I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and I couldn't send troops for half a day, so I blamed Xiao Bonan for preparing too well before, and finally dug up the mud and rocks blocking the door, and the horses ran out happily.

Three thousand people were dispatched, led by Tang Tingzhi, and Shi Wanchao did not go.

They reached an undefended trench in the south of the city, Changwei (that is, an earthen wall), each of them brought a bag of earth, threw it down and quickly raised it, filling in a road, and then some of the immediately engineered soldiers dismounted, took tools to cut the long fence, and the cavalry swarmed out.

Walking from south to north, on the way I saw a Byzantine army, horseless, infantry!

Seeing the arrival of the Tang cavalry, Byzantium was not alarmed, and immediately discharged a dense formation, and Tang Tingzhi sent a hundred cavalry to fight in battle.

When the two sides were more than eighty paces away, the archers on both sides took their bows and arrows one after another, and shot at each other.

As soon as he heard the sound of the bowstring, Tang Tingzhi couldn't help frowning!

The dull sound on the shield held by Tang Qi was quite powerful, and the bow was strong, not under the bow of the horseman!

That's a hassle!

Because the foot bow can be squeezed together, its DPS is more powerful, which is also the reason why the infantry of the Han Dynasty army dared to fight the Hun cavalry before, when it was, Li Ling led 5,000 foot bows against 80,000 Hun cavalry, with outnumbered enemies, Leng is to let the other party lose more than 10,000 soldiers, if not the last arrow, the Huns can only watch them escape!

To deal with such infantry, Tang Tingzhi had a drill, that is, "don't cause trouble", he led his light cavalry (one person and two horses) to leave at high speed, how could the opponent's two legs catch up with the four legs, so he had to look at their backs and stare dryly.

Tang Tingzhi's troops were from south to north, he avoided the place where the enemy's forces were concentrated, and engaged the enemy's small army three times on the way, and found that the opponent's bow and arrow were powerful, and the shield defense was strong and could not be penetrated, so it was obvious that the opponent was prepared.

He was deeply impressed by the equipment of the various branches of the Byzantine army, which showed up one by one, and asked the staff officers to write it down in detail.

The Byzantine heavy cavalry wore ancient helmets (ancient Roman) or conical helmets topped with clusters of colored horsehair; The chain mail uniform covers the neck all the way to the thighs; They wore iron shoes, leather boots or shin armor on the upper part to protect the calves, and iron gloves on the hands and wrists. They held round shields, usually with a leather strap attached to their left arm, so that both hands could be free to manipulate the reins or wield weapons, and to protect the vulnerable left side of their bodies in white-knuckle combat. A lighter cotton cloak or tunic was draped over the armor, and the clothes of each unit, the horsehair on the helmet, and the round shields were dyed in a uniform color to distinguish them from the others.

They consisted of bows, quivers, spears, broadswords, short arrows, etc., and sometimes a tomahawk strapped to the saddle.

The Byzantine hoplites mostly carried round shields, and they were armed with armor and weapons similar to those of the heavy cavalry, including helmets, chain mail, iron gloves, shin armor (or knee-high boots), and long coats over chain mail. The weapons used were spears, shields, swords, and sometimes battle axes. The mane and shield on the coat and helmet were painted in a uniform color, which was a sign that distinguished the different troops.

The light infantry was mostly archers, but some were javelinmen. In order to maximize mobility, they wore very little armor and did not carry many other weapons. Most of the light infantry wore leather uniforms, and some soldiers wore helmets and often carried short swords in addition to bows, quivers, or spears.

He had few soldiers, didn't want to fight hard, and didn't dare to go deeper, so he returned to Dazhou City the same way after stumbling around, and told Xiao Bonan and Shi Wanchao about the matter.

"Previously, the Byzantines on our counterparts in Asia Minor were mostly heavy infantry and used less bows and arrows, but here they used bows and arrows more." They had this question, and the staff officers who participated in the discussion were younger and more active, so they thought: "The Byzantines have fewer bows and arrows against the Great Eaters, and the impact is stronger, and we have all tried the power of their Arabian horses, and after a little while, they rush to the front, and the Byzantines do not have enough bows and arrows for us, and they can't run and run, but it is not good, only a strong formation can protect themselves." ”

"Maybe that's the way it is!" Xiao Bonan nodded, and after discussing with the two generals of Tang Shi, he took someone to cross the sea by steamboat to report the matter to Queen Tang Tian.

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Let's say that Tang Tian actively recruited, trained and raised troops in Asia Minor, didn't he say that Xifu sent someone to investigate the fact that she had used swords to fight Europa? As a result, nothing happened, and Xifu recognized her statement as a provocation by the Europa, and she had to fight, which was not considered to be disobeying Xifu's military orders.

Princess Taiping issued an order to reward her troops, and at the same time gave her an emergency allocation of one million yuan for military expenses, and a large number of supplies and war horses were sent to the front line.

"Outside of the law, it is nothing more than human favors, no excuse can be used for others to violate orders, but her identity and her record will not be held accountable." The officers of the General Staff of the Western Army were helpless.

The order for the troops to stop advancing was issued by the General Staff, and all troops had to abide by it, but Tang Tian didn't care about 3721, and the General Staff had to give her a round to show that her actions were legal.

In this way, it aroused a lot of disgust towards Tang Tian in the General Staff.

The General Staff is responsible for organizing the building of the armed forces and preparing for war in peacetime, and is responsible for the implementation of operational organization and command in wartime, that is, it is responsible for the "military order".

Wei Xi attaches great importance to the regularization mechanism of the General Staff, and he mainly issues orders through the General Staff, and generally does not directly order the army beyond the General Staff.

Doing so, to ensure that his orders were discussed by the staff officers of the General Staff rather than his own dictatorship, was more reasonable, and this was the reason why Wei Xi's army was superior to the armies of other forces.

Whoever does not obey the orders of the staff will be punished, but Tang Tian challenged the general staff, which made the staff officers very angry!

Feeling the righteous indignation of his subordinates, the Chief of the General Staff Jiang Zhi did not see much anger on his face, and he shook a document and said: "This is a reply from Her Royal Highness to the General Staff, she refused the order to serve as the chief of the march against Byzantium!" ”

"What?!" Everyone was surprised and rushed to see the documents.

It turned out that since Tang Tian was the first to start the war, Princess Taiping instructed the General Staff to make a mistake and appointed Tang Tian as the general manager of the Byzantine march.

After all, with Tang Tian's identity, who else could she send over to command her?

There are only two people who can suppress her: one is Wei Xi, Tang Tian's husband; The second is Princess Taiping, the mistress of the West.

If the two mothers don't go to Europa, who can take command of the attack on Byzantium.

Cheng Boxi and Yang Chengxian are Wei Xi's senior brothers, and their weight is heavy enough, but they are embarrassed to rob their younger siblings' business?

As for the other generals, they are all Tang Tian's courtiers in theory, and they can't be robbed, and the Xifu and Western Army are not prevalent in "going down and going up"!

The General Staff could only pinch its nose and identify Tang Tian as the general manager of the march, responsible for the attack on Byzantium.

Once she succeeds, this will be a battle to destroy the country, and she will make the first battle against Europa!

It is conceivable what a great honor it will be, Tang Tian is still a female general.

Unexpectedly, Tang Tian said that if she didn't want such a big temptation, she refused the order to serve as the general manager of the march, and her reply made the staff of the General Staff feel complicated after seeing it, and they all praised her for being a woman who did not let her eyebrows!