pay more attention to it, don't worry too much about it! Sawar still said to Prad with his original bearing!
Looking at the very calm Savat, Prad was also a little more at ease in his heart, so he took the order again and regrouped for battle.
The reason why this Tang coalition came so quickly actually lies in Zhou Zeng's superb sword skills. Because he was born in the army, he taught the use of this strange knife, which is also handy and easy. In addition, these soldiers are all clever ghosts carefully selected from the army; Not only is he burly, but he also has excellent arm strength, and at the same time, he originally used a knife, so he was able to penetrate it at one point. In just two days, under Zhou Zeng's teaching, the Mo Dao team has become an army.
And this crossbow, although it takes a lot of trouble to pull the bow and arrows, but after the loading of the arrow cluster, it is quite trouble-free, just pull the trigger, aim at the target, in the face of such a simple and easy-to-learn weapon, these crossbowmen will be proficient in one day. So, within a few days, Wang Xuance had already trained these soldiers in accordance with the method of the former Wei Gong Li Jing's conquest, and their combat power increased dramatically!
Seeing that the army had been trained, they said goodbye to the two kings and let Xiao Liu do his unfinished business in the city, so they led the generals, with these 400 Mo swordsmen, 1,000 crossbowmen, a total of 14,000 elite soldiers, and swore in front of the school military field, looking at the king city of Pilojuna!
The editor said: When a new thing appears, many people refuse, such as Sawart, who has never seen the crossbow before, and isn't this what we often encounter in our daily life......
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